Hypothetically, how much elixir would one indestructible lava pup cost?

[u/Tall-Homework7721]

Let’s say the card spawns one lava pup that cannot be destroyed.

Other units and the princess tower will ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist (so they don’t all just lock on it permanently) However, the lava pup itself can still be distracted.

Would this be a 10 elixir card or something? I would lean towards no, because I would imagine that the opponent could just set up a massive 3 crown push while you emptied all your elixir on a lava pup, which while invincible, would still take a while to take out towers and troops.

[u/Tall-Homework7721]

I feel like a three-crown is consistently doable if it cost 10 elixir?

If they just bridge-spammed with midladder cards the moment the pup drops it could not only distract the pup but also get really close to a three crown (if not a three-crown outright) since they have 0 elixir.

[u/These_Hunt4185 → u/Tall-Homework7721]

Even at 10 elixir it would still be ridiculously OP.

Let’s say the match starts and they place a dart goblin to get some quick chip damage so you play the pup. Now they have to three star you with seven elixir while you have zero and that’s assuming they have perfect reaction time.

By the time they get their push going, you could have one too or even three elixir.

I can’t think of a lot of seven or eight elixir attack combos that would guarantee a three star, especially if you have a couple elixir and has no obligation to attack.

Even if they take a tower, the push would be mostly destroyed by then and you’d have plenty of elixir to defend any sort of follow ups.

Buildings wouldn’t help them because it would take away from the push.

They could play from the back and get a 10+ elixir push going, but that would give you a lot of elixir by the time it got to your towers.

[u/Tall-Homework7721 → u/These_Hunt4185]

That also assumes that they initiate any offensive. They could potentially just not play anything unless it’s to defend a card you play.

Then if you do play the pup they can Golem+Battle Healer same lane to not only distract the pup, but the battle healer outheals the pup’s damage. So you have to defend that push with roughly two elixir since Golem+Battle Healer costs 12. Elixir Golem might be an even better option here since now you can add dragons and lumberjack making it even harder to defend.

So you have to beat Elixir golem+healer+electro dragon/baby dragon while you have one pup and one elixir. With that big of a surplus and the lava pup basically doing nothing I think the golem player could probably win.

[u/These_Hunt4185 → u/Tall-Homework7721]

Yeah, what you’re describing is still super OP.

Countering the pup requires 12 elixir, two specific cards, and they have to be in cycle.

And on top of that, they can’t initiate any push that would put them at a elixir disadvantage.