Recommended warchiefs level for "The Lord of Mordor"? (Spoliers)

[HighCaliber]

My warchiefs are level 11, 11, 12, 16 & 17. I haven't really bothered too much about leveling them. Will it be enough to handle The Lord of Mordor?

I also have level 17 & 18 & 20 captains.
Can I let them take the Warchief spots without killing the warchiefs? If not, do I need to kill the warchiefs as well as their body guards? Should I even bother making the Captains into Warchiefs?

If one of the Warchiefs die during the mission, will they stay dead if I restart mission or die myself? It would suck to wipe and having to hunt new warchiefs all over again.

[Masquerade]

the level the warchiefs are really doesn't matter, trust me the final "battle" is the most dissapointing thing you will experience, your "army" consists of 5 men who all do nothing, we both basically wasted our time leveling them up haha

[HighCaliber]

For real? You may have just saved me a lot of time. =)

I read the IGN walkthough and it said:
"I hope you brought some great Warchief's with you, because it's going to be a big battle."
and Gamepressure said:
"...one of the branded Warchiefs may die in the meantime. You do not fail the mission if any of them dies, but you really are going to need them, in the second part of the mission."

It made it sound like the Warchiefs are really important.

[Masquerade]

trust me they aren't, there is a bit at the very end where there are 5 warchief like enemies at once and yours help a little, but you should be strong enough to take them anyway. I was a little dissapointed tbh haha

[Lasanga]

the ending sucked i agree and they arnt really important unless you want to screw around

[HighCaliber]

Thanks guys, I'm glad I followed your advice and didn't waste time leveling the warchiefs. The ending was truly unsatisfying, both in regards to the story and difficulty. Just like the rest of the game..

I died I think twice (maybe once) during the entire playthrough, and neither of those were during the final two missions.

[SgtLlama]

I just made my 5 warchiefs into ranged with the explosive arrow ability. Soon as that last mission started my guys blew the enemy to kingdom come.

[Masquerade]

I really badly wanted a really challenging game and awesome sauron boss fight