[Middle-Earth: Shadow of War/ ME: SoW] Strengths Nemesis Traits Guide

This article contains information about strengths for the nemeses in Middle Earth: Shadow of War [ME: SoW]. We’ll update this more as soon as the game comes out. 

Strengths

In Middle Earth: Shadow of War, strengths and weaknesses provide a variety of traits towards an enemy. For example, strengths provide traits, bonuses, immunizations, and also an enemy’s capacity for enrage. On the other hand, weaknesses allow the player to deal increased damage against the enemy. This allows them to finish them off quickly, saving their health to fight the next nemesis they come across. Knowing an enemy’s strength and weaknesses can slide the difficulty of the game down.

Strengths

Strengths separate into three different categories: hates, immunities, and bonuses. The hates, if the player uses a skill that triggers a particular hate, will cause the enemy to become Enraged. When Enraged is inflicted on the enemy, they deal an increased amount of damage. The status “Enraged” grants the enemy increased damage output and attack speed. Immunities are what enemies do not take damage from. Bonuses appear as several other traits such as class traits, tribe bonuses, racial bonuses, and epic traits.

List of Strengths

Strength	Description
Flame Cannon	Unit is capable of using cannons to release liquid fire blasts.
Armored Mount	The unit has a fortified mount and resists fire damage.
Battering Ram	Enemy deals increased damage to siege structures and weapons.
Cursed Weapon	If the player is attacked then, the unit can disable the Ring of Power while inflicting Curse damage.
Necromancer	Enemy can raise the dead to fight against the player. If dealing with this kind of enemy then, defeat the necromancer immediately to lessen the numbers.
Beast Master	Unit summons beasts to fight enemies. Deal with the Beast Master the same way one deals with a necromancer.
Sniper	Unit becomes capable in dealing powerful, long ranged attacks. Keep guard up at all costs.

Immunities

Immunites are what nullify certain incoming attacks. While this attack does not neccessarily cause Enraged on the enemy, it does lower the player’s damage output. Hence, players should bring another weapon to swap out in case of elemental immunity.

List of Immunities

Immunities	Description
Fire	Enemy is incapable of taking Fire damage.
Frost	While the enemy can take Ice damage, the enemy cannot be frozen.
Poison	Immune to poison damage. Poison-based weapons will have no effect and cannot inflict Poison on the enemy.
Ranged Attacks	Immune to incoming ranged attacks. Players must confront enemies with this trait in closed ranged combat.
Curse Attacks	Curse Damage is reduced to 0.
Beast Attacks/ Beast Proof	Beast Attacks do not deal damage.
Stealth Attacks	The enemy nullifies the Backstab Bonus and can detect the player even with stealth.
Execution	Enemies with this trait do not instantly die but instead suffer severe damage.

Hates

Unlike Immunities, Hates, as one of the strengths, has a trigger. Hates is what triggers the status “Enraged” in enemies. When enemies take damage with a Hated Attribute, they immediately trigger “Enraged”. The “Enraged” status then grants increased damage output.

List of Hates

Hates	Description
Frost	Upon taking the “Frost” condition, the enemy becomes Enraged.
Mortal Wounds	Enemy becomes enraged when suffering from Mortal Wounds.
Vengeful	Enemy becomes “Enraged” when witnessing the death of an Allied Damage.
Last Stand	When facing the Bright Lord alone, the enemy becomes “Enraged”.
Bestial Frenzy	After killing a beast enemy, enemy becomes Enraged.

Bonus

Bonuses are buffs that enemies carry into battle. Some of these buffs come from their class. Others come from what tribe they’re from. Another set of bonuses can also come from their weapons. However, there are also some that are generalized across a variety of enemies.

