Deadlylag's Of Orcs And Men Build Guide

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Of Orcs and Men have some serious design flaws that is not apparent until 1/3 through the game. These flaws can outright end your game and forcing you to restart a flesh build. There are a lot of powers that don't scale well and without any respec it will force you to restart the game from the beginning. At normal difficulties Of Orcs and Men builds can be unforgiving. Picking the wrong set of skills at best will be very frustrating at certain failures points. At worst it will force you to restart the entire game. By sheer gaming habits I didn’t use my skills point unless I had to. This provide me a level of protection against dead end builds in the game. I played the game without any knowledge and it is reflected in the videos. Only at the very end of the game did I somewhat fully understand the game flaws and a proper build. You can skips this section and go directly to the build guild if you do not want to read the flaws in the game. By no means the combat system is flaw. It’s a very good combat system allowing players a level of strategies in combat. This system have been used in many games like Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic. The problems is the skill systems, Rage/Berserker mechanic, and many difficult situations in the game. Certain skills doesn’t scale well but only becomes apparent later in the game. Not only does it not scale well it becomes useless or rarely use and might cause a complete restart of the game. Arkail skills set in problematic while Styx provides a level of freedom. The Berserker/Rage Mechanic compound the skills set problems of Arkail. The Rage mechanic while good at the early game can lead to a dead end build for Arkail in most cases. 3/4 from the game completion did the game actually provide some skills to take advantage of the Rage Mechanic and by that time it too late. When Arkail goes berserk you lose control of him. Not only that he have a bad habit of targeting Styx and killing him. In rage mode Arkail takes more damage while dealing more. When his rage wore off he is stun for a few seconds making him easy target to take down. Basically game over if Arkail can’t kill all the mobs. He won’t have enough hit points left to finish the rest of the enemies. Losing total control of your character is not fun. Having your own character killing your other character is a stupid game mechanic. The Rage mechanic wasn’t much of a problem until you reach the Orc Shaman 1/3 into the game. The first true understanding how Rage will backfire in a major fight and the need for Arkail berserk mode to be kept in check for the rest of game. This lead to over half of Arkail skills being useless later in the game. The Orc Shaman is the first major failure point in the game. It can lead to rage quit which is not something any game developers or gamer want. There are some combat situation where you need a certain skill or play differently in order to progress in the game. Two comes to mind, both happen in the Throne Room Level. From playing Arkail as a tank to playing him like Styx. Arkail have to use hit and run tactics in order to beat three heavily armed and damage resistant enemies. 2/3 of the game and you are forced to switch play style is in my opinion stupid. In the same level Styx have to fight alone and without a certain upgrade skill the fight might be impossible for some players. While you can manually save the game on 50 slots, you can’t save between a series of continuous fights. For example, there are three major fights in a row and you can’t save between those fights. If you fail you will have to go back and restart the first fight. What make this worst are the long cut scenes wasting even more of your time. Of Orcs and Men used a proven combat system but the execution of it leave it undesirable. Arkail is your tank. The build is design to keep his rage in check and keep enemies off Styx. Master is the path I took (late in the game). This is a defensive path and allow you to use your rage as a resource. Carapace, Taunt, Rage Release, Disengagement, Raise Ally, Feint, and Rage To Live (from Master Path) are your main skills. Get it and upgrade them as soon as possible. These skills you needed in order to beat the game: Carapace -> Increase Health Regeneration by 50% Taunt -> Extends the area of effect of the Taunt by 100% Rage Release -> The decrease of Rage is amplified by 100% Disengagement -> The attack is impossible to interrupt Small Pick-Me-Up -> Increase Life Regeneration by 100% per second Raise Ally -> Increases chances of deflecting by 50% for all the duration of the action Round Attack -> The Round attack cannot be interrupted Feint -> The attack has a 100% chance of destabilizing the target Battlement -> Effect duration increase to 60 sec. Rage To Live -> Restore 10 more life points for the same amount of rage (very important upgrade) Carapace, everything is base on this one skill. Without it combat will be very hard in the mid and late game. Taunt this is needed to keep people of Styx. If Styx goes down so will your DPS. Rage Release, use this when Arkail rage bar raise to unacceptable levels. However it become obsolete late in the game because of the Master path, which allows you to use rage as a resource. Disengagement push your enemies back and thus limiting the damage received. Small Pick-Me-Up help in some cases especially in long hard fights. Raise Ally, Styx will go down more often than not so this skill is needed. Round Attack, it is an all around good damage AOE. Feint, pretty much Arkail best single target attack skill. It is need in boss fight. Battlement, Arkail get this skill when you choose the Master path 2/3 into the game. It not used often mainly due to forgetfulness. An additional damage migration skill for Arkail. Rage To Live, part of the Master path skill tree. It come so late in the game that I tend to notice I have it. Good in some hard fights. Needed in the Throne Room fight. Styx is your main damage character. From stealth kills to AOE nukes to single target kills he is your go to damage guy. Skills wise Styx is more forgiving. I went melee/range crit built. In the late game near the end I finally saw Styx killing potential. Fortunately you will this killing machine much earlier than me with this guild. I was conservative with Styx upgrades because I didn't know where I was headed in the build. You can be more aggressive with his upgrade by picking up more offensive instead of defensive like I did. I picked the Assassin path late in the game. Sharp Shooter, Focus, Rain Of Blades, Stealth Stance, Raise Ally, Accurate Throw, and Subterfuge (from Assassin Path) are your main skills. Get it and upgrade them as soon as possible. These skills you needed in order to beat the game: Sharp Shooter →Every critical hits has a 50% chance of stunning the target. Throw Knife → The attack has a 20% chance of causing a vulnerability Accurate Throw → Each critical hit has a 50% of stunning the target. Rain Of Blades → Every enemy hit has a 35% chance of bleeding Stealth Stance -. Allows the character to get even closer to the enemy without being detected Raise Ally → Restores 100 more Life points to his companion Subterfuge → Also restores 30 Life points (very important upgrade) Focus → Increase the effect duration to 60 seconds Poisoned Daggers → The poison causes another 3 points of damage every second Flying Daggers → Every hit has a 10% of stunning the target Quick Attack → Every hit has a 25% of extending the target's vulnerability Sharp Shooter makes Styx range attacks deadly. Throw Knife your main range attack and can damage armor. Accurate Throw best use against in boss fight especially the last fight of the game. Should go for the stun upgrade to make life easier. Rain Of Blades is Styx primary crowd control. Combined with Sharp Shooter and Focus will thin out the crowd pretty fast. Stealth Stance make your life easier. Allow you to cut down your enemies befo