The Lord of the Rings: War has been making some huge improvements and changes to the overall gameplay loop the past year. Loved by millions around the world, the quest to find the One Ring fills every Lord of the Rings fan into a mania! The city-builder RPG developed by Exptional Global and Netease Games has to be one of the most popular games in the franchise, especially for mobile devices. Meet your favourite characters such as Eomer, Gollum, Aragorn, and Frodo Baggins in a new style as they are trapped amidst a raging war between different factions of the Middle Earth. The Lord of the Rings: War is available as a free-to-play title on both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

The newest update brings forth a legendary marksman commander “Bard” as a playable character. Players will be able to get the new character via summoning him or by simply completing new quests of the Middle Earth. Bard, the Dragon Slayer, is touted to be one of the greatest tacticians to ever grace the game! With so much excitement brimming around the new commander, we would suggest reading about his skills and tactics first before making any hasty decision. Let’s check out if he’s worth your resources or not!

New Legendary Commander – Bard

Bard’s introduction reads as follows – “Bard is a marksman and a descendant of Girion. He once accomplished the feat of killing a dragon with the Black Arrow.” He has very high attributes assigned to his damage and captainship traits. Check out his active and passive abilities:

• Bowman (Active Skill) – Deals 25% physical damage to 1 enemy formation and inflicts a Bleed effect that deals 4% damage to the target and takes effect 4 times.
• Descendent of Girion (Active skill) – Deals 9% physical damage to 4 enemy formations, and reduces the damage dealt by the target formation’s commander by 1% for 1 round (effect modified by Attack stat)
• King of Dale (Passive skill) – The Attack of Men or Dwarves in the Commander’s formation + 3, and has a 3% chance to deal maximum damage each round.
• Dragon Shooter (Passive skill) – On Round 3, 6, and 9, launches an attack that deals 50% physical damage once to 2 formations, but the Commander will no longer launch normal attacks from Round 3 onwards.

Bard’s relic Black Arrow can be unlocked to provide him tons of bonus stats as well as activate a special passive that reads as follows – “From Round 6 onward, the Commander’s attacks ignore 6% of the enemy’s Defense stat.”

We recommend playing The Lord of the Rings: War on PC using BlueStacks with a keyboard and mouse for a 60 FPS Full HD lag-free experience on a bigger screen.