Shadow of War: An Uruk-us in the Tuckus - A BLUE BLOODED BETRAYAL

[@tangroro]

"He is not yours to enslave." *"ALL OF MODOR IS BEING SLAVED! BY US!"*

[@ironencepersonal9634]

They're only Uruk-hai... are beings bred *only for war* , though... that's the difference.

[@littlemoth4956]

@@ironencepersonal9634 That, and they are much more powerful. The Uruks being branded are only means to defeat them and Sauron, so trying to enslave them is over the top, even for Celibrimbor. Though to be fair, his branding managed to banish Isildur forever, and if his ring were to be destroyed, no one could replace him.

[@Sirius_Light76]

EtYes was rt

[@Sirius_Light76]

@@ironencepersonal9634 tewas was wr

[@KaiserAfini]

14:30 Funny thing about humans in Middle Earth, they are unbound from fate, they make their own destinies. Elves, on the other hand, are bound by destiny. Sauron is a Maiar, one of the beings that controls the foundations of the world, a mid tiered and fallen one, but a Maiar all the same. So yeah, when Calebrimbor switched away to an elven host, he had already lost.

[@Brutalyte616]

KaiserAfini Poetic.

[@marcuso.530]

So would dwarves and hobbits be bound by fate in middle earth?

[@KaiserAfini]

Marcus Nope, they have The Gift of Man as well, according to the Silmarilion. Dwarves because they are the adopted kids of Illuvatar. No one is sure where Hobbits came from, but they are mortal. Its a package deal, freedom from fate, mortality and a mysterious post death destiny Illuvatar has for them, one so glorious as to make the Maiar and Valar (who are pretty much demigods) envy them.

[@NagandEmerald]

Marcus Dwarves, yes. Hobbits, not so much. Hobbits weren’t too terribly elaborated on in that sense, but I personally believe that they were simply another group of Men with a *VERY* different understanding of the world. The dwarves, on the other hand, were the creations of one of the Valar (can’t remember his name for shit, but he also taught Sauron before he went edge and joined Morgoth), so their fates are tied, to an extent, to the fate of Middle Earth, and that of the Valar and Maiar (once again, to an extent)

[@THENemesisXX99]

NagandEmerald Aule

[@yugijak]

"...and maybe mod in an old friend." Shows picture of Prak Jaws. U WOT MATE?!

[@garyfrancis7483]

yugijak Yeah. This guy made almost all of Tear's Nemesis from Shadow of Mordor and brought them into Shadow of War. Just search "Shadow of War Prak Jaws" on KZbin and you will see what I am talking about.

[@yourfriendlyneighborhoodpy4947]

Your name hurts to read

[@GenshinLover283]

Brett really hates himself, doesn't he? 😂

[@theenderdestruction2362]

prak probaly saw what happend to his nemsis and got pissed off and now rised from the grave to kill a bitch

[@qliphalpuzzle5453]

“I serve no one” *echoes of Morgoth reeeing in the void*

[@chaoticskidmark9200]

If I had a nickel for every comment I saw that said this, I would be a fucken millionaire m8t

[@22kingdomheartsfan]

@@chaoticskidmark9200 I'm not a lord of the rings expert, I have no idea for Morgoth is, but even I'm sick of seeing that comment

[@KhornesfavoriteSquig]

22kingdomheartsfan Morgoth was the first dark lord and is basically a fallen god who a made orcs, dragons and a bunch of other stuff, Sauron was one of his lieutenants in the first age which is the joke since Sauron serves Morgoth. Another fun fact, the balrogs were also one of his many servants too. The reeing from the void as @Pan Samuio puts it is because he was banished to the void until the end of the world and not killed like Sauron is

[@22kingdomheartsfan]

@@KhornesfavoriteSquig Well, as best I can tell, the world isn't ending anytime soon in the Lord of the Rings, so Morgoth ain't going anywhere, so Sauron is right to say he doesn't serve anyone, since he's the Dark Lord

[@KhornesfavoriteSquig]

22kingdomheartsfan true, and the “end of the world” is more of a ragnarok situation so either way the lotr cast including Sauron will be long dead before he returns.

[@guilhermemeyer4326]

If you end it, you'll become what Ranger said: “You are the cruel one, Gravewalker.”

[@monikamorningstarshadlo4129]

IT WAS NEVER MY FORT, IT WAS ALWAYS HIS FORT, HIS FORT ALWAYS

[@vampireluigi27]

There's actually a reason as to why the One Ring slipped off Isildurs hand. It is canonically stated that rings of power have minds of their own. So the One Ring deemed it a good time to leave Isildur as to one day go back to Sauron. Which as we've seen from the books and movies, came very close in doing so. Also as a side note I do hope you continue playing this game for awhile after you have beaten it like you did Shadow of Mordor. I always find it enjoyable for you to find ways to continue to make fun in this series and now with more to do than SoM the fun can go on longer.

[@victoryarn4381]

That got me thinking,if Isildur (in that canon of course) clenched his fist and like glue it or wrap a bandate on entire fist,would he keep the ring till his death?I mean,the Ring wouldn't have the way to slip of it....

[@vampireluigi27]

Victor Yarn I think it mainly came down to lack of insight. Cause you figure the rings give its wearer great amounts of power. So with that feeling that nothing could stop you why would you feel the need to take precautions? I mean we saw this with even Sauron where he thought there would be no way the ring would leave him but even he didn't consider someone severing his finger off. Because the feeling of thinking you are unstoppable clouded any form of potential precautions.

