Lava Hounds are useless!

[Dan203]

While the idea of a troop that targets air defenses and acts as a distraction for dragons/balloons is nice in theory, in practice they're basically useless. Most people put thier air defenses in a relatively small cluster near the center, so when a lava hound goes in it's usually being shot at by several of them all at once. Not to mention archers, wizard towers and any air bombs encountered along the way. So even with their huge hitpoint value they're typically dead in a matter of seconds. So they're neither effective as a distraction nor a viable option for taking out air defenses before sending in your air troops. Can't believe I wasted so much time and elixer on these.
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[lanesteele240]

I did one of my racs because i could not stand the blank spot in my profile. Never cooked one. Never will upgrade it in lab

[Jellidonutz]

I know many many people (including myself) that would disagree with you

[Halestor]

I just used 2 of them with 24 balloons and 35 minions in a war and 3 starred a mid-max TH9. Just gotta go for the bases with the x-bows down or weak air defenses

[GodKingz]

Lavas are beast when lvl 3 having one in cc is awesome at lavaloonion

[BigDarrick]

I completely disagree sorry. You are using them incorrectly. The way you stated, yes..useless. But they are not meant to be a golem in the sky to last forever. I have used them and seen them used quite well with drag and Dragloon attacks and three starring max TH 9 and mid level th 10s.

[smasherz]

I personally think Lava hound is a good troop... yes it cant be used on bases where the ADs are centered as it gets taken out in seconds.. it is not supposed to be used for such bases...

One thing we need to understand is there is no universal troop... there should be no universal troop(hogs were)... you need to figure out the best combination for the base you are attacking or pick the appropriate base for the troops you got... I have seen some awesome attacks with lava hounds and crappy ones too...

[BlueBoss]

I have noticed a lot of top level players in clan wars have already switched to the lava loonian combo.

I would say Lava hound is more towards OP.

[Saleh47]

Have been attacked with lava(lvl1) + balloon(lvl6) + minion(lvl5) in war and they got only 36%. I have maxed airdefences. Didn't get them anyway as I tend to attack using ground troops rather than air troops.

[ZenCoC]

I guess the Chinese clan are just really lucky to defeat the number 1 war clan ice ice baby of which 6 of their 7 three stars attacks were lava/balloonions attacks...