Lava Hound/Lava Pup



"Thrust out in big numbers after a Lava Hound dies, these tiny creatures keep up the fight for a little while longer."


 * Summary
 * Lava Pups are spawned when a Lava Hound falls in battle. Although they vaguely resemble their parent troop in appearance, they are significantly stronger offensively and have only a tiny fraction of the Lava Hound's health.
 * When a Lava Hound dies, it splits into 8 Lava Pups at Level 1, 10 Lava Pups at Level 2, and 12 Lava Pups at Level 3.


 * Offensive Strategy
 * A group of Lava Pups can be wiped out by a single Air Bomb, so try to trigger it with the Lava Hound to make the Lava Pups live longer.
 * Like Tier 1 troops, they're vulnerable to Wizard Towers, so distract them with more durable units.


 * Upgrade Differences
 * There are currently no upgrade differences.


 * Trivia
 * Added in the 16th September 2014 update.
 * They have nearly identical stats to a level 1 Minion, the only differences being slightly lower Hitpoints and a shorter range (2.75 tiles for the Minion vs. 2 for the Lava Pup).
 * As one of the three subtroops (the others being the Golemite and the Skeleton), it cannot be trained, placed or donated directly via the Clan Castle (although the parent Troops can).
 * While the Lava Hound appears to be made of both molten lava and solid rock, the Lava Pup seems to be a pure lava being, perhaps suggesting that the lava cools into rocks as the Lava Pups mature.
 * The Lava Pups will explode out in a large circle when they are spawned, instead of clustering up where the Lava Hound falls.



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