How To Design an Anti 3 Base

In this post, I am not going to list the bases for you to copy. I want everyone to be able to tweak their own and make it anti 3. So understanding the concept is more important.

How to make an anti GoHo map
You want to have a base that you don't want to GoHo it yourself. What makes it hard to Goho?

1. It makes my head spin when trying to guess where the DGBs are. Too many empty 2x4 spots by defenses.
2. Even if I locate the potential DGBs,it's pain in the ass to send in the kill squad to cover it.
3. Queen is too far from CC or potential DGBs, making kill squad's job real hard
4. CC is hard to lure and far away from queen. Has to cost me more to lure and redirect CC

In the following example(Don't copy it. It's 9.5), the map has FIVE legit DGB locations spread across the map with CC and queen deep in the base. It makes the raid real hard to pin point where your kill squad's entry point is gonna be. It will still be three starred by GoHo but will take a couple of tries by the enemy clan ASSUMING they know what they are doing.

How to make an anti Golaloon base

Golaloon is all about ADs and WT positions. And Queen of course. You want a base that is 

1. really tough to reach the ADs while all four ADs are covering all your defenses. All ADs are positioned and protected by other defenses so loons will have to zig zag to get to them.
2. Wiz Towers are not right by ADs so WTs won't be zapping at hounds all the time, but targeting at the loons
3. Queen is not directly under AD so lava pups can't kill her easily
4. Kill squad has a hard time achieving the objective with queen CC deep inside of the base with so many high HP storage protection. 

Let's take a look at this same map again. See my white pen highlighting the looning paths, they will just dance around ADs and will take a while to reach ADs while hounds are taking huge hits by lvl 7.  Also, queen isn't under AD, so you will have to take out queen by kill squad. But kill squad is blocked by high HP storage. WTs will zap at your loons, cuz they are not in AD (hound) ranges. I personally would not raid this map with Golaloon. It's just way too much headache to deal with it. 

I encourage everyone to think about how to tweak your own base and make it unique and hard to three star by using the above concepts. Good luck!!

The Clan War is about who can three star max TH9

And two star TH10.

Game has changed recently after many clans have discovered dragons are only good for TH7/8, pure hogging is in the past and Gowipe can only get you two stars on mid/high TH9.

Everyone in the CoC community is in search of the next new troop composition to three star more TH9 and nail TH10 with at least two stars. Because whoever can do that will win the war.

After searching high and low even when I was taking my CoC rehab, I came to realization there isn't a one formula fits all anymore. It really depends on the map you are facing. And you really have to construct an army based on the map you are raiding and understand how to use each type of troops.

A point I do agree with is that if you don't use defense targeting troop type, 3 starring a max TH9 will be a real tough task to accomplish.

Before I show you some strategy videos. Let's review the pros and cons of each main war troop comp:
1. Hogs : fast without walls blocking them. Relatively higher HP and damage. But DGB kills them. Needs healing to survive. heros wreck hogs. Can't be healed under infernos.

2. Loons : Very effective with high HP and high attacking power, But you won't survive if Lvl 7 ADs are at presence and it's super slow

3. Gowipe/wi: strong troop strength and attacking power. Witches are the best to kill heros. But pekkas die too fast when near max teslas are nearby. Also walls slow down this troop type resulting 2 stars on near max TH9

4. Lavaloonion: it's either one star or three star. If loons don't survive, minons get killed. No one clears TH. Highly dependable on map layout. Although when you pick the right map, Quatrolavaloonion with 4 hounds can do the job.

A new way of thinking is to utilize all troops strength based upon the map you are raiding so you can end up with an army with everything: Hogs kill outer skirt ADS so you can use loons to take out defenses before sending in Gowipe or Gowiwi or just straight up witch wiz with heros. I also noticed the pros know exactly how to release loons and how many. It is never random. Rule of thumb: Without AD, 2 loons for wiz tower, 1 for everything else. Count precisely how many you need when you are killing defenses.

HoLoWiWi

Ok, so here is a video that talks about the new war troop comp called HoLoWiWi : hogs, loons, wizards and witch. Check it out :




If you have time to read the whole thing and watch all videos including how to scout maps, check out this page :
How to use HoLoWi in war to three star max TH9

GowiwHog
Another combo I have tried recently myself is mixing large amount of hogs (at least 16 or more) with Gowiwi. No pekkas. I personally had some success with it.

