The Zilean School of Asskickery

To commemorate my old strategy site when I was still in school, I'm still calling my guides part of the "Zilean School of Asskickery". Hopefully they manage to live up to the title!

Here at the (ahah) Zilean School of Asskickery, I try to teach you to look at the fundamentals of the game, and examine why strategies work, and how specific game elements fit into the big picture. Other strategy sites tend to focus on specific build orders and map specific strategies, but I believe that both are somewhat situational, and won't really make anyone a true master of a game. Half of the fun of strategy games is formulating your own strategies, as opposed to someone elses, and I hope to provide you with the tools to do this. On occasion, either on request or due to my own whim, I will post specific build orders and/or responses to common strategies, but I generally avoid doing so.

Recent strategy articles are linked directly, while older stuff is archived.

Warcraft 3 Strategies that Still are Applicable

Zileas' and Nanogirl's Team Game Basics
Zileas' 1.32 Undead Strategy
PriestMen by Z_Dragonlord
Ursa-Archer by Z_Dragonlord
Warcraft 3 Micromanagement Basics
Orcish Heavy Offensive Support Build
Tactical Use of Immobilizers -- Using Stun and Paralyze Effects

Recent Warcraft 3 "Theory" Articles

Ranged Units in Warcraft 3: Part 2, By MaDDoX
Ranged Units in Warcraft 3: Part 1, By MaDDoX
Psychological Warfare in Warcraft 3 -- by Gh0st
Armor and Attack Upgrades. Are they Worth it? -- by Travis Nixon (Skrag)
The Two Fundamental Strategies of Warcraft 3
Feints and Diversions in Warcraft 3
True Cost of Peons in WC3 -- by Mike Kenworthy (Angel))


Strifeshadow Articles

Strifeshadow Basics, Part 1 -- by Josh Layne (Bard_Taliesin)
Strifeshadow Basics, Part 2:1 -- by Josh Layne (Bard_Taliesin)
Strifeshadow Basics, Part 2:2 -- by Josh Layne (Bard_Taliesin)
Strifeshadow Basics, Part 2:3 -- by Josh Layne (Bard_Taliesin)
Strifeshadow Basics, Part 2:4 -- by Josh Layne (Bard_Taliesin)
Strifeshadow Basics, Part 2:5 -- by Josh Layne (Bard_Taliesin)

Warcraft 3 Imbalanced "Strategies" from Beta


Free Exp, Free Win(1.11 -- eliminated in 1.12)
Crypt Fiend Anti-Hero(1.03)
Water Elemental Rush(1.03)
Force of Nature Rush for Beta 1.03
Force of Nature Bug(submitted by ilnp)

No-Longer-Working Warcraft 3 Strategies


The Heromuncher. Human Strategy for 1.13
The Militia Rush by Winged Teabag
Ghoul-Goyle by Z_Dragonlord
Blademaster-Centric Orcish Strategy
Orcish Shaman Rush by TheHof
The Mercenary "Rush"

Other Warcraft 3 Strategies & Older Strategy Guides

Starcraft Strategies & Guide (coming soon)
Ground Control Strategy Guide (coming soon)
General RTS Theory (coming soon)

Useful Stuff

(newer) Warcraft 3 Unit Stats Sheet by BoddoZerg (patch 1.14)
(older) Warcraft 3 Unit Stats Sheet by TheHof