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A Mighty Doom achievement in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

A Mighty Doom

Acquire a level 25 Rune.

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  • Super NES tevezSuper NES tevez
    06 Oct 2014 06 Oct 2014 06 Oct 2014
    The previous solutions are good but after trying for several hours I figured some stuff out.
    The Captain must be level 20 before he becomes a war chief. If the captain is less than 20 when he becomes War chief like lvl 17 and you let him kill you to make him 20 he becomes a legendary war chief and will only drop epic runes.

    My suggestion is to assist a captain in getting to level 20 before he is war chief. Make sure to interrogate an Uruk for his weaknesses. The captain should be a war chiefs bodyguard. Challenge his master and kill any other bodyguards during the battle to ensure your lvl 20 capt. takes the war chiefs place.

    Now your lvl. 20 Capt. Is war chief his title should be ELITE WAR CHIEF you just need to find his mission on the map start it and let him kill you. Now he's your revenge target, as soon as you spawn head back and your capt. should be ready for battle as soon as you start the mission. Kill him making sure to use his weakness (vulnerable to ranged attacks was my chiefs weakness) . Once he's finished he should drop the lvl 25 rune.

    Lvl. 20 Captain bonus+2 war chief bonus+1 revenge bonus +1 knowing weakness bonus + 1 exploiting weakness bonus=25

    GET THE CAPTAIN TO 20 BEFORE HE TAKES THE WAR CHIEF POSITION. DONT USE DEATH THREAT

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    Goggs25I have dlc and I can’t get it let captain kill me he went from level 23 to 24 I had revenge kill on him and used his weakness he drops epic level 23 so dlc did not work for me.
    Posted by Goggs25 on 08 Dec 20 at 16:23
    JimmieWorldI was sooo lucky!
    First I leveled up a Captain who has no Warchief. Next I got a Warchief with the Explosion weakness. Doesn't matter what I did, didn't get the bonus from this. But then I used death wish and I got my lvl25 rune.

    By chance anyone knows who to exploit explosion weakness???
    It didn't worked for me with barrels, bonfire, and that little drum like thing. Only burning...
    Posted by JimmieWorld on 05 May 23 at 03:33
    JimmieWorldOk. I read a bit and I found out that maybe the head explosion the referr to. I didn't had that skill anyway, so...
    Posted by JimmieWorld on 05 May 23 at 03:43
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  • mentocmentoc
    08 Oct 2014 08 Oct 2014 30 Dec 2017
    The rest of the solutions are great at explaining the levels and gaining the necessary additions to get a level 25 ruin. I would just like to add one thing.

    After trying for awhile I checked gamefaqs and someone mentioned having the bodyguard kill the chief to ensure the death threat doesn't mean you'll get an epic.

    I got this immediately after by letting a lvl 20 captain become warchief then let him kill me, send a death threat and of course knowing his weaknesses. I branded his three bodyguards and activated them to do the deed. Done.

    Edit: Andreka0 made this great video that explains everything perfectly.
    Edit2: Just realized that many reference me as baddkar but I have changed to mentoc (my late cousin's gt)
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    ProjectSixThis works awesome, thank you! I put 4 branded bodyguards on him just to be safe and wasn't able to activate his fear but bodyguards killed him and he dropped a lvl 26 rune first try.. thanks again!
    Posted by ProjectSix on 22 Jan 15 at 12:30
    Theodoricus RexIf you are having trouble with Warchiefs running away in fear because of fire and hence escaping your branded bodyguards there is another way to make sure he doesn't die by your blade (and thus bypassing the extra chance on an epic rune through the death threat). Just grab him while he's weak and navigate yourself in a corner. His henchmen will do the work for you. I got a level 26 rune on my first try!
    Posted by Theodoricus Rex on 11 Nov 16 at 20:50
    Patto VIThank you, this solution is much easier to set up and worked first try. This way you can get any captain to level 20 and not have to try find one with an easy vulnerability.
    Posted by Patto VI on 10 Oct 23 at 11:52
  • NutriWhipNutriWhip
    07 Oct 2014 16 Oct 2014 18 Oct 2014
    I tried the other solutions but they didn't work for me. What I did do though was very similar to the others. I leveled up a captain to 20. Gain the intel on him. I let him kill me for the revenge bonus. I also exploited his fear/hate during that fight which happened to be fear of defeat (at low health he gets mad and starts to heal).

    I then went after him again and branded him. Next I went for the war chief that he was a bodyguard for. I killed the war chief and my branded captain took his place. I then summoned my captain, now war chief, by going to the mission marker on the map. I grabbed him, dominated him, gained intel on some random orc and then killed him. This worked on my first try and dropped a level 25 rune.

    TL;DR

    Before War Chief:

    Level 20 captain. +20
    Intel on him. +1
    Let him kill you for revenge. +1
    Fear/Hate exploited during that fight. +1
    After doing the above, brand him and make him become a war chief.

    After War Chief:

    Dominate and kill him as War chief. +2
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    Just did a death threatened Branded Watchief killed him using the weakness tool far less setup just brand a couple Urks skip time a bit look for a level 20 Captain die to him and then brand him and kill him with his weakness never saw a single epic rune in the 3 times I did it got 2 24 due to me killing a level 19 instead of 20
    Posted on 08 Nov 20 at 23:59
    Don NielsonNot working. Still got an epic rune.
    Posted by Don Nielson on 14 Nov 20 at 14:50
    YgorSpawnThanks, that work for me 😊
    Posted by YgorSpawn on 28 Nov 20 at 00:16
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