[@Aplesedjr]

Victor Yarn the ring would most likely influence him into unclenching his fist at some point.

[@pixwool]

What would happen if you melded the one ring into a gauntlet?

[@Pigmedog]

that's what i was thinking, or if some uruk went fucking rage mode and binded it to his hand with molten steel

[@ezekielbaskerville2710]

Brett the entire game: *wants to join the Nazgul* Talion: *actually does it* Brett: Are you _insane?_

[@friccle_]

Im guessing hes separating what he wants with what the character he plays as would do

[@asrielthedreamer6783]

He probably didn't even think that was gonna happen

[@ajc0072]

When Brett saw Isildur's fate, he didn't think Talion was actually going to subject himself to that same fate. He definitely wants to join the Nine, just not in the way that the game presents: Willingly joining rather than unwillingly joining by circumstance. That's why Brett said 'Are you insane?!', Talion could've died and finally put himself to rest right then and there, and yet he didn't, which Brett is questioning Talion about.

[@LiamGers-cx1kn]

“The inability to die while having no face rendered” Apply cold water to that burn Nazgul.

[@sunlightsage2982]

*I was waiting for Kruk to suddenly betray you and Prak Jaws to rise giggling from his shit laden grave*

[@blackironsnips]

*Feldûsh Giggling

[@Ulfbhert9000]

I was hoping for Pigug the Shadow's his comeback

[@dedmnwlkn5796]

If I don’t see prak ascend from the deepest regions of the nine circles of hell I’ll be disappointed

[@user-cz6tj1by3n]

Feldush will come and murder saroun and every single non-branded orc.

[@Ulfbhert9000]

Randomness gaming But Pigug never dies Pigug is god.

[@julien7337]

If Celebrimbor was the Bright Lord, and Sauron was the Dark Lord, does this mean you're the Edge Lord? Because nazgul Talion looks like an emo

[@crazy13alex]

Julien S. Do you...actually know what "emo" means? Because it has nothing to do with how much Black someone has on them. Well, "edge" is appropriate here, at least.

[@HunterTracks]

Rogue Pylon You know, if you think about it, if Talion is an enemy to both Celebrimbor and Sauron, he can be described as literally "walking the edge between light and shadow". So, yeah, he's an edgelord, in more ways than one.

[@rickeasley3694]

Unknown Error my god!

[@emwZEEK]

@rogue looking at google images for "emo" there is a hell of a lotta long black hair and eyeliner. just sayin.

[@festethephule7553]

Unknown Error Huh. So he's basically a Gray Jedi?

[@dutchvanderlinde248]

Me: fortress defense. (if the enemy captures all the points your overlord will come out to fight.) All the points were captured. Me: HA! My overlord Bruz is gonna tear you a new one! Bruz: I DON'T WANT THE FORT! YOU CAN HAVE IT! Me: Goddamnit Bruz.

[@morgantaylor84]

XD

[@Larzang]

*"It's your fort, all right?! Your fort!"*

[@julispears4949]

*"Would you just keep the bloody fort?!"*

[@Generati0n-]

It was never my fort! It was always his fort!

[@kyledayton7829]

Have you noticed that throughout the game Celabrimbor becomes more and more and more like his Grandfather Fëanor? proud, obsessed over his creation , Power-hungry, and willing to abandon his allies . I guess Thorin Oakenshield was not the only one who was in danger of becoming his grandfather.

[@Willzb-xk4ew]

As it was implied, cleabrimbor is no different to sauron

[@thenethralking6032]

Oh please keep doing this series man. This is gonna be amazing XD

[@applepiepieapple5464]

The machine taken down Deranged has forever a frown Bret once again has bound A new chapter, and by his sound He is not happy at all Maybe we will see the fall Of Saurons defeat soon. People hate rhymes, I know it But they loved a certain poet That made Bret laugh, and grin When the luck archer has His legs broke in, And they think he has class. If my poetry isn't your preference Maybe find a better reference For your eyes are not working.

[@Jack_Woods]

These comments on every episode keep me alive, they should be a way to say "Last time on Shadow Of War" before every episode begins

[@budderbro1395]

Many victories, Brett had today But now it is time to say That the war has only begun And, my boy, will that be fun Many uruks still need to die Many uruks still need to cry For the deranged soul lives on The poet lives on And the machine is not gone Neither is jaws or axe Nor is giggles or rats Reincarnation happens a lot And Brett, well that's what he got Blood, sweat, and tears This seires never dies And the end is not nigh And now, I say goodbye

[@lizardkip1663]

its, its beautiful :,)

[@applepiepieapple5464]

budder bro13 I am full of ecstasy To see another poet like me.

[@zacharyclapp1072]

Here's a secret that might suprise you! The KZbinrs of Mordor don't really like you! The singers have died, and everyone rejoices. I see it in thier faces, and hear it in thier voices!

[@kaij2309]

I was genuinely sad when Horza got axed, he deserved better

[@CjAmber7780]

Noooooo! Don't end this!

[@GooWado]

Cjay One there's dlc

[@honestmass0757]

Cjay One

[@Jacquelinsane]

I doubt he’ll end it before the actual end of the game

[@QuayNemSorr]

I honestly understand if he does. Taking 20 fortresses gets tiresome!

[@Maxiz60]

Rasmus Jørgensen if you don't lose them each stage only takes 5 minutes

[@andrewcosmicanimations8709]

I always liked the idea of games letting you use a power used by the enemy. Whether it be a dark force, or so forth, it was always cool. I particularly like essentially becoming a phazon entity in Metroid Prime 3.

