Mountain King tower rush

Mountain King with Storm Bolt, five Peasants walk to the Night Elf base and tower it while Footmen and Militia hold the line. Wins outright or forces a huge economic setback.

By Gym Coaches· Updated 18 September 2026

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About this build

The tower rush is the Human answer to a greedy Night Elf. It does not need to kill the base outright: forcing your opponent to fight under your towers with a Demon Hunter that has not levelled is usually enough to take the game or set their economy back two minutes.

Key rules: walk the Peasants with the Footmen so they are not picked off by Archers on the way, place the first tower where it can hit the Ancient of War, and keep Militia in reserve rather than converting everything at once. If the Night Elf has a Huntress timing ready, tower the natural instead and expand behind it.

Abandon the rush if you lose the Mountain King or if two towers go down before Guard Tower finishes.

Build order · 11 steps

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#	Time	Food	Instruction
1	0:00	5	4 Peasants to gold, 1 builds Altar of Kings
2	0:05	5	Queue 2 Peasants
3	0:20	6	New Peasant builds Farm
4	0:35	7	Peasant builds Barracks
5	1:05	8	Farm
6	1:30	9	Mountain King, Storm Bolt first
7	1:45	11	2 Footmen
8	2:10	13	Scout Tower at the Night Elf natural
9	2:40	15	5 Peasants walk to their main with the Footmen
10	3:15	17	Build 3 Scout Towers in their base, upgrade to Guard Towers
11	4:00	19	Militia the Peasants when attacked, Storm Bolt the hero