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They also have the wealthiest starting territories in the game, and a starting position that pits them against Dale, one of the weaker good factions, and the Dwarves, who are ill-equipped to fight the Easterlings outside of sieges. RhГ»n - Ranger early on, Generalist/Economist later: The Easterlings begin as a Ranger faction, focusing on skirmishers, archers, and fast missile cavalry, and later gaining access to some of the most effective heavy infantry, spearmen, and heavy cavalry in the entire game with the Loke-Khan units, rounding out their roster.Mordor can eventually overrun most opponents with a combination of numbers and sheer power. Also traces of Industrialist their late-game economy can be quite powerful, and their most profitable starting territories are out of the reach of enemy attack, making protecting them while building them up rapidly easy. Mordor has no cavalry and mediocre starting units, but makes up for it with the late game access to Olog-Hai, heavily armored troll units that can smash through almost anything in their way, as well as stronger Uruk infantry units. Mordor - Spammer/Brute Force: As you would expect, Mordor can field massive numbers of Orc units.A relatively weak roster early on, but later-game development gives them access to viciously effective Uruk-Hai units, including the specialized pike units that will give them a huge advantage over Rohan. Dominion of Isengard - Balanced/Industrialist: Has access to a wider variety of troops relative to Orc factions and even Mordor.Evolves to more of Generalist faction later on, with access to strong swordsmen and spearmen units, as well as fast cavalry. Dale - Ranger early on, with no real ability to produce strong melee troops, and a corresponding reliance on archers and skirmishers.

Arnor - Elitist/Generalist: Has the strongest (non-Elf) units in the game all-round.

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Free Peoples Of Eriador - Guerilla/Ranger: Many units are cheap but comparatively weak in straight-up fights, with emphasis on light infantry, militia, and Dunedain Rangers.

They also have access to and focus on securing mineral-rich mountain territories. Elitist due to the effectiveness and costliness of their high-tier units.

Dwarves - Elitist/Brute Force/Economist: The Dwarves have the best heavy infantry in the game bar none, with no cavalry and few archers.

For example, you can completely avert the Balrog's spawning in Moria if you kill the leader and heir of the Orcs of the Misty Mountains, thus eliminating the entire faction by turning all of their settlements neutral. This can be bypassed if you manage to kill the factions' leadership before attacking the city, through either open battle or assassination.

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If you manage to seize a faction's capital city before pacifying the rest of their empire, a fairly large army consisting of late-game units with full armor upgrades will spawn in, take back the city, and then go ransack the rest of your empire.

Certain AI settlements will spawn reinforcements when attacked, discouraging opportunistic sieges with small/weak armies.

Most of their units are on-par with those of the Elves.

Arnor's army is basically Gondor on crack.

Any force of them will be a tough challenge.

Badass Army: Possible for any force, but inherent to the Dwarves.

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All There in the Manual: The manual being the Middle-earth legendarium itself, of course.

Third Age: Total War provides examples of: Of course, there are many sub-mods for Third Age, with two of the most notable being the campaign-focused Divide and Conquer and the multiplayer-focused Third Age: Reforged.