The towers are good but what if ur not fighting near ur base? Well, I have a technique that I've found extremely effective against the dreaded BM's windwalk + critical strike. First, you have to remember that ORC's have a weak mid-game. So, therefore your strategy going into this 1v1 is to attack mid game. You want to start training riflemen, casters and mortars. You might also want to train a few footmen for small melee support. Go AM as your first hero, and select the elemental,aura, elemental, aura, etc. Second here get MK with bolt as first special. Anyways, what most BM's usually do in a battle, is windwalk past ur initial melee, past your riflemen and attack either ur AM, casters, or mortars. Usually the casters, which are easy to kill and will give them lots of XP. Always remember to keep your am potted up. What I noticed is that the BM will usually windwalk when it is pretty low on hp then either run out of battle or stand still while they heal and then attack ur weak unit againl. Regardless, heres what you do. As soon as you notice the BM is about to windwalk and you can tell because his health will be getting pretty low. So what you do is throw up a flare with your mortars, which will reveal him, and stun him immediately with your MK. You then focus ur units on him, and 9 out of 10 times he's dead. This always catches them by surprise and I have found it very effective in winning battles, sometimes even the game. Even if this doesnt lose the game for them, you can trust that they wont do it again. You can also mix it up with other units, but this is what works for me. Please share with me some of your HU strategies, especially against UD, my kryptonite.