middle earth shadow of mordor skill tree

#Middle earth shadow of mordor skill tree how to#

Here are some tips and tricks on picking the right ones - and why. For those wanting to optimize, however, there are certain skills that are more useful than others from beginning to end. If you are keeping up with all the side missions, like the Shelob Memories, the Ithildin Doors, and the various combat trials Celebrimbor gives you in each province, it's entirely possible to get every skill in the game by the end of Act IV. Branded Warchiefs can be summoned at your whim and sent to start Riots against other Warchiefs.Each base skill now gets three upgraded versions that can be applied as you level up, changing how useful any given skill ends up being in combat situations. Have one challenge another Captain, or make one worm its way into a Warchief’s Bodyguard (where you can later cause the Branded Captain to betray their Warchief during combat), or take a vacant Warchief position. The real fun part of the Brand Ability is the fact that you can manipulate the Power Struggles Branded Captains engage in to increase their Power Rating or station in Sauron’s Army. Branded Uruks won’t resist you, and be be used to sent Death Threats (especially Branded Captains, who can threaten Warchiefs on your behalf). Alternatively, you can kill Branded Uruks by holding (Down) on the D-Pad if you have the “Dispatch” Ability, or by targeting them in Ranged Mode (L2) and pressing (Circle) while aiming at them. The Branded Uruks will get a fetching blue hand print on their face, and will aid you in combat if you are attacked in the open, or if you press (Up) on the D-Pad from stealth. Grab an Uruk and Interrogate them to Brand them, or use Drain, Combat Drain, or Stealth Drain to do so. You’ll gain this Ability automatically after the “Queen of the Shore” mission, and it adds an extra layer of depth to the Nemesis System. “Or you can activate them from stealth with (Up).”

#Middle earth shadow of mordor skill tree how to#

Perhaps a more dubious benefit of doing this is that it’ll teach you how to handle more powerful Uruks. After you get it, you should consider sending Death Threats to every Captain you can, then when you inevitably encounter them, you’ll end up scoring superior Runes. You cannot issue Death Threats to Uruks you’ve Branded.Īll in all, it’s a great Ability. Even if they don’t, issuing a Death Threat increase their Power Rating by five, which of course means any normal Runes they drop will be five levels higher. Once done, select a Captain and you’ll issue a Death Threat (the Captain must be far enough away-no quickly grabbing a nearby Uruk and issuing a Death Threat!) Once done the Captain’s Power Rating will increase by five and they’ll gain a gang of Uruks of the same type (Archers will get a retinue of Archers, Hunters will get Hunters, Defenders will get Defenders, etc.) To issue a Death Threat to Warchiefs, you’ll have to Interrogate a Captain, which becomes much easier to do after you have the Brand Ability, as you can grab a Branded Captain without having to smack them around, first.Ī Captain or Warchief who has received a Death Threat has a greater chance to drop an Epic Rune-a Warchief is all but guaranteed to drop one, and Captains have a 40% chance to drop one.

Grab and Interrogate an Uruk and you’ll get the option to issue a Death Threat by pressing (Square).

One of the more interesting Abilities in the game, Death Threat is mostly used for harvesting Epic Runes, and improving normal Rune drops.