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Mass hogs with level 4 hogs,Alldrag with level 3 dragons or GoWiPe with level1 golem,level 1pekka and level 5 wiz....which is the most effective attack strategy at Th8?
I know it mostly depends the base,but I'm a new th8 and am wondering what troop combination to upgrade first.I had upgraded all my troops to max at th7,and at th8 I've already upgraded archers and wizards to level5 and hogs to level3.Im really confused what to upgrade next.
Thanks! Happy clashing!
I would say Dragons should be the first upgrade priority at TH8, but hey since you've already got Level 3 Hogs, get em to Level 4 ASAP. Hogs are about the most frequently used troop for 3 star attacks even through TH9, get em, learn em and you'll start wrecking bases in no time. Peace!
Get dragons to 3, hogs to 4, wizards to 5, loons to five in that order.
For both my accounts, I upgraded loons first, as you can farm with them, as well as use them often in war. This double duty made the decision very easy for me. The upgrade to an L5 loon from an L4 loon is enormous, about as good as the upgrade to L6 loon from L5 loon.
A young TH8 will likely attack via mass dragons quite a bit in war (probably overwhelmingly), so the next upgrade would be dragons, no question. Next would be hogs, as a hog run is very powerful to use, both by themselves and in conjunction with dragons. L3 hogs are very solid though, so no way would I make them the priority upgrade.
One exception here might be that both loons and dragons use elixir to upgrade, so if you find yourself in th situation where you have enough DE to upgrade hogs, but are waiting to upgrade dragons, I might pull the trigger on hogs to be efficient. This is dependent on how your farming/wars turn out from a loot perspective.
L4 wizards are quite underrated and will serve you just fine until you can upgrade them. No way should L5 wizards even come on your radar screen until the upgrades above take place & even then it's debatable whether they should come next. If you love farming with giants, I'd likely do them before wizards. L4 wizards, when you have to use them (like on a hog run), are just fine, especially once you get poison to take out CCs.
Getting your dark spell barrack up and running should be very high on your list. Taking out the CC with poison is a game changer, especially on hog runs.
When you get golems, perhaps pekkas, then L5 wizards start taking on a whole new role in war, but that's often a ways away. Since you already have L5 wizards, however, you are fine here, but some recommendations are just...strange, to say the least...
Uhmwhat? Some recommendations are just strange.. like this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lunaticfringe
Look at the upgrade from 4 to 5 wizards. Yeah, you need them supporting anything other than a dragon run.
And even with the big difference in stats.. level 5 loons in war aren't usable standalone. You need to go dragons first. And no hogs under level 4 are usable. So get dragons to 3, then hogs to 4. Then you can worry about lonos and wizards.
This. I would normally recommend getting dragons to level 3 first since you can easily 3 star most TH 8 bases which don't have level 6 air defenses but since you already upgraded hogs, just get them to 4 asap. After level 4 hogs, I would get your dragons to level 3, then your balloons to level 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClashOfTomatoes
Good grief. The recommendations you make are a coin flip, at absolute best. And even then, that's being generous...Quote:
Originally Posted by thebuch4
Further, as seems to be usually the case, you aren't reading closely, for the OP already has L5 wizards, but great recommendation anyways... :rolleyes:
Dragons, especially early to mid TH8, are pretty much the go to attack. Loons will often--make that very often--be a part of the mix, whether it be in the form of an 813 or a 99. L4 loons border on unusable in those situations, which torches a great number of dragon attack strategies.
L2 drags are just fine against AD5s and below...especially below, which the OP will likely face as an early TH8.
Further, as stated above, but you conveniently ignore, loons can also be used for farming. If someone wants to farm with TH7 troops, knock themselves out. In my mind, you get to kill two birds with one stone, if you are heavy into war that is. However, if someone wanted to make the choice to go dragons first, that's fine, but I'd go loons every day of the week and twice on Sunday before hogs and, especially, wizards, the latter being totally laughable both in theory and since he's already upgraded them.
GoWiPe isn't even part of the equation early on, so the dubious, if not nonsense, idea of, "Yeah, you need them supporting anything other than a dragon run" is pretty much only applicable for a hog run and L4 wizards work perfectly fine here. I've done it plenty of times and I've seen it done plenty of times but hey, go ahead and keep spewing forth highly dubious comments.
And your hog comment just illustrates your complete lack of understanding about hogs. Hogs at L3 can work just fine at low to mid TH8, especially since, as stated above, dragons will most likely be the go to attack for early to mid TH8 opponents. I'd only check to a hog run if dragons weren't in the cards and that's very seldom for an early TH8
Drags, GoWiPe, HogsQuote:
Originally Posted by Nsakib33
^^^^This^^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by thebuch4
Thanks a lot guys!I've decided to upgrade dragons first,and then hogs. 😁
Very interesting feedback on this thread. Thanks a lot as I too needed some advise.
Nice necro!Quote:
Originally Posted by ViciousVirago
FYI---At this point, I'd get hogs to L4 asap if war is your priority. You can 3* substantially all TH8 war bases with mass hog runs. L4 wiz & L5 BK are just fine here