How to get strong in Wars soon TH8

[Jatindevnani123]

I have been TH8 for about 9 days now. And I love wars. Tomorrow I will have access to P.E.K.K.A and Valkrie plus My First TH8 lab upgrade will be finished i.e. Barbarians. (Do not tell me to upgrade farming troops) Now, the problem:
I couldn't get any more 3 stars on my opp. bases in wars. I ran mass dragons with such ease at th7. But being the leader of my clan I feel bad that I couldn't get 3 stars or even 2. 1 stars dont win wars. I am ranked 2nd on war map so almost everytime I have to take on a max th8.

My hogs are level 2 and my dragons are level 2. I dont have enough Dark elixir to start hogs 3 tomorrow. I couldnt start my Dark barracks for Golem tomorrow 'cause that will leave me vulnerable to level 6 ADs with my level 2 dragons.

So what do I do to gain bigger advantage soon for war? Also I have 3.2 M elixir to start any of the lab upgrades.

Thanks in advance

[hashtagbene]

I opted myself out since I hit TH8 for this very reason

If you really don't want to opt out then attack lower I guess? Early/premmie TH8s are usually quite easy for mass drags at least for 2 stars.

With PEKKA you could try GiWiPe but with L4 GiWi it won't be too easy against max TH8s.

[Turnarcades]

Every initial town hal transition will mean until you get war troops of your level, you'll be at a disadvantage in war. The th8 one is subtle though..... the three main th8 war attacks are, in order of strength;

Lv3 drags
Lv4 hogs
Gowipe

Getting drags up is one single upgrade and although having stronger spells will help it and th9's able to feed you max loons for backup is handy, lv3 drags will destroy all early and badly designed th8's.

After that, hogs up to lv4 and wiz to lv5 is 3 upgrades, and on the right choice of base a properly executed hog attack is devastating. It's more effective than gowipe regardless of defence levels, but depends on certain layouts.

Finally, gowipe is the strongest all round war attack that will become effective with every single upgrade. However it will take longest to level up fully (gowipe plus wall breakers, heal and rage, plus king too for maximum effect) so won't be as useful to you early on. It also takes a lot more skill to execute for three stars.

There are other more advanced mixed troop combos but for now this is what you should be aiming towards.

[webbie]

If he is facing nearly max th8s (3 lvl 6 air defenses) then I feel even level 3 drags are inconsistent at best. Hogs are king at th8, unfortunately the 2 levels you need to upgrade take 3 weeks to get and a bunch of DE.

Until that time drags lvl2 (or gowipe once you get golems) would probably be best.

If you are going against near max th8 I would suggest going in the weak side with drags to aim for 2 stars instead of the normal thoughts (which are going towards the strongest part of the base and hoping you have enough juice to clear the rest for 3 star).

[bellahainey]

Race to hogs4, dragons need a lot of skill/ luck/opponent layout fail at th 8. Gowipe when you are early th8 is only 2* not 3* - not recommended till later th8\th9 in my clan.

[Rand al'Thor]

I am a late th8 and you're early strat is going to be dragons. I would unlock golems as quickly as possible for gowipe/gowiva. As stated earlier hogs 4 is the most sure 3 star strat in th8, whether it's goho, mass, or surgical. In the meantime get wizards in the lab while you're building up DE for hogs.

[Oravic]

As said before dragloon! Mass dragons with lvl 6 loons in cc. Three lightning spells on air defense after you start creating a path for your dragons with 1 dragon and barb king. Go on youtube and look up th8 dragloon theres many guides. Some use one heal two rage but i found lightning more affective. This is the only attack i used at th8 and the worst attack i had was a two star. Learn to path correctly and this will make you a war animal!!

[Stiehl9s]

Every initial town hal transition will mean until you get war troops of your level, you'll be at a disadvantage in war. The th8 one is subtle though..... the three main th8 war attacks are, in order of strength;

Lv3 drags
Lv4 hogs
Gowipe

Getting drags up is one single upgrade and although having stronger spells will help it and th9's able to feed you max loons for backup is handy, lv3 drags will destroy all early and badly designed th8's.

After that, hogs up to lv4 and wiz to lv5 is 3 upgrades, and on the right choice of base a properly executed hog attack is devastating. It's more effective than gowipe regardless of defence levels, but depends on certain layouts.

Finally, gowipe is the strongest all round war attack that will become effective with every single upgrade. However it will take longest to level up fully (gowipe plus wall breakers, heal and rage, plus king too for maximum effect) so won't be as useful to you early on. It also takes a lot more skill to execute for three stars.

There are other more advanced mixed troop combos but for now this is what you should be aiming towards.

very well explained and advised! agree on all counts

[Morris10]

At Th8, your best bet is mass dragon attacks for most bases. Hog attacks work on compact bases with heal spells.

[TY39]

If your Balloons are @ 5 then learn how to Dragloon; either 8 dragons + 13 balloons (5 in your CC), or 9 dragons with 9 loons (5 in your CC). Forget about hogs until they're L4 or GoWiPe until your pekka are L3