Dire Maul Dungeon - Hogger

Roles

Build Cycle

2

2

3

3

Shortest Cycle

10

3

3

4

Playable Anywhere

Level 1, Stomper Kreeg
Relic: Really Big Candle
Units: Darkspear Troll, Defias Bandits, Ghoul, Grunts, Mountaineer, Ogre Mage

Strategy:
Stomper Kreeg's forces are so blood thirsty when left wounded they will attack each other. You don't need to win every fight, just wound some units and let them fight to the finish. A lot of the time all you need to do is drop Whelp Eggs on a group and that's enough to set them off. Once they've started fighting, don't get involved... just take out the winner.

Other than that, this fight is pretty straight forward.

The first lane that comes looking for a fight, drop Whelp Eggs on their party and get them to fight it out. If they start attacking your base, it will be too late to get them to turn on each other. Focus your attack on the other less defended tower. I prefer to take the tower on the right first.

Counter Ogre Mages and Huntress with Prowler or Stealth Faerie Dragon.

Once you control both towers, keep the fight closer to Stomper Kreeg and away from your bases. If you get Ogre Mage or Huntress to target Stomper Kreeg, leave them to it and attack from the other side.

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Level 2, Immol’thar
Relic: Prospector's Mitts
Units: Banshee, Defias Bandits, Huntress, Ogre Mage, Prowler, Spiderlings

Strategy:
Every unit you produce also creates an Eye of the Void that explodes on the nearest unit, usually the one you just produced. An easy way to overcome this hurdle is to place units a safe distance from your tower and let it take out the Eye of the Void while your unit goes on it's merry way. Drop units a few seconds apart and alternate the top-right and top-left side of your deploy zone, to avoid overlapping fresh units on spawning eyes.

Counter Prowlers and Defias Bandits with Faerie Dragon.
Counter Ogre Mage and Huntress with Prowlers.
Counter Banshees with Whelp Eggs.
If Banshee is alone, you can use a Prowler.

Send your Prowlers and Faerie Dragons up the left lane so they'll be less likely to get intercepted.

You don't need to take the right tower to win this battle, but if you manage, it's a shorter distance to Immol'thar.

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Level 3, King Gordok
Relic: Bone Whistle
Units: Defias Bandits, Ghoul, Grunts, Huntress, Mountaineer, Ogre Mage

Strategy:
King Gordok is not the most popular guy. If you beat either of his two generals, they will join you in attacking Gordok. However, if they fall, they'll rejoin him at a pretty inconvenient time. You don't need his generals to win, but you do need to take out Cho'Rush, the Ogre Mage standing behind him.

Cho'Rush sits all the way in the top back and heals King Gordok very quickly. He is also the only companion who won't turn against King Gordok.

You'll have to drop Whelp Eggs and Quilboar directly on Cho’Rush during your main assault on King Gordok. Don't bother weaking him earlier than that, he'll heal himself too. If you can't finish off Cho'Rush, it's better not to keep going, regroup and try again.

Once Cho'Rush is down, the fight is over pretty quickly.