Here is a link you should read :
Three Star TH9 with Hogs and Gowiwi combo

here is a video showcase three starring a max TH10


Gowipe/wi with Balloons
You want to find those bases with very centralized ADs, preferably all in the core. If two are in core and two are out, you want to use hogs to kill the ones outside. You also want to find maps that have ADs concentrated on just one side. Send in Gowipe troops to knock out Core and Ads then balloons can trash the rest of the defenses. If Ads are clustered just on one side, you are in for luck cuz the other half of the map without ADs can be owed by balloons.  I have also seen people mixing Gowipe with Balloonion. So they will send in Gowipe first to take out Core and centralized ADs. When ADs are almost done, send in balloons far away from the very last ADs and then swamp some minions behind loons to clean.

Watch this attack:

New Attack Type with Gowipe/wiwi and LOONs!

I find this guide rather helpful. As an air guy before, I've always thought air can somewhat being mixed with ground to maximize both attacking styles potential.

This guide shows you how to pick an ideal base to use half ground and half air and how to use the air potion properly. Another part I really like this guide is the details on how to draw and kill CC troops more effectively. Check it out guys

3 star max TH9 with Gowipe/wiwi and LOONS

War Prep Notes. New TH7 TH8 Fresh TH9 Must read

Coleaders and TH10 folks: your job this time is to ensure TH7/8 are supervised based on the following suggestions.

As a clan, our objective is to three star all TH8 and try to three star bases 17 and below. So for All TH9, use your first raid to drop to 17 and below and hold off your second raid. So we can assess if we need to clean bases or not. However, the core TH9 still need to attack higher for two stars.

For TH10, don't touch top 4 until the last. Get two to three on rest of the TH10 maps. And try three star 7. White can try that one.

This is the first time we are going for 35 base war in a long time. So TH7/8 players must put on their A game to carry parts of the load. TH9 can no longer cover the entire war like what they did before. So for TH7/8, your both raids will be targeting low bases. No attacking high in this war because we need to win!!! And the clan will need you to three star bottom bases.

So I will shout out your names and suggest what you do.If your names are not listed, just check in with a CO and do your usual thing.
Sirfancy, Legit, Alan, Sunny, Dan please change your war bases. They are easy hogging dragon bases. Alan Legit, move your TH to the center please.

Jay and Priss, your best bet is all lvl 1 dragons with all rage spells. Go for bottom bases. Carry max balloons in your cc.

Dbagg, WhiteDragin, King Ryan, Sunny: Use all lvl 2 mass dragons and carry max balloons in your CC. Objective is three star bottom bases using both your raids. Good dragon bases are 29,33,34,35. No attacking high unless bottom 5-6 bases are three starred. Thank you.

Legit, Dan Camp, Griffin: You have gowipe lvl 1. Must use Gowipe, no mass archers, giants, barbs stuff. Get either max wiz or pekka from TH10. Form a full on Gowipe army. Your targets are 25,28,30,31,32. No attacking high unless bottom 10 bases are three starred. Thank you

SirFancy: You have pekka but no Golem and your Giants Wiz are good. So form a Giants/Pekka/Wiz army and go ground with healing and rage spells.  You will be targeting bottom 5 bases unless they are all three starred.

AlanHuang: You have golem but no pekka. So form an army with Golem and giants, healer and wiz. No mass archers barbs. Use a golem and follow by wiz behind golem. Also stay under 27 unless they are three starred.

If you ranked 20 below, you MAY NOT go above 25 unless they are all three starred. No attacking high this time for both of your raids until all lower bases are cleared.

Air guys will have to be flexible and raid based on maps and needs for stars. That include South Sadak and Moose. For TH9 guys good air bases are 23,24,26,

Impressive War Log - Nov 2014

We started this clan less than a month ago and here is the impressive war log 7:0. Undefeated so far.

The only battle came pretty close was the one with Colombia druglords. It came down to Aztec and Villain's last two raids. Villain took down #4 with a max pekka roaming outer skirt collecting percentages, Aztec picked off loose buildings and adding up that critical 50%. That's impressive counting skills there :)

To reach 75+ war stars on a 30 base war consistently is quite impressive. Great job guys.

War against ERROR

This one will be tough cuz they know what they are doing. The only way we can win is to get as many three stars as possible. I bet both teams have enough hitting power so it is matter of who can fetch most of the three stars. The rest bases must be two starred.

So here is the plan for the first raid :
- All Gowipe lvl 1 and air raiders including lvl 3 dragons stay between 19-25
- Hogging : only max hoggers can hog. So seejay can take 17 and Bear can take 16
- If you have lvl 2-4 Gowipe, try three starring bases between 12 - 18. So here is a suggestion of base assignment :
Brett 12
Batman 13
Will 14
Aztec or Muzi  15
Bear 16
Seejay 17
Aztec or Seb 18
Seb or Seth 19

Kitty will wait, either clean or do 11.

White and Zedd have the job to two star all TH10... Then take out one TH9.

Then let's two star the rest of the max TH9.. That's the best we can do.. So let's deliver together.