Itll suck when you find the perfect orc and he betrays you..

Arrow proof is a must have or else people can just bring ur overlord up to where the archers are and then it's a 1v1 and a easy fight

If you put a wealth gem on your ring it has the ability to give dominated orcs a few extra levels when you recruit an orc

Arrow proof, immunity to execution and frost are the *must* haves. Fire proof is nice, too, as the fire panic animation gives a lot of time to attack an Uruk. Soft-headed and fear of pinning instantly make an orc useless - most fears, really. By the way, farming silver chests is MUCH faster than cycling through pit fight orcs, especially when you're at level 60. Save enough mirian for about 50 silver chests (not hard if you play online conquests), then open them all, recycling the orcs that aren't near perfect. You'll end up keeping maybe 10% of the orcs. Break down all the gear that you get from destroying those orcs and you'll have enough money for another good set of chests. Keep cycling through until you have a good set of orcs. MUCH faster than pit fight orcs.

Interestingly enough Stealth can be used against Terrified Overlords because the Undead Talion Super doesn't just summon a bunch of undead Gondorian soldiers but also makes Talion invisible to the enemy during it, meaning he can Stealth attack any enemy, including the Overlord. I only figured that out yesterday though so it may not be common knowledge. Great video though, I definately learnt a lot from it.

For an overlord you also want to have Arrow Proof or an olog so the attacker can't use Shadow Strike pull to get them up on the wall and not have to deal with all the other enemies. Destroyers, Commanders, and Berzerkers with triple strike, and immune to or enraged by executions is good.

And then there is me, choosing my captains based on personality and dress code

Yooo, I just got a Poison-Proof, Immune to Curse, Frost-Proof and Beast-Proof and Enraged by everything, he has no weaknesses, except for the three hints, but he is a Fiery Feral Beastmaster, which is kind of disappointing. Edit: Nvm, my Orc that was like 10 levels below apparently had a flame weapon, didn't use to, but he ended up winning. Fuck.

Awesome content, I'm glad you weren't afraid to step out of your comfort zone to do some coverage on this game. I would love to see more content on this game.

Sauron watching this thru his palantir taking notes

Have you ever had a pit fight we're they are stuck in a loop and keep chasing each other around in circles ? Happened to me it sucked I sat for two minutes watching to Uruks play cat and mouse

Also a tip. Make sure that when you are not wanting the orc put on red gems to up the damage of your uruk to clear faster. If you want the uruk then take off the gems. The gems apply in fight pits (or so far that I have seen)

I like the nemesis system, and how the Devs throw you off to what you want to do. One person (the player) can't do everything at the same time, and War is systematic and spontaneous. This game doesn't let you do things your way hahaha (I play brutal) and I love it.

Madd respect for telling people not to cheat at the game bro. That earned you a sub right there

"Iron will is a nice boost" I am sorry what? You do realize you can't have any orc that has Iron will right?

15:15 the inferior one won after all (yes, that was MGS reference)

If he is mortally vulnerable or terrified of Morgai Flies you need arrow proof, there are gear pieces that give your quick throw “curse” and surrounds the Uruk who got hit by the dagger with Morgai flies, so throwing a dagger at the overlord with one of those two weaknesses without arrow proof makes them very easy to exploit. This may be a feature that was added to the game after this video, I am not sure, I only started play about 3 days ago. But at higher levels it seems a lot of people will have gear in sets so it would only be a problem agains good tacticians. For The Bright Lord!

14:02 in a case like that when the weaker one wins they gain some levels so it might be a good way to improve their weakness, while sending them against more meh orcs may also be their chance to earn it proving their underdog victory feat isn't just dumb luck.

