DK Ghoul Tech vs DH Naga/Panda 1 Base

This build allows a relatively quick tier 3 in order to access your orb and third hero but is also very safe in that you have multiple ghouls that can be used for base defense and creeping.

By Quberte· Updated 23 September 2026

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Full guideDeath Knight and Ghoul Tech vs. DH Naga/Panda 1 Base

This build allows a relatively quick tier 3 to access your orb and third hero, but is also very safe: multiple Ghouls can be used for base defence and creeping. Great potential for high hero levels and a fun combination of units to fight with.

Intermediate. Requires micro and timing.

Build order · 18 steps

#	Food	Instruction
1	5	Queue the 1st Acolyte immediately, send Acolytes to gold and your Ghoul to wood.
2	6	Use the starting Acolyte to build an Altar and a Crypt.
3	6	Build a Ziggurat as soon as gold allows (150).
4	6	Build a 5th Acolyte.
5	7	Build a 6th Acolyte to build the shop and scout the Ancient of War position and starting hero. Keep it nearby and try not to lose it.
6	15	Start the Death Knight and the 1st Ghoul from your Crypt.
7	15	Make a 2nd Ziggurat and continue making Ghouls until 23 food.
8	19	When the DK pops out, buy a Rod of Necromancy and take 3 Ghouls to creep your nearest green camp (not the smallest of the two).
9	19	Go to 23 food with Ghouls while continuing to creep.
10	23	Start the tier 2 tech.
11	23	Continue to creep and make Ghouls to 30 food (the Acolyte will die to free up space). Get a Graveyard and 3rd Ziggurat.
12	30	Decide: be aggressive before tier 2, aggressive with Naga second, or grab Lich second and play passively. Get the second hero when you hit tier 2.
13	35	Scout the Night Elf side of the map for a possible expansion.
14	35	Get tier 3, then Slaughterhouse, then Ziggurat in that order.
15	35	Get a Fiend and a Statue as soon as possible. Get a 2nd Statue right after.
16	41	The 2nd Statue should finish just before tier 3 hits.
17	44	Get Lich or Naga third (whichever you did not get), Ghoul Frenzy and Destroyer Form right away.
18	49	Buy the orb with the Lich. Take the red spot and fight the Night Elf with attack upgrades, more Fiends and 3-4 Statues; morph Statues to focus Bears.