Giant Bombs in Pairs- For any of us that have been in Clash of Clans long enough to remember the 1.5 Damage to Hog Riders from the Giant Bombs will also remember the number one way to combat the Hog attacks. This technique is complex but very effective. Basically when placing the Giant Bombs on your base you will have to consider the pathing of the Hog Riders. They jump from defense to defense. Therefore you will want to lead the Hog Riders into the base and once deep enough into the base (you don't want this setup near the outer walls and allow attackers to drop 2-3 hogs to set off the BB trap) that the Hog Riders will have had time to take down some of the outer defenses and begin to group up. Then you will place a pair of Giant Bomb directly in between two defenses, making sure that the Hogs have no other possible route to take. To best explain this set up picture placing a Wizard Tower, directly to the right side place 2 BB (one on top of the other) and then directly to the right side of the BB will be another Defense. Now the important thing to remember is to place collectors or storages both under and above this defense/BB/defense trap to force the Hog Riders OVER the BB instead of possibly splitting up and heading north or south towards other nearby defenses. This is a trick setup to get right and will take some practice, trial and error (watch replays on your base and pay very close attention to the Hog pathing and adjust the traps accordingly) Now That the October 2016 update has taken the 1.5 damage away from the Hog Rider attack this trap is no longer instant death for Hogs But its still very effective.

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Giant Bombs vs. Hog Riders post October 2016- Now that the BB won't instantly kill the Hog Riders in the double Giant Bomb (DBB for short)many players have moved their sets of DBB into single locations around their base. THIS IS A MISTAKE!! You still need these DBB set up BUT you need to add something else to their set up… yes you guessed it The Bomb Tower. By placing the DBB in between a Wizard Tower and the Bomb Tower you will gain enough splash damage from the Wizard and Bomb Tower to help compensate for the Giant Bomb nerf towards the Hog Riders.. Without some sort of mindset towards stopping the Hog Riders they will Hog-n-Heal their way right over your defenses for a 3 star attack!

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Giant Bombs Outside the Walls in Clan Wars- If you have watched as many Clan War attacks as I have (which is every attack we do every war no exception) then you too would have noticed how many attacks end with 5-6 beat up troops taking out several trash buildings on the outside of the walls. All of their spells have been depleted, in many cases their Heroes are long gone as well. Wouldn't you love to see that attack end with those troops running to that last collector with 20 seconds left only to trigger a Giant Bomb and have to watch in disgust as the bold numbers 99% hover above their attack. That’s the worst way to end an attack! Never use all of your Giant Bombs outside the walls in Clan Wars because the clean up attack will be that much easier for them but, one or two well place Giant Bomb can be the difference between forcing the other clan into using another valuable attack on your base just to attempt to pick up that 1-2%.

       Many people ask me if it would be wise to purchase and upgrade the Giant Bomb at the beginning of their TH upgrade when they are upgrading their base using the .5 Method. This is a no brainer decision for me and Damage Inc. the Giant Bombs add so much value to your defense for the small base weight that they carry along with them that I will always suggest to indeed add the Giant Bomb and then max it out for that TH level ASAP. As far as I can remember we have never had a player pass another player on the war map due to the buying or upgrading of the Giant Bomb. In fact I'm an advocate of getting all traps as soon as you reach the next TH level. It is a defensive structure and in the .5 method you want to upgrade all of your offensive tools first but the traps are a good exception to make.

       One last little side note: there is no reason to hide your Giant Bombs off in a corner in hopes that the attacking player will not be able to find it and they will not get the 100%. Even though Giant Bombs are considered Defensive Buildings they are not factored into the total % of your base and do not need to be triggered for the attacker to get the 3 star! The only trap that is taken into consideration for total percentage on your base is the Hidden Tesla towers.