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|           Game - Lord of the Rings: Tactics    |
|    Type of FAQ - FAQ/Walkthrough               |
|       Platform - Playstation Portable          |
|         FAQ by - Bodo_parkour                  |
|    FAQ version - 0.81                          |
|   Date started - 10th October 2006             |
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Implemented into this FAQ is a special 'find' feature. It is used to
jump directly to a certain section of the guide without using the
scroll bar. To use it, press Control and F (for Macs: Command and F)
then type in the four digit Code you see on the right hand side of
the contents page. Then press 'Find' or Enter and you will be taken
to the section. If you are instead taken to the contents page, press
Find again. To get rid of the find feature, press the X button at the
top right hand side of the window (not the browser window).
Section Name                               Code
Table of Contents .......................... 0000
Controls ................................... 1000
Fellowship Campaign Walkthrough ............ 2000
- Weathertop ............................ 2010
- Mines of Moria ........................ 2100
- Dwarrowdelf ........................... 2200
- Amon Hen .............................. 2300
- Fangorn Forest ........................ 2400
- Plains of Rohan ....................... 2500
- Rohan Sunset .......................... 2600
- The West Fold ......................... 2700
- Helm's Deep Wall ...................... 2800
- Helm's Deep - Breached ................ 2900
- Helm's Deep - Courtyard ............... 2110
- Road to Isengard 1 .................... 2120
- Road to Isengard 2 .................... 2130
- Paths of the Dead ..................... 2140
- Escape from Osgiliath ................. 2150
- Osgiliath Run ......................... 2160
- Minas Tirith - Top of the Wall ........ 2170
- Shelob's Lair ......................... 2180
- Minas Tirith - Courtyard .............. 2190
- Southern Gate ......................... 2210
- Pelennor Fields ....................... 2220
- Pelennor .............................. 2230
- Cirith Ungol .......................... 2240
- The Black Gate/Mt Doom ................ 2250
Mordor Campaign Walkthrough ................ 3000
- Weathertop ............................ 3010
- Mines of Moria ........................ 3100
- Dwarrowdelf ........................... 3200
- Amon Hen .............................. 3300
- Fangorn Forest ........................ 3400
- Plains of Rohan ....................... 3500
- Rohan Sunset .......................... 3600
- The West Fold ......................... 3700
- Helm's Deep Wall ...................... 3800
- Helm's Deep - Breached ................ 3900
- Helm's Deep - Courtyard ............... 3110
- Road to Isengard 1 .................... 3120
- Road to Isengard 2 .................... 3130
- Paths of the Dead ..................... 3140
- Escape from Osgiliath ................. 3150
- Osgiliath Run ......................... 3160
- Minas Tirith - Top of the Wall ........ 3170
- Shelob's Lair ......................... 3180
- Minas Tirith - Courtyard .............. 3190
- Southern Gate ......................... 3210
- Pelennor Fields ....................... 3220
- Pelennor .............................. 3230
- Cirith Ungol .......................... 3240
- The Black Gate/Mt Doom ................ 3250
List of Items .............................. 4000
List of Skills ............................. 5000
- Fellowship Skills ..................... 5100
- Mordor Skills ......................... 5200
Multiplayer ................................ 6000
Frequently Asked Questions ................. 6500
Hints and Tips ............................. 6600
Version History ............................ 7000
Legal Information .......................... 8000
Contact Information ........................ 9000
Thanks ..................................... 1111
If you have something to add to my guide, for example: a review of
the game, cheats, extra information, or a strategy, go to the
contact information section for details.
FAQ NOTES:  - I am writing this guide as I play through each campaign
for the second time. I haven't used many of the skills,
but once I do, I will add how good I think they are.
- This is always a work in progress. There is no such
thing as a final version, so every so often, come back
and check this FAQ again, there may be something new
and useful that's been added.