I have a legendary olog with arrow beast fire and execution immune fireweapons (plus mines bombs) then the traits that boost fire damage and great strength. Gang of ologs only dazed by flies. He instantly became overlord lol

Damn people really don't know the fact you can spam stealth pounces in the overlord fight.... mount a graug and you can literally spam stealth

Btw, as someone who has had a maniac, don't do it. They spawn with Iron will and you can't shame them as all it will do is increase their level by around 8-9 and they just keep getting stronger until they die and if they kill you they will take over your fortress. If my experience was different to anyone else's please let me know.

Actually, you can use "stealth" it takes a while, but it's like the Overlord will "forget" you're there. Kind of a funny way to explain it, but it is possible. Also there are very few spots where you're not in his line of sight or anyone else for that matter. It's a tricky thing to pull off, but it's possible. It mostly depends on the environment of the throne room.

Hey all still enjoying this awesome game! Keep certain characters with odd names. Like gold fang. Or ice mountain. That's a part of getting orcs with the different colors. Gold fang if given a gang will take on th color gold. Frog blood is green. Red black and white orcs appear pretty often. Ice mountain is blue and rare. Look up orc colours and training.

i found that there is another component to how good they are: hatreds...lets say a guy doesnt have many immunities but has a lot of hatreds he can be very useful due to the way that enraged uruks always seem to almost teleport to the opponent. i have an overlord who is beast fodder but is enraged by poison, fire, being wounded and has a hatred of everything and he is an absolute monster

"good old fashion gaming" Thankyou!. Love the video, its 2020 and this game still holds up strong.

You can obtain unbreakable captains by branding them while they are receiving an animated attack from an ally orc. The point made in this video is mainly valid for the early game, right now the best way (although not consistent) to obtain good orcs is to brand them during online sieges. It's even possible to get unique orcs again as well as DLC ones without the DLC. This way is more realistic to obtain legends such as no second chance with health regeneration

This game doesn't seem to have a lot of recent action on KZfaq. Does anyone know of a page that puts out regular content?

I farm orcs in vendettas I usually find orcs with 2+ epic traits and for online conquests I find orcs with 3+ and with very good regular traits

Grom the driver is actually good. Arrow proof can take out 4 ways to kill him, especially shadow pull against an overlord

Actually the first vid I found that explained tactics and tipps for putting a powerful army together appropriately! Thx and have a sub.

If you run a terror build, chain-stealth kills from a terrified grint to overlord are about the fasters way of killing an overlord, so stealth immunity is very important

I find letting the orcs/ologs (I prefer ologs) kill me as an easy way to farm captains with good traits but I don't see anyone mentioning this

All dazed vulnerabilities are bad. They will not be able to attack when they are dazed.

I think for PvP purposes it really is important to have orcs with no fears or "dazed by" traits, since it's too easy for players to cheese those and keep your captains dazed. The only acceptable one really is dazed by morgai flies.

I know most people probably don't even need the info but I've had the game in my library for about 3 or 4 years just never played it until now, just to make your farming even quicker if you go look at the champion and your not happy with them just go to the warrior or maggot ones and then after selecting one come out and go click back on the champion one and it will have reset the orc that is there. Makes farming a lot quicker.

I don't need this video at all but it fills my heart seeing a sow tutorial for some reason

My perfect orc was a cursed destroyer w/epic bombs and as a legendary perc had a gang that took some of his traits, he was also a hunter with no weaknesses whatsoever

Sacrificing a lot of weaker orcs in fight pits will trigger a rebellion the next time you walk in your garrison. Orcs do care about each other after all and they don't like a greedy dictator to rule them. I bought shadow of war because I loved the first game Shadow of Mordor. I believe many reviewers just went angry at micro bla bla, but I hope they were able to experience this game from different points. Only 40$ for the game on ps4. I have over 3000 gold, 90,000 Merion, spent few buying ExP boost and upgrades, I am still at level 47 not even finished with the storyline and already winning online conquests against players with higher ranks not impossible to beat as long as you don't care scoring the gold prize. It could be very challenging yet FUN.. I just love this game..

