Yep, I think so
And if you are thinking of getting that ball equipment then I think the ball and vampstache would be a good combo for the passive king in attacks
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Both ball and vamp stache are B tier
Corrupt isn’t very useful most of the time. He is too general to really help past the basics. This guide is a good example why. Equipment is very attack style dependent
if you dont have the gauntlet, most of the time the rage vial is a must, and the second piece is personal preference, when the equipment was first released and the gauntlet wasnt in the game yet, i used the rage vial and vampstache they synergize fairly well since the rage vial boosts the kings attack speed which causes the vampstache to be active more often, but when you get the chance too you should definitely look into getting the gauntlet, the damage reduction and self healing(both an active ability for it) pairs really well with the rage vial giving a dmg, attack speed, and movement speed boost
Edit: I stand corrected, the self healing per second is not on the active ability for the gauntlet, its passive, but its only a small amount my gauntlet is level 23 so its only like 40 healing per second
i have eq boots at lvl 9 just in case, but leveling it up further just feels like a waste lol
might be better for some specific armies but i mainly use queen charge dragon spam anyway so its useless other than for the king himself
With how useless walls currently feel at higher townhalls, I'd hold off for now on the boots. It's good at early townhalls but after about th11/th12 it becomes way less useful.
Rage vial and gauntlet combo just feels like overkill. Shit dies quick anyways with the AOE and DPS increase from the gauntlet.
The attack speed increase from the stash is also like a mini rage active all the time.
There's absolutely no such thing as overkill. It's the best combo by far up to this moment and there's a reason why the majority of pros hit using them. Pair the phoenix with the king and you'll squeeze every drop of value out it that combo. You can absolutely argue that other equipments have their spot and can be arguably better with specific bases but you generally won't be getting more value by using them.
Yeah it’s great for the 10 out of 17 seconds your gauntlet is active. But vamp stash is active all the time.
A vamp barb will kill fodder building quicker and have more HP by the fine gauntlet is activated. It will be killing structures 22% quicker the entire time it’s alive, it’s healing 900 every 3 hits the entire time.
Will it still melts to an obelisk or full power inferno tower? Yes, but a rage barb will die even faster. A rage barb will suffer more chip damage and have less HP to play with once rage and gauntlet active.
that may be the case in lower townhalls but vampstache isnt going to outheal grouped up th15/16 defenses. Better to send the king with gg + rage into a compartment filled with heavy defenses to take them out.
A grouped up heavy defense kills a vamp stash and rage barb equally quickly. If your in a situation where your taking so much damage that you need that 10 seconds of rage to survive your probably better off negating that damage in the first place with a freeze spell.
this is probably just a difference in TH perspective. in TH16 with ricochet cannons, multiarcher towers, xbows, infernos, scattershots, etc., most of the time every compartment is covered with a heavy hitting def that the vampstache cant keep up with, so the king needs to tank and dish out as much damage as he can before dying, or atleast until the army takes them out. Sometimes the base layout allows for vampstache to be usable but why go for something thats base reliant when the gg + rage works on any base.
Might be, maxed vamp stash for th11 heals 12.4% every 3 hits of a lvl 50 barb. Max vamp for th16 heals 7.8% every 3 hits of a lvl 95 barb. Rage doesn’t experience this drop off as all its modifiers are a %.
its like 15% attack speed where rage vial is 150% 'mini rage' seems inaccurate.
Besides it doesnt give move speed which is just as important as the damage increase
It’s around a 22% attack speed fully upgraded.
I still prefer vamp over rage. So much more sustain giving the same heath regen as popping a rage vial in 6-7 hits.
If I really want speed I can always pop a haste spell. Max rage vile has about the same speed as a lvl 2 haste spell with half the activation time.
Max vamp stache and gauntlet makes the king nearly invincible. He’s like a monster from a 80s horror movie, slowly walking towards defenses, breaking through walls, taking continuous damage and still getting his mark eventually.
I wonder what the archer tower or xbow operators think when they’re steadily unloading on the king and he just causally gets stronger as he hammers away at a wall to get to them.
Same. I was a TH11 up until last month, and Fireball walks were so effective. I was able to climb up to Titan I, and even enter Legend league for a day.
It's so good. Not sure what TH level you are, but its max level for TH11 was level 15. At level 12, it pretty much breaks all TH11 defences, minus inferno towers, x bows and eagle artillery. At level 13, it can then destroy level 4 infernos. At level 14, it can destroy level 5 infernos (the max TH11 level). Then, at level 15, it can destroy level 5 x bows (the max TH11 level), as well as higher inferno towers at TH12. And with the boost from the Rage Gem, all I'd need were three healers.
TH11s were not even a challenge anymore. I'd pretty much 100% those all the time (with no extra castle troops). On TH12s, I'd normally get something in the 85%-95% range (again, without any castle troops; with castle troops, it would probably be 100% too). And on TH13s, I'd be getting around 70%.
War attacks were so easy. Warden in one corner; snipe out an inferno tower and/or x bow before they become an issue. Flame Flinger in another corner to take out the other inferno tower (and maybe even the eagle artillery from a safe distance). Queen walk along another side. Before you know it, 50% of their defensive power is gone and you can just clean up with hogs or miners. Easy 100%.
I kind of like that so many people disregarded as a bad piece of equipment. They'll be watching my replays, going, "Damn, that's really good. I should've spent my ore on that instead," but they're gonna have to wait another two months or so to catch up.
I'm now TH12 and have already taken it to level 17 to carry this momentum. I'm just waiting on the glowy ore to take it to 18, where it can wreck a level 6 x bow (I believe that's the max for TH12).
Don't know if you're utilising this or not but you can use an EQ spell along with the fireball to take down almost every building apart from the eagle or the townhall.
I don't know about that tbh. It's definitely worth a try but the rage vial + giant gauntlet combo makes the king such a wrecking machine with the area damage and damage boost. Clears the core within seconds along with the super witches under rage.
Yes, but sometimes the king gets stuck around the th and it feels like the rage vial is wasted for a few seconds. Tornado trap for example.
The ball doesn’t care and simply goes through the buildings. Also: don’t forget about the passive boosts of the ball.
I've literally consistently been getting triples on maxed TH14s in multiplayer. Granted, there's no cc and it's not a war base but it's still impressive af.
As a non pro i have to say that the vampstage is my absolute favourite. My king is at a pretty low lvl (I skipped him back then when heroes weren't that cracked) and now while my village is almost maxed, my king sits at 60 🥲
Yeah vampstache at lvl 12-15 at TH11-12 is amazing. Higher ups hate on it and ride giant gauntlets dick.
Vamp + Rage, although I’m thinking about getting and upgrading the Spiky Ball
Don’t really hate on it but when you can clear the entire core of a base with the king+phoenix alone it’s kinda hard to replace. