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== General Terms ==
==General terms==
* '''Rush''': Trying to decide the game early by attacking quickly.
 
* '''Harrass''': Attack quickly with a small amount of units, but not with the aim to decide the game, but to disturb the development of the enemy. Harrassing often involves trying to disturb the economy or trying to steal xp or items when the enemy is creeping.
* '''Fast Expand''': Get a second gold mine into operation as soon as possible, in particular, before you can actually protect it, and rely on having a larger economy than your opponent. Wood can be got anywhere, but the maximum mining rate is 5 workers per mine.
* '''Harass''': Attack quickly with a small amount of units, but not with the aim to decide the game, but to disturb the development of the enemy. Harassing often involves trying to disturb the economy or trying to steal xp or items when the enemy is creeping.
* '''Micro''': Controlling your units in a battle. For example using spells, retreating hurt units or focusing fire on a weakened unit to prevent the enemy from retreating it.
* '''Micro''': Controlling your units in a battle. For example using spells, retreating hurt units or focusing fire on a weakened unit to prevent the enemy from retreating it.
* '''Macro''': The delelpment of your economy. For example: gaining wood and gold at a high rate, upgrading your units.
* '''Macro''': The development of your economy. For example: gaining wood and gold at a high rate.
* '''Rush''': Trying to decide the game early by attacking quickly. Involves sacrificing economic growth to get troops out very early.
* '''Spawn Camp''': When a player or faction has one or more units arriving at some point on the map, usually a fixed point, and often after being resurrected from a previous death, but those units are not yet prepared to fight, then if you "camp" out near their "spawn" point, you can get a lot of easy kills. This often applies in Warcraft campaign scenarios, because the AI moves newly produced units to an assembly area, and then attacks when a critical mass is reached. The assembly area is often unguarded, especially if you have breached a defensive line. The units in the assembly area are generally unprepared to fight, or there aren't enough of them to put up a good fight.
* '''Teching''': Sacrificing early combat unit production to invest in upgrading your units and, especially, acquiring the ability to produce later, superior units.
* '''Tower Rush''': Sending workers into your opponent's base right from the start to build Towers there before he has anything that can beat Towers.
* '''Focus Fire''': Focusing all ranged units attacks on a single unit to kill that unit as fast as possible.
* '''Focus Fire''': Focusing all ranged units attacks on a single unit to kill that unit as fast as possible.
* '''Nuking''': Using focus fire and all spells on a single hero to kill that hero as fast as possible.
* '''Nuking''': Using focus fire and all spells on a single hero to kill that hero as fast as possible.
*'''Creeping''': Fighting the various creeps around the map to gain experience points and items.
*'''Creeping''': Fighting the various creeps around the map to gain experience points and items.


== Abbreviations ==
==Abbreviations==
 
===General===
=== General ===
* '''TP''': Town Portal
* '''TP''': Town Portal


=== Heroes ===
===Heroes===
* Undead
* Undead
** '''DK''': Death Knight
** '''DK''': Death Knight
** '''DL''': Dreadlord
** '''DL''': Dreadlord
** '''CL''': Cryptlord
** '''CL''': Cryptlord
 
** '''LK''': Lich King
* Nightelf
* Nightelf
** '''DH''': Demon Hunter
** '''DH''': Demon Hunter
** '''KotG''': Keeper of the Groove
** '''KotG''': Keeper of the Grove
** '''PotM''': Priestress of the Moon
** '''PotM''': Priestess of the Moon
 
*Orc
*Orc
** '''BM''': Blade Master
** '''BM''': Blade Master
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** '''SH''': Shadow Hunter
** '''SH''': Shadow Hunter
** '''TC''': Tauren Chieftain
** '''TC''': Tauren Chieftain
 
*Human
* Human
** '''Pal''': Paladin
** '''AM''': Archmage
** '''AM''': Archmage
** '''MK''': Mountain King
** '''MK''': Mountain King
** '''BM''': Bloodmage (somteimse BlM to avoid confusion with the Beastmaster and Blademaster)
** '''BM''': Bloodmage (sometimes BlM to avoid confusion with the Beastmaster and Blademaster)
 
* Neutral
* Neutral
** '''DR''': Dark Ranger
** '''DR''': Dark Ranger
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** '''FL''': Firelord
** '''FL''': Firelord


