I once died against a Warchief three times before finding out that it was susceptible to stealth kills.
Finally, you'll find out about Warchiefs by interrogating captains. They're easier to handle than captains and you'll find one or two in most uruk strongholds. They'll also appear green in your Wraith World vision. Worms are uruk marked on the mini-map by a green diamond icon. To get that, you either need to Interrogate another captain or a worm. Once you've revealed the captains, you still need information on their strengths and weaknesses. Worms, as they appear in the Wraith World and on the mini-map. This will take you to the Sauron's Army screen where you can illuminate some of those mysterious silhouettes. Once you've grabbed your chosen target, you'll see the button prompt to interrogate. Try to make sure it's the last one alive, otherwise you're setting yourself up for a hit. Anytime you're fighting an uruk, you can hold R1 (PlayStation platforms) or Right Bumper (Xbox) to grab them. You can fill it out by randomly running into captains or you can be proactive. When you first kick off Talion's quest, the Sauron's Army screen will be dark. Knowledge is power, but so is the ability to make heads explode. If you want to win, you need information. You don't want to spend 30 minutes setting up the perfect stealth kill and exit strategy, only to find out the captain you're attacking is immune to stealth kills.
Other open-world games may let you head straight at your foes, but every uruk in Shadow of Mordor has its own strengths and weaknesses. Knowing this will keep a revived captain from surprising you when you try to take down a Warchief. If instead there's an effigy with only the captain's severed head on it, you succeeded. If the captain's dead body is sitting there, you failed and the captain has a chance of returning. You can tell if you were successful by going to the Sauron's Army menu screen.
You can also use a combo finisher or a stun finisher (Stun the target with Circle/B, thenb do your full attack chain).Īn executed captain will never return to life. Just hit Y+B (Xbox 360/Xbox One) or Triangle+Circle (PlayStation 3/PlayStation 4) when you're aimed in the direction of your target and Talion will brutally kill them, usually via beheading. When your Hit Streak hits 8 (5, if you pick up a certain skill), Talion's sword glows white and you can perform an Execution on a target. This keeps track of successive attacks without Talion taking damage. When in combat, Talion has a Hit Streak counter in the top-left corner of the screen. While stealth or ranged kills are much easier, an Execution finishes an uruk for good. Your problem is you're not executing the captain. Is there one pesky Uruk Captain who keeps getting in your way and becoming stronger every time you kill it? You've stabbed and shot the same fiend over and over, but they keep resurrecting with a larger list of scars and a bone to pick with you. Don't Just Kill Captains, Execute Them Off with his head. These hints and guidelines will keep you alive longer and keep your enemies in the ground. To lessen the number of deaths you'll have to experience, here's a few tips. That means you'll be fighting an entire army of Uruk all alone. You'll take control of Wraith-bonded ranger Talion, who's on a quest to take down Sauron and avenge his family. This is Monolith's first round in the genre, but as I noted in my review, they did a pretty good job with the game. Shadow of Mordor is now available, meaning you can experience stealth action-adventure in J.R.R.