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I am a Mid level TH8 with all troops unlocked. I also have trouble three starring other Th8s in war and have found a few strategies that help.
1. Mass dragon
Mass dragon is a easy three star strategy on all Th8 players with level 5 and below air defences. Based on how their base is set up, you should use lightning spells or rage spells. If their base has spread out air defences, use three lightning spell, drop all three on one of the air defences and then drop half your dragons close to one air defence and the other half close to the other. If their base has air defences packed in the centre of their base, bring three rage spells and rage your dragons up as they near the air defences.
2. GoWiPe
A lot of people are opposed to this strategy as they say it is a 2 star strategy. I often use GoWiPe in war to attack Th8 players with maxed defences or attack Th9 bases.
3. GoHo
GoHo is probably the best attack strategy for Th8, it can three star almost any Th8 player but is very difficult to master.
Keep in mind that this was just meant to give you some raiding strategies and not tell you how to do them. If you need to learn how to do these strategies, search them up in the forum search.
Hope that helps
I love attacking bases like this! All drag with max loons in my cc. Spread out drags on one side with BK first to take some damage from their archer towers. Deploy loons as soon as their air defense starts shooting at your drags. Haste spell in your cc helps get the lions there faster. I use one rage and two heal spells as well.