The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur

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Description

The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur, once known as The Cursed Rider, is one of the Nine Nazgûl, recipient of Orôm (Warmonger), one of the nine Rings of Power that were forged for Men. He was an Easterling King, Khamûl, though he is now known by the most common of his many nicknames.

He is encountered several times.

The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (The Wastes)

The Cursed Rider
Image of The Cursed Rider
Gender Male
Race Nazgûl
Level 110
Morale 2,160,000
Power 59,680
Region The Wastes
Area Morannon (War of the Last Alliance)
Map Ref [62.6N, 4.2W]

The Cursed Rider, as he was known before becoming Lieutenant of Dol Guldur, is first encountered by High Elf characters in the year 3434 fighting against the host of the Last Alliance during the siege on the battle plain at Dagorlad at the end of the Second Age.

Quest Involvement

The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (Mirkwood)

These stats are for Tier 1,
click here for Tier 2.
The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
Level: 65 - 150
Region: Mirkwood
Area: Dol Guldur
Instance: Barad Guldur

Type: Arch-nemesis
Genus: Unseen
Species: Wraith

Morale: Varies
Power: Varies
Advanced Stats
Alignment: ( Evil )
Combat Effectiveness:
Finesse: Fair
F.M. Immune: True
Stun/Mez Imm.: True
Root Immune: True
Resistances:
Cry: Superior
Song: Superior
Tactical: Superior
Physical: Remarkable
Mitigation:
Common: Remarkable AncientDwarf: Remarkable
Fire: Remarkable Beleriand: Remarkable
Light: Remarkable Westernesse: Remarkable
Shadow: Remarkable Frost: Remarkable
Lightning: Remarkable

Level of Lore-master reporting: ( 65 )  

These stats are for Tier 2,
click here for Tier 1.
The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
Level: 65 - 150
Region: Mirkwood
Area: Dol Guldur
Instance: Barad Guldur

Type: Arch-nemesis
Genus: Unseen
Species: Wraith

Morale: Varies
Power: Varies
Advanced Stats
Alignment: ( Evil )
Combat Effectiveness:
Finesse: Good
F.M. Immune: True
Stun/Mez Imm.: True
Root Immune: True
Resistances:
Cry: Remarkable
Song: Remarkable
Tactical: Remarkable
Physical: Remarkable
Mitigation:
Common: Remarkable AncientDwarf: Remarkable
Fire: Remarkable Beleriand: Remarkable
Light: Remarkable Westernesse: Remarkable
Shadow: Remarkable Frost: Remarkable
Lightning: Remarkable

Level of Lore-master reporting: ( 65 )  

The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur is the final boss of the 12-man raid Barad Guldur in Mirkwood, along with his fell beast mount, Morskor. He is briefly seen earlier in the quest instance [63] Instance: The Exchange.

Abilities

 A Seed Planted
 Choking Shadows
 Slowing Shadows
 Desecrated Ground
 Feared
 Frost-Fingered Fear
 Oppressive Shadows
 Draining Shadows
 Non-Threatening
 Protection from Power of Knowledge
 Seed of Dissent
 Shadowy Abyss
 Corrupting Shadows
 Soul Reap
 Difficulty Tier II On Tier 2

Tactics

Fight Progression

The Lieutenant of Dol Guldur places debuffs on random players with a yellow eye icon. Players with this debuff may be bitten by the Lieutenant's fell beast, which heals the beast for 10k morale. He periodically buoys up and creates shadow hotspots which deal shadow damage and cause players to flee in fear. Morskor possesses the aura Ancient Dread, which reduces all players' power regeneration rates by 90%, so Lore-masters with efficient power-sharing are particularly crucial.

Once he is down to 150k morale, the Lieutenant dismounts and becomes a separate mob alongside Morskor. The fell beast will still be at 150k morale, while the Lieutenant will be at full morale. If the raid wishes to complete the Challenge objective, they must defeat the Lieutenant before they defeat his fell beast.

Every time someone dies, the Lieutenant is buffed and summons an add with 50k (49,894) morale.

Corruptions

One of the following 3 corruptions will be active on the Lieutenant at all times. Each grants him an aura that inflicts a debuff on nearby players:

These debuffs start at 10% and gradually tier up while their respective corruption is active. Removing a corruption cycles to the next corruption and debuff. The old debuff will remain active until its timer counts down, so the group needs to carefully control its corruption removal skills or they will cycle too quickly, potentially resulting in multiple high-tier debuffs at once. To avoid this, the group should allow debuffs to tier up a few times and give the others a chance to wear off before removing each corruption, but not let them get so high that they become unmanageable. The tank can handle this role well with Sting or Reversal.

