History Funny / MiddleEarthShadowOfWar

* Krimp the Enchanted is absolutely {{Adorkable}} in his admiration of Eltariel. When she kills someone, he says, "Ooh, I ''love'' the way you kill, my sweet!" and when she picks up Life gems, he says that nothing is too good for her. What makes it heartwarming is that he's not like [[StalkerWithACrush The Obsessed]]: he genuinely respects her, and asks for nothing in return, even if she doesn't return the favor.

** Behold, [[https://pissvortex.tumblr.com/post/166451699399/pissvortex-pissvortex-pissvortex Stakuga]] [[https://pissvortex.tumblr.com/post/166796988049/in-honor-of-stakuga-being-probably-dead-forever the]] [[https://pissvortex.tumblr.com/post/166556985414/pissvortex-pissvortex-pissvortex-he-refused Unkillable]].[[note]]He started out as Stakuga the ''Taunter'', jumping out from bushes, taunting the player "like the world’s worst cereal mascot", and then dropping a smoke bomb and running away. Then he managed to kill off the player by surprising him while engaged in a duel with another Captain, only for the player to kill him back during his victory celebration and cut off his leg. Stakuga then came back as "the Unkillable" and with a peg leg. Then he got killed, came back, got killed again with both arms and the peg leg amputated, came back again with them reattached, fought the player multiple times (at some point he somehow acquired full immunity to any non-ranged attack), got his head shot full of arrows, burned to death due to the Nazgul's dragon's breath, came back AGAIN with iron bands keeping his own skull together [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Jagi-style]], tanked the player's mind control attempt due to his Iron Will ability, got cleaved in half, was resurrected by a necromancer, and was decapitated. Then the player killed off the necromancer for good measure... and said necromancer has sworn he will come back.[[/note]]

* When Talion finds a drake scale, Talion wonders if it's a dragon scale or a drake scale. Celebrimbor says it's a drake scale because dragons take better care of their scales. [[Literature/TheHobbit At least]] ''[[[[Literature/TheHobbit one]]'' [[Literature/TheHobbit didn't.]]

* A lot of the [[EnemyChatter orc chatter]] about being Lithlad. For example, one Uruk complains he's always thirsty. His partner snarks back, "That's because ''we're in a [[PrecisionFStrike shrakin']] desert!''

* [[[spoiler:While explaining the problems that Bruz rebelling would cause, Ratbag imitates Celebrimbor's "Suffer me now!" quote while pointing out the implications of Bruz breaking the brand. It's... Significantly less imposing when he does it.]]

-->'''Akoth:''' Az-Rans departed a week ago to avenge his blood brother. Took his [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Drakes]] with him. We have not heard from him since. Yesterday, Thrak... was poisoned. (''{{beat}}'') He confronted Ar-Hissu who denied responsibility. Thrak, perhaps [[DrivenToMadness deranged by poison]], stabbed Ar-Hissu. Who then bled. To death.

* There are drunk orcs in the game and they can become [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aKLgz-FCOE overlords]]. Usually, overlords give speeches to imidate the masses before the invasion, here? the drunk overlords have slurred speech and are too drunk to even know what's going on.

'''The Agonizer:''' Why would a Gondorian come here and try to murder ALL the Orcs? Maybe you have a problem with ONE Orc, maybe a hundred. But ALL of us? Maybe the problem is with '''YOU'''.

* It's been confirmed that in this game, [[spoiler: your Dominated Minions can Return from the dead as well.]] What should have been a CrowningMomentOfAwesome / CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming announcement at the preview presentation got flubbed pretty badly when the Olog the devs had coded to have a guaranteed Return to demonstrate this wound up letting himself get decapitated. He came back anyway, but showed up still missing his head, not that he let that hamper his [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated cavalier reintroduction]] in anyway.

* [[spoiler:During the conquest of Shindram, Baranor orders his men to stay outside while he confronts the overlord, and Serka agrees. After the overlord's trash talk, Baranor turns to find Serka standing next to him. YMMV on whether this is funny, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]], or maybe even [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] - until Serka opens his mouth and places the moment firmly in the Funny category.]]

-->'''Talion:''' "Don't. Just...Don't."

