Shadow of Mordor - How to get 'Lord of the Ring'

I did several practice runs before recording but this one was the fastest by far, not very relevant for a tutorial of course, but still, even the bad practice runs had near to 10 minutes to spare. Add to that that all of these runs were done with less than ideal gear :)
I did find that the Wraith Flash + Wraith Burn combo is quite powerful for dealing with groups. I didn't make much use of that combo in this particular run though.
The strategy isn't very complicated
Step 1: Reveal the location of every captain
With the location of every captain revealed we can plan the route we'll be taking to take out captains as quickly as possible, we'll want to avoid having to criss-cross the map after all.
While in the menu screen the timer stops, so we can check captains locations whenever we want and take our time planning our next move.
Step 2: Brand 8 captains
The reason we do this first is so any accidental kills don't screw over the counter (you get exactly as many captains and warchiefs as you need to complete the Test of the Ring on the army screen).
Killing a captain after branding him won't work, as we need to end the run with 8 captains currently alive and branded.
Step 3: Kill 12 captains
If a captain takes an empty warchief position, killing him will count for the warchief counter, NOT for the captain counter, which obviously costs you time. I couldn't get the nemesis system to introduce new captains during the Test of the Ring by passing time (in my admittedly short testing), only by dying to grunts.
We kill all the necessary captains before tackling the warchiefs so that we don't run the risk of losing captains to kill/brand and we ensure warchief fights being 1v1s (not counting grunts) to boot.
I realize I made quite heavy use of the Graug in this video, but it is by no means necessary to complete the run in time. As stated before, the time limit is quite lenient, especially compared to the one in the Test of the Wild.
Step 4: Kill all the warchiefs
Stun + Flurry + Ground Execution + Execution + Execution works on every last on of them, go get 'em! :)
Chapters:
00:00 - 01:02 Intro: Gear and 'Forge of War'
01:02 - 02:47 Step 1: Reveal the location of every captain
02:47 - 14:39 Step 2: Brand 8 captains
14:39 - 15:44 Step 3: Kill 12 captains
15:44 - 18:09 Stompy's cameo (Graug rampage)
18:09 - 18:32 Step 3: Kill 12 captains (Remainder)
18:32 - 34:06 Step 4: Kill all the warchiefs
As always, feel free to ask if you have any questions!

[@professionalfoita]

Ah I just did this last week, this would’ve saved a lot of time :( It’s a great guide nonetheless - do you think you could do a guide for the Test of the Wild? I’m having a lot more trouble with the Beast Butcher messing up my runs

[@Alpha545]

Thank you, sorry I wasn't earlier :( I actually already did one on the Test of the Wild! In fact, the fact that it seemed to be actually helping people was what made me want to sit down and make this one after all :) Funny thing, Beast Butcher actually caused me my only death in the run :P Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3Wpo2eCg6qsj5I