If you are doing challenge and Morskor is still alive, Red is especially dangerous and should be removed immediately, since even with coffee it will quickly become impossible to outrun the fell beast. Designate a single person to watch the debuffs and call out who should remove a corruption and when. Have backups ready (preferably with ranged corruption removal) in case someone has an eye/is feared.

Quest Involvement

Quotes

"You have ventured far and fought hard to face your doom, puny mortals! Come then and learn the true meaning of despair."
"That one looks tasty...feast on its flesh!"
"Look at them scramble my pet...feed upon their flesh!"
"That is it...run! My pet loves the sport!"
"Very well then mortals, my pet has toyed with you long enough..."
"I shall handle you myself then foolish mortals. Come now, face the terror of the shadow!"
"Flee in terror puny mortals!"
"The time of Elves and Men is at an end...face the truth and embrace despair!"
"I sense a seed of doubt in your heart!"
"Another soul in despair? Here then, let me free it."
"I may be bested, but I am not beaten! Fear the shadows mortals, for it is there that I will be waiting to exact my revenge!"

Drops


Uncommon

Gear (Dol Guldur shared)


Gear

The Cursed Rider (Mordor Besieged)

The Cursed Rider
Level: 130
Region: Mordor Besieged
Area: Parth Daenath

Type: Elite Master
Genus: Unseen
Species: Wraith

Morale: 442,700
Power: 24,503
Advanced Stats
Alignment: ( Evil )
Combat Effectiveness:
Finesse: Feeble
F.M. Immune: True
Stun/Mez Imm.: True
Root Immune: True
Resistances:
Cry: Average
Song: Average
Tactical: Average
Physical: Average
Mitigation:
Common: Poor AncientDwarf: Poor
Fire: Poor Beleriand: Poor
Light: Poor Westernesse: Poor
Shadow: Poor Frost: Poor
Lightning: Poor

Level of Lore-master reporting: ( 140 )  

Before he ruled Dol Guldur, he was the Cursed Rider, menacing Parth Daenath in Mordor Besieged. [94.8S, 125.0W] He will summon Risen Fell Spirits.

Abilities

 Shadow Vulnerability
 Shattered Resolve
 Silenced
 Terrorize (10s)
 Running Scared
 A Seed Planted
 Stunned
 Non-Threatening
 Frost-fingered Fear
 Terrorize (8s)
 Seed of Dissent
 Suppressed Fear
 Distraught
 Dread +3
 Shadow Vulnerability
 Terrible Retribution
 Unsettled
 Shadow Grip
 Rooted

Quests

Deeds

The Cursed Rider (Fallen Kings)

These stats are for Tier 1,
click here for Tier 2.
The Cursed Rider
Level: 121 - 150
Instance: The Fallen Kings

Type: Elite Master
Genus: Unseen
Species: Wraith

Morale: Varies
Power: Varies
Advanced Stats
Alignment: ( Evil )
Combat Effectiveness:
Finesse: Unknown
F.M. Immune: Unknown
Stun/Mez Imm.: Unknown
Root Immune: Unknown
Resistances:
Cry: Unknown
Song: Unknown
Tactical: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Mitigation:
Common: Unknown AncientDwarf: Unknown
Fire: Unknown Beleriand: Unknown
Light: Unknown Westernesse: Unknown
Shadow: Unknown Frost: Unknown
Lightning: Unknown

Level of Lore-master reporting: ( )  

The Cursed Rider gathers with the other Nazgûl in Amon Fuin for battle in the Fallen Kings.

Quest Involvement

Gallery

Lore

In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the Dark Lord Sauron took a fair disguise and taught the Elves of Eregion the Art of Ringsmithy. After they had forged many Rings of Power, he forged for himself the One Ring, the master Ring to rule all the others. He razed Eregion and stole the Great Rings, and delivered some into the hands of evil Men, easily corrupted.

One of these Men was a great chieftain of the Easterlings. Unfinished Tales names him Khamûl, the Black Easterling; this king was a great tactician and conquered many of his neighbors. After receiving the Ring of Power from Sauron, he also became a sorcerer, second only in power to the Witch-king of Angmar. As the power of the Ring consumed him, he became one of the Nazgûl, the Nine Captains of the Dark Lord, and the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur, steward of Sauron’s fortress in Southern Mirkwood. He was finally destroyed at Battle of the Black Gates after Sauron was destroyed.