Requires Level 2
Battlefield Support Unit
Practitioners of dark sorcery, black-hearted and cruel, these Men of Black Númenórean origin willingly came to Minas Morgul, to study in the scholomance of the Witch-king. Using necromantic power, they torment the enemies of Mordor through the sacrifice of their acolytes.
Base statistics · Build time: 30s · Range and speed use game units. Mixed battalions are broken down below. Conditional bonuses are not folded into these totals.
OFFENSE
Weapons & attack range
Damage is per hit, before target armor. Different projectile upgrades are shown separately. Attack timing can also depend on animation; these values are not a DPS estimate.
No soldier weapon set was resolved for this unit.
DEFENSE
Armor profiles
These percentages are damage received: 50% takes half damage; 200% takes double damage. Unlisted types use DEFAULT. Abilities and temporary modifiers can change the result.
Base equipment
ArcherArmor · MorgulSorcererAcolyte
Damage type
Received
DEFAULT
85%
SLASH
135%
PIERCE
60%
SPECIALIST
135%
CAVALRY
185%
CRUSH
220%
SIEGE
100%
FLAME
100%
FROST
100%
MAGIC
100%
HERO
200%
HERO_RANGED
200%
STRUCTURAL
40%
UNDEFINED
1%
Source definitiondata/ini/armor.ini:1926
ArcherArmor
TOOLS OF THE BATTLEFIELD
Abilities & passive effects
Descriptions come from game tooltips and may lag behind balance edits. Expand implementation details to inspect the current effects and conditions.
active
Black Captain's Chosen (W)
Target Morgul Orc battalion permanently gains +50% damage but slowly loses health over time
Fallen units in affected battalion temporarily re-emerge as Wights
Left click then left click target battalion
Strategy notes have not been written for this unit yet. Use its range, armor profiles and recruitment requirements to inform comparisons; the stat sheet alone does not establish a winning matchup.