Changes: Lava Hound/Lava Pup

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

Level 1

Summary

Lava Pups are fast, weak air troops. They are spawned in a circular spread when the Lava Hound has been defeated.
They resemble Lava Hounds in appearance, but are smaller, and are made entirely out of lava.
Lava Pups have no preferred target when attacking; they will simply attack the closest building. However, if they become aware of enemy Clan Castle troops, Heroes, or Skeleton Trap skeletons (either by being attacked themselves or by being near another friendly troop under attack), and can fight back against them, they will leave their previously targeted building and instead engage the enemy troops. Once all of the nearby enemy troops are defeated, the Lava Pups will proceed to attack the nearest structure.
The Lava Pup is considered to take up 2 housing space for the purpose of determining its interactions with the Tornado Trap and Clone Spell.
- It cannot trigger the Seeking Air Mine.

Strategies

Defensive Strategy

The Lava Hound can be placed inside the Clan Castle, but Lava Pups cannot. Nonetheless, when a Lava Hound explodes, the Lava Pups are able to overwhelm enemies with their large numbers. This makes them useful to stall slower troops like Electro Dragons and the Royal Champion, but they are weaker if multiple troops engage multiple Lava Pups at the same time.
Lava pups can easily stall single-target defenses. Consider using one with Dragons or Electro Dragons to help with these slower units.

Offensive Strategy

A group of Lava Pups can be easily wiped out by a single Air Bomb or other AOE/Multi-Target defenses, but can easily distract the Air Defense for some time. Try using more durable aerial units to distract them and buy valuable seconds.
- If they are adequately protected, they can even help to finish off buildings in the corners in a similar fashion to Minions.

History

The Lava Pup was added with the Lava Hound in September 16 2014 update.
The December 11 2014 update slightly increased Lava Pup's HP.

Trivia

Lava Pups 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 and 2 tiles for the Lava Pup.)
As one of the six sub-troops (the others being the Golemite, the Skeleton, the Yetimite, the Big Boy and the Ice Pup), 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 Pup did not receive a new artwork in the Winter 2016 Update, despite the Lava Hound, and other sub-troops receiving new artworks.

Preferred Target	Attack Type	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Range
None	Ranged (Ground & Air)	32	1s	2 tiles

Damage per Second	Damage per Attack	Hitpoints
35	35	50

Home Village Army
Elixir Troops	Barbarian • Archer • Giant • Goblin • Wall Breaker • Balloon • Wizard • Healer • Dragon • P.E.K.K.A • Baby Dragon • Miner • Electro Dragon • Yeti (Yetimite) • Dragon Rider • Electro Titan • Root Rider
Dark Elixir Troops	Minion • Hog Rider • Valkyrie • Golem (Golemite) • Witch (Skeleton) • Lava Hound (Lava Pup) • Bowler • Ice Golem • Headhunter • Apprentice Warden
Super Troops	Super Barbarian • Super Archer • Super Giant • Sneaky Goblin • Super Wall Breaker • Rocket Balloon • Super Wizard • Super Dragon • Inferno Dragon • Super Miner • Super Minion • Super Hog Rider (Super Hog • Super Rider) • Super Valkyrie • Super Witch (Big Boy) • Ice Hound (Ice Pup) • Super Bowler
Heroes & Hero Equipment	Barbarian King: Barbarian Puppet • Rage Vial • Earthquake Boots • Vampstache • Giant Gauntlet Archer Queen: Archer Puppet • Invisibility Vial • Giant Arrow • Healer Puppet • Frozen Arrow Grand Warden: Eternal Tome • Life Gem • Rage Gem • Healing Tome • Fireball Royal Champion: Royal Gem • Seeking Shield • Hog Rider Puppet • Haste Vial
Elixir Spells	Lightning Spell • Healing Spell • Rage Spell • Jump Spell • Freeze Spell • Clone Spell • Invisibility Spell • Recall Spell
Dark Spells	Poison Spell • Earthquake Spell • Haste Spell • Skeleton Spell (Skeleton) • Bat Spell (Bat) • Overgrowth Spell
Siege Machines	Wall Wrecker • Battle Blimp • Stone Slammer • Siege Barracks • Log Launcher • Flame Flinger • Battle Drill
Pets	L.A.S.S.I • Electro Owl • Mighty Yak • Unicorn • Frosty (Frostmite) • Diggy • Poison Lizard • Phoenix • Spirit Fox • Angry Jelly

