As an RTS game, reconnaissance is very important in "Warcraft 3", how to choose reconnaissance units, the advantages and disadvantages of different units of reconnaissance, naturally also attracted the attention of all players. This time, let's take a look at some of the units that are often used for reconnaissance in the regular battle of Warcraft 3, and their specific performance and advantages and disadvantages in the reconnaissance process.
Farmer units
Since at the beginning of the game, the four races will give away peasant units at the same time, the reason why the donated race base can also directly produce peasant units, there are still more players who like to use peasant units for early reconnaissance.
Advantages: The reconnaissance speed is relatively fast, you can know the location of the opponent earlier, understand the tactical layout of the opponent; the production cost is relatively low, the experience points provided by being killed are not much, and the impact on the entire battle situation is not very large.
Defects: Basically there is no return, many times let yourself see the enemy's tactical layout, can only be killed by the opponent or go to the field; will have a certain impact on their own resource collection and base construction, after all, 75 gold coins although not much, but also need to collect some time to get, less than a farmer, the base construction will naturally be slower.
Junior combat units
Because the use of peasant units to reconnoiter is often to go back, it will also have a certain impact on the accumulation of resources and the expansion of buildings at home. Many players began to abandon the idea of using peasant unit reconnaissance, and instead chose to wait for the appearance of primary combat classes before reconnaissance.
Advantages: Basically will not waste the unit, after reconnaissance of the enemy's movements, there is still a chance to go home; reconnaissance at the same time can also harass the opponent's peasant units, so that the opponent wastes some key MF time.
Disadvantages: The time to detect the enemy will be slower, and if the opponent adopts some more fighting (or stealing) gameplay system, we cannot find and stop it in time. Here it is important to say that the problem of undead reconnaissance with puppies, because puppies are the primary combat units of the undead, but also the peasant units that collect wood, and the reason why the undead have only one puppy after entering the map, the efficiency of direct reconnaissance with puppies in the early stage will be much higher, but the early stage will inevitably be more lack of wood.
Summon units
When you can get some summoning units, using them for reconnaissance is also a happy choice for many players. Especially now that the Great Mage, Prophet, and Jungle Guardian have become mainstream heroes, the popularity of using summon units for reconnaissance has increased significantly.
Advantage: There is almost no additional cost, and the player can send the summoning unit to reconnoiter after completing the first point with them, which will minimize their own consumption.
Defects: Reconnaissance efficiency will be much lower, basically need to wait until the hero walks out of the altar and cooperates with the troops to practice a set of points before starting reconnaissance. It is better to say that once you encounter an opponent who has chosen an extreme gameplay, it is often easy for the opponent to play a miracle effect.
Prop Scouting
There are some special monsters on the map that can drop items such as eyes and phantom scepters, and some players are very keen to use these items for reconnaissance.
Advantages: It has almost no impact on your own development and can continuously monitor the dynamics of your opponents.
Defects: It is necessary to take some special points first, and once it is caught by the opponent while practicing these points, it will still be very uncomfortable. Moreover, the reconnaissance efficiency will be very low, and in actual combat, it is basically necessary to cooperate with some of the reconnaissance methods mentioned above in order to achieve the best results.