Warcraft III Frozen Throne Orc Strategy (Beginning)

A general Orc strategy for the beginning of the game that I find effective
1. Send 3 Peons to the Gold Mine
2. Build an Altar of Storms
3. Build a Burrow
4. Send the first built Peon to mine gold
5. Send the second to build a Barracks
6. Send the rest to mine Lumber
7. When the Burrow is finished, have that Peon mine Lumber
8. When the Altar of Storms is finished. Have that Peon mine GOLD (I did this incorrectly in the video)
9. Build a Hero ( I chose Shadow Hunter, explained later)
10. Build another Burrow
11. Build a Grunt (If done properly, once the Barracks is done building, you will have enough gold to build the Grunt right away
12. Go attack low level creeps (I attacked the wrong group to start, but with the Shadow Hunter it is do-able
13. Build a War Mill
14. Build a Voodoo Lodge
After that point, you should make your moves based upon your opponent's race, skill level, and what they are doing.

If followed properly, this strategy does not wait on Food or Gold, only build time (that is not intentionally delayed to alleviate one of the other wait times). Which is why I like it and find it extremely effective.

I choose Shadow Hunter as my first Hero (Usually) for the Healing capabilities, the Orc units do enough damage that another high DPS is not necessary early game. Since the Orcs don't get very much healing, choosing the Heal skill right away keeps the Grunts alive longer, which means less gold lost to dead units.

I also find the Far Seer to be a helpful companion for the Shadow Hunter, providing the chain lightning skill. However, going this route is extremely reliant on mana, and your opponent can take advantage of that with Mana Burn/Drain.

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[momo619ful]

KojinSlayer why dont u just press enter and say greedisgood1000000 and that gives u 1000000 of every resorce. press enter again aand right whosyourdaddy and that makes invincible and just buil whatever u want. like if this is helpful

[KojinSlayer]

@momo619ful Because cheating doesn't get you anywhere in anything

[lolyengz]

Hmmm... I am not a hater but I just have a few questions

1. The reason for the open base?

2. Shadow Shaman's healing is better as a 2nd hero?

3. The delay for the tech?

[KojinSlayer]

@lolyengz

1. Placement of the buildings wasn't considered or mentioned, not something that I was trying to introduce

2. I like the SS healing to not lose gold on units early game thus have larger army for the first attack on me/against them

3. No real reason other than the whole game wasn't planned out. I left the game shortly after the video ended. I was just focusing on creeping at this point

[sertic1]

sif shadow fighter? i usually get bladesman and then that majic guy who can summon dogs as my only two hero's, bladesman can get some really fast experience right off the bat and i love it for its raw power and attack speed, th emajic guy is also a good starter because it can summon dogs to get some fast experience aswell.. pleassseeee reply with your reasonigs behind using shadow fighter because tbh i havnt used it much b4

[KojinSlayer]

@sertic1 I got him to keep the other units alive so your loss on gold while creeping is low and keep all units high health for when you attack or get attacked. Many people apparently feel this is not a good idea because he is a support hero so early game you are more vulnerable to a strong offensive hero attack by your opponent. This is just a strategy I was using that worked for me.

[gravisamurai89]

Okay, I'm about to be totally flamed, but I cannot play this game unless it's in the story mode. I can't beat even one computer of Easy. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I just can't win! I prefer Orcs, but I'm better with Undead really. I usually try to play all Offense, but I end up on Defense the entire game and still get my ass handed to me. Help me!

[KojinSlayer]

@monclus12 that's a replay bud

[RobbieALong1]

@momo619ful Dumbass he's playing online so he couldn't cheat if wanting to

[Chowminator44192]

@gravisamurai89 Look its really not that hard just find a race that works for you and use it try out all the units and see which one you like best them use them in all games

[Chowminator44192]

@momo619ful Also if your playing online it does not work

[joshxxt]

@gravisamurai89 it's all about the first battle. whoever wins that first battle will win the game. generally against the computer it just ends up being a resource battle.

[TheRedWolf080]

@gravisamurai89 I know its kinda late but I would be willing to help train you. respond to my comment or email TGold80@aol.com

[MrPuddleduck97]

i was looking at the comments and there is still a lot of people that still play warcraft 3 i thought i was one of the only ones

[Mrfirefoxable]

@gravisamurai89 All you need to do to fix that problem, look up commentary of high level WC games. You will learn so much in so little time. All I did was watch HuskySC and HDSC on here, Youtube, and I learned enough to play in masters pretty quick. :p

[JJusty1]

xD nap :)

[robbyperez]

@sertic1 BM is primary an offensive unit... with/ bloodlust is insane... with heals makes him tank... windwalk him into the middle of the opposing army and cast lightening shield... ouch... my problem with his ability to do damage with the BM vs humans with AM is that he can't catch the AM to do the damage so he also can't level up because AM is wiping out my peons with Blizzard... with SH i can hex him which cancles bizz and beat him up with grunts so he's forced to leave my base alone...

[WC3GAM3R]

Making a clan and it's gonna be called Shade WarriorS on US West So message me and let me know your name on wc3 and if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer them but message me!!everyone in comments are invited but message me!

[SpookyWatcher]

And is there and warcraft 3 TFT reviews? (Like HDStarcraft doing reviews of starcraft 2)

[SpookyWatcher]

I need a help too ( pretty same as gravisamurai89 ) and i'm on eurobattle server

[tax1z12sky]

@jael941 hey man you have x fire or msn maybe we can work smthn out i play the cracked one

[conazer0]

@sertic1 it has chain heal and an invulnerablity buff while he isnt moving.

[jael941]

@gravisamurai89 add me on warcraft ill teach you im pro Gt : DemonKiller

[blackelite4355]

this is so helpful thanks for the strategy :) but i still can't insane (lol) because i'm still a noob D:

p.s. Don't worry i will sub :D

[XTheRamdomGuyX]

@gravisamurai89 ummm get blade master get wind walk and if you know where the other CPU is then jsut rush them with blade master harass them and try to kill their builders peon alpose wisp w/e

and just keep doing it and build up your arm and send them to the BM btw windwalk away and make sure the BM lives

[MathiasMoeller]

This is not the best orc beginning strategy.

[KojinSlayer]

@MehmedTube I usually use the Xfire in game video recording.