List of Bonuses

Bonuses	Description
Cursed Weapon	Enemies can deal Curse Damage. They also have a chance of disabling the Ring of Power for a particular duration.
Caragor Rider	Enemies can deal uncounterable and unblockable attacks, forcing Talion to dodge out of the way. However, if the player dominates over the Caragor, he can tame it and utilize it as a mount.
Cursed Bombs	Enemies can deploy bombs that deal Curse Damage.
Beastslayer	Inflicts “Execution” on Beast-type enemies.
Gang of Hunters	Enemy leads a group of hunters.
Gang of Warriors	The enemy leads a group of warriors.

List of Class Bonuses

Class Name	Description
Commander	Advanced Class: Commander – Strengthens nearby allies.
	War Banners – Enemy orders it’s allies to plant banners which boost their attack power. However, these banners are destructible.
	Call Reinforcements – Capable of calling more allies to its cause.
	Dying Command – Upon death, enemy issues final command which boosts damage of allies.
Assassin	Advanced Class: Assassin – Prefers to ambush and strike down quickly. Deals damage that includes Backstab Bonus.
	Agile – Dodges, rolls, and vaults over enemies to avoid taking damage.
	No Chance – Enemy does not allow a Last Chance QTE (Quick Time Event).
	Throwing Knives  – Enemy attacks at mid-ranged and uses knives to stagger the enemy.
Destroyer	Advanced Class: Destroyer – An expert in explosive tactics and weaponry, he is equipped with bombs and mines.
	Sapper – Drains health on every attack.
	Final Curse – Unleashes curse damage upon death.
Beastmaster	Advanced Class: Beastmaster – Beasts will not attack this enemy.
	Bestial Roar – Calls Caragors into battle. Heals allied Caragors and commands them to attack.
Marksman	Advanced Class: Marksman – Damage increases with range and the enemy can see at far distances.
	Power Shot – Fires a shot that stuns the enemy.
	Quick Shot – The enemy has increased shooting rate.
Tracker	Advanced Class – Tracker: Seeks you out no matter where you hide and summons reinforcements.
	Trapper – Uses traps to immobilize the enemy.
Berserker	Advanced Class – Berserker: Inflicts “Enraged” Status on self. Damage increases the more damage the enemy takes.
	Furious Charge – Tackles down enemies and knocks them down, attacking them while they’re pinned down.
	Rabid – Lets out a disorienting battle cry which shocks enemies.
	Rampage – Enemy attacks indiscriminately.
Trickster	Advanced Class – Trickster: Uses a variety of tactics to surprise and confuse the enemy.
	Smoke Bomb – Deploys smoke bombs to cloak themselves.

List of Weapon Bonuses

Weapons	Description
Crossbow	Enemies wielding the crossbow gain this weapon bonus. Those who have this trait gain increased damage output for crossbow, reduced cooldown, increased shooting speed, and increased range.
Defender Shield	When wielding the Defender Shield, enemies take reduced physical damage. However, the shield can be disarmed which allows the player to fully attack the enemy.
Savage Counter	The enemy will have increased damage especially for weapons that deal deep wounds.
Front Line Warrior	–

List of Tribe Bonuses

Tribes	Description
Mystic Tribe	Mystic Blade damage increased.
Warmonger Tribe	When clashing with an enemy from this tribe, they are capable of locking the player’s weapon with their gauntlets. Player must break free or suffer additional damage.
Terror Tribe	Members of this tribe are capable of executing Terror Chains.
Marauder Tribe	–

List of Racial Bonus

Race	Description
Olog-Hai	Olog Strength – increases damage output if enemy is of Olog-Hai descent.

List of Epic Traits

Traits	Description
Fanatical Gang	When this kind of enemy is within a crowd, all allies within the vicinity are inflicted with “Enraged”.
Poison Warder	Decreases all incoming poison damage to the self and allies.
Gang of Elite Warriors	Leader of Elite Warriors.
Thick Skinned	Enemies with this trait are known to sustain heavy amounts of damage. They have increased health pools.
Great Strength	All attacks from this trait have increased output.
Epic Throwing Knives	Enemy becomes capable of throwing several knives in front of him.

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