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GDN present Grimm's Crossing Strategy Guide part 2

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 06:04 PM PST

Missed Part 1 of the series?
You can click to read the GDN Grimm's Crossing Strategy Guide part 1

As you probably know, Heroes of Newerth play on Forests of Caldavar centers entirely around farming and gold. You pick lanes that maximize your team's farm so that your carry will be able to free-farm a few waves and keep the enemy farm down. You control the map for more and safer farm. You win team fights so that you can go back and farm while the enemies lose gold and respawn. Everything revolves around farming creeps for gold until your team grows stronger than the other team.. Grimm's Crossing throws this all out the window.

Grimm's 3 players, 2 lanes structure, in conjunction with a very condensed area between lanes, makes the map a ganker's paradise. Ganking in Grimm's will be more frequent and less costly, and like on Forests of Caldavar, it will help determine how your team progresses relative to your opponents. The key difference, however, is that ganking on Grimm's should not be followed by periods of passive farming, but rather continued ganking or pushing. A successful gank reduces enemy tower armor and gives you a number of advantages in the lane. Compounded with the dearth of farm locations and the quickness of reaching your opponent's base, the post-gank dynamics strongly encourage a push or other aggressive action. All of this makes gank-pushing the most effective play style in Grimm's Crossing.

 

Effective Ganking on Grimm's Crossing:

  • They're less costly to attempt, so try them often!
  • Use tree cover and the teleporters to gain the element of surprise.
  • Work your way in and get behind the enemies to make them run sideways instead of toward their base.
  • Work with allies to cut off all escape paths  especially those to the outside of lanes.
  •  The rune spawns in a guaranteed location in the middle every 2 minutes. Anticipate its spawn and use it to boost your chances of success.
  • Keep in mind you don't have to leave your lane on Grimm's to initiate a surprise fight or gank. The many tree paths along the inside and outside of lanes allow for intra-lane ganking.

After a successful gank, use your number advantage to push and cause permanent damage to buildings. With enemy towers losing 1/3 of their armor per enemy dead, you'll chip away quickly at tower health. The bonus gold and map control granted from killing enemy towers can be decisive deciding factor.

Heroes of Newerth Pushing Tips:

  • Be aware of where the remaining living enemies are, and predict what position they'll take.
  • If you expect no resistance, don't be afraid to use all of your skills on creeps to get to the push objective more quickly.
  • If an enemy hero over-extends while trying to delay your push, disengage the tower and pick him off. This happens often, and can let a simple single tower push become game-ending.
  • Keep in mind that bases on Grimm's Crossing are not elevated! Do not fear pushing into the enemy base, it's just like any outside tower.

The bottom line is that Gank-pushing is the most effective style on Grimm's Crossing, which is excellent news for those craving action and immediate, tangible rewards for landing an awesome kill. Be aggressive, execute well, and take down the enemy base. It's what this game should be all about, right? In the next and final part of this guide, we'll explore the finer details of Grimm's Crossing and shed some light on its tricks and secrets.
Check in with GDN tomorrow for part 3 of the Grimm's Crossing strategy series and later in the week for a three-part series for Casual Mode.
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