Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos/The Culling

Chapter Introduction
Early the next morning, on the outskirts of Stratholme...

Mission Objectives

 * Main Quest - The Culling
 * Destroy plagued villager houses
 * Kill 100 zombies
 * Stop Mal'Ganis from claiming 100 zombies

Strategy
The minimap for this region is already explored, as such you can plan your attack to your satisifaction.

Take your initial time to prepare - on normal you have 3 minutes, while on hard you have two minutes. If you need a defensive choke-point, look at the decorative fountain to the south of your base; here you can build towers and set a defensive formation where your units can quickly move to the magical fountain for healing.

Once the preparation phase is complete (or you kill a villager), Mal'Ganis teleports into the middle of the city (just to the north-east of the dark-grey X) and knocks down a building that was previously tagged as invulnerable. He demonstrates his power to convert villagers; you may want to skip the cutscene if you've seen it before, as it slows him down by a few seconds.

At this point, knock down as many buildings as you can, while ensuring that your base remains standing.

Mal'Ganis
Mal'Ganis is a level 7 Dreadlord on Normal, with 3 levels of sleep and 1 level of Carrion Swarm. On hard, he has 3 levels of Carrion Swarm for extra damage.

If you manage to take him out, he will recover in 3 minutes (or 90 seconds on hard).

He has 5 entry points when he respawns or otherwise needs to teleport:
 * The decorative fountain in the center of town.
 * The decorative fountain in the south-east corner.
 * The decorative fountain in the south-west corner.
 * The north-west corner, in the middle of the buildings.
 * The south-west corner that's just east of the undead base.

Attack waves
The Purple AI player will send units approximatly 4-5 minutes apart (including the mission start). On hard difficulty, you get attacked by four ghouls within 2 minutes, the attack rate is increases to every 3 minutes, and the waves are larger.

The base in the south-west corner cannot run out of resources, and destroying it does not impede Mal'Ganis from completing his objective (he is respawned from his own special base, which is invulnerable.)

Treasures

 * A small enforcer camp is located on the north edge of the map to the west of your base; you can get a Scroll of Town Portal, but that's not worthwhile.

Points of Interest

 * If you move Arthas to the fountain in the center of the city, Arthas gives a small speech.
 * There is a zoo on the left side of town.