Lord Of the Rings : The Two Towers Video Game _________ |Enemy FAQ| Author: wasp2020 July 18,2003 v1.010 wasp2020@hotmail.com ============================================================================= wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Table of Contents - Chapter 1 - Updates/Revisions - Chapter 2 - General Enemy Data - Chapter 3 - Enemy Database - Chapter 4 - Bosses - Chapter 5 - Special Thanks, E-Mail, and Legal Stuff wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ============================================================================= Chapter 1 - Updates/Revisions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 21, 2003 -Corrected description of Warg Rider. -Corrected weapon description for Shielded orc. -Corrected some spelling/grammar mistakes -Added "E-Mail" to Chapter 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19, 2003 -Added new strategy to Olog-Hai -Added Attacks section to Ringwraiths -Added 'First level' to Enemy Data (telling what level they first appear in). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 18, 2003 Alright, first release of my FAQ! Finally done it. I've done mostly everything I've wanted for the FAQ so far, but I might have to make it bigger. It is the first one I've ever done. If you guys have any suggestions/comments whatever, just ask and I'll see what I can do (please, only about the FAQ). But I think I've covered about everything. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================= Chapter 2 = General Enemy Data I made this FAQ in order to help those who is having trouble beating the various enemies found in this game. In this FAQ, I will be giving information about all of the foes you will meet during your quest, and how you will be able to defeat them. LEGEND FOR ATTACKS: HIT : The basic enemy attack, like your quick attack. This attack is in most cases followed by a white `stream'. KD : A Knockdown Attack. It is a strong attack, and does as the name says, it knocks you down. Watch out for this one. Most enemies only use these attacks when running, so there is no use of out-running it (trust me). Just Parry it. This attack is in most cases followed by a red `stream'. GRAB : Pretty much, just a special, unique attack. The moves look similar to the Bane moves, except that they don't kill you in one hit. They are used when you parry against a character too much, as the GRAB attacks cannot be parried. These attacks knock you down also. PROJECTILE : A Projectile attack. These attacks are only done by any Archer, the Warg Rider Orc, and the Olog-Hai Troll. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Throughout the game, you will be fighting many different species of enemies. Here is a general analysis of each species. Goblins: Goblins, or mountain orcs, are the weakest enemy that you will meet in the entire game. They are small, but very nimble. There are only three types of goblins in the game, the Regular Goblin (or Common Goblin), a Shield Goblin, and an Archer Goblin. Goblins can execute a quick attack, but no type of goblin that you will meet in the game has a Knockdown attack. They can appear in the most unexpected places, so watch out for anything. Especially watch out if you see some gravel or dust fall down from a high place, for they will be jumping down for a surprise attack. Their real strength is in their numbers, so focus on just killing them quickly. Orcs: Strong? Yes. Fast? Yes. Annoying? Yes. These monsters are the most irritating species in the game, in my opinion. They are well armed and have fairly good armor endurance. They travel in large groups (about 6 or 7) and try to ambush you sometimes. For the Axewielders, use quick attacks often. For the Shielded orcs, use Fierce attacks very often. Orcs are also known to be able to tame Wargs, a monster species of wolf, and ride them as Men ride horses. Use arrows/axes on them. Uruk-Hai: Breeded by the Enemy, these Orc-Men are a very powerful species. They are black-skinned, and wield a powerful sword. They can withstand sunlight, so you'll see them often in the later levels. Tall and fast, these guys can take quite a beating. There are many types of Uruk-Hai: Average Uruk-Hai, Soldier Uruk-Hai, Lieutenant Uruk-Hai, Swordwielder Uruk-Hai, Beserker Uruk-Hai, and then the Archer Uruk-Hai. For beating them, use your fierce attacks. Other than that, use your Bane, if you have it. Trolls: Trolls are simply the juggernauts of the game. They are extremely strong, big, have good range, are deceptively fast, and can take a very big beating. Thank goodness they are not as common as the other enemies, because they are just used as bosses or sub-bosses. There are two types of Trolls, the infamous Cave Troll, and then the advanced Olog-Hai. Watch out for these guys. ============================================================================= Chapter 3 - Enemy Database In this part of the FAQ, I will be listing all of the enemies in the game (except the bosses) with information. Here is an example on how I will give out the data. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enemy Name -Description: How the enemy looks. -Weapon(s): How the weapon(s) looks. -Attacks: Name of Attack: Description of attack. Type of Attack: HIT, KD, GRAB, or PROJECTILE. -Strategy: Best ways to kill the enemy. -First Level: First level they appear in. -Other: Other little things of the enemy which you might have not have noticed. These are not for a lot of enemies. NOTE: All descriptions of the enemies are not including the bosses. Ex. This is the fastest enemy in the game. It is only including the regular enemies of the game, not like Lurtz, a boss. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- There you go! Now here's the `chart'. The order of enemies will be Goblins, Orcs, Uruk-Hai, and then the Trolls. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Whenever I advise you to use a Quick Attack for an enemy, if you are Legolas, DO NOT use it! His quick attack is awful. Just use your Arrows or Fierce attack instead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Goblins| Regular Goblin(Common Goblin) -Description: Is short and skinny. Stoops down whenever it stands. Has long, pointy ears, and locks of black hair. Wears some sort of grey/brown-ish clothing. -Weapon: A short curved sabre. -Attacks: Slash: A quick, short slash with it's sabre. Wow. Type of attack: HIT Running Strike: When running, the goblin will do a jump, and then slash downwards. Type of attack: HIT Stab: A unique attack, really. The goblin will put both hands on the handle of the sabre, and then stab it towards you. It's a pretty rare attack, but it really just does the same damage as the other attacks. Type of Attack: HIT -Strategy: USE YOUR QUICK ATTACKS! Trust me. Your quick attacks have good horizontal range, and these guys are likely to be all around you. If there is a pack of them, don't go into the fray of them. Stay away, and use quick attacks. But stand your ground. These guys are very nimble, and sidestep very quickly (and annoyingly often) too. These guys are often hiding in high, hard to reach places. If you come too near, they will jump down like lightning. So watch out if you see a lot of dust and stuff fall from a high place, and then be on extra caution for a surprise attack. Just kill `em off quickly so you can have enough time and energy to kill the harder enemies. These guys don't have any attacks which can knock you down. -First Level: Gates of Moria -Other: These are the only enemies that get knocked down with a kick attack. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shielded Goblin -Description: These guy's are again, short and skinny, and still stoops down when it stands, but this Goblin looks a bit more bigger than the Common Goblins. They have a face mask, grey armor on his body, and a metal shield on left arm. -Weapon: A club, with several spikes on it. Also his metal shield. -Attacks: Slash: A quick, short whack with it's club. Wow. Type of attack: HIT Running Strike: When running, the goblin will do a jump, and then whack it's club downwards. Type of attack: HIT Shield Slash: It uppercuts the shield it is wielding and tries to hit you with it. An average attack. Type of attack: HIT -Strategy: These guy's strategy is not much different than the common goblins. They are annoying, because their shields stop all of your quick attacks and arrows/axes. So all you really have to do is take out their shields with a Fierce attack. After that, you'll notice that their armor on their bodies is just a decoration! They are as weak as goblins in endurance, and not as fast and nimble, but they ARE stronger, so don't underestimate them. -First Level: Balin's Tomb -Other: If you break it's shield and then it uses it's Shield Slash, it will do an uppercut with his fist! All the same technical stuff though. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer Goblin -Description: Just like the regular goblins, except has a face mask and wields a bow. These are V-E-R-Y rare enemies, because they are usually replaced by the orc archer. Actually, I don't even think they show up except in a cinematic in Helm's Deep: The Deeping Wall. Other than that I am not sure. -Weapon(s): A Bow. -Attacks: Fire Arrow: Fires a Fire-tipped arrow at you. Does extremely minimal damage. Type of attack: PROJECTILE -Strategy: Find it's rhythm of firing (for it fires about every 3 seconds) and then fire your arrows/axes at it. -First Level: ??? -Other: I give this the ol'N/A. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Orcs| Axewielder Orc -Description: Okay, now take a regular human, and make him have long, pointy ears, no hair, and pale-ish green skin. Now give him a swift kick in the back so he stoops down a bit. There you are! Now, just add some brownish clothing, and you've got yourself an Axewielder. These guy's have NO armor whatsoever. -Weapons: Two small, one-sided axes (one axe for each hand). -Attacks: Slash: It will take it's two axes to one side, and then slash. Does minor damage. Can hit you from behind. Type of attack: HIT Double Slash: Ah...one of the most annoying attacks in the game. It will do the Slash attack, do a 360 turn, and then Slash again. VERY annoying, and does lots of damage. Type of attack: KD Trip: If you parry too much, then it will trip you. Pretty rare actually. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: Real simple. First, parry his attacks, especially his Double Slash. Then either use quick attacks if your alone, and Fierce attacks if your fighting a group (especially if Shielded Orcs are there). -First Level: Prologue -Other: If you or any of your allies are around and on the floor, they will try to hurt them by striking their axes against the ground. Strangely, I never saw this do any damage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shielded Orc -Description: These guys have helms, so you can't see their face, only their eyes and their baring teeth. They have a small ponytail of hair at the back of their heads. Has the same design of clothes as the Axewielder, but is brown. Has a large wooden shield. -Weapons: It's Four-pronged spear and it's Wooden Shield (yes, it's a weapon also). -Attacks: Spear Attack: It will do a horizontal slash with it's spear. Does minimal damage. Type of attack: HIT Shield Attack: It will make it's shield go horizontal-wise, and then swing it to one side, and then to the other. Type of attack: HIT Running Strike: Does the same as the Spear attack, except he will jump in the air and the attack will knock you down. Type of attack: KD Spear Grab: He thrusts his spear in your chest, holds you up in the air, suspended by the spear, for a second, and then throws you down. Rare attack, with OK damage. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: VERY annoying enemy. When he shows up, he ruins all of your plans to your vacation to the orc slaughterhouse. When he shows up in a group, JUST GET RID OF HIM OR HIS SHIELD FIRST! You will get a hefty beating if you don't. And DO NOT try to outrun his Running Strike attack, even though it seems like you can. Parry it before it is too late. Then use a Fierce attack and wreck his shield. Or, use a good combo (my favourite is the Death Charge and War Rush) to wreck his shield. -First Level: Prologue -Other: If you break it's shield and then it uses it's Shield attack, it will swing his arm instead. Also, if you or any of your allies are around and on the floor, they will try to hurt them by striking their spears against the ground. Strangely, I never saw this do any damage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warg Rider -Description: The actual Warg Rider is like an orc with this wierd black armor on. It has a black facemask, and a Bow and Arrow. The Warg, though, is like a cross of a wolf and a hyena, and is very big for a wolf or hyena. The orc rides the Warg like a horse. These guys only appear in one level, the Gap of Rohan. -Weapon(s): A Bow. -Attacks: Fire Arrow: Fires a Fire-tipped arrow at you. Does very minimal damage. Type of attack: PROJECTILE Warg Tackle: The Warg runs straight at you and tries to tackle you. A bit of damage. Type of attack: KD -Strategy: Fire you arrows/axes. It's the best way. When it tries to tackle you, just move out of the way. -First Level: Gap of Rohan -Other: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Orc Archer -Description: Is like the regular orcs, but has a silver face mask and uses a bow. -Weapon(s): Another Bow. -Attacks: Fire Arrow: Fires a Fire-tipped arrow at you. Does very minimal damage. Sometimes, the Orc might have exploding arrows instead, and these do much more damage. It depends on which Orc archer you get, for they are both the same except for the type of arrows they have. Type of attack: PROJECTILE -Strategy: Find it's rhythm of firing (for it fires about every 3 seconds) and then fire your arrows/axes at it. Pretty weak enemy. Or, if he is near the edge of a cliff or something, you an kick him off for an "Excellent" kill. -First Level: Gates of Moria -Other: Zilch. Nada. Zip. In other words, none. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Uruk-Hai| Average Uruk-Hai -Description: The first Uruk-Hai of the game. He wears greenish clothing, with some rags and armor. It has a face mask. The stature is that of a grown man, but stoops down a bit when it runs. -Weapon(s): A long , one sided sword. -Attacks: Slash: He swings his sword to the opposite side. A bit of damage. Type of attack: HIT Backhand Slash: He puts his sword to his right and then swings to the left (The opposite of the Slash, really.) Type of attack: HIT Knockdown Slash: He swings his sword diagonally down. Pretty good damage. Type of attack: KD -Strategy: Go for the Quick attacks in small groups, and Fierce attacks in larger groups. I find it a waste of time using your Bane, but use it when your overwhelmed. These guys are very underestimated, so take them at least a little seriously. -First Level: Amon-Hen -Other: Nothing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soldier Uruk-Hai -Description: The main enemy of the game. Wears black armor, has black skin, and wears a face mask. -Weapon(s): A long , one sided sword. Same as the Average Uruk-Hai. -Attacks: Slash: He swings his sword to the opposite side. A fairly uncommon attack. A bit of damage. Type of attack: HIT Double Sword Slash: Swings his sword back and forth once. Very good damage if both slashes hit. Type of attack: HIT Running Slash: A very powerful attack. It jumps into the air, puts his sword over his shoulder with both hands, and slashes down hard. Type of attack: KD Uppercut: He uppercuts you. Average damage. Rare attack. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: These guys are strong with powerful attacks and travel in large groups. If they are in a large group, use your quick attacks to lessen their numbers, then finish them off with some Fierce attacks. -First Level: Plains of Rohan -Other: If you or any of your allies are around and on the floor, they will try to hurt them by striking their swords against the ground. Strangely, I never saw this do any damage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uruk-Hai Lieutenant -Description: A very uncommon enemy in the game, found only in the Helms Deep: The Breached Wall and the Hornburg Courtyard (which is a total of only 2 in the game). Also found in the Deeping Wall cinematics. Wears black armor, has black skin, but does not wear a helm or face mask. He has the Sign of Saruman (The white hand) on his chest armor. -Weapon(s): A long , one sided sword. Same as the Soldier Uruk-Hai. -Attacks: Slash: He swings his sword to the opposite side. A fairly uncommon attack. A bit of damage. Type of attack: HIT Double Sword Slash: He slashes his sword diagonally upwards to his opposite shoulder, and then slashes vertically downwards. Type of attack: HIT Running Slash: A very powerful attack. It jumps into the air, puts his sword over his shoulder with both hands, and slashes down hard. The same as the Soldier Uruk-hai's knockdown attack. Type of attack: KD Uppercut: He uppercuts you. Average damage. Rare attack. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: This guy is actually not that harder than the Soldier Uruk-Hai. He is not ever in a group of more than 3, so it will be easy getting rid of him. But, I find it hard to be able to parry most of his attacks, strange as it is. Maybe it is just me. Anyway, just use your Fierce attacks. -First Level: Helm's Deep: Breached Wall -Other: Nothing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Swordwielder Uruk-Hai -Description: Insane. There you go. Just kidding. These guys are nuts. Even though they has no armor whatsoever, they are one of the most strongest enemies in the game. They never get tired, somehow. Why, some even say they are harder than Trolls! They parry every one of your attacks, except if you do it at the exact right time. They have a white face mask, is tall and very strong. It has black skin, and is the fastest enemy in the game. This is the same enemy as when, in the movie, the Uruk-hai were lifting the ladders onto the Wall. These guys were right on top of the ladders when they were being lifted, if you remember. -Weapon(s): A very long, dual-sided sword. Very dangerous., very strong. -Attacks: Fury Slash: Slashes back and forth twice. Powerful attack. Can hit while your on the ground. Type of attack: KD (even though it has a white stream behind it) Slice and Dice: Slashes like a mental person on steroids several times (I think 3 or 4), and then finishes it off with a slash to the ground. This can also hit you when you are on the ground. Very powerful attack. Type of attack: KD (this one has a red stream behind it) Sword Handle Slam: Uses it's handle of the sword to punch you out. Unfortunately, it is a fairly common attack. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: These guys are near invincible without either the Rising attack, Arrows/Axes (which will be like mosquitoes to him), or the Bane (which you probably won't have when you first meet them in Fangorn Forest). His attacks are long and hard. Here are the strategies: 1) Get knocked down, and then hope that he is close so that you can hit him with a Rising attack when you get back up. Then, when he is on the ground, use your Shadow Strike (the Killing Move, R2) to finish it off. If the rising attack misses, though...The War Rush work really well too. 2) Another strategy is the harder one. Before and after each of his attacks, do a quick attack. Hopefully, it will make a hit. But remember, it parries your attacks near 90% of the time, so get the Rising attack before you get to Fangorn Forest. 