Instructions unclear I made him to powerful and he came through the screen

Have you thought about updating this for the new tribes? I just recently started playing this game and this is my fav guide. Not sure of that much was added or not.

Strangely the game conviniently forgets to mention that Arrow-proof doesn't work in the fight pits. (I can see the logic in it, because it'd be too OP. Imagine, if an orc would be completely immune to basic melee attacks). Still it isn't mentioned so I'm just posting it here as an info for others to avoid nasty surprises. (Like losing one of your best soldiers in the fight pits, because the game doesn't tell you vital information.)

If you have an orc you don’t want to lose and he’s going to die in a pit fight, you can press start and quit, if you do it to late and the other orc starts his finishing blow, than you have to press your consoles menu button and close the game. Either way your captain will still be alive, I recommend the latter cause it’s quicker.

17:10 I like how you just skipped over to the next one HAHAHA

I use stealth kills on overlords all the time. You just run to the wall in the chamber and make sure the over lord followed close enough and stay crouched up there and you can stealth dive his ass lol

The only challenge is having enough fodder to put in the pits. I've had many I've wanted to recruit, then my "sacrifice" orc ending up beating them until their face resembled hamburger pulled out of sewage.

Hey, i have 3 overlord orcs that uses the classic human sword designs (i think) Seregost: Lorm Black-blade Cirith Ungol: Golm of Lithlad Golgoroth (i think i butchered it): Flak Storm-Bringer (Mission Failed) How i got storm-bringer is from a certain SoW channel (do your homework)

ill name some of my best and most favorite orcs and their stats. no particular order Kuga the chill: a cursed marauder berserker with a little axe in his head his epic traits are epic rage and great strength. his stats are 3 7 7 4 / 0 0 0 3 Kuga the wrestler: a fiery marauder berserker has purple warpaint and is a pale orc, with golden arm armor and golden caragor shoulder pads, his epic traits are fire master and great strength. his stats are 4 7 7 4 / 0 0 0 3 Noruk the vile: a cursed mystic berserker: hes a pale orc with black warpaint and mystic shoulder pads, his epic traits are curse master and great strength. his stats are 5 7 7 4 / 0 0 0 3 Takra the rugged: a fiery warmonger berserker, he has green warpaint and scars all over his body, his epic traits are fire master and great strength, his stats are 3 7 7 4 / 0 0 0 3 Ur-Edin the Avenger: a cursed undead berserker, he's a necromancer with terror armor. his epic traits are epic rage and great strength. his stats are 6 7 6 7 / 0 2 0 0 Ar-Beka the pure: a fiery marauder berserker: he's a fully golden olog with a manhunter mask that is also golden aswell. he has white warpaint and a metal claw aswell. his epic traits are epic rage and great strength, his stats are 4 7 5 4 / 0 0 0 3 Bubol the murderous: a fiery dark berserker, he has white warpaint, his epic traits are epic rage and great strength, his stats are 3 7 7 4 / 0 0 0 3 Ur-Hakon the grinder: a poisonous slaughter berserker, hes a purple olog with red warpaint, his epic traits are epic rage and great strength, his stats are 5 7 5 4 / 0 0 0 2 Shag the abandoned: a poisonous warmonger berserker, hes a pale orc with blue warpaint and scars all over his body too, hes a poison master great strength, and his stats are 5 7 7 4 / 0 0 0 3 Zuka fire caller: a fiery mystic berserker, he has a white shot eye and his whole entire body is burnt and orange, his epic traits are epic rage and great strength, and his stats are 4 7 7 4 / 0 0 1 3 this is just some but they are all in my fortress.

Every1 have diffrent thought on the orc stats but 1 category i think is worse then the vulnerable catagory is the "Dazed by" category. Yes u can deal more dmg to orc´s with vulnerable traits but if u daze an orc u temporarily disable all of there immunites making that near perfect 4-5 immunites orc almost worthless. For that reson i will almost always take an orc with no daze effect over 1 with no vulnerable effects.

