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Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle Earth – Smaug Campaign

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There are  a lot of campaigns in the Hobbit:Kingdoms of Middle Earth and each has their own rewards, but the Discover Smaug Campaign is one that has garnered a lot of attention. And naturally that would be the case with the movie recently released and the game promoting it endlessly. And it’s relatively short compared to the other campaigns with a total of two maps and six locations to clear. But don’t let the fact that you only need one key to advance to the second map fool you as to the difficultly of this campaign. You’ll need about a million might to complete the entire campaign and that’s because of the battle with Smaug. If you defeat him you have a chance, that’s right, a CHANCE, to win an Erebor chest. So is it worth it? As I’ve written before it depends on your starting might, your ability to produce troops, and what you’re trying to achieve. If you have might to burn or can produce it easily then by all means go for it. If you don’t then I suggest using that might for the other campaigns because you’ll receive items and vital resources to runecraft buildings, forge gems and equipment, and other relics. If you do want to complete it then I have you covered.

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If you already have enough might with your troops then you can see above how much it takes to defeat Smaug. But the other 6 locations aren’t a cake walk. Below is the might of each location:

  • River Running – 36,000
  • Goblin Watch Post – 40,800
  • Gate of Erebor – 48,000
  • The Great Chamber – 120,000
  • Goblin Guard – 132,000
  • Orc Sentry – 144,000
  • Smaug – 720,000

That’s over 1.2 million might! You do get some nice rewards as you can get up to 1.2 million units of a particular resource from just one location, so the earlier locations are worth it. If you have to build up your troops then I suggest producing tier 2 troops if you can’t produce tier 4 troops. The time it takes to create one million might with 2nd tier troops is much less than it would if you just created tier 3 troops. And the upkeep for tier 2 troops is also less and this will be especially important if your kingdom isn’t capable of directly supporting an additional 720,000 might’s worth of troops. So if that’s the case and you have more than one city then you should produce as much as possible until your food upkeep is a lot more than your production. Then move all your troops from your fastest producing city to your other cities until you finally have enough. Once that’s complete move them all to one city and then march on Smaug.

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Again, you may or may not win a chest so decide ahead of time if it’s worth it for you. And even if you do win a chest you might just win all hour glasses or tokens, which can lead to better prizes. Hope this helps and good luck

23 comments

  1. Gary Montgomery - January 23, 2015 6:50 PM

    the best thing to hit Smaug with id 3000 SG ad the rest MR I love 940 sg or if im out of them I send 40000 porters with the rest MR. its best to save your T1’s for TK tury they give the best ratio use up your t’s send a full wave of each troop type don’t send a mix youll lose more troops. from Myro lindor 29

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  2. ...Đayż - November 1, 2014 6:44 PM

    65000 master rangers, 35000 stone giants, 10000 elven rangers. Use runes if you have spares

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    • Kareem Ali - November 2, 2014 1:08 AM

      Yeah that would basically cover the entire campaign. Thanks

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    • Daniel Borel - November 4, 2014 5:06 AM

      … and you get miserable rewards. In my opinion, new smaug is a scam.

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      • Kareem Ali - November 4, 2014 9:40 AM

        Yeah, I think there should be a guaranteed reward at the end of all campaigns and not just the chance of one

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  3. dovakiin - September 28, 2014 6:49 PM

    That makes me wonder if hero gear also has strengths and weaknesses to other gear?

    For an example a sword of elven elder has 3 buffs up attack, up health and down enemy life.

    The wartorn champion great sword has 4 buffs.
    up attack, up attack, up attack and up attack.

    But the king’s mystic sword has 3-4 debuffs effective Against all enemy life.

    So would (elder) make up for all the attack buffs from the (wartorn) because it has given u bonus attack, extra health and a debuff of enemy life.

    And would the wartorn have a better chance against the king’s mystic because it can match the health debuffs with all of its extra attack

    I can see that some gear upgrades give buffs and debuffs for troops. So u can set up select hero to be proficient with selected troops.

    But do the battle mechanics I’m trying to explain take play?

    I also noticed this new update with embedding gems to items.
    Will this allow u to mix n match to cater for your enemy??