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-*'''Summary'''
+===Summary===
+*Lava Pups are fast, weak air troops. They are spawned in a circular spread when the [[Lava Hound]] has been defeated.
-**Lava Pups are spawned when a [[Lava Hound]] dies in battle. Although they vaguely resemble their parent [[Troops|troop]] in appearance, they are significantly stronger offensively but have only a tiny fraction of the Lava Hound's health.
+*They resemble Lava Hounds in appearance, but are smaller, and are made entirely out of lava.
-**When a [[Lava Hound]] dies, it splits into 8 Lava Pups at level 1, and increases by 2 with every level, up to a maximum of 18 Lava Pups at level 6.
+*{{PreferredTarget|None}}
-**The Lava Pups will explode out in a large circle when they are spawned, instead of clustering up where the [[Lava Hound]] falls.
+*The Lava Pup is considered to take up 2 housing space for the purpose of determining its interactions with the [[Tornado Trap]] and [[Clone Spell]].
-**{{PreferredTarget|None}}
+**It cannot trigger the [[Seeking Air Mine]].
-**They resemble Lava Hounds in appearance, except being smaller and made completely out of lava.
-**The Lava Pup is considered to take up 2 housing space for the purpose of determining its interactions with the [[Tornado Trap]] and [[Clone Spell]].
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+===Strategies===
-*'''Defensive Strategy'''
+'''Defensive Strategy'''
-**The Lava Hound can be placed inside the [[Clan Castle]], but Lava Pups cannot. Nonetheless, when a Lava Hound explodes, the Lava Pups are able to overwhelm enemies with their large numbers. This makes them useful to stall slower troops like [[Electro Dragon]]s and the [[Royal Champion]], but they are weaker if multiple troops engage multiple Lava Pups at the same time.
+*The Lava Hound can be placed inside the [[Clan Castle]], but Lava Pups cannot. Nonetheless, when a Lava Hound explodes, the Lava Pups are able to overwhelm enemies with their large numbers. This makes them useful to stall slower troops like [[Electro Dragon]]s and the [[Royal Champion]], but they are weaker if multiple troops engage multiple Lava Pups at the same time.
-**Lava pups can easily stall single target defenses. Consider using one with Dragons or [[Electro Dragon]]s to help.
+*Lava pups can easily stall single-target defenses. Consider using one with Dragons or [[Electro Dragon]]s to help with these slower units.
+'''Offensive Strategy'''
+*A group of Lava Pups can be easily wiped out by a single [[Air Bomb]] or other AOE/Multi-Target defenses, but can easily distract the Air Defense for some time. Try using more durable aerial units to distract them and buy valuable seconds.
+**If they are adequately protected, they can even help to finish off buildings in the corners in a similar fashion to Minions.
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+===History===
-*'''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.
+*The Lava Pup was added with the [[Lava Hound]] in September 16 2014 update.
+*The December 11 2014 update slightly increased Lava Pup's HP.
-**Like all low health troops, they're vulnerable to [[Wizard Tower]]s and multi-target [[Inferno Tower]]s, so distract them with more durable units.
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-*'''Trivia'''
+===Trivia===
-**Lava Pups 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]] and 2 tiles for the Lava Pup.)
+*Lava Pups 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]] and 2 tiles for the Lava Pup.)
-**As one of the six sub-troops (the others being the [[Golemite]], the [[Witch/Skeleton|Skeleton]], the [[Yetimite]], the [[Big Boy]] and the [[Ice Pup]]), it cannot be trained, placed, or donated directly via the [[Clan Castle]] (although the parent [[Troops]] can).
+*As one of the six sub-troops (the others being the [[Golemite]], the [[Witch/Skeleton|Skeleton]], the [[Yetimite]], the [[Big Boy]] and the [[Ice Pup]]), 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.
+*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 Pup did not receive a new artwork in the Winter 2016 Update, despite the Lava Hound, and other sub-troops receiving new artworks.
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