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

[tyler4]

So, offensively I'm still very much a new 9 (four spells, 220 spaces, level 5 AQ and death loons everything else max TH8), and I'm wondering how other 9s ensure three stars vs TH8s in wars, and here are my thoughts on a few strategies:

Ladragloon. Thought it would be OP to deck an ad, and have a cover the other two whIle raging the dragons and loons.. but with the amount dragons struggle at TH8 for a very expensive elixir army the two attempts I've done with it have *barely* cleared a max 8 which leaves me uncomfortable, especially since even if you path your dragons well they're still slow and once you drop them you're stuck praying.

Hogs. I loved hogs at TH8 for max 8s, but now DE is far more precious and a double giant bomb can ruin your day, so it's not nearly foolproof enough for attacking a base blind. Sure, you can gohog, but there's still a chance to guess wrong, and obviously if a 9 drops down to attack an 8 it absolutely has to be a three star run on the first pass. I've done a few hog runs as a 9 cleaning up 8s and they're generally a joke cleaning up after 8s, but I still want to know the giant bomb locations.

Gowixx. I haven't run one of these as a 9 on an 8, but they're expensive and I've seen the opposition and even my own clan mates fail about 25% of the time on maxed 8s. Obviously with a 9 they finally have the firepower using this to take down a maxed 8, but if the golems and dps separate it might be game over, and once again it's expensive and not nearly foolproof again.

And finally.. loonion?

I had never thought straight loonion was a viable war attack compared to all the fancier sounding strategies, but with 32-34 death loons, a cc hound, and 20-30 minions with 3 Heal one rage it seems that maxed 8s are pretty much unable to really scratch my loons much at all and I can finish the run with 20-25 loons just by spamming them upwind of the sweeper after my ks takes out the CC. It's also a much cheaper army than the rest of them and if you don't need the poison then a haste can actually be useful here. Loonioning 8s almost feels like I'm back spamming mass dragons at TH7, but I also realize I haven't put nearly as much practice with it so maybe I haven't had time to seen it fail?

Anyway, just wondering what everyone else thinks. New 9s can't really be expected to 3 star real 9s, so I think they're properly optimized by going after the upper 9s you know you only need to two star (assuming no 10s in war) so that your top 9s can three star as many lower 9s as possible, or taking out the max 8s you think your hoggers might struggle with to make their job of 3ing every 8 far easier.

[KletusfromEvilQueso]

Lavaloon absolutely destroys any townhall 8.

[Ouail]

i use 1 lava 25 ballons , some minions , 1 rage.

[happy2008]

As mentioned previously I use lavaloonian. 2 lavas and the rest balloons and minions

[tyler4]

i use 1 lava 25 ballons , some minions , 1 rage.

I've never understood why people take more than 30 minions, how do you use them? I normally clear the entire base with loons and then never need more than 10 minions to help with clean up, but enough death loons means that they do most of the clean up themselves. I like having another 10 in case there are more larries than I can poison, but is there a tactical advantage to more minions that I'm oblivious to?

And of course, more hounds= more OP, but I don't prioritize hounds ASAP for our new 9s since golaloon is a pretty advanced three star strategy, so for most of our new 9s it'd be adding unnecessary offensive weight while they get the basics of attacking at th9 down and our more established 9s go for the laloon 3 stars and want to figure out the most idiot proof strategy that you could even trust some noob off the street with.

Also, glad you also use one rage. One mistake I see a lot of newer loonioners do is prioritize rages over heals so the air bombs and wizard towers make the ads and archer towers one shot them.

[irmtfan]

i use 1 lava 25 ballons , some minions , 1 rage.

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Loonion with one lava hound in cc will do the job. Just think one rage is not enough to guarantee the 3*. 2rages is better.
Minions are needed to deal with CC. Of course i assume you dont have king and queen. because a new th9 should upgrade both heroes non stop.

[tyler4]

Of course i assume you dont have king and queen. because a new th9 should upgrade both heroes non stop.

I'm sure I'll catch a lot of flack for saying this, but with heroes unusable in war while upgrading I have zero desire to grind out my heroes since I play the game specifically for wars and don't get enjoyment out of farming. I know id quit the game before going without my heroes for the combined 40 weeks or whatever it would be at th9 and the game isn't worth the amount of money required to gem the hero time.

[maxrider]

7 dragon 16 balloons, one lava and 2 rage 2 heals 1 poison. You can replace 1-2 balloon with something else if needed. No need for king and queen. Never fails unless you make errors. OR

all drag attack with 3 light and 1 rage. I have seen some people doing it, looks nice. saves de

I'm sure I'll catch a lot of flack for saying this, but with heroes unusable in war while upgrading I have zero desire to grind out my heroes since I play the game specifically for wars and don't get enjoyment out of farming. I know id quit the game before going without my heroes for the combined 40 weeks or whatever it would be at th9 and the game isn't worth the amount of money required to gem the hero time.

Exactly, war is the best part

[Pinheiro]

3 Lavas, the rest of Balloons but bring some Minions since TH8 is a piece of ♥♥♥♥.

3 Lightning, two Hastes and one Poison.

[OllyCoc]

I use Gowipe still An extra spell, queen and 20 more camp spaces works wonders. And for some The extra few levels on the golem is great