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Why can't Pekka be upgraded to level 4 at Th9 upgrade? I can upgrade Golem to level 4, but why is Pekka not an option. It only seems like you should since Pekka reaches lv3 at th8. Every other troop can be researched upto just below max except Pekka. Was just curious why the decision not to let them be upgraded at Th9.
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Doc Detroit 1.0
I can see the thinking behind your idea.. "they added the dragons so why not the pekkas too?"
Well.. I don't feel it's as simple as it sounds. The level 3 dragons were almost useless against th9 bases, nobody was using dragons anymore unless they were only going for 2 stars, which also wasn't easy to get. However, the pekkas are still more than capable of 3 starring a th9 base, even in the current conditions. If they would add the pekka 4 for th9, that might be too much for those bases, making the gowipe too powerful and the gowipe strategy overused due to it's effectiveness.
I think here is where the difference comes into play. GoWiPe for max TH9 vs TH9 is already a powerful army with a strong 3 star potential. More powerful PEKKAs might just make that too overpowered and hard to deal with for the th9 bases.
Lv 4 Pekka at Th9 would definitely help strengthen gowipe attack. With new perks after clan reaches lv 5 you can donate Pekka obtaining Lv4, but lot of times it still does not improve their attacks. Currently there are several strong attacks already that can 3 star a Th9 such as GoHo or GoLaLoon, but what it comes down to is player skill level, no disrespect intended.
A big discussion has been Pekka unpredictability in "wandering" along with AQ / BK. Yes these things can happen but it's comes back to player ability to funnel and get them to where they need to go. But getting back to the subject, in my opinion you should be able to upgrade your Pekka to L4 at Th9 as with the rest of your troops. Like we agree it will help improve some attacks, but it's not a guarantee just like upgrading dragons to lv 4 at Th9 has not made to anymore useful except in defense against new poison spell.
Even this wandering scenario would be not much of a problem because quite often some wizzards on the flank follow them LVL 4 means extra tanking and quicker clean up some player tactics have been known to deliberately deploy one pekka to do just this whilst the main force get inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drlemtp
What Devil I think was getting at - was the airsweeper was introduced so moving dragon level 4 to th9 was more viable at present with earthquake and gowi variants there is very little to stop gowipe attacks at th9 - adding a new level - would mean a new trap/defence balance and so the saga continues - level 6 pekka at TH10. It's just adding more levels to a supposed elite troop and not adding much to the game except continuous tinkering and rebalancing.
3 star specialists who use GoWiPe usually use it as a last resort to guarantee a 2 star against the opponent.
Most players use more powerful combo such as golaloon, gohogs, pentalaloon etc to 3 star..
Maybe supercell wants to keep it balanced this way so that players don't rely on a much easier to execute combo such as Gowipe
You can use nearly maxed GoWiVa though
That's a very sweeping statement - for instance I have yet to see a good pentaloon on maxed out TH9, the ones I have seen are mostly on underpowered air defencesQuote:
Originally Posted by And009
GOHOWI can work but it can also fail epicly - in my experience I have seen just as many 3 stars with gowipe than I have with air attacks.
Recently I have however seen quite an effective mixture of GOWI and Laloonian
Incorporating level 4 P.E.K.K.A.'s for th9 will make 3 stars a lot easier. GoVaPe, for example is OP itself, especially with clean up hogs to take out half the base. The valkyries act like the P.E.K.K.A. but with faster attack speed, splash damage, and lower health. If you add a P.E.K.K.A. level 4 with a tanking level 4 golem WITH valkyries and hogs (maxed I think), what fun would th9 war be.