Amazing video. First video I've watched by you. Great job on explaining everything. Subbed and liked the video. 😊

Thank you so much dude. This is helping me a ton. I had shitty orcs as warchiefs and didnt even know it.

I am replaying this and exploring the system more thoroughly. In my opinion if a warchief or overlord has ANYTHING that makes them dazed it is an useless orc. "Dazed by" is the first category you should look, and it has to be empty. Otherwise keep searching.

I usually build my armies based off orcs ive had experience with or have a lot of character. It really makes the game more fun and engaging when you have a reason to care about the orcs.

Just for fun here is a moment where I take the phrase Farming Orcs literal. Orc Farmers: Because only Orcs know how to grow the herbs that brew the best grog.

The elements are useful in this order: fire is best because it always makes them run around, poison is next cause sometimes they stop and puke, and curse last because they dont have an animation to fuck them over more. They all do the same damage

How do I level up fast? I completed all the quest and side quest and there doesn't seem to be a way to level up fast anymore

you can stealth kill an overlord there is a hidden spot over the entrance in the room to use it be weary of stealth

Hello from Poland, on break training Ukrainian army on the HIMARS systems, got myself a used xbox and this game for some fun when resting. Thanks

3:00 Now that's a mean lean.

Imagine my surprise watching UEG for all this time and finally finishing Shadow of Mordor so could check out Shadow of War and you have a guide from years ago. They’ve removed all micro transactions it seems. I’m curious to see if this method still works. I just love the Orc variety. I haven’t seen any of these guys. It’s crazy

I found online conquest the easiest way to farm for orcs specially when the attack rate is high and so the orcs are with more quality in terms of strength and immunities.

I don't have a perfect ork, but I do have a brain dead arsonist with increased fire damage, fire bombs and weapons as well as imunity to fire, and best of all some random ork, the first one I ever found that has a rat on a stick ands never betrayed me. Yet.

I am a simple man, If game is paid and also has PTW microtransactions, I cheat. It's the same as being rich

Heres a tip for anyone who wants a good overlord. Make sure hes arrow proof or an Olog. Most people graug cheese against beast fodder overlords but for ones who arent and arent arrow proof, i climb up and shadow pull him up so its just 1v1 and kill him pretty quick in about a minute or two. Something to think about.

Sid you guys also know if an orc places a trap and you shoot it they get stuck in it along as they are within about 4 feet of it.

Online vendettas give some of my best orcs. 80% of the time they are epic or legendary too

Him: you instantly die if a orc with no chance finishes you Me: The UI is just hidden.

The pits are a good route while still leveling but once someone is good enough or far enough in level it is better to raid others’ bases alone solely with the intent of farming their orcs. Let someone else do the work of searching for those god role stats. You just have to successfully tame them.

Awesome tips, definitely tuning in for more. Subbed

update on captain he became Stormbringer and the necromancer has 6 enrages 5 immunities can 1 shot me im level 80 btw his level 80 thx god I used almost all my orcs to dominate him now I learned how to use cheat engine and gave him witch King melee mace and some orcs some Nazgul weapons

I literally never use the fight pits. Anytime I have I've had betrayal. Since I stopped the fight pits I've had no betrayals at all. Plus you earn so much coin it's best to use them on orcs. Level up and avoid betrayal.

you are wrong about stealth in overlord throne rooms . You can run and climb the sides of the overlord chambers to the ledges . From these ledges you can shadow strike / shadow pull to expose weaknesses like stealth . You can also snipe captains to death from the ledges . None of the archer range abilities will work on arrow proof captains lol I have several overlords who are arrow proof to avoid cheesy tactics

a hunter assassin with no chance and the right strengths and weaknesses can be a beast overlord, captain whatever so hunters are not useless or terrible in the pits

5:43 bruh orcs can’t stealth attack the only reason that makes him weaker is if your attacking hin