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1000     CONTROLS                                                 1000
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At the main menu, the D pad highlights an option, and the X button
selects it. On the map screen, the D pad moves between levels, the
X button selects a level, and the triangle button takes you back to
the stats screen. On the stats screen, X takes you to the map screen,
circle is select, and triangle quits the game and returns you to the
main menu. In game controls are:
Analogue stick - Move camera
D pad - Move grid/attack cursor
X button - Select unit
Square button - View unit stats
Circle button - Execute orders
Triangle button - Cancel, deselect unit
R button - Cycle to next friendly unit
Select button - Toggle HUD status
Start button - Access pause menu
During movement phase with unit selected:
X button - Send unit here
L button - Show targets
During combat phase with unit selected
X button - Attack this target
Square button - Action menu (Skills or items)
L button - Cycle to next target
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2000     FELLOWSHIP CAMPAIGN WALKTHROUGH                          2000
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Before starting the game, I recommend playing through the tutorial
on the main menu. It gives an insight into the game and will teach
you how to do various things in the game itself. Plus, it gives a
look at the first level, Weathertop. After you run through the
tutorial as many times as you need, it's time to start. Select 'New
Game' from the main menu, and select the Fellowship (the one on the
left). I'd recommend easy mode the first time you play through this
campaign, but it isn't that hard to play on normal. Master is hard,
so I wouldn't recommend choosing that option to start with. Now you
will be at the stats screen. Take a good look around, and get to
know the stats of your characters. Don't worry about the stats for
Gandalf, he's going to die in the Mines of Moria anyway. After
pressing the X button, you will be taken to the map screen.
Weathertop will be the level to select at the moment, so start the
level.
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2010     WEATHERTOP
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Mission Objective: Hit Witch King for 30 points of damage.
Winning Conditions: 30 points of damage to Witch King.
Units: Aragorn, Sam, Frodo.
Before I start explaining a strategy, I should say that the game
will be much easier later on if you play this level over and over
again till you are sick of it. At least build all characters to level
2. Characters who don't take part in a level only get half the
amount of experience playable characters get.
As you should see, the Witch king is standing behind the other
wraiths. They will try and get in the way so you cannot hit him, but
they don't do a very good job. Put Sam up on the ledge to his left,
and charge Aragorn straight into the closest Ringwraith. I recommend
sending Frodo to where Aragorn is just now. Execute your orders. As
expected, The 1st ringwraith enters melee combat with Aragorn. This
is not a problem. Make Aragorn attack the wraith he is fighting (he
has no other choices anyway), and aim Frodo's attack at the witch
king who is still at the bottom of the map. Sam should attack the
3rd wraith. In movement phase two, Aragorn should follow the wraith,
and the other characters should advance towards the witch king very
slightly. Whatever you do, make sure Sam is more ahead than Frodo.
Time to attack. It doesn't matter who Sam and Aragorn hit, but the
witchking is the best choice if possible. Once again, Frodo should
attack the witch king, still standing in the same place. If the
witchking hasn't taken 30 points of damage yet, go on to the next
turn. Sam and Aragorn should keep the wraiths occupied while Frodo
moves toward the witch king. If for some reason, 30 points of damage
have not been dealt yet, repeat the same again. Keep the wraiths
occupied so Frodo can hit the witch king. Repeat the same again till
you win.
If it turns out you didn't manage to get an excellent turn bonus,
keep playing this level till you do. You should have got 400 gold
for defeating this level, so proceed to the stats screen. For things
to buy, I recommend buying a token of might for both Aragorn and Sam.
The second time you play through this level, buy a token of haste
for Frodo and Aragorn. It is vital that Frodo becomes a quick
character. Many times later on, you will have to outrun enemies. If
you decide to play it a third time, buy a satchel or two of fresh
athelas. They will help keep Gandalf alive longer in the Mines of
Moria.
I've been shown an amazing way to claim a 1-turn victory (submitted by
Lorehunter, so many thanks). Basically:
1. Move Frodo 2 spaces south (according to the map), and 1 space west.
2. Move Aragorn and Sam 2 spaces south and 1 space east.
3. During the Combat phase, make all characters attack the witchking.
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2100     MINES OF MORIA
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Mission Objective: Move Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Frodo past the
troll and off the bridge.
Winning Conditions: Get Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Frodo off the
bridge. Galdalf will hold off the Balrog. They
must get past the troll.
Units: Aragorn, Gimli, Frodo, Legolas.
Use the fresh athelas whenever Gandalf's health gets too low. Try and
keep Gandalf away from the Balrog but at the same time, not to move
him too close to the other fellowship members. All of the other units
should get as far as possible away from the Balrog, even if it means
plowing straight into combat with the troll. Galdalf should attack
the Balrog, and all the other units should attack the troll. Keep
moving towards the exit, and keep fighting the troll and orcs till
they are all dead. Gandalf should try and remain out of melee combat
with the Balrog, because it's attacks are stronger when next to it's
target. Even if you lsoe Gandalf, remember he is not crucial to
winning. Just remember to move all characters off the bridge and
you'll be fine. At the stat screen, buy another satchel of fresh
athelas if you used any. If not, buy a token of might for Gimli and
the same for Legolas. Make sure you have some money left over. If
not, play the level again.
