20a: Lord of Mordor | Main missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Requirements to start the mission: You need to complete the nineteenth main mission (The Rescue) and the additional, Brand the Warchiefs mission so, you need to brand a total of five Warchiefs of the Sauron's Army.
Note - The final mission consists of two parts. On this page, you will find the walkthrough to the first one- "Lord of Mordor". Later into this walkthrough, you will find the description for "Mordor in Flames".
Note - this mission takes place in a separate location of the game world. After you complete it, however, you will be back to Nurn and you will be able to keep exploring both of the areas of Mordor.
After you start this mission, you will be carried over to a small location - Ered Glamoth, where it takes place. You need to face a group of orcs. The monsters are commanded by the main opponent of your character, i.e. the Captain of the Sauron's Army that killed Talion most times and/or fought the most battles with him. The good news is that there are five Warchiefs on your side in this mission, who you branded while completing one of the additional missions.
Of course, you can start the battle by attacking the regular orcs, thanks to which you will easily bring the multiplier up. The main aim of the mission is the enemy Captain mentioned above. I recommend against leaving eliminating him until the very end, because one of the branded Warchiefs may die in the meantime. You do not fail the mission if any of them dies, but you really are going to need them, in the second part of the mission.
The easiest way to attack the main opponent by exploiting his weaknesses, thanks to which it is going to be easier to deal damage to him. What is even more, the enemy Captain may also be attacked by the branded Warchiefs of Talion's army, which is going to make him even weaker. Avoid AoE attacks that would wound your army and fight up until you deprive the enemy of the entire health bar. Finally, you will also have to complete the minigame to execute the Captain, but you already know how to play it.
You can now go towards the ruins that you can see in the distance, where there is another one of the Black Captains - The Tower. Climb to reach the passage marked by the game. Ahead, there is another boss fight for you to handle and you have to win within 8 minutes (as usually, this is lots of time so, you do not need to hurry).
There are several unique aspects of the battle against the Tower. You do not fight him directly and instead, you need to find his incarnations around the area. By default, they are invisible, but you can change that thanks to the Wraith mode.
A very important matter is not to be spotted by an incarnation of the boss. Talion will then be attacked, automatically, and he loses some of his health, without the possibility of defending. Therefore, it is a good idea to sneak and move over the balconies, and walls.
To weaken the Tower, you need to Drain his incarnations for energy. Try to get the successive incarnations from behind, or jump onto them after they get directly under you. After you perform that for three times, you progress to the next part of the mission.
You can now head towards Ioreth. After you get there, watch the cutscene.
To achieve the ultimate victory over The Tower, you need to hold down the Drain key/button, at the appropriate moment. See more cutscenes and wait for the second part of the final mission to be unlocked.
Rewards for completing the mission:
- 1000 experience points
- New main mission unlocked "Mordor in Flames".