Here’s a fact I think is true... if the captain kills enough beasts or caragors graugs or drakes they become enraged by them I’m not sure about beast slayer though

The funny thing is that you do not need to cheat to have way more Mirian than you can spend by the end of the game. I have 70000 and nothing to use it as the silver chest orcs do not impress me

Really good info. Thanks for doing this.

dont need any cheat code or anything like that.. cheat engine is a tool you can use.. just launch the game, launch the engine, select SoW exe file in the engine, and enter the amount of silver you have ingame, click search, pick up some more silver, enter the new value and search again... 2-3 times and youll find the 1-5 number(s) that corresponds with your silver... and just edit them to 1 mill or whatever... cheat engine is pretty safe, anything you do to your files are YOU doing, not some 3rd party installing a virus or trojan.

I just farm the online vendetta. Can get between 3-6 orcs per. I've got a bunch of epic/legendary from it also. The pit thing is a good idea tho. Give you the opportunity to evaluate and decide.

since you mentioned other player a lot i assume this is for the online fortress mode? am currently now just trying to find orcs that will withstand the AI fortress attacks near the endgame (havent completed the storylines yet) but this video was usefull for when i get to that point :)

Thank you so much I love ❤️ Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War I played it since 2019 I used to be on level 80 I think but then my old friend broke it but then I bought a new disc of the game and now I’m on level 40 something!😆😁😃

if they aren’t frost proof or vigilant against stealth they’re bad. frost is easily spammed and after the frost combo is over enemies get knocked down which allows a stealth attack

More Shadow of war pro: tips and tricks plzzz :)

I would say having any enrage factor is better than an immunity. Rage is the best part of the orcs

Execution immunity and arrow proof is enough for the perfect overlord.... give him a weapon with poison and u r good. I am a 6250 ranking steward and an overlord like this is the worst nightmare of every player believe me guys ^^

Beast Fodder is fine as long as the have Beast Slayer. Beast Slayer pretty much cancels out beast fodder.

Liked the video and learned a lot thanks! Is this the best way to farm though? You're going through over and over finding orcs and either killing them or losing one of yours. Don't get me wrong I'm definitely going to try it out when I can, but why not just go siege a fortress and brand every captain/warchief/overlord? That way you know you'll at least get 4ish+ and they will be in your garrison so you can put them in any of the regions. Thoughts?

The enraged by injury factor is hands down the best enrage stat.

Thanks for this video man great help!!! Liked and subed 😎

This was very helpful! Thank you ☺️

Honestly idc if people pay to win. I sometimes splurge in games I like and spend money I prob shouldn't but definitely not on the games with defined online modes (I think that in particular is scummy). But this is one of those games without so it's cool that he made people aware of that exploit even though I'm console (sorry PC players I'm a lesser being haha)

What a great guide man❤

Advice for people that don't have 1,000 hours to spend looking for an army?

You can still stealth attack overlords by causing fear to his minions then using chain stealth attack skill

I just realized how terrible my first fortress is because of this, looked cool coz they are mostly ologs hahaha, thanks for tips

I had Koth Worm- Killer in my game! He was my Bodyguard for so long and was so loyal - best Uruk I ever had - but betrayed me cause I lost a fight....thought I was weak...Koth...No...

honestly a dick to fight would be an arrow proof, frost proof, beast proof and fast learner shield orc

that uruk that has 5 immunities in 23:52 is bad, because player will just cheat and use caragor to attack him and all those immunities become useless imho

I captured a fort but at times it is still red can you please tell me why and what to do to fix this thanks awesome channel

I don't think you mentioned the fact you can set up a situation where yiur guy is particularly strong over another enemy via skills. You can make sure a fight will go your way if say you had a keeper with fire damage and fodder with a fire vulnerability

I accidentally killed one of my strongest orcs I liked him to because his name was unshamed and he was basically immune to everything.