intermediateNight Elf
Mass Talons Versus Orc
Mass talons versus Orc ran the Night Elf versus Orc meta for years, especially during the lull of patch 1.26.
9 min read
intermediate
intermediateNight Elf
Night Elf’s 24 Food Proxy Expo
This build is seen mostly against Undead, but has situational viability in other match-ups. The idea is to sacrifice a little bit of power in the early game to establish a two base economy. Once your economy is up and running you can pump units and upgrades.
2 min read
intermediateNight Elf
Wisp Positioning
Night Elfs have a unique ability to be able to place their wisps anywhere on the map when harvesting lumber as wisps do not have to return the lumber to the main tree. As a result NE players take advantage of this ability and will place some of their wisps around the map.
3 min read
intermediateNight Elf
Tavern Hero First Build Order For Night Elf
Night elfs are by far the most common race to pick a tavern hero first. Sometimes it is simply just fun to play a tavern hero first. At other times it is one of the strongest things to do on a map vs certain races, like going beastmaster first against human on
3 min read
intermediateNight Elf
Ancient of War Creeping
Ancient of War (AoW) creeping has revolutionized night elf creep patterns and build orders. Proper AoW creeping is vital to learn after learning the basics of the game.
2 min read
intermediateNight Elf
Demon Hunter Fast Bear Tech
The standard fast master Druid of the Claws (bears) strategy is one of the first strategies a NE player should learn because it’s probably the safest build to play against most opponents. This build around fast bears can work in every matchup to varying degrees.
4 min read
intermediateNight Elf
1st Hero & Naga Archer/Dott Push
A strong timing push to hopefully end the game close to the 8 – 9 minute mark. The idea is to have adecent amount of archers with 2 Druids of the Talon in the back casting Faerie Fire on theenemy units to reduce their armor and provide vision. Your second hero
2 min read
intermediateNight Elf
1 AoW Fast Hunts Tech
This build is good for beginners who are just learning the game and not too confident in their micro since hunts are much beefier than archers.
3 min read
intermediateNight Elf
Hot’s Firelord Fast Expo Build
The Firelord fast expo build is a HoT's special. It’s probably the fastest expo build in the game, at least from a build start perspective.
3 min read
Build orders
Night Elf build orders
Timed step-by-step builds with a play-along clock. Pick one and follow it in your next game.
DH Keeper -> Dryads Bears by AllSupGoToHeaven
DH + Keeper Archers → Dryads → Bears. Some archers, some Dryads, then Bears.
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Orc / Night Elf·by AllSupGoToHeavenHas a source linkbeginner34 steps · 2.0 · 25 SeptFast Bears -> DH + Naga by AllSupGoToHeaven
DH + Naga Archers → Bears. Used when you need a fast Tier 3 bear timing beating a T2 push or finishing a weak enemy.
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Any·by AllSupGoToHeavenHas a source linkbeginner30 steps · 25 SeptFirelord Fast Expo
HoT's special: Tree of Life planted at the natural at 7 food, a Tavern Firelord whose Lava Spawns creep the expansion, Archers to hold, then a two-base tech to Marksmanship and Mountain Giants.
vsAny·by HoTfast expandfirelordarchersadvanced25 steps · 25 Sept1 AoW Fast Hunts Tech
A beginner friendly Night Elf build: Keeper of the Grove, Hunter's Hall and a single Ancient of War into Huntresses, tech at 23 food with Ultravision. Sturdy units that forgive weak micro.
vsOrc·by AlterEgohuntresseskeeper of the grovebeginnerbeginner13 steps · 25 Sept