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2200     DWARROWDELF
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: Selected heroes, Gondor Soldier, 3 Gondor Rangers.
For your two heroes, I'd recommend Aragorn and Sam, or Aragorn and
Legolas. Whoever you pick, I will refer to the second hero as
Legolas. My main piece of advice is: take out the cave trolls first.
They pose the largest threat and it is best to get rid of them while
your forces are all together. One hero with two other units should
tackle one, while the other hero and the last two units should tackle
the other. There are many other strategies, but I find this one most
effective. Concentrate all attacks on the trolls. Once each troll has
been downed, split up your forces and tackle the goblins. Their
biggest and worst weapons are their bows so stay behind cover a lot.
Don't worry if a few Rangers get killed, you can alway replay the
level with a different strategy. Here is a srategy I read online:
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- A tactic I used was to drive all the goblins into one corner -
- then pick them off one by one. The only problem this can     -
- cause is that it takes quite a few turns to put into         -
- operation and you could quite as easily kill them off        -
- normally in that time. It's worth trying, even if it is just -
- for the XP!                                                  -
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At the stats screen, buy any healing items you need, but don't buy
any skills. You will need a lot of money later.
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2300     AMON HEN
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This is where the game begins to get tough. Before starting this
level, I recommend upgrading Frodo's attack stats or armour stats.
A tactics that should be used in this level is to keep another
character with Frodo at all times. Units next to each other offer
additional armour protection against enemy fire.
Mission Objective: Defeat Lurtz.
Winning Conditions: Frodo must survive.
Units: Aragorn, Boromir, Sam, Frodo, Legolas.
I suggest you forget about killing Lurtz and kill all the other
Uruks first, as they are annoying and should be dealt with. Remember
yo keep Frodo protected at all times. Your highest level character,
but not Frodo, should take on Lurtz, perhaps with Legolas in the
background hitting him with arrows. The uruks shouldn't prove much
of a problem, but they have powerful melee attacks. I suggest keeping
a distance away and hitting them with ranged attacks. You would do
well to keep Boromir alive, if you want a challenge. He is the
weakest unit on the map, so he's more likely to be targeted by
enemies.
As soon as Aragorn is finished on the top of the ruin, send him down
to deal with lurtz, preferably before Lurtz gets to all the other
characters. This should take you no more than 7 turns and is you
complete it in less, you get more gold to spend.
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2400     FANGORN FOREST
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Mission Objective: Capture both enemy flags.
Winning Conditions: Gandalf must survive.
Units: Gandalf, 4 Rohan Warriors, 2 Rohan rider re-inforcements.
This level introduces reinforcements which arrive later in the level
to assist your units in their goal. The rohan riders are mounted so
this helps you accomplish things quickly. The object of this level
is to capture both of the enemy flags and a flag becomes yours if a
friendly unit stands adjacent to it for two turns. My advice is to
tackle one at a time. Lurtz has a strong bow so watch out and try to
avoid him till your reinforcements arrive. Once you gain control of
the first flag (the one near Gandalf's starting position, keep guard
of it as the enemy will try to take it back from you.
When at last those Rohan riders show up (about time too!), send them
charging into Lurtz or to the aid of your comrades. When Mordor gets
it's reinforcements, they arrive next to your first captured flag so
keep a group of units near this flag to protect it and kill the
orcs themselves. Once all the orcs are dead, advance all your troops
to Lurtz. After a turn or two of repeated attack, he will fall,
giving you a victory.
At the stat screen, if you have any characters at level 6 or
above, you will have unlocked mark of might, which adds an
additional 2 strength. I recommend you buy it for any characters it
is available for.
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2500     PLAINS OF ROHAN
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: Eomer must survive.
Units: Eomer, Rohan Warrior, 3 Rohan Riders, Gandalf re-inforcements,
and a Rohan rider re-inforcement.
Watch, the enemy has mounted units too! Keep your Rohan riders away
from them. The best strategy to use for your riders is a hit and run.
Gandalf is vulnerable to attack so keep him out of the way behind
the rest of your units so he can use his magical skills.
The first thing you should do is get your rohan riders to Eomer. You
have to keep him alive, so it's worth the lives of your other units
to keep him behind cover. It is worth noting that some of your units
cannot perform ranged attacks. If they are not in contact with an
enemy, you should use ability enhancing items so they will be better
in close range combat for the rest of this level. Keep them behind
cover when they're not attacking so they don't take unnessesary
damage.
