Doesn't matter how OP an uruk is. If all they do is run around and taunt for the entire fight while getting shot at and poisoned.

I swear Uruks loose half there brain cells when in a pit fight I

well there needs to be tweeks to the fight pit AI anyways, seems to me that sometimes my uruks just die becuase they were standing there scratching their nut sacks instead of trying to fight.

Every time I send an archer into the pits he doesn’t even fire his crossbow, he just either uses it as a melee weapon or keeps loading it and just never fires.

No intro. Straight to the point. Like +1 after first 10sec of the video. Good work.

i got ambushed by this captain inside my fortress then uses his horn but no one came instead his ass got beat up 😂

A particularly lethal Overlord + Bodyguard combo: Look for an Overlord immune to everything except for one element (forget stealth immunity, doesn’t matter). Then assign two Commanders as his bodyguards, both with the Warder trait that the Overlord needs. Behold! An Overlord immune to everything, constantly enraged orcs due to War Banners or death of the Commanders, and if you go so far as to get a Necromancer, the dead are rising.

seeing how deep these classes are really makes me want a middle earth game where we can make our own uruk and try to rise up to be an overlord. i think that would be so damn cool with all of the different options they have

There is a mortal weakness that makes the uruk run away when he sees the gravewalker it was in shadow of mordor too

I have this one berserker with enraged by everything and great strength. he's incredibly strong but has a huge downside, he killed 2 of my other captains in one siege...

I got a guy called "The Maniac"(Because of shaming). He is a warrior berserker, that has a bag on his head from comeback(He killed me twice and died once from my follower, when he wasn't that good). A ton of hates, including "Enraged by everything", and some other cool shit. Unfortunately, no epic traits, but in the pitfights he is just spamming feral claws, rampage and chokeslams. He is absolutely OP in pits, and almost as good vs player. He is truly a maniac, he only laughs in the face of his opponents, that and the bag on his head make him really scary. And only a few days before, he was just an annoying slave, that somehow managed to get a lucky hit...

I've got a follower called Golm the Legendary, he's a level 65 savage with no weaknesses, legendary, a shitton of epic traits, and the No Chance trait. I've got him as my Overlord alongside an Epic level 65 bodyguard also with the No Chance trait and enraged by everything, and I've yet to be notified of anyone successfully conquering my fortress with him in it. Once you get knocked down by either of these guys who are really difficult to fight, it's all over immediately. I actually had to get three of my best captains on a mission together to be able to defeat and recruit him because he killed me so much.

Actually, it's perfectly acceptable for an Uruk to have a Beast Fodder weakness if he also has the Beast Slayer bonus trait. The only beast he could take damage from is a Drake, and that's a pretty rare occurence.

The most annoying Captin I had to face was a frost proof, arrow-proof, vault breaker, trickster, with a poison sword, and had doppelgangers. He's my overlord now.

I would love for Monolith to add some sort of Uruk Creator, where you can create/build your own Uruks following some sort of point system. For instance: You start with 5 points for abilities and each time you add a Strength you lose points and when you add a weakness you gain points, this is to keep the balance.

I once had a... questionable experience in the fight pits trying to infiltrate an olog as a war chief spy, he was fighting a guy who was legendary, 10 levels above him, and riding a dire caragor. I thought my guy was dead but for some reason the one he was fighting literally just sat there not even trying to attack as my olog slowly killed his caragor and then proceeded to falcon punch him to death

7:43 if you are playing on Gravewalker difficulty, then most definitely get vigilant against stealth because sometimes the only thing you can do to damage a captain is to sprint out of combat then repeatedly stealth attack the target.

Before my game got erased, I had an archer with explosive shots and bombs, and an elite gang of archers also with explosive shots. In the pits it was like a non stop artillery barrage right out of the gate on whoever they caught. The enemy could barely take two steps without being bombarded to hell.

