Enemy Levels & Ranks

Today’s spotlight is enemy levels and ranks.

Enemy Levels
Each enemy has a level. The level is shown on the enemy’s vital displays, under the image of the enemy. The color of the enemy’s name gives you a quick comparison between your level and the enemy’s level.

Enemy Ranks
In addition to the monster’s level, every monster has a Rank. There are seven Ranks. You can identify a monster’s Rank by looking at its Vitals. The portrait is surrounded by a colored ring that represents its Rank. From weakest to strongest, the Ranks are:

• Swarm (green) - can be soloed
• Normal (blue) - can be soloed
  
• Signature (orange) - can be soloed, but will be challenging
  
• Elite (orange; Eye of Sauron) - usually requires a few players to defeat
  
• Elite Master (Elite + four spikes) - will require a fellowship to defeat
  
• Nemesis (Elite + six spikes) will require two or more fellowships to defeat
  
• Arch-nemesis (Elite + flaming Eye - will require three or more fellowships to defeat
  

Note: The party requirements listed above come from the Lotor-wiki but will vary depending on the level of your fellowship. For example, the final boss in the Great Barrows is a Nemesis Rank creature but can be defeated with a single Fellowship. So use this as a guideline and not the rule.

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References

The Lord of the Rings Game Manual
Lotro-Wiki: Creature Difficulty indicators