Watch out for Grima, he is a decieving wretch and will use his skills
against you. He is also two levels higher than your Riders, so this
is the downside of your combat. It may be a good idea to leave Grima
till last while you concentrate on ridding the game of that pesky
Warg.
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2600     ROHAN SUNSET
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Mission Objective: Both Heroes must survive 15 full turns.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: 2 selected heroes, preferably your strongest characters, 2
Rohan Riders, a Rohan Rider re-inforcement
The first thing I'm going to say is: BRING ALL YOUR UNITS TOGETHER.
Units which are on joining squares are given more protection against
enemy fire and attacks. As you probably saw in the plains of Rohan
level, Wargs are effective against riders of rohan  so as your
heroes are likely to be a higher level than the Wargs, use them, and
let the riders take care of Saruman and the Witchking.
All the enemy units are strong in melee combat, so another strategy
that could be used is to keep all your units out of their range, and
pick them off using your ranged attacks. This is a good way to
tackle the level, although Saruman's magical attacks can be a bit
of a threat.
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2700     THE WEST FOLD
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: Gandalf, Eomer, 2 Rohan warriors, 3 Rohan standard bearers.
This will be a hard level if Gandalf isn't at level 6 or more. The
wildmen are strong even for level four, and the rest of your units
apart from Eomer don't stand much of a chance against them. Keep
the three units at the top left of the map, together, as they will
have more attacking power, and push in from the top. The best way
to win is to trap the enemy forces in the centre of the map, and
close in on them.
Saruman, who stands behind the house at the top right of the map,
is a real danger to your three units making thier way to the centre
of the level. Get Gandalf to him as soon as possible so he can finish
Saruman off. The Uruks might prove a problem so I recommend leaving
them till last.
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2800     HELM'S DEEP - WALL
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Mission Objective: Do not let the Uruks capture the flag near the
culvert.
Winning Conditions: Defend the culvert for 18 turns.
Units: 2 selected heroes, preferably with good melee attacks, 2
high elves, 3 Rohan standard bearers.
Now, first of all, your standard bearers have no ranged weapons,
so that means they are completely useless unless they are in base
contact with an enemy. Get them into combat as fast as possible.
Remember to keep a unit or two guarding the flag, as it is vital to
completing the level. The heroes you chose should be good at holding
the Uruks at bay, but just in case they break through, it's a good
idea to keep some units in between them and the culvert to intercept
them if they manage to get past your heroes.
A turn or two into the level, Saruman and some Mordor re-inforcements
will appear. Some of the Uruks will replenish their health, so go
full frontal attack on them, and show loads of force, with any luck,
they'll be taken out, resulting in you completing the level. Yay!
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2900     HELM'S DEEP - BREACHED
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Mission Objective: Get Aragorn or Gimli to the door.
Winning Conditions: Aragorn or Gimli must survive.
Units: Aragorn, Gimli, Theoden, 4 High elf warriors, Gandalf
re-inforcement.
The character who is the weakest is your best chance of getting to
the door and completing the level. This is because, your stronger
character will fend off any enemy attacks, a sort of human (or dwarf)
shield. All the other characters will be used as distractions for the
enemies.
The elves on the walls prove very useful, and you should move them
right to the edge of the wall for maximum impact. They should be
used to kill any enemy characters that try to chase Aragorn and
Gimli. Theoden should be the main distraction for the enemies, and
should block their view of your heroes so the enemy forces don't see
them.
With every turn, you should be edging your heroes to the door, marked
in green on the map. It's further than it looks, and it is not made
easier by all the debris lying in your path. It restricts your
movement by one or two spaces.
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2110     HELM'S DEEP - COURTYARD
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Eomer, 2 high elf warriors, 2
Rohan warriors.
I hope you've been saving up your gold and bought the big expensive
attacks (army of the dead for Aragorn, water stallions for Legolas,
and call of eagles for Gandalf). These are really effective and are
likely to kill many enemies if all three are used in the one combat
phase.
If you don't have these skills, replay all the other levels till
you do. It'll make the game so much easier, you'll find a baby can
play it. Just use those skills for one or two turns (you'll need to
replenish your AP between each use), and this level will be in the
bag.
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2120     ROAD TO ISENGARD 1
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Mission Objective: Defeat Saruman.
Winning Conditions: Gandalf must survive.
Units: Gandalf, Legolas, 2 ents, 2 wood elf bowmen.