3) The Ultimate Strategy...USE YOUR BANE! Since he attacks so much, you will always have a chance to parry. -First Level: Fangorn Forest -Other: These guys are so strong, they hurt their allies while trying to hurt you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beserker Uruk-Hai -Description: Suicide Bombers is one way to explain them. These guys look just like the Swordwielder, except has more build and looks a bit bigger. It also holds a torch and has a couple of barrels of explosives tied on top of him. And Saruman isn't a very good parent, telling them not to play with fire...These guys and the Swordwielder have one more thing in common - they are both insane. Driven by Sauron and Saruman, the Beserkers make sure that you are blown to the same size of little bits as they are about to turn into, too. -Weapon(s): A Torch and Barrels of Explosives is all I think I need to say. -Attacks: Explosion: It blows itself up in order to hurt you. The force area of the blast is large, and the Uruk-Hai blow up as soon as they make contact with their target. Type of attack: HIT -Strategy: Fire your arrows/axes. It's that easy. One arrow or axe will blow them up in their tracks. -First Level: The Westfold -Other: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Uruk-Hai Archer -Description: Looks like the regular orc archer, except is a bit bigger in stature, and has Uruk-Hai armor on. -Weapon(s): A Bow and a packet of Fire-Bombs. -Attacks: Fire Arrow: Fires a Fire-tipped arrow at you. Does very minimal damage. Type of attack: PROJECTILE Fire Bomb: Throws a small grey bag at you, which then explodes and catches the surrounding floor on fire. Does a lot of damage if you step into the fire. Also, the bag itself can hit you, which does minimal damage. Type of attack: PROJECTILE & HIT -Strategy: Find it's rhythm of firing (for it fires about every 3 seconds) and then fire your arrows/axes at it. Usually, the enemy is on the ground, so you can use your regular attacks on it. Or, if he is near the edge of a cliff or something, you an kick him off for an "Excellent" kill. -First Level: Amon-Hen -Other: Use the fire from the Bomb's to catch your enemies on fire. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Trolls| Cave Troll -Description: These guys are BIG, STRONG, and can take a very big beating. They have greyish scaly skin, with a lighter underbelly, and some rags for clothes. They have three fingers on each long arm, and two short legs. Oh, and they have a giant spiked club to top it off. But, they are extremely stupid, thankfully. -Weapon(s): A large spiked club, like a mace. -Attacks: Note: All of the cave trolls attacks do a lot of damage and knock you down. Club Swing: It holds it's club with both hands and swings once. Common attack. Good horizontal range. Powerful, too. Type of attack: KD One-Handed Slam: It raises it's club in the air with one hand and slams down quickly. Also pretty common attack. Type of attack: KD Two-Handed Slam: It raises the club in the air with both hands for a second, and then slams down HARD. Very powerful, but leaves time for you to attack. Type of attack: KD -Strategy: These guys will not be hurt by a quick attack, so don't try. There is also no bane for it, unfortunately. Also, you cannot parry any of it's attacks. But, there are several ways of beating him: 1) Use your arrows/axes. Takes the longest and is not that effective. 2) Use the main strategy, hit and run. Use a Fierce attack when it is not attacking and then run away out of range. It will try to hit you. If you ran away far enough, if will miss. Then go in again, and again, until it falls down and you hear the ground rumbling. 3) The Ultimate Strategy. Use a Fierce attack non-stop on him, but only the FIRST Fierce attack, not the one where you bring you weapon downwards, so you have to time it right. He will not have any time to react. Just practice on this one, and you'll fly through these guys. NOTE: It is harder to do the Ultimate Strategy for Gimli, because he is slower. -First Level: Balin's Tomb -Other: These guys also attack their allies too. He doesn't care if they get in their way of his attack. Yay for us. :D ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Olog-Hai -Description: The Olog-Hai are told to be the Troll and Orc races bred together. These guys look similar to the Cave Troll, except it is a bit lighter in colour. It still has the greyish scaly hide, though. It has a kind of green Goblin/Orc face. It also has a big pouch on his hip, which holds the Logs he throws. The Olog-hai are stronger, faster, and smarter than them though. -Weapon(s): A large spiked club, just like the Cave Troll. Also has a packet of small wood logs it uses as it's projectile weapon. -Attacks: Note: All of his attacks are quicker than the Cave Troll's attacks. Club Swing: It holds it's club with both hands and swings once. Good horizontal range. Powerful, too. Type of attack: KD One-Handed Slam: It raises it's club in the air with one hand and slams down quickly. Type of attack: KD Two-Handed Slam: It raises the club in the air with both hands for a second, and then slams down HARD. Very powerful. Type of attack: KD Log Throw: It reaches for a log in it's pouch then throws it at you. Most common, if you are far away from it. Fairly strong. Type of Attack: PROJECTILE Piledriver: It grabs you, holds you up in the air, looks at you for a moment as you squirm about, and then slams you down into the ground. Pretty strong attack. Common, too. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: These guys will not be hurt by a quick attack, so don't try. There is also no bane for it, unfortunately. Also, you cannot parry any of it's attacks. But, there are two ways of beating him: 1. When it's back is turned (which is very uncommon) shoot an arrow/axe. You have to be quick. But this does the least damage and you'll probably never kill them like that. Just try and use the other strategies, but only fire an arrow/axe when your given to chance to. 2. Use the main strategy, hit and run. Use a Fierce attack when it is not attacking and then run away out of range. It will try to hit you. If you ran away just far enough, if will miss. Then go in again, and again, until it falls down and you hear the ground rumbling. 3. The Ultimate Strategy. Use a Fierce attack non-stop on him, but only the FIRST fierce attack, not the one where you bring you weapon downwards, so you have to time it right. He will not have any time to react. Just practice on this one, and you'll fly through these guys. NOTE: It is harder to do the Ultimate Strategy for Gimli, because he is slower. -First Level: Fangorn Forest -Other: These guys also attack their allies too. He doesn't care if they get in their way of his attack. Yay for us. :D ============================================================================= Chapter 4 - Bosses This is the chapter where I tell you descriptions and strategies on all of the bosses of the game. I'll try to be as detailed as possible. Here is a list of the bosses in order and the level they appear in. But not all levels have bosses for them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ringwraiths : Weathertop Watcher in the Water : Gates Of Moria Moria Cave Troll : Balin's Tomb Lurtz : Amon Hen 2 Olog-Hai's : Fangorn Forest Warg Leader : Gap of Rohan Catapult : Helm's Deep: Breached Wall 2 Cave Trolls : Helm's Deep: Hornburg Courtyard ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 1 - Weathertop - 5 Ringwraiths -Description: 5 Ringwraiths...Looks like people in black robes, with their hood over their heads. Holds a sword. -Weapon(s): A Sword. -Attacks: Sword Slash: Pulls his sword back a bit then slashes at you. Very weak. Type of attack: HIT Sword Thrust: Pulls his sword back then stabs forward fast. Type of attack: KD Sword Stab: When they start to attack Frodo on the ground, they use a slow stab attack. Type Of Attack: HIT (I guess...) -Strategy: Phase 1: This is easy. In the battle, you can only use your torch to hurt them, so just keep on using your fierce attack on them non-stop. Don't worry about Frodo - he can't be hurt now. Just keep on attacking the Ringwraiths. If your torch runs out, just use a fierce attack on the campfire to relight it. Phase 2: Now Frodo will turn invisible with the Ring, but the Ringwraiths now sense him. Still fight them, until another cutscene shows Frodo being stabbed by a Ringwraith sword. Now he can get hurt. Just keep on fighting, and you will win. This is a very easy fight. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 2 - Gates of Moria - Watcher in the Water -Description: Like a giant squid, though you can only see its head and tentacles. The Squid always has at the most three tentacles over the water. The area is a dark, murky pond. -Weapon(s): It's tentacles. -Attacks: Tentacle Whip: Whips it's tentacle at you. Type of attack: KD -Strategy: The only way you can hurt the Watcher is to shoot an arrow/axe at it's head, but you can't when it is under the water. It uses it's tentacles to whip at you. You cannot dodge them, so parry them. When you parry them, the tentacles go straight up in the water. When they do this, go at them in the water and use a quick attack. They will be cut off. When any one tentacle gets cut off, the Watcher will pop his head out from the water. Now, fire an arrow/axe at it. Do this over again and again, until he dies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 3 - Balin's Tomb - Moria Cave Troll -Description: This guy looks just like any other Cave Troll, except that he is a bit stronger (in endurance). Not really much to say here. -Weapon(s): Phase 1: Spiked Club Phase 2: Chain Whip -Attacks: Club Swing: It holds it's club with both hands and swings once. Common attack. Good horizontal range. Powerful, too. (Phase 1) Type of attack: KD One-Handed Slam: It raises it's club in the air with one hand and slams down quickly. Also pretty common attack. (Phase 1) Type of attack: KD Two-Handed Slam: It raises the club in the air with both hands for a second, and then slams down HARD. Very powerful, but leaves some time to attack.