If you decide to build an olog the tribe does not matter because ologs don't have tribe traits like hail of bolts or terror chains etc. They can't use them

A minor, but VERY important note on Curse when it comes to Uruks, Curse works differently on Uruks than it does on the player, here is what it does based on my own observations: At first glance Curse is the weakest Ailment you can it on an Orc, and yet despite this almost every Mystic Tribe Orc are immune to Curse, bit strange, yes? That is because curse is not meant to be just a DOT, in fact Curse has the weakest DOT and shortest effect of all the ailments in the game, and despite this Curse can be the most powerful effect you can put on an Orc, because curse increases all other forms of damage an Orc takes. The amount increased varies by the type of damage, with the other DOT's receiving a noticeable buff to both damage and duration while Curse is going, in one instance I inflicted curse and then just after detonated a barrel of poisoned grog creating an explosion of Balefire on a captain, he lost almost half his health from the Balefire DOT alone, a bit of testing by hitting him with another Balefire explosion when he was not cursed showed that he took visibly less damage, also when checking his weaknesses he was not weak to, enraged by or immune to any of the 3 DOT types. Normal attacks also deal more damage though it's harder to spot since you usually have to hit multiple times to see life bar movement anyway and criticals can also make it difficult to tell the difference. Ranged attacks does see the least payoff from the get-go since they already hit hard enough as it is, and this hold true for orcs as well, though if you combine curse with Explosive shot you will be able to let an Orc take advantage of the Curse boost to the Fire DOT damage. For players you have a bow that deal A LOT more damage to Orcs if they are cursed, and we are talking mid 50% to 60% extra damage, by far the highest damage amplification effect you can have, aside from that, not much of an noticeable effect. Stealth, this one I have honestly never been able to test since you lose stealth if you inflict damage to an Orc and since you need to damage them to curse them... yeah it's been difficult for me to test, also pretty irrelevant in Orc Vs Orc fights since orcs don't do assassinations unless you yourself are ordering your Orc bodyguard/summoned followers to do so. Orc Grunts that get cursed will ALWAYS run away in a panic, which is pretty nifty, especially if you like to use the Terror Set. Addendum: Curse on it's lonesome is pretty much worthless and should as much as be paired up with other DOT effects to let it's full potential out, because of this Curse is useful to put on the bodyguards of Warchiefs that already have another form of DOT damage, if you have to give them to a lone Orc, put it on Orcs that are very aggressive and attack a lot, but for some reason does not hit very hard to allow them to take advantage of the Damage increase that the Curse DOT gives. Also Undead CAN apply to the pits if the Captain with the Hate Undead are facing an Undead Captain not only that but Necromancer DOES work in the pits, however the Necromancer needs to be left alone long enough to pull it off, as such ranged attackers such as Archers and hunters tend to be the best at this stuff, also it will, for obvious reasons, only work if there are grunts around to actually raise.

The level of detail monolith puts into their uruks and ologs is insane! I just wish we could play as them

vigilant against stealth orcs haunt my dreams because thats my whole play style

Something I find neat with Trappers is how well they pair with Destroyers, since I find it becomes really hard to dodge their traps, especially if the Destroyer can throw several bombs, but on their own I find their often a mild annoyance unless their a Hunter or Archer with a Melee Gang, in particular Savages or Ologs and/or Ranged Immunity, as for Tribe, Marauder the Hand-Crossbows aren't to be under estimated especially when paired with the bear trap, but I find the Trapper is more so a enabler for the other Advanced Classes then a Advanced that can get the job done on their own.

Never have an Archer with Enraged By Everything. Literally wiped my entire fortress assualt team. I could revive them all, thank god, but I got him out asap

One vulnerability I'll tolerate is Beast Fodder, if the Uruk is a Beastmaster with Beast Slayer, which nullifies that vulnerability.

When starting a siege, don't have the olog-kai siege upgrade when you have fast moving captains like archers or assassins. They will instantly kill them if they are on a wall that they have just finished destroying.

On toilet: Yes, a good Uruk building guide!! (Realises vid is 27 mins): I'll watch it later.

Great vid Potates! You have earned my sub with this one :D BTW the Necromancer skill triggers during a pit fight. My best pit fighter is a necromancer with a gang of skilled hunters and he resurrects more than once a match.

This is an amazing and SUPER helpful video man! Thanks so much for this video, best guide on Uruks on KZfaq!

I'm not really sure why trackers even exist in the game. Other classes don't seem to have any problems tracking me down, so their "unique" traits aren't even that unique.

you have no idea how helpful this video was, in fact I managed to grind a very powerful berserker because of this video. So far he has not lost in the fight pits and I'm earning absolute bags of Miran. Thank you!!

15:27 - Tank class "This is useful in many ways, they can simply outlast their opponents or keep their allies safe by distracting enemies and absorbing damage.." Olog-Hai proceeds to smash the tanks face 😂😂😂

There is no warchief in my main fortress who doesn't have the "no chance" perk. Just to troll people who are preparing for online assaults 😜

I found beastmasters and commanders to be great bodyguards to me and warchiefs the summoning provides so much chaos that you can really get an opening especially when going against overlords

Wow, that was thorough. Thanks for uploading this. I may need to watch it a few more times and take notes.

