2: The Slaver | Main missions Middle-earth: SoM Guide

Requirements for starting the mission: You need to complete the first mission (the Prologue).

Secondary objectives: You need to eliminate the four archers, before you attack Gimub.

Gimub has been marked in red

After you reach the yellow mission marker, stop next to it, press the appropriate key/button and confirm that you want to start this mission. First of all, you need to identify Gimub and this is the next part of the tutorial. Press the key/button for the Wraith mode, wait for one of the enemies to be highlighted in red and identify him as Gimub.

Get the archers from behind and kill them silently

Before you eliminate Gimub, it would be good if you eliminated the four orc archers in the camp, because this is required by the side objective of the mission. The archers are on the nearby wooden structures. Try to approach the nearest one without raising the alarm (sneak and do not approach the orc warriors). After you climb the scaffolding, get the archer from behind and perform a stealth execution.

You now need to reach the other three archers. What is interesting, you do not need to jump off, because you can get to the ledges that the archers are on, over the ropes similar to the one in the above screenshot. Do not haste to attack each one of the archers, make sure that he is looking away (you can check out on their actions in the Wraith mode).

You can start the fight with Gimub, e.g. by attacking at a range.

There are many ways to start the fight with Gimub. If you managed to discover his strong and weak points (e.g. thanks to interrogating the orc informants) you can now open the tab of this opponent and learn its contents (to learn more, see the chapter entitled Sauron's Army). In my case, one of Gimub's weaknesses was lowered resistance to ranged attacks so, I could attack with the bow).

Note - The strong and the weak points of the Captains and Warchiefs, of the Sauron's Army are always randomly generated so, in your case, Gimub does not need to be vulnerable to ranged attacks. The sets that occur, in the enemy orcs, most frequently, have been provided in the chapter that describes the Nemesis System. In that chapter, you will also learn how to handle the strong points of the members of the Sauron's Army and how to exploit their weaknesses.

Watch out for the orcs that accompany Gimub and drain the Captain's entire health bar

After you start the fight proper, attack Gimub and watch out for his attacks, which you may not know everything about, yet. There is a high probability that the fights will be joined by the regular orcs. You can try to ignore them, or use them to continue the multiplier and to get the option to launch special attacks more often (e.g. the Execution ability). You need to deprive Gimub of the entire health bar, thanks to which you kill him.

Gimub drops a rune

The defeated Gimub drops a rune. If you have already killed another Captain this is nothing new to you. Otherwise, see the chapter entitled Sauron's Army again, where you learn more about the types of runes and their functions. Of course, it is a good idea to apply the rune to the weapon that it fits into, especially that the one dropped by Gimub should be "epic".

Rewards for completing the mission:

• 600 experience points
• 50 gold pieces (Mirian) - only if you have completed the secondary objective of the mission
• New main mission unlocked: "An Interested Party"