How to Nerf Valks Without Ripping Off Players

[Idea] How to Nerf Valks Without Ripping Off Players (self.ClashOfClans)
submitted a minute ago by icebob99
Valks are the stormtroopers of Clash nowadays, and there will probably be a nerf coming. If you doubt me, look to Galadon. Valks are OP, simple as that, especially at L5, where they are extremely tanky.
Valks have spent too much time in the shadows, however. They cannot be buffed only to be nerfed right after, it makes no sense. The solution doesn't lie in nerfing the troop itself. Supercell would spend several updates adjusting valk stats so they are just right, and every time game balance shifts they would have to be readjusted to hold some usefulness.
I suggest that Supercell nerfs them by making them a favorite target of a defense. For the sake of argument, let's say the cannon would target valks before any other troop, like the Hidden Tesla targets the Pekka first. This has two benefits that I see right now:

1. It would stop the valk spamming strategy. An all L5 valk attack is a decent 3star strategy right now, which shouldn't be the case, because it involves little to no strategy! If the cannon were to target valks first, it would get those stormtroopers off the field earlier.
2. It would not rip off the players who gemmed their valks or saved up an indecent amount of dark elixir to upgrade them earlier. Galadon mentions this in a video as well. If Supercell were to nerf the valks per se, then they would devalue the investment those players made. If they keep them at their same strength but require more strategy to use that strength, they would keep the investment the same, and perhaps even help it grow, because it would add an extra element of strategy to a game that is, at heart, based on strategy.

I think this is a good idea and I hope it doesn't go into the garbage with all the rest of the ideas that compete for Supercell's attention. Let me know what you think!





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Er, if players are using all Valks, won't they target Valks first anyway as they are the only troop? Ok so there are the heroes but the valks will soon disperse from the heroes so not such a big issue.

No it needs something else, my two solutions are:

1. The life drain trap that targets a specific troop (the defender selects which one) and has a large area effect thus solving the mass spamming of Valks and any future troops.

2. Let spring traps effect 2 or 3 Valks instead of 1 but that will only solve the Valk issue not the countless OP upgrades SC will come up with next.