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Replay

Is this game worth restarting ? I just logged back onto this game after talking about it with some friends of mine and I don't have too many legendary Orcs but I have a lot of epic ones. I saw a lot of people saying that if I wanted to restart I should put them in my Garrison then restart. I definitely feel like it would be fun to play especially if I haven't played since around covid. I just didn't want to risk losing a lot of my Orcs And then it not be worth it in the end as far as strengthening up my armies and having a better end game experience than I did recently

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u/Reeceycup81 — 1 day ago

I need help creating a beast olog using cheat engine

I Have tried for 3 days and ı either crash my game or make an invisible olog and the stupid google ai looks at outdated 4-5 year old posts please somone help me

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u/StrengthFeeling2533 — 1 day ago

Bad boss trophy

I'm really hoping someone can tell me what i'm doing wrong with this trophy. I'm level 46, i recruit a bodyguard at lvl 45, i call him, beat the shit out of him but all that happens is that he gets to a bleeding state but never turns on me. This is doing my box in as it sounds simple. TIA

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The beast olog

I have a question, if i transform a olog with paintimg on him into the beast by killing him with a creature, does he keep the painting on him or does he loose it?

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u/No-Love-6890 — 1 day ago
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What is ur guys,s fav region in shadow of war

So I’m starting a new play through 1 hour in and I am hating the second region after the first city one (forgot what it’s called )

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u/shadowofwar123 — 2 days ago
▲ 49 r/shadow_of_war+1 crossposts

Ashgarn Stormbringer

Thank you for Evilhai for the nicely taken snap XD and guides and tips in helping me to get him! It was hell of a journey!

Here is a tip I learned from Evilhai: Sending Overlord to Garrison by using Trait Swap, and then quitting the game to main menu and loading back - makes a New (hostile) Captain become an Overlord to fill that empty space. Which means if you had a Nemesis in the zone, it will promote him to that Overlord!

u/DarkWandererAmon — 2 days ago
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(Probably) the best build for conquest

So my goal with this post is to show you my build which is crafted for high level conquest due to 70%+ of the orcs having a vulnerability to stealth, using the shadeclaimer dagger. Nonetheless, I play on Xbox so now hacked orcs for me, keep that in mind

Core components of the build

Wrathgiver : do I need to say more? Perfect for charging wrath fast with elven light, you can just spam it and enjoy unlimited Ringwraith. Secondary perk is really not that important, but I’m going for 10% crit chance

Shadeclaimer : the whole build revolves around this. For those who don’t know it’s a dagger that allows you to go invisible (50% chance) when killing a cap, and since there’s a shit ton of orcs with only one vulnerability to stealth, then this epic dagger is just what you need. Secondary perk is either « quick throw fills might every 35 sec » or « 33% more crit damage », although I really prefer the first one for sticky situations

Mask of the undying: allows you to dash without using focus, a must have for almost every build.

So, what’s the rest of the build ?

Well for me there’s 3 variations of this build but they all have the same pattern : 2 marauder gear and one epic

I will explain later what variations are good but let’s focus on the build above first

I play 2 marauder gear for the bonus : 2% more damage per Mirian collected for 20 seconds which allows you to deal way more damage and be able to get gold on online conquest (because that’s what we want, right ?). Also drakes can sometimes drop 250 mirian when killed, so a 500% damage increase which is more than enough to one shot some uruks with the spear or the dagger

Last gear is an epic because I think they fit the build better but you can totally put a legendary if you prefer

Anyway regarding my build (note that if you try the variations that I will show later, the secondary perks are the same):

Marauder hammer: 40% spawn chance for orcs killed with range attacks, allowing you to spawn Mirian to boost yourself, clear crowds and charge some might/wrath. Secondary perk is either « +3 wrath per ranged kill » or « +5 might per ranged kill/ crit attack »

