RedRagToAnOrc
07-16-2005, 6:27 AM
I was surfing the net recently, looking for new strategies that I could try out with Night-Elves, when I came across a Level 15 who had posted a strategy using the Firelord as your first hero.
Intrigued, I read the article, and it seemed quite valid. It has a number of flaws, and against skilled players would probably be demolished, but I tried it, anyway, and beat a Level 22 (which wasn't even his real level) with it last night. In fact, for that matter, I thrashed him.
Basically, it goes like this.
Firstly, get 2 moon wells and a barracks, late altar then go to the tavern to get your Firelord. Pick Lava Spawn as your first skill, then rush the enemy.
The Lava Spawn, if it hits a living thing 12 times, will split into two healthy lava spawns - so basically, you can get quite a lot of Lava Spawns if you can keep up the rush for long enough.
Meanwhile, start pumping out huntresses at your base and send them to the Firelord. Upgrade your main base and keep pumping hunts until you have about 8 or 9 of them. This should keep you going until you can tech, if your micro is good enough.
When your base is upgraded, get a Dark Ranger (Black Arrow) from the Tavern, and pump out Dryads and Druids of the Talon, until you have a full group of them. Keep harrassing the enemy.
If all goes to plan and your Dark Ranger manages to kill a few units, you can get quite a few skeletons with Lava Spawns as well.
My game didn't go exactly to plan. Firstly, I attacked the wrong base (on a 4 player map,) because his Far Seer was scouting that base and I saw it, thinking that was his base.
Still, the Firelord was in a group with 2 or 3 spawns by the time he attacked me first. By this point, I was pumping out huntresses, and happened to see the tower rush he was using outside of my base. I destroyed the towers, healed my damaged huntresses and quashed another tower attack on the other side of the base.
By this time, I had a number of hunts and had gone to attack his base. Keeping the harrassment up for most of the time, I teched my main base and started getting Dryads/Druids, with my Dark Ranger. It fizzles out a bit, and the battle is quite decisive, but I was still happy with the way I played. He got so frustrated in the end that he left.
I've attached the replay, it's quite a good one, please take some time out to watch it and give me your opinions.
Intrigued, I read the article, and it seemed quite valid. It has a number of flaws, and against skilled players would probably be demolished, but I tried it, anyway, and beat a Level 22 (which wasn't even his real level) with it last night. In fact, for that matter, I thrashed him.
Basically, it goes like this.
Firstly, get 2 moon wells and a barracks, late altar then go to the tavern to get your Firelord. Pick Lava Spawn as your first skill, then rush the enemy.
The Lava Spawn, if it hits a living thing 12 times, will split into two healthy lava spawns - so basically, you can get quite a lot of Lava Spawns if you can keep up the rush for long enough.
Meanwhile, start pumping out huntresses at your base and send them to the Firelord. Upgrade your main base and keep pumping hunts until you have about 8 or 9 of them. This should keep you going until you can tech, if your micro is good enough.
When your base is upgraded, get a Dark Ranger (Black Arrow) from the Tavern, and pump out Dryads and Druids of the Talon, until you have a full group of them. Keep harrassing the enemy.
If all goes to plan and your Dark Ranger manages to kill a few units, you can get quite a few skeletons with Lava Spawns as well.
My game didn't go exactly to plan. Firstly, I attacked the wrong base (on a 4 player map,) because his Far Seer was scouting that base and I saw it, thinking that was his base.
Still, the Firelord was in a group with 2 or 3 spawns by the time he attacked me first. By this point, I was pumping out huntresses, and happened to see the tower rush he was using outside of my base. I destroyed the towers, healed my damaged huntresses and quashed another tower attack on the other side of the base.
By this time, I had a number of hunts and had gone to attack his base. Keeping the harrassment up for most of the time, I teched my main base and started getting Dryads/Druids, with my Dark Ranger. It fizzles out a bit, and the battle is quite decisive, but I was still happy with the way I played. He got so frustrated in the end that he left.
I've attached the replay, it's quite a good one, please take some time out to watch it and give me your opinions.