(Phase 1) Type of attack: KD Chain Whip: Whips it's chain at you. Lots of damage. (Phase 2) Type of attack: KD -Strategy: Phase 1: This is SO easy. Just use the strategies I gave you for the Cave Trolls, and you'll do fine. This guy is no different than the others. But don't get hit by his attacks - they still do a lot of damage (he is still a Troll, if you noticed). Oh, and also concern the oncoming hordes of Goblins coming through the door. Phase 2: Now, this is where it's gets different. The cutscene shows that the Troll broke his club, so he gets a length of chain off of the ground. You climb up to the perimeter around the room, which is surrounded by stone pillars. When you start moving around, hide behind a pillar. The Troll is on the ground, trying to whip you with the chain. But, if you are hiding behind a pillar, he will hit the pillar with the chain instead. Now, if you move a bit to the side so you can have a clear shot of the Troll, but you are still close to the pillar, shoot your arrows/axes! If you are close enough to the pillar, the Troll will still be hitting it, but you will be able to hit him! After the Troll hits the pillar 3 times, the pillar will fall, so just go behind another one and repeat the steps! NOTE: A Goblin pops up on the perimeter several times on Phase 2, so keep your guard up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 4 - Amon Hen - Lurtz Description: He looks like a brown Uruk-Hai, with the White Hand painted on his face. He has some hair coming out from his head. He has armor on the chest, but none on the arms/legs. No face mask either. He wears big brown gloves. -Weapon(s): Phase 1: Bow and Arrow. Phase 2: Uruk-Hai Sword. -Attacks: Fire Arrow: Fires 3 arrows after another, waits a moment, and then does it again. OK damage. (Phase 1) Type of attack: PROJECTILE Tackle: Tackles you if you get too close. Good damage. (Phase 1) Type of attack: KD Slash: Lurtz will do a powerful slash. (Phase 2) Type of attack: HIT Double Slash: Lurtz will do a little hop, do the slash attack, and then do another the opposite way. Good attack. (Phase 2) Type of attack: HIT Knockdown Slash: Lurtz will do a forceful slash. Good range and powerful. (Phase 2) Type of attack: KD Double Knockdown Slash: Lurtz will do a little hop, do the Knockdown slash, and then do another the opposite way. Great attack. Very powerful. (Phase 2) Type of attack: KD Uppercut: He uppercuts you. Average damage. Rare attack. (Phase 2) Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: Phase 1: After he has killed Boromir, you and Lurtz will be standing away from each other on the battlefield, which has statues near the perimeter. Lurtz will be shooting fire arrows at you very quickly, so dodge them. Don't get real close to him, though, because he will use the Tackle attack. Just fire an arrow/axe at it when it pauses for a second. If you are quick enough, you might be able to attack him non-stop (lucky you). Do this until a cutscene comes showing Lurtz give out a war cry, then dropping his bow and picking up a sword off from the ground. Phase 2: After Lurtz gets his shiny new sword, he wants to see how sharp it is. This guy is by far the fastest guy in the game. He is about 2 or 3 times faster than you. Anyway, don't shoot arrows/axes or attack him with your weapon, because he will parry all of them. To beat him, make him attack a statue! Hide behind a statue and try to make him hit it. His sword will get stuck in it (well, now he knows how sharp his sword is...). He will try to break out for about 4-5 seconds, then break free and break the statue. So now is your chance to make him taste cold steel. Hit him as much times as you can with your Fierce attacks. When he gets out, just repeat the instructions until he is defeated. Another way is the much harder way. If you waste out of pillars to use, make him hit you with a KD attack, then use a rising attack. Lurtz will be dizzy for about 2 seconds. Now is your chance to hit him. NOTE: Average Uruk-hai will come occasionally during the fight. Take care of these before Lurtz, because they will ruin your plans. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 5 - Fangorn Forest - 2 Olog Hai's Description: If one of these monsters is a challenge for you What would you do if you had to beat two? These guys are just two normal Olog-hai's, really, nothing special about them. It's just that there is two of them. -Weapon(s): A spiked club and the packet of throwing logs for each of the Olog-hai. -Attacks: Club Swing: It holds it's club with both hands and swings once. Good horizontal range. Powerful, too. Type of attack: KD One-Handed Slam: It raises it's club in the air with one hand and slams down quickly. Type of attack: KD Two-Handed Slam: It raises the club in the air with both hands for a second, and then slams down HARD. Very powerful. Type of attack: KD Log Throw: It reaches for a log in it's pouch then throws it at you. Most common, if you are far away from it. Fairly strong. Type of Attack: PROJECTILE Piledriver: It grabs you, holds you up in the air, looks at you for a moment as you squirm about, and then slams you down into the ground. Pretty strong attack. Common, too. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: Now, in this battlefield, the two Trolls will be pretty much standing at each end. Oh, if you need health in the battle, there is a box all the way at the right end. Now, to beat these guys, take it one guy at a time, and act like he is just a regular Troll. Use the Strategies for the Olog-Hai. Then go for the other one after one of them is dead. Sorry, but I can't really give you more information on these guys, because they are just like regular Trolls. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 6 - Gap of Rohan - Warg Leader -Description: He looks just like an axewielder, really, but with different armor, and he has a Sabre, not a Bow and Arrow. -Weapon(s): The Warg is a good weapon. Also the Sabre which he has. -Attacks: Tackle: More advanced than the Warg Rider's tackle because it `homes' in on you. He can steer the Warg while doing the attack. Type of attack: KD Slash: The Warg bites your leg, holds you up to the Leader, and then he Slashes you twice with his Sabre. Then the Warg throws you down to the ground. Powerful attack. Type of attack: GRAB -Strategy: Okay after you kill all of the other Warg Riders on the field, it's just you and the Warg Leader. He blocks ALL of your attacks with his sabre. Now, all you have to do is stay in the water for a bit, but not that far out. The Warg Leader does not like water, so he will not be able to get you when he tries to tackle you. After 3 attempts, the Warg will stand on his hind legs, showing his underbelly. Go up to him, and fire an arrow/axe before he gets back down. He will now be trying to recover from your attack. It will take about 3-4 seconds. Now, attack him as much times as you can with your fierce attack. Then run away fast. If he recovers and your right next to him, he will attack. Repeat these steps until he is beaten. NOTE: A Warg Rider comes onto the battlefield occasionally. Take care of him quickly, because the battle cannot continue with him on the field. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 7 - Helm's Deep: The Breached Wall - Catapult -Description: A big, wooden catapult. Can't really say much else. -Weapon(s): It IS a weapon. -Attacks: Flaming Bomb: Hurls a huge flaming bomb at the door. GET AWAY FROM THIS ATTACK! If it lands right on you, it's a one hit kill. Type of attack: HIT & PROJECTILE -Strategy: After this long and grueling level, they send the wooden catapult to the breach in the wall. This thing is big, and with more than a dozen enemies. There are Archers, Soldiers, and Shielded Orcs defending it. Take care of all of these guys quickly! The fight will be much easier without them. Now, after a big fight with all of them, go to the catapult. There are 3 weak spots - the front and the two sides. You can see big wooden panels on them. Attack them like crazy. To get best results, use your Devastating Attack (Hold Triangle down) in-between a side panel and the front do you can get two panels in one attack. Attack the other panel(s) as quick as you can before the door breaks, and then walk away with a victory on a very tough level! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boss 8 - Helm's Deep: Hornburg Courtyard - 2 Cave Trolls -Description: Two Cave Trolls. There you go. -Weapon(s): A Spiked Club for each Troll. -Attacks: Club Swing: It holds it's club with both hands and swings once. Good horizontal range. Powerful, too. Type of attack: KD One-Handed Slam: It raises it's club in the air with one hand and slams down quickly. Type of attack: KD Two-Handed Slam: It raises the club in the air with both hands for a second, and then slams down HARD. Very powerful, but leaves some time to attack. Type of attack: KD -Strategy: Right near the end of this blood rushing battle, 2 Cave Trolls decide to join. Now, you would expect them to come to you, like always, but they go straight for the wall. Now, since Swordwielders and Soldiers are everywhere now, it will be hard to concentrate. But you have to focus on killing the trolls. Go in-between them both, and try to use a Devastating attack. If you don't use it, the wall is probably going to break sooner than you think. And it is hard to use it, because enemies are everywhere. But still, try to kill the trolls as fast as you can with the Devastating attack. It is hard to do, but once you kill them, the battle is over. Sorry I can't help you more, but when the bosses come, it's pure mayhem on the entire field. You just have to focus. Congratulations! You have beaten the Hornburg Courtyard! ============================================================================= Chapter 5 - Special Thanks, E-Mail, and Legal Stuff Special Thanks and Credit to: -EA Games for making the games. -New Line Cinema for making the movies. -GameFAQs message boards for hints, tips, and information. -And JRR Tolkien for creating the magnificent books. Concerning E-Mail: If you ever E-Mail me (about my faq) please make the title of it easy to find. I get a lot of junk mail, and I usually just delete all of my messages. To avoid these problems, please title your message like so: "About your faq... (insert subject here)" The subject is why your e-mailing me (question, comment, etc.). Also, I will not add you to my contact list, so please don't waste your time and mine. Thank you! Legal Stuff: This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. 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