While Innocence boosts Poison Resist Rating and Shadow Defence, it gets its real star power from Melee Defence Rating - the ability to reduce damage from incoming melee attacks, regardless of type. This is especially helpful in harder and higher-level content where fewer melee attacks will be Common damage. The tooltip is tongue-in-cheek accurate - your innocence really can be used as a shield! In this article on lotro.mmorsel.com, we look at the 10 easiest (relatively) to earn ranks of Innocence, including your options if you don't own the Mines of Moria expansion.

10 Easy Ranks of Innocence

Not sure which Virtues to work on? See our companion Choosing Your Virtues article.