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AnybeginnerFarseer Headhunter 2 Burrow Tech
The most versatile Orc opening: Farseer, Headhunters and two burrows before tech, with harass or creeping depending on the matchup.
By Gym Coaches· Updated 24 September 2026
About this build
Full guideFarseer Headhunter Standard 2 Burrow TechThe Farseer Headhunter 2 Burrow Tech is the most versatile opening Orc players have. It can work against every race and offers transitions into multiple strong mid and late game strategies, which also makes it a good choice versus opponents playing random.
Strong early pressure, fast and safe creeping with wolves tanking, and an army that is easy to micro. The trade-off is a slow tech: your second hero arrives a bit later than with other openers, and Headhunters are vulnerable in the midgame until tier 2 units or the Berserker upgrade arrive.
Build order · 19 steps
| # | Food | Instruction |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |  Queue 3 peons in your Great Hall. |
| 2 | 6 |  Send 4 of your starting peons to gold, the 5th builds an Altar. |
| 3 | 7 |  The 1st peon produced builds a burrow. |
| 4 | 8 | The 2nd peon produced fills up the gold mine to 5/5. Queue another (4th) peon. |
| 5 | 9 |  The 3rd peon produced builds a War Mill. Queue another (5th) peon. |
| 6 | 10 |  The 4th peon produced gathers lumber. Queue another (6th) peon. |
| 7 | 10 |  Build a Farseer. Peons that built the Altar and burrow gather lumber. |
| 8 | 16 |  The 5th produced peon builds a Barracks. Queue another (7th) peon. |
| 9 | 17 | The 6th and 7th produced peons gather lumber. Stop peon production now. |
| 10 | 17 | Build a second burrow. |
| 11 | 17 | Skill Spirit Wolves and send the Farseer towards the opponent to harass (vs NE, UD or HU) or to creep (vs Orc). |
| 12 | 17 |  Queue 2 Headhunters as soon as the Barracks finishes. |
| 13 | 21 |  Upgrade your Great Hall to a Stronghold. |
| 14 | 21 | Keep Headhunter production going until you have six of them. |
| 15 | 27 | Build a 3rd burrow or a Voodoo Lounge (if your Farseer is low on health you might want to build the Lounge first). |
| 16 | 29 |  Build a Voodoo Lounge or a third burrow (the one you did not build previously). |
| 17 | 34 |  As soon as tier 2 finishes, start your second hero (most common is the Tauren Chieftain or shadow hunter)). |
| 18 | 34 |  Optional: if a lot of your Headhunters are hurt get the Troll Regeneration upgrade, or get it later. |
| 19 | 34 |  Build up to two tier 2 buildings depending on what you want your end game composition to be. |
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