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Game Mechanics

Upkeep, items, experience — the systems under the game.

Game Mechanics

Body Blocking and Surrounding Units

Due to the AI and somewhat clunky/bulky nature of Warcraft 3 units, players have learned how to both surround units and also block units. Body blocking and surrounding units are 2 critical features one should learn as they improve in this game. This is certain

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Game Mechanics

Damage Cap and Unit Cap on Spells

There are numerous heroes that have area of effect spells and in game it does not give much of a description for these spells. What is generally not described is that these spells usually have either a damage cap on the maximum damage these area of effect spel

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Game Mechanics

Hotkeys in Warcraft

This page will concentrate on how to hotkey (keyboard shortcut) groups of units or buildings together and how to properly manage your hotkeys or groups of units/buildings. Everything described will be based on if you are using the original hotkeys of the game.

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Game Mechanics

Attack and Armor Types

Warcraft 3 provides each unit with a certain type of armor and a certain type of attack. This results in certain units countering other units. It is important to understand what type of unit has what attack or armor type in order to figure out how best to coun

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Game Mechanics

How Hero Experience Works

While the concept of hero experience and how it works seems straight forward at first, there are quite a few intricacies in how hero experience works in Warcraft 3 that you should be aware of in order to maximize your potential hero levels in a game. Instead o

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