Great video, I love the attention to detail and professionalism. I sincerely hope your channels grows as it is a hidden gem of youtube.

These skills are the abstitute bestest

Loved this video thank you for taking your time in to making this

Awesome video! Very informative and well spoken; will be using this info to boost my online fort!

I have one guy named Ar-Kaius the Destroyer. Big Olog, destroyer class, with Fire Weapon, Fire Mines, a flamethrower, Epic Fire Bombs, and Sappers that he calls in with a horn. Every battlefield he enters becomes 90% fire after 2 minutes.

Wish we could start as an Uruk from scratch and we climb the ranks till Overlord, like level 2 or 3 you got to pick a Class, level 10 and Advanced Class, then level 20 a tribe, but got to do quests for them and such.

The hardest Captain's I've fought have been Savage's and shield users. I once met a shield user that was generally unbeatable (for my play style), as he had been immune to all attacks like vaults, sneaks, arrows, and he had a huge unbreakable shield

Very informative and helpful! Definitely going in my playlist

Thanks for the Video on the classes! Helped me alot to getting startet!

Here’s a incredible combo I found for siege defence: have a berserker warchief with as many berserker bodyguards as you can, with every Uruk having both enraged by weakness and exhaustion, and have half of them with epic rage and half without. Now when one’s rage wears off, it’s activated for the rest of them. EDIT: spelling mistakes

Really great analysis! Well done!

You're the only SoW YT'er I watch. Lol. I have a playlist specifically for your Builds and Tips, that I consistently refer back to during my playthrough. This video is an ABSOLUTE must-add. Thanks Potate.

Awesome video been looking a detail like this for ages :D cheers

Gang of savages is one of the best since they attack so fast they stun enemy captains in pits.

Weird. You should have more than 36K subs. I added one. Great video man. You keep up this quality with these great overlays and you're going to be huge. Really appreciated how easy this was to follow. It was like a pro power-point presentation with awesome video. Cheers, my dude.

Oh my fucking god I didn’t know Potates and Dantics where the same thing Like seriously this is insane to me

Great vid! Well done. I was sceptical with the 30 min run time, but a moment wasn't wasted

What about that rare secret ability orcs sometimes have when they either kill other orcs in a single hit or they do the same attack over and over in a loop

In my opinion a vulnerabillity to beasts is ok if accompanied by the "beast slayer" bonus, as he one-shots caragors/graugs and only has to fear drakes if his reach is limited. In Pit-Fights it's even less of a bother.

also make sure you look for enraged by possessive master and bloodlust for a warchief. Possessive master is like enraged by injury, but your bodyguards have to be injured first, then the warchief will become enraged, then bloodlust makes the orc become enraged when noticing an enraged enemy or ally. so you can have a possessive master warchief and 2 bloodlust bodyguards

So one of my uruks has managed to roll abilities, where the only thing that can harm him is range attacks, with a no chance ability and being a destroyer hunter. Only things I've given him is a poison weapon, with a epic gang of hunters.

Is "Giant-slayer" Just Really rare? I've been playing shadow of War for a while and have not encountered a SINGLE giant-slayer captain! Does it really exist?

One thing to take note of is that weaknesses to stealth are fine on overlords as they are immediately alerted to players and will not reset.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!

Thx for this video. I found it really useful and informative. Keep up the good work. =)

All im going to say is a olog tank with thik skin and bombs would be awsome

I personally feel that defenders hard counter berserkers. They just block everything. And puts the berserker in a stun lock.

Just got the game and this is super helpful. Thanks man!

tbh the best uruk i have seen in my days of this game out of all the uruks/orcs i have seen is the terror tribe poison/curse/fire Tower guy he is OP af

I once had an destroyer olog warchief that had enraged by burning and could call fire sappers wich made him nearly unkillable

Im so proud. I remember when you had only 1500 subs and me slash and toker were most active. (Im Doge skyrim)

Absolute legend for doing this video. Thank you!

Not very often on comment on videos, but this time I just had to. Absolutely fantastic video with all the information right there in helpful tables. If I could give this a million likes it wouldn’t be enough.

