New troop: VOLCANO MAGE!

[AnthonyVince]

The attack speed should be lower, that would let it increase the damage it gives and its fellow troop's damage.

I've already lowered it to 2 seconds, I don't really want it to attack at the speed of a PEKKA.

[Antdroid]

No, I mean like 1.5 or 1.0

[AnthonyVince]

No, I mean like 1.5 or 1.0

Oh. Well it shouldn't be counted on as a damage reliant unit, that's why I decreased the attack speed. I basically kept the damage per second the same though.

[KINGTWYFGUY]

Hello everyone! Welcome to my newest troop concept, the Volcano Mage. Throughout this thread, I'll go into tons of detail to make sure you know how this troop works and how this will affect the game. You'll also get to see offensive and defensive strategies including this unit, and some example stats. *Subject to change at any time*.

Beware, this thread is long! For those of you that have to time to read this thread, I thank you. All in all this idea took me a couple of weeks on finalizing this thread and making sure it was ready for presentation. Before I begin, I'd like to thank Charbeldegr8 for the artwork of Dark Barracks level 7, and Clannis for the picture of the troop! (If you'd like to suggest your own troop, check out the official sticky I have made for this subforum).

So, now that that's all done with, let's get to the Volcano Mage!

Description
Having mastered the art of ancient lava magic, the Volcano Mage increases damage done to buildings, but this skillful trait is limited to ground units only.



Summary
✔ The Volcano Mage shoots streams of lava that can hit up to 6 buildings at once
✔ Although he does little damage on his own, the Volcano Mage increases the damage taken by all of the buildings he hits, but his lava only affects ground units
✔ Use multiple Volcano Mages in one location to greatly increase the damage boost, or spread them out to support the whole army
✔ Unlocked at Dark Barracks level 7, Town Hall level 10


What kind of strategies this unit would enable
✔ Drop the Volcano Mage behind a couple of Wizards or Valkyries near a Barbarian King at the start of the attack to quickly get rid of him, as well as any other nearby buildings.
✔ Volcano Mages have high enough health to withstand a few attacks from splash defenses, but point defenses can destroy him very quickly. Therefore, place him behind more durable troops such as Giants or P.E.K.K.As (or support him with the Healer).
✔ A good strategy is to use some Giants as a meatshield, then deploy several Wizards supported by Volcano Mages to quickly get rid of outside buildings.
✔ Volcano Mages work very well with Valkyries, since both can target multiple units.
✔ Using a few Volcano Mages can eliminate the need to bring along an extra Rage Spell, freeing up another space for a spell and making a more variety of attack strategies.


Army compositions including this unit
✔ GiVoViz (Giants + Volcano Mages + Valkyries + Wizards) The Giants will break defenses while the Volcano Mages help the Valkyries and Wizards break into the core of the base while the Giants provide a distraction and a meatshield.
✔ GoVoWiPe (Golems + Volcano Mages + Wizards + P.E.K.K.As) The Golems will act as a meatshield for the Wizards and Volcano Mages; While the Volcano Mages help the Golems rid of defenses quicker, and help make a path to the center of the base for the P.E.K.K.As.
✔ GoVoWiWi (Golems + Volcano Mages + Wizards + Witches) With the Golems acting as your meatshield, send in the Wizards and Witches behind, finally followed by the Volcano Mage. If executed correctly, the Volcano Mage can help both the Wizards and Witch's skeletons do more damage together.
✔ HoWiVo (Hog Riders + Wizards + Volcano Mages) Hog Riders will quickly get rid of defenses with the help of the Volcano Mages early on; While some more Volcano Mages help the Wizards act as a clean up troop.


How to redo your base to protect from this unit
✔ Place holes in your base where Giant Bombs could be, to make the attacker choose more wisely on where to place his Volcano Mage. Giant Bombs are the single most dangerous defense against them.
✔ The Volcano Mage's lava boost affects ground units; therefore at least 1 grounded X-Bow in your village will help fend off the units being helped by the Volcano Mage quicker, as well as taking down the Volcano Mage itself.


