12. General Tips and Hints
Gimli Character Guide (Contributed by: Aznsmarty07)
Gimli is a bonus character that is unlocked when you beat
the game with two or more characters. Unfortunately, he is
only playable in single-player mode.
Gimli is the son of Gloin. His strengths are his hearty
strength and skill with an axe. Also, he has the ability
to find extra gems, an extra plus, and regenerate Spirit
like Legolas. He basically mirrors Aragorn but with
some variations.
Starting Stats and Skills
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Primary Stats
Strength: 28
Accuracy: 22
Health: 21
Defense: 21
Courage: 20
Starting Skills
Healing Salves (1)
Active Skills
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1st Tree:
Axe Throw (Level 2)-Gimli throws his axe for +1 damage
/ level. 3 Spirit
-Not the best ability, though a long-range attack is
helpful. Basically a waste, unless you go for a Berserker
Gimli.
Whirlwind Attack (Level 6)-A massive spin attack that
does +1 damage / level. 6 Spirit
-Hey, just think Aragorn's Spin attack. Gimli slash,
hurt lost of melee enemies. Not my favorite, some people
may like it though.
Berserk Fury (Level 10)-Increase Toughness and damage by
+1 / level. 10 Spirit. Corrupt
-Probably Gimli's best active skill. Again, it mirrors
Aragorn's Rage of the North, except Gimli's defense
increases as well as his damage. Also, beware of corruption.
2nd Tree:
Healing Salves (Level 1)-Heals 25 hit points +7/level. 8
Spirit +2 / level.
-Gimli's healing. Surprisingly, Gimli's healing actually
increases the amount of hit points recovered per Spirit as
you raise it's level, but you need more to heal. Here's
some more math:
Level 1: 8sp for 25 hp, 3.125 hp/sp
Level 2: 10sp for 32 hp, 3.2 hp/sp
Level 3: 12 sp for 39 hp, 3.25 hp/sp
Level 4: 14 sp for 49 hp, 3.5 hp/sp
Neat huh? This is the only character whose sp/hp increases,
though you have to admit it isnt that great of an increase.
I personally think it's a waste, but then again there is the
Spirit of the Forge which regenerates Spirit, so you decide.
Battle Cry (Level 5)-A fierce scream that stuns enemies
around Gimli. 12 Spirit +1 / level
-Again, think Aragorn's commanding presence. I don't think
the stun is that good for the Spirit required. Avoid this
ability, unless you have some crazy extra points to waste.
Passive
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1st Tree:
Strength of Beard (Level 2)- +10 hit point bonus / level.
-Alright, a couple of extra HP. Better than leveling up the
Health stat, but then again it costs more for a Skill point.
I recommend to just use it to unlock the other two, or dump a
couple of extra points in if you want.
Orcslayer (Level 3)- +2 damage to orcs / level
-Yeah, extra damage. Orcs are common, so put some but
not too many points into this skill. Or, just get better
weapons and ignore this one.
Headsplitter (Level 5)-Increases chance of critical hits
10% + 3% / level.
-This seems so much like Critical shot for Legolas.
Dump at least 3-5 points into this guy, more if you
level up a bunch.
2nd Tree:
Gemfinder (Level 2)-Gimli finds 1 extra gem / level
-Great, who doesn't need gems? Doesn't seem like a lot,
but think of all the guys you kill and each dropping one
extra gem. Tedious work, but it adds up. I recommend
only a few points into this one.
Dwarven Resilience (Level 7)-10% chance +2% / level of
blows glancing off.
-Nice little extra defense. A quick fix if Gimli seems to
be dying too fast. Put maybe 3-5 points into this one.
Spirit of the Forge (Level 10)- While still, Gimli
recharges Spirit.
-Hooray! Gimli's ultimate ability, stand around and
recharge extra Spirit like Legolas recharges health.
Pretty nice, plug maybe 1-3 points in depending on how
much Spirit and spells you like to cast.
Tips
Primary Stat: Strength
Other important Stat(s): Health, Defence, Courage (?)
Least Important Stat(s): Accuracy, Courage (?)
Playing Strategies
Gimli has mainly two paths, either no spells or minimal
active Skills, or Berserker. Going minimal skills
reduces the amount needed for Spirit of the Forge, which
you unlock pretty late anyway, and allows you to put more
stuff into things like Headsplitter, Strength of Beard,
Gemfinder, etc. If you go Berserker, watch out for the
corruption, and Spirit of the Forge will become a little
more important. Actually, they aren't very different, it
just depends on if you want to take 5 or more points out
of your Passive Skills and stick them into your Active
skills to make Berserker worthwhile. Just be careful,
that corruption can catch up and Gimli has no way of
reducing corruption except at its normal, slow rate.
Gimli has no Single Player Campaign.
^ The above Gimli Guide was written by Aznsmarty07
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