Poison spell wasn't a great idea?

Hey guys,

I want to discuss somethings about the poison spell.

You can consider me a new player, I didn't play much before the poison spell was released but i had some experience.

First, I would like to talk about the war cc troops, almost all clans fills their war ccs with drags from th7-th9, and to be honest, I'm not a fan of drags at all, but was this not considered by SC before they released the poison spell? I found it fun to put random things in cc to surprise the enemy, but now filling cc with anything else (beside valks for th9s) is very useless and will die a horrible orange poisonous death..

Second, cc troops in general to defend farming bases are also useless, especially because you can't find someone to donate a drag to you 24/7.. and giants aren't that effective, what the heck?!

What do you guys think about this?
Is SC considering to do some adjustments on the poison? Or are we going to have drags in ccs forever?

My apologies if i had any grammar mistakes.

Please share your thoughts

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Originally Posted by Redfofo

Hey guys,

I want to discuss somethings about the poison spell.

You can consider me a new player, I didn't play much before the poison spell was released but i had some experience.

First, I would like to talk about the war cc troops, almost all clans fills their war ccs with drags from th7-th9, and to be honest, I'm not a fan of drags at all, but was this not considered by SC before they released the poison spell? I found it fun to put random things in cc to surprise the enemy, but now filling cc with anything else (beside valks for th9s) is very useless and will die a horrible orange poisonous death..

Second, cc troops in general to defend farming bases are also useless, especially because you can't find someone to donate a drag to you 24/7.. and giants aren't that effective, what the heck?!

What do you guys think about this?
Is SC considering to do some adjustments on the poison? Or are we going to have drags in ccs forever?

My apologies if i had any grammar mistakes.

Please share your thoughts

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Depends really, if SC will add more troops(de) that are quite good at cc def, then maybe drags will be replace in the future. And also, some th 9's and 10's prefer lavahounds or golems as a cc def than a dragon.

Poison spell in part was created so that L1 clans going up against L5 clans in war would have something to counter the +1 troop donation that seemed to get many players complaining and whining.

However, Law of Unintended Consequences once again made a grand appearance shortly thereafter.

Poison to counter lv1 clan vs lv 5 clan? Not sure about that one. The +1 troop promotion for most lv5 clans isn't a game changer it is just a convience factor. Instead of just a few members donating to the war effort a lv 5 clan can have a handful more members donating.

Drag and Maxed Loons filling the rest of the spots is the new default.

I'm a fairly new th9 but with my war base the CC Troops can't be lured with 1-2 Giants,Hogs. A defence building needs to be destroyed and break into a wall to get to the next def triggering the CC

some don't concur but a Lava Hound is superior imo, in a normal GoWiPe the wizards will get stuck on the hound and pups and the pups should kill off some of them as well.

(I have a hogring) back end Hogs and Loons a

Poison spell was probably the single worst addition to the game in any update. They clearly didnt think it through.

There are many things you can fill in a cc all with advantages and disadvantages.

A lavahound is great for th9s if you surprise the attacker because of a ton of hp and the pups for damage and even more distraction. The disadvantage is that you can lure him out and keep him busy with 2 archers and a healer or simply attack mor pekka/valk/hog heavy and ignore it. Valks take care of the queen and hogs do the rest. Combine the hound with a loon at th10 to prent the archer trick or simply ignoring them with only ground targeting troops.
A dragon is a good all around troop and mixed with loons or valks the best choice if you dont want to bother with base specidpfic troops and just fill every base with the same.
Then there are other combinations like giants with loons or 3 valsk that work great if only filled in a few bases and only on the first attack (3 valks are death do normal cc lures on a th8 hog attack). The disadvantage is that you can take everything except dragons and hounds out with poison and a few minions but if the cc is hard to lure it may still be worth it. Especially loons are death to a valk attack if there are noth enough wizards or a strong queen behind.
For th10s another choice could be 5 wizards and a healer. This can really wreck your golems if the support troops dont follow directly behind and you cant kill it with poison.

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Originally Posted by Jwp721

Poison to counter lv1 clan vs lv 5 clan? Not sure about that one. The +1 troop promotion for most lv5 clans isn't a game changer it is just a convience factor. Instead of just a few members donating to the war effort a lv 5 clan can have a handful more members donating.

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I know, tell me to take off my tinfoil hat. Its my personal theory, and I'm sticking with. For months and months, all I read are threads crying about how unfair it is to go up against L5 and above clans. I totally agree it's not any type of game changer...but that's another topic. Changing the algorithm to include clan levels just wasn't an option. Boom- we get a poison spell.

I have to agree with the OP on this one (and with the other threads on the same issue). In general I think SC have been great at providing content which enhances the game and (maybe after a few tweaks) have been very balanced. But I do think that the introduction of the poison spell has actually made the game slightly worse.

I can only assume that SC devs thought that the CC was too powerful previously but unfortunately the poison has (as others have pointed out) decreased diversity and side-lined the usefulness of the CC. To my mind that has made the game more predictable and slightly worse i'm afraid.

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Originally Posted by sj74

I have to agree with the OP on this one (and with the other threads on the same issue). In general I think SC have been great at providing content which enhances the game

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Lets not forget the elixir for walls beauty. Again, Law of Unintended Consequences had a field day with that one...