Dark Barracks Information

Level	Build Cost	Build Time	Experience Gained	Boost Cost	Hitpoints	Maximum Unit Queue Length	Town Hall Level Required	Unlocked Unit
1	750,000	3 days	509	10	500	40	7	Minion
2	1,250,000	5 days	657	10	540	50	7	Hog Rider
3	1,750,000	6 days	720	10	580	60	8	Valkyrie
4	2,250,000	7 days	777	10	620	70	8	Golem
5	2,750,000	8 days	831	10	660	80	9	Witch
6	3,500,000	9 days	881	10	700	90	9	Lava Hound
7	4,250,000	10 days	927	10	740	100	10	Volcano Mage

Statistics

Preferred Target	Attack Type	Housing Space	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Dark Barracks Level Required	Range
None	Area Splash 0.3 tile radius (Ground and air)	14	15 minutes	18	2 seconds	7	4 tiles

Level	Damage per second	Damage per attack	Damage boost	Hitpoints	Training cost	Research Cost	Laboratory Level Required	Research Time
1	10	20	60%	154	225	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	15	30	70%	165	275	60,000	8	10 days
3	25	50	90%	190	350	80,000	8	12 days

Trivia and Frequently Asked Questions
✔ The name "Mage" is synonymous to "Wizard".
✔ The Volcano Mage has the second-longest range in the game, beaten only by the Archer Queen and tied with the Witch.
✔ The damage boost does stack between multiple Mages, meaning that three max-level Volcano Mages would do 75 damage per second and boost damage by 270%.
✔ A maximum of 17 Volcano Mages can fit in a set of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 19 if you count the two that can fit into a level 5 or 6 Clan Castle.
✔ The Volcano Mage's attack style looks like a cross between the Witch's projectiles and the fire that the Wizard shoots at level 6.



Thank you SO much for reading this thread and troop idea! If you read all of it, I really appreciate it as it took quite some time to finalize all of this.

Supercell is a great company and always takes into account people's suggestions, so I believe if this thread gets enough support the Volcano Mage could end up in the game. I'd love to hear what SC thinks about this idea – and thanks for commenting too, Daddy!


Here is how you can help! I'd love to hear your comments, opinions, suggestions, and questions as I can always improve upon this idea. Here are some things that would be great to comment on:

✔ Suggestions to make this troop more balanced
✔ Ideas you have for strategies this could enable
✔ Ideas you have for setting up your base to defend from this unit
✔ Description suggestions
✔ Questions about how this troop works
✔ Explain why you don't like this troop, or even why you do

If you like this idea, tell your friends! Your Clanmates! That is how you can get SC to see this idea.

Thanks for reading and happy clashing, everyone!
Anthony

The troops idea is good! I think it will help the problem of people running out of time. I think that the health for it is a little too high and it would be a good addition to troops like witches. It does look too similar to a wizard though

[jamiechoi]

Here, I'd love to add a cool description. Make it even cooler:

Having mastered the ancient lava magic, with the help of the newest scientific discovery, the Volcano Mage has learned to weaken a building's defense. Which means ground troops are now able to destroy the building more easily.

[AnthonyVince]

Here, I'd love to add a cool description. Make it even cooler:

Having mastered the ancient lava magic, with the help of the newest scientific discovery, the Volcano Mage has learned to weaken a building's defense. Which means ground troops are now able to destroy the building more easily.

Thank you! I will take this into consideration, and try to make the description cooler soon.

Edit: Does it look good now?

The troops idea is good! I think it will help the problem of people running out of time. I think that the health for it is a little too high and it would be a good addition to troops like witches. It does look too similar to a wizard though

Thank you! I agree, with a troop as potentially OP, it definitely needs a health nerf. Right on it, chief!

[vaj09]

Maybe it could be an additional hero cause they did have the wizards from ivory in the beginning and nothing else was heard of them so maybe that could be there grand Master

[Antdroid]

Wish this was in the update this week.

I know!!!!!!!!!!

[Jahboy777]

think we can all agree that this will be DB7..

[AnthonyVince]

Maybe it could be an additional hero cause they did have the wizards from ivory in the beginning and nothing else was heard of them so maybe that could be there grand Master

If I wanted this to be a hero, it would have said "New hero" in the title

Wish this was in the update this week.

I did too. I woke up early every day for the past four days hoping that the Mage would be in a sneak peek!

I know!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe some day, it will come.

think we can all agree that this will be DB7..

Hopefully! Are you suggesting I work on a new troop for DB8?

Here's what's new!
-New spells and combinations have been added that could work well with the Volcano Mage! Specifically, the Poison and Haste spells.
-The Volcano Mage has been given a new fiery description to make his enemies shiver with fear!
-Hitpoints have been reduced drastically at all levels - making it take even more strategy to use him!
-New strategy has been thought of, GoVoLaLoon. You may have thought that second air sweeper had put a wreck in your air troops - but with the Haste Spell and the Volcano Mage, your kill squad could be able to quickly rid of the Archer Queen, Clan Castle Troops, an Air Defense, and now even an Air Sweeper!