Nice video!! This video surely helped me bump up my defenses. Just a small addendum: you can only have two bodyguards per warchief, and this includes the overlord. So, if you have selected more than two bodyguards for a warchief, the game will pick two of them randomly when you defend the fortress. Some time ago i didn’t know this and i had like 10 or so bodyguards defending the overlord, thinking that would terrify the enemy player. XD
Update - max of 2 bodyguards per warchief now. Also placing weakest uruk in commander position - you are just inviting a wrathgiver wielding online player to just conquer your fort. Put cursed uruks as commanders as that will negate wrathgiver - well its the best you can do.
So, fun story. There was this one time where I was doing a siege defense in Lithlad and I usually go out of the fort to take on the attackers, until they're able to breach any of the perimeters. Doesn't happen a lot, but happens occasionally. But, when they did breach the perimeters, it was like my Uruks and Ologs went full on beast mode, cause all the attackers that came in were quickly and ruthlessly slaughtered. I was able to kill one siege attacker, the rest were quickly annihilated by my followers. It lasted like maybe a minute or two. It was shocking, yet beautiful.
@@danielgomes1292 it was like one second after second it'd cut to an attacking captain being cut down. I was literally thinking "guys, leave some for me, damn" 😂
Use metal walls, metal door, defenders, poison siege beast or choose no beast ( so they can't be taken over by online players), hell fire, pikes and poison mines. I use my best uruk as warlord, he is a berserker with upgraded rage and extra damage and get pissed off at everything.
That is very true 😂 I am just sharing what i found to be the best possible setup if you do not want to lose your fort :) Try it out and tell me how you like it! :)
Thank you! I tried to be helpful but not talk for too long so i don't waste anyone's time :) If you have any questions please leave them here, might be helpful for others too!
Thanks for the tips friend! I'm now on stage 3 of the Shadow Wars, but I'm having trouble grinding mirian since I can't play all the time. I'm still having a blast playing, but I wish it wasn't so hard to get mirian.
There is a video on my channel on how to farm mirian but i hope you havent done all the outposts in Seregost 😂 You can just spam online sieges as well for good mirian :)
To farm mirian - and also good captains - without getting too repetitive, i always go for Online Vendetta. You can always keep exploring the enemy fortress to get those white orcs, especially the Olog ones. You can search for them looking in the mini-map, and also using the Wraith vision.
The very first siege during the main story (before act 3 and shadow wars) was fairly easy so I didn't put much effort in my preparing for my first fortress defense in shadow wars. I chose all the basic upgrades like stone walls and I narrowly obtained victory. All my captains and warchiefs died. I solo defended the last victory point wave after wave.
I downloaded this game 2 weeks ago, I just got done with act 3 but every fort (except for 1) I have max walls, when the game told me you can’t come back I just started grinding
Thank you for this video because i am playing Middle Earth Shadow Of War and it is a fun game 🙂. I am searching for tips and advice for my Fortress Defence and i found this video 🙂 Thanks 😊
I placed four guards with each soldier at the front, but when I start a defensive war, I find that they are only three soldiers, targeting the first two points of control. What happens?
What would your fortress defense be for online pvp? Aside from Cursed Siege beast would you make any other changes when you know your fortress is defending against online players? Thank you.
Thank you for watching and a very good question! I think i would use curse and poison stuff (bombs, beasts, weapons) as much as possible since they drain wrath focus and might! I would also use many caragors and savages since they have annoying and quick attacks and can block your own! You can also try and give your overlord and warchiefs as many strong bodyguards as possible to delay the siege! I'm assuming that you already know that cursed weapons, "no chance" skill and other player-dangerous stuff is the best when choosing uruks for these positions :)
@@gvamgaming4192 Thank you for taking time to reply and so quickly. I appreciate the tips, though was more asking on your expertise on what fortress upgrades I should set, not necessarily on how my uruks are set up. What do you as a player find most challenging when doing online assaults?
I suppose the worst situation i find myself in is when there are a lot of Olog-hai and curse and poison damage around me because they really screw with my tactics (especially since I use the Wrathgiver) so it messes up not only my rythm in combat but also my cool so I get annoyed and I am more likely to make mistakes :)
Why should your weakest guy be your overlord? wouldn't you want the strongest vs human players there? or if youre only talking about offline, what advantage do you get having your absolute weakest guy there?
The idea is that if you set up your defence right no enemy will reach the Overlord so it's better to use your stronger captains in places where it's possible for enemies to actually reach.
Fire mines are outside of the fortress, and spiked walls not prevent ologs and graugs to damage it, only that uruks can't climb up, and best warchife for the first point is berserker or destroyer, and more if it is terror or marauder or feral,(here why: feral tear captins apart with their tribe attack, while tearing they can't do shit but u can hit em with arrows, terror, is because aoe, marauder cause for stun. and the tribe of the overlord does matter, if it is a feral, it is the best, cause u can summon drake, drake almost killed by ur defenders when summoned and u have 4sec to shadow dominate it, and then they don't attack it and u have a defending drake, which is useful, like the hellfire upgrade.
Really? I was describing this according to my experience with Shadow of War... I have played the game since launch, defended hundreds of forts, and never once had my overlord come out to help!
Nice video!! This video surely helped me bump up my defenses. Just a small addendum: you can only have two bodyguards per warchief, and this includes the overlord. So, if you have selected more than two bodyguards for a warchief, the game will pick two of them randomly when you defend the fortress.
Some time ago i didn’t know this and i had like 10 or so bodyguards defending the overlord, thinking that would terrify the enemy player. XD
Oh I had no idea the game did that! Thank you so much for watching and for the good advice and kind words :) You rock! :)
Update - max of 2 bodyguards per warchief now. Also placing weakest uruk in commander position - you are just inviting a wrathgiver wielding online player to just conquer your fort. Put cursed uruks as commanders as that will negate wrathgiver - well its the best you can do.
you can still have 4 bodyguards on the first point, then none on the 2 last points
@Leobajs if you use 4 berserker they will be striking each other and start fighting.
So, fun story. There was this one time where I was doing a siege defense in Lithlad and I usually go out of the fort to take on the attackers, until they're able to breach any of the perimeters. Doesn't happen a lot, but happens occasionally. But, when they did breach the perimeters, it was like my Uruks and Ologs went full on beast mode, cause all the attackers that came in were quickly and ruthlessly slaughtered. I was able to kill one siege attacker, the rest were quickly annihilated by my followers. It lasted like maybe a minute or two. It was shocking, yet beautiful.
Yes, i keep watching the battle from afar while riding a drake. That’s absolutely beautiful to watch
@@danielgomes1292 it was like one second after second it'd cut to an attacking captain being cut down. I was literally thinking "guys, leave some for me, damn" 😂
Thanks, this made my first Siege defense easy
Use metal walls, metal door, defenders, poison siege beast or choose no beast ( so they can't be taken over by online players), hell fire, pikes and poison mines.
I use my best uruk as warlord, he is a berserker with upgraded rage and extra damage and get pissed off at everything.
Oh i was just making the best build for offline defenses, not online ones :) But thank you for the online siege advice!
I have come to the conclusion that no one is right and everyone has a different opinion in this game.
That is very true 😂 I am just sharing what i found to be the best possible setup if you do not want to lose your fort :) Try it out and tell me how you like it! :)
Thx bro i didn't know they were this important, even after i bought the upgrades i had 156620 Mirian, and i never used any of it untill now 😂
Pretty good guide, thanks!
Thank you! I tried to be helpful but not talk for too long so i don't waste anyone's time :) If you have any questions please leave them here, might be helpful for others too!
Thanks for the tips friend! I'm now on stage 3 of the Shadow Wars, but I'm having trouble grinding mirian since I can't play all the time. I'm still having a blast playing, but I wish it wasn't so hard to get mirian.
There is a video on my channel on how to farm mirian but i hope you havent done all the outposts in Seregost 😂 You can just spam online sieges as well for good mirian :)
@@gvamgaming4192 I haven't done any yet luckily, I'll be sure to check out the video you're mentioning. Thanks so much friend!
To farm mirian - and also good captains - without getting too repetitive, i always go for Online Vendetta. You can always keep exploring the enemy fortress to get those white orcs, especially the Olog ones. You can search for them looking in the mini-map, and also using the Wraith vision.
