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Originally Posted by nw4loko
GoHo is pretty easy because u cant take anything with loons. GoLo is for when you have a high level centered queen that you cannot get your kill squad into or when the aq is close to a AD and covers to much of the ring meaning you cant loon 40% of the ring.
I will make a GoLo thread soon.
Hulk, I am a huge fan of your work, and found a perfect holowiwi target so decided to try out this strategy for the first time (with level 4 hogs and without my queen). Unfortunately I couldn't 3 star it (got 86% and not enough time to cleanup the base).
Would you be able to check my raid and tell me what I did wrong and hopefully what I can do to improve it next time?
I think I messed up loons deployment and my witches died for no apparent reason.
Maybe the queen was important? cause with her I am sure it would have been 3 stars (my BK was still up with 1/2 hp).
Anyway, I can record the raid or if it is easier for you to come and check out the raid it would be awesome :D
P.S. I am recording it right now and will edit this post when its up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdZ6jlGJO34
Keep working it out mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kierkhoev
Preface: I first learned of the holo strategy from Hulk's videos back when they were at war 50, since then I've gotten to the point where I can own any potential holo base, and have also nailed down goho as well.
Recently we had a war with another reddit clan, and after the war they posted to our sub asking how we were able to 3* so many of their bases. I took a little time and broke down my entire strategy on their #4 base which I 3 starred.
We pointed people in the direction of Hulk's youtube channel and once he found our thread he asked me if I'd post this here. Of course I couldn't deny the great Warlord!
This is my Holowiwi strategy broken down against their #4 base.
Here is the base I attacked:
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I used:
- 20 lvl 6 loons
- 17 lvl 5 hogs
- 8 Wizards
- 5 Barbarians
- 2 Witches
- 2 Wallbreakers
- 2 Heals
- 1 Rage
- 1 Lightning
My goal is to trigger the CC troops as late as possible, so that my loons have enough time to do their job. I started at the west AT, and moved clockwise. To give you an idea of how many loons to use, I'll break down how many I used and why.
The west and east AT required 2 loons to take out because of the xbow coverage, otherwise it would have only taken 1.
The NW/NE WT & AT combos are a must go, because between the WT and Cannon is a Double Bomb threat. I almost always use 2 loons for WTs, whether they are lvl 6 or 7, because they are prime locations for air traps. When the AT is within range of the WT, I will always double drop loons in sync on each tower before dropping the second loon on the WT, this way the AT doesn't focus on the loons attacking the WT.
An AT only requires 1 loons if there isn't any additional coverage from the core defenses or another AT or Tesla, if you have multiple AT covering each other, this is when being able to multi drop in sync comes in handy.
In the case of viva's base, I knew at least one of the loons targeting the north ATs would make it through alive and take care of the northern cannon for me.
For both of the southern WT/AT combos, I opted for 2 loons each. There are multiple reasons behind this:
- WTs are prime locations for air traps, and I need these defenses gone because...
- There is a double bomb threat between the combo, and I can't have my hogs being incinerated.
- I wanted a loon or two to survive to take out the mortar. I could have dropped a loon on the motor itself to insure this, but, considering 1 & 2 I didn't want to take a chance of not taking out the double bomb threat.
So all in total, I counted 18 loons needed to take out the ring, and I always bring a couple extra in case I mess up because I'm human and it happens, and I better be damn sure I don't miss clearing a double bomb threat.
The next step is taking out the CC. This can be done two ways, a lightning spell, or your kill squad.
This changes for every base I attack, but lately we have been facing CCs with witches inside of them, and a lightning strike takes care of a witch better than your kill squad. Plus, using your kill squad to take out the CC troops can lead to disaster if you don't handle the AI correctly, and if you lose your kill squad you're chances of success plummet.
I've attacked viva's base before, it's pretty common thanks to clashofclansbuilder.com or the COC forums, so I knew I was only going to need 2 heal spells in the core for the hogs, so I went with a lightning strike.
Then, once the CC has been handled, it's time to break out the kill squad. Just be smart here, remember the goal is to take out the AQ because she can wreck your hogs even under a heal spell, so you're always going to drop them on the AQ side. Make sure your witches are far enough away that they can summon their skullies, and keep your wizzies behind them as well. I try using my BK to tank any left over defenses, because that's what he's good for.
From there I usually carry a couple wall breakers to help get to the AQ faster, but they were flung into space by a spring trap this time. Doh. That's ok though, because that's why you carry a rage.
I raged them through the walls and for a quick AQ kill, and once the AQ was engaged I launched the hogs from the opposite side, bouncing them into the core through the left over defenses far far away from the double bomb threats. I usually leave a defense alive for this very reason, because it's easier to control where the hogs go.
The defensive BK isn't really strong, and you'll usually only lose a couple hogs under his onslaught as long as you place your heals well. Once the core is destroyed, they usually turn on the BK and finish him off before moving on to their cleanup duties.
The end.
Special Notes
- Late th9s will sometimes need the hogs to be raged through the core due to the shear amount of damage their defenses can do and their massive HP. This is especially true if you are unable to take out the AQ. The quicker you're through the core, the more hogs you will have left alive to deal with the defensive heros and cleanup.
- I've always felt the key to this strategy is speed, because it's such a technical strike, if you go too slow you might not leave yourself enough time for your troops to cleanup.
- Utilizing multi-touch drops will mean you can use less loons since all the defenses will have their own targets to worry about instead of targeting loons going for another defense. This is good, because it gives you more hogs!
- If you mess up and leave defenses in the ring, drop your hogs from multiple spots so that they take them out then bounce into the core (as long as this doesn't lead them into a double bomb threat!!). Your goal is to have the hogs finish up the defenses in the core so that they a) take out the heros right away, and b) don't have to travel all over the place to take out miscellaneous defenses. This can lead to you missing a 3* simply due to time! And we all know how much a bummer a 2* is when it should have been a 3*.
- The key to handling teslas that pop up in the ring is to drop a loon on them as soon as they pop up and are distracted. Teslas attack fast and can take out a single loon before the loon takes them out. If the core is packed tight and you know there aren't any teslas there, make sure to count 4 extra loons for taking out the ring. You may even be able to have a solid guess as to where they are and can preemptively drop an extra loon to take care of them.
That's all I have for you, now it just takes practice to get comfortable with the strategy!
Good luck,
Justin Skinner
Cheers justin
You make this stratt seem so easy..
But the time is the biggest enemy to this :/
The name of that base is the tsunami justin. I use it for war but tweaked it so it can't be holoed. But I'm going to change it because it can be easily three starred by a mediocre gowipe