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Personally I think Lava Hounds are too powerful. To fight Golems you have the ability to farm your ♥♥♥ off and get lava/zap walls. They really slow Golems down.
There is no possible way to grind your ♥♥♥ off to get the extra bit of defense against Lava Hounds.
I believe seeking air mines should do 1.5x damage to Hounds - to reward those who place them well. But do not change other things which could affect other aerial combos which do not need to be harmed.
This thread almost makes it seem like the lava hound and golem serve different purposes. Whaaaa? You mean you haven't tried LavaWiPe? or LavaWiWi? or GoLoonion? Whaaaa? Aren't those attacks supposed to be able to 3 star any th10 even if you spam troops randomly?
Mind = Blown
But really, hounds are fine as they are.
Personally i think things are fine. The people that complain about a certain troop (or troops) are the people who 1.) Dont know how to use them or 2.) The people whos bases cant hold up because they are not yet good enough.
I'm in lower champs atm (3400ish) and getting attacked prob about 50/50 lavaloonion and golem based strategy. My base is holding up equally well to both to be honest.
Some me of the guys using lavaloonion have to be quite smart, it's not a drop all ur troops and easy win strat!
Before lavaloonion is was almost all golems strategys in champ, it's nice to see more variation.
Some of those comparisons are just blatantly ridiculous, air defenses give a ridiculous amount of damage which could explain some of the differences...
Especially considering the speed of the hound, it gets deep into enemy territory before anything can back it up, so it has everything trained on it including the possibility of multiple air defense and multiple air seeking mine, which is far more damaging then giant bombs are to golems.
Air defense does much more damage than cannons. You can ignore mortars because they do nearly no damage to golems and are only good for stopping barch.
For traps the seeking air mines do much more damage than giant bombs and if placed correctly they will hit the hound any time.
Also the hound goes straight to the center and will be attacked by 3 to 4 air defenses while the golems move in with the troops.
So the hound survives much shorter but does this make him weaker? I think not because loons are also much faster in destroying def then wizards so the hound does not need to survive so long.
Which strategy is stronger will depend on the base. If air defense is centered use gowi if they are in the corners use lavaloonion.
Not convinced actually, I've seen Lavaloonion have success even with Air Defence more in the center. If it's closer to center it gives the Hounds more opportunity to eat up all the red & black bombs along the way. Which gives the loons & minions more freedom to rage through a base.Quote:
Originally Posted by andrgin
It's really making you re-think base design - which is a good thing, I'm still trying to wrap my head around properly defending them. I haven't been forced to do it quickly as I'm farming; but the pesky Hounds do still pop up from time to time in Crystal to keep me honest.
I believe these kind of threads are getting dumber day by day...
Can we start a new rant thread about how we should nerf golem because they tank and make wizard/witch survives? can we start a new rant thread about how we should nerf jump spell because it makes Valkyrie/Pekka/golem/all other troops ignore your hard earn walls and make 3 stars easier?
This poll is stupid, answer is either yes or yes.
I used both a lot and i think Golems are still better compared to Lavas as there is much more room for error, with Lavas there is no room for error at all, you do it perfect or you fail miserably.