Enemy Levels & Ranks
May 13th, 2007 by MegaBuddy
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.
| Grey - Enemy is 9 or more levels below you (yields no xp) |
| Green - Enemy is 6-8 levels below you |
| Light Blue - Enemy is 3-5 levels below you |
| Blue - Enemy is 1-2 levels below you |
| White - Enemy is the same level as you |
| Yellow - Enemy is 1-2 levels above you |
| Orange - Enemy is 3-4 levels above you |
| Red - Enemy is 5-7 levels above you |
| Purple - Enemy is 8 or more levels above you |
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
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One thing to note. If the mob is purple you can almost forget attacking it even with a full fellowship. So, purple = stay away.