TH8: War: Stick w Dragons or try GoWiPe?

I am th8, all my defences are maxed but I am staying there to get my lab upgrades finished.......

Usually my default war strategy is 10x Dragons l3, and 5x Black Balloons in CC, 3 Rage Spells l5. Can 3 star a lot of th8s as long as they aren't anti Dragon......

For GoWiPe have l5 wbs and wiz but only have l2 Pekkas and l1 Golems, l4 Heal Spell (working on upgrading these before moving onto th9)

Anyways would you guys try GoWiPe or stick w Dragons and try to find the least anti Dragon Base?

Just a little nervous about the new Air Blower, that means GoWiPe will be a way better strategy, but will l2 Pekka abd l1 Golems cut it?

Also 2 Rage 1 Heal? Or 2 Heal 1 Rage?

I know w l3 Pekka and l2 Golems GoWiPe is way stronger but idk with my troops not quite maxed.

All the th8 bases are basically anti Dragon w 3x centered ADs and Air Sweeper covering the most direct route....,,,

I have seen people use 2x Rage 1x Heal, which might be a better way to go, its just that the heal spells don't outbreak the air defence damage, find Rage works better.....,.

Thanks for the help: )

Try learning hogs if they are level 4. Or GoWiVa. Those are my go to war armies. I don't support gowipe unless I am going specifically for a 2* on a th9 or something.

I used GoWiPe as a TH8, and it worked pretty well for me.
I didn't upgrade my Dragons until later on in TH8, so I didn't really use the,.

I'm TH8 same troops as you and this last war I used gowipe an got 6 stars for the clan.

Last war My equal was a TH9 an I got 1 star 64%.

i used 2 golems, 2 PEKKAS, 10 archers 17 wizards an the rest wall breakers. Latest war I had an extra pekka in CC which really helped.

Took a couple of practice runs first but nailed it in the war XD

Try everything, that way you gain experience on a broader range of what works and what doesn't.

Hogs. Gowipe is super elixir expensive. Just burn the de and get the 3 star

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Originally Posted by Skippymon

Hogs. Gowipe is super elixir expensive. Just burn the de and get the 3 star

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I agree. I always used GoWiPe in war, always got 2 or 3 stars. I have used 28 level 3 hogs on my last 16 war attacks, all of them were 3 stars. Hogs and all heal spells are the way to go

Hogs are the way to go, best attack strat at th8 IMO (if you know how to use them).

I'm the clan leader in our clan I teach our TH 8 to use GOHOWIWI in TH8 and almost always they get 3stars on every attack.

I have a mini who is currently TH8 and I can say for sure that GOHOWIWI in TH8 is almost sure to 3s any TH8 base.

With GOHOWIWI you can also 3s any early TH9 even with archer queen.

Mass dragons with lvl 6 balloons in the cc can take out every TH8 base. Use 2xrage and 1x heal if the air defences are clustered in the middle of the base. Otherwise take 3xlightning. If you don't want to use mass dragons, mass hogs is generally your best bet for the 3 star. GoWipe isn't particularly useful at TH8 (except for practicing).


Also, if you're maxed TH8 I suggest moving up to TH9 immediately rather than waiting for lab upgrades. At TH8 lab upgrades take longer than buildings upgrades. At TH9 the buildings take longer than lab upgrades. So it all evens out if you move up when buildings are done. Otherwise your lab will be idle for half your journey through TH9...

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Originally Posted by GarlicAK

Try learning hogs if they are level 4. Or GoWiVa. Those are my go to war armies. I don't support gowipe unless I am going specifically for a 2* on a th9 or something.

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Totally agree! Hogs(with different combinations, mostly I use HoWi, rarely GoHo) and Gowiva are the way to go to 3 star good to max TH 8!

Against good TH 8´s Dragons are often a 1-2 star thing and Gowipe usually the 2 star-attack. Substitute the Pekka(s) with Valkyries, get to know how their AI works.

Take hoogs if it´s a village with close compartment and where no Double Giant Bomb can be and if you face a spaceous base with possibillities of Double Giant Bombs, use Gowiva!

Problem with Gowipe often is, that the wizards are faster than the Pekka and/or Golem, the Wizards overtake them and get killed too early. Next thing is the AI of the Pekkas. Unfortunately they often react pretty dumb. Sometimes you even managed to get him into the village and suddenly he turns around and goes all the way around the village, where the defense has plenty of time to kill him.

With Gowiva you take 7-10 Valkyries with you. If one of them decides to walk around the village, you don´t have to care that much, just go on with your attack. Additionally, they are a lot faster than the Pekkas, plus a group of them has the same tanking power. There is not the risk that the wizards overtake the Valkyries to get shot by the defense. And with their splash damage and greater speed, they devastate the village a lot faster than the (slow) Pekka.

I beat mid TH9's with Pekkas level 1, you can do it too.

Mass drags with max bloons in cc is the best, if it's anti drag, try lvl 4 hogs, with max hogs in cc. Gowipe is useless at th8, but still upgrade the troops for th9. (GoWiPe gets 2 stars at best) This is my 300th post!

If you are now a th8, and you have been serious in war for a long time, i believe you can decide for yourself which strategy is most suitable for a base build. Im maxed th8 as well. I have lvl3 drags for mass drag, lvl5 wb and wiz, lvl2 golem and lvl2(almost 3 pekka) for GoWiPe, and lvl2 hogs. Lvl5 heal and rage.

These three as we know are the most popular army composition for th8. Depending on enemy base design, i use whatever army composition i need. I dont mind the cost, its easy to farm them back anyway. So my advice is to study the enemy and build the army you need.

About the lvl2 pekka and lvl1 golem, i have been there and i think ive done ok. Its all about perfect deployment. I do get 2 stars sometimes but thats part of the fun of this game. You continue to learn.