The story of my failed penta lava loon attack

I always have 1 hero on upgrade, so I war with lavaloon.
It's my best shot at a 3 star
My loons are 6 and hounds are lvl2

So, last night I find my victim in our current war, a early to mid TH9 with
Lvl 6 queen, 30 space clan castle, 3 lvl 6 Ad and 1 lvl7.

I cook up 4 rage, 4 hounds and 20 loons.
My clan mate gives me a lvl 1 hound for my castle and I'm ready to go.

Drop 3 hounds (2 of mine plus my CC hound) on the AD 7 and 2 more on the AD 6 next to it.

Line up 20 loons and we're off.

I lose 3 hounds taking down the first 2 AD. The remaining 2 head over the town hall and clan castle to the last 2 air defense.

My balloons are raging right behind them. Then, out pops a level 3 lava hound from the castle.
That hound chase my hounds and kills them as they kill the AD. Then the remaining tesla and archer tower pick off the pups as that cursed hound kills my balloons.

I release my king to clean up outside and manage a pathetic 1 star.

Just thought I'd share.








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Always lure the CC, balloons and lava hounds will not kill any cc troops until all defenses are down, you made a bad choice.

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Originally Posted by squirlz

Always lure the CC, balloons and lava hounds will not kill any cc troops until all defenses are down, you made a bad choice.

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Yes and no.
With 5 hounds I can 3 star most (that I would use an air attack on) TH9's even with max wizards in the castle unless the queen is above 20.
To lure and kill a level 3 lava hound would have cost me 4-6 wizards to kill it plus a few balloons to lure
That would drop my total balloons to 12-14 which isn't typically enough.

if I had my queen, than a lure and kill would be easier

Well...it was just bad luck you attacked a base under the worse case scenario (no Queen and Hound in CC) using LavaLoon. Like you said, if you had your queen, it would've been a totally different outcome.

I highly doubt the hound in the cc killed your lava hounds as they do 14 damage per second (lvl 3) vs 6200 hitpoints for your hounds.

More likely the hounds just delayed the pups enough so they got picked off or didn't kill the queen, or the loons went in behind in a way that wasn't fully shielded by the hounds and they got picked off by wizard towers or teslas.

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Originally Posted by webbie

I highly doubt the hound in the cc killed your lava hounds as they do 14 damage per second (lvl 3) vs 6200 hitpoints for your hounds.

More likely the hounds just delayed the pups enough so they got picked off or didn't kill the queen, or the loons went in behind in a way that wasn't fully shielded by the hounds and they got picked off by wizard towers or teslas.

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You could be right. I'll watch the replay to check what happened

From my experience, I've tried luring and not luring for my quad lavaloonion attacks.
Non luring works great if they have 2 witches or loons or something in their cc that doesn't affect an air raid.
Luring is a must for a cc full of wizzies and archers.

I always lure, chances of 3 star are greater (for me anyways). I've done 2 attacks recently with penta-lavaloons (no minions) where I didn't lure and ended up getting 0 stars. Worked for people on youtube but not for me.

For now, I've stuck to quad lavaloonion attacks.

If any level hound kills multiple units with like 100+ HP alone...something is seriously wrong.

I think it would be a good idea for you to learn how much damage a hound does...

I bet the base was set up to kill hounds. Teslas near the ADs. Seeking air mines near the ADs. Overlapping ADs. Wizard Towers not in range of ADs. Air Mines on the outskirts to hit balloons but not follow hounds. Internal queen that is away from splash damage of balloons.

Post a pic so we can see. Always kill queen and cc troops before you let loose your troops.

All of the comment have a point to take into account
Base on my lavaloon raid, Queen at any position or especially the center one is the most serious trouble for this combo if we can't kill it before start the lavaloon penetration.
Remember AD do high DPS but after 1 lava down, 99% they'll target the next lava cause they're close. But queen only target the 1st or the 2nd lava, after that she'll start the trouble and 2 shoot your ballon if the pups number to small suronding her