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− | |Grant access to the Storm of |
+ | |Grant access to the Storm of Urfael legendary weapon power. |
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Revision as of 04:17, 13 December 2014
Runes are items in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor that add powerful buffs to Celebrimbor's bow Azkâr, Talion's dagger Acharn, and Talion's sword Urfael. These runes can be obtained by vanquishing enemy Nemeses. Exploiting the weaknesses of an enemy will influence the type of runes they drop, and combining different runes will increase the power of Talion's weapons in different ways.
Obtaining Runes
Whenever Talion slays an enemy Uruk Nemesis, it may drop a rune which Talion can use to upgrade his weapons. Every Nemesis has certain weaknesses, such as a vulnerability to attacks from mounts or stealth takedowns, that can be exploited to obtain specific runes. For instance, if the player kills an enemy captain that has a weakness to stealth using a stealth takedown, the player will receive a stealth related rune.
Rune levels are based on the level of the mob plus the following:
+2 for War Chief
+1 for Knowing Weakness/Strengths (Intel)
+1 for Death Threat (Issue a Death Threat - Tier 3) *EPIC rune is NOT guaranteed for War Chief (though is a high percentage)... or this could be when one kills a Chief and having his living/ present bodyguard gets promoted to Chief.. who is then killed before he escapes!
+1 for Exploiting Fear / Hatred (Use fire, flies, beasts, whatever when listed)
+1 for Revenge (having been killed by them before)
Example of MAX Level 26 rune: Level 20 (+20) + Chief (+2) + Threat (+1) + Knowing (+1) + Exploiting (+1) + Revenge (+1)
It should be noted however that a level 26 rune is no different from a level 25 rune.
Epic Runes
Epic runes are extremely powerful runes that can be obtained from Uruk warchiefs or captains who have been threatened. To obtain these epic runes from captains, Talion must first dominate a Uruk, who must then be forced to deliver a death threat to a captain. This captain will learn that Talion is coming after him, and will prepare himself accordingly by surrounding himself with bodyguards. The captain will drop an epic rune by chance upon death. This also applies for Warchiefs, the only difference is that to threaten them you have to use a captain and no normal Uruk. it is also likely but rare to obtain epic runes without using death threats, the higher level an Uruk captain or warchief is then the more chance they have to drop an epic rune, however warchiefs are more likely to drop an epic rune then a captain, getting vengeance a captain or warchief that has previously killed Talion also increases the odds. Story mode is also known to give Talion epic runes on certain occasions. There are also some exclusive epic runes are which are only obtained through pre ordering the game, completing DLC Orc warband missions or through having a WBID account (see below for exclusive runes).
Applying Runes
The player is able to add runes to Talion's weapons through the weapon upgrade menu. Every weapon can be upgraded with several runes, and these runes can be combined to make Talion's weapons even more legendary.
List of Runes
The following list is not complete.
Acharn (Dagger runes)
Icon | Name | Effect |
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Balefire | Recover +2 Elf-shot for a head explosion kill. | |
Bane of Mordor | Increases the duration of the Shadow of Acharn by +10 seconds. | |
Bare as Bones | x% Chance to get an automatic Critical Strike on the first hit in a Hit Streak chain. | |
Breath of Light | Recover x% Health on a stealth kill. | |
Bright Fury | 10% Chance to stun enemies near a Throwning Daggers or Brace of Daggers hit. | |
Chill Soul | x% Chance to recover +50 Focus on a head explosion kill. | |
Choking Horror | x% Chance to terrify more than two Uruks on a Brutalize kill. | |
Favor of the Lady | Recover x% Health when completing a Drain or Brand. | |
Fell Voices | Recover all Focus and all Health for killing a Captain or Warchief. | |
Forge of War | Recover +4 Elf-shot for each Drain or Brand. | |
Harbinger of Doom | x% Chance to recover +50 Health for each Drain from above or Brand from above. | |
Heart of the Mearas | Doubles Elven Swiftness speed burst duration | |
Hunter's Instinct | Increases the range of Attract. | |
Light of the Valar | 15% Chance Uruks, Ghûls or Caragors can ignite when hit by Throwing Daggers or Brace of Daggers. | |
Lure of Power | 33% Chance that any enemy near a Stealth Brand target will also be branded. | |
One with Nature | Immune to Poison. | |
Reckless Hate | Recover +4 Elf-shot for Combat Brand. | |
Rule Through Fear | Recover x% Focus on stealth kill. | |
Spell of Ruin | Recover +1 Elf-shot on Wraith Burn or Dispatch kills. | |
Stinging Blade | Recover +50 Health on stealth kill. | |
Sylvan Doom | x% Chance to recover +5 Elf-shot from a Brutalize kill. | |
The Wolf's Head | Increased knockdown chance on Throwing Daggers or Brace of Daggers. | |
To the Death | Recover x% Focus for grab shank kills. | |
Voice of Power | Recover +10 Health when you Stealth Drain or Stealth Brand. | |
Worm's Tooth | x% Chance to recover +25 Health on a head explosion kill. | |
