Middle-earth: Shadow of War – Best Wraith Skills
Consume + Olog Lord
If you’re in the middle of a fight and you need a quick pick-me-up, Consume is the skill of choice. When your might gauge is full, you can use Consume to drain an enemy in combat instantly.
The Olog Lord upgrade trumps Chain of Souls because it allows you to drain from a wider variety of targets. There are more effective chain skills, and it’s convenient to instantly get an Olog ally in combat in addition to the health gain.
Treasure Hunter + Mind Breaker
I’m not sure why they placed Mind Breaker as an upgrade to Treasure Hunter, since they don’t have anything in common except for being immensely useful. Treasure Hunter will automatically pick up loot as you get near it, which is amazing considering how many times I accidentally killed my mount because I held down the pickup button too long.
Mind Breaker makes dominating Orc Captains so much easier. Usually, Captains have so many Orc grunts around that it’s impossible to fill up the drain meter before you get interrupted by an enemy attack. With Mind Breaker the meter for Orcs that are a lower level than you fills almost instantaneously and is much quicker even when dominating those at a higher level.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War: Best Mounted Skills
The Mounted Skill Tree is unique in that all its skills are useful in one way or another. Early on Graug Rider is helpful since you can dominate them and then dismount to have a powerful ally alongside you. As time goes on, you’ll want to unlock the Call Graug skill and Shadow Mount. Drakes are the best form of transportation in the game besides fast travel so you’ll want to get the Dragon Rider skill quickly and make the Carnan quests a priority.
Middle-earth: Shadow of War: Best Story Skills
As the name of the Story Skill Tree suggests, most of these skills are unlocked during the campaign, so you don’t have much of a choice on when you get them. Some upgrades can help you a lot, though. The Hammer of Eregion upgrade to Shadow Strider is immensely useful for freezing enemies. You can get the Iron Guard upgrade to Call Followers to make your summoned warriors tougher and to prevent them, as well as your Orc Captains, from dying you can get the Lifeblood upgrade to Dominate Captain to exchange some of your health for healing your followers.
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