Great vid thanks for the help 👍🍺🍺
The very first siege during the main story (before act 3 and shadow wars) was fairly easy so I didn't put much effort in my preparing for my first fortress defense in shadow wars. I chose all the basic upgrades like stone walls and I narrowly obtained victory. All my captains and warchiefs died. I solo defended the last victory point wave after wave.
I downloaded this game 2 weeks ago, I just got done with act 3 but every fort (except for 1) I have max walls, when the game told me you can’t come back I just started grinding
Thank you for this video because i am playing Middle Earth Shadow Of War and it is a fun game 🙂. I am searching for tips and advice for my Fortress Defence and i found this video 🙂
Thanks 😊
Glad to be of help! :) and thanks for watching!
@@gvamgaming4192 You’re welcome ☺️. Shadow Of Mordor was my favorite game and Shadow Of War was alot of fun .
Thanks Friend. 👍
I placed four guards with each soldier at the front, but when I start a defensive war, I find that they are only three soldiers, targeting the first two points of control. What happens?
Does upgrades stay forever when you buy them or you need to buy again on every defense?
Once you buy them, they are yours forever! Although you need to buy them for each fort separately :)
@@gvamgaming4192 thats more than what I wanted to hear. Thnx. You have great content. I will sub your channel. Cheers
Thank you so much! :)
Can the caged drake from the Hellfire upgrade be dominated by attacking players?
Yes! Simply destroy the machinery and you can dominate him :)
What would your fortress defense be for online pvp? Aside from Cursed Siege beast would you make any other changes when you know your fortress is defending against online players? Thank you.
Thank you for watching and a very good question! I think i would use curse and poison stuff (bombs, beasts, weapons) as much as possible since they drain wrath focus and might! I would also use many caragors and savages since they have annoying and quick attacks and can block your own! You can also try and give your overlord and warchiefs as many strong bodyguards as possible to delay the siege! I'm assuming that you already know that cursed weapons, "no chance" skill and other player-dangerous stuff is the best when choosing uruks for these positions :)
@@gvamgaming4192 Thank you for taking time to reply and so quickly. I appreciate the tips, though was more asking on your expertise on what fortress upgrades I should set, not necessarily on how my uruks are set up.
What do you as a player find most challenging when doing online assaults?
I suppose the worst situation i find myself in is when there are a lot of Olog-hai and curse and poison damage around me because they really screw with my tactics (especially since I use the Wrathgiver) so it messes up not only my rythm in combat but also my cool so I get annoyed and I am more likely to make mistakes :)
Why should your weakest guy be your overlord? wouldn't you want the strongest vs human players there? or if youre only talking about offline, what advantage do you get having your absolute weakest guy there?
The idea is that if you set up your defence right no enemy will reach the Overlord so it's better to use your stronger captains in places where it's possible for enemies to actually reach.
Can a pvp player siege your fortress?
Fire mines are outside of the fortress, and spiked walls not prevent ologs and graugs to damage it, only that uruks can't climb up, and best warchife for the first point is berserker or destroyer, and more if it is terror or marauder or feral,(here why: feral tear captins apart with their tribe attack, while tearing they can't do shit but u can hit em with arrows, terror, is because aoe, marauder cause for stun. and the tribe of the overlord does matter, if it is a feral, it is the best, cause u can summon drake, drake almost killed by ur defenders when summoned and u have 4sec to shadow dominate it, and then they don't attack it and u have a defending drake, which is useful, like the hellfire upgrade.
How u get dis fortress
If the orcs mange to break your hellfire your screwed
I don't bother seeing up perfect for defense. I try to set up a few lowish level legendary orcs so assaulters can farm legendary gear and or orcs.
Fire proof captains and their elite grunts:
They still get blasted by fire and don't have time to destroy your gates in time! 😂 I make a massacre at my fort gates every time!
Actually if you lose all points he helos
U are are wrong the overlord could come out
Really? I was describing this according to my experience with Shadow of War... I have played the game since launch, defended hundreds of forts, and never once had my overlord come out to help!
@@gvamgaming4192 you have to lose all victory points in the fortress before your overlord comes out to fight.
Ah... I have never lost a single victory point so that must be why this is news to me 😂