Why all the hate for healers?

I neglected healers till recently. I'm a maxed th9. Working on heroes, so I only care about DE. Without heroes to aid the attack I need a force to sustain itself for a longer time. Started in the 1700 cup range (currently about 2050 cups) and have attacked hourly with a giant/healer combo. So in that time I can generate 2 heal spells. I try to avoid heal spells due to the cost but often use 1. Only attacking th8 to mid-level th9s and rushed th10s. Haven't failed to get a de storage yet in about 70 attacks. Use the heal spells as backup. Averaging about 1250 de a raid. Not seeing a whole lot of decently filled DE storages that aren't protected by infernos that i've haven't attacked. Most folks have skull wall or weaker. I figure when I get up to upper c3-c2 I'll switch to loonion. But I've seen no reason to change now. Really isn't many juicy full de storages in this range. Only playing casually so I prefer to keep the nexting under 50. Both heroes are upgrading (to level 13 and 11) so it has produced the de required. One of the things I'm trying to do though is to get to a higher cup range so the de is more plentiful. Kind of space still. Was settling for 8-900 de in the 1700-1850 range. Once I got near 1900 cups, 1000+ de has been easier to find.

I couldn't imagine using giant/healer if I was hardcore farming though. As a casual farm it's been quite nice.

I don't hate them... just ignore them..

I would like to see a dark troop that enrages troops around it.

Much like this idea, i think the healer should heal whatever she is flying over and with to a certain radius.

Hi,
first of all some information, i'm a th10 with maxed def and lvl 144.
I used them a lot th9 and lower, but not anymore at th10.
the answer is easy for me, for farming it takes too long to train, for pushing it doesn't make sense to use them, since they don't work against the best def of the game. Yes, the inferno tower blocks the heal. It's every logical, a fire tower can be freezed, but not healed...
cheers.

Strategy has been simple as well. 2 squads far enough apart to cover a decent portion of the base but usually close enough that wizards in between have cover. If the AD is 3 layers deep, then healer right away. 2 layers deep, heal spell then healer when ad is down. outer layer, just wait to use healer when the ad goes down, heal spell if the wizards are being silly. Not running across many outer walls that are stronger than level 7. Inner walls can be skull. Not concerned when the giants hit a wall. wizards usually have plenty to aim at. Giants are only there to tank. Usually a 2 star, sometimes a 3 star, occasionally 1 star. My few 0 star attacks have been on purpose only using a small piece of the army not including the healers. (Hey if you are going to give me a 1000 de I will donate you cups)

Honestly, healers were part of an amazing farming comp a looong time ago. But now there's newer and better comps out there, like Barching, BAMing, etc.

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Originally Posted by Cristian

I would like to see a dark troop that enrages troops around it.

Much like this idea, i think the healer should heal whatever she is flying over and with to a certain radius.

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No, no, no. That would mean she would either be healing the troops at the back (which don't need the healing) or sitting at the front getting hammered by AD rockets.

If people think targetting is bad with the current heal beams, these fancy ideas of multi-target healing or area healing would only make matters worst. At least now it is possible to have her focus the healing on a specific small group (if you know how to handle her AI) while she sits at the back of the attack group, putting some distance from potential harm.

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Originally Posted by Anoushka[Supercell]

Forum exclusive: Healers no longer trigger air traps - just keep clear of Air Defense!

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For the healer haters out there, WHOOOAAA!


This will make a huge difference to my Valkyrie Tornado tactic, which I just made a video for (waiting for it to be uploaded)


Not triggering air traps is a huge deal. This means you don't have to anticipate where trap locations are, or suffer an instant loss of your healer.

Awesome for Th9-10

Makes spring traps more important at Th8, but hey in war they weren't used that much anyway


Th7, your gonna get healer stomped - sorry

Normally barch farm, but will cook a healer and giants to supplement if I'm offline for a bit, then come back for a sweet storage raid.

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Originally Posted by Yoyobuae

No, no, no. That would mean she would either be healing the troops at the back (which don't need the healing) or sitting at the front getting hammered by AD rockets.

If people think targetting is bad with the current heal beams, these fancy ideas of multi-target healing or area healing would only make matters worst. At least now it is possible to have her focus the healing on a specific small group (if you know how to handle her AI) while she sits at the back of the attack group, putting some distance from potential harm.

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Not necessarily, its sort of a win win.

You can get your troops healed better but youre healer would be more exposed since she isnt healing from far away.

And troops in the back wouldnt need healing if troops in the front are being pounded. The healer is designed to heal the wounded not the healthy.

So much like the current system, the new and improved healer would heal bigger crowds but at closer range.

But this is merely an idea, no need to jump off our horses.