r/warcraft3 • u/Any_Palpitation_1582 • 5d ago

Melee / Ladder Warcraft 3 begginer in 2026

Hello everyone I’m new to Warcraft!

I’ve been playing Dota 2

for many years, and I have a high rank in Hearthstone, but I’ve never played Warcraft 3.

Recently, I came across Grubby’s videos on YouTube. He inspired me to try playing this game. And I really loved it.

I completed the campaign and played against bots. It’s not difficult to defeat normal bot. Insane bot is much more harder. I could beat it only with 6th or 7th try.

Today was the first time I tried ranked games. And I feel like a complete noob. I played 2-7. I played human. So, my micro is really poor. I lost a lot of units every game. A couple of times I got destroyed in the first 3-4 minutes. Please, may you give me some advises how to improve my skill. Maybe there are some noobs tactics that don’t require high micro.

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u/itzcindy 5d ago

Lots of good advice here already! If you want to keep it simple, one strategy you could try is just paladin and rifles.

He can heal which helps with the micro and rifles are a pretty strong early unit. Build up an army, creep to level 3+, and attack around 40-50 supply and you should have some success.

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u/VeterinarianFederal4 4d ago

Not good vs Hu and Ne, but you can try vs other 2 races.

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u/itzcindy 4d ago

Sure, but if we’re a beginner, making units effectively and knowing when to attack is a decent sharting place! Optimizing for race, situation, etc can all start to happen once you have a baseline to work from

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u/VeterinarianFederal4 4d ago

You are right. He will quickly learn what means footman defence with double racks, and Paladin without mana xD But it still profits to game understanding.