Giant Healer as TH7 - a question

I have been using Giant-Healer for some clan war attacks once I reached TH7. For unsuitable for tougher bases, I have been using Dragons. I am using them only against bases with 2 air defences.

My current strategy is to destroy one air defence by 3 lightning spells, killing any cc troops in the process if I can lure them close to the CC. After that I smash the wall and push in the giants so they destroy the 2nd air defence (AD). Then I spawn the 2 healers behind them. Then the Barbarian King. After that it is a race against time - depending on the walls, it can be a 2 or 3 star. Is this good or is there a better way?

However, sometimes I cannot place my giants so that they target the Air Defence first. Obviously, I can't spawn the healer unless the AD is down, and I am finding that the level 4 Giants die too fast to be able to reach the AD. In this case, should I attack from the side that has had its AD destroyed? This will mean that the 2 Healers can keep most of the Giants alive.

Any advice on this will help. Maybe I am doing it all wrong?

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Originally Posted by arunt

I have been using Giant-Healer for some clan war attacks once I reached TH7. For unsuitable for tougher bases, I have been using Dragons. I am using them only against bases with 2 air defences.

My current strategy is to destroy one air defence by 3 lightning spells, killing any cc troops in the process if I can lure them close to the CC. After that I smash the wall and push in the giants so they destroy the 2nd air defence (AD). Then I spawn the 2 healers behind them. Then the Barbarian King. After that it is a race against time - depending on the walls, it can be a 2 or 3 star. Is this good or is there a better way?

However, sometimes I cannot place my giants so that they target the Air Defence first. Obviously, I can't spawn the healer unless the AD is down, and I am finding that the level 4 Giants die too fast to be able to reach the AD. In this case, should I attack from the side that has had its AD destroyed? This will mean that the 2 Healers can keep most of the Giants alive.

Any advice on this will help. Maybe I am doing it all wrong?

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Go from the side with destroyed air defence, this way your giants will be alive for longer and by the time the other air defence gets in range of your healers , most of the base would already been destroyed!

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Originally Posted by atiq629

Go from the side with destroyed air defence, this way your giants will be alive for longer and by the time the other air defence gets in range of your healers , most of the base would already been destroyed!

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Right, so I did it wrong the last time. No wonder I couldn't get 3 star. Thanks :)

You can 3-star Th8 with dragons

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Originally Posted by jaredasch1

You can 3-star Th8 with dragons

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Really? With just level 2 Dragons and 3 spells it is possible to 3 star a TH8 base wth 3 Air Defences? Can you please give me a link to a strategy to do that?

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Originally Posted by arunt

Really? With just level 2 Dragons and 3 spells it is possible to 3 star a TH8 base wth 3 Air Defences? Can you please give me a link to a strategy to do that?

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I've been doing that as a trophy pusher. Depending on the style of bases, you can 2-3 star TH8s (lightning one AD and guarantee 2 stars minimum if done correctly), 1-2 star TH8s and 1 star TH10s even with infernoes.

@ Arunt I can help you a bit with that but I dont follow a guide i just use this:

Here is my army composition for taking on th8s with dragons. (I three starred two last clan war).

8 dragons, 9 wizards, 3 barbarians, one goblin, barbarian king and wizards in the clan castle.

1) Lightning the AD that is buried the deepest

2) Lure out the cc troops. In order to grab their attention I first use a goblin, if there is a dragon and it is a level 3 clan castle, job done. If there is more to pull out, use barbarians.

3) Kill the cc troops by preferably taking them to the corner that favours the remaining AD(s). Put down your barbarian king, rage if you can, deploy your wizards in an arc favouring the outside of the map. If done right, it will destroy their cc troops and give your ground troops the time and position they need to destroy the outside buildings in the area you will deploy your dragons. If you are lucky in this step sometimes you can take out exposed air defenses.

4) Deploy your dragons on the path that will most likely, if not directly, take them to the remaining air defense(s).

5) and that is that :)

im a TH7 i use 10x lvl 2 dragons with 3x lvl4 rage spells. something seriously has gone wrong if i dont at least 2 star a TH8 layout. (also my CC normally can have a Lvl 2 dragon for attack or if i feel i need some archers to clear out some surrounding stuff to give dragons clearer path to the centre.)

Oh and my king is also handy for mopping up.

Yes its a costly attack but to be honest i war to get a Dark elixir and gold reward.

Alright guys, thanks for the help on Dragon use in clan wars. I was able to 2 Star a TH8 with 2 level 5 Air Defences with just 6 lvl 1 Dragons, but I wasn't sure if Dragons alone could take on 3 Air Defences. It seems I can, but I will need lvl 2 Dragons, which are being researched now :)

It will also help that I will have Minions next time to mop up outer buildings so my Dragons don't go off to the side.

I 3 star a th9 with 3 lvl 4 and 1 lvl 5 ad with 10 dragons lvl 2, 2 wizard 4 , 12 archer 4 +BK. Lure cc , then put dragon from the side of 2 ad, use a rage spell and 1 heal , then they destroy all base. It's a premie and bad layout, but you will 3 stars all th7 , and 2 stars th 8 i think.

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Originally Posted by arunt

I have been using Giant-Healer for some clan war attacks once I reached TH7. For unsuitable for tougher bases, I have been using Dragons. I am using them only against bases with 2 air defences.

My current strategy is to destroy one air defence by 3 lightning spells, killing any cc troops in the process if I can lure them close to the CC. After that I smash the wall and push in the giants so they destroy the 2nd air defence (AD). Then I spawn the 2 healers behind them. Then the Barbarian King. After that it is a race against time - depending on the walls, it can be a 2 or 3 star. Is this good or is there a better way?

However, sometimes I cannot place my giants so that they target the Air Defence first. Obviously, I can't spawn the healer unless the AD is down, and I am finding that the level 4 Giants die too fast to be able to reach the AD. In this case, should I attack from the side that has had its AD destroyed? This will mean that the 2 Healers can keep most of the Giants alive.

Any advice on this will help. Maybe I am doing it all wrong?

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Here's a large collection of 3 stars clan war attack replays on several base designs where the attacker was a TH7.

https://www.youtube.com/user/3StarsC...y=%22th7+vs%22

I hope this helps! Good Luck!

I just spam all my drags down and drop rages whenever they're in contact with an air defense, lol.

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Originally Posted by 3StarsClanWars

Here's a large collection of 3 stars clan war attack replays on several base designs where the attacker was a TH7.

https://www.youtube.com/user/3StarsC...y=%22th7+vs%22

I hope this helps! Good Luck!

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Thanks for the link, it will help :)

I also watch Chief Pat's youtube channel, but of course he cycles content so every time it is for different TH.