Question about upgrading Air Bombs & Seeking Air Mines!

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June 9th, 2014
Beliaal

Question about upgrading Air Bombs & Seeking Air Mines!

Hey guys,

So I'm close to maxing out everything on TH8. And I was wondering about the Air Bombs and the Seeking Air Mines. Are they worth the upgrade?

I mean, I've seen them in action, and I know that level 1 Air Bombs (100 damage) will kill level 6 Minions (which only have 84 hitpoints), but at the same time level 4 Air Bombs (173 damage) can't kill a level 2 Balloon (180 hitpoints). Since these are the only two units that Air Bombs could have a large effect on, I'm asking you are they worth upgrading now? Or later? Or never?

Second question. Seeking Air Mines. Worth the upgrade or not? I only have two Seeking Air Mines now, since I'm only TH8, but I know I get two more at TH9. And I'm thinking that 4 Seeking Air Mines could seriously disturb a dragon attack. What do you guys think/know? As I'm only guessing here. Should I upgrade them now? Or wait for TH9 first? Or what?

Cheers in advance,
B.
June 9th, 2014
Desswarrior

I leave air bombs alone, but the seeking air bombs work great against all balloon and all dragon attacks. Personally, I don't upgrade my traps. I don't care for them. But, that's bad. It's all up to you on how people attack your base, and how you think that you can help your base to win. Victory for all!:cool:
June 9th, 2014
nikkisixx101

Seeking air mines are deffinetly worth it. if you do not a lvl 4 dragon still has like 800 hp after the hit. thats still quite alot. Seeking air mines are a major air d weapon higher up and should deffinetly be maxed.

Air bombs still do more damage to clumps of lvl 6 balloons wich you will start getting hit by alot at th9. it's a pretty powerfull attack and one that aims at you'r DE. so when those balloons are clumped up it deffinetly is usefull to have those bombs do maximum damage.

As for the other ground bombs you should deffinetly upgrade those big bombs are how you counter hogs and upgraded small bombs 2 at a time can kill archers and gobs in 1 hit.
June 9th, 2014
Beliaal

Alright guys. Thank you both for your replies.

Cheers,
B.
June 9th, 2014
Luba

can you upgrade seeking air mines at th8?
June 9th, 2014
BigPapiSolis

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Originally Posted by Luba

can you upgrade seeking air mines at th8?

You can't upgrade the SAM's until TH9 where you also get an additional 2 SAM's. They are worth the upgrade, anything that helps defend your base is worth the upgrade. High reload cost so I put mine near my TH and not on edge of base where they get triggered every air raid.
June 10th, 2014
Beliaal

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigPapiSolis

You can't upgrade the SAM's until TH9 where you also get an additional 2 SAM's. They are worth the upgrade, anything that helps defend your base is worth the upgrade. High reload cost so I put mine near my TH and not on edge of base where they get triggered every air raid.

But what's the point of having them near the TH? :D

B.
June 10th, 2014
thenextman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beliaal

But what's the point of having them near the TH? :D

B.

He stated his reason, it's because of the high reload cost so he won't have to rearm them every raid.
June 10th, 2014
hawdog

I waited until I had nothing left to upgrade. they're done now and I'm sure every little bit counts and could potentially be the deciding factor between a win and a loss in some cases.
June 10th, 2014
Beliaal

Quote:

Originally Posted by thenextman

He stated his reason, it's because of the high reload cost so he won't have to rearm them every raid.

No, I understood that. But I meant from a tactical point of view. I mean, keeping them near TH doesn't really seem like much. Except for maybe Clan Wars.

I'm just asking. I don't know. I just have 2 symmetrical Air Seeking Mines that never really get triggered.

Cheers,
B.
June 10th, 2014
BigPapiSolis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beliaal

No, I understood that. But I meant from a tactical point of view. I mean, keeping them near TH doesn't really seem like much. Except for maybe Clan Wars.

I'm just asking. I don't know. I just have 2 symmetrical Air Seeking Mines that never really get triggered.

Cheers,
B.

I put them near TH esp for clan wars because sometimes it's that one drag that stays alive long enough to get that star from taking out TH. I have lvl 6 ad's atm so they normally work em over pretty good. I guess I should have specified that.

They are still placed towards center of base near ad as backup in matchmaking

I do not put them near th when using a farming base btw lol
June 10th, 2014
Beliaal

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigPapiSolis

I do not put them near th when using a farming base btw lol

Actually, I'm interested in this particular thing. Where do you put them when farming? Near DE and Gold storages?

B.
June 10th, 2014
Concussions

Seeking air mines aren't upgradable at th8
June 10th, 2014
BigPapiSolis

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beliaal

Actually, I'm interested in this particular thing. Where do you put them when farming? Near DE and Gold storages?

B.

Right now I have them in between gold/elixir storages next to my air defenses. I usually don't get hit by mass drags or bloonion currently so I keep them there.

In clan wars it's either mass drag or mass hog attacks every war. Mass drag attacks have been held to one star so far.