COC Guide

There are a couple of very powerful attack strategies at Town Hall 8 and undoubtedly GoVaLo is one of them. I will try to make this guide as simple as possible so you can understand GoVaLo easily.

Thanks Pratyush Yadav for helping me improve the quality of this guide.

When should I use GoVaLo composition?

You can use this strategy from mid to late Town Hall 8, when Dragons are not really fearful anymore. Although you can use Dragons and Hog Riders to get 3 stars but sometimes you should try new attack strategies to make it more interesting, right? lol
If you’ve had no luck/passion with GoWiPe or GoHogs, you should give this strategy a shot!

Due to the Valkyrie’s special ability (she can deal splash damage to units within a 1 tile radius), the ideal bases of GoVaLo are ones that have serried buildings, especially in the core.

The two bases below are decent examples. You can attack them easily with GoVaLo:

GoVaLo Army Composition

As usual, there is no perfect army composition for GoVaLo. Depending on the base you are going to attack, choose the best composition for you!

I usually use the GoVaLo composition below:

2x 5x 11x 6x 3x   5x 2x

3x  – Clan Castle

2x +  +

How to attack with GoVaLo

Firstly, the most important thing you should remember before attacking with GoVaLo is the enemy Clan Castle troops. Giant Bombs, the enemy King and the point defenses aren’t much of a danger, but just a couple of defensive troops can ruin your attack anytime.

• If the enemy Clan Castle is exposed, drop your Golem to lure then out.
• If the enemy Clan Castle is centralized, send 2-3 Hog Riders. They will lure the defensive Clan troops out while attacking the enemy defense.

After luring them out to a corner, group them, and drop the  Poison Spell to take them out.
If some troops (Dragons, Balloons,..) survive, drop 2-3 Barbarians. When the Dragon and Balloons are chasing your Barbarians, deploy 4-5 Wizards right behind the Dragon to take it down. If the Dragon kills your Barbarians before it dies, deploy more Barbarians right below its face as in the screenshot below!

We should attack the compartment which is close the core, so your troops will not go around and spend a lot of time before entering the core.

• Green = Golems.
• Purple = Wizards
• Red = Balloons
• X mark = Wall Breakers.

After the first step, do not wait for your Wizards and quickly deploy the Golems into the battle.  As you can see in the screenshot above, I will attack from the compartment with the X mark because my army can get into the core easily from there. Take a quick look, and deploy your Minions on Builder Huts at the corners and buildings, which are protected only by ground defenses.

1. After deploying the Golems, the Wizards will take down outside buildings quickly without being hurt. This is an important step for funneling your Barbarian King and Valkyries inside the base; otherwise they will go shopping around the base. Valkyries are much easier to control than P.E.K.K.As so I don’t think you will face any problem.
2. Once the Wall Breakers have exploded, the Golems will go inside through the brokenWalls to the Archer Tower and then into the core. It’s time to send the Valkyries in the battle. Simply drop your Healing Spell and Rage Spell once your troops have entered the core. It just takes a couple of seconds to take down all defenses in the core compartment.
3. Once at least 2 Air Defenses are down, you can send your Balloons into the battle. Send 3-4 Balloons for each defense and focus on Air Defenses, Wizard Towers and Archer Towers. Most defenses would be locked on your Golems, Barbarian King and Valkyries so your Balloons can do their job easily. By sending mass Balloons, you can oppress the enemy base within seconds.

That’s all! Truly, this strategy is not hard at all. You may find it tricky for the first time, but not after you try it a few times and get a hang of things

Take a look at the video below to understand GoVaLo better:

I hope you can bring more stars for your Clan with the GoVaLo strategy!