Most foolproof and efficient strategy for (new) TH9 to 3 star any TH8

[Micker99]

I don't think 20 minions worth of DE is really going to break the bank. I'd rather have 200 DE than the marginal 150,000 elixir or whatever bringing dragons would cost extra.. If you can't turn 150k E into 200 DE then you have bigger problems, especially given the additional time that dragons take to train in the barracks leading to an even higher opportunity cost. If you're going to tell me that dragloon is more efficient than loonion, I'm just going to laugh at you.

And seriously? You guys act like TH8s don't have any defenses at all in your attempts to sound cool (right before you get the 95% two star because you didn't think your attack took any planning). Level 3 hounds have 6700 hp, let's call it 5000 after they hit a SAM. 2 level 6 air defenses would do 460 dps, so basically this means that if the air defenses are covering each other the hound is going to live no longer than 10-12 seconds.

Again, at th9 I could steamroll a max th8 in about 1:30 maybe faster, using lavaloon. I 3 starred one once in war, not using my cc and only used 2 spells,probably could have used none. They have too few buildings, too few and low level ads, no aq etc. Th9s should be 3 starring th9s with that attack, with xbows, aq etc..

[tyler4]

Again, at th9 I could steamroll a max th8 in about 1:30 maybe faster, using lavaloon. I 3 starred one once in war, not using my cc and only used 2 spells,probably could have used none. They have too few buildings, too few and low level ads, no aq etc. Th9s should be 3 starring th9s with that attack, with xbows, aq etc..

By the time people have the troops to run golaloon they're generally attacking the 9s, but yeah completely agree. The part that would take the longest would be luring the stupid dragon lol.

[kirky74]

Have to agree with the consensus here that lavaloonion is the most idiot proof th9 vs th8 attack. Even with just a cc hound it is almost automatic. That said th9 dragoon vs th8 is also pretty safe especially since most people have learned this attack already. Max th8 dragoon vs maxth8 defense as I've seen usually end up around 85% 2 star at worst. Extra 20 camp space, extra 5 cc space, lvl4 drags, lvl6 loons, aq, and 4th spell make it almost impossible not to get that last 15%.

[SinOfDusk]

By the time people have the troops to run golaloon they're generally attacking the 9s, but yeah completely agree. The part that would take the longest would be luring the stupid dragon lol.

No need, to wreck a completely maxed TH8, you'll only need lvl 6 loons and maxed TH9 cc. Both done within 15 days in Th9. CC lvl 3 hound and around 30 loons is overkill already. There are some ring bases that might pose a problem for new TH9s, but it can be circumvented easily with proper loon deployment

TH8 war bases are to protect vs drags, hogs and gowipe mostly. That's why laloonion here is king, because TH8 base designers do not take this into account. Even so, with 3 ads, 2 SAMs (CMIIW), 3 WT, there isn't enough firepower to stop laloonion anyways

[tyler4]

No need, to wreck a completely maxed TH8, you'll only need lvl 6 loons and maxed TH9 cc. Both done within 15 days in Th9. CC lvl 3 hound and around 30 loons is overkill already. There are some ring bases that might pose a problem for new TH9s, but it can be circumvented easily with proper loon deployment

TH8 war bases are to protect vs drags, hogs and gowipe mostly. That's why laloonion here is king, because TH8 base designers do not take this into account. Even so, with 3 ads, 2 SAMs (CMIIW), 3 WT, there isn't enough firepower to stop laloonion anyways

Yeah, exactly, death loons within two weeks of starting TH9.. whereas to run lavaloonion will probably be longer than that. CC hound+32 loons+20 minions is perfect for an 8.

[tyler4]

Have to agree with the consensus here that lavaloonion is the most idiot proof th9 vs th8 attack. Even with just a cc hound it is almost automatic. That said th9 dragoon vs th8 is also pretty safe especially since most people have learned this attack already. Max th8 dragoon vs maxth8 defense as I've seen usually end up around 85% 2 star at worst. Extra 20 camp space, extra 5 cc space, lvl4 drags, lvl6 loons, aq, and 4th spell make it almost impossible not to get that last 15%.

Ehh, from what I've seen it's generally closer to 65-70% and sometimes an iffy two star. Taking an extra dragon or a couple more death loons with an extra spell tends to make it an iffy but doable 100%.. but if someone was holding a gun to my head and said "if you fail I will shoot you", I wouldn't be as confident as I'd want to be. Maybe 70-80% confident, but no where near as confident as I am with loonion.

[boogaloo92COC]

LaLoon with 2 Hounds

[JKL2207]

If you plan on hitting primarily TH8s for most of your early TH9 warring days I think you could do that without heroes. That would probably the best way to war and upgrade heroes at the same time tbh and that is the reason why many went for the .5 path.

You should be able to clean out maxed Th8s with:

• Laloonions with 2 hounds is probably the most foolproof way of 3 starring maxed TH8s without heroes.
• Loonions as you stated is also a very easy way to 3 starring TH8, its just not has forgiving as laloonions.
• Hogs
• Goho
• GoWiXx/GiWiXx with the jump spell and additional 2 spell slots which could translate into 8 EQ on TH8s I can't see any TH8 defence being able to hold off a TH9 GoWiXx/GiWiXx attack

[tyler4]

• Hogs
• Goho
• GoWiXx/GiWiXx with the jump spell and additional 2 spell slots which could translate into 8 EQ on TH8s I can't see any TH8 defence being able to hold off a TH9 GoWiXx/GiWiXx attack

I've seen GOWIXX fail far more often than I'd like to see.. When the DPS separates from the golems and dies anything can happen and people find out TH9s aren't nearly as overpowered (on the ground side) over TH8s that they think they are in the most painful way possible, and well placed giant bombs can wreck a hog run, level 5 hogs or no. There aren't any surprises to wreck loonions/laloonions.

[JKL2207]

I've seen GOWIXX fail far more often than I'd like to see.. When the DPS separates from the golems and dies anything can happen and people find out TH9s aren't nearly as overpowered (on the ground side) over TH8s that they think they are in the most painful way possible, and well placed giant bombs can wreck a hog run, level 5 hogs or no. There aren't any surprises to wreck loonions/laloonions.

If DPS separates from the golem then the issue is with the attacker, not the strategy. I have never seen a TH9 GoWiWiPe fail to clean up a TH8.

I would even go as far as to say over 50% of our TH8 3 stars comes from TH8 GoWiPe so it baffles to me hear that an additional 20 army camp spaces, potential max golem in CC, additional spell (jump) and AQ can't 3 star a TH8.

Considering GoHo is one of the most powerful combos in TH9 with level 5 hogs being a big component of that, I fail to see how a TH8 with one less GB, one less wizard tower and no AQ could even be considered remotely hard to to hog. If your GoHo or Hogs attack gets wrecked by one possible DGB you are seriously doing something wrong.

I have seen loonions/laloonions fail on TH8s before too. I have seen unlured cc dragons wreak havoc on loonions/laloonion it doesn't make that strat any less weaker. It's all got to do with the attacker.

Nothing is immune to failure in the hands of an incompetent attacker.