Remember those big and powerful skills? The first chance you get,
use them. Always use them, every time you can. I will keep saying
it. If you haven't got them yet, go and buy them now.
Edge your units arounf the trees, using them as cover as you use
your ranged attacks. The ents are strong so try and keep them alive.
Grima can prove troublesome, so just ignore him and concentrate on
your goal.
A strategy you might want to use is to use the ent on the left to
sneak up the left hand side of the level, and get in round the back
of all the uruks straight to Saruman. This way, the other units of
yours will act as distractions, except Gandalf, who you must keep
alive at all costs.
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2130     ROAD TO ISENGARD 2
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Mission Objective: Do not let a single ent die.
Winning Conditions: The Ents are few, do not let the Uruks kill a
single one of them.
Units: 2 selected heroes and 3 ents.
You know to use your strong skills, so I won't mention it. Get the
ents to attack the strongest Uruks, especially Lurtz if possible.
The Uruks get countless re-inforcements, so watch out. Kill them
all as fast as possible. The quicker you do it, the less Uruks
there will be to fight back at you. Once the last Uruk is downed,
you've beat the level.
Ents are weak at ranged attack, but take damage easy. Before starting
this level, make sure you've got a few healing items ready to use.
You probably will need them.
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2140     PATHS OF THE DEAD
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Mission Objective: Kill 5 dead in 10 turns.
Winning Conditions: Aragorn must survive.
Units: Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli.
Compared to previous levels, you shouldn't have a problem with
this one. All you do is keep on pounding the enemy, using whatever
attacks you can. Keep all your characters out of enemy range, so
you can use ranged attacks, and keep them together to boost your
armour and defence values.
The dead shouldn't prove that hard to rid yourself of. Generally all
they do is circle you, so you can attack them freely. Once five are
dead, or you kill all that there are on the screen, the level ends
and you win.
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2150     ESCAPE FROM OSGILIATH
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Mission Objective: Frodo must not die. Kill the Witchking.
Winning Conditions: Frodo must survive.
Units: Frodo, Gandalf, and 2 Gondor Rangers. Faramir and a gondor
soldier arrive later as re-inforcements.
The witchking does not start out on screen, he arrives later. You
need to keep Frodo alive until that time. Keep Frodo under cover
and keep Gandalf close by. On the second turn, Gothmog and lots
or orcs come to meet you. Keep them at bay using your other units
till Faramir and the witchking are brought into the game. When they
are, bombard the witchking with everything you've got, and he will
fall.
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2160     OSGILIATH RUN
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies. Faramir musn't die.
Winning Conditions: Faramir must survive.
Units: 2 selected heroes, Faramir, 4 Gondor rangers.
Whatever you do, try to get your heroes to Faramir and offer him
your protection. He's going to need it. Move all your units towards
Faramir, except the two soldiers up at the top right of the map. Use
them to keep the orcs and ringwrait occupied. Faramir, can take care
of any orcs that try and knock his head off, but you should cover
him using your heroes ranged attacks. The second hero you picked
will need to go this way to get out of the central pillars as the
way down is blocked:
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|      _       |         _
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|     _        |          _
|    |_|       |         |_|
|      _      HERO       _
V     |_|               |_|
_         _
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FARAMIR
Once all the enemies are defeated, the level is over, and you have
triumphed against evil.
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2170     MINAS TIRITH - TOP OF THE WALL
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Mission Objective: Protect your flags.
Winning Conditions: Aragorn must survive,
Units: Aragorn, Gandalf, 4 Gondor Soldiers.
Have a couple of your units stand guard of the flags in case the
enemy breaks through the rest of your forces. The other units you
have should push the opposition away from the flags. Watch out for
Mordor re-inforcement. These include the witchking so watch out. He
will lead the attack so take him out quick.
Once the witch king has been taken care of and is now dead, you
shouldn't have a single problem disposing of the rest of the Mordor
scum. At the stat screen, I suggest buying the big all-powerful skill
for Sam or Frodo: Ent summon, or Light of Galadriel.
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2180     SHELOB'S LAIR
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Mission Objective: Kill 3 spiders and damage Shelob below 50% health.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: Frodo, Sam.
This is a tricky level, no doubt about it. While the spiders can be
killed easily enough, Gollum and Shelob are the ones you should watch
out for. Gollum should be your first target, then you should tackle
the small spiders. Two or three hits on each one should be enough
to kill them. Once, and only once the spiders and Gollum are dead,
should you attack Shelob.
