What a Fellowship Manoeuvre Is

Fellowship Manoeuvres offer a tactical edge that solo characters do not have on their own. With a bit of coordination, even just a pair of stalwart heroes can perform fierce attacks or rallying displays that neither could manage alone.

(A note for players doing more research on Fellowship Manoeuvres (FMs): In the past, Fellow Manoeuvres had also been called Conjunctions (CJs). Some players still call them that. So if you are searching the Lord of the Rings Online forums or chatting with another player and you see a reference to a Conjunction, rest assured that they are the same thing.)

Any fellowship with two or more participants can execute a Fellowship Manoeuvre. Even the shortest FMs (pairs) create formidable effects, from spectral, stomping Ents to backstabbing spiders.

The opportunity to perform a Fellowship Manoeuvre opens up when an Elite or otherwise exceptional target has its defences broken in battle. (Look for the combat message, “[Character’s name] has broken the defenses of [target’s name].”) Any character in a fellowship has a small chance of invoking this opportunity, but Burglars can create Fellowship Manoeuvre opportunities with skills like Exploit Opening, Trip, and Exposed Throat, or by using a Bag of Marbles; Guardian skills like Turn the Tables, To the King, and Fray the Edge do the same.

If you see a bull’s-eye icon surrounded by a circle of arrows on your screen, it means someone in your fellowship has broken the defences of a creature you are not currently targeting. Click the icon to target the vulnerable enemy.

A target with broken defences is temporarily stunned (so a target with stun immunity is also immune to FMs), giving the fellowship a few desperate seconds to coordinate its attacks. It is during these vital moments that a new part of the UI appears: the Fellowship Skill Wheel.