Battle For Middle-Earth Evil Campaign Map 10, Act 10 - Helm's Deep (Battle Of The Hornburg)

As soon as you start the map the counter starts for 15 minutes until the survivors of Fangorn arrive, 25 minutes before Rohan reinforcements (Eomer, Gandalf & Rohirrim) arrive. It will be 30 minutes before you can summon Saruman & the other 160 Uruks so it will take some time to hang on before Eomer arrives at least. Worth keeping as many Pikes handy until then as possible.

Once all bases are fully built including the 2 camps either side. Don't build any Lumber Mills as there aren't enough trees to harvest in the area. I decided to buy the Scavenger power at this point so for every kill I would gain resources. Start the assault as soon as you're ready, don't waste valuable time building resources right now. You will need to sacrifice a few Uruks anyway to free up some points for bombs & ballistas.

Gimli decided to do his leap against the Uruks. He missed so I aimed everything I had on him to get him out of the way.

Suddenly the gates opened so I tried to rush in but only managed to get 2 battalions of Uruk-hai - Crossbows in. Aragorn was also stuck outside & didn't last long with all those crossbows aimed at him. Sent all troops west along the inside & outside of the walls to destroy any resistance.

Théoden makes a stand but doesn't last long.

After getting another 2 battalions of Uruks stick behind the gate I decided to buidl a few ballistas & give the gate a good thrashing. It was destroyed in a few minutes so sent everyone I had into the walls to start destroying from the inside.

Eowyn stands alone.

Some Ents have turned up to represent the Huorns. Keep up the assault on the structures & tropps in the area behind the main wall.

Two of the Ents eventually reach my south west camp. I had trained 3 battalions of Uruk - Crossbows earlier so sent them over from the eastern camp to sort them out. Not sure where the 3rd Ents is though.

Found him walking towards my eastern camp.

When all structures have been destroyed in the lower area behind the wall & treasure has been collected, start heading east to make you way up the ramp to the keep & entrance to the Glittering Caves of Aglorand. For some reason Legolas had been hanging around outside the walls doing nothing. Perhaps he got trapped with Aragorn earlier on. Sent all troops to kill & advance into the upper level.

With little under 4 minutes to go before Eomer, Gandalf & the Rohirrim arrive I've all but destroyed Helm's Deep.


 
Battle Statistics
Units Trained Buildings Constructed Resources Collected Power Points Earned Enemy Units Destroyed Enemy Buildings Destroyed Time Bonus
279 x 1 33 x 10 63,115 1 x 1,000 285 x 2 13 x 10 790
Total Score = 82,714 - Total Victory

Troop ratings after battle
Anti-Hero Name First Trained Unit Current Level Missions Completed Mission Enemies Vanquished Campaign Enemies Vanquished

Lurtz

Amon Hen

8

7

57

572

Uruk Crossbow - Uruk Pikemen Horde

Edoras

4

4

20

169

Uruk-hai - Uruk Crossbow Horde

Westfold

4

3

26

114

Uruk-hai - Uruk Crossbow Horde

Westfold

 4

3

35

77

Uruk Crossbow Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

26

26

Uruk Crossbow Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

18

18

Uruk Pikemen Horde

Helm's Deep

2

1

8

8

Uruk Pikemen Horde

Helm's Deep

2

1

6

6

Uruk Crossbow Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

5

5

Uruk Crossbow - Uruk Pikemen Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

1

1

Uruk-hai - Uruk Crossbow Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

1

1

Warg Rider Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

1

1

Uruk-hai - Uruk Crossbow Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

0

0

Uruk-hai - Uruk Crossbow Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

0

0

Uruk Pikemen Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

0

0

Warg Rider Horde

Helm's Deep

 2

1

0

0

Objectives - Crush the defences of Helm's Deep & destroy every structure within its walls, Kill all enemy heroes & Destroy the defenders before reinforcements can arrive. I managed this with 3:30 seconds to spare so I saved the game at the start of the next map & went back to see how the scores would compare if I had not achieved this objective & had to deal with Gandalf & Co. As an experiment I went back to the last Helm's Deep save & waited for Gandalf & Co. to arrive. I had already sent all my troops to the ramp leading to the upper level when they arrived from the west. Gandalf & half the horses headed for the main gate with some of the horses heading through the gap blown in the wall. Eomer & the rest headed for the western camp & destroyed it whilst I was killing Gandalf & his troops.

For some fun I left Eomer on his own & returned to the eastern base to regenerate & wait for Saruman to arrive.

When Saruman does arrive he does so from the south.

By the time I had finished of Eomer & all troops were regenerated I had 1003 Commands against a 500 limit. Headed for the upper level of Helm's Deep to finish off for a second time.

Prize for Total Victory - +50 Command & +1 Power.
Total Score = 82,714 - Total Victory.

Next map is Near Harad for +50 Command where 40 Mordor Orcs are trying to recruit the Haradrim Army of 25 Mumakil & 250 Evil Men.