Her melee attacks are so strong that you should stay as far away
from her as possible. For the first part of the level, she stayed
where she was, but now she starts to move. Keep well back, and pelt
her with your amazing ranged attacks and skills. Within a while,
she'll be damaged enough for you to scrape a victory, and thankfully
you do not have to kill her completely.
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2190     MINAS TIRITH - COURTYARD
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Mission Objective: Protect your flags for 12 turns.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: Gandalf, Gimli, 2 Gondor Soldiers, 4 Gondor soldier
re-inforcements.
Use Gimli and your 2 soldiers to block the archways to the flag.
Use Gandalf to sneak round the back of the enemy forces and hit them
by surprise. Watch out for the Mountain trolls though. Try not to
get into melee combat with them as they will literally knock you
dead.
Your re-inforcements will come in handy. Use them to stop any troops
advances onto your flag. They are out of most of the enemies line
of sight, so they shouldn't be hit that much. Whatever you do, get
rid of that pesky witchking. He's killing everyone in is path, and
out of it as well.
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2210     SOUTHERN GATE
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: Kill all enemies.
Units: Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, 5 dead soldiers.
Keep all of your units together, and advance as one. During the
combat phase, all shoot at the same two or three enemies. This way,
you are more likely to kill them. Remember to use your special
skills. This is te sort of situation they are most handy in: Killing
lots of enemies, very quickly.
If any Uruks are still alive after this assault, charge at them
full force, and hit them with every skill, combo, and attack you
can.
Alternately, you can split your forces and one group can go up the
left stairs and the other can go up the right. Meet in the centre
on the higher level, and pick off the Uruks and Lurtz from there.
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2220     PELENNOR FIELDS
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: Aragorn must survive.
Units: Aragorn, Theoden, 2 Rohan Riders. Legolas and 3 Rohan Riders
arrive as re-inforcements.
Try to avoid melee combat at all in this level, it can be fatal to
your troops. Keep your cavalry far away enough so they don't get
hurt, but keep them close enough, so they can hit targets strongly.
In the first combat phase, get Aragorn to use a skill, because he
will not be close enough to the enemy to attempt to attack. The
riders of Rohan should keep well back, so they don't suffer hard
damage.
When the Mumakil appear, they are easier to kill than they look. A
good 4 or 5 hits can wipe one out. When your re-inforcements arrive,
you should be able to kill them in 1-2 turns maximum.
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2230     PELENNOR
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Mission Objective: Capture the enemy flag.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: 2 selected heroes, 4 Gondor soldiers, and Theoden as a
re-inforcement.
This is a spoiler, but: Souron didn't get reborn in the film!! So why
is he here? Anyhow: this is a challenging level, the enemy's forces
are stronger than yours, so you'd better put all your hard earned
skills to good use. The mumakil should be your primary target to
start off, as it will prove a danger later on if you leave it alive.
Keep Legolas OUT of melee combat, as his ranged attacks are more
powerful.
Watch out for Souron's fear attack. He can immobilise all of your
units in one attack. Because of this, try and keep all of your units
out of melee combat with any enemy target, because if you're unable
to attack and defend, their close range attacks will be stronger
and will hurt your forces more.
Once the Mumakil, send Aragorn and the rest of your soldiers to
combat Souron and the Witchking (not him again!). After you kill
Souron, you'll have absolutely no problem in taking out the rest
of the enemy. Now that you can't be immobalised, push all your units
in on the enemy's flag, and the witchking. Once he's dead, you get
a victory.
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2240     CIRITH UNGOL
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Mission Objective: Escape.
Winning Conditions: Frodo must survive.
Units: Frodo, Sam.
To win, you've got to go all the way round this way because the
place where you start is a floor higher than the exit. The stairs
are on the left of the level, so work your way round, killing the
single orc on the balcony. The troll is your real problem here, so
take him out with your ranged abilities while you are still on
the higher floor. The greater height gives your attack power a boost
so you might as well use it to your advantage.
On the third or fourth turn, Mordo will get re-inforcements in the
form of one or more orcs. They appear behind you, just behind Sam
and Frodo's starting positions, but if you keep moving, you should
be able to out run them. Whatever you do, always keep Sam and Frodo,
seperating them means there is a greater risk they will be attaced
and killed. If the worst comes to the worst, you can use Sam as
a distraction so Frodo can escape through the exit.
Even more Mordor re-inforcement will show up, surrounding you, so
just keep on pounding away at them, and they shouldn't last long.
When you finally make it to ground level, try and avoid the troll
and stampede towards the exit. With any luck you'll make it,
completing the level.
