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Secret Valley (Ratfolk)
- Author(s)
- WinterSnow
- Size
- 7.25 MB
- Rating
- Downloads
- 621
- Created
- Apr 10, 2021
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2023
- Resources
- 1
- State
Approved
This bundle is marked as recommended. It works and satisfies the submission rules.
The Ratfolk
The Ratfolk
Entry for Techtree Contest #17
Intended to be played with SD graphics.
Intended to be played with SD graphics.
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seclusion from the rest of the world and have avoided conflict with the surface since time immemorial. With their nests wrought with overpopulation and not enough to eat in their deep caves, save for the occasional kobold, they turned on themselves for food. More concerned with forming packs and fighting each other to decide who becomes a meal and who doesn't, they had no time or care for the sciences. As a result, their technology is still primitive and simple and their sanitation is virtually non-existent. The ratfolk of Azeroth, it seemed, were to remain a minor and forgotten race forever.
However, the ratfolk have been stirred from their isolation. The packs have been united by the enigmatic Skull King and his lieutenants, the overseers. Under his leadership, they have been reorganized into The Deluge - an imposing and seemingly innumerable army. Spurred on by the skullrats, and their voracious appetites, they have emerged from the depths of the earth to devour everything that crosses their path. The kobolds and goblin expeditions were the first to encounter the Skull King's newly formed army. The goblins were quickly defeated and the kobolds were enslaved instead of eaten at the Skull King's insistence.
Now, it's time for the ratfolk to take on the other races of Azeroth and to sweep across the surface world like a tide and show all the might of The Deluge.
Pros
+ Early units are cheap + Bases are easily defended + All ratfolk summons leave corpses when killed + War Rats can become very powerful by using the Dinnertime! ability. + Extremely mobile army, especially with the Construct Trapdoor ability. + Casters can yield extremely high damage outputs. + Great siege potential + Good shop items that can be used in battle. + Salvage can be used to gain resources from an obsolete building (such as a far away Harvester's Mound) and can be used to spawn Diggets at an entrance. + All heroes have great damage potential. + Can train a flying scout at tier one. + Has two defensive structures. |
- Workers are incredibly weak and susceptible to harass.
Cons
- Workers need to mine from a Repurposed Gold Mine, which is expensive to replace. - - There is only one aura among all three heroes. - None of the casters have any heals. - Weak ranged units. |
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Reviews
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- Jul 22, 2017
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Very good custom race map.
Map Reviewer
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Looks fun, but it is clearly an "altered melee" map and not a pure "melee" map. The "melee" tag should be used only for maps that offer completely unaltered wc3 gameplay, i.e. the same as blizzard ladder maps. Therefore I've removed the "melee" tag.
Map Reviewer
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- Jun 4, 2009
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- 17,820
Approved based on reviews from: Techtree Contest #17 - Results
Please consider the given feedback to improve the map.
Please consider the given feedback to improve the map.
- Joined
- Feb 5, 2009
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Updates for a Techtree Contest entry? This is such a rarity, and a very special treat! 
Very glad to see this is still getting some love, this was a great entry <3
Very glad to see this is still getting some love, this was a great entry <3
