Can we make healers viable for high lvl play?

What is to be changed with healers:
Switching healer's target system from area splash to multi target.

Why this is more beneficial than the current system:
We very much appreciate the new healer buff, however we still encounter the problems of a healer choosing to heal a rogue group of troops or the heroes instead of the main group taking damage. A multi targeting system will, in theory, cause a healer to be more centralized trying to maximize her healing effect.

How this will work:
The healer will get a slightly larger range of effect, healing X number of troops within her area. X will increase upon healer level, range will not.

Suggested amounts for X:
Healer lvl1: 3 targets
Healer lvl2: 4 targets
Healer lvl3: 5 targets
Healer lvl4: 7 targets
Healer lvl5: 9 targets

obviously these are suggestions and in no way determined to be balanced as i can not test this system.


Comments? Questions? Suggestions?

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I've felt that way a number of times. I just wish the healer would stick to the giants. The AI is weird sometimes.

Still wouldn't make them viable for high level play there is to much trap damage.


TH8 - Healer level max is 3 which is

840 hitpoints

TH8 - has 4 air bombs at 144 spash damage. and 2 seeking airmines at 1500 damage not to mention the 3 air defenses.

So you would need at least 2 dragon's to divert the damage. Or an army with 4+ healer's
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TH9 - Healer level max is 4 which is

1176 hitpoints

TH9 - has 4 air bombs at 173 spash damage. and 4 seeking airmines at 1800 damage not to mention the 4 air defenses.

So you would need at least 4 dragon's to divert the damage. or an army of 6+ healer's

Healer is meant to be a town hall 6-8 troop and if it were multiple heals it would be so op at those levels. Giant/healer is already very powerful (town hall six's version of dragons) we don't want to make it more OP than it already is!

Infernoes and air defenses make this impossible.

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Originally Posted by Randomtreestix

Healer is meant to be a town hall 6-8 troop and if it were multiple heals it would be so op at those levels. Giant/healer is already very powerful (town hall six's version of dragons) we don't want to make it more OP than it already is!

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Thanks for the feed back all. I dont believe any troop is for lower levels only as they allow you to upgrade troops. Healers already heal a whole group, sometimes a full group heal on 20 giants would be better, but im thinking more of switching the iffy splash heal for a multi single target system. The difference is it has a set limit on how much it can heal but give more area to heal.

i see some trying to use healers already some using drags or loons to take out the traps and take a bit. Every troop even goblins and wb have some use on defense healer still does basically nothing, this would help there and the new targeting system i dont believe would make the troop OP. Still need help with the numbers though not sure if 5 possible troops to heal at th7 is too much or not.

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Originally Posted by Randomtreestix

Healer is meant to be a town hall 6-8 troop and if it were multiple heals it would be so op at those levels. Giant/healer is already very powerful (town hall six's version of dragons) we don't want to make it more OP than it already is!

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Every troop should be usable at every th level. Putting a troop in the game thats only used for 2 th levels is ridiculous. They should fix the ai, (tired of seeing them leave my group of 8 giants to heal 2 wizards..) give it a boost to health and take the housing space down from 14 to 10, then maybe juuust maaaybe, people could use them past th8.

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Originally Posted by GrandMasterCody

Every troop should be usable at every th level. Putting a troop in the game thats only used for 2 th levels is ridiculous. They should fix the ai, (tired of seeing them leave my group of 8 giants to heal 2 wizards..) give it a boost to health and take the housing space down from 14 to 10, then maybe juuust maaaybe, people could use them past th8.

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I dont find the housing space a problem nor their health, see with my suggestion theyd heal those 2 wizards AND a few giants. A better way to "group" heal imo. I see them used with somewhat effectiveness even at th10, however th10 could use an extra lvl perhaps. But the targeting change i feel would benefit all th lvls that have healers.

Going to bump this as the other healer suggestion is a complete change on the troop making it something that a healer shouldnt do >.< i still think this change is the best hope we have to make healers more useful to us beyond th8. An extra lvl or two, or even that rage suggestion would mean nothing if a healer sticks to the group that decided to go rouge.

I can understand where youre coming from but the reason i dont use healers is because they are too fragile, not because i dont think theyre healing enough. With 4 ads you may get passed one of them but by the time you get to the second the healers will most likely die, also with the high number of sams at th9-10 they would be taken out quite easily. You have to remember that healers only heal ground troops so will be used with ground troops so they will have no defence against ads or traps which are abundant at high levels making them redundant.

I know you are going to say something about loons or hounds but having to bring troops just to protect the healer seems to be more effort than its worth. A level 5 healer which can survive lvl1 sams at least would be better, and maybe some resistance to ads (however no troop properties change as they level, so this would have to be at all levels making them too resistant at low levels and thus OP)