Stage 3 (Azog the Defiler): The battle with the Orcs | Walkthrough LEGO The Hobbit Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
During the battle with the orcs, you can control any of the dwarves. Your first task is to defeat 10 regular orcs. Attack only the ones that charge directly the main protagonists. To eliminate the opponents, use standard attacks with the blade.
An alternative way to defeat the orcs is holding down the other combat key, which introduces the character that you control, into a kind of a spin. It is a good method to eliminate, simultaneously, even several orcs but, while charging this attack, you are completely defenseless. During the fight, you should remember that you should collect the hearts dropped by some of the orcs. Also, do not attempt to step outside of the delineated battlefield (the moving/ fighting armies), because you would suffer additional, and needless, damage.
After you defeat the ten orcs, this will form a kind of a corridor, thanks to which you will be able to walk over to the next arena. Before you do that, I recommend that you destroy the objects around, because you will be able to gain new studs and supplies, this way. After you reach the next arena, the game will start a short cutscene, featuring Azog. As a result, you will have to defeat five, better-armored, orcs. An even more important thing here is to collect hearts, because it is easy to deplete the entire health bar.
At the battlefield, there will soon appear a much bigger orc, who is towing a siege tower. Do not attempt to attack it. Instead, position any two playable characters next to each other and press the Buddy-Up key/button. Only after that, approach the big orc and start dealing damage to it. The successful attacks will be depriving it of fragments of its armor and will finally defeat it.
Remain in the Buddy-Up mode and approach the unguarded tower, with the two dwarves. You need to press the action key/button in order to bring down one of the tower's walls. This action, if successful, will bring in more orcs to the battlefield.
As you have probably noticed, the two new orcs are wearing gold armors. They are much tougher, and more difficult to defeat, than the regular orcs. At the same time, you can attack them with one character only. While landing your attacks, there will probably be several situations in which you will have to fight at close quarters (an example in the above screenshot). In such situations, try to tap, rhythmically, the indicated keys/buttons. This will allow you to deal damage and avoid losing hearts, at the same time.
After you have defeated the warrior orcs, switch to Dori and make sure that he has his flail equipped. Approach the tower and press the appropriate key/button, thanks to which Dori will grab on to the golden grip, in its upper part. Press the same key several times, thanks to which you will damage the tower and cause another group of orcs to appear.
In the battlefield, there will appear two orcs, wearing green armors, now. Since the monsters are archers, start jumping around the battlefield, to avoid taking damage. You need to strive for a close quarters fight, as soon as possible. Thanks to this, the orcs will be incapable of attacking at a range.
The next part of the battle is similar to the one that you have fought. The main handicap is that the biggest orc starts moving around the battlefield. Avoid coming into contact with this monster, because you can easily lose all of the hearts here. Ignore the smaller orcs and wait for a good moment to activate Buddy-Up, i.e. to join forces with any other dwarf. After you combine the two dwarves, start attacking the monster.
Use any two dwarves, now, to destroy the lower wall of the tower. The next steps are defeating the three orcs in gold armors and rip off the upper wall of the tower, using Dori's flail. Finally, defeat the three archer orcs (green armors). After you perform these actions, you will be granted the opportunity to square off against Azog.