07-09-2004, 09:17 PM
I've won games (as Orc, anyway) without ever truly using my hero other than as a mobile rally point. I'll usually grab a Tauren Chieftain (lots of HP and War Stomp is great for annoying the piss out of enemies) and tack on a few Grunts and Headhunters and go running around to distract my enemy, while I sneak in 12-18 Raiders into his base and lay waste to it. While he's busy chasing my Tauren and his crew halfway across the map, my Raiders are busily tearing up his town. You can also sneak a pack of 12-16 Wind Riders in behind the hero(es) and units chasing your Tauren and assassinate the hero(es) and/or units, assuming that there isn't much AA present. If you manage to force the enemy to use his Town Portal to save himself (or, in team games, save his partner), the Raider strategy becomes even more effective.
For Undead, use lots of Ghouls, Necromancers, and Obsidian Statues with Spirit Touch. The Ghouls are cannon fodder, mostly to provide corpses and to tie up enemy units. The Necromancers use Raise Dead to create skeletal armies, and the Obsidian Statues refill the Necromancers' Mana reserves. You can also research Destroyer form and use the statues for air-based attacks should the need arise. Meat Wagons with Exhume Corpses also complement this force nicely.
You don't need heroes to win games, but they do make nice mobile rally points or "kill me" signs.
For Undead, use lots of Ghouls, Necromancers, and Obsidian Statues with Spirit Touch. The Ghouls are cannon fodder, mostly to provide corpses and to tie up enemy units. The Necromancers use Raise Dead to create skeletal armies, and the Obsidian Statues refill the Necromancers' Mana reserves. You can also research Destroyer form and use the statues for air-based attacks should the need arise. Meat Wagons with Exhume Corpses also complement this force nicely.
You don't need heroes to win games, but they do make nice mobile rally points or "kill me" signs.
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
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