small bombs and wallbreakers question, and what's your best use of small bombs?

Hi, thanks for any answers. Lv6 small bomb deals 42 damage, the same health as lv5 wallbreaker.
I read that there is a 1.5 second delay from trigger to explosion.

If bomb placed 1 tile away from outer wall, and wb is dropped on the bomb the drop zone in this case is 1 tile out from wall): is it possible for the bomb to kill the wb before it breaks the wall?

I know wb are fast, but unsure of delay. Im guessing its not possible. I was hoping to slow down gowiwi raids, if wb fail on outer wall i find a much higher chance of a defence. It may still be useful if someone sends a wave of wb, getting the 2nd group i guess.

Assuming small bombs wont kill first wave of wb, where do you use them most? Im considering th9 and 10 around champs league here.

Personally if it turns out they are a bit of a waste v wb then i probably put them in 2nd layer, where golems wont path, to try catch wiz and witches. Or possibly outside, for same purpose.

Ive seen some people use them as another GB.

Cheers

I tried using bombs (and springs) outside to stop wbs. There's not enough traps to cover any large portion of the wall, so most of the time they're useless. People usually drop other troops first to distract defense before dropping WB, so the bombs get wasted a lot too.

I'd put them in the second layer of base, so theyll actually get used. Or just lump them all together like a giant bomb.

This probably depends on your base setup though. If you have a more open base its much easier to put bombs in WB paths.

Cheers for replying : )
Yep it is base dependent. Though impo ideally a design encourages attacks where you want them to; via wall, def an non def buildings, loot, cc etc, so we can plan best to rebuff the sttack. Subversive tactics heh. But yes the tricky part trying to avoid a golem triggering it but ensuring wb does. Can be possible if def buildings placed just so, but also can need luck. So perhaps finally bombs are potentially more useful inside.
Re traps.. occasionly ive had my wb suddenly learn how to fly on a few well designed bases.. but i carry 12 of them so their brethern get their kamakazi revenge heh. Impo traps are best between def buildings hogs might hit. Especially where GB might be. I like having multiple fake GB spots as attacker can often preemptively waste a heal spell, only to see hogs summersaulting over a golden glow : )

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Originally Posted by Beardy

Hi, thanks for any answers. Lv6 small bomb deals 42 damage, the same health as lv5 wallbreaker.
I read that there is a 1.5 second delay from trigger to explosion.

If bomb placed 1 tile away from outer wall, and wb is dropped on the bomb the drop zone in this case is 1 tile out from wall): is it possible for the bomb to kill the wb before it breaks the wall?

I know wb are fast, but unsure of delay. Im guessing its not possible. I was hoping to slow down gowiwi raids, if wb fail on outer wall i find a much higher chance of a defence. It may still be useful if someone sends a wave of wb, getting the 2nd group i guess.

Assuming small bombs wont kill first wave of wb, where do you use them most? Im considering th9 and 10 around champs league here.

Personally if it turns out they are a bit of a waste v wb then i probably put them in 2nd layer, where golems wont path, to try catch wiz and witches. Or possibly outside, for same purpose.

Ive seen some people use them as another GB.

Cheers

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Many times useless and waste also with the goblin especially outside when put beside collector and miners. I would suggest stock file six of them or four and the other two with one GB and put it the core or nearby before the core in case jump.
Hope and pray for it...

Cheers,
Kj

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Originally Posted by kristojesus

I would suggest stock file six of them or four and the other two with one GB and put it the core or nearby before the core in case jump.
Hope and pray for it...

Cheers,
Kj

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Ahh good idea thinking about the jump spell! Yes, im finding quite a few jump raids around champs. Cheers for replying.

You have to group them up for them to be effective. I once had 2 bombs go off on top of a grouping pack of archers and it worked as well as a giant bomb. Of course that was only once, the rest of the time it's hardly noticeable.

So usually people counter hogs with the dreaded DGB, but consider the following (stats for a TH9):

Lvl 5 hog HP: 475
LVL 3 GB dmg: 225 X 1.5 (to hogs) = 337.5
LVL 6 LB dmg: 42
LVL 7 Mortar dmg (per hit): 55 http://clashofclans.wikia.com/wiki/Mortar

Total Dmg from 1 GB + 1 Mortar hit + 2 LB = 476.5

So if you have 1 GB and 2 LB next to each other, and a blob of hogs lands on them as a mortar shell hits them, it will one shot them the same way a DGB will. So at TH9 you can actually have 3 spots that are insta-kills on hog groups (if your mortars are centrally located) instead of just 2. The same idea is even better at TH10 because the GB get another upgrade to end up doing 250 x 1.5 = 375 dmg to a hog.

Hope this helps!