TH9 upgrade imminent-what troop upgrades make me stronger quickly?

I am a near maxed TH8 and about to initiate my TH9 upgrade.

As TH8 I have mostly focused on hog and dragon attacks, and would say that at this point I am usually able to 3 star any TH8 base most of the time. My question is what attack should be my first focus when upgrading to TH9 to continue being able to pull my increased weight in war as quickly as possible?

I figure that I will purchase the queen and then upgrade spell factory, laboratory and two camps immediately, followed by another two camps, the CC and the dark barracks (twice for lava dogs). What should my first troop upgrade be? Hogs to level 5 or balloons to lev 6? Or something entirely different? And what attack strategy will be best used while my spell factory is upgrading? Obviously hog won't work without heal and dragon won't work without any spells.

Thanks!!!

Get archers level 6 Asap!!! These will help for farming big time. Then I would get level 6 barbs. As for war troops get your balloons to level 6. Balloonion is amazing at th9.

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Originally Posted by knightsofter

I am a near maxed TH8 and about to initiate my TH9 upgrade.

As TH8 I have mostly focused on hog and dragon attacks, and would say that at this point I am usually able to 3 star any TH8 base most of the time. My question is what attack should be my first focus when upgrading to TH9 to continue being able to pull my increased weight in war as quickly as possible?

I figure that I will purchase the queen and then upgrade spell factory, laboratory and two camps immediately, followed by another two camps, the CC and the dark barracks (twice for lava dogs). What should my first troop upgrade be? Hogs to level 5 or balloons to lev 6? Or something entirely different? And what attack strategy will be best used while my spell factory is upgrading? Obviously hog won't work without heal and dragon won't work without any spells.

Thanks!!!

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Get witches. upgrade them to lvl 2 which is max level for them. its a once and done thing and I get consistent 3 stars on other th9s with GoWiWi in wars. Max balloons are only good if your minions are lvl 4 or 5.

id go arch lvl 6, barbs lvl 6, loons lvl 6, hogs lvl 5, giants lvl 6

Thanks for the answers so far. Obviously my minions are level 4 right now since I am a near maxed TH8. So balloonian would be a single upgrade as well, but then I have to wait for the lava dogs to make it really effective.
Hogs is a single upgrade to max also. I know I can three star most TH8 with it. Is it as formidable at TH9?

I don't want to question your abilities with GoWiWi. I just don't see it often and when I do see it, it has been hit or miss in terms of producing 3 stars by TH9 players. Either I have not seen many skilled players with it or it is not as formidable as you make it out to be. At the least it must be a difficult attack that takes a while to get good at, otherwise I would see it more often.

hogs are harder to 3 star TH9s. It's pretty easy to make an anti hog base just putting 2 gbombs next to each other in between defenses. Balloonion takes practice, especially without lava hounds. I found GoWiWi to have a pretty easy learning curve and was able to master it relatively quick.

The reason you dont see it often is because witches cost 70k to upgrade which most people dont want to spend.

Here is some GoWiWi in action from myself in the first 2 attacks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGsWYeoPwIE

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Originally Posted by Dmanz28

hogs are harder to 3 star TH9s. It's pretty easy to make an anti hog base just putting 2 gbombs next to each other in between defenses. Balloonion takes practice, especially without lava hounds. I found GoWiWi to have a pretty easy learning curve and was able to master it relatively quick.

The reason you dont see it often is because witches cost 70k to upgrade which most people dont want to spend.

Here is some GoWiWi in action from myself in the first 2 attacks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGsWYeoPwIE

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Very convincing. And nice job on the three. Hmm, now I am torn, but I am still leaning towards lavaloonian. Just because my attempts at GoWiPe as TH8 have mostly been hit or miss. I do have my GoWiPe troops TH8 maxed. How crucial are better than level two Golems for GoWiWi?

I agree that Gowiwi can be a good attack, but if you are looking for what you should upgrade first I would do Witch or Hogs, or even your minions if you need to buy that AQ as well. This will save your Elixir for the long list of upgrades that you need to do with it. Barracks, Camps, and lots of troops. Personally I would then upgrade my heal spell, followed by arch/barb upgrade.

You could also go the other way, and make Barbarians the first upgrade, since they are the cheapest, they might be the easiest if you are upgrading 3-4 Army camps and some Barracks at the same time. Then while they are researching save up for the next upgrade. Keep in mind that Farming troops may be elixir better spent, since it will allow you to make all those other upgrades sooner. No matter what your War effectiveness will still be around TH 8 for a few weeks(assuming no gems) while you are upgrading things.

I kno u asked about attacking but a word of advice. Max your walls. U won't have gold to even think about upgrading them when u hit th9. And in my opinion gowipe/WWII is the strongest attacks in the game as th9/10

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Originally Posted by knightsofter

I am a near maxed TH8 and about to initiate my TH9 upgrade.

As TH8 I have mostly focused on hog and dragon attacks, and would say that at this point I am usually able to 3 star any TH8 base most of the time. My question is what attack should be my first focus when upgrading to TH9 to continue being able to pull my increased weight in war as quickly as possible?

I figure that I will purchase the queen and then upgrade spell factory, laboratory and two camps immediately, followed by another two camps, the CC and the dark barracks (twice for lava dogs). What should my first troop upgrade be? Hogs to level 5 or balloons to lev 6? Or something entirely different? And what attack strategy will be best used while my spell factory is upgrading? Obviously hog won't work without heal and dragon won't work without any spells.

Thanks!!!

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loons, max air army first , and this is coming from someone, who never did any looning until the first lab upgrade at TH9, Good Luck