Oathbreaker | A Stealth Kill recharges the Shadow of Acharn at double the normal rate. |
Azkâr (Bow runes)
Icon | Name | Effect |
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Ascendant | Reduces the Focus depletion rate by 50%. | |
Aura of Dismay | x% Chance unaware Uruks near a headshot kill will flee. | |
Black Arrow | Recover +5 health on headshot kills. | |
Bow Master | Increases bow damage by 50%. | |
Broken Mind | x% Chance to recover +4 Elf-shot on a Drain or Brand. | |
Explosive Demise | 20% Chance an area blast will happen around a charged bow headshot on Uruks or Ghûls. | |
Fell Handed | A headshot kill recharges the flame of Azkâr at double the normal rate. | |
Fire Storm | Adds a powerful blast to Fire Arrows. | |
Foresight | Increases the bow distract range by 50%. | |
Howling Storm | All weapon damage increased by x% while riding a monster. | |
Keen Eyed | Recover x% Focus for killing with the bow from stealth. | |
Knight of Eregion | Recover +1 Elf-shot on Shadow Strike kills. | |
Nature's Wrath | x% Chance to recover +2 Elf-shot on any kill while riding a monster. | |
Renewed | x% Chance to recover +5 Health on bow kills. | |
River of Arrows | (level)% Chance to recover one Elf-shot after firing the bow. | |
Sylvan Arrow | x% Chance to recover +30 Focus for a headshot kill. | |
Unbreakable Bond | Recover x% Focus after immobilizing an enemy with Pin in Place ability. | |
Wrath of Eldar | Increases the duration of the Flame of Azkâr by +10 seconds. | |
Will of the West | x% Chance to recover +10 Health on a headshot kill. | |
Wind Rider | Recover x% Focus on any Shadow Strike move. | |
Stand Fast | Increases all bow damage by 100% when Talion's Health is below 25%. |
Urfael (Sword runes)
Icon | Name | Effect |
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Betrayer | Increases all weapon damage by (10+level)% when hitting an enemy from behind. | |
Blade Master (Rune) | (25+level*3)% Chance to recover full Health when Hit Streak reaches 30. | |
Blade of Gondolin | Combat finisher recharge the Storm of Urfael at double the normal rate. | |
Bones of the Earth | Recover +3 Elf-shot on a Flurry Kill. | |
Burning Pitch | 15% Chance to ignite enemies on a Counter. | |
Cold as Stone | Increases stun and knockdown durations on Countered enemies by 50% | |
Dread Visage | 33% Chance to cause an Uruk's Head to explode when they are killed by Wraith Flash or Wraith Burn. | |
Drive them Back | Countering enemies restores +3 Health. | |
? | Elven Grace | 50% Chance to reduce melee damage by 50%. |
Evenstar | Recover full focus when Hit Streak becomes charged. | |
Foe Hammer | Recover +2 Elf-shot on combat Execution kills. | |
For Vengeance | Increases melee damage by (10+level)% at high Hit Streak range (30+). | |
Gnawing Fear | Increases the terror caused by execution kills | |
Glorious Charge | 20% Chance to deal 10x damage on a Shoulder Charge. | |
Grim Resolve | (level)% defense versus ranged attacks. | |
Know No Pain | (10+level)% Chance to recover + 5 Health on any kill. | |
Hidden Power | Increases duration of Last Chance. | |
Life for Death | Recover +10 Health on combat Execution kills. | |
Mighty Rage | Increases the stun and knockdown durations on melee attacks. | |
Power of the Earth | Recovers (25+level*3)% Focus on a ground execution. | |
Quick to Anger | (25+level*3)% chance to recover +5 Health on each Critical Strike. | |
Ruination | Increases the Storm of Urfael duration by +10 seconds. | |
Rising Storm | Grant access to the Storm of Urfael legendary weapon power. | |
Savage Onslaught | Increases melee damage by (10+level)% at mid Hit Streak ranges (15 to 29). | |
Smite | Recovers (25+level*3)% Focus on Combat Flurry kills. | |
Stand and Fight | Increases all sword damage by 100% when Talion's Health is below 25%. | |
Storm of Battle | Boosts all sword damage by 50%. | |
Strength from Courage | Recovers (level)% Health on a Flurry kill. | |
The Bright Host | Recover +1 Elf-shot for each Wraith Flash kill. | |
The End Comes | Uruks' Heads will explode on Wraith Blast kills. | |
The Undying | Recover all Focus and Elf-shot on any Last Chance success. | |
Tower of Defense | Increases Hit Streak Reset Time +10 Seconds. | |
Wrath and Ruin | Increases the stun and knockdown durations on Wraith Flash. |
Exclusive Runes
Icon | Name | Effect | For Weapon | How to Obtain |
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Deadly Archer | Talion will deal extra damage when executing ranged headshots against Sauron's Captains. | Azkâr | Pre-order the game from Amazon. | |
Flame of Anor | Talion can ignite his blade by achieving a high combo count and incinerate his enemies. | Urfael | Pre-order the game from Best Buy. | |
Gravewalker | Increases the morale effect on enemies after killing a Captain or Warchief. | Acharn | Sign into your WBID account through Palantir. | |
Hidden Blade | Talion can deal extra damage when executing stealth attacks against Sauron's Captains. | Acharn | Pre-order the game from GameStop. | |
Orc Hunter | Brutalize kills cause additional terror. | Acharn | Sign up for a WBID for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. | |
Orc Slayer | Combat finishers do extra damage against Captains. | Urfael | Pre-order the game from Steam. |