How can I three star this opponent using th8 max troops?

Hey all, thanks for the interest. I'm trying to three star the number one player in my next war. He's a th9 and I'm a th8. I have lvl 5 archers, barbs, wall bombers, goblins, wizards, giants, balloon bombers, lvl three healers and dragons n lvl one pekkas. All three of my spells are lvl 5 as well. My dark barricks troops are lvl three minions, lvl four hog riders, lvl 1 valkyries and lvl one golems. Any input would be appreciated. I think that my spell placement will be crucial in getting three stars on this guy. I'm new to the forums and this is my first post so bear with me. Again, thanks all. I appreciate the tips to come. Keep calm n clan on.
http://imgur.com/NfrYcrn

Without a picture of the enemy's base it's hard to help you. I will say that unless the opponent is a fairly low th9, it's probably not worth it to try and go for 3 stars. (always possible though)

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Originally Posted by MasterTotoro

Without a picture of the enemy's base it's hard to help you. I will say that unless the opponent is a fairly low th9, it's probably not worth it to try and go for 3 stars. (always possible though)

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Just copy the link without the [url] part.

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Originally Posted by Snatcymclicka

Hey all, thanks for the interest. I'm trying to three star the number one player in my next war. He's a th9 and I'm a th8. I have lvl 5 archers, barbs, wall bombers, goblins, wizards, giants, balloon bombers, lvl three healers and dragons n lvl one pekkas. All three of my spells are lvl 5 as well. My dark barricks troops are lvl three minions, lvl four hog riders, lvl 1 valkyries and lvl one golems. Any input would be appreciated. I think that my spell placement will be crucial in getting three stars on this guy. I'm new to the forums and this is my first post so bear with me. Again, thanks all. I appreciate the tips to come. Keep calm n clan on.
[url]http://imgur.com/NfrYcrn[url]

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I'd have a look at dragloon. You could do it 2 ways. Barb king going down 1 side to prevent drags from running OR barb king at the back to try to take out one of those air defences at the back. Anyway, the general idea is to put about 4 loons on each air defense, rage on the air defence then dragons behind. Since there the other 2 air defences are at the back, your drags have free roaming through the middle.

Attachment 122634Oops, either that link wasn't there before or I am completely blind. The dragloon strategy can certainly work but I think that with th8 troop space it's hard to take down all 4 AD's. If you prefer that method to what I am going to suggest then by all means use it.

When I look at that base, I see that all point defenses (except maybe teslas) can be targeted by hogs. I would lure the CC with 2 giants and kill them with wizards at the left builder hut. Then, drop 2 wizards (marked by the white lines in the picture) to create a "funnel" so your golem (take the highest level you can in the CC) followed by your king will go straight toward the little compartment to take the queen out. Shortly after, drop your hogs (black lines) to target the enemy defenses and drop heals wherever giant bombs or teslas might be.

I would recommend searching up "how to surgical hog". Most of the content out there is for th9 but it works for th8 as well. This attack isn't easy if you are just learning to use it so failure is a possibility but it is very powerful.

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Originally Posted by MasterTotoro

Attachment 122634Oops, either that link wasn't there before or I am completely blind. The dragloon strategy can certainly work but I think that with th8 troop space it's hard to take down all 4 AD's. If you prefer that method to what I am going to suggest then by all means use it.

When I look at that base, I see that all point defenses (except maybe teslas) can be targeted by hogs. I would lure the CC with 2 giants and kill them with wizards at the left builder hut. Then, drop 2 wizards (marked by the white lines in the picture) to create a "funnel" so your golem (take the highest level you can in the CC) followed by your king will go straight toward the little compartment to take the queen out. Shortly after, drop your hogs (black lines) to target the enemy defenses and drop heals wherever giant bombs or teslas might be.

I would recommend searching up "how to surgical hog". Most of the content out there is for th9 but it works for th8 as well. This attack isn't easy if you are just learning to use it so failure is a possibility but it is very powerful.

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Thanks a lot for this suggestion I'm going to do some research on surgical hog rider attacks and probably use that.

I don't mean to be a debby downer but there is 1 major flaw... You cant hold a cc golem. That hog strat will not work if you are a th8.

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Originally Posted by Gearth

I don't mean to be a debby downer but there is 1 major flaw... You cant hold a cc golem. That hog strat will not work if you are a th8.

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Thanks for the input debbie. I think I can make it work. If not three stars I can get two. Which is better than the number one player on my team I'll keep u updated.

could be tricky with drags I would say use hogs would be better.

Here are some clips to help you:

TH8 Hogs and GowipeHog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0tWCGL1dEo

TH7 Dragons and TH8 Hogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ePOPM7S-pQ

How to 3 star with TH8 Hogs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVmdWMlUzh4

TH8 Dragons TH10 Laloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FcqdihmHrw

TH8 Dragons and TH9 Golaloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4xzrK2geDc