How to Gowipe: Town Hall 8 Edition

I have seen a lot of people asking for attack strategies for Town Hall 8 in this subforum, so I might as well give you guys my attack strategies.
I missed out questions concerning CC lure, so I'll talk about it below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dfhLgfDalI
Luring the Clan Castle troops: Clan Castle lure is not a must, considering the replays in my video. If you know there is a witch in the opponent's CC, you should kill it before you launch your attack. It would be best if you could lure the CC out and kill them with the use of 20 army camp space. If you lured them out and is unable to kill them all within this range, proceed with your attack, or else you may risk the lack of firepower in the main attack itself.
Not luring the Clan Castle Troops: If your clan mate has attacked the base before and you know what's inside the CC, you may choose to attack without luring them out (considering they do not have a witch in the CC). Wizards and balloons in the CC may be dangerous, but your wizards should have enough firepower to take them out without taking a lot of damage.
Why these troops?
Golems:Golems are perfect tanks, much better than Giants in many aspects. Golems can stomp over Spring Traps, while Giants get immediately sprung away. Also, Golems are basically neglecting splash damage as there is only 1 single troop tanking, instead of a bunch of giants which can get easily killed if a lot of splash damage is firing on them. Also, golems spawn in Golemites after they die, providing a bit of tanking even after they die off, while giants simply disappears. Although golems deals much less damage than a bunch of giants, the fact that they can 'disable' spring traps and giant bombs is definitely more important, as they are meant to tank, not to be damage dealers.
Wizards: Wizards are very crucial in the Gowipe strategy as they are used to clear the outermost and side structures in a quick manner, to provide support for the golems ASAP. They are used to create a path for the PEKKAS and Royals to go into the centre. Their DPS is much higher than 4 archers, which uses 4 camp space as well. They are also less vulnerable to splash damage, as you can heal them up with heal spells when needed, but archers simply die off from a mortar shell. The high damage is the very reason why they are included in Gowipe, acting as a secondary layer of damage dealing, blowing up high hitpoint structures in a few fireballs, and destroying defences over the wall.
PEKKAs: Better than the BK, as some people may say. They have nearly the same stats as a BK, although they have a pretty low attack speed. The reason why they are included in this attack is that it deals high damage and has a rather high hitpoint, making it good for attacking and tanking. Tanking is not the main job of a PEKKA, but it can surely tank a bit for the wizards when necessary. They can 1 shot low hitpoint structures like army camps, and can destroy defences within 3 hits. They should be used to break through anything in their path, and acting as a melee wizard.

I would like to hear some feedback on how the guide was, was it clear enough, did I miss something important out, or was I wrong on some details? Please feel free to tell me, in order for me to improve this guide.

Most guides lack an explanation of the troops be used. Why those troops? What is the goal of those troops? Like explain why your using pekkas and wizs and not arch and giants for example. Also you need to explain attack lines and what you're looking for in a base to be able to gowipe it. You gave barley any info and attacked bases that had a chance to fall to gibarch so not very good examples for the cost.

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Originally Posted by kelderon

Most guides lack an explanation of the troops be used. Why those troops? What is the goal of those troops? Like explain why your using pekkas and wizs and not arch and giants for example. Also you need to explain attack lines and what you're looking for in a base to be able to gowipe it. You gave barley any info and attacked bases that had a chance to fall to gibarch so not very good examples for the cost.

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Thanks sir! I have updated the post to include why these troops are chosen and used, I hope this will make the guide better.

I look forward to hearing more reply and comments on this guide!

Thanks. I recently got golems so that will help my war attacks. I'm excited to get away from my go-to WAG.
My friend who is at TH10, semi rushed in the defense but army is good, uses the same strategy of attacking (put down the two golems with wizards etc.) in wars and he usually achieves a good 2 or 3 on a fairly well done TH10.

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Originally Posted by DrRubix

Thanks. I recently got golems so that will help my war attacks. I'm excited to get away from my go-to WAG.
My friend who is at TH10, semi rushed in the defense but army is good, uses the same strategy of attacking (put down the two golems with wizards etc.) in wars and he usually achieves a good 2 or 3 on a fairly well done TH10.

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I am glad that it helped, I will be sure to post more strategy guides, so stay tuned!

THis isn't a good guide. We all know which troops to use. How do we use them? How are they deployed? GoWIPE is banned in wars for my clan, since it usually only gets 2 stars. We use drags or hogs far more effectively.

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Originally Posted by mrkw

THis isn't a good guide. We all know which troops to use. How do we use them? How are they deployed? GoWIPE is banned in wars for my clan, since it usually only gets 2 stars. We use drags or hogs far more effectively.

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I'm sorry, but these information was included in the video. I am not sure if you watched the video or not, but the text below works only as additional information. The main bulk of the guide is in the video itself.

What is the pekka for?

That is what i am asking myself for a long time now. Is it only to make pekkas be part of a strategy? Or to spare DE for another golem?

I think

2 Golems
2 Pekkas
Rest Mages

are weaker than
3 Golems
Mages


If u want a unit to clear the buildings outside and run in a circle arround the base, u can take a dragon instead, as they have about simmiliar hp, wont be targetet by cannons and dont get twice damage from Teslas.


Golems trigger traps and tank

Mages destroy everything and last long enough with a heal spell to survice AOE Damage

So i realy dont get the use of a pekka in here

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Originally Posted by WingChris

What is the pekka for?
If u want a unit to clear the buildings outside and run in a circle arround the base, u can take a dragon instead, as they have about simmiliar hp, wont be targetet by cannons and dont get twice damage from Teslas.

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You certainly DO NOT want your PEKKA to run around the outside of the base. The use of a PEKKA is it can tank like a Golem with 2/3 HP but much higher damage. This is for optimizing damage output and to negate spring traps and giant bombs which your golems fail to trigger. Also, the PEKKA will serve as a tank if your attack goes wrong (Golems bunching up). PEKKA are also the best shot for the 3rd star as the golems go down and PEKKAs have high health and high damage, while wizards get killed very quickly.
With 3 Golems in a Town Hall 8 attack, it is too tank heavy, and has reduced damage, so I would suggest staying with 2 golems.