Potofeu's Melee Map Pack v1.0

raypack · Feb 14, 2026

This actually beyond insane, holy SHIT! I don't wanna use swear words but holy shit!!!
My man, on behalf of every wc3 player on this planet, thank you!

An question:
if I were to use some of these maps as templates for maps I create, do I have permission?

PS: insane thanks for making it on early wc3 patches and not post reforged ones!

Potofeu · Feb 14, 2026

raypack said:
This actually beyond insane, holy SHIT! I don't wanna use swear words but holy shit!!!
My man, on behalf of every wc3 player on this planet, thank you!

An question:
if I were to use some of these maps as templates for maps I create, do I have permission?

PS: insane thanks for making it on early wc3 patches and not post reforged ones!

I'm giving you all the permissions you want. Thanks for your post! :wink:

jardasplay · Feb 14, 2026

Looks great! Even tho maps don't look symmetrical I do belive I'll have lots of fun with my friends. Thx man, this must have taken so long to make.

Cristian05j123 · Feb 14, 2026

Ok, it looks very promising, ill give it a try.

Cristian05j123 said:
Ok, it looks very promising, ill give it a try.

After a few battles, all can i say is...absolute masterpiece 10/10

Fleck · Feb 15, 2026

raypack said:
This actually beyond insane, holy SHIT! I don't wanna use swear words but holy shit!!!
My man, on behalf of every wc3 player on this planet, thank you!

An question:
if I were to use some of these maps as templates for maps I create, do I have permission?

PS: insane thanks for making it on early wc3 patches and not post reforged ones!

Agreed, a good assortment of maps and it's nice to not need to downgrade the map version just to be able to play :grin:

Also requesting to have permission to use these maps for my altered melees!

raypack · Feb 15, 2026

Potofeu said:
I'm giving you all the permissions you want. Thanks for your post!

Thank you!
You will obviously be credited

And honestly I suggest you to keep it up if you've got the time, interest and motivation! It would be awesome to see a few more Kalimdor-ish maps, same for Outland and Ashenvale Forest typa maps. Also a bigger Dalaran/Kirin Tor map.

Just some ideas

Potofeu · Feb 15, 2026

Fleck said:
Agreed, a good assortment of maps and it's nice to not need to downgrade the map version just to be able to play

Also requesting to have permission to use these maps for my altered melees!

Yes, you can use those ressources like you want to. :thumbs_up:

Adiniz / Imemi · Feb 15, 2026

A very interesting and cool map pack!

deepstrasz · Mar 26, 2026

Not to cover the screen and make people scroll loads, you an hide each map's details under spoiler/hidden tags: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/help/bb-codes/

Please remove cinematic intros as it's not customary to melee maps but more to single player ones which are story driven. You waste seconds when you are already preparing to start base building while the map loads.

Bridges is very cramped. Building space is thin as well. Battles are annoying due to the game's pathing. There are spaces between trees through which small units can pass/hide. Rush can't properly be done even if the distance is small between players because all paths are guarded by creeps.
Please read the melee mapping guides below.
Half-moon is very small. You can't really even make a surprise attack without being seen.
Jade Grove: starting space is crazily narrow. Ramps shouldn't have buildable tiles to avoid lame tower and farm blocking defenses. Overall cramped.
Leavesbrook Docks: night elf players are at a huge advantage due to trees being scarce for other factions.
Silverwraith Coast: can't zoom out too much because of the pitch white fog.

In general there's similar issues on most. Some are too altered melee to be together with the melee ones.

Simple.

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Potofeu · Mar 27, 2026

Nice review and thank you for it! Hope you had fun. I will do what is necessary to correct all of that when i've got some time! :wink:

Panda · Mar 27, 2026

I feel like this is a cool idea yet a annoying one for the person playing considering the units would get crammed on these bridges and there are alot of choke points everywhere. But, good maps overall.

