The healer is underestimated by much, I still use giant/healer every attack to farm and doing well, aswell as 3star other TH9 in CW.
Thing is the healer is too sticky atm, it should heal other nearby troops once its target is full
But not fly to the other side just seek a new target within 3/4 squares.
and prioritise giants/pekkas/heros and golem over others.
It just needs a little AI work but its doable atm
I attack a village and triggered the clan castle troops that had a healer. The healer immediately latched on to a hero that was on the far side of his base from my main attack and kept trying to heal it even though the hero was undamaged. Mean while I slaughtered the rest of the CC troops and got some loot. The healer was worthless. I doubt I even damaged the hero as I was attacking on the far side of the base to avoid it.
At one time I thought that 1 healer and 4 wizards in a clan castle would be a good combo but not now.
What I don't like about healers is that they will move into range of air defenses when they don't need to. The healers do not seek spots where they are within range of the troops they are trying to heal but outside the range of the air defenses.
Healers definitely got worse. It's pathetic.
Dear Supercell, please fix the healers. We want the old AI back. Thank you.
Have not used the dumb fairies since th8....
Clannies at th8 and below still request them, and seem to bo doing ok with them. Perhaps they just get dumber after each upgrade, just like my pekka, which now has the IQ of seat cushion.....
Last edited by victort; January 4th, 2015 at 05:20 PM.
Supercell neutered my beloved Zaps.... Oh well, adapt and survive... Now BAMing in a league near you, with max rage...
Bring on the BAMfury! !!!!
I use four healers (yes, four) in my farming army composition. I start off by dropping 12 giants then the healers (or wait a bit until air def is down). From that point on they stay locked into the giants.
The only time they switch targets is when I drop a large group of barbs and they get hit with a mortar (the larger the group of damaged troops, the more attracted healers are to it). But in that case I WANT them to switch to healing barbs instead (barbs can do lots of damage if given the chance).
So from my point of view the current healer AI is works very well, supercell did a great job with it.
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