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2250     THE BLACK GATE/MOUNT DOOM
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Mission Objective: Frodo must reach Mt. Doom.
Winning Conditions: Aragorn must survive.
Units: Aragorn, Frodo, Gandalf, Sam, 2 Gondor soldiers.
Surprisingly, for the last level in this campaign, Mount Doom is
amazingly easy. The game developers decided to move the battle at
the end of the Return of the king right next to Mount Doom, and they
also decided to bring Souron back again. All of your heroes should
now have their super duper skills, so star using 'em! Move Aragorn,
Gandalf, and the soldiers right into the Ringwraith, so you can take
them out quickly.
Charge all of your characters at Souron, including Aragorn and Frodo.
Taking him out is vital to the mission. Once Souron falls, don't
bother yourself with the rest of the enemy unless they are in your
path. Concentrate on moving Sam and Frodo to their goal, and let
your other units take care of the Mouth of Souron and the
Easterlings. Once you kill all the enemies, or get Frodo to the exit,
give yourself a pat on the back, you've successfully completed the
Fellowship campaign 100% and you've done 50% of the game. Now get
ready for a tougher challenge. The host of Mordor lies ahead...
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Did you think that part was easy? Compared to this half of the game,
the Fellowship campaign is like taking candy from a baby. Your
characters in the Mordor campaign are not as strong, and they won't
level up half as quickly as the members of the Fellowship will. To
compensate for this, you should play each level at least two or three
times before moving on to the next, as this ensures you get the
maximum amount of experience points possible.
For this campaign, you command Souron, Saruman, Grima Wormtongue,
the Witchking, Lurtz, and Gothmog. Remember those horrible fear
attacks the enemy kept using against you in the last campaign? Now
you get to use them back, but watch out, or your AP will drain away
before you really need it.
With these few words, lets get onto the walkthrough for the first
level, Weathertop. While this level uses the same map, you now play
as the Witchking and the ringwraiths. This is more fun, and a lot
harder, so if you don't feel up to the challenge, I suggest you stop
now!
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3010     WEATHERTOP
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Mission Objective: Hit Aragorn for 50 points of damage.
Winning Conditions: Damage Aragorn for 50 points.
Units: Witchking, 2 of the Ringwraiths.
Your first battle against good awaits you. This is moderately easy,
but still harder that the previous levels you have played through.
Start by rushing the Witchking into melee combat with Aragorn, or
whoever is closest. The other wraiths should keep Frodo and Sam
busy so they cannot use their ranged attacks agains the witchking,
This will take a couple of turns, and if you can't be bothered, here
is an alternate strategy you could use if you want: Keep all your
units OUT of all close range combat, and focus all your ranged
attacks on Aragorn. Not only is this an effective strategy to use,
but the Fellowship's ranged attacks aren't that powerful, so you
don't face such a dangerous set of attacks. Once you've retrieved
Aragorn of 50 HP, the level ends, and you win.
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3100     MINES OF MORIA
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Mission Objective: Kill Gandalf and Aragorn. Balrog must not die.
Winning Conditions: Defeat Gandalf the Gray and Aragorn. Balrog must
not be defeated.
Units: Witch-king, Lurtz, 2 Moria Goblins, the Balrog.
I don't remember Lurtz being in the Mines of Moria, but maybe I'm
just mistaken. It's been ages since I've seen the films after all.
First things first, push aLL your units towards the Balrog, and try
and send the Balrog forward to meet up with the rest of your forces.
This will trap Aragorn and Gandalf in the middle of your attack, so
you can have more chances to kill them before they can use any
health items.
Remember, the mighty Balrog MUST NOT die. I repeat, you must not
let him be killed. This means you shouldn't rush him towards the
enemy and you shouldn't takes risks while he is concerned. Use your
Moria Goblins as cannon fodder while your heroes, Lurtz and the Witch
king, try and edge round Boromir to the aid.
A final tip: Until your heroes come to the Balrog's rescue, direct
all of the Balrogs attacks to Aragorn. He is the most dangerous of
the two, but he is a level lower than Gandalf, who is at level four.
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3200     DWARROWDELF
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: No special conditions.
Units: 2 selected heroes, 3 Moria goblins.
I suggest picking one strong hero and one weak hero. This way, your
strongest gets even more strong and your weakest becomes not so weak.
This is a good level to play aver and over again till you get bored.
But trust me, you'll need all the experience you can get later on in
this campaign.
