Lava Hounds are useless!

[TheJ]

I disagree as well. They are a great mix into Balloonion for clan wars

[BooomBaby]

Distraction for wiz towers and air mines is great. They can decimate a pack of balloons and force you to use a heal spell.

Also, they can distract an AQ for a few precious seconds to let your minions reach her before she does too much damage.

[4rcanine]

I'm yet to see a well utilised lava hound in wars

[Radyokafa]

you can watch this

[Anarchos]

[Trudog82]

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

I am one of those people

[Ruroshin]

Maybe. Although looking at some of the videos I'm still not convinced they're that useful. I'm not sure the results of some of those attacks would have been any different if they had replaced the two hounds with 12 more balloons instead.

Nope, the result can be very different. 2 hounds have more hp than 12 balloons so they will soak up more damage, more importantly they can also soak up wiz tower splash much better than 12 balloons. Also, another important point that ppl tend to ignore with hounds are the pups that spawn when they die. 2x lv2 hound generates 20 pups when they die (24 for lv3s), so its like bringing another 20 minions along mid battle. Great for cleanup and providing more distraction.

[Ddibbs]

I have them max' and as soon as my balloonies are max'd I will be running some test raids with them & minions... Maybe even dragons mixed in with some rage pots...

[Inquisitor]

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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