Marauder ring : You have a ton of friendly Uruks that just want one thing : spawn mirian for you, why not abuse it ? When in Ringwraith, revive some Uruks and let them spawn those mirian for you, since the basic Uruks will keep respawning, you can easily end up with 10+ mirian spawn in some places
Secondary perk is always « +33% elven rage duration » because it’s simply the best :p

Heartwarden : This one can be replaced for a ragewarder outlaw armor since those Uruks have 7 enrages most of the time. Allows you to survive some captains that sometimes can 2-3 shot you with ease, and if they have no chance you’re doomed. Both variations are good, but since some Uruks can 2 tap you even when not enraged, I will chose heartwarden every day. Secondary perk is either « 30 wrath per cap kill » (best) or « 10 might per kill » (reliable but meh)

How do you play it ?

Really simple: before starting a conquest go for the graug in the siege menu, allowing you at the start to destroy the gate and benefiting from your team mates allowing them to spawn mirian. Then get you Ringwraith mode asap and just get lucky by getting the shadeclaimer ability and profit from those poor Uruks lol. Spawn a graug at the second gate, and do it again and you should be good! Note that in the final room, shadeclaimer doesn’t work but the build still allows you for solid damages even without being invisible. Also note that heartwarden is a solid choice because you only need 1 bar filled to benefit from it, and since you can basically be in Ringwraith forever then you have a perma 55% damage reduction

What about the gems?

Red everywhere except for armor, I like to go green to avoid going down entirely, and either green for ranged or white (more mirian spawn, better with the marauder hammer obviously)

And the variations ?

We’re getting here, so as I said it only concerns the ranged weapon, armor and ring, keeping the 2 marauder item + epic synergy.

My best work is with a Starclaimer ring, I wanted to do the guide based on this build but unfortunately the Starclaimer is quite a rare epic, so it will not work for most people since they don’t have it. Anyway you have the marauder hammer + armor and this ring that gives 13% of you missing health while in Ringwraith, again since you’re in Ringwraith almost all the time you can just be always at full health and not worry about some captain you didn’t see, the down point is that you don’t spawn mirian as often as with the « OG » build but you have more survivability.

The other variation is with the marauder armor + ring and an hammer (preferably mightmender or lifemender, the latter allowing you more survivability). This variation allows you to spawn a literal ton of mirians and scaling the damage more than ever, with the drawback of having no type of healing / damage reduction since lifemender for example isn’t as consistent for healing as the Starclaimer ring in the other variation.

To summarize :

Marauder armor + ring : best damages and potential mirian spawns, lower survivability

Marauder hammer + armor with Starclaimer: insane survivability but half of the mirian spawn compared to the archetype above

Marauder hammer + ring : very good survivability and good mirian spawn, kind of like the halfway point between the other 2 archetypes.

I posted my skill tree too, note that the first, second and sixth prestige are all maxed out, I would definitely recommend to max story prestige first for that max amount of wrath and therefore more Ringwraith

I hope this guide helps you to crush those horrible fortress of 7777 orcs, or maybe you find as much fun as I do dashing around and stealth killing those caps :)

If you guys have any questions regarding any point, definitely feel free to ask.

u/CurveIcy3113 — 5 days ago

My weapons of choice should I switch one of these? Looking for a better ring tho. Thank you in advance.

This is my semi-necromancer hydrid build with poison added to my sword and dagger as well. Should I switch any of these pieces for something more powerful? I love the Humiliator sword over the Wrathgiver for me and my play style because I find myself in sticky situations at times. Love my dagger not only does it save my from running around looking for arrows but the gaining Might is super useful for me as well. Should I try the Outlaw gear, Marauder gear or full necromancer or Bright Lord? Any suggestions, tips or advice are always welcome and will be consider. Thank you for your help.

u/cbas1083 — 4 days ago

Savage berserker

So decided to start a new play through as I loved the death bone when I had him years ago made the rookie mistake of not putting him in my garrison before starting a new game. So lost all my old favourite orcs.

