Solo Paladin Baptism Build

Paladin and Footmen hit and run the Undead buildings while you expand at 24 food behind an Arcane Tower and mass towers on both bases. Static defence holds; the army does not.

By DarkDestroy· Updated 23 September 2026

Suggest an update

paladinfootmenexpansiontowershit and run

About this build

Full guideSolo Paladin Baptism Build

Written by DarkDestroy/TheRedOrc. The Solo Paladin build is effective only against Undead and relies on hit and run with buildings as the primary target. You need to out-micro the opponent early and lean on static defences to hold pushes, since your army will not beat theirs head on.

This can work at all levels; it comes down to execution, and Gym members have reached 1700 MMR with it. The opening is the same as a standard Human build, which we recommend perfecting first.

Build order · 19 steps

#	Food	Instruction
1	5	Send 4 of your first Peasants to gold, 1 begins a Farm, stops making it, then build an Altar. Send it to wood after the Altar.
2	5	Queue 2 Peasants.
3	6	Send your 1st Peasant created to build a Barracks, then to wood when finished.
4	7	Send your 2nd Peasant created to continue building the 1st Farm, then to wood when finished.
5	7	Queue 2 more Peasants.
6	8	Send your 3rd Peasant to the gold mine and rally your 4th Peasant to the gold mine.
7	9	When the 4th Peasant is half trained, take 1 Peasant from gold to build a 2nd Farm and queue a 3rd Farm to build right after it.
8	9	Queue 2 Peasants. When the 4th Peasant is created put it on gold for 5/5. All other Peasants mine wood.
9	11	Make your hero, the Paladin.
10	18	Queue 1 Peasant.
11	19	Make the 2nd Footman.
12	21	Queue 1 Peasant.
13	22	Make the 4th Farm with the Peasant building the 3rd farm. Militia creep when the Paladin is out, and take an instant expansion if possible.
14	22	Produce the 3rd Footman when available.
15	24	Drop a Town Hall and an Arcane Tower.
16	24	Produce 3 Peasants and the 4th Footman.
17	29	If the opponent has scouted you, keep producing Peasants and play defensively; otherwise you can tech.
18	-	Build a Lumber Mill and start massing towers once the tech has started. You need at least 5 towers on each base.
19	-	Assess whether you need a Goblin Shredder for wood.