3-Star Academy - Be The "Go-To" Player

[Castles]

Hey Castles, great thread. I've been following it loosely for a few weeks and it's inspired me to invest in Lava Hounds as a TH9.

There is a base that I wanna use a Penta on and from your scouting formula it looks like a Penta will work except for his Lvl3 Xbows. However his Archer Queen is placed right outside his base and is fairly close to an Air Defence, so I'm also considering doing a Cold Blood. I am a bit nervous though since it will be my 1st LaLoon attack in war. I've kinda worked out placement for a Cold Blood, how would you handle this base with a Penta?


P.S What happened to the Gowiwi Loon and Hog Hyrbid videos?

Thanks for the compliment, Jay. It's great that you applied the formula — what you've said is right. Certain aspects of the base indicate a Penta may be a good choice, but there are other aspects that point towards a Cold-Blood.

As far as the Cold Blood goes, you can definitely kill the AQ... and you could probably get the AD that's near her without WBs or a jump, giving you room for some other spell.

As for a Penta... I'd drop my BK to kill the AQ and then I'd start on the end opposite the AQ. 2 Lava Hounds on each of those ADs and then make a horse shoe around that end of the base such that every defensive unit has at least 1-2 loons coming in on it. The base is compact, so you can rage almost the entire thing and brute force it with your Penta. Save your Max Hound until 10-20 seconds into the raid and then deploy it near the BK so that it comes in and tanks the backside. Then drop in 5-6 backside loons.

Once again, you're right that the X-Bows are a combined level 6, that's typically bad for a Penta. However, the combined level of the ADs is only level 24 and ​you can kill the AQ with your BK, taking her out of the equation and lessening the significance of the level 6 X-Bows.

As for the hybrid videos you mentioned, here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxva5ImLq1o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCXRdPpI2lA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUs4b9e52qA

[Castles]

In my first Penta LaLoon video, I released the Scouting Formula:

The Scouting Formula was very bare bones, and had many people asking questions. The goal of the Scouting Formula was to help you decide between a Penta LaLoon and a Cold-Blood LaLoon. In my more recent video, I released the Scouting Formula 2.0:

The Scouting Formula 2.0 is a more comprehensive version of the original Scouting Formula with the same goal — helping you decide between a Penta LaLoon and a Cold-Blood LaLoon.


Version 3.0 is in the works and will help you decide between a Penta LaLoon, Cold-Blood LaLoon and a GoWiPe w/ Loons Hybrid. Currently, I believe that these are the top 3 air attacks when it comes to 3-stars!

[Castles]

Check this video out for info on Scouting Formula 3.0 AND to see Jimni go HAM!

[JimniKricit]

In my first Penta LaLoon video, I released the Scouting Formula:

The Scouting Formula was very bare bones, and had many people asking questions. The goal of the Scouting Formula was to help you decide between a Penta LaLoon and a Cold-Blood LaLoon. In my more recent video, I released the Scouting Formula 2.0:

The Scouting Formula 2.0 is a more comprehensive version of the original Scouting Formula with the same goal — helping you decide between a Penta LaLoon and a Cold-Blood LaLoon.


Version 3.0 is in the works and will help you decide between a Penta LaLoon, Cold-Blood LaLoon and a GoWiPe w/ Loons Hybrid. Currently, I believe that these are the top 3 air attacks when it comes to 3-stars!

Check out these scouting formulas guys! They really help!

[Castles]

Thank you to everyone who follows the channel!

[JimniKricit]

Thank you to everyone who follows the channel!

Congratulations man!

[Ganan2]

so as a th8, my dream is to two star(or3) good th9. Is it possible?

[ClasherJake]

3-starring a TH9 is easy....
3-starring a TH10 is near impossible

[Castles]

so as a th8, my dream is to two star(or3) good th9. Is it possible?

With the right type of base and attack, a 2-star is definitely possible! A 3-star is less likely.

3-starring a TH9 is easy....
3-starring a TH10 is near impossible

I disagree that 3-starring a TH9 is easy, but I do agree that currently it is very difficult to 3-star a TH10.

[Castles]