The Mines of Moria Raid Deep Dive - Chapter 3!
Greetings Ring-bearers,
As mentioned before, Chapter 3 of the Mines of Moria Raid is coming to The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth™!
Chapter 3, ‘Blades in the Dark’, will be available in your games on September 12, 2023.*
* This date is approximate and may change as necessary.
At this point in our story, the Fellowship has successfully defeated many of the Orcs and their beastly Cave Troll, but not fast enough to avoid the oncoming horde. You must aid the Fellowship in escaping and evading another onslaught of the seemingly infinite Orc horde! In this Chapter, survival is key!
Similar to Chapter 1 and 2, Guilds will need to score a total of 17,000,000 points in order to progress on to the subsequent Chapter.
Chapter 3 Scoring Rules:
The Scoring Rules are as follows:
- Gain 400 points per living ally at the start of every ally’s turn.
- Gain 600 points whenever an ally Blocks an attack.
- Gain 600 points whenever an ally Evades an attack.
- Gain 10 points for each health percentage healed on an ally.
Chapter 3 Enemies: Orcs!:
As we’ve mentioned Orcs, you may be wondering who you'll be facing off in the dark. Be prepared to meet the following fiends in Chapter 3:
- Moria War Drummer
- Moria Skullcrusher
- Moria Mangler
- Moria Firestarter
- Moria War Guard
- Moria Shadowseer
New Chapter 3 Enemy Passive Ability:
While the above Orc line up may seem similar to those you encountered in Chapter 1, these Orcs have a brand-new passive effect in Chapter 3, replacing the previous Orc passive from Chapter 1.
New Passive - This one, this one!
On Spawn, gain 1 stack of Unbreakable.
- Whenever this character attacks the target enemy:
- On their turn, inflict Marked for 3 turns and call a random ally to assist.
- If the enemy was already Marked, inflict 1 stack of Captured.
- On End of Turn, gain 1% Turn Meter for each enemy and each stack of Captured on all enemies.
- On Death, summon 1 random Moria Orc.
New to the Mines of Moria Raid - Bonus Player Effects:
Bonus Player Effect are additional modifiers to the gameplay and add an additional element to consider in your strategies and team compositions.
These Bonus Player Effects are unique only to Chapter 3:
- When an ally kills an Orc, cleanse 1 stack of Captured on that ally.
- When an ally gains Taunt or Provoke, cleanse Marked on all allies.
At this point, you may be wondering what Marked and Captured are, and what they mean for you.
Marked - Target is forced to Taunt.
Captured - When this character is inflicted with 10 or more stacks of Captured, this character will receive a Fatal Blow.
For other information about Chapter 3 and generally about the Mines of Moria Raid, check out the following articles:
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