Lava Hound



"These fiery beasts can't resist chasing after Air Defenses, providing excellent protection for other troops. Once destroyed, they erupt into many smaller, weaker menaces."


 * Summary
 * The Lava Hound is a volcanic creature with wings.
 * It has magma studded on its back.
 * Like the Golem, the Lava Hound deals additional splash damage before splitting into Lava Pups.
 * When the Lava Hound attacks air defenses it bounces up and down while shooting little balls at it like a Minion.
 * Some refer the Lava Hound as the child of a Golem and a Minion.


 * Offensive Strategy
 * Lava Hounds have a huge amount of hitpoints. Much like Golems, they're useful as an attack tank, but for air units. They protect Dragons, Minions or Balloons, much like Golems protect a group of Giants or Witches.
 * They can distract an Air Defenses, which prevent the Air Defenses from destroying a group of Dragons.
 * Defensive Strategy
 * Spreading your air defence out is a good idea. Also have air mines and air bombs close by.
 * Their weaknesses include Seeking Air Mines, which do significant damage against air troops. Be sure to keep them out of the range of a single-targeting Inferno Tower, which will destroy a Lava Hound with ease.


 * Upgrade Differences
 * Like the Witch, the Lava Hound currently has no upgrade difference.


 * Trivia
 * The Lava Hound was added in the 16 September 2014 update.
 * The Lava Hound bears a strong resemblance to the Lava Dragon from DragonVale, another popular iOS game.
 * The Lava Hound is often compared to the Golem due to its similar statistics and concept (e.g. once defeated mini-troops will continue to fight).
 * When clicking on an Army Camp, the Lava Hound turns away from you.
 * When clicking on an Army Camp, the Lava Hound turns away from you.

 For additional statistics and information, see the Unit Calculators page.