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This guide was created for the purpose of giving Orcs another tool to use against Night Elves. That being said, top orc players such as Grubby, Starbuck, and Knoff have been experimenting with variations of this build to surprise their opponents.
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Tauren Chieftain (TC) and Headhunters (HH) is an unconventional strategy to see in solo, but it does see some use. This build is most effective in team games 2v2, 4v4 etc due to the fact that HH provide military strength from early on and scale well.
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Warcraft 3 is a rather unique game when it comes to upgrades. In many other RTS games, a certain set of upgrades finishing is usually the “trigger” to start a push or timing attack towards your opponent.
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This opening is a rather niche one for Orcs. It is usually limited to very specific map-, matchup- or build-situations where it gives you a slight advantage over its “siblings”, the No Rax Tech without Shop, or the 1 Burrow Rax Tech.
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The two-burrow tech with grunts (or just two-burrow tech for short) is as its name suggests a variation of the one-burrow tech build-order where you build your second burrow before teching instead of afterwards, and is most commonly used in the mirror and vs.
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This opening is one of the most standard and versatile openings for Orc. It allows you to transition into multiple different builds at tier 2 and also get a relatively quick second hero. It does not have the same strength of an HH build early on, but does allo
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This is the fastest ‘standard’ strategy tech in the game. It used to be the go to strategy versus human until headhunters got popular and it’s still very strong in the matchup.
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This is a variation of the 2 Burrow Headhunter build, that adds one grunt before building any headhunters. The added grunt gives some extra damage and tankiness for early creeping.
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The Farseer Headhunter 2 Burrow Tech is the most versatile opening orc players have. It can work vs every race and offers transitions into multiple strong mid and late game strategies. That also makes it a good choice versus opponents playing random. Difficult
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Timed step-by-step builds with a play-along clock. Pick one and follow it in your next game.
The most versatile Orc opening: Farseer, Headhunters and two burrows before tech, with harass or creeping depending on the matchup.
Any·by Gym CoachesheadhuntersstandardfarseerThe fastest standard Orc tech: Farseer harass while you skip the Barracks and go straight to Stronghold at 17 supply. Strongest against Human but also viable vs races such as undead to mass wyvern.
Human·by Gym Coachesfast techfarseerharassThe standard Orc opener: one burrow, Barracks and Voodoo Lounge before a 20 supply Stronghold, three Grunts and a quick second hero. Flexible into any tier 2 or 3 plan.
Any·by Sartstandardgruntsone burrowThe 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.
Any·by Gym Coachesgruntstwo burrowsafe
