Warchant recharge time increased to 2m15s (from 2m) Monster lairs are now more vulnerable to crush (cavalry) damage (150% damage taken from 50%). Neutral Troll is now faster (37 from 33) and has a larger guard (600 from 350) and vision range (175 from 150) Neutral Warg now does more damage to structures (33% from 10%) and citadels (90% damage vs 33%) New total average is 280 gold from a warg lair and 420 gold from a troll lair. Warg Lairs now drop 2 chests with 120-160 gold (from 50) and Trolls Lairs drop 3 chests with 120-160 gold (from 50). Gondor and Rohan outpost Citadels health sensibly reduced (2700 from 4000), can't be entered while it's being auto- repaired.

New mordor outpost hosts battallions visibly on top of it, and the hosted battalion takes advantage of any leadership applied, but will die if the outpost is destroyed. Outpost (expansion) Citadels now have new models and are garrisonable, but can't be entered while being auto-repairing. At rank 3, on the 23 min mark, provides 270 credits per minute. Ranks up to level 2 faster (6 min), when it roughly matches a lumbermill production with 6 laborers (255 cpm). Mordor and Isengard outer slaughterhouses cost reduced (300 from 350) and provides similar cash as a lumbermil with 4 laborers (225 from 150 credits per minute). All combined hordes now get special bonuses: +10% dmg, +10% armor for melee+ranged, +20% damage for pike+ranged and +20% armor for melee+cavalry or pike+melee combos Warg + Howl > Knight + Horseshields > Rohirrim > Wargs > Knight ~= RohirrimДЇU Knights > FU Rohirrim > FU Wargs (FU = Fully Upgraded = Horseshields+Forged Blades+Heavy Armor) Mordor and Isengard Castle Towers base damage increased (25 from 20), +33% damage to heroes except Nazguls and Eagles Catapult, trebuchet (60% taken from 100%) and ballista (50% taken from 100%) now more resistant to Structural (Ent rocks) damage Gondor and Rohan elite units (Tower Guard, Ranger, Elven Warrior) and its combos now take 33% more experience to level up - exception is the Tower Guard for rank 2, as described in the Gondor changes section Basic Infantry Heavy armor fire vulnerability slightly increased (15% damage taken from 0%) All basic infantry now more resistant to specialist damage (Pikemen, Tower Guards, Soldiers of Rhun).

All infantry Forged Blades damage per second reduced by one third Balrog now takes less damage from Eagles (40% from 100%) Balrog whip attack now has a special critical damage bonus (x10) against Gandalf, lethal damage if Gandalf is casting any spell Balrog whip attack can now target air units, reload increased (30s from 5s), damage vs heroes highly increased (+35%), heroes can't resist its knockback anymore Army of the Dead damage vs the Balrog reduced (approx. Balrog sensibly more resistant to magic damage (80% damage taken from 100%) Balrog now has a faster wings-takeoff animation (0.7s from 1.7s) Heal power now only heals up to 80% of the unit's max health

Elven Woods and Tainted land armor bonus reduced (+40% from +50%) Summoned Eagles duration reduced (1m30s from 2 mins) Summoned Elves duration reduced (2 mins from 3 mins)

Cloudbreak recharge time is now 6m 15s, costs 7 points (from 6), and beyond stunning its level 1 units, it now also negatively effects all enemy units (-30% speed, -50% armor) for 35 seconds Weather powers are now independent, meaning they can overlap their effects, except for enemy freezing rain Darkness and Freezing rain now take longer to recharge (5 min) than their effectiveness time (3 min) The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth

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