



However, it is still a base-specific troop, as it depends on the layout you are attacking. Just as the Lava Hound, it works well with other air troops, such as the Electro Dragons and Dragons. With its huge amount of hitpoints and the freeze effect on the defenses it attacks, it can take even more time for the Air Defenses to break the Ice Hound. They will always fly directly towards them, protecting the Balloons or other air troops from your attack. With a preferred target of Air Defenses, the best use of the Ice Hound is to distract them. The most common uses of the Ice Hounds are similar to the Lava Hound: air attacks, especially the Lavaloon, an air attack that mixes Lava Hounds and Balloons. The upgrade costs 25.000 Dark Elixir and lasts for 3 days. To unlock the Ice Hound you must have at least a level 5 Lava Hound, which requires a Town Hall 12. This is quite important on defense, however, with 40 housing spaces we're not sure if it has a great value as a Clan Castle troop. It's important to notice that the Ice Hound and the Ice Pups also slow down enemy troops, including Heroes. This is extremely useful as they don't have a preferred target of Air Defenses, so when released they will attack multiple defenses, slowing them down providing a huge offensive boost to your attack.

They don't have the death freeze effect, but they also slow down the defenses they are attacking. Upon death, the Ice Pups are also released. Upon death, the Ice Hound also has a freezing effect of 4.25 seconds, and this is huge! This works similar to the Ice Golem effect: once it dies, a Freeze Spell is dropped on the map. As it slows down the Air Defenses, it has more time to destroy them. The first thing you will notice is that the Ice Hound slows down the enemies and defenses it attacks.ĭespite the fact of making slightly less damage per second, the Ice Hound can make more overall damage during its lifespan because of the freeze effect. The Ice Hound Special Ability is what makes him very special and powerful, which as you can imagine, has some pretty cool freezing features. Upon defeat, the Ice Hound freezes its surroundings." "Attacks from Ice Hound and Pups slow down their enemies. To balance this Super Troop, the Ice Hound releases fewer units when destroyed, 12 against 18, and makes slightly less damage per second, down to 15 from 20. Both Ice Pups and Lava Pups have the exact same stats, but the Ice Pups are affected by the Special Ability. Upon death, the Ice Hound also breaks, but instead of Lava Pups, the Ice Hound deploys several Ice Pups. The Ice Hound is a powered-up version of the regular Lava Hound.Ĭompared to the regular troop, the Ice Hound has around 25% more Hit Points, uses 40 housing spaces instead of 30 and has the same movement speed. This troop was added to the game on the 2020 Xmas Update. Ice Hound is a Super Troop based on the Lava Hound available on the Home Village.
