How Long Until You Get Good at 3-Starring Strategies?

It takes years of hard training to fully master the hardness of three starring . for me it took me..... oh wait im th8;. Just kidding but it takes years of solitude in the mountains of north korea pondering on which golem hound or goblin will go in which tile . many have tried most have given up and rushed to th10 but listen here young une do not give up dont let your raids be fails nothing is impossible especcialy not three starring th9s so just do it believe in yourself and nothing will come true

I am alot more confident using Shattered Laloon vs a form of GoHo and I get 3 stars on my mirror around 1/2 or 50% of the time using Laloon where GoHo is less than 25%, so I lean towards Lavaloon but still try to goho for clean ups esp to get the hang of it.

Lavaloon to me makes more sense and easier as the objective is more clear 'take out AQ + # of ADs equal to the #'of Golems you take and 1 more hound than the ADs left standing, so 2 Golems take out 2 ADs and AQ then 3 hounds for the sufficient amount of tanking for the loons to get there.

GoHo: Take out AQ and a pretty plausible DGB spot by tracing the Hog Pathing, usually next to an Xbow and a Sweeper or Tesla that is 2x2. The shows high hp concentrates the number of grouped hogs and 2x2 def helps the DGB go off at the same time, can be done other ways just that's what I see as well as my base has that setup.

The other DGB spot or the obvious one if away far from AQ can be taken out by small pack of hogs but usually not doable.

The problem I have a using GoHo is that the DGB spots actually are legit these days where they go off at the same time and no dismantling just 1. Also it's clear on the other side of the AQ location forcing you to choose between AQ or DGB spot both are gonna ruin your raid.

Any tips for GoHo besides just tracing paths, that's what I feel helps but Shattered Laloon seems stronger.

Also this probably has to do a my hero levels and when they get higher GoHo will be more proficient. Right now 11/14 is what I'm working with haha.

Really want to learn QW strategies as that seems to be where the the meta is heading towards, but max healers are pretty much required, which I'm starting in a little over 1 day. Also my AQ will be l15 by then which will help too.


Also as a newer th9 the first "3 star strategy" I learned was GoWiPe with 10-12 Back End Loons (max l6 absolutely required), this would usually 3 star my mirror unless he was quite a bit ahead of me, max th8s got smashed, th9s with cored very close together ADs that were still working on getting the new defs to th8 level were the best targets for this, anti 3 bases didn't go down to this however

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Originally Posted by Carsonel

Also as a newer th9 the first "3 star strategy" I learned was GoWiPe with 10-12 Back End Loons (max l6 absolutely required), this would usually 3 star my mirror unless he was quite a bit ahead of me, max th8s got smashed, th9s with cored very close together ADs that were still working on getting the new defs to th8 level were the best targets for this, anti 3 bases didn't go down to this however

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That's not a three star strategy, that's overpowering a weak base with a two star strategy.

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Originally Posted by tyler4

That's not a three star strategy, that's overpowering a weak base with a two star strategy.

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:rolleyes: I disagree, anytime you're bringing back-end troops you're attempting the 3* and thus, it's a 3* strategy. It may not be the most conventional, but it is a 3* strat

It is still a 2 star strategy with a greater chance for 3rd star.

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Originally Posted by IlDiavolo

It is still a 2 star strategy with a greater chance for 3rd star.

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This.. the difference between three star strategies and two stars strategies is three star strategies are three star or bust, there's no getting two stars and hope you get the rest of the way. True three star TH9 strategies are generally two phase attacks and getting the TH is never an objective on phase one.. or really anything until on clean up.

Although at TH9, GOVALO/GOVAHO on many bases are the best of both worlds (guaranteed two star on the way to going for three on the backend). The difference is a two star valk attack will take rages, where a three star attempt is probably going to have two heals and two jumps and plan on running right through the core and hitting the backend of the base hard.

Also, I don't say this in a way to be insulting of two star strategies or anything. We generally don't need to three every 9 to win our wars, so if I call a "two star strategy" on a 9 that means my attacker better get the TH on the first pass no matter what and get 50% so the base doesn't need to get hit again. If I call a three star hit on a base, it means we have backup on it if it fails and I do not care if they get the TH at all, it's a three star or bust strategy. Both have a time and a place, but bringing some backend hogs/loons doesn't change the mindset of a two star strategy or a three star strategy/

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Originally Posted by tyler4

This.. the difference between three star strategies and two stars strategies is three star strategies are three star or bust, there's no getting two stars and hope you get the rest of the way. True three star TH9 strategies are generally two phase attacks and getting the TH is never an objective on phase one.. or really anything until on clean up.

Although at TH9, GOVALO/GOVAHO on many bases are the best of both worlds (guaranteed two star on the way to going for three on the backend). The difference is a two star valk attack will take rages, where a three star attempt is probably going to have two heals and two jumps and plan on running right through the core and hitting the backend of the base hard.

Also, I don't say this in a way to be insulting of two star strategies or anything. We generally don't need to three every 9 to win our wars, so if I call a "two star strategy" on a 9 that means my attacker better get the TH on the first pass no matter what and get 50% so the base doesn't need to get hit again. If I call a three star hit on a base, it means we have backup on it if it fails and I do not care if they get the TH at all, it's a three star or bust strategy. Both have a time and a place, but bringing some backend hogs/loons doesn't change the mindset of a two star strategy or a three star strategy/

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Have not seen it explained that way...but nice summation, Tyler4

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Originally Posted by tyler4

This.. the difference between three star strategies and two stars strategies is three star strategies are three star or bust, there's no getting two stars and hope you get the rest of the way. True three star TH9 strategies are generally two phase attacks and getting the TH is never an objective on phase one.. or really anything until on clean up.

Although at TH9, GOVALO/GOVAHO on many bases are the best of both worlds (guaranteed two star on the way to going for three on the backend). The difference is a two star valk attack will take rages, where a three star attempt is probably going to have two heals and two jumps and plan on running right through the core and hitting the backend of the base hard.

Also, I don't say this in a way to be insulting of two star strategies or anything. We generally don't need to three every 9 to win our wars, so if I call a "two star strategy" on a 9 that means my attacker better get the TH on the first pass no matter what and get 50% so the base doesn't need to get hit again. If I call a three star hit on a base, it means we have backup on it if it fails and I do not care if they get the TH at all, it's a three star or bust strategy. Both have a time and a place, but bringing some backend hogs/loons doesn't change the mindset of a two star strategy or a three star strategy/

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words of wisdom.
its taken me a year my heroes at 20 to be able to three star a max th9 with heroes below 20....
my other account with heroes at 10 has done the same max th9 against level 10 heroes...
practice in multiplayer as well, it's abig help

lol, gowipe with backend loons is not a three star strategy, especially if you can't get all 4 AD in the first push. Also more and more ppl are adopting anti 3 bases. so two stars are pretty much guaranteed at this point.

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Originally Posted by OrionsBelt

:rolleyes: I disagree, anytime you're bringing back-end troops you're attempting the 3* and thus, it's a 3* strategy. It may not be the most conventional, but it is a 3* strat

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If you're talking about a govaho / govalo where you do a big push and use hogs/loons to cleanup then yes, it is a 3star strategy. But you cant expect to 3* a good base with a gowipe, even with backend troops. Pekkas are just bad compared to valks or witches, simply because they are so slow to attack and get destroyed by skeleton traps