[@victornas91]

It's so poetic that during the entire game the wraiths always were inviting Talion to the dark side when it was his fate all along. Great ending 10/10

[@yoshifan2334]

Victor Eduardo if we want to get into lore, talion has no fate, but yeah, funny twist

[@ianbailey6592]

Making Celebrimbor a villain was really lame.

[@nathanielclaw2841]

celebrimbor is a wraith, wraiths are always evil, or at least only have evil intentions, because they were made from the rage and grief they had in life. in the bright lord DLC we see celebrimbor using the one ring to fight sauron and becoming more and more corrupted because of that. this, is what this wraith really is, the part of celebrimbor that was corrupted and twisted by the one ring. the real celebrimbor is dead, this is his shadow, and he will use and discard people if he so feels like it. remember talion wanted to die on the first game, but celebrimbor lied that they were bound together by a curse, when he could release him anytime he wanted, he said he didnt had any memories from the time he was alive, also lies. he was always a villain

[@giantWario]

Ian Bailey Even without getting into the wraith and the tolkien lore, I have no idea how you had never realized up until that point that Celebrimbor was a villain. Basically every lines he says is an evil overlord line. He was absolutely never a good guy in the games. I really don't know how you could possibly have missed that.

[@nathanielclaw2841]

also, everyone, exept the hammer in the first game, all of the villains call celebrimbor being a bad guy, the tower, the black hand, shelob even says talion is a puppet for celebrimbor. even the damn nazguls keep telling talion to let them get rid of celebrimbor so he can become one of them. ironically,, the most evil beings in middle earth were the the only ones that (kinda) cared for talion. shelob even gave him 2-3 half hugs during the game, i dont remember celebrimbor being that caring. the witch king himself called talion brother for pete sake! when did celebrimbor ever called talion brother? i say he must embrace his brotherhood of souless killing machines and be happy

[@thefury3995]

Rest In Peace ruined we all loved you

[@chaffycosaine8839]

One of the only good people in this world had left us. And he didn’t even give us a trophy

[@DerVasto]

His story is our trophy. Rest in peace, it´s trophy time one last time.

[@Quackington07]

8:01 it slipped because *Spoilers* well kinda The one ring re shapes itself to remove from anyone's finger who's finger isn't the dark lord's.

[@nathanielclaw2841]

do gloves work against that kind of power?

[@Lord_Numpty]

Furthermore, as Galadriel said, it has a will of its own. It's sentient, manipulates people as it desires and actively became heavier the closer Frodo got to Amon Amarth. It didn't _slip_ so much as it actively threw itself from Isildur's finger, probably why Frodo kept it on a chain.

[@Moshthun]

Scryer The chain was more because of the fact that when you put it on, you enter the wraith world and Sauron sees where you are. Also, why would the ring not want to go to Amon Amarth? It's an amazing band!

[@JayKan4]

Deadliest Duckling In other words because the ring's an asshole

[@mikeirrelevant668]

But seriously would a glove or just making a fisf prevent that? Cause I feel like people should have done that.

[@aluz4753]

I really hope you don't disregard and throw off the Shadow Wars because you've heard bad things about it. I heard bad things too, but I enjoyed playing this game so much I decided to grind through what I thought was going to be a long and monotonous trudge. It took me weeks, but I actually enjoyed every bit of it. I interacted with so many cool Uruks, went through saviors, betrayals, and lost my forts more times than I could count, but every bit was so interesting and weaved my own personal story deeper and deeper, and it made me love my loyal Uruks more and more. If you read this Brett, I really encourage you to play through. If you really power through, it may take you around 10 hours to complete the Shadow Wars, but it's better to take your time. But please, please don't end this fucking fantastic series you have.

[@ollie4425]

It took me an hour

[@aluz4753]

Trouley The developers updated it to be much, much more concise.

[@AysaMetric]

@@aluz4753 It sucks now. I wish I got to play the old one.

[@hyhena-gaming9986]

HeroBrian3333 you don’t like the possibility of endless sieges that you don’t have to do, after doing the ones to get the second ending?

[@marshroverv5632]

Honestly, I feel like you'd like the Shadow Wars, considering how much you like just mucking about with the various captains rather than story missions.

[@isaiahgriffith8400]

May Horza rest with the greats of Bretts army. His name will be ingraved with the top legends of this army, along with. Kruk the bloodaxe Feldush Giggles And The Legions ( forgot his first name) R.I.P I hope you finally get that trophy of your.

[@cauratheeyelex5020]

Ronk the legend

[@6rednek]

Wasn't Kruk the one who killed Horza?

[@isaiahgriffith8400]

That kruk was a different kruk

[@bonzc9857]

Tuba assassin that was a different kruk

[@spaghettiinc.7570]

12:17 I reacted the same way, I weirdly love video games where you’re the clear bad guy, and was kind of upset that he’s still trying to be good. He was betrayed by said good side but won’t join the bad side

[@ironencepersonal9634]

That's because in this case, what he perceived as the "Good side", abandoned him, and *became* the second "Bad side". Joining the original bad side would make no sense at this point because Talion still wants to prevent Sauron (and now Celebrimbor) from conquering the rest of the innocent world. His methods may be a little twisted, and has the backstory of a villain now, but, in his own words, "(Talion) serves Middle Earth."

[@dr.bright6272]

She-elf: This fort will never stand against a ghûl attack! Grace: thank you I worked very hard on it.

