Friday 27 April 2018

TH9: Safe 2-Star Strategy - The GoWiPe ("Go Wipe")

Strategy Overview

Scouting

  • Typically with a GoWiPe you ignore the defensive Clan Castle relying on your Wizards to take out anything inside.
  • Attack the base from a side, preferably with the Queen, and even better if it is the Queen and the Clan Castle - this design is perfect for a GoWiPe.
  • Be wary of Moat design.  The inner wall can be hard to break and the Army won't break it until almost everything else is destroyed.  4 quake moat designs for maximum success.
  • See if you can use a quad-quake to destroy the walls through to the TH.

Army Roles

  • Golems tank for all troops, even Pekkas.
  • The Pekka's job is to hunt down the Queen and destroy her, as well as being the heavy hitter in the team.
  • Heros make for the Town Hall and clean up.

Attack Summary

  • Spread the Golems wide to distract the defense and allow the wall breakers into the middle of them to break the wall.
  • Use the wizards behind them (wide) to tear down the perimeter buildings to create a funnel for the pekkas.  
  • Pekkas up the middle.  They will take out the Queen and helps drive for the Town Hall with the Heros.  It is ideal if you can get a wizard or two to follow a Pekka.
  • All your troops should be down quickly.

Attack Plan

  • If quad-quaking, this is always the first thing to do
  • Get the Golems out wide - they are the perimeter
  • Get the few Wiz down behind the Golems, extending no further than 1 Wizard past the outside of each Golem.
  • The key is breaking the wall...
  • Depending on wall strength, drop a Rage and use Wall Breakers.
  • Keep your eyes;on the Clan Castle. When the troops pop out, if you do not quad-quake, one poison on top of the CC troops and another poison between them and your troops, but don't stack poisons on top of each other.
  • Get the Pekkas in once you have created the funnel - the closest building (or the enemy Queen) should draw your troops into the base.
  • Drop the Heros and prepare for clean up.
  • Use Healing whenever groups of Pekkas get low.

Army Composition

Army
  • 2 x Golems
  • 18 x Wizards
  • 3 x Pekkas
  • 6 x Wall Breakers
  • 1 x Archer                    

Clan Castle
  • 1 x Golem
  • 1 x Quake (if quad-quaking) or 1 x Poison

Spells
Option A: Quad Quake Option
  • 1 x Rage                       
  • 2 x Heal
  • 3 x Quakes                    
Option B: Jump Option
  • 1 x Rage
  • 2 x Heal
  • 1 x Jump
  • 1 x Poison


Practice a couple of times before using this attack in war, but it is a reasonably straight-forward attack as long as you remember:

  • A failed wall break at the start can destroy the whole attack - it really is the key
  • Get your golems wide enough to draw defensive fire and create that funnel by clearing the other buildings with your wizards
  • Get your troops down quickly

Game hard.

Morgrim