Potofeu · Mar 27, 2026

Noted. I'll do the necessary and thank you for you franchise. I sadly didn't had the opportunity to try it with real players.

jardasplay · Mar 29, 2026

So this pretty good. A lot of those maps just feel like campaign missions. And in a good way.
I gave it 4 stars only because most of the time you aren't rewarded for Creeping (aside from gold). Also some maps are labeled as Melee in editor and other have Default balanicing. That feels a bit weird. Otherwise a lot of work went into this and some of those maps do feel quite original.

Potofeu · Mar 30, 2026

jardasplay said:
So this pretty good. A lot of those maps just feel like campaign missions. And in a good way.
I gave it 4 stars only because most of the time you aren't rewarded for Creeping (aside from gold). Also some maps are labeled as Melee in editor and other have Default balanicing. That feels a bit weird. Otherwise a lot of work went into this and some of those maps do feel quite original.

Appreciate it! I'm happy you had some fun with the pack. Maps was created with a simple thing in mind: to do something that at least respects the spirit of melee while adding a little something extra. I wanted to contribute that little stone that's been lying around in my pocket for years. :wink:

Wyrelade · Mar 30, 2026

Tons of neat melee maps! yet to play all of them but the mapping is clean. Nice.

nhs325 · Apr 19, 2026

Can you give an overview on which maps are the altered ones and what are just regular melee ones?

Potofeu · Apr 21, 2026

nhs325 said:
Can you give an overview on which maps are the altered ones and what are just regular melee ones?

Sure.

Potofeu's Melee Map Pack v1.0

List of maps:​

---(2)Bridges---​

---(2)Halfmoon---​

---(2)Jade Grove---​

---(2)Silverwraith Coast---​

---(2)The Kirin Tor Theory---​

---(2)Leavesbrook Docks---​

---(3)Crossroads---​

---(3)The Charred Forest---​

---(4)Cursed Swamp---​

---(4)Howling Crevices---​

---(4)Ossicle---​

---(4)Scarlet Plans---​

---(4)Unnamed Isles---​

---(5)Conflicts---​

---(6)Ironcross Keep---​

---(6)Oubliettes---​

---(6)Oakvale Graveyard---​

---(6)Steelshaft Mines---​

---(8)Emerald Bog---​

---(8)Mycelium---​

---(8)Urul-Shavar---​

---(10)Permafrost---​

---(10)Tropic Thunder---​

---(12)Fields---​

---(12)Siege Over Wovenbrad---​

Bridges (Map)

Conflicts (Map)

Crossroads (Map)

Cursed Swamp (Map)

Emerald Bog (Map)

Fields (Map)

Half-Moon (Map)

Howling Crevices (Map)

Ironcross Keep (Map)

Jade Grove (Map)

Leavesbrook Docks (Map)

Mycelium (Map)

Oakvale Graveyard (Map)

Ossicle (Map)

Oubliettes (Map)

Permafrost (Map)

Scarlet Plans (Map)

Siege Over Wovenbrad (Map)

Silverwraith Coast (Map)

Steelshaft Mines (Map)

The Charred Forest (Map)

The Kirin Tor Theory (Map)

Tropic Thunder (Map)

Unnamed Isles (Map)

Urul-Shavar (Map)

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List of maps:

---(2)Bridges---

---(2)Halfmoon---

---(2)Jade Grove---

---(2)Silverwraith Coast---

---(2)The Kirin Tor Theory---

---(2)Leavesbrook Docks---

---(3)Crossroads---

---(3)The Charred Forest---

---(4)Cursed Swamp---

---(4)Howling Crevices---

---(4)Ossicle---

---(4)Scarlet Plans---

---(4)Unnamed Isles---

---(5)Conflicts---

---(6)Ironcross Keep---

---(6)Oubliettes---

---(6)Oakvale Graveyard---

---(6)Steelshaft Mines---

---(8)Emerald Bog---

---(8)Mycelium---

---(8)Urul-Shavar---

---(10)Permafrost---

---(10)Tropic Thunder---

---(12)Fields---

---(12)Siege Over Wovenbrad---