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Hey guys, what is the best strategy you find as a TH8? Hogs drags Gowipe?
Here is what our clan is using:
TH8 Dragons and TH9 Golaloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4xzrK2geDc
TH9 GoHoWi TH9 Gowiwi TH8 Hogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw4r...5_3BJW_q0i442g
TH9 Gowiwi TH8 Gowipe TH8 Hogs
http://youtu.be/yiDjCG7m5nQ?list=UUA...5_3BJW_q0i442g
TH8 Ballonion, Dragon, Hogs
http://youtu.be/uLehqGfqCq8
What does your clan use?
Starting to Mid TH8:
10x Drags L3(L2 when just starting I guess)
CC: 5x Black Balloons L6 / OR 1X L2+ Drag + 1x L5+ Loon
Spells: 3x Rage L5 (or L4 at the start)
Would be able to 3 star basically any th8 that wasn't anti Dragon base w centered all L6 Air Defences...
As a 98% Maxed TH8 I have to hit the top TH8 they have, since the Air Sweeper update 10 Dragons isn't sufficient, I have been trying GoWiPe but am horrible at it......
All troops are maxed besides Hogs are L3 Pekka L2 (everything is maxed except these troops, 3 Barracks are L9, about 100 Walls are purple, my collector's range from L10-L12
Anything else I can do to take Down max th8s? Feel like Balloonian is even a better choice for me than GoWiPe
I find that most TH8 bases can be three-starred using a variation of a hog attack, whether it be HoLo, GoHo, or just plain hogs. When hogs fail, I normal use dragons: 10 dragons, with maxed balloons in my CC.
Cheers!
- Jack
I mainly use hogs. If there is a great base to use dragloon on, I will use it.
Most of my clan uses a dragon attack.
That's awesome man, let me know once you got Gowipe down. It'll be nice to see :) Ballonion is interesting too, I havn't seem it at TH8Quote:
Originally Posted by Carsonel
Huh? I don't see this. As a matter of fact, I'd say this is hardly the case. Anti-drag bases are often the norm nowadays and 3 rage seldom cuts it. Further, cored ADs are often what I'd want, especially with AD666, if I was going dragon attack. I just did it last war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carsonel
Yes, 3 rage has its place, but it sure isn't anywhere near the standard, nor should it be
It totally depends on the base.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carsonel
I can't think of a single situation where I'd go balloonian in war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carsonel
Hogs should be very high on your list, as that's my go-to attack at ~max TH8 if the base permits. Also, dragon snipe is very high on my list.
GoWiVa can be substituted for GoWiPe base permitting
Mainly 10 drags with Max loons in CC. Or hogs if at lvl 4
We generally use variations of Hogs (HoLo, HoGo, and regular) or DragHog on a certain base design that is kinda common.
That's awesome man, never really seen holo. Mainly standard hogs and drags is what I've seen in our TH8 clanQuote:
Originally Posted by SlimShadyT7
Most of the clan use straight GoWiPe, and one very skilled hogger, still some using dragons, but they aren't as reliable, ok for low-mid 8's
my mini is mostly using GoWiPe with back end loons or hogs
witches in CC, normally loons or hogs to lure also.
I keep getting smoked with my lvl 4 hogs as a near max 8. Straight hogs can go ok but I struggle with the variations. Valks will be lvl 2 soon and I have been doing OK with them. Would like to get better with hogs but might put them in storage for a bit. 1 star war battles not cutting it. Anyone back end cc loons with Valks? Would have probably got those last 4 percentage points for me on last attack.
I mainly use Hogs, mine our level 4. I have had great success with a variation with hogs. HoLoWi attack works well.
I have lately been using TH8 GoVaLo against bases with cored air defenses, and it has been extremely effective with 3-stars lately! My standard GoVaLo army is 2 golems, 5 valks, 12 balloons, 6 wizards, 6 wallbreakers, 3 barbarians, 1 archer, 2 maxed witches in the clan castle, and 2 heal and 1 rage spell.
My clan mostly uses GoWiPe, Lavaloonion, Balloonion, Dragaloon and giant-healer (for th6 and 7)
Right now I'm practising hogs/surgical hogs and maybe trying goho/holo but I think just the standard hogs are more effective at th8
Most high-level war clans ban GoWiPe at Th8 and 9 for a reason. It's a two-star strategy and will not consistently be getting you the three stars that you need. It is banned in my clan, and in other war clans similar to mine e.g OneHive, The Black Lodge, Reddit Troopers etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by MMfromYetiInc
Hogs or Dragons are much better for the solid attacks. Granted, dragons is much harder, however it can get the job done.
I don't believe that there is any one strategy that is better than the other. Scout the enemy then create an army for the base eg. If it is compact base with no possible locations for double giant bombs then use hogs, or if it's an open base with very few compartments then use gowipe, and if it has three very close together Air defences that could be taking out all in one go with one rage then use drags. To use the same attack strategy for every war attack is stupid and is just setting you up for failer.
Not sure about banning gowipe in our clan for TH8s but ye at Onehive. it's mainly hogs and drags at TH8s and Laloon and hog variations at TH9Quote:
Originally Posted by farhandinho
We have 2 of our TH8s use mass hog, and 1 of our TH8s (me) uses mass dragons. This is for most cases. Sometimes we can't break it down like that and we have to go for something different. Sometimes the other two use HoLo, and one of them will often use Balloinion when Hogs are a bad choice.
Our clan usually uses lvl 3 drags with max loons in cc or gowivapes, I agree that gowipe is a two star strategy and everyone does it every war but rarely 3 stars. My clan has 167 wins, Across the Sea. nobody really uses hogs this generation of 8s but I plan to, mine are upgrading to 3 right now so I cant use them for a while, btw I would love to have a war between Across the Sea and OneHive!
