Originally Posted by
Trivian
Yes it can rival the power of Mass-Dragons in War, but not on the same way.
With Mass-Dragons at TH 7 you donīt realy need skill, you can nearly deploy them anywhere and get three-stars...
That is not possible with GiWi. I refused to take Mass-Dragon when I was a TH 7(used it only a few times, when i didnīt realy know how to attack my opponent). Iīm a mid to max TH 8 now and I even use GiWi now for some base designs with success.
For GiWi you have to have some skills in comparison to Mass-Drags. But you can train this method in multiplayer easily. And itīs not a difficult strategy, too. Depending on the base design you want to attack, you can also take a Healer with you or two. If there is a path in the base design where your Healers will live long you can take them. But often the bases are symmetrical, especialy the ADīs. So in most cases, itīs better to take only Giants and Wizards.
I mostly use 3 heal-spells. Some use 2 heal 1 Rage. Try out what fits best for you in Multiplayer.
If you are a bit used to it, it totally can rival with Mass-Dragons. I rarely made 2 stars when I was a TH 7 with that strategy in war, I think it was 2 or 3 times and one of those I still had lv 3 giants/wizards, another time i accidentally dropped 2 spells in a corner :( I also got used to use Hogs in War when I was TH 7.
At TH 7, you see a lot of bases where Giant bombs are outdside the walls, if that is so, you can use your Lv 1 Hogs sucessfully, too!
Itīs a good decision to use GiWi as a TH 7 in my opinion. In my Clan I see some fresh TH8īs who only did Mass-Dragon as TH 7 every single time. Now they often struggle to get 3 stars at TH 8, sometimes itīs even 1 star. And they also struggle with Gowipe/Gowiva or Hogs, because simply deploying the troops at one spot isnīt enough anymore. Of course they get better with the time, but I or some others who used GiWi as a TH 7, donīt have to fail more than 1 or 2 times until we were able to gowipe/gowiva.
When you are trained with GiWi, you wonīt have a problem with learning Gowipe/Gowiva, the basics are pretty similiar, itīs only the attribute of the Pekka/Valkyries which will be new for you and what you have to train a bit, not the whole strategy.