Standard Human Mirror Build

The standard Human mirror: Archmage Footmen, tech at 30 food around nightfall, Mountain King second, two Arcane Sanctums into Priests and Spell Breakers, then expand between 40 and 50 food.

By GotQuail· Updated 23 September 2026

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Full guideStandard Human Mirror Guide

The standard way to open the Human mirror. Always keep a Peasant in production until the stopping point, and unless stated otherwise every Peasant that builds goes to lumber after. Benchmark: the tier 2 tech should start around nightfall, 18:00 on the in-game clock.

Your 50 food army should be about 15 Peasants, 2 heroes, 4-5 Priests and the rest Spell Breakers plus any surviving Footmen. Expand between 40 and 50 food, add a Blacksmith for 2/2 Breaker upgrades, and tech tier 3 for Knights, Paladin and Staff of Sanctuary once you have an edge.

Build order · 19 steps

#	Food	Instruction
1	5	Send 4 Peasants to gold, 1 builds an Altar of Kings. Train 1 Peasant at your Town Hall.
2	6	1st Peasant builds a Barracks.
3	7	2nd Peasant builds a Farm.
4	8	3rd Peasant mines gold.
5	9	4th Peasant builds a Farm. All new Peasants from here on harvest lumber.
6	10	Altar finishes: start training an Archmage.
7	16	Barracks finishes: train a Footman and keep producing them until the stopping point noted below. The Barracks Peasant builds the third Farm.
8	19	When your second Farm finishes, build a Scout Tower with the same Peasant.
9	21	First Footman finishes: send it to scout the enemy.
10	22	When the Archmage spawns, call Militia and creep your first camp with the Archmage, militia, and 2nd Footman.
11	28	Stop producing Peasants. You should have 15 in total: 5 on gold, 10 on lumber.
12	28	Upgrade your Scout Tower to an Arcane Tower.
13	30	Tech to tier 2 as soon as you can afford it. Benchmark: around nightfall, 18:00 on the in-game clock.
14	30	After starting the tech, spend in this order: Boots of Speed on the Archmage, Arcane Vault, Lumber Mill, 2 Farms.
15	-	When tier 2 finishes get a second hero (when in doubt, Mountain King) and build two Arcane Sanctums, each power built with one extra Peasant.
16	-	When the Sanctums finish start making Priests. Start Priest Adept Training after the third Priest. After five Priests, start making Spell Breakers.
17	-	Expand somewhere between 40 and 50 food, then strengthen the lumber economy with about 2 Peasants or hire a Shredder.
18	-	After expanding start a Blacksmith and get your Breakers to 2/2 (order: 1/0, 1/1, 2/1, then 2/2).
19	-	When you have an advantage, tech tier 3 for Knights, a Paladin and Staff of Sanctuary.