Sigh...how do I unlock Merry's reward card?

[Farcast]

Sorry, I know I just created a similar thread.
I did get Rossiel's card but Merry's seems even trickier.

More to the point, I'm sure I did everything right this time.
I used Merry's power to remove Guard from a couple of enemies, then I used an ally, with 3 attachments, to kill one of them.
Still no unlock.
What am I doing wrong? The kill of course cannot come RIGHT AFTER Merry's power's activation, since after that the enemy gets its own move. But still, it seems as close as possible to the reward's "instructions".
Any hints?

[En9a9e]

It can't be a minion, you must defeat a *Villain* with the ally. Villains are special enemies typically designated as unique and they usually act as a "boss" at the end of a quest.

Mirror of Galadriel works best here again, because completing the "Escape the Vision" objective always summons a villain.

[Kjeld]

The unlocks for the newest round of heroes are especially stupid, especially considering that the reward cards are generally garbage.

[Farcast]

I see, thanks, that's awfully specific then.
It has to be a villain, with guard actually active, or Merry's ability won't even be usable.
Then all of the other conditions have to be met.

Seems like this will require some grinding...

[En9a9e]

Originally posted by Farcast:

I see, thanks, that's awfully specific then.
It has to be a villain, with guard actually active, or Merry's ability won't even be usable.
Then all of the other conditions have to be met.

Seems like this will require some grinding...

The villain doesn't specifically have to have guard, you just have to remove guard from an enemy before you kill the villain.

[Farcast]

Thanks for the info! Still tricky of course, but I'll try my luck again...

[Curunir]

Originally posted by Kjeld:

The unlocks for the newest round of heroes are especially stupid, especially considering that the reward cards are generally garbage.

Agree, but hammer of dis, second breakfast and mithril are essential so its fair for me

[Kjeld]

Originally posted by Curunir:

Agree, but hammer of dis, second breakfast and mithril are essential so its fair for me

I need to try Hammer of Dis more. Haven't yet unlocked Second Breakfast or Mithril (I swear that one's bugged -- I tried a couple of times, but couldn't seem to get the game to register the completion)

[Farcast]

No luck so far.
This is becoming annoying.... :-/
Can anyone point to a quest were I can reliably find a villain with guard and/or with minions that have it?

I've already tried like 5 times the mirror challange and 4 times the normal quests, and I'm already tired of this deck (that's purpose-built to Merry's challenge).

Truly unreasonable conditions for this unlock.
Thanks for any help.

[En9a9e]

If you can't preserve a guard enemy to the villain in MoG then C1Q5 "Down the Anduin" has a guaranteed last round with a full board of guard plus Ufthak. Iirc.

[Farcast]

Thanks, will try that one!

[Farcast]

And yep, that did the trick, thanks again!
Now I only have Pippin left.

[En9a9e]

Originally posted by Farcast:

And yep, that did the trick, thanks again!
Now I only have Pippin left.

No problem. Grats!

[Korhal]

I did the C1Q5 quest.
I followed the written advice in here. Removed Guard from one of Ufthaks guards, after that, I attacked with a dwarven warrior - three attachments granted - and "killed" Ufthtak.
No unlock. So I suppose, the hero card gain is bugged.

[Farcast]

Sounds a legit combo, but why "killed" with quotation marks?
You did remove guard with Merry's power, right? Just to be sure, since there's a fate reward that does the same thing in that very quest IIRC.

[Kjeld]

I just did the unlock on C1Q5 (with a tooled-out Fornost Avenger), and it worked fine first time. Do you need to make sure that your ally kills Ufthak as the very next action?