RC Walk Root Riders
Root Riders ignore walls, so the hardest part of a ground attack disappears.
Root Riders burrow straight through walls and path directly at defences, which removes the funnelling problem that makes every other ground army hard to run. The Royal Champion opens one side first so the four Riders never start their run into a full base, and the Valkyries and Super Barbarians clean the ring behind them. It is the least punishing ground triple at TH17 and it does not care how many compartments the base has.
Army
340/340 camp space
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5
5
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
1Spells
11/11 slots
6
1
1
1Clan Castle
55/55 space132
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1Castle spells
3/3 slots1
1Heroes and equipment
Barbarian King
Frosty
Spiky Ball
Snake Bracelet
Archer Queen
Sneezy
Giant Arrow
Action Figure
Grand Warden
Diggy
Eternal Tome
Rage Gem
Royal Champion
Spirit Fox
Electro Boots
Rocket SpearFills every camp and spell slot exactly, so nothing is wasted.
How to run it
- 1Walk the Royal Champion into the softest side with the Healers behind her, then Recall her once two defences are down.
- 2Send the Super Barbarians and Wall Breakers to open the compartment next to her walk.
- 3Deploy all four Root Riders into that side, heroes behind them.
- 4Overgrowth the compartment the Riders are walking into, never the one they are already in.
- 5Rocket Balloons and Headhunters clean the outside while the Riders finish the core.
What beats it. Bases that break the walls into very short segments give Root Riders nothing to ride, and a centred Monolith eats them one at a time. Take the Dragons against those.
The other TH17 armies
Same camp space, different answer. RC Walk Root Riders is the one to drop when the base suits it, not the only one worth learning.
