Overview
This will teach you A LOT of the basics of the game. From how to get used to the nemesis system, to core gameplay.
New Players
For all you new players out there, this game in no piece of cake I would suggest playing on either Normal or beginner. Unless you played Middle earth shadow of Mordor.
If you started playing the game you would have probably noticed that you can not dominate ORCS! ISN’T THAT WHAT YOU CAME FOR?! You will start dominating orcs only after you have reached Nuren.
One of the biggest problems that I had when starting was the very short time that the focus you have when aiming your bow. This problem can easily be solved when finding a orc that drops a ring.
A very hard part to get used to is when a group of orcs around you and you don’t know when to block and you keep getting hit by 10 swings per second. As soon as you see a blocking alert you should immediately right-click.
As you probably know this game is based on The time between Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, THIS IS ALSO NOT CONSIDERED CANNON!
Shaming and Dominating enemies
This is probably why you are here.
Shaming is probably the most useful tool you have in the game. It allows you dominate any orc, but you first need find them again after shaming them, after you have shamed them they have probably dropped below your level and after beating him low enough you can now dominate him. There might be a VERY SUPER SLIGHT CHANCE that they become a “manic” and INCREASE in level.
You know what I take back what i said about shaming DOMINATING is the most useful tool in the game. This IS VITAL TO DOING ANYTHING, after you dominate your first orc (I wont spoil his name) but you can’t make him a bodyguard but every other orc can become a bodyguard. This is the most important when it comes to assaulting fortresses you can easily over run fortresses with a fully upgraded assault force. Dominated orcs can also save your life if you go down and fail to hit your second wind.
But probably the best tip I have for you is not to cling to these orcs THEY WILL DIE BAH WHO AM I KIDDING I have almost 500 hours in this game and still feel terrible when any of my orcs die. 🙁
In short if you want to have any chance of getting far in this game you will need to shame and dominate orcs.
Gear
Probably the biggest piece of advice that i have when to comes to armour. Is that you really should not care if the set looks good. If it is better or has a legendary effect that you prefer don’t be afraid to use it because it doesn’t fit with your set.
Another great thing to do if there is a legendary orc, that is a MUCH higher level than Talion I would usually not take my time to shame him and recruit him. I would immediately attack and brutally decapitate the orc for his Gear.
Assaulting Fortresses
Probably the biggest part of this game is assaulting fortresses if you are playing on a higher difficulty I would highly recommend taking out the warcheifs and replacing them with your own orcs to give you a HUGE advantage.
If you insist on taking it on without giving to much thought. You should probably just purchase all the upgrades you can. I mean why do that the least you can do if you aren’t going to not care about facing the other warchiefs the least you can do is look at their weaknesses and buy the upgrades accordingly.
A great plan to have if the overlord is a much higher level than you is too take CARE of his bodyguards to give yourself a much easier fight. These overlords are by far the hardest orc in the fortress, but there is one exception to this if you are fighting a overlord from another player they might have just thrown a random orc in the position.
Destroying monuments
Just a very small section of a little problem that I had when starting out (I am pretty sure a lot of you haven’t done this) Is too climb onto the tippy top of the monument and then press what ever key it says to crush it (Mine is bound to Enter) and gain a gem.
This a quick and easy way to gain more gems if you are trying to forge some great gems. I feel so stupid for only doing this recently, this helped me sooo much to get all of my gems to max level.
Ithildin Doors poems
So I would highly recommend only getting these items when you are a very high level. These are AMAZING items but I mine are only level 27 :/ because I don’t want waste my Mirian on upgrading it, but I will be giving you all the door’s passwords.
Nurnen Ithildin Door poem solution:
Let our foes fortify with Iron and stone
Let them sumon scabrous Serpents, feral beasts
It will Avail them nought. Across the Ages none
Have an army that wield such weapons, such Woe
Such doom against the dark-benighted Hordes who dare
Claim dominion over a Mordor soon bright.
Seregost Ithildin Door poem solution:
Fair Mordor Slumbers, entangled in night
A vipers’ Nest of sorrow and strife
Poisoned by pernicious betrayal and blight
Trapped in the grasp of gelid corpse-hands.
Yet behold! The Bright Lord Comes as a wildfire
Burning only what is Base, that all else may thrive.
Gorgoroth Ithildin Door poem solution:
They stalk and Lurk, then lash out so furious
Yt our Bulward is proof against their rage.
Our hard-ringed, hand-forged armor Impervious
To predations from the Powers of darkness
No matter how Vicious or how vile.
To assail the Bright Lord is to falter and Fail.
Cirith Ungol Ithildin Door poem solution:
When the sun Rises, the shadows must retreat
Fleeing in fear frmo the Fires of dawn.
The Night never knew that its end was fleet
As a Bright Lord bears Beacons of flame.
The rises, yes — but from the West it Shines
Marching e’er Eastward, e’er eternal, e’er bright
Minas Morgul Ithildin Door poem solution:
In the land of Mordor where the Shadows lie
We bear our banners aloft, boots like Drums
Our Cadence quick, our countenance dire
For who is in this dark, dream-haunted Land dares
Resist the righteous flame of Wrath
And Doom themselves to despair and death?
Spending Mirian
(This is not my viedo)
The first thing you should know is that you shouldn’t upgrade your gear with your Mirian, at low levels this is an absolute scam you should never upgrade your gear at low levels. The most useful thing to do with this is too buy LOOT BOX…. (ITS NOT GAMBLING)
The easiest way to gain Mirian is by doing quests. Yeah… not much to say about that.
The most useful thing to do with your Mirian is to pay for your upgrades for attacking and defending fortresses. If you don’t do this you will be at an instant disadvantage on your assaults and defences.