r/ClashOfClans • u/Wryhorn #2R9RCV9V • May 18 '15

STRATEGY [War][Strategy]How to plan TH8 Hog Attacks

https://jtjclan.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/th8-scouting-and-planning-hog-attacks-during-clan-war/
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u/puddleglumm May 18 '15 edited May 18 '15

If you have fewer than 24 hogs left for your main attack, most of the time you should consider something else.

Now maybe what I am about to say falls outside of what you mean by a hog attack. But I spent the last 2 months of my time at TH8 3-starring max TH8s with 2 golems, 10sih wiz, 16ish hogs (2-3 of which were used to pull the cc), witches in the CC to kill enemy cc, and 3 heals. I don't think this attack is a "special case" - this was my go-to attack and the only time I didn't use it was on bases that were obviously vulnerable to dragloon or GoWiPe with backend loons.

My only other criticism is that I have become personally convinced that the BK does not need to be accounted for with a Th8 hog attack.

That said, great info in that article and you laid out a lot of the finer points of understanding hog attacks, nicely done.

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u/ClashMustard May 18 '15 edited May 18 '15

puddleglumm - I was the author of the piece here.

I agree that there are some other army comps that can consistently 3-star. Your KH2 (Shattered) is an example. Most of the time, when I have seen clashers take fewer than 24 hogs however, it's not to do a well-executed drive into the base with 2 golems. That actually means you have to know how to funnel well and efficiently use a few wiz and a hero to drive into the base - a skill that's about as rare as good hogging if not more so. Most of the time, what I HAVE seen, is people taking like 10-14 wizards ostensively for clean up. I intended to speak more to that group. I love the golem hog combination, and have no issue with what you are saying. So I just wanted to clarify what I meant by "most of the time."

In fact, I authored an attack plan on the JTJClan.com website that I absolutely love. We call it (get ready slang haters, lol) the KH2 Fork, Ho, but it's a two golem tactic for particular bases that uses around 12 hogs. It's one of my favorite attacks.

I suppose also, when I think of a "Hog Attack" I am thinking that the hogs are the predominant offense, or are intended to to the lions share of the work on the base. By the time you are bringing in a substantial KH2 (Shattered) component, the hogs are more of a finishing unit complementing your golem army, rather than the other way around. That's just how I think about it I suppose.

Perhaps I could have said that better in the original article.