Originally Posted by
hastur
I've used a pretty light-weight version a little bit at TH9: only 2 level 2 golems, 2 level 2 witches, 8-10 WB, 10 barbs, 10 archers, the rest wizards. It's probably a bit less risky than GoWiPe, as you tend to wipe out a pretty wide section as well as the middle (unless you screw it up like I did this morning, and even then I got 50% easily enough). With my light-weight version I can't risk taking on every base layout, but there are loads of tough bases that can be taken on for 1-2 stars, you just pick a couple of compartments to start in (that lead to the centre), and take it from there.
The main problem, on top of the cost (my lightweight one is affordable, if I pick a base loaded with DE), is that it really only works well if you are prepared to throw your heroes into the fray and (most likely) get wiped out.