[@smithwesson1896]

4:04 I think Gore-Tide was enraged by the poison and that's why he killed Horza. Enraged captains attack everything in sight

[@KishibeRohan]

Ladies and gentlemen... Today we witnessed the end of an era. It was a fun while it lasted.

[@thewraith255]

Kishibe Rohan band now we get to witness the beginning of the era of the “White haired elfy bitch”

[@Captions-Eric]

Kishibe Rohan but Shadow war!

[@nathanielclaw2841]

i think she is blonde actually

[@Joshua-ep1dj]

Rest in RIP

[@CorpseDollar]

You all realize that there’s a dlc right? If he’s trying to 100 the game he would need to play it.

[@LordJohnako109]

TearofGrace: People make the Shadow Wars seem as Too Much. However, really, if you want to to not be a drag, just let the Bad Armies take your regions when they attack, and then just reconquer them. That's easier and faster than trying to level up your Orcs and defending the regions.

[@giantWario]

Love the fact that its Hura the obsessed (who was nearly 30 levels down on him) is the one who finally ended the Machine...well assuming the Machine doesn't cheat death again.

[@thedarkgenious7967]

am i literally the only person to enjoy the shadow wars?

[@christianalbanito3062]

TheDarkGenious It's a pain in the ass until you finish stage 10 and move to the Infinite Shadow Wars. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it too.

[@christianalbanito3062]

Ian Knight It keeps the game fun and interesting. Plus, the online fortress assaults challenge me which I prefer.

[@RandoGrunt]

Basically it's just a post-game where you can go about playing with the game's main appeal: the nemesis system.

[@unknownactor5502]

Nope, It was fun for me when I realised I could just die, kill the enemy warchiefs and then take over the forts again.

[@Twisted_Theories]

TheDarkGenious nah I enjoy it too

[@ssg4predater]

I have to admit, even though I was betrayed by my once thought bro Cellary. This was probably the most 'cool' part of the game, Being Nazgul-Talion, was probably the most badass you'll ever feel in the game, even though technically you're supposed to be weaker, it makes you feel stronger by a gameplay perspective, with your new necromancy abilities. Also "I serve no one" lies, Sauron. We both know you have a master, he's just waiting a while before coming back.

[@---_---_---_---___---]

And thus starts the story of edge-lord talion.

[@morgantaylor84]

Still a better character than what he was when the game started...

[@isaacsorrels4077]

Morgan Taylor That's because he had no character when it started.

[@laciehinds7768]

Isaac Sorrels and your point exactly?

[@FireTalon24]

Am I the only one who liked Talion in the first game? His quest for revenge was great. Mind you, the ending we get after the Shadow Wars is certainly worth it.

[@MMLCGG]

Talion: I am not of darkness yet Bret: *smacks desk “COME ON”

[@maryudomah4387]

HOLY CRAP SO THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE NVIDIA?!

[@Well_Damn]

Mary Udomah how do you pronounce it what.

[@alcatraz160]

I think he was pronouncing it like Nvi-dia instead of N-Vidia

[@JohnSmith-op3qj]

ıllıaυraтιcıllı some even pronounce it nuh-vidia

[@jokairou489]

Of course that's how you pronounce it. What is this, Latin? Companies always make ridiculous, easy to pronounce names for everything, unless you're dyslexic. Dyslexic people can't pronounce anything that's not misspelled or an anagram. That's just a joke by the way. You don't have to laugh, but fucking Christ, don't bitch about it.

[@maryudomah4387]

Then don't make jokes that people can possibly bitch about. It's that simple. 🤗😱

[@nemesisslayer863]

dont make this the last episode forgheloveof god

[@silent_stalker3687]

next episode only shows the credits rolling

[@Moh4a4d]

I think there's a DLC for him to get to.

[@jakebryant3445]

Plus he's got to unlock the true ending and that'll take a long while

[@G4RR0_13]

16:21 - "I've got a bipolar eye on top of a tower!" The funniest thing I've ever heard. LOL.

[@BlakeBelladonnaTucAndRoll]

