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Lava Hounds are very ineffective. 30 housing space for a unit that dies considerably quicker than Golems.
Why? Because rockets do far more damage than anything golems. Same with big bombs vs air mines.
Lava Hounds don't stand a chance.
2 easy fixes:
a) The boring fix would be to increase hitpoints.
or, more interestingly for strategy
b) As it is a LAVA Hound, make it get healed by inferno towers hitting it.
There's also the option of increasing its DPS enough that it can usually take out an air d before it dies, but yes, when they said lava hound I thought oh good, finally something that will target/take reduced damage from Inferno Towers, as I think one of the biggest thing the game needs is something that makes it a little more feasible for TH9's, or even TH8's to take on TH10's.
I don't have the hounds yet, but I have seen them work and it seems if you drop balloons in a rage spell behind them you can take out air defense rather effectively before the hound dies, giving your balloons a chance to do their thing.
I know I see people take on inferno towers and win but when I have it seems my level 6 giants get toasted in 4 seconds - and any other troops I have gets toasted in 1 second. I have sworn that somewhere under the programming covers someone programmed my troops to just be weaker than normal. In any case - I now just avoid TH10 bases with infernos as it seems like a loss anyway. Which makes it dumb to have such an OP weapon.Quote:
Originally Posted by awesomness2016
As for the Lava Hounds - I am not impressed. Dont have em yet but all the videos and feedback I say made me decide to spend my elixir elsewhere rather than bother with a troop that takes up a whopping 30 spaces and dies in 10 seconds. No thanks. I'll eventually upgrade to it but only when I have nothing better to spend it on.
I think inferno towers are just fine. Highest defence in the game needs to be the best.
But what I am saying is the Lava Hounds are not good enough. I therefore suggested one option was to allow them to heal from inferno towers. Perhaps equally whether single or multi mode, otherwise would be OP for the lava hound.
Would make for an interesting dynamic.
Akali, go on youtube right now and search
"witelightingHWD".
Find his Lava hound guide.
Collect stars.
Reach champs. ;)
If you want a link I'd be happy to go find it for you
I searched but did not find it.
Anyway, I still think my point that Lava Hounds need a boost is valid :)
By any chance, are your lava hounds still level 1? If so, get them to level 3 and then see if your opinion changes. They're not meant to be comparable to golems in terms of tankiness. They're different troops, with different stats and purposes. I've seen many videos of them bring used successfully in conjunction with balloonion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Akali
Also, your suggestion b) would be overpowered. By that logic, wizards should be healed with they get attacked by lightning spells, wizard towers, or teslas.
My opinion is based on L3 Lava Hounds.
The suggestion would not need to be overpowered. It all depends how much the healing effect is. I am not suggesting it be equal to a single mode inferno tower shot for example. SC can test to see what works.
True logic is irrelevant in a fantasy game. I only meant in terms of "internal game world coherence logic". On that basis the Lava Hound lives in lava and fire. Wizards only shoot lightning....they don't live in it. So it can make sense if SC wanted to do it :)
I have lava hounds and i am th9, they have made it so i can 2 star strong th10 with air troops witch never work before so learn some new tactics and upgrade your hounds!Quote:
Originally Posted by Akali