Yesterday in online pit fight my overlord had 3 execution attacks in a short time and lost almost all health, so I think Immune to Execution is not so useless in pits

I personally like pairing a tracker with the epic traps and a berserker. That way when a player eventually runs into one of the 5 or so traps in the objective the berserker can run up and annihilate them. It was so bad that I have had multiple people attack them first to make the fight easier.

so i havent looked up or watched any shadow of war content in a really long time, havent even thought about the game in like 6 months, until yesterday when i started playing it again. spent about an hour and a half trying to train captains in the fight pit with limited success, and now this popped up in my recommended videos. we are being watched, my dudes

really good detailed breakdown !!!

I found out if you keep doing the first dlc you can keep getting the fixer and architect

Savage terror berserker with fire wepon is godly

One really fun trait combo for Destroyers is Epic (elemental) Bombs + Elite Gang. The Elite Gang will inherit the Epic Bombs, so you'll have 5-6 orcs constantly throwing elemental bombs.

Was there lastnight on stream watching you search for a Nech Uruk. good content and video! Heres to hoping a win a copy of the game

My orcs when their fighting in the fighting pit: *Stupid* My orcs when they betray me after cheating death because of them standing still: *STRONG*

i kid u not as soon i watched this video i pulled out from a random free chest from a challenge a poisonous mystic assassin (Tarz the power hungry) immune to EVERYTHING except arrows and stealth only hints for damage, poison warder and dire caragor rider with an olag gang,poison bombs and weapon.

Thanks man, very useful!

I'd love a written version of this video, so I can refer back to it!

I have this arrow proof necromancer as overlord do when players try and kill the little uruks they come back and just generally become annoying the guy also became crit immune after a level up and he basically became god.

Another great vid Dan!!!!!!!

Quite the comprehensive video you got here, enjoyed it very much and gave me another person's insight on the trait system. I did notice you did not talk about ologs and how a select few tribe traits are wasted on them. For example a warmonger olog does not get any possible skills from being a warmonger, as opposed to a machine olog where he possibly gets a flamethrower or a feral olog who gets to have a harpoon gun, the occasional olog with necromancer, excetera.... I even acquired a fiery marauder olog with a flamethrower so i'm not sure wether or not the harpoon gun is feral exclusive, i hope not Just saying, machine destroyer ologs aren't the friendliest of things around. Especially if they have curse and they just happend to be immune to curse, and be enraged by it. By the way, did anyone ever see a olog slayer? I'd like one with the epic slayer execution counter trait.

Trackers traps rarely work in pit fights even if the enemy is standing on it for 30 seconds

What frustrates me is when I send my warlord in to try and get him to legendary and he goes up against AN ALREADY LEGENDARY opponent. Like, what is the point of putting an already legendary warlord in the pits?

Needed this thx

The rabid ability is very useful for pit fights as once a captain is hit by the roar so many times he becomes terrified.

Unbreakkableeee, they’re alive dammit! It’s a miracle.

Amazing video alot of love clearly went into this video also #trackerlivesmatter

Thank you a lot for this vid very informative.

Hardest Orc I’ve ever faced was a arrow and fire proof trickster that had decoys. He was a nightmare and kept ambushing me but he had Iron will so unfortunately I could never add him to my ranks. But he was the hardest orc I’ve fought by far. I literally couldn’t do anything to him lol. I can’t even remember how I defeated him in the end. I just remember him being immune to pretty much every attack in my arsenal and I just remember shaming him many times until he lost his marbles 😆

And that's the reason I use curse as my main element.

OP Overload. Enrage, Mortal Wound En, Execution proof, Fire-Poison-Frost immune, Epic Savage gang, Epic Fanatic Gang, Arrow proof, Rampage, Poison Weapon, Vault breaker. This is was fun...

All your vids are Awesome and I love this game so much it's game of the year in my Book

god bless you man...tnx for this golden information

My follower from shadow of mordor is a poisonouse commander warmonger defender with thick skin and great strength

I have a legendary destroyer that’s an olog that’s enraged by every thing that’s level 60 and I am level 25 and he is out for me!

Thanks potates I have a unbeatable champion in online thanks to you I have got so much free abilities my orc army is unstoppable also my champ is a shield berserker called the friendly got him from the decoy thing with the tower pretender

Great video!

I'm gonna make an entire fort deranged well so far we have the overlord ar-kauis king Slayer he says I'm so full can't eat and he has purple paint maku lucky shot who sounds like he's being pleasured flogg shaman would say I tried and ar karo the hairy who says it's so simple so very simple an edit to the fort az larr dwarf hater purple paint thinks I'm a dwarf lorm gold their who says so tasty are Gul headstone a woo woo ologs and zunn the mad