=== Buildings ===
===Buildings===
* '''AoW''': Ancient of War (sometimes Ancient of Wind)
* '''AoW''': Ancient of War (sometimes Ancient of Wind)
* '''AoL''': Ancient of Lore
* '''AoL''': Ancient of Lore
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* '''ToL''': Tree of Life
* '''ToL''': Tree of Life
* '''ToA''': Tree of Ages (seldom used)
* '''ToA''': Tree of Ages (seldom used)
* '''ToE''': Tree of Eternety (seldom used)
* '''ToE''': Tree of Eternity (seldom used)
* '''Zig''': Ziggurat
* '''Zig''': Ziggurat


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Table of Contents

Gameplay
Multiplayer strategies
Humans
Orcs
Undead
Night Elves
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Walkthrough
Prologue
Exodus of the Horde
  1. Chasing Visions
  2. Departures
Human Campaign
The Scourge of Lordaeron
  1. The Defense of Strahnbrad
  2. Blackrock n Roll
  3. Ravages of the Plague
  4. Cult of the Damned
  5. March of the Scourge
  6. The Culling
  7. The Shores of Northrend
  8. Dissension
  9. Frostmourne
Undead Campaign
Path of the Damned
  1. Trudging through the Ashes
  2. Digging up the Dead
  3. Into the Realm Eternal
  4. Key of the Three Moons
  5. The Fall of Silvermoon
  6. Blackrock & Roll, Too
  7. The Siege of Dalaran
  8. Under the Burning Sky
Orc Campaign
The Invasion of Kalimdor
  1. Landfall
  2. The Long March
  3. Cry of the Warsong
  4. The Spirits of Ashenvale
  5. The Hunter of Shadows
  6. Where Wyverns Dare
  7. The Oracle
  8. By Demons be Driven
Night Elf Sentinel Campaign
Eternity's End
  1. Enemies at the Gate
  2. Daughters of the Moon
  3. The Awakening of Stormrage
  4. The Druids Arise
  5. Brothers in Blood
  6. A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow
  7. Twilight of the Gods
Custom games
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
New features
Multiplayer
Custom games
Walkthrough
Night Elf Sentinel Campaign
Terror of the Tides
  1. The Rise of the Naga
  2. The Broken Isles
  3. The Tome of Sargeras
  4. Wrath of the Betrayer
  5. Balancing of the Scales
  6. Shards of the Alliance
  7. The Ruins of Dalaran
  8. The Brothers Stormrage
Human Campaign
Curse of the Blood Elves
  1. Misconceptions
  2. A Dark Covenant
  3. The Dungeons of Dalaran
  4. The Search for Illidan
  5. Gates of the Abyss
  6. Lord of Outland
Undead Campaign
Legacy of the Damned
  1. King Arthas
  2. The Flight From Lordaeron
  3. The Dark Lady
  4. The Return To Northrend
  5. Dreadlord's Fall
  6. A New Power in Lordaeron
  7. Into The Shadow Web Caverns
  8. A Symphony Of Frost And Flame
Orc Campaign
The Founding of Durotar

General terms[edit]

  • Fast Expand: Get a second gold mine into operation as soon as possible, in particular, before you can actually protect it, and rely on having a larger economy than your opponent. Wood can be got anywhere, but the maximum mining rate is 5 workers per mine.
  • Harass: Attack quickly with a small amount of units, but not with the aim to decide the game, but to disturb the development of the enemy. Harassing often involves trying to disturb the economy or trying to steal xp or items when the enemy is creeping.
  • Micro: Controlling your units in a battle. For example using spells, retreating hurt units or focusing fire on a weakened unit to prevent the enemy from retreating it.
  • Macro: The development of your economy. For example: gaining wood and gold at a high rate.
  • Rush: Trying to decide the game early by attacking quickly. Involves sacrificing economic growth to get troops out very early.
  • Spawn Camp: When a player or faction has one or more units arriving at some point on the map, usually a fixed point, and often after being resurrected from a previous death, but those units are not yet prepared to fight, then if you "camp" out near their "spawn" point, you can get a lot of easy kills. This often applies in Warcraft campaign scenarios, because the AI moves newly produced units to an assembly area, and then attacks when a critical mass is reached. The assembly area is often unguarded, especially if you have breached a defensive line. The units in the assembly area are generally unprepared to fight, or there aren't enough of them to put up a good fight.
  • Teching: Sacrificing early combat unit production to invest in upgrading your units and, especially, acquiring the ability to produce later, superior units.
  • Tower Rush: Sending workers into your opponent's base right from the start to build Towers there before he has anything that can beat Towers.
  • Focus Fire: Focusing all ranged units attacks on a single unit to kill that unit as fast as possible.
  • Nuking: Using focus fire and all spells on a single hero to kill that hero as fast as possible.
  • Creeping: Fighting the various creeps around the map to gain experience points and items.

