Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 - Ring Heroes

Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 - Ring Heroes
Ring Heroes:
Every map in skirmish or multi-player mode has Gollum cloaked on it. When you find Gollum, kill him and you will get the ring. Take it back to your fortress and have the troop that is carrying the ring enter the fortress in order to recruit a Ring Hero for 9,000 resources. Your Ring Hero uses no command points. Men, Elves and Dwarves can recruit Galadriel. Mordor, Isengard, and Goblins can recruit Sauron. The easiest way to get the ring is to let an enemy find Gollum then kill them after they obtain the ring. The only way to stop them before they reach their base is to chase them down with a mounted unit, have a created hero teleport into their path, or to summon allies into their path using a power.

Defeating large groups of enemies:
Have a lot of defensive structures in your base and teleport the opponents to your base. The towers should kill the enemies before they can do much damage. The Convert spell will also work, because they are free men.

Grey Havens:
Start at the bottom-most part. Build as many resource collectors as possible. Then, capture the Shipright. Get Builders to build Wall Hubs where the Cave Trolls lair is found kill it first. Build a wall. Then, build units and an upgrade structure. Get your units upgraded as much as possible. Put some by the wall to defend it. Send the rest to the Shipright. Build the number of transports needed. Put the units by the Shipright onto the transports. Send the transports to the enemy camp. Optionally, split your units up and surround the camp. Destroy all the structures except for the fortress. Finally, destroy the fortress.

General strategies:
Do not just rush your opponent's territory. Either send in a camo capable unit or a very cheap, weak unit such as Orc Warriers. Scope out your opponent's base before attacking with stronger units.

When attacking, use melee soldiers so attack buildings and use Bowmen and Cavalry on enemy units.

Bonus Heros
Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding Hero:

Avatan: Win 10 Capture and Hold games.
Berethor: Successfully complete Good Campaign.
Celebrim: Win 10 Resource Race games.
Felek: Win 10 Hero Vs Hero games.
Fhaleen: Win 10 King of the Hill games.
Hadhod: Successfully complete Good Rivendell with all bonus objectives Level 1 - Good Campaign.
Idrial: Successfully complete Good Dol Guldur with all bonus objectives Level 8 - Good Campaign.
Krashnak: Successfully complete Evil Lorien with all bonus objectives Level 1 - Evil Campaign.
Maur: Successfully complete Good Blue Mountains with all bonus objectives Level 4 - Good Campaign.
Mektar: Successfully complete Good Campaign without a Hero dying.
Ohta: Win 10 Versus games.
Olog: Successfully complete Evil Rivendell with all bonus objectives Level 8 - Evil Campaign.
Thrugg: Successfully complete Evil Fornost with all bonus objectives Level 4 - Evil Campaign.
Tumna: Successfully complete Evil Campaign.
Urulooke: Successfully complete Evil Campaign without a Hero dying.

Achievements:
Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.

Defend Rivendell 5 points: Complete Good Rivendell with all bonus objectives level 1. Also unlocks the hero Hadhod.

Clear The High Pass 5 points: Complete Good High Pass with all bonus objectives level 2.

Cleanse The Ettenmoors 10 points: Complete Good Ettenmoors with all bonus objectives level 3.

Reclaim The Blue Mountains 10 points: Complete Good Blue Mountains with all bonus objectives level 4. Also unlocks the hero Maur.

Secure The Grey Havens 10 points: Complete Good Grey Havens with all bonus objectives level 5.

Rescue Celduin 15 points: Complete Good Celduin with all bonus objectives level 6.

Defend Erebor 10 points: Complete Good Erebor with all bonus objectives level 7.

Assault Dol Guldur 30 points: Complete Good Dol Guldur with all bonus objectives level 8. Also unlocks the hero Idrial.

Destroy Lothlorien 5 points: Complete Evil Lorien with all bonus objectives level 1. Also unlocks the hero Krashnak.

Demolish The Grey Havens 5 points: Complete Evil Grey Havens with all bonus objectives level 2.

Scour The Shire 10 points: Complete Evil Shire with all bonus objectives level 3.

Ravage Fornost 10 points: Complete Evil Fornost with all bonus objectives level 4. Also unlocks the hero Thrugg.

Commandeer The Old Forest Road 10 points: Complete Evil Mirkwood with all bonus objectives level 5.

The Dragons Of Withered Heath 15 points: Complete Evil Withered Heath with all bonus objectives level 6.

Pillage Erebor 20 points: Complete Evil Erebor with all bonus objectives level 7.

Crush Rivendell 30 points: Complete Evil Rivendell with all bonus objectives level 8. Also unlocks the hero Olog.

Istari Power 5 points: Purchase first player power.

Captains Of The West 25 points: Complete Good Campaign. Also unlocks the hero Berethor.

Cover The Lands In Darkness 25 points: Complete Evil Campaign. Also unlocks the Hero Tumna.

Servant Of The Secret Fire 80 points: Complete Good Campaign without a Hero dying. Also unlocks the hero Mektar.

Servant Of The Shadow 80 points: Complete Evil Campaign without a Hero dying. Also unlocks the hero Urulooke.

Sergeant 15 points: Win 1 Versus game.

King Of The Hill 15 points: Win 1 King of the Hill game.

Capture And Hold 15 points: Win 1 Capture and Hold game.

Middle-Earth Financier 15 points: Win 1 Resource Race game.

My Heroes 15 points: Win 1 Hero Vs Hero game.

General: Win 10 Versus games. Also unlocks the Hero Ohta.

King Of Kings 30 points: Win 10 King of the Hill games. also unlocks the hero Fhaleen.

Capture Them All 30 points: Win 10 Capture and Hold games. Also unlocks the hero Avatan.

Entrepreneur Of Middle-Earth 30 points: Win 10 Resource Race games. Also unlocks the hero Celebrim.

My Heroes Are Better Than Yours 30 points: Win 10 Hero Vs Hero games. Also unlocks the hero Felek.

Good Practice 5 points: Win 1 Single Player Skirmish game.

The Hobbit And The Troll 50 points: Win a game against someone 20 places higher than you.

In Need Of A Lesson 0 points: Lose 10 Multiplayer matches in a row.

Try A Tutorial 0 points: Lose to someone ranked 20 places below you.