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Map maker:

Map Type: Clear the dungeon

Number of Players: 5

Replayability:  yes

Every once in a while you find a map, that has no description on what it is about nor its creator, no goal set out for you to accomplish, not even a single skill description. People on this circumstance just try and play the game choosing a hero by randomly guessing what its role just by looking at it, you may get lucky and get a well rounded hero or you may get screwed over and get a hero that cannot do anything on the  battlefield.  It’s a very fun game albeit I cannot understand what is going on and there doesn’t seem to be any story.

I mean this map can  be a wonderful thing in itself, but I cant go willy nilly and rely on lady luck to save me every time we encounter mobs, especially boss mobs. But I digress this is a fun map to play just you and maybe a couple of your friends dungeon crawling, fighting monsters of every kind from scaly fishmen to the wretched undead. You will be overwhelmed at first thankfully your skills make your adventure easier every inch of the way. Venturing into the unknown armed with just your instincts and thirst for anything fun can go a long way in this map.

Deadly Hate

Deadly Hate [ver]

Map maker: DarkFang

Map Type: Skirmish

Number of Players: 2v2 4v4 5v5 (AI)

Replayability: yes

A breath of fresh air from the usual warcraft skirmish map since this map adds new races and generally modded several aspects of the game(food count, recipe system, etc.) along with tweaking the original races available.  

Beautiful terrain laden with unusual mobs, a market place in the middle where you can buy oddities that will make your gaming experience much more pleasant(buildings, troops, fertilizer). Strength in numbers and micro management are needed to survive carefully choosing your squads so that they complement each other and maximize their capability might just make your base live long enough for you to achieve and unlock higher ranking units. A good tactic to use in the game later on is a “war of attrition” try to claim as many gold mines as you can since the food cap is increases as the game progresses and building a diversified army will not be a problem.  Build towers a whole lot of em, especially of your base is located near a gateway.

Learn to create units fast enough to scour the map and harass the enemy a bit to strain their progress. Mobs drop certain items that can be stacked up to give bonus stats or sell it for gold you could always use a few gold pieces here and there. Relics are items that allow hero characters to cast certain abilities and traits which is an amazing feat, the penalty however for using such grand items is that you are unbelievably slow

Anime Battle Characters

Anime Battle Characters [ver1.4.1]

Map maker: thomasinow & Deckai

Map Type: Multiple modes

Number of Players: 1v5, 5v5

Replayability: balls to the wall yes

A proudly made Indonesian map customized to achieve a state that allows players to be immersed in a game where different characters from different backgrounds (visual novels, anime) clash for glory.

A beautiful map with a very challenging AI system that corresponds to the tier of difficulty, insane will tend to make you mad. When playing the map for the first time you should read the description and effects properly since timing is somewhat everything in this game.  Let us look into the finer details of this map the strength, agility and intelligence system default in Warcraft have been replaced with endurance, swiftness and potency respectively. Don’t be fooled they still work in the same principles. Item building is important basic items give crappy stat bonuses to your character. The next tier of items is what you need to guarantee kills in this game. Aside from your usual skill combos and farming tactics scoring aces shouldn’t be a problem especially in duels. 

Another thing about this map is that its heavily customized from models, shops, player auras, and the little miscellaneous things that make it so rich and vibrant heck they even tweak the sounds a bit. Rest assured that you will have enjoy playing this game with your friends or even just by yourself against hte defunct AI system.

Orc Gladiators

Orc Gladiators [v2.702d]

Map maker: OGem and Balduras

Map Type: Hero Arena, Coop

Number of Players: 1 - 10

Replayability: not so much, unless you can play with 10 people you game with.

Ever imagined that you were a gladiator in an arena full of blood thirsty creatures wanting to devour you and your comrades, did you imagine it in a warcraft setting? if you did it would involve a whole lot of running around and dealing cheap shots at the enemy. That is what Orc gladiators game play is for single player, if you like running around in circles for 30 seconds to save your hide while waiting for your spell to cool down you’re in luck because this is the map for you. However everything changes in multiplayer teamwork is essential to the players survival, a varied but dynamic and flexible roster is needed (tanks and nukers).