Started a new play through and never came across him once, played for a good while and decided I wanted to try my luck again and started another new game, this time he spawns and I was buzzing , I also bumped into 3 singing orcs haven’t seen in years either, so my plan was this time round to get baz daz and gaz. Killed 2 and been running around doing missions and so on the final one just won’t appear, pissing me off as was going to recruit the final one start a new game and recruit the first two just to have the triples.

Also maybe not as rare as I thought, but I can’t seem to find any pictures anywhere of this kind of orc, i let a grunt kill me, he turned into the unashamed but what I think makes him unique, he’s a savage berserker, but he doesn’t have dual axes or swords, he runs around with large dual bones 😅😂.
I’ve had a blast this play through as came across some funny deranged orcs as well.

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u/mackiers90 — 5 days ago

What the Hell happened between the 1st game and this?

I recently got these on sale for pretty good, had never played them before. Did all of Shadow Of Mordor, DLC included.

Start up the sequel, suddenly Calebrimbor has been captured by a goth Lena Headey who is also apparently that spider that Gollum tried feeding Frodo to?

What the fuck did I miss?

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u/RedRando1990 — 7 days ago

Does killing a captain in a specific way impact what loot I get from them?

So for example, say im fighting a legendary warlord captain and I kill him with sword attacks, does that make me more likely to get a sword from him? Or if i stealth kill him will I get a dagger? Thanks!

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u/Soft-Slide-507 — 6 days ago
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WRATHGIVER SWORD - THE ONLY GUIDE THAT YOU NEED

HOW TO GET WRATHGIVER (Including Level 90)

Important! You need two Skills: Treasure Hunter, and Discerning Eye (Wraith Section)

(1) Send Death Threat to an Epic Quality Uruk that is NOT a Tank
- Pick a target without any Enrages that could trigger during the fight
- Avoid Arrow Proof Orcs, so you can easily knock them down with Shadow Strike

(2) Inside that Death Threat - Finish the Orc with GROUND EXECUTION as the FINAL ATTACK
- Don't mistake it with Execution (which requires Might) - it has to be GROUND EXECUTION! (combination of the buttons listed below, while the Orc is knocked down)
- Keyboard -> Shift + Left Mouse Button
- PlayStation Controller -> R2 + Square
- Xbox Controller -> RT + X

Important Notes

- Don't use any elemental attacks right before the kill (any damage over time present on the Orc while he is dying, may affects the possible loot pool)
- Don't pin the Orc right before the kill (it adds frost loot to the pool)
- Don't kill him during the enrage (it adds few enrage related items to the pool)
- If you had some Interactions (Nemesis Score) with that Orc and your finishing attack triggered his "Nemesis Execution Window" (aka QTE - Quick Time Event) - don't kill him! - simply let the animation end, and then repeat step nr (2)

(3) Make sure that the Orc dies close to you, then wait just half second for the item to get auto picked up, and instantly press Main Menu Button - so the Death Threat doesn't finish (Very Important!)

(4) Check the Loot
- Wrong item? - Quit to Main Menu - To reset everything that happened in this Death Threat - Then log back in and repeat step nr (2)
- Correct item? - Finish the Death Threat, and you will keep your new loot!

Wrathgiver is the only Sword in the game with Wrath Main Stat, but in order to get the "actual name" - you have to do the item challenge 1st

To get level 90 Wrathgiver/any other Epic Swords easily
- Send DT to an Uruk, and keep killing him/resetting the DT - Until you get a minimum level 82 drop
- Do the item challenge (+3 levels) to make it 85
- Keep dying to Olog grunts/captains until one of them breaks it (+5 levels) and you get a level 90 Sword!

Tribes also affect how your Wrathgiver (and other Epic Swords) will look like

Additionally here's another very nice WG Guide (in a form of Video) - https://www.reddit.com/r/shadow_of_war/comments/1qwyoku/getting_wrathgiver_sword_more_control_less_luck/

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u/Evil-hai — 9 days ago