3 Air Defenses for TH7

Not sure if this has been proposed, but I searched and didn't see anything about it.

So, clan wars for mainly TH7s are mass dragon attacks. It is IMPOSSIBLE to defend 10-11 dragons with two air defenses; even two level 5 ADs. Three Lightning spells on one AD is insta-kill, then let the dragon barrage begin. It's simply impossible for one AD to defend 10-11 dragons. There is no if, ands, or buts about it.

I'm not sure if this was intentional (I doubt it), but there needs to be a fix. If not an extra AD, maybe:

- an extra seeking air mine
- lessen dragon health
- boost AD damage (bonus vs dragons, possibly)
- lessen dragon damage

Let's be frank for a moment. Who uses mass dragon attacks on TH9-10? Four ADs, level 5-8 obviously have a huge damage disparity than two level 5s. That, combined with the extra buildings that that dragons would need to attack before even targeting the ADs, just makes it easier to defend them at those levels. No one uses them.

When I see our opponent's clan, I count the TH7s and multiply by three. That's a guaranteed 3 stars per base. I don't really care to hear "don't use them, blah, blah, blah." I still have to defend them. If it's a guaranteed three stars, why not?

What are the community's thoughts or other suggestions to make this more manageable/defendable?

No point of having 3 air defences at th7 when u get another air defence at th8. Maybe upgrade your defenes to be better. I'm th7 almost th8 and I think it's fine how it is.

Well a 3rd AD would effectively kill the giant-healer strategy that's very popular at TH7, so this would be more harmful than good. And honestly, a 3rd AD won't save you anyway with TH7 defenses to support them.

Increasing AD damage only further nerfs them at high levels. Same goes for reducing their health.

The best you can do is spread out your base as much as possible and hope for 90+% 2 stars. I've actually seen dragon attacks fail against TH7s by incompetent attackers. And not everyone uses them. There are a lot of cheapskates who are turned off by the cost.

Yeah the air defenses work fine. No base is gonna be 100% defendable. Drags are slow for a reason so why not try to use that to space out your bases rather than suggest lower health for a troop that seems to be working both ways.

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Originally Posted by Theicon0801

No point of having 3 air defences at th7 when u get another air defence at th8. Maybe upgrade your defenes to be better. I'm th7 almost th8 and I think it's fine how it is.

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This makes no sense. You can only have two @level 5. Why not just keep the fourth one unavailable until TH9? It changes nothing except one more AD at TH7 and you will still have the same three at TH8, and fourth available at TH9? What's your argument?

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Originally Posted by GanjaSandwich

Yeah the air defenses work fine. No base is gonna be 100% defendable. Drags are slow for a reason so why not try to use that to space out your bases rather than suggest lower health for a troop that seems to be working both ways.

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9 dragons, 40 archers/barbs or 20 minions take care of spaced out stuff (8+1 dragon from castle). One AD still isn't enough to take out a fleet of that size.

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Originally Posted by Scuba061

Well a 3rd AD would effectively kill the giant-healer strategy that's very popular at TH7, so this would be more harmful than good. And honestly, a 3rd AD won't save you anyway with TH7 defenses to support them.

Increasing AD damage only further nerfs them at high levels. Same goes for reducing their health.

The best you can do is spread out your base as much as possible and hope for 90+% 2 stars. I've actually seen dragon attacks fail against TH7s by incompetent attackers. And not everyone uses them. There are a lot of cheapskates who are turned off by the cost.

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You have a point on the giant/healer becoming almost irrelevant. Any other suggestions? As far as failing attacks by "incompetent attackers," that's user error. I can personally say I've never achieved less than three Stars on a TH7 with 10-11 dragons + 3 lightning spells. It's true no base is 100% defendable, but the same holds true for said attack strategy. TH7 defenses simply cannot hold well against dragons. Even level one dragons. It's an automatic three-star if done correctly. Only user error prevents a perfect score.

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Originally Posted by FBSJR

9 dragons, 40 archers/barbs or 20 minions take care of spaced out stuff (8+1 dragon from castle). One AD still isn't enough to take out a fleet of that size.

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So what? There's armies that will 3 star TH10s too. That army would defeat it but not every player does that.

User error is by far the biggest reason for failed attacks at any level with any army.

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Originally Posted by GanjaSandwich

Yeah the air defenses work fine. No base is gonna be 100% defendable. Drags are slow for a reason so why not try to use that to space out your bases rather than suggest lower health for a troop that seems to be working both ways.

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I agree. If that's the case, then there shouldn't be one attack that's undefendable at TH7. The argument here is not that of the attack, it's the poor defenses. When played correctly, this attack does not fail perfection.