* Due to the way the RNG works, orc and troll traits can produce some...interesting combinations. For example, it's possible to find an orc [[OneHitKill who's mortally vulnerable to caragor attacks]]...and [[FearlessFool is enraged by caragors, and leads a group of caragor riders into battle.]]

* The February 2018 update added expressions to photo mode. They range from "weird" to "ridiciluous", and are so over-the-top it's hard to take them seriously.

** Made funnier by the fact that in gameplay, [[NotSoDifferent the digger trait tends to be more common in Ghül-lovers than other orcs]].

* In a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17yXQYkhYg new trailer]], we see Talion and Celebrimbor's first meeting with [[spoiler: Eltariel, the Blade of Galadriel]]. Amidst some bitter tension and sad discoveries, there's a few moments of hilarity: the rather academic way Eltariel inquires about the process of Talion's ResurrectiveImmortality [[spoiler: (having been the one who ''killed him'' this time)]] for one, but most especially the [[OhCrap surprise]] written across Celebrimbor's spectral visage when it is revealed that [[spoiler: she can [[TrueSight SEE]] his independent spirit-form. Only those who wield or wielded Rings of Power can, like Sauron or Gollum.]][[note]]In [[Literature/LordOfTheRings the source material]], powerful or older Elves could also [[spoiler:see into the Wraith-World. The Light of Galadriel is why she can see him, so it's fairly certain Galadriel herself enchanted it with very old magic.]][[/note]]

* Torvin reveals a big twist at the end... [[spoiler:The Rumbler, a were-wyrm the size of as skyscraper, [[SamusIsAGirl is a girl]]. [[NoodleIncident He checked.]]]]

** For added hilarity, whenever a Minstrel attacks and strikes something with their [[ImprovisedWeapon "axe"]], it will make an amusing "clong" sound. It's like you're getting into a swordfight with [[QuickDrawMcGraw El Kabong]].

** The fact that his name is "Bruz", and has a thick, hilariously out of place Australian accent, and has very point teeth, and a snout a bit like [[FindingNemo a shark]]...

-->'''Ranger''': [[spoiler: [[FriendshipDenial We are not friends]]. [[IOweYouMyLife You saved my life]].]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Ratbag]]''': ''(completely oblivious)'' [[spoiler: Oh yeah, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I should tell them about the fort thing, thanks for that]]!]]

-->'''Talion''': ''[dryly]'' [[SarcasmMode I'm honoured]].

-->'''[[spoiler: Ratbag]]''': ''(to his Olog guard)'' [[spoiler: [[EnemyMine The man is a friend]]. The Olog, watch him, make sure he don't do anything suspicious...[[CaptainObvious like, you know, kill me]]!]]

---> '''[[spoiler:Ratbag]]''': Great. There's just two more!
---> '''Talion''': Yes. That was one, and you said there were three. ''I can count.''

-->'''Tark Slayer:''':You killed me, Tark! I guess that makes you the Tark Slayer ''({{beat}})'' slayer?

--> '''[[UnfortunateNames Dűsh Drooler:]]''' ''Oh?''

-->'''Zûgor:''' ''My face! Look at my face!''

-->'''Orc Captain:''' I'm losing my mind and it's all your fault! I blame your flesh! Your bones! Your Scalp! Your Blade! Your Boots! ''Especially your boots!!!''

-->'''Talion:''' "Damn these Orcs. Damn all of Mordor."

** Of course the archer towers that connect the walls are in fact climbable so that you're not completely blocked from that option but that just begs the question: Why don't the Orcs who invade your fort climb those towers too?

-->'''[[spoiler: Ratbag]]''': ''(to his Olog guard)'' [[spoiler: [[StrangeBedfellows The man is a friend]]. The Olog, watch him, make sure he don't do anything suspicious...[[CaptainObvious like, you know, kill me]]!]]

** [[spoiler: The giant Olog mook that Ratbag keeps as his bodyguard after they busted out of an Orc prison together [[ServileSnarker gets in a few good jabs]], aided by the fact that given he only talks in BlackSpeech, Ratbag can't understand a word he's saying]].
-->'''Olog''': [[spoiler: [[FriendshipDenial We are not friends]]. [[IOweYouMyLife You saved my life]].]]