Printable View
Hello all.
Before I fail and get a 1 star in my next war, I figured I ask here first.
I have lvl4 hogs, my leader is asking me to start attacking max th8 bases.
Can level 4 hogs wipe out maxed out th8s? lvl 10 cannons/archer towers, lvl6 wiz towers, lvl4 teslas, etc?
Is the fight tough? Ppl make it sound like lvl4 hogs crush all th8 bases.
If so, should I be goho'ing and make a little killsquad of barbking/wizzies to kill enemy lvl10king and cc troops in 1 shot with poison?
Quote:
Originally Posted by oreo1981
Hogs can take out any th8 base once you get used to them. You may want to ask if you can use your attack as a second attack at first so you have an idea where the bombs are from the first attack.
Bringing a a mini kill squad to clear double giant bomb locations is a great idea but again it takes some practice to make it work since it means fewer hogs.
Yep hogs at th 8 are the best war troop, try to learn Asian wall and surgical..
At th 8 you don't need to make goho as you have double poison for cc kill, and barb king isnt much of a threat. If you are worried about dgbs, master surgical
Surgical doesn't help too much when point defenses are on inside mostly with a dbl giant bomb spot.Quote:
Originally Posted by anonymous1992
You'd prolly still needa GoHo or find a specific pathing pattern for that base for your hogs to avoid setting them off at same time.
Just because it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work for me..Quote:
Originally Posted by Yharo
All the th 8s in my clan do it, and do it perfectly, i dont have videos to prove it, but can come check my clan out, you will get a different view of great surgical.. Right now we are facing a mod clan,, so so sad :(
Lvl 4 Hogs are really strong against TH8. The thing is you are going to have to commit some DE on practice attacks so you can get use to them. Please check out One Hive Raid's Elite 8 videos on YT. Most of all the attacks are Hog based and The moderator Jake is incredible. He talks on many occasions on when you should GoHo or when Mass hogs would be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by oreo1981
After two weeks or so you'll be surprised when you don't Three Star at TH8.
Good Luck!
Yes, of courseQuote:
Originally Posted by oreo1981
Anyone who says/implies it always crushes is full of it. It's tough against a max TH8 (as an attacking TH8) in most cases. However, properly executed, it is very difficult to not 3* any TH8 base. Hogs just rock at TH8 (& TH9 for that matter)Quote:
Originally Posted by oreo1981
It depends on the base. When I pilot a TH8, I just go with like 43 hogs, with a few support troops, and 2 poison. Very difficult to stop...Quote:
Originally Posted by oreo1981
However, GoHo can and does work very well against max TH8 bases. It's a very, very strong attack, one of the very best at TH8. While I do not use it often (I'm just far more comfy with a straight hog run), clan-mates of mine use it, use it often, and 3* with it (cough) very frequently.
I would strongly caution against using the word perfectly. Give me a break... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by anonymous1992
Yea you are right, I guess not all do it perfectly but what i meant was greatly as possible, only some of our th 8 clan mates practice very often in multiplayer to try to do it perfectly, but what bugs me is that someone comes in and quotes me saying that surgical is not recommended in this and that, when this current war I'm in, i did the exact same attack on a base with inner point defenses..I wish i knew how to screen record so i can upload a video and show it. If you know how to record please tell me
Using Apple? Try Airserver. Or, Reflector has also worked for me as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by anonymous1992
Android phoneQuote:
Originally Posted by Lunaticfringe
Quote:
Originally Posted by anonymous1992
Not recommended =/= impossible
It just means theres probably a better way to do it with that basic army setup.
=/= what's that mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yharo
There is other ways but for me surgical is the best, if you'd learn how to surgical, you wouldn't doubt it. Works better than goho or Asian wall or any other hog style deployment
lol hogs can crush any th8 provied you kinda figure out atleast 2 of the GB loacations n avoid or dismantle them somehow.. a good composition with lvl 4 hogs(ive got 3 stars all the time with this composition)
is 28 hogs, 2 drags, 5 archers, 5 goblins, 5 max hogs in cc, 3 poison spells/ 2 poison, one haste if u have 2 spell capacity for dark spells. Kill cc troops(use 2 poison for a drag n few archers) Start from side having barb king n leave hogs from two sides.. use two heal spells on both sides.. n 3 spell on the place which has more no of hogs.. generally 28 hogs are enough if not i use the cc hogs. n if the GBs mess up your attack try your best to take out the air defenses atleast so that the 2 drags can cause some damage.
Why would u heal so early? I only heal when there is a giant bomb spot, and when hogs bunch up and start getting low or too many defenses in that zone.Quote:
Originally Posted by slothslayer
2 finger deployment is not recommended when there is a dgb..great th 8 base designers try to cleverly place their spring traps to blast 3 hogs off so using 2 finger deployment will fall into the spring traps pathing and dgb pathing, that's why i only recommend surgical hogs because they are less susceptible to spring traps and dgb. Your 2 finger deployment wont work on anti-3 bases, they will path right into a dgb.
What's with all the clean up troops? Too many. 2 air mines and 4 air bombs will kill at least one of your drags, wizards clean up faster than dragons, 5 wizards to 1 dragon, check that difference
I would strongly advise you change your hoggin strategy. 2 Drags are most often a very poor choice to bring with hogs. They will seldom make it through the base, especially with the air mines floating around. Your entire strategy should be reconsidered.Quote:
Originally Posted by slothslayer
40+ hogs is what you want, in general, for most hog runs.
Ehh, be careful with this recommendation. I used to be paranoid about DGB as well, BUT they SELDOM pop the way we all want them to on defense. You most certainly can 2 finger drop hogs and be just fine in a lot of situations, even including the elite TH8 war designs.Quote:
Originally Posted by anonymous1992
One of the keys to getting through a DGB spot is to hit it perpendicular, NOT parallel. The former will overwhelming pop one at a time, the latter is the end of whatever group of hogs you had right there. If you can't, then I recommend a surgical release of hogs.
The overall point is this..don't be too afraid of DGB in an of itself. It's very common that it's not be too difficult to pop them one at a time...
the truly funny part is that most war bases lack even weak DGB setups...