Abbreviations[edit]

General[edit]

  • TP: Town Portal

Heroes[edit]

  • Undead
    • DK: Death Knight
    • DL: Dreadlord
    • CL: Cryptlord
    • LK: Lich King
  • Nightelf
    • DH: Demon Hunter
    • KotG: Keeper of the Grove
    • PotM: Priestess of the Moon
  • Orc
    • BM: Blade Master
    • FS: Farseer
    • SH: Shadow Hunter
    • TC: Tauren Chieftain
  • Human
    • Pal: Paladin
    • AM: Archmage
    • MK: Mountain King
    • BM: Bloodmage (sometimes BlM to avoid confusion with the Beastmaster and Blademaster)
  • Neutral
    • DR: Dark Ranger
    • PL: Pitlord
    • BM: Beast Master (sometimes BeM to avoid confusion with the Bloodmage and the Blademaster)
    • FL: Firelord

Buildings[edit]

  • AoW: Ancient of War (sometimes Ancient of Wind)
  • AoL: Ancient of Lore
  • AP: Ancient Protector
  • Rax: Barracks
  • ToL: Tree of Life
  • ToA: Tree of Ages (seldom used)
  • ToE: Tree of Eternity (seldom used)
  • Zig: Ziggurat
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Table of Contents

Gameplay
Multiplayer strategies
Humans
Orcs
Undead
Night Elves
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Walkthrough
Prologue
Exodus of the Horde
  1. Chasing Visions
  2. Departures
Human Campaign
The Scourge of Lordaeron
  1. The Defense of Strahnbrad
  2. Blackrock n Roll
  3. Ravages of the Plague
  4. Cult of the Damned
  5. March of the Scourge
  6. The Culling
  7. The Shores of Northrend
  8. Dissension
  9. Frostmourne
Undead Campaign
Path of the Damned
  1. Trudging through the Ashes
  2. Digging up the Dead
  3. Into the Realm Eternal
  4. Key of the Three Moons
  5. The Fall of Silvermoon
  6. Blackrock & Roll, Too
  7. The Siege of Dalaran
  8. Under the Burning Sky
Orc Campaign
The Invasion of Kalimdor
  1. Landfall
  2. The Long March
  3. Cry of the Warsong
  4. The Spirits of Ashenvale
  5. The Hunter of Shadows
  6. Where Wyverns Dare
  7. The Oracle
  8. By Demons be Driven
Night Elf Sentinel Campaign
Eternity's End
  1. Enemies at the Gate
  2. Daughters of the Moon
  3. The Awakening of Stormrage
  4. The Druids Arise
  5. Brothers in Blood
  6. A Destiny of Flame and Sorrow
  7. Twilight of the Gods
Custom games
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
New features
Multiplayer
Custom games
Walkthrough
Night Elf Sentinel Campaign
Terror of the Tides
  1. The Rise of the Naga
  2. The Broken Isles
  3. The Tome of Sargeras
  4. Wrath of the Betrayer
  5. Balancing of the Scales
  6. Shards of the Alliance
  7. The Ruins of Dalaran
  8. The Brothers Stormrage
Human Campaign
Curse of the Blood Elves
  1. Misconceptions
  2. A Dark Covenant
  3. The Dungeons of Dalaran
  4. The Search for Illidan
  5. Gates of the Abyss
  6. Lord of Outland
Undead Campaign
Legacy of the Damned
  1. King Arthas
  2. The Flight From Lordaeron
  3. The Dark Lady
  4. The Return To Northrend
  5. Dreadlord's Fall
  6. A New Power in Lordaeron
  7. Into The Shadow Web Caverns
  8. A Symphony Of Frost And Flame
Orc Campaign
The Founding of Durotar
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