Why so much hate for valks?

[TankSinatra]

So next time I have a war target with purple walls I'll consider valks... but seriously I don't see the point. Seems like the type of base that's vulnerable to valks (big mid compartment for them to shred) is more vulnerable to something else, like holo, or shattered gowiwi with back end loons or hogs. The couple of times I've tried with level 4s, they've seemed surprisingly fragile.
I think that's what everyone's implying with the "they take more skill" argument. That means for a given player at a particular skill level, they'll do better with something else like laloon or gohog.

[Warp3dM1nd]

Because they stink.

They just sit there and swing and swing and swing on a lvl 5 canon all day long. Or untill the canon kills them.

I'm going to go out on a limb and assume your valks are level 1 because my maxed valks have absolutely no problem tearing through a level 5 cannon like it's paper. Upgrade your troops and then learn to use them before you say they stink.

I don't get the trap hate either. Valks shrug off DGB and even if a spring trap manages to catch a group of valks only 1 out of the group is going to go flying. Everybody always wants to compare to Pekka and bring up the trap thing but nobody ever talks about pekkas getting fried by X2 damage from teslas.

They do need another level to make them viable at th10 though. They are great at th9 and not so great at th10. Hopefully we will get Valk 5 in the next update.

[Kazouma]

You guys are th9s attacking preemie th8s and th10 attacking
preemie th9!!! Of course you will three star!

While the three screenshots i replied was th10 attackong th9. Mine was not. Cant you see some level 9 walls in the core? The war i was ranked no4 but attacked enemy no 2 which is maxed defenses th9. Even my mirror well developed th9. Im mid th9 btw. I maxed my valks before gone to research my giants to level 6 simply because i want to use valkyries in war as i know their strengths and weaknesses.

[ad316]

#ValksAreOP
Btw, this thread has the potential to turn into a flame war.

[Eirhead]

I get a 3 star every time I use Valkyries
Every attack that uses valkyries that I can still replay:

What is this? A clan of ants? The top tier defenders are TH8? Haha

[Yoyobuae]

While the three screenshots i replied was th10 attackong th9.

Huh? Seems like a TH9 attacker to me:

• 220 housing total
• 4 elix spells and 1 poison spell
• heroes under level 30
• 30 housing CC
• And says so in signature:

  Clash of Clans Level 107 TH9 29 lavas / 221 legos / 17 AQ / 15 BK / 527M GG / 572M EE

What is this? A clan of ants? The top tier defenders are TH8? Haha

Uhm, there's two queens in every of those screenshots

[DaenerysWawa]

omgee.. no i did a GoVaPe today.. and i have to say i am beginning to like using them for offense and defense! the GoVaPe did quite well imo.. they are strong and fast.. good hp.. .. as for defense nope poison spell doesn't kill them
so i like them now

-annie

I see this a lot on the forums, but why? Have you upgraded them? Are you using them correctly? I just don't get it... I get many three stars against solid bases with them, and mine aren't maxed yet. Like most troops, they work best against certain bases...Feel free to leave your opinion below.

[Kazouma]

Huh? Seems like a TH9 attacker to me:

• 220 housing total
• 4 elix spells and 1 poison spell
• heroes under level 30
• 30 housing CC
• And says so in signature:

My mistake

[SuperSS27]

There are better alternatives. Plain and simple. They are a square peg for round holes. And I have them maxed....I never use them.

[ay3TheGamer]

main reason is that they take time and have high space. plus there r maqny other alternatives than valk. i have used it very rarely and which strategy should i use them with not in farming of course but any other??? plz tell me.


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