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Hi
I am trying to figure out when the wizard is better to use vs cheaper troops like barb or arch.
Obvious consideration is the tradeoff between higher HP/DPS vs Space and Time to train and cost of course.
At TH7 I have yet to find it useful for much other than experimenting, in all cases so far I find barch cheaper / faster / just as effective.
wizard just hits hard and does splash damage to take care of cc troops
I'd say at TH8, when you can upgrade them to 5. They get their largest DPS boost then. I still generally use barbs/archers/goblins for quick raids, but when I want to hit hard (to get at someone's DE, say) I'll take a few fireball-slinging buddies along.
Thanks!
I didnt realise they did splash damage haha.
Wizards when u want to smash through stuff and reach the core.
Barch when you want to reach storages on weak bases or collector raids on high bases or just for th sniping.
I just use Wizards at CW. Never used em' for farming purposes because it takes too much time to cook 1 wizard :eek: I use BAM or sometimes barch specially when I need elixir. :cool:
Wizards are best to use if you are using Giants in your army composition. They support Giants better than no other troop (Except Healer). Best army composition to use is to go for GiWiHe. On TH 7s, it's sure to give you a minimum of 2 stars. Apart from that, 3-4 wizards can easily wipe out all those CC troops unless it's a high HP unit.
I have found wizards are useful if you have to get to the core of the base. I have level 5 archers and they get one shot by level 6 mortars, and as I push in, the archers group together. Just a few wizards, I take 3-5, live long enough to get some of those goodies in the core.
Wizards are good at all levels. It's all about how you use them. You need to make sure you have giants in front of the wizards to help keep them alive.
Wizards+Barbs or giants is great in defense. In attacking, it depends who you want to attack. If you are farming, use archers. For dark farming, use wizards. For pushing, use wizards. Just make sure they have a meat shield, or they will die. A healer or healing spell can also suffice.
Cheers peeps!
At L4 they start becoming useful. They can be used to get de storages at the end of a raid provided you have cleared everything out in front. I personally rarely use them to farm but some of my clan mates do. They are obviously a Great War troop.
Wiz/archer is more common for defense, but I suppose barbs could work too. But giants? Those are awful for defense.Quote:
Originally Posted by QandAclash
Th6 late in silver 1/gold 3 i used giant wiz to farm, always starred. Mass wiz is when they get effective, 10-16 giants, 6-10 wb, a gob or barb or (lure cc), rest wiz is a crushing army. When wiz max for that th level, they are effective.
th8 the are boss and th9 wiz6 are beasts!
Barbs are better on defense to support wiz than arch. Archers range is greater than wiz so on defense wiz sit in front of arch and are therefore taken out first. barbs create a shield for wiz to do their work. Its also nice that the same strategy works for an offensive cc. Get the barbs out in front to take damage and wiz behind to inflict damage. My standard cc is 10 barbs and 5 wizards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warble
As most have stated wizards are great at inflicting damage and the upgrade to lvl5 is the best in the game. Aside from the obvious use in clan wars, wizards really are not a great farming troop. Due to time and cost it is much more efficient to use barch or a giant barch troop comp. I have found that holding a few wiz can be helpful at taking out heroes though. i always take a few on hand when farming. If i encounter heroes on the outside i drop a few barbs and then a wiz to make quick work of them. Aside from that wizzies are generally used to exploit the core of the base and are mostly used with big army comps.
Don't you mean th10 Lvl 6 wizards? You need lvl 8 Lab to get them, which is TH 10 only.Quote:
Originally Posted by boek