Okay. Brett. I am legitimately going to offer advice for the Shadow Wars. This is where most of the gameplay length is because it has as much grinding as an MMO achievement list. I'm going to make this in a list style so it is easier to read and to even copy paste wherever because the pain I felt can surely be mitigated by helping others. 1. Leveling. Now this is a tad "duh" marker but it is the most important one by tell. The Shadow Wars are a series of 10 Fortress Stages. You begin by having each fortress be attacked and you and your army are defending it. I will go more into detail about Fortress battles later. The important thing to talk about now is getting to level 60. Something I will abuse if I do ever start a new playthrough is to always use a Double XP for every single story mission. Starting sooner helps a lot but I didn't really start using them until shortly before starting Act III. I was anywhere between 48-51 at completion and starting Shadow Wars. The skills you get are not important because by now you have everything you want. What is important is getting every Uruk you have to your current level and to the end goal of 60. Level 60 is when your Uruks are at their strongest and during the final stages when you will be facing upwards of Level 64... you need the help. Each main mission completed gives an insane amount of XP, almost a level up regardless of level for the later ones. But, using a double XP for these gives even more and alleviates the grind and pain later. 2. Fortress. The fortress is what can make or break your sanity. If it is easy to break into then the battle is already loss. You will want to upgrade each and EVERY fortress to the highest level, which costs Mirian and completing the Champion Level Fight Pit. Each upgrade to the Fortress proper allows you to allocate another Orc to be a Warchief, up to a total of 6 Warchiefs. What each Warchief does for the fort itself is allow that level of upgrades to be applied to the fort via the Siege Menu. The Overlord himself, whose level is indeed irrelevant so have whoever you enjoy, allows the upgrades of your Fortress Walls. There are three types of walls but the only ones you will be needing are the Metal Walls. They provide the absolute most defense and in some cases can entirely prevent invaders from breaching. The first Warchief is in charge of door and wall defense. The outer walls can be used to poison or set aflame ologs trying to batter the walls or to reinforce the standard wood gates with iron. Pick Iron. Always. The second Warchief is in charge of what grunt troops will be present at the defense. The choices are savages, defenders or hunters. All are good choices but my favorite are the hunters. They stay away from enemy warchiefs and whittle their health away with spears. Plus you can semi safely drain them for health as they will be a distance away. The third warchief is in charge of the siege beasts. Siege beasts are pretty useless honestly. The first one is fire which targets enemy troops to set aflame. The second targets the enemies siege beats with poison to eliminate them. The third is curse which targets enemy captains. You could use them strategically but if you pick the poison one you will be fine. The fourth warchief is in charge of beasts, specifically which one shall wander the fortress. You can have a graug, caragors, the absolute best one, the caged dragon at the gates of the fortress. The dragon will breathe flames through the gate and roast incoming attackers. As long as an enemy does not have an immunity or rage to fire they will be burned or stunned, thus preventing them from attacking the gate. The fifth warchief is in charge of archers and spiked walls. Completely ignore the archers and picked the spiked walls. This completely prevents all troops from scaling the walls and forcing them to try to break them down or to use the front gate, where they will be roasted. Note. You can personally climb up the walls by going to the corner towers of the fortress by the main gate and proceeding to climb like normal. Only you can climb these structures. The six and final warchief is a bit lame and litters the battlefield with either fire or poison mines. Prior to a siege defense you can see the weaknesses of the invaders. Just pick the one that has the least immunities and enrages to it honestly. Both are helpful. 3. Leveling Orcs and Warchiefs. This is where Number 1 comes into play. No dominated Orc can be a higher level than you. So the higher your level, the higher theirs will be, the stronger they will be. You can take the extremely long way and level each, and every, single, orc, through a long chain of agonizing missions. Or you simply die for boredom and throw them into pit fights. Pit Fights are a reliable way of leveling orcs and getting loot which can be used to fund your fortress upgrades by getting Mirian. An important note is if your guy is losing, you can quit out of the game and reload it to restart the fight and keep the orc you worked so hard on alive. This is a useful cheese to get the Champion Level completed to get your final warchief also. Sadly this is an extremely boring way as it takes multiple wins to get them up tp level. It's best to do this in the background while you are watching a podcast or something. Something that is enough to keep your mind busy enough to where you can quit if need be. Note: You cannot send a Warchief to the pits. You will need to promote another captain to warchief to take their place while you level them. Warchiefs are the only ones present during a siege. You will want them to be your best fighters. You can hunt for specific classes of Uruks, essentially cheese the fort by having all ologs, or just find your personal favorite fighters. Tanks, Beserkers, and Defenders are always a safe bet. Beastmasters and Assassins can be devastating. But in the end it is up to you. Their mighty and legendary traits can be devasting if they are Heroic or Legendary. A high health, high damage, rampage berserker with more enrages than you can count can decimate an entire invading army single handedly. You can also assign bodyguards to warchiefs to further bolster your numbers. 4. Recruiting. Inevitable you will need to recruit uruks to your fortress. There are three ways to go about this. The ol' fashion way and finding them. Using your hundreds of thousands of Mirian to buy Uruks that are close to your level, or sacrifice week orcs in the Champion Fight Pits to get a high level, greatly powerful Uruk to recruit. All of these are acceptable and I've used them all. Hell. The Uruks that I got for pre ordering the game are still with me. 5.Defending a Fortress. Defending a Fortress is like attacking one but with a few extra twists. Each time the enemy captures a point ANOTHER watchief enters the fray that you must eliminate. This means not only are you trying to dispatch some of the toughest warchiefs and their bodyguards, you are trying to prevent them from getting reinforcements. This can be stressful but just try to isolate each warchief to the best of your ability. Hoped you honed and mastered your fighting prowess.You can cheese Warchiefs and their bodyguards by shaming them instead of killing them. A lot of tanks will be present in sieges and their Death Defying trait can become a hassle if you are ill prepared. Also letting your own warchiefs get the killing blows is a smart choice. 6. Failure. If you fail to defend the fort then you must then begin a Fort Assault to take it back. Just because of how long the Shadows Wars are already, avoid losing to the best of your ability. Attacking a fort will always be easier than defending one but it's not something you want to do on purpose. After the Fort Assault that mission will be complete. You do not then need to defend it. 7. Stages. There are ten stages of hell that are the Shadow Wars. The first four are easy then it becomes repetitive. The first four stages are defending each of the four fortresses in the game. Then the stages will be adding two defensives per stage. Then three. Then ultimately four. It's mentally draining defending the same fortresses multiple times and constantly having to relevel all of your Orcs again after stages. 8. Summoning. Spiders, Graugs, Dire Caragors, Dragons, Grunts, and Bodyguards. These are all helpful for a Fort Defense. Whether you are trying to exploit weaknesses, killing mass amounts of grunts, or even just summoning a bodyguard to ease the pressure off you. Summoning is an invaluable tool and something you should rightfully abuse. 9. Gear. Another simple one but invaluable nonetheless. You want your gear to synchronize with your build as best as possible and to have it as the highest level you can. Being able to regain all health on a stealth kill or being able to drain orcs faster is invaluable. And that is really all the advice I have. Hopefully it helps and man, you got a long road ahead of you.

