WarCraft 3 MP: 29 minutes of hell

[vovan]

Thanks, DrSpike.

Some things I already know about, so you don;t have to type them up ():

1) Should have teched more aggressively. Bad memory.

2) When I was attacking the guy's expansion, and my hero got killed... Why didn't I teleport back home? Well, that's the problem of bad mouse reflexes. Thing is, I am playing on a laptop, so it doesn't have a numpad, thus I can't use keyboard to use items...

3) Why didn't I use the dragon egg when defending my base from that one attack that broke my spine? Bad memory again.

[vovan]

Hi, there, it's me again.

I just played three more games as humans, and that was... weird to say the least.

Game 1:
Me: Humans (I am currently at level 3, BTW)
Opponent: Elves (lvl 7)

I see the level 7 and expect a good beating. Quite rightfully so, it turned out. I start quite nicely, and build up even faster than usual. I start with a mage insted of the dwarf, as the elves have lots of ranged units, so I figure it'd be hard to get to them for a thunder clap. So, I get blizzard. OK, I run off to build an expansion. Clear out a mine from creeps, and start building a city hall. I glance at the minimap, and see a pink dot blink near my main base. Sh1t, I think, the end already? And start running with my archmage and five escorting footmen for defense. As I come up, a lvl 1 demon hunter emerges from the dark and heads towards my villies. But before he can do anything, I give him a cold shower, and he runs away. (Where's the horde? I think) Well, presently, I see the trees next to my gold mine part, and what emerges? A tree of life, that's what! And starts pounding on my ... lumbermill. OK, I give it a cold shower, as well, and when the spell is over, chop it down. Ten minutes later, a huge horde of elves comes up, and I am dead.

Okay, the guy was level 7, I think, and I have yet to truly win a game. Start a new one.

Game 2:
Me: Humans
Opponent Night Elves (lvl 1) "Yes, finally, I have a chance to win" - I think

What do I see instead? An exact replay of the previous game, only on a different map! As I start on the expansion, a lvl 1 demon hunter comes up, only this time, I kill him, followed closely by a tree of life, which I chop down, followed not so closely by an even larger horde than in the previos game: all three heroes, god knows how many units, and the walking trees summoned by one of the heroes. (Keeper is it?) I put up more of a fight than before, killing all the dryads in the back with blizzard, as well as two heroes: priestess, and the demon hunter. Sure enough, I am crushed nonetheless.

"D@mn newbies" I think, "can't even think up a new strategy" ( )

Game 3:
Me: Humans
Opponent: Orcs (lvl 3)

"Okay," I think, "no more walking trees for me!"

Not so fast!

As I start building my expansion, a lone farseer comes up to my base. I kill him. Then, some mercenaries, followed not so closely by a horde of units, with three heroes, and god knows how many witch doctors.

Why do I have this deja vous feeling?

*sigh* I guess I'll go play against the computer... At least it employs a variety of tactics. (Well, I need to train a little bit in certain aspects - most notably teleporting. It seems I can never do it in the heat of the battle.)

[DrSpike]

I watched the replay. One thing that stood out a mile was the speed of creeping. In the first 10 minutes you stood around watching the scenery for at least 5.

Learn 2 or 3 maps well (turn the others thumbs down for now - I have plunder and the 4 "4-player" maps thumbs up, and the biggest 3 thumbs down) and work out a good creeping order so you don't waste time.

Other than against undead I'd use AM as first hero, MK as second. First point should go to Water Elemental though, since with this you can creep without taking much damage with your footies.

Other things: don't build towers if you are going with a tier one army.....they are a waste of resources. Build less footies (you only need enough to creep with, and defend your base against rushes) and tech quicker to 2 arcane sanctums.

Also research 'defend' at the barracks when you have say, a 30 food army, this means you can creep creeps with ranged (ie piercing) attacks without taking much damage.

Keep practising, the game will get easier.