Valkyrie: An underrated troop

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Originally Posted by facescraper

This is probably the main reason why nobody uses em. If they looked more like that hunger games chick guys would fall over themselves to make them.

http://s20.postimg.org/cd7y8e8il/600..._Valkyrie1.png

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Awesome :)

OP, ur right, they do pretty good and are pretty nice with barch. the valks should be finished b4 ur barbs and archers, which is good. only problem for me is training cost

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Originally Posted by herbuk

I've tried them a few times with various strategies and can't find a slot for them that isn't better used by a wizard or Pekka. I take the point on dealing with CC's though, but I'm lazy and if the wizards aren't close enough to nuke them down I will generally drop a lightning. I don't think I would take a troop just to deal with CC's.

Hopefully, with a bit more tweaking she will earn her spot in my raids. I don't think it's a matter of health or DPS, it's just lacking something fundamental, there's no USP. Maybe they could target something useful like infernos lol or head for the AA. The way she gets stumped by walls and taken down pretty quick is quite a turn off. The housing cost is way high for the benefit she brings in practice, although it probably looks about right on a spread sheet.

I currently have level 2 Valks and it's the last thing that I need to research in my lab. I'm thinking of going for level 3 and beyond, just for completeness and so they are ready for when they are finally fixed.
But with the talk of the new troop coming with the next patch (and the patch could be anytime from 3 days or 3 weeks) I think I'll save my dark elixir reserves so I can try the new arrivals out when they arrive.

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The reason they don't fit where a wiz or PEKKA is better suited is because they're ideal replacement is for giants. I have done only 1 valk raid and they lived right up till the end, all 4 got into the core with the BK and wiz, they are basically giants with massively boosted stats. Although training time is not really an issue unless you are using an army with other DE troops, the 15min train time does sound a little ridiculous. But I have to agree that the Valkyrie is an underrated troop which actually has potential for use.

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Originally Posted by verbyournoun

Hello clash of clans forum, I never post here but I lurk often and have been playing since before witches albeit with ample time off from time to time. I'm a nearly maxed th8 (everything cept teslas and a few archer towers) and I've noticed that valks are almost never used. This concerns me because Valkyries are a very effective troop when used correctly in my opinion.

I hover around crystal 1 to farm to get that moderate league bonus and being able to find ample collector raids or have the ability to reach the core using barcher still with relative ease. Not once in my 8 months are so of playing have I seen a single valk used against me, and that is no hyperbole. People treat valks as a weaker pekka, which is why they're never used. However people forgot they're special ability, splash damage! Therefore, I always carry one valk and two hog riders to coincide with my barchers in every raid. The hog riders are used to lure CC and heroes when heavily centralized. Once lured, valks see the CC troops as easy pickings. Instead of wasting about 20-30 troops that can be used in the actual raid on the base, you just need a couple of barbs to distract the CC or hero, and then your valk goes to work! A pack of archers gets destroyed in one blow against the valk. And unlike wizards, the valk can withstand a relatively high number of hits, therefore you save about 10-20 troops that may prove essential to reaching that core storage or getting that 50% if one is pushing.

People don't like valks because of the training times, but if one is using barcher only one valk is needed and no extra time is added. I always ask for two valk a wizard and the rest barbs in my CC and watch them mow down archers like it's gardener day!

Thanks for reading I've always enjoyed everyone's posts and I hope I post more often!

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Yes! This is why I actually like Valkyries, just one trained with the BARCH and both are done on schedule and it's a great stragety (note: I played on my cousins account, He's a near maxed TH8 with 18 walls left and 7 days for TH9)

Meh, splash damage in a small area is great for defense as a CC troop (like a wizard) but not so hot when raiding unless you want to take out clusters of defender CC troops. I just use lightning or archers for that.

But what do I know, I've never used them (new to this game as a TH 7).

BTW I also have been farming in Crystal 1 and doing fine with BArch and lightning (lightning mostly for mortars and/or CC troops unless someone piles all their storages together).

BTW, good to see you posting and welcome to the forums as a poster. :D

EDIT: hmm if Clan Wars allows for your troops to battle opponent troops on the battlefield then I am guessing Valks could become much more common in battles. No idea if that would ever happen of course since nothing is known about how Clan Wars might be set up/operate in game if it goes live.

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Originally Posted by herbuk

I've tried them a few times with various strategies and can't find a slot for them that isn't better used by a wizard or Pekka. I take the point on dealing with CC's though, but I'm lazy and if the wizards aren't close enough to nuke them down I will generally drop a lightning. I don't think I would take a troop just to deal with CC's.

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same here.
Plus, when I am farming, most times I don't care about the clancastle at all.
Luring heros and cc is about the most boring thing in coc, so I don't really bother doing it when farming.
If the cc is really troubling my raid, I can just drop a lightning on them.