I agree man, I think it depends on the type of base. Whether if it's spread out or compact : )Quote:
Originally Posted by ElPadrillo
Our TH9's use GoWiPe or GoWiWi. They don't have their hounds unlocked yet. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nez01
Nearly Maxed TH8s with Golems and Pekka Unlocked use GoWiPe.
The rest uses dragons with balloons or another dragon in their cc.
I am the only one who uses hogs therefore I'm always on clean up duty hahhahaha
As a brand new TH8
10x Dragons l2
King l1-l5 (upgraded by DE farming)
CC Troops(25): 5x Balloons L6 OR 1x Dragon L2+ + Balloon L5+
Spells: 3x Rage L4
Low Mid to Almost Maxed th8:
10X Dragons L3
King L5-L10 (upgraded by farming)
CC: 5x Balloons L6 OR 1x Dragon L3+ + 1x Balloon L5+
Spells: 3x Rage L5
2-3 Weeks ago, almost maxed TH8
2x Golem L2
2x Pekka L2 (6days till l3) *if u can't get a Pekka L3+ in CC make 1 more for a total of 3x Pekka l2*
9x Wallbreakers L5
18x Wizards L5
King L10
CC: Pekka L3+ OR 6x Wizard L5+ + 1x Archer L5+
2x Heal Spell L5
1x Rage Spell L5
I know the standard is 2 Golem and 2 Pekka, but I like having 3 Pekka, have noticed L3 Pekkas are noticeably better than L2, but L2 is my only option I will take it, L1 Pekka is too low for my style........
What about TH8 GoWiWiPe???
Basically the exact same army as above except instead of a Pekka in CC you have 2x Witches and 1x Archer......
L1 Witches should be fine, although ofc L2 would be preferred. Do you guys think as long as its kept in the very very back that 2 witches and 1 arch in the CC could be as effective as 1 Pekka or 6 Wiz 1 Archer?
That basically means 1 Witch would have to do as good or better than 3 wizards, it's base dependant and where and when u out them Down blah blah but idk.
Have a GoWiPe army trained now if I can get 2x Witches I'll report back: )
***Hogs are still L3, L4 will be last upgrade after Pekka L3 finishes, not going to really use them for war untill they are maxed at l5.
Unlesssurgical hogs style I see GoWiPe as way better of an attack, my war base has a hog ring w double giant bombs, the whole group always runs into them right away and it's pretty comical, don't want that to be me: )
This is an awesome post man. thanks for your contribution :) Gowipe is a bit more advanced I feel. It depends on your heal timing. I did see one where an clan mate used max cc hogs to assist with the gowipeQuote:
Originally Posted by Carsonel
when my alt was th8, i didnt even have healers yet (now th9; only 1 barrack with healer rest wizzies..)
unlocked lv5 wizzies A.S.A.P
so... early th8 just after lv5 wizzies is unlocked I'd just straight giant-wizard-archer-barb-wb with 2 heal 1 rage
after I unlocked golems I'd go golem-wizard-valk-wb(beLo if possible).
I pull consistent 2-3 star raids with those strats.
For TH8, we effectively use:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nez01
- Dragloon: 10 level three dragons w Max balloons in the CC. (spells vary depending on base layout)
- Hogs: 28-32 level 4 hogs with a mix of wizards or dragon for cc troop cleanup. CC troops vary greatly.
- GoViz or Gowiva(not sure which is correct): 2 golems, 14 level 5 wizards, 8 level 2 valks, 6 wb. Max pekka in CC
Many thanks to onehive for their awesome videos and tutelage. We win 90+% of our wars partially due to watching and sending new members for training.
That's awesome man. Glad we have been helping you out :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainMayhem
I had success with just about every attack at th8. Dragons/Dragloons, balloonion, gowipe and variations, gowiva, hogs, goho. A lot of options at th8, don't limit yourself to one or two attacks.
105 dragoon, 813 dragoon, hodrag, mass hog, goho, holo, gowipe, gowiwipe. really interested in learning gowiva and govape but haven't gotten around to it yet. this is my second time through as th8 though so the experience goes a long way. my first time through it was mainly dragoon or gowipe.
10 drags wouldn't really be dragloon. That's still just max drags, or 105 drag attack. 9 dragons, 4 lvl 5 loons and 5 maxed in CC = dragloon. Or even 8 and 13 (5 in CC, 8 lvl 5).Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainMayhem
Dont wat to say mass dragons bc thats incorrect as well imo! Sure more balloons makes it more "dragloon". I got the phrase from COC forums as many refer to dragloon as any number of dragons with any number of balloons. I guess you could say that for 11 dragons and 1 balloon but that IS stretching it. I stated dragloon as we do sometimes use more balloons but primarily its w 10 dragons and cc balloons.Quote:
Originally Posted by thinkgreen
I'd like to try this- what's the strategy? Any videos? I have just started using GoHo in wars, with some success. I have been practicing with GoVaPe in mm and I love it. I also love looting with balloonion, so I wouldn't mind incorporating balloons in my attacks. Given up on dragon attacks against AD666 because any error leaves you with 1 star.Quote:
Originally Posted by jemro774
What I think he's getting at is the standard GoWiVa, with backend loons. It's nice when it hits, but it's base specific (at least for me it was at TH8).Quote:
Originally Posted by RainbowBrite
Handling Valks in a GoWiVa is markedly different than handling pekkas in a GoWiPe. When/if the former start running into GB/DGB, they often need a heal. Pekkas, especially L3 pekkas, aren't nearly as sensitive to those.
A few times, I got butchered by not healing valks fast enough in the core...duh
I think I got a video somewhere I'll try and dig it up but it really depends on the base. It's better if the ad are all centralised.Quote:
Originally Posted by RainbowBrite