This makes them difficult to kill despite their slowness. The trolls that you encounter later in the game, such as the attack troll, are using a more massive pair of swords. You will also encounter a stronger troll that uses huge war hammers. All it has to do is destroy a certain number of enemy units and other tasks. Once a mountain troll becomes an assault troll, the troll gains a bonus in its armor and will have the ability to heal itself.

It is the only non-hero unit that can heal itself in the game. Rogash is the key for the Witch-king to control all trolls. His authority over his fellow trolls is so great that he can easily convert enemy trolls to the player's side. Rogash himself is a strong fighter and stands out from the rest of the trolls as he wears a finely crafted armor and uses a colossal sword. This is because they seem to be made out of wood instead of stone. You can encounter the wood trolls in the Evendim and Trollshaws.

They deal with a lot of damage as enemy units, and they are also slightly difficult to kill. Video Game: Middle Earth: Shadow of War - In this role-playing game, the olog-hai trolls are known as "olog graugs " and are presented as a potential enemy. Here, the olog graugs can talk, although some can only do so in broken sentences.

These olog graugs also have their ranks, such as overlords, war chiefs, and captains. In this storyline, Sauron wanted to utilize the Graug and cross them with common trolls to build a new kind that can fight under direct sunlight.

You will be able to follow his story as a major character leading to events that made him the main antagonist of the game. However, there are instances in the game where the trolls are mislabeled as orcs. Interactive Entertainment. The game is based on the books, taking place during the War of the Ring. However, the game does not revolve around the main characters of the Lord of the Rings. A new and original tale of three different heroes is created for the game.

The trolls in this game are one of the strongest enemies that you will encounter. The trolls will appear in the Fornost level, where the main heroes will get trapped. You will not be able to enter the citadel until you kill the Troll boss. Show contributors This page has been seen 17, times. Created by esrbl. Last updated by esrbl.

Infantry combat tactics against trolls? No firepower. Replies 0 Views Oct 21, Hisoka Morrow. Replies 0 Views 2K. Is this intended? The Mountain Troll should be more expensiv and stronger. I don't want a balance discussion, it just feels wrong Posts: 9.

Not so much intended as needed for balance, as Mordor has SOO much better heroes that can totally dominate goblins for one, and a few other factions. I personally think they could be more pierce resistant, but Mordor is already among the top factions as of now. And, incase you didn't know Mountain trolls are pretty decent vs Dwarves and Goblins and even Men sometimes, and they also take down CT's in a 1v1 fight.

Posts: Game:. Both gobs and mordor dont use their trolls very much tbh except for MUs. MTs are very fast. Also they can eat orcs to replenish their HP. But their main advantage is their speed, they are basically as fast as cavalry. This makes them better cav counters and very good at RB harassing. CTs are a lot stronger, but they are kinda slow. Another thing that's worth a mention is that Mountain trolls shit on cave trolls in 1on1 fights.

Mountain trolls can knock cave trolls down, however cave trolls dont do the same to mountain trolls. After the company was set free, Thorin and Gandalf believe that the trolls never ventured this far south from the Ettenmoors since the Second Age, when a darker power ruled the lands. Some act as siege beasts and carry catapults or similar equipment, while others are used primarily as battle trolls, and are clad in partial plate armor as well as being given cruel weapons such as maces, clubs, and scythed gauntlets.

In the fight for the Lonely Mountain, they are seen engaging the allied armies of Dwarves, Elves, and Lake-men in both the large valley of Erebor and the ruined streets of Dale. Most of these trolls stand at about feet tall, though a few are smaller, at around the foot tall range. A large, truncated, albino Olog-hai who was nicknamed "Stumpy" by the producers is killed by Legolas during the later portions of the battle.

In the Extended Edition of the film, he is first seen in an earlier scene where he is commandeered by Bofur in an effort to fight against the Guldur Orcs and other War Trolls. Various movie-only sources, like The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare , and the spin-off games by Electronic Arts , have expanded on what Tolkien described of trolls.

They have hard, grey skin, are resistant to arrow fire, and carry a large quiver of wood logs to use as firewood and projectiles and a mace. Although they were slow, their attacks could not be blocked and were very strong; however, there was often a war pike around that made them easy to kill.

In this game, they were again slow but powerful, and could take a lot of damage before dying. Some of the later trolls in the game the Attack Troll wielded a pair of large swords, while a stronger kind carried massive war hammers.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth , it is necessary for a regular mountain troll to gain a rank after destroying enemy units, etc. Rogash was portrayed to be an apparently relatively intelligent hill-troll, seemingly serving as the Witch-king's key to power over the trolls. Rogash's authority over the trolls is displayed in his ability to convert other trolls on the battle field to the player's side. Rogash is a potent fighter who wears armor and wields a hefty sword.

Mountain-trolls and Cave-trolls usually flail when dying in Battle for Middle-earth. In all the Battle for Middle-earth games, trolls serve as "tank" units, and Drummer Trolls who boost the stats of nearby infantry are also available.

They appear in the Trollshaws and Evendim, are particularly difficult to kill, and deal a lot of damage. The Lord of the Rings tabletop wargame, produced by Games Workshop, includes an Isengard troll, which is depicted as wearing armour and carrying a shield similar to Uruk-hai.

In Norse mythology , trolls are magical creatures with special skills, and are so accepted to this day in Norway. In Tolkien's writings, they are portrayed as evil, with crude, bloodthirsty habits. In Middle Earth: Shadow of War , Olog-hai are introduced as a new type of enemy and potential nemesis.

The Ologs are portrayed more closely to the sentient, if at times dull portrayal of the trolls from The Hobbit novel rather than the more bestial portrayals in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings film trilogies. The Ologs are capable of speech, with some speaking in broken sentences, others in complete sentences, and occasionally those who only speak in Black Speech. Like the Uruks, Ologs can become captains, warchiefs, or overlords, and can belong to one of the nine tribes present in the game.

However, the game only refers to them as trolls rarely, and often instead mislabels them as orcs. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. Asked 4 years, 3 months ago. Active 4 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 6k times. Improve this question. Gallifreyan 20k 6 6 gold badges 98 98 silver badges bronze badges.

Charlie Charlie 1, 1 1 gold badge 7 7 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. Because The Hobbit is a children's book. Also, they were different breeds of trolls — Valorum. Because trolls keep on degrading with every generation.

Kind of like humans in "Planet of the apes". Darren fair point. Between LoTR and the hobbit they taught them to speak