[@mikeirrelevant668]

Honestly i dont think he needs advice, the shadow wars were long, but not really hard. My captains were often lower level then the enemy but it still never got very difficult, think I lost once the whole time.

[@comradestarbucks2726]

Just gonna make one little addendum to this list, though it is quite good. The metal walls, while good, are not the only viable option. I've found that _WOODEN WALLS_ coupled with a bunch of fire stuff is surprisingly effective.

[@BlakeBelladonnaTucAndRoll]

Beef Patrol Mm. Interesting. I'm guessing how wooden walls work is that they can be set ablaze so, while damaging the integrity, adds a fire DOT to the enemies near, or even scaling it. If that is how that works then that is interesting.

[@nighthork9944]

Thanks Blake you eased the bearded you amazing neko ninja

[@samcole6466]

Wait there's 10 stages?? I'm on 4 and i thought i was nearly done uuugh...

[@jowoman7799]

Do not end these videos! I swear! They are easily one of the best videos on KZbin I watch. Please do not end this.

[@nemesisslayer863]

RIP ukrom the machine may he live on and cheat death

[@williambeck2372]

Just fucking watch him and Prak team up.

[@jacksonalmasian2432]

4:03 Is this how Sauron feels throughout the game?

[@Mandy-og2tb]

BRET YOU STILL HAVE THE SHADOW WARS XD

[@Drakonix115]

David he might not do that in a video because of how repetitive it is

[@rickeasley3694]

Enybeany10 it is repetitive af it's endless siege really boring

[@Mandy-og2tb]

Ps iy Its becuase i want to see him suffer and have tailon as a nasgauhl

[@sibrengroen4467]

The best thing about his video's is messing with orcs in the open world. So the shadow wars fits him perfectly

[@Drakonix115]

I still think he'll do it just not in a vid

[@filwilliamson9149]

Am I the only one who was raging when celebrimbor betrayed me, but then couldn’t stop yelling in excitement when I was capturing Minas Morgul? I’m a bird ringwraith fan so becoming one was amazing

[@BloodReaperZ]

Side note: The starting base gear you had since the beginning, has changed. Even the descriptions state that I they are fleeting remnants of a forgotten past bathed in darkness. No joke, the armour of Talion's old life, the cloak of his wife made, the broken sword of his son and even his own blade. All suddenly changed in a more depressing way, Talion as we knew is gone. All hail our new Nazgul Overload Talion.

[@dean4546]

Iron Gates, Hellfire, and Iron Spikes are op when put together for defense sieges. Look at the enemies weakness to fire or poison and choose accordingly for mines and the siege beast. That should smooth it along pretty decently. Another tip is that if you want to change the Overlord, select him first then choose where you want to reposition him. Not the other way around. I hope you enjoy the true ending. As always good job and thanks for continuing this series.

[@exyle_shadow8842]

Is that dlc just off the horizon I see? I think it is!

[@wyattben123]

After spending 40 hours searching for necromancers, seeing him find one makes me inhumanly enraged

[@UltimaXReborn]

Sauron: "I serve no one!" Morgoth: "Did you say something, bitch?" Sauron: "No, Sir."

[@Treftz]

9:33 favorite 18 seconds of content

[@TheStrxggler]

GET ON WITH IT! *YES GET ON WITH IT!*

[@nightbridge1027]

GET ON WITH IT!!!!!!!

[@joshuahopkins8747]

A spanking!

[@justice829]

13:50 And then Brett turned into Bray Wyatt.

[@KaiserAfini]

Now if only bitcoin miners didn't make the price of their graphics card rise by a lot.

[@warden-commandercousland]

KaiserAfini Hope that shit finally crashes like the 1928 Stockmarket.

[@johnhenderson5222]

BitCoin has strayed so far from the creator's intention. Also, the GeForce partnerships reeks of attempted Monopoly. I don't care about the fact that Brett took the sponsorship, and Nvidia makes great cards but the business Nvidia has had way too much of a dirt streak.

[@exol511]

Prices are dropping already since mining in countries like UK and Australia (examples) is becoming expensive. Soon the used market will be flooded with used GPUs and also you can already buy cards since stocks are now stable online (amazon for example).

[@yargolocus4853]

HaloLoreNerd are they? Sure, it is the most abusive way to use a gpu but does it really even then deteriorate.

[@exol511]

Actually no, the NEW stocks are coming back since miners do not buy them up as soon as they are available, since as I said the mining craze is dying down so you can now actually buy a GPU, not just order it for when its on stock. The only thing used up in a crypto rig is usually the fans that can be replaced for like 15$. Most miners will watch their temps and undervolt the GPU to save electricity so no they are not scorched, or even close to their normal operating temps. The lifetime of the GPU is can be easily measured by warranty that is like 1-2 years that means the manufacturer is sure the GPU can be used at 100% load without dying in that time and miners will not do that since its not efficient, so the card still has a lot of use left in it. Consider what kills most electrical components is HEAT not time.

[@henrydippnall3679]

I just want to thank you Bret for this series and Shadow of Mordor. It really helped me in a bad spot. 3 years ago I got diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and was really sick. I bought Shadow of Mordor at the time and was in hospital a lot so couldn’t play it, but yeah vids helped me so much. I still re-watch them to this day and though I’m having relapse now, Shadow of War vids has helped me laugh through it treatment. I really hope you continue this series with all the dlc and replay for all the shits and giggles. Thanks man.

