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TwoMiddle-earth: Shadow of War’smidgame quests, The Scourge and Fire and Fury, puts you against Helm Hammerhand in Nazgul form. This quest is unlocked after you defeat Suladan, following Eltariel’s storyline.
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After Suladan is defeated, you can begin the quest at your Fortress in Seregost. This Fortress is about to be attacked by Helm Hammerhand and a few Drakes. The encounter is straightforward, but you must fight Helm several times since he will teleport around to different places.
How To Beat Nazgul Helm Hammerhand - Phase One
You’ll begin the fight from the top of your Fortress, butyou’ll want to immediately jump down to him.As you do, there will be several explosive barrels near him thatyou should try and pop as you’re falling. Detonating these barrels will clear out a significant portion of Ghuls and orcs. During the first phase, Helm will usea ranged attack, several melee strikes, and an AoE that summons more enemies. Like Suladan, he will use a ranged grab attack to pull you close.
Like with other Nazgul, Helm Hammerhand is particularly susceptible to the Shadow Strike Execution.
His massive hammer hits cannot be parried, so you’ll have toalways dodge out of the way of them. Keep an eye out for the dodge prompt above his head, and his strikes won’t give you much trouble.Use ranged attacks and Shadow Striketo chip away at him, you can also build up your Execution gauge and whack him with a few of those.
After you’ve done some damage,one of Helm’s Drakes will appear and start blasting fire at you. It’s in your best interest totry and kill the dragons as soon as possible.Shoot them while they fly to bring them down. They willusually die in one hit to an Execution,so you should build your gauge up by killing Ghuls and taking some potshots at Helm.
Take advantage of any more barrels to detonate, as these will deal damage to the boss. Once you get his HP down by a quarter, he will move further into your Fortress.You can ignore any enemies left alive out here and make a break for his next position.
Helm Hammerhand Boss Fight - Phase Two
Helm teleports into your Fortress, so you’ll have to follow himto the next place to fight. As you approach him,a Graug will break through the wall on your right.For the most part,it will ignore you, so let it pass.Helm Hammerhand will come to you, and he could position himself in front of an explosive barrel.Strike this for decent damage if you can, otherwise try and bait him to it.
Now you’ll have to deal with hismelee attacks mostly, but he will summon a few enemies to help out. Dodge when you need to, hit him a few times, and back off before he counterattacks.
If you left the drake alive earlier, it will also make its way to your position and shoot fireballs from the sky occasionally.
Dodge around his unblockable attacks, use the explosive barrels andslap him with some Executions and Shadow Strikes to whittle down his HP.At half health, he’ll teleport away again.Follow him again and continue fighting.He might spam his ranged attack where he fires a green projectile at you, so keep an eye out for theindicator above his head when he’s preparing it,and roll out of the way.
As before, he will summon Ghuls, buta well-timed Glaive attack will clear them outin one fell swoop. To stop you from stun-locking him into next year,Helm will counter your successive hits from the front with an unblockable attack.You can bait this out because his attack is easy to dodge, and then keep repeating the process of hitting him.He will block you, roll behind him to dodge and continue attacking.
Getting his HP low will let you use your Wraith Drain to try and Banish him. He will resist this and turn the tables on you, but before he lands a killing blow, Eltariel will step in to help.This will end the quest and open up the next one where you must go and finish off Helm Hammerhand.
Helm Hammerhand Fire And Fury Boss Fight
With the above complete, the quest Fire and Fury will become available. Helm Hammerhand can be found in the snowy peaks of Seregost, where you’ll have your final battle with the old king of Rohan.Progress through the quest killing Nazgul Drakes, and eventually, you’ll find Helm Hammerhand in a large arena outside.
After Helm’s intro sass, the fight will beginimmediately with him using his grab attack to pull you into range. This move ends in a quick strike, which you may parry if you hit Triangle fast enough.He’s more likely to use his flurry attack in this quest, where he swings at you multiple times in a row.All you can do is dodge away repeatedly, and if you get caught in it, you’ll take substantial damage.For the most part, this fight will play out similarly to the previous encounters.However, this time there are more Drakes to deal with.
Dealing With The Drakes
There will be three to four Drakes in this fight, all of which will stay in the air and blast you with fire, like winged trebuchets. The best way to deal with them is toshoot them with a fully charged Elf Shot when they fly over breathing fire. Use Focus to slow time to make the shot.This will bring them crashing down, and you can wail on them until they’re dead. Get a few hits in first, and then bop them with an Execution to finish them off.
You’ll know if the Drake targets you because a red ring AoE marker will appeararound your locations. Roll out of it to avoid the attack. When the Drakes fly flow, they will breathe fire down on you. You’ll have totake extra care to spot the dodge promptfor these because they will most likely be at the edge of your screen.
Don’t ignore the Drakes because they will quickly overwhelm you. More will spawn, but you should kill them as soon as possible.
Eltariel will do a good job of keeping Helm busy while you deal with the artillery.
If you see a Drake land, you should try andposition yourself behind it to avoid its fire attacks.They will swipe you with their tail, but you may dodge out of the way of this. If Helm pulls you out of position with his ranged grab attacks,just roll away and get back to the Drake.
Helm will use the same attacks as before.Dodge out of the way of his hammer swings, get in a few hits,and be prepared to dodge away if he counters or a Drake fires at you. As ever,keep an eye out for his multi-hit melee swings.Kill the drakes and focus on Helm. He might summon more Ghuls and Drakes, but he won’t throw any more surprises at you.
With the Drakes thinned,you will have a breather to deal damage to Helm. If Eltariel has been doing well, she will have done a ton of damage already. You only need to get him to where he has a quarter of HP left, and then you can Banish him.
