Creep Hunting
with Towers - Tranquil Paths
By CloudMog "BartSimpson"
Lordaeron Ladder (USwest) - October 4, 2002
As many experienced players know, creep hunting is an essential part of the game because it provides heroes with useful experience points and a boost in the gold ecnonmy. For those who are not familar with tower creep hunting, it is a technique which you would build towers to attack high level monsters. It can be a risky because it most likely will leave you not building an army right away, which makes you open to early rushes. However, it can be a very benificial stragety which can help you win a game in the long run should you play smart.
The secret of this stragety is that higher level creeps such as ogre lords and level 10 dragons will not see workers build towers around them. However if a tower shoots even 1 shot, the creeps will react and start smashing your tower and anything around them which they would consider hostile. With this in mind, you can use this as to your advantage and build 2 or 3 towers around them before they realize what hit them.
There are 4 known places in Tranquil Paths where you can build towers right next to the creep without them realizing it, they are marked above on the minimap. Basically these are the places that have ogre lords, which are the spots you want to target. Only two towers are needed to take care of the creeps. However, make sure your hero is next to the towers when there is action and just make the monsters chase the hero. Unattended firing towers will not last long, an example is shown in the replay around the 9 minute mark.
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