Especially recommended for team games - players on the same team start close together, but with very little gold or stone in their bases. Rather, there are large deposits of gold and stone evenly distributed across the rest of the map, for which teams must coordinate in their efforts to secure.
The map is open and difficulty to wall, due to the acacia forest and unwallable terrain around the edges of the map. This, along with the need to secure map control for gold and stone, makes for an open and aggressive map - despite the close proximity of teammates.