How to 3 star this TH9 as a TH8 Max?

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I need to 3-star this TH9 base to win the war. I'm a TH8 with max war troops.

How to 3-star this base?

He got 3 lvl 6 AD and 1 lvl 1 AD.

I was thinking of the following army composition:

- 1 giant
- 8 lvl 4 hogs
- 8 lvl 3 dragons
- Max CC hogs
- 2 Lightning, 1 Earthquake, 1 Rage

My tactic would be:

1) place 1 giant north between archer tower and wiz tower to soak up the damage.
2) deploy max cc hogs from left side to the lvl 1 AD and deploy the lvl 8 hogs north at air sweeper and pray they take out the lv 1 AD and lvl 6 AD. I have no idea if this is going to work.
3) Zapquake either the west AD or east AD
4) deploy dragons to the remaining AD and hope for the best

What would your strategy be?

I know all his traps so maybe a pure hog attack would be better it's just I don't have much experience with hogs.

The more I think about it the more I think a pure hog will be better. I know all his giant bombs and could pretrigger them with only 1 hog each...

Opinions? How do I execute a 3-star hog attack on this base?

How can you see all the traps in scout mode?

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Originally Posted by rogatsby

How can you see all the traps in scout mode?

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It's a screenshot of my spy account that is in their clan. Look at the 'friendly territority'

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Originally Posted by Mandalore

It's a screenshot of my spy account that is in their clan. Look at the 'friendly territority'

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LOL. Ok, since you know where all the traps are, it's an easy hog attack. No DGB's

Straight hogs.. sams will knock your dragons out of the sky. Try and pre detonate giant bombs then 40 hog it

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Originally Posted by Mandalore

The more I think about it the more I think a pure hog will be better. I know all his giant bombs and could pretrigger them with only 1 hog each...

Opinions? How do I execute a 3-star hog attack on this base?

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Dude trigger each big bomb with 1 hog.

lure and kill CC

The rest hogs and heals.

Enjoy the 3 star.

Nice spying on the open clan. LOL

If you have a spy account, why are you asking for a best method? knowing where the traps are should make hogging a walk in the park.

Then again...having a spy account in the enemy clan, and still needing to 3* up-roster for the win...hmmmm...

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Originally Posted by Klavious

Dude trigger each big bomb with 1 hog.

lure and kill CC

The rest hogs and heals.

Enjoy the 3 star.

Nice spying on the open clan. LOL

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The clan was invite only but it seemed most of the members were russian so I changed my CoC to russian language and wrote something russian in the join request ;)

What side should I deploy the hogs? 1 big asian wall of hogs? Or send in 2 waves? I only attacked once with hogs.. :smirk:

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Originally Posted by Alpha4570

If you have a spy account, why are you asking for a best method? knowing where the traps are should make hogging a walk in the park.

Then again...having a spy account in the enemy clan, and still needing to 3* up-roster for the win...hmmmm...

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Never used hogs before as a main attack. I'm a big fan of dragons and loons and almost all my TH8 attacks are dragloon with zapquake. Sometimes hogs cc to destroy an exposed AD but that's it :D

After you trigger the bombs, kill the cc and the exposed king it won't really matter but probably want to avoid the 3 spring traps near the air sweeper until the end of the attack so pretty much any other direction should wreck the base.

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Originally Posted by Mandalore

Never used hogs before as a main attack. I'm a big fan of dragons and loons and almost all my TH8 attacks are dragloon with zapquake. Sometimes hogs cc to destroy an exposed AD but that's it :D

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I take it you're an aerial fan. So am I. Why are you thinking your favorite won't work here?

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Originally Posted by Alpha4570

I take it you're an aerial fan. So am I. Why are you thinking your favorite won't work here?

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I always create a funnel but sometimes my dragons just... won't... listen... :mad:

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Originally Posted by Alpha4570

I take it you're an aerial fan. So am I. Why are you thinking your favorite won't work here?

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Seeking air mines.. everyone knows th8 dragons don't triple 9s.

Keep the hogs grouped (not Asian wall or surgical) so you can maximize their time under the heal spells.

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Originally Posted by tyler4

Seeking air mines.. everyone knows th8 dragons don't triple 9s.

Keep the hogs grouped (not Asian wall or surgical) so you can maximize their time under the heal spells.

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Tyler, I was just asking him why he didn't think style would work, seeing how he has used hogs in the CC to take out AD's before.

The L1 AD at the top neighbors the other upgraded AD; hogs can take both out with one drop. Zapquake another AD, and that's 3 down.

The rhetorical question then becomes: could his remaining 8-5 DragLoon take care of the rest of the base?

My answer - likely not, based upon his acknowledgement dragons often get brain-f@rts as to where they need to go next.

Hogging that base is the best bet...but it appears he rarely uses them...so can he get lucky and pull off a hog 3 star in the clutch?