Two Burrow Tech with Grunts

The safe Orc opener: second burrow and two Grunts before tech at 23 supply. Slower than one burrow tech but far harder to punish. Common in the mirror match up and vs Night Elf.

By Gym Coaches· Updated 24 September 2026

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Full guideTwo Burrow Tech With Grunts

The two burrow tech with Grunts is a variation of the one burrow tech where you build your second burrow before teching instead of afterwards. It is most commonly used in the mirror and versus Night Elf. The tech is slower, but your second burrow is far less exposed to early aggression, and making four Grunts during the tech makes early harass and tower rush attempts much easier to deal with.

Easier to get into and less punishing than one burrow teching, but it gets harder to execute the stronger your opponents get: the slow tech puts you behind by default, so you have to snowball off your creeping.

Build order · 14 steps

#	Food	Instruction
1	5	Queue 2 peons in your Great Hall.
2	6	Send 4 of your starting peons to mine gold, the 5th starting peon starts an Altar.
3	7	Your 1st peon produced builds your first burrow, then harvests lumber.
4	8	The 2nd peon produced builds your Barracks. Queue peons until 11/11 from here on.
5	9	The 3rd peon produced saturates your gold mine (5/5).
6	10	The 4th, 5th and 6th peons produced gather lumber.
7	10	Train your hero of choice.
8	16	As soon as you hit 40 lumber, construct your second burrow.
9	16	When your Barracks finishes, train a Grunt.
10	19	When you get 130 gold, build a Voodoo Lounge.
11	19	When you get 80 gold, train your 7th peon and send it to lumber.
12	20	Start creeping with your hero and Grunt as soon as they finish training.
13	20	As soon as your 2nd burrow finishes, train your 2nd Grunt.
14	23	Tech as soon as possible, right about when your 2nd Grunt finishes (around 2:50).