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A New Master achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

A New Master

Brand a Captain while in combat.

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How to unlock the A New Master achievement

  • Zasta 360GameTVZasta 360GameTV
    01 Oct 2014 01 Oct 2014 02 Oct 2014
    After the Mainstorymission "Queen of the Shore" the Brand ability unlocks. The Mission comes almost at the End of the Game. For the Achievement / Trophy you need also the Combat Drain Ability. Pick a Captain (it does not matter who) go to him and start fighting.
    Fight now carefully against the Captain, he must not die. Our Target is the green Skull Symbol over this Head. Is the Skull green, use the Combat drain Ability cn_A + cn_B on every Hit Streak. You will need several attempts but not forgotten, fight carefully! (he must not die)
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    xDartz xNVx write in the Comments you dont need the Combat Drain Ability!
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    xDartz xNVxYou don't need to use combat drain for this one. I got it by just using the "Hold B button" ability about 6-8 times until it finally worked. The key is just to keep trying to drain/brand him without killing him.
    Posted by xDartz xNVx On 02 Oct 14 at 04:06
    Zasta 360GameTVthanks xdart, i add this Information!
    Posted by Zasta 360GameTV On 02 Oct 14 at 07:46
    Im LoganXPI just grabbed him and branded when there were few Uruks left so they would not interrupt me. You only need to brand once if its done during a grab.
    Posted by Im LoganXP On 02 Oct 14 at 18:02
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  • Maka91Maka91
    02 Oct 2014 02 Oct 2014
    Step 1: Unlock "Combat Drain" & "Brand" Abilities (Must Complete "Queen of Shore" Main Mission)
    Step 2: Use Combat Drain Ability on a Captain. He must have green health, and this may take many attempts. To use combat drain, your chain must be red, and you have to press A+B on your controller.


    You can use this branded captain in order to get the "No Power in Numbers" achievements as well:
    Middle-earth: Shadow of MordorNo Power in NumbersThe No Power in Numbers achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor worth 25 pointsHelp a Captain survive a Recruitment Power Struggle, and then kill him and all his new recruits.
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    napoearthCombat drain is not required. I got this doing a slave mission and stealth branded a Captain that was vulnerable to that.
    Posted by napoearth On 23 Jul 17 at 16:32
  • Lliryn DresLliryn Dres
    07 Oct 2014 07 Oct 2014
    Here is an alternate solution I used to unlock my achievement just a couple of moments ago.First make sure that you complete the story mission Queen of the Shore to unlock brand. After you have unlocked brand find an execution mission in which a captain is trying to execute another captain once you start the mission all you need to do is stealth brand ( cn_RT + cn_B ) the captain about to be executed and it should pop right away.

    Also want to note that I already dominated the captain leading the execution but am unsure if that is a requirement.
  • WORLDEATERWORLDEATER
    02 Oct 2014 02 Oct 2014
    First you need to have completed the story mission "Queen of the Shore" to unlock the Brand ability. It is advised you unlock Combat Drain as well. I picked a Power Struggle called Beast Hunt that was away from any Strongholds and completed it. After that I proceeded to kill everyone leaving me and just the captain. When he is weak which is signified by the skull over his head being green, I started to brand him. After a few attempts he will be under your control as will the achievement.
  • SweetArkhaneSweetArkhane
    26 Sep 2019 26 Sep 2019
    During Vendetta missions, if you brand the captain you have to kill, it counts as if you're still in combat.
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