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Stacking Made Simple
Stacking in 2.02 is so easy, even the caveman in the Geico commercial can do it, or understand it as the case may be. So why can't RotWK players? Anyone who's taken the time to read the 2.02 Stacking Guide knows exactly what's going...

Special Abilities and Stances
Have you ever wondered if stances affect the damage done by special abilities, such as Gandalf's Istari Light, Brand's Beast Slayer, or Morgomir's Morgul Blade? Well, the answer is "yes," and since most special abilities do a lot of damage...

Hotkey Guide Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of the Rise of the Witch-King Hotkeys Guide. This guide focuses on the four evil factions and the hotkeys relating to them. Expect to find hotkeys for Isengard, Angmar, Mordor, Goblins and their naval units here!...

Hotkey Guide Part One
Welcome to part one of the Rise of the Witch-King Hotkeys guide! This guide will help you make your gaming time far faster and more efficient. Using hotkeys is also a way to counter any lag where everything seems to fail to respond...

Flanking Guide
This guide will illustrate the art of flanking and demonstrate the general importance of flanking. Briefly described, flanking means attacking an enemy unit from the rear (behind) or, obviously, its flanks (left and right). This has two extremely...

2.02 Stacking Guide
The initial release of BFME II contained a highly-flawed system of leadership and buff stacking, filled with inconsistencies and exceptions, which was unsuitable for competitive players. (The system, which is now used only...

Tip of the Week #4: Far Harad
Some of you may remember the first announcement a few months back about Far Harad, one of the two new 2v2 maps in 2.02c. This map was made specifically for 2.02c, and specifically for you the player. I know you're probably fairly...

Where There's a Will, There's a Way!
Gradually losing cavalry while harassing due to intervening pikes? Losing all your archers due to cavalry even though you had pikemen, simply because of a difference in speed? No more. This tip will illustrate how to avoid these annoying...

Finding Gollum
Ring heroes were pretty much useless in 2.01 due to their extremely high cost, long buildtimes and weak statistics compared to their cost and buildtime. Then there was also the snag of locating Gollum, who has the Ring, in order to...

Understanding Crush Revenge
Everybody knows what happens when cavalry trample pikemen: the cavalry die. However, if cavalry fight pikemen without trampling the cavalry still die, but it takes longer for the pikemen to kill them. That's because the pikemen are...

Defense Against Doubling
Chances are that if you’ve played Rise of the Witch-king, or any online Real Time Strategy Game for that matter, you’ve probably been doubled. Even the sturdiest of players can’t help but cringe when they see not one, but two players...

The Golden Ten
Hello, and welcome to a new TotW. This week's TotW is about ten ways to get your enemy out of balance in a game, or to keep yourself in balance. Perhaps an unusual tip subject--it's becoming a tradition-- however, I see that...

A Miscellaneous Harassment Tip
Before I start with the unit specifics, I'll introduce the basics. When you are harassing regardless of the unit, unless a hero in some cases, hold the alt key and right click back towards your base. This will make your unit run back to the selected...

A Wild Guardian
Welcome to another Tip of the Week! This tip is not going to be about the uses of Neutral Buildings if that's what you're thinking. No, this tip is about utilizing the lairs that usually guard these buildings. Let's start with one of Clanwars'...

Using Walls to Defend Production Buildings
Walls are a hugely underestimated tool and are not often used in competitive play. After all, resources spent on walls are resources not spent on buying units, heroes, buildings, and upgrades. However, walls can be very useful defensive...

Attacking and Defending Resource Buildings
In this guide I speak of clumping, if you don't know what that is, or how it works, take a look at The Clumping Guide. Attacking resource buildings When you attack a resource building, you of course want to take as little damage as...

Erech - A Complete Guide
The front lines in any war are dark and dangerous places, and any soldier can be easily caught off-guard if unprepared. Have no fear though! I am here to enlighten you on the newest battlefield for The Rise of the Witch-king; U2.02's...