Thursday, June 5, 2008

Echo Isles - Terrain Warcraft III Frozen Throne

Echo Isles is thee most popular 1v1 map in Warcraft III, its a small versatile map with a few unique tricks I will show you.

When we look at the whole map we notice both sides are nearly identical. But there are a couple of terraining differences that give each player a slight advantage over the other.



Notice how the player on the left's (top left island) treeline sticks out further than the player on the rights. This provides a stronger defense against early rushes & peasant harassment. (look at A) The left base has an incline that shortens the player on the right's attack line of sight when in conflict at this area. Compare this to (C), a wide open space favoring neither player. The right-side player (top right island) also has some advantadges. (Look at E) This treeline makes the bottom entrance to his island less open to attack due to how narrow & twisted to the right side it is. Now look at (B).

A large tree forst not available for the left player's expansion mine. Here's a notable hiding spot for a lumber mill. Make sure to kill the neutral camp first though :P & not to harvest the tree line hiding you. Have fun in melee!

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