Overview

Loremasters are the crowd control class of LOTRO.  They have a huge skill set filled with stuns, mezzes, slows, and debuffs.  They also have decent DPS especially when paired up with their pets.  The amount of CC that LMs can put out is second to none and can be very devastating to creeps, particularily in enclosed areas.

Tactics

• When solo'ing a loremaster, try to pull a random NPC to you.  This results in more damage but the NPC will break any roots/mezzes that hit you.  Also there is a chance that the LM will use an AoE and cause the NPC to aggro onto him. [Arachnophob, Elendilmir]
• Loremasters can drain power from a target and give power to another freep.  This significantly lengthens the amount of time freeps can stay engaged with creeps even with power debuffed.  The power drain looks like a purple line and cannot be broken until the LM stops it or is stunned.
• Loremasters can only wear light armor which leaves them vulnerable to attacks if you can get to them
• LM's can be careless about their pets, try to pull them into large NPCs (like Tyrants) to cause them to aggro onto the LM.
• Watch for the Cracked Earth symbol in your buff bar.  If you see it, you have 10 seconds to move before being rooted.  Start running or get ready to swallow a pot.
• Many LM skills are interruptable, attack as fast as possible and use interrupts.
• LM's have one major heal in Wisdom of the Council which is a 2k heal.  Hitting the LM after Wisdom is used may stun you.