[@Zw285]

16:00 Why does no one comment on the fact that they merged into a TIE Fighter?

[@th0rn3]

That singing at 14:00 was WONDERFUL!

[@nicholasholladay-elser7307]

Ok, here is your best defence for your forts. First, do the Fight Pit challenges in each area until you unlock your additional Warchief slot. You may need to do some recruiting to do it. Also if you have anything to decrease the amount of damage your followers take, equip it, that includes putting a green gem in your ring slot. Then make your highest level guys warchiefs. Then purchase the following upgrades. Metal Walls Iron Gates Hunter Host Cursed Siege Beast Hellfire Spiked Walls And Poison Mines. This will keep all of the enemies outside and taking lots of damage since I have not met an orc Immune to Poison, Curse, and Flames all at the same time. Also recrute the attackers when you can to make your army stronger for the next invasion. Also sell extra gear for the money, you'll need a lot of it and if you end up with extra, used it to buy some chests at the Headhunter to make you or your men stronger. If all goes well, you'll never lose another fort again. P.S. To make your army stronger, equip your highest level white gem to your ring slot when you're out recruiting. Doing so will make the guy's level increase upon recruitment equal to the level in the gem. And if by some means you do lose a fort, save your Overlord should be step one. Step two, make your army infiltrate the warchiefs until all are betrayal missions and then do said missions. Step three, make your now more powerful men infiltrate the fort until all spots are infiltrated. Step four, claim the fort with the initial attack will just be walking up and taking the points . Step fivem kill or recruit the overlord and the fort is your's again.

[@rainestar6781]

Solid advice, as far as I can tell. Brett needs to see this.

[@nicholasholladay-elser7307]

Thanks. I've kinda worked fort defence to a science. Half of me wants him to take it and the other half wants me to see the rage.

[@rainestar6781]

I mean, we've seem him rage pretty hard before. I've never seen how Brett acts when he actually know exactly what he's doing, and he is able to make himself look like a total badass in the process. I want to see that Brett, especially in this game.

[@nicholasholladay-elser7307]

It would be kinda cool, but he does need to stop killing every orc he sees and do some recruiting if he really wants to be the true lord of Mordor.

[@LibertyPrime21240]

I have ONLY met Orcs immune to curse, poison and fire at the same GODDAMN TIME!

[@RookCity94]

14:14 10/10 Singing Tear

[@darkner2390]

You can now actually bring captains back from the dead. Very useful for captains you like and which die.

[@gaminreasons8941]

He needs to do the pit fights in Minas Morgul to do that.

[@SteelShroom256]

Darkner Unfortunately, it doesn't work for orcs that have been decapitated, so Horza the Ruined can't be brought back.

[@RegalRoyalWasTaken]

I recognized that Milfanito music at the end. Nice! Also I like the shadow wars to be honest? You’re not thoroughly pressured to do much of anything, you can just go around and experience the captains and such! It’s nice to be let loose.

[@Zilten_]

Glancing at laptop stickers "AMD Radeon" oh.

[@ToxicLetsPlay]

Hey, at least you don't have to turn on any additional heaters in the winter when your laptop is running... Gotta look at the bright side

[@ArachnoParadox]

if you really want to make the most of it you can use it to power a generator to make excess electricity

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Look on the bright side, you get some excellent flame decals for free. I guess AMD figured out how to do realistic flame physicss a few years ahead of their competition...

[@utswriter]

Brett has the quickest changes of fancy, go from: Take the ring do it! To Oh....we are taking the ring, TALION ARE YOU INSANE!

[@andrelaboy2002]

Bret please do the Blade of Galadriel Dlc I think you would love it!

[@colvamoon6962]

Metal fortress walls, spiked walls, iron gate, and drake door fire. Do that, and your only fear of enemies breaking in are ologs and graugs.

[@divinecrusader4258]

NUUUUU DON'T END IT,it will bring Me to TEARS lol

[@phatcat-st4gb]

I like how in the Whole World in his Hand song, Brett did about 7 key changes

[@Falcon-hw4vw]

He changed the title and thumbnail... I guess this is either a weird April Fools prank, or just confirmation he's continuing.

[@BrimstoneAquatics]

The ring has a mind of its own. It betrayed isildur and expanded to fall off

[@benjaminantonio3405]

If you play it more you can eventually revive your captains from the dead and play the dlcs

[@victorvilorn5964]

3:37. "No. I'll see you next time." is said so coldly that it makes you sound like a villain! :0 11:02. You've got so much knives in you're back, you look like a pin cushion. 15:52. Sauron is kind of a cutie when he doesn't have flaming murder in his eyes. :0

[@ryaquaza3offical]

I’m confused, are you gonna continue on PC or is this the actual end,.... Please don’t make it end

[@agentnightshade220]

Shelob- “you pitiful man” Bret- “I lay here dying” lol

[@xiotrapeh3617]

Zog will rise agan better than ever

[@dharmer592]

You poor, poor man. You've suffered so much, but it has only just begun.

[@guikfm2744]

I LOVE THIS FUCKIN GAME, AND LOVE THIS GAMEPLAY OF YOU, its a shame its ending

[@Nine-Oh-Five]

he's still got the dlc

[@jacobhelmick5455]

Guikfm he still has the shadow wars which aren’t bad at all

[@coninater]

not gonna lie 8:20 they should have made it a player choice, because I'm with Brett on this. THIS IS A BAD MOVE, TALION!

