Lava hound v/s seeking air mine & how to defend against lava hound

I am hoping the lava hound goes undetected by seeking air mines just like minions or else its a no contest, the hound would hardly be a tank unless it has 10k hp which is highly impossible.

1 Seeking air mine does 1500+ damage

Can anybody comment on this and confirm.

Otherwise everyone will just place seeking air mines next to air defense.

Another thing...Btw this is a good defense strategy to tackle lava hounds if they do become the norm after release like golems.....just place air bombs and seeking air mines (if they deal damage to lava hounds) next to air defenses.

I don't know what I'm going to do yet. I'm thinking bout leaving my base the same for now, until I see if people actually use them or not. Plus, if I set my defenses to defend against the air gowipe, then people just might hit me up with a ground attack.

True.....there is still time for the release and people still have to figure out the strategies

But any news on the seeking air mine

Maybe. But smart players will drop a single balloon before the hound. To trigger that seeking bomb. The key is to place the bomb behind the AD. So it is harder to trigger

Maybe if the air def are in the outer layer....but if there r other defenses before air def then the balloon wont be able to trigger it....

Also the 30 housing space of hounds means u cant use a lot of other troops to trigger stuff unless they r minions

For golems the one thing that does damage other than defenses are the giant bombs (spring traps dont affect golems untill they split)

But it is harder to place a giant bomb near any particular defenses..coz golems could come from any side

But lava hounds have only 1 point of direction and that is towards air def....its easier to air bomb them

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Originally Posted by Nitecrawller

Maybe if the air def are in the outer layer....but if there r other defenses before air def then the balloon wont be able to trigger it....

Also the 30 housing space of hounds means u cant use a lot of other troops to trigger stuff unless they r minions

For golems the one thing that does damage other than defenses are the giant bombs (spring traps dont affect golems untill they split)

But it is harder to place a giant bomb near any particular defenses..coz golems could come from any side

But lava hounds have only 1 point of direction and that is towards air def....its easier to air bomb them

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Yup


I am skeptical as of how useful the hound will be. I think Th9 players will get hit the hardest by them, as air is already strong at Th9.

But vs Th10, I think the 5 different seeking mines, and sheer size of bases will limit their effectiveness. But it may make 2 staring easier.

In the video the lava hound got hit by a seeking air mine and took very lil damage and also if it took over 10 hits from a lvl 7 air defence im sure it will have about 5k HP. thats enouph to get hit by 2 seeking air mine and survive.

But the Lava hound was also taking more damage from the archer tower than the air defense, which means that the air defense are nerfed against lava hounds so lava hounds don't have a ridiculous amount of health.

Now that the update is out...It looks like seeking air mines do damage hounds

And air def arent nerfed against hounds

5700 hp and 10 dps at lvl1 means the hound will not be able to destroy any form of air def on its own.

If you place all the 4 lvl1 air mines next to an air defense....and if the hound goes to thay air def first it will be destroyed

Even for L1 hound, it needs 3x air mines.
Realistically, 1-2x air mines plus under fire for AD, AT, etc. will down the hound.

Anyway, I think this is a better tank than the current King.