DavePack

I've tried and tried, but I just cannot beat the last level (I'm using Aragorn). I've made it a few times to when the two cave trolls jump over the wall, but even then, the door is on its last legs and it doesn't hold. And that's the problem--as much hacking and slashing I'm doing to keep enemies away from the door (and trying to combo as much as I can, although I usually get hit before I can complete one) the door just doesn't hold up.

I'm beyond frustrated, but I really want to beat this level. For those of you who HAVE beaten it, can you pass along your best tips? What thing(s) did you do that finally helped you beat this bad boy?

jimbo504

I don't actually own the game, but I would suggest going to gamefaqs.com. You can usually get great tips either from the faqs or from the message boards. They have an individual message board for every game. It is really helpful over there. Hope that helps!

JaxComet

Here's a walkthru of the level you're talking about.........


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- Helm's Deep: Hornburg Courtyard
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Now this is the last mission that you have to play and in my opinion is
the toughest. You have to protect another gate and you get hailed with
even more orcs and Uruk-Hai and whatnot. After a movie and a short
cutscene you'll be thrown right into battle. Now, the only thing I
worried about is the people actually attacking the door. A bunch of orcs
will be around the door but usually only a few of them are attacking it.
Key on these people and kill them, of course you would want to kill a
few here and there on your way but watch out if you get tangled up you
might let the door get hit too much. So when you have a chance use your
combos, however there are a lot of enemies with shields in this level so
a lot of them won't work. Don't take the time to kill individual
enemies, use the combos that have more of a chance of killing/knocking
down a few enemies. Your Fury attacks (hold triangle) work very well
when there is a big group of enemies and no one is attacking the wall.

After fighting at the door for a while the character that your not
playing as (either Legolas or Aragorn) will ask for your help. At that
time run to the stairs and go all the way down, don't even touch an orc,
try to get there as fast as possible then kill those enemies as fast as
possible. When they're dead run back down to the door, be careful once
you get to the middle part of the wall watch out for the fireball that
hits that section. There will be a cutscene before you even reach the
stairs. (NOTE- whenever I did this I held down the left analog stick to
the right, the way I was running, before the sequence was done and when
I got control again my character was running left. I just wanted to
point out that this may be a glitch in my game I don't know but it takes
away from a few seconds, more if you get into a fight so be careful.)

Go help your partner at the gate again and keep with the keying on an
enemy that is actually attacking the door. This way you won't give up
too much damage. This part you have to listen carefully because there is
no cutscene but Gimli/maybe Aragorn yells "Archers on the wall." At this
time run as fast as you can up the stairs and shoot the archers, they
are all the way down to the left to get them all, I believe there are
about 6 or 7. Try not to get into a fight with any enemy on this, your
main priorit is to kill the archers and to get down to the door as fast
as possible.

After these archers are dead get back down to the door and key on those
attacking the door, and combo whenever there aren't any enemies with
shields around. Be careful, it seems as if the tougher enemies come in
this part of the battle. After what seems to be a very long time, 2 cave
trolls will come. Now forget everything I told you about protecting the
door and attack these cave trolls with all your might. Make sure to
attack the one that is actually hitting the door because they do A LOT
of damage to it. I didn't even bother with the old strategy (run up hit
it, run away/L2 etc...) This time I just went all out and even if they
knocked me down I kept on attacking it, because if you die here you have
to start it all over. After you kill these two all I have to say to you
is congratulations because you beat the game. Watch the cutscene then
the cool movies and enjoy. Now you can access the secret level, the
Tower of Orthanc with the secret character Isildur.

DavePack

Wow, wish I'd known about gamefaqs a long time ago for some other tough games I had! Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out.

As for that walk-thru, I'll try a few things in there and see what happens...

Thanks for the help!