[@oliveboi1474]

That line at the end where Sauron says "I serve no one," that makes no sense by the book logic. Because unless I'm mistaken, doesn't Sauron serve this world's version of Satan, or a chaos God? So yes you do serve someone Sauron.

[@williamleonardreesejr.1992]

Psychopasss Klien Yeah he used to be the sergeant of Melkior. Who has been forever sealed away in the void with no way to return whatsoever.

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Yeah he got one hell of a promotion. He also pulled off some shit on a scale his old master never did like get the goody two shoes insanely powerful men to turn evil and try to conquer everything, causing God to drown them and split the world in two because he was so done with Sauron's shit.

[@ssg4predater]

Yeah basically does serve Middle Earth Satan. Melkor, the strongest of the Valar, taking the name Morgoth. However he was defeated long ago, though he's suppose to return during the big final war of the middle earth universe. But yeah, Melkor, is the equivalent to Satan, While the Balrog, and Sauron are basically his fallen angels. Sauron was never even close to Melkor in strength however, only being a maiar. (Think normal angel compared to Arch Angel.) Melkor also created, or at least twisted something into, Dragons.

[@SteelShroom256]

Just Leo Okay, I would really like to see Morgoth's return, truth be told.

[@ssg4predater]

Yeah it'd be pretty sweet, But unfortunately for us all. The Final battle of all Arda is unlikely to happen in literature form. Would be great though in any media in my opinion.

[@PhantomDragon1475]

Best fortress upgrades for Shadow Wars: Metal Walls Iron Gates Hellfire Spiked Walls Then use either poison/fiery siege beasts and mines, depending on captain weaknesses

[@melnewdemon4873]

Video starts at 1:55

[@sambullock666]

3:34 the most badass voice

[@zadolf1130]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@kainholden7709]

Eltarial: fight harder you demons Ukrom: really...if you say so

[@stimky6872]

Ples no end STICKY GLUEE

[@laciehinds7768]

Bainbridge Doug OINK SAID THE WILLOW TREE, OINK *SNORT* OINK

[@lancecurry7538]

"The worms are in my head, and they wiggle! Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle!"

[@mlem1315]

RIP Horza. He could save Talion but not himself.

[@buttermanaws4693]

Tear upgrade the new nazgul gear it is pretty good

[@arthurpprado]

wow, there's so many plot twists in this one that I almost twisted both my ankles when I tried to get up

[@kidshotgun5690]

yo, brett or what ever your name is, if u beat all the pit missions in minas morgul you can rez captains from the dead

[@cauratheeyelex5020]

he already can, you see it happen at 11:37

[@ddangho914]

"I didn't expect for the Machine to fall so nonchalantly." 14 minutes ago... Giant ass army Bret has accumulated throughout the game having trouble with the Machine and Deranged tag team

[@sword-master9253]

TearOFGrace Will you play Warhammer Vermintide 2 in the future

[@20bananapancakes46]

Everyone else: watches talion pick up palintir with bated breath Brett: he’s got the whole world in his hands he’s got the whole world in his hands

[@nemesisslayer863]

noooooo horza

[@ReachCommanderKentParker]

You don't know how much joy it brings me to see someone who actually wanted to be a ringwraith feel just as bullshitted by the story as I was.

[@phoenixofthelost6903]

I got here early this time... Are we getting The Witcher next?

[@insertrandomusernameherera9432]

PhoenixOfTheLost Didn't he already make a series on The Witcher 3?

[@solaireofastora7847]

GamerBro 1928 A few videos but not a series by any standards

[@phoenixofthelost6903]

GamerBro 1928 I honestly don't remember. If so, there is much more to laugh at in the game. I happened to get lucky with my first playthrough getting everything from minor glitches that are probably features to scripted scenes messing up because a Drowner folded in on itself. My current one had mostly crashes and other game breaking glitches that forced a restart.

[@Frisbie147]

He did a few videos on tw3, and on botw master mode, wish he wouldve finished those series'

[@TheMasterMind144]

He mentioned while streaming that the reason he stopped doing that series was because people weren't interested in it and the views were very low. He also made another video recently of the game where he didn't seem to be enjoying it that much...and I honestly don't blame him considering how repetitive it is from a gameplay point of view (and Tear seems to value gameplay a lot more than the story in the games he has played).

[@makaramuss]

8:00 its not his fault... ring has his own mind and can change its size any moment and if you dont know it its easy to let it loose from your finger.

[@Batcena]

Never clicked faster

[@TheeGlobFather]

each time he starts talking directly to an orc, i just immagine them talking to them directly in game.

[@toribey5358]

Jesus Christ enough with the “first” bullshit

[@nucleardonkeyboy1361]

Artorias of The Abyss but you where the First to Walk the abyss Mate

[@castlevaniasonataofarealsh3222]

There's something poetic about "Gore Tide" being unable to stem the flow of blood.

[@helloitisme1860]

R u my dad

[@buddy9075]

Hello It is me no you fucking moron

[@outlaw1882]

When I play nothing interesting happens but when this guy plays it's the most chaotic Version of the game

[@theenigma2861]

"it took the planets aligning for this to happen but I think I'm finally rid of the machine".... Next episode "Fleshling!"

[@fissshy7]

Nice. Now this is the long part where we have several chapters of the Gracewalker's adventurers with Orcs, here's hoping he finds a worthy nemesis during that time we can all meme about.