You'll notice how all the enemies are spread over a wider area,
pretty much cutting you in two. Use this to your advantage, as the
Fellowship AI isn't that smart. For those who don't know, AI means
how smart the computer is. The first thing you should do is gather
your forces. Forces who are next to each other have extra armour
bonuses, so never move any unit away from the group, unless he goes
in a pair with another unit. If you've been levelling up your heroes,
you shouldn't have much bother.
If you get low on health, just hide behind the pillars in the level.
They provide good cover, as the enemy ranger's will not shoot you
if they can't see you. This is a good time to use your health items,
before charging out from cover, and annihilating your oppositions.#
A final tip for this level is: gang up on your enemy and single them
out. Concentrate your fire on that one unit, and when it's dead,
move on to the next.
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3300     AMON HEN
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Mission Objective: Kill Aragorn and Frodo.
Winning Conditions: Lurtz must survive.
Units: Lurtz, five Uruk Hai shields.
First off, GATHER YOUR FORCES. This is sooo important, I can't stress
it enough. The level will be so much easier if you do. Just remember,
kill Boromir first, then Aragorn, and get frodo last. Alternately:
sacrafice your Uruk Hai shield to keep Aragorn occupied while Lurtz
takes him out with his bow. As he has to be kept alive, it's a wise
idea to keep him out of close range combat, at least until later on
in the level, after Legolas and Boromir have been killed.
It would be a good idea to use this level to get to know your skills.
Use them instead of ranged attacks, get to know which ones you like
and don't like, and remember which type of enemy they are good
against.
When the ranger on top of the watch tower dies, rush the uruks
standing there to help Lurtz. Aragorn and Boromir will be
outnumbered, so you shouldn't have much trouble taking them out. On
a final note, watch out for Frodo's invisibility, he can use it to
spring surprises from any direction.
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3400     FANGORN FOREST
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Mission Objective: Capture and hold both enemy flags. Flags must be
held for two consecutive turns before they are
claimed for your side. You only have 16 turns to
complete your objective.
Winning Conditions: Capture both of the enemy's flags withing 16
turns.
Units: Lurtz, 3 Uruk hai pikes, 1 uruk hai shield, 2 warg riders.
Use your wargs wisely in this battle. They can be crucial to whether
you will win or lose the level. They are amazing at close combat, so
get them stuck in where it counts. The only problem with going close
range is if you have the urgent need to retreat. Your wargs will be
unable to come to the rescue to any other friendly unit in need of
assistance. In the event of this happening, take extra precautions.
Buy a few healing potions, which you will almost certainly need in
this level.
Your Uruks are at level four, so they aren't likely to be killed if
you rush them into melee combat. I suggest you use them to take
control of the closest flag (the one in the trees and not on the
hill). Use your warg riders to kill Gandalf and Eomer, so Lurtz can
take the flag. This shouldn't be that hard, so get to it.
Just remember to keep at least two units beside each other to offer
each other additional armour protection bonuses. Also, this way, one
unit can take the main blows while the other can concentrate on the
task at hand. After the level is over, I recommend you buy some
skills for either Saruman of Grima Wormtongue, as you command them
in the next level.
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3500     PLAINS OF ROHAN
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Mission Objective: Kill all enemies.
Winning Conditions: Kill all enemies.
Units: Saruman, Uruk-hai shields (2), two Warg Riders.
Re-inforcements: Grima Wormtongue, 1 Uruk-hai shield.
This is a rather complicated level, and I suggest you make sure that
Saruman is at level six before starting. For starters, both of your
Warg riders are at level five, so you shouldn't have much of a
problem taking about the rider of Rohan and the warrior too. Try and
get the Wargs into melee combat as fast as possible. The more turns
it takes you to kill the enemies, the more re-inforcements they get,
making completing te level a whole lot harder.
CONCENTRATE YOUR FIRE!!!   - I really don't know how many times I
need to say this, but it works wonders. Focus all your ranged attacks
against one or two targets. This way, you can take out the enemy
more quickly, and you will lowers the opposing unit's health a lot
before he can get to use a healing item, or special skill.
Once you complete the level, give yourself a pat on the back, you've
just entered the hardest part of Lord of the Rings Tactics. Beware.
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3600     ROHAN SUNSET
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Mission Objective: Keep your heroes alive for 15 turns.
Winning Conditions:
Units:
This level and the rest of the Mordor campaign will be added before
Christmas Eve. Until then, feel free to email me for help or advice.
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Items are bought from the stat screen using gold. The items for the