Making use of the environment plays a key role in surviving the onslaught of waves upon waves of enemies.  Using the tower for height advantage, exploding barrels to pack a punch for clustered enemies, use the rubble a maze to confuse the enemy ranks. Proper item builds helps too since the initial characters can withstand the damage and regenerate the chipped off health by running, this tactic won’t hold up in the later rounds. When the arena introduces range mobs you best have a plan prepared especially if the mob has a poison attribute.

These Orcs must not falter for in victory lies their freedom, while losing guarantees death,

Angel Arena Gamble to Death

Angel Arena Gamble to Death[]

Map maker: Dark Gambler

Map Type: Hero Arena

Number of Players:3v3 6v6

Replayability: not so much

Angel arena type of maps usually feature a myriad of characters from towering bone armor plated winged demons to village women and the occasional crazy raccoon. The purpose of the game is to garner the most kills usually the desired number is 250, but in this version you need 1000 kills to win the game. You’re either fighting for God or the Devil (note: The deity you fight under is subject to change God can be represented by an Ironman model while the devil is represented by Chuck Norris). Choosing heroes in the game doesn’t have much guarantee in ensuring victory since one can kill a cert1ain enemy mob, there are chances that mob will drop his/her essence. Once a player has obtained an essence he can become the hero which that essence represents by simply going to an altar. But you will revert to level one once you use an essence. Every once in a while the game is scripted to give you some gold to help the players, it also has a system designed to protect the newly spawned from being mercilessly killed by imbalanced characters, a punishment system if you will. The duel system in place pits two players from opposing fronts seeing who is stronger faster, more cunning enough to survive.

The key to winning in maps such as this, as well as any other map that offers this, is to buy stats. Yes continuously adding the primary stat of your character well beyond what seems normal is key to paving the way for victory.

To lighten up the atmosphere Angel Arena maps usually offer different gimmicks for players such as special events, anime themed characters, unique mobs etc..

Arena of Apokua

Arena of Apokua [v1.2]

Map maker: APproject

Map Type: Campaign

Number of Players: 1

Replayability: yes

Another type of map where you must survive each round thrown at you the difference being here is that this is a single player map no coop here folks just you and your strategy pitted against the game.

The premise of the story is that you a wizard (of either an adept at fire, frost, shadow spells) wake up in an arena and two melee axe wielding warriors attack you. After defeating your assailants you are now introduced to the owner of the arena Apokua. Apokua wants you to fight for your life in a series of rounds each one harder than the previous. There are 10 rounds in the game for you to take on starting from lowly human bandits to centaurs, ogres, orcs 2 sub bosses and finally Apokua’s right hand man. Since your character is a wizard all you have to do is run and gun, plus the three classes have a blink skill function getting to higher ground and avoiding enemies is not a problem. Garnering enough money you need to buy the equipment designed for your character since putting a fire staff for a frost wizard just seems silly (or is it…). Each character gets to at a later point in the game summon a creature that is native to their elemental mastery. From lava creatures, frost elementals, to winged fire demons. 

The Fallen Paladin

The Fallen Paladin [v3.0]

Map maker: Artelium

Map Type: Campaign

Number of Players: 1

Replayability: yes

The map explores the events that transpired after Prince Arthas slays his father for the crown, of the destruction, the suffering that he inflicted upon Lordaeron and its inhabitants. The story is pretty linear but it is very fun at the same time without being dull and dragging.

The map begins with the player killing King Terenas, Arthas must escape lordaeron or face his demise in the hands of its people and the silverhand. Killing everyone that stands in his way, city guards women and children bear no difference. Arthas begins to lose any vestige of humanity he has little left. The maps just like a campaign cut scenes between the characters further deepening the story. The camera is lock onto Arthas preventing you from looking at anything else in the map and he walks the entire time like he was talking a stroll at the park. Coins are scattered around the map since killing enemies do not provide money for Arthas he must resort to finding these coins, there are also bits of cool information such as statues bearing Arthas name and how he will lead Lordaeron to is glory is quite contrary now.

Plus you gotta love the way Arthas walks nonchalantly, swinging the Frostmourne killing things like its just another day in Lordaeron.