Zap Throwers
Eleven Throwers behind a Lightning opening, and almost no pathing to plan.
Throwers arrived at TH16 and never left the meta, because they out range the defences that punish every other ground troop and they do it from behind a wall. At TH18 you run eleven of them behind a Lightning opening that removes the one building the pack cannot answer. The Super Barbarians and Healers build the funnel, the Druid keeps the pack alive through splash, and Totems do the work that used to take three Rages.
Army
352/352 camp space
11
5
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
1Spells
11/11 slots
4
1
1
1
1
1Clan Castle
55/55 space
1
1
1Castle spells
4/4 slots
3
1Heroes and equipment
Barbarian King
Frosty
Spiky Ball
Snake Bracelet
Archer Queen
Unicorn
Action Figure
Magic Mirror
Grand Warden
Sneezy
Life Gem
Rage Gem
Dragon Duke
Phoenix
Rocket Backpack
Fire HeartFills every camp and spell slot exactly, so nothing is wasted.
How to run it
- 1Lightning the Monolith or the air defence covering the side you are walking, using the castle spells before anything deploys.
- 2Send the Super Barbarians and Super Wall Breakers to open the first compartment, Healers behind the King.
- 3Deploy all eleven Throwers in a line along the wall, not in a clump.
- 4Drop Totems on the compartment ahead of the pack and Overgrowth on the one you want it to ignore.
- 5Ice Golems and Headhunters go last, on whichever side the enemy heroes are still alive.
What beats it. Bases that bury the Monolith behind long open ground give Throwers nothing to shoot over, and the pack stalls where Scattershots reach it. Take the Meteor Golems instead.
The other TH18 armies
Same camp space, different answer. Zap Throwers is the one to drop when the base suits it, not the only one worth learning.
