Best 3 star strategy/strategies for a new TH9

I'll be upgrading to TH9 in a few weeks, and I'm concerned about how it's going to affect me in war. Ever since I got dragons at TH7 I've been fairly consistent 3 starring bases most of the time with mass dragons / dragloon. I know that's not going to cut it against most TH9 bases (at least until I unlock hounds), so I want to plan (and practice) what I'm going to use when I have to attack TH9 bases regularly. I've used GoWiPe with mixed success against TH8s, so I don't see it as being a good strategy against TH9s.

I have most troops maxed for TH8, with the exception of golem, valks, and pekka. I plan to have pekka at least level2, and likely either golem or valks level 2 by the time I upgrade my TH.

Any suggestions?

do golems before valks (don't get me wrong, I love my little day walkers but golems are key to a bunch of th9 attacks and you should even do golems over pekkas (IMHO) at th9 the very first upgrade should be loons, no matter what!!! They are the best unit in the game :)

Dragons can (if lucky) 2 star most th9s but they wonder off all the time and the extra air dps is brutal on them (low 9s can be three starred with dragons plus one hound but if you have hounds just LaLoon them...early 9s you can get away with a farming LaLoon army composition) keep learning GoWipE if only to learn golem pathing and funneling. Your best bets at three starring as a new th9 are HoGoWiPe and LoGoWiPe at least until you get witches and hounds then GoLo GoHo LaLoons VaLo and VaHo are you best options. For 3

Your first priority at TH9 should be balloons, hogs, witches then golems. If you have maxed loons or hogs, you can 3 star developed TH9s, depending on the base.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Believe me, my first upgrade will be loons. I've been using loonion for farming since TH7, and have been drooling over level 6 loons ever since. I'm also going to put hounds on the fast track.

I'm currently paired against a string of max TH8 bases in war that look to be both anti dragon (AD666), and anti hog. The top 8 TH8 bases in the opponent clan are pretty much max, so I have no choice but to attack 2 of them! I'll probably experiment in this war, since we're probably going to lose anyway. I'm our top TH8, and those below me are significantly less developed, so they're really going to struggle.

Get Lavaloonion ASAP, it really works. Just replace the freezes with healspells and use them around wizard towers instead :) good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN_6ZGCFDz8

If you're asking what to upgrade now while you are TH8, I suggest that yo upgrade your balloons to 5 if you still haven't. Then get you Golem to max TH8. Then the Pekka if you still have time.

Once you hit TH9, the fastest(in terms of total upgrade time) attack you can decently field will be LavaLoon so get the Lava Hounds ASAP and while you're upgrading your barracks, upgrade your balloons to level6. Another reason is that Lavaloon is currently OP because it can 3 star virtually any TH9 base.

While waiting for your Lava Hounds, you can stick with level4 Hog attacks or Dragon based attacks and pick on TH8s or underdeveloped TH9s.

Also, It's worth noting to upgrade your camps ASAP and to NOT buy your X-Bow until you have your TH9 offense going. For further info, read about TH8.5/9.5 threads in this forum.