Orcs of Misty Mountain tips...:)

**General500** · January 25, 2011, 11:30 PM

I'm looking for tips to play Orcs of Misty Mountain, it seems that for me (I'm a noob) the elves attack in the first 10 turns and I can't defend from it... so are there any tips to help me out?

**Nergor** · January 26, 2011, 05:22 AM

Buy enough Snagas for front attacking and charge the enemy with warges from behind.

**Space Voyager** · January 26, 2011, 06:44 AM

Get rid of Imladris ASAP, than consolidate your empire and guard Moria. Also ally with the other orc faction and try to stay on the good side with Dwarves. And, as previous poster posted, snagas are the key to military success, combined with Wargs, naturally.

**jinjo** · January 26, 2011, 09:06 AM

dwarves are real enemy of orcs of misty mountain, so try not to have war vs dwarves
blitzing to capture imladris is good because high elves won't hurt a long then, but it's quite hard because imladris has garrison script.
OOTMM units are not strong in the beginning but they are cheap so try to various units in your army

**TheBromgrev** · January 26, 2011, 09:14 PM

The skirmishers are your best friend, especially in tall grass and forests. I like to hide them somewhere off to the side and put my main army away near the back. Once the enemy marches past the snagas and engage my main army, I make the skirmishers attack from behind. Almost guaranteed to route the enemy after the 2nd volley. Skirmishers are also dirt cheap, so you can also use them as cannon fodder to tire out the enemy.

**Dennislp3** · January 26, 2011, 11:03 PM

Isnt the One Ring in the mist mountains somewhere? I have not found it myself...what are the benefits of having it?

**General500** · January 26, 2011, 11:09 PM

^ I also want to know

TheBromgrev, when I play the enemy never routes until like there is only 25-30 left. They usually have high morale, and not only that but my enemies (Elves) seem to upgrade their troops VERY fast and always bring 1 unit armies and just besiege then run!!! I hate it >.>

**TheBromgrev** · January 27, 2011, 11:23 AM

Just keep a general in Goblin Town for a while and he'll find it. It has some pros and cons, with one of the cons being he gains Gollum as an ancillary. Gollum increases squalor and chance to be assassinated. The One Ring itself isn't very special for an Orc.

@General500: You must be doing it wrong. You need to use a general with high dread, and move him around the back lines to lower the enemy's morale but don't engage until the skirmishers begin throwing javelins into the enemy's backs. Then, charge your general into the weakest part of the enemy line, and you'll likely make that unit route, which will cause a chain reaction as the rest route as well. Wargs attacking from the side helps too, although I normally save the wargs for the elf arches.