# TH9 Lavaloonion: Air army

> Two Hounds, twenty four Balloons, and twenty Minions to clean what is left.

Source: https://clanwarden.com/armies/th9/lavaloonion  
Town Hall 9 · Air · Three stars TH10 and TH9.

TH9 is the level where air stops being a gimmick. There are no Infernos, the Air Defences are the only thing that meaningfully kills a Balloon, and two Lava Hounds soak all of them at once. Every TH9 that has ever three starred a war base has done it with some version of this. The whole attack is decided before the Balloons land, by whether the Hounds pulled the right Air Defences, which is why it is the army worth learning properly rather than the one worth learning first.

## Army composition

**Troops**: 2x Lava Hound, 24x Balloon, 20x Minion

**Spells**: 3x Rage, 2x Haste, 1x Freeze

### Clan Castle

- Troops: 1x Lava Hound
- Spells: 1x Poison

### Heroes

- **Barbarian King**: equipment Barbarian Puppet + Rage Vial
- **Archer Queen**: equipment Archer Puppet + Invisibility Vial
- **Minion Prince**: equipment Henchmen Puppet + Dark Orb

### Copy this army

Opens straight in the game: https://link.clashofclans.com/en?action=CopyArmy&army=h0e0_1-1e2_3-6e42_43i1x17d1x9u2x17-24x5-20x10s3x2-2x11-1x5

## How to attack with it

1. Pick the side with two Air Defences close together and send both Lava Hounds at them, spread wide enough that one defence does not pull both.
2. Count four seconds, then drop the Balloons in a single line behind the Hounds. One lane. Never a ring around the base.
3. Rage as the first pack crosses the wall, not while they are still over the collectors.
4. Freeze the Air Sweeper if it is pointing into your lane, otherwise save it for a clumped Wizard Tower.
5. Trickle Minions from the back once the Air Defences are gone, and send the heroes into the side the Balloons already cleared.

## What beats it

Three Air Defences spread into separate corners is the base this loses to. The Hounds split, the Balloons die in the gap, and no amount of Rage fixes it. Take the Witches into that one instead.

## Other TH9 armies

- https://clanwarden.com/armies/th9/witch-slam.md: Two Golems in front, nine Witches behind, and a skeleton wall that never stops.
- https://clanwarden.com/armies/th9/queen-charge-hogs.md: Walk the Queen through the core, then send twenty eight Hogs at what is left.

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