Morgul Shadows are enslaved Lesser Wraiths which now serve Mordor forever and ever till the world's end. They are rather weak units but they are cheap and can be created easily using Lesser Wraiths once the Minas Morgul outpost is under Sauron's Influence. Their particularity is that they are linked to the nearest Nazgûl, which means that every time the Shadow takes damage, the damage taken will be added to the Nazgûl's health. This makes the Morgul Shadows useful for keeping the Ringwraiths alive, as every time they lose health, the Nazgûl restore their own, making the Nazgûl practically immortal provided there are enough shadows nearby them.
A Morgul Shadow has a base health of 2000, but unlike a barrow wight, it moves impressively quickly, at light infantry speed.
Abilities[]
Bound to the One - Damage dealt to the Morgul Shadow will heal nearby Nazgul.(Passive ability)
Upgrades[]
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Strategy[]
Morgul Shadows are unique heroic units that come from enslaved lesser wraiths, which come from enemies slain by nazgul morgul blades, or from morgul knights felled in their veterancy. Morgul Shadows are quite tanky, dealing and taking plenty of damage, and able to accumulate experience up to level five. Their true utility however, is in preserving the lives of the nazgul; for as a morgul shadow takes damage, all nearby nazgul heal. Morgul shadows are essentially extra health reserves for the nazgul, of which there are nine, most all of them able to produce more morgul shadows as they fight.
An excellent procedure to get lots of these is as such: After getting all of the Nazgul on the field at once, and using Sauron to influence a morgul fortress, right click every instance of the morgul blade ability on each ringwraith. Then, group all of the nazgul together in a hotkey, and send them out to fight, so that they automatically use the morgul blade on whoever they find to produce more lesser wraiths for enslavement. When the lesser wraiths upgrade to morgul shadows, drag-select the shadows with the nazgul and add them to the same hotkey group. Rinse and repeat, pulling the wraiths away for healing whenever necessary, until a whole army is amassed of phantoms and their immortal taskmasters.
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