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So what have you guys found to be the best attack strat for TH8? I've found the all dragon works well enough. But recently we've been paired against clans with high lvl and well placed AD. I can't use gowipe yet as I can't make golems.
All my troops are lvl 5 with lvl 3 drags and hogs. Lvl 4 heal spells and lvl 5 rage and lightning.
Any suggestions on would be awesome!
If your hogs are level 3, go ahead and use them:)
Drag Hog combo works amazingly if used correctly.
What ratio usually for drag hog combo? Really the all hogs works with lvl 3? Everything I've seen and read has said you wanna use 4 or higher.
Drag hog combo is not as efficient as a baloonion or dragoon raid because rage spells are best for drags loons and minions but heals are best for hogs and you want to maximize your spell usage as much as possible. It's kinda like having Kobe Bryant Kevin durant Carmelo Anthony and Michael jordan on the same team. They play relatively the same position and all are good individually but have no chemistry whatsoever. It's always good to have an army that compliments each other(loons tank bombs for minions and tank mines for drags, hogs do none of that).
The past 3 wars I've been in I've had really good luck with Go WiPe, but only using 1 golem due to the low army camp space (the extra 20 on TH9 helps a bunch, but I'm not there yet)
Looks like I either have to try all Dragons on low lvl AD, or use all hogs for the time being. That is until I can upgrade my barracks to golems to use the go wipe strat!
Thanks guys! Any other feedback still appreciated tho!
GoWipe isn't all that great at hall 8. Less space and lack of another spell and Queenie kind of kills it. You will often 2*, but rarely 3 either due to time or just not having enough space for the punch.
Also, Pekkas don't really get decent till lvl 3...and you should have at least lvl 2 golems. Most hall 8's aren't going to have access to those till much later, possibly right before their 9 upgrade.
Hogs and drags are usually a 3 on the right base vs other hall 8's and some weaker 9's.
I've been using gowipe but replace golems with giants. It's been working very well but about the same effectiveness as dragons if not slightly less. Usually two stars. I tend to run out of time before I can get three stars.
I use Giants and Wizards. I use 20 Giants, 10 wall breakers, 21 wizards(6 in cc) and 20 archers(destroy cc) I kill the clan castle troops and then deploy all my giants in one area then 5 wizards to clear outside buildings, once those are out of the way, I drop my barbarian king and remaining 16 wizards. The giants and barbarian king effectively guard the wizards who do all the damage. I use two healing spells and 1 rage spell. It should be an easy 3 star on any town hall 8 who doesn't have funneling and some weaker town hall 9's. I also use that strategy to farm dark elixir in gold 1. I get all of the dark elixir even if it is in the center of the base and I do not lose trophies because it is a guaranteed 50% every time.
I may try the Giants and wizards. In the war we just started my first attack is a TH9 but more like a TH8 with defense. Except for AD which is 5 and 6 lvl.
I wanna try either all hogs lvl 3 with 4 heal or I have lvl 5 giants and wizards.
Thanks for for the responses guys!
GoWiPe can be difficult - but if used properly can easily two star almost any base (except max bases 2 TH levels above you)
Dragons are easier to use and can 3 star almost any TH 8... but they don't stand much of a chance against a solid layout with centralized, good level ADs.
Hogs are a huge gamble - either an easy 3 star or a pathetic defeat.
Damn so many mixed reviews. Lol. I usually use all Dragons but most of the bases I've faced recently have had good AD centralized. Idk guess some trial and error like I said I can't use the GoWipe strat yet.
i would recommend using a mass hog rider strat. Ill leave a link for you to my hog army compo so you can maybe use that and leave me some feedback on my thread. --> http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ttack-Strat%21 <--