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Gimli Upgrades

Dwarven Fury

Cost	4000
Level Available	2
Moves	Fierce
Description	A devastating attack that causes lightning damage.
Recommendation	The first upgrade for Gimli alone, Dwarven Fury may not be very compelling early on, but once you continue down this upgrade path you can send out a ring of fireballs, which can be quite potent when you need the firepower.

Lonely Mountain Lore

Cost	3500
Level Available	3
Moves	Special
Description	Increase damage and get to perfect mode more quickly with this special ability.
Recommendation	Let's face it--Gimli is most certainly not the best ranged Hero, and even in close combat he simply isn't as capable as many of the others. As a result, his special ability is quite necessary to boost his damage, and anything that does that is important.

Mountain Rage

Cost	5000
Level Available	4
Moves	Fierce
Description	A more devastating attack that sets enemies on fire (requires Dwarven Fury)
Recommendation	Continuing along the vein of Dwarven Fury, Mountain Rage will begin to become more useful, and should be purchased as soon as it's available.

Erebor Axes

Cost	5000
Level Available	5
Moves	Ranged
Description	These enchanted throwing axes cause additional damage.
Recommendation	There is one more upgrade to Gimli's ranged attacks, and both it and this one are needed just to allow him to do reasonable damage with ranged attacks.

Wrath of Moria

Cost	7000
Level Available	6
Moves	Fierce
Description	A most devastating attack that emits a ring of fireballs (requires Mountain Rage).
Recommendation	Dwarven Fury and Mountain Rage finally pay off in Wrath of Moria, which allows Gimli to hit multiple enemies with one shot and do even more damage. This upgrade should be purchased immediately.

Axe Mastery of Kings

Cost	7000
Level Available	7
Moves	Special
Description	Increase damage and reach perfect mode even faster (requires Lonely Mountain Lore).
Recommendation	Again, anything that boosts Gimli's special ability should be purchased immediately.

Moria Axes

Cost	5500
Level Available	7
Moves	Ranged
Description	These enchanted axes emit a lightning arc on impact (requires Erebor Axes).
Recommendation	Gimli's final upgrade for his ranged attack, Moria Axes will allow Gimli to do ranged damage that is on par with other characters mid-way through their ranged upgrades. Gimli will still take quite a bit of time to pull off ranged attacks, as his speed will remain unchanged.

Strength of Gloin

Cost	5000
Level Available	8
Moves	N/A
Description	Permanently increases your health (requires Strength of the Fellowship).
Recommendation	The first of two health upgrades that are available only to Gimli, this will enable Gimli to do some serious tanking, taking the damage away from other members of the party and allowing them to focus more on ranged attacks.

Dwarven Axe Mastery

Cost	25000
Level Available	10
Moves	Fierce
Description	Increases the damage of your Fierce attack.
Recommendation	While chances are you will be focusing more on speed attacks than fierce attacks, this upgrade should be purchased as soon as you are able to, after you purchase Strength of Khazad-dûm.

Strength of Khazad-dûm

Cost	5000
Level Available	10
Moves	N/A
Description	Permanently increases your health (requires Strength of Gloin).
Recommendation	The final upgrade to Gimli's health, this should be purchased immediately in order to allow him to last even longer in battle.

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