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    • Kareem Ali - September 29, 2014 9:22 AM

      Thanks for visiting! I haven’t gotten deep into the gem shards yet other than increasing the research but the concept of gear is it’s supposed to allow you to mix n match to cater to your enemy. Since it only works with heroes it doesn’t do as much when defending but attacking yes. Also, some gear only gives certain buffs when equipped to a specific hero so you have to be mindful of that as well. I have another post where I’m compiling the stats of all the gear I acquire so you might want to check that out too. And if there’s gear you have that’s not on there let me know
      http://hulkingreviewer.com/home/comprehensive-guide-new-gear/

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  4. FivePointHammer 144&145 - June 23, 2014 7:07 PM

    The most effecient way to attack Smaug takes patience. Build up about at least 1million of each tier1, use your alliance loyalty points and scoop up stamina refills for 300lp each. Then save your Rune of fury and invulnerability. This whole process might take a month but eventually you can drop both runes, and hit Smaug 100-200 times in two hours. This strategy shoild net you considerable rewards while conserving the most might.

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    • Kareem Ali - June 24, 2014 12:23 PM

      Great advice. With all the additions in the latest upgrades it’ll be much easier to hit Smaug multiple times

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  5. Anonymous - May 27, 2014 10:16 PM

    can you tell me the troop types of the troops? like are they foot, ranged, or mounted?

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    • Kareem Ali - May 28, 2014 3:46 AM

      Here are the troop types:
      Log Rams – Foot
      Rock Throwers – Ranged
      Armored Warg Riders – Mounted

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  6. brzi - May 1, 2014 7:53 AM

    against smaug i use 31k t1s but only one troop type and 23k each troop type t3s. this way he’s only strong against one of my troop types while my t3s remain untouched and provide the strength for all of his troop types

    i lose 30k t1s per attack. my hero is lvl194 with all pilfered gear except for the prisoner’s cloak. honed blades and vigor are lvl10 and i use 20% buffs for attack and life. i hope this helps.

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    • Kareem Ali - May 1, 2014 9:30 AM

      Yes that helps a lot. And considering how fast you can train T1s you’re not losing much. The first time I fought Smaug my highest hero was about 115 and I just had the basic gear so I took a beating. It took a few days at the time to get enough troops again to attack and now I can defeat him easily at any time.

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  7. bkabka - January 28, 2014 7:49 AM

    hello shoudent it be like 33 thousand t5 mounted 33 thousand t5 foot and 33 thousand t5 ranged?

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  8. Anonymous - January 26, 2014 10:01 AM

    What’s the best combo of troops to use vs smaug for minimum losses?

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    • Kareem Ali - January 26, 2014 10:53 AM

      The Smaug combo has equal amount of ranged, foot and mounted so the best combo is to have an equal amount of each when you attack. Ranged troops are strong against foot, foot troops are strong against mounted and mounted are strong against ranged.

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      • sheffie24 - February 9, 2014 3:45 AM

        The problem with the logic of sending an equal amount of each, is that you will also get the weakness for each. The best would be send to send just one type when facing all three. The reason being…you will get a strength bonus vs one, no bonus vs one and a weakness vs one. (Instead of strength vs all and weakness vs all).

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        • Kareem Ali - February 9, 2014 1:13 PM

          Hi, thanks for visiting. Yes you’re right about that if the troops you send have a strength vs the type of troops they have the most in that location

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  9. Anonymous - January 7, 2014 4:55 PM

    pls postenemy troop types for each of the 7 locations

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    • Kareem Ali - January 8, 2014 9:57 PM

      Ok here you go! The might for every troop type is 24

        River Running

      Log Rams – 500
      Rock Throwers – 500
      Armored Warg Riders – 500

        Goblin Watch Post

      Log Rams – 900
      Armored Warg Riders – 800

        Gate of Erebor

      LR – 500
      RT – 1000
      AWR – 500

        Great Chamber

      LR – 1000
      RT – 1000
      AWR 3000

        Stone Path

      LR – 3000
      AWR – 2500

        Lower Halls

      LR – 3000
      RT – 3000

        Great Hall of Thrain

      LR – 10000
      RT – 10000
      AWR – 10000

      Hope this helps

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      • Anonymous - September 28, 2014 6:46 PM

        Wow love your work!!!
        That makes me wonder if hero gear also has strengths and weaknesses to other gear?

        For an example a sword of elven elder has 3 buffs up attack, up health and down enemy life.

        The wartorn champion great sword has 4 buffs.
        up attack, up attack, up attack and up attack.

        But the king’s mystic sword has 3-4 debuffs effective Against all enemy life.

        So would (elder) make up for all the attack buffs from the (wartorn) because it has given u bonus attack, extra health and a debuff of enemy life.

        And would the wartorn have a better chance against the king’s mystic because it can match the health debuffs with all of its extra attack

        I can see that some gear upgrades give buffs and debuffs for troops. So u can set up select hero to be proficient with selected troops.

        But do the battle mechanics I’m trying to explain take play?

        I also noticed this new update with embedding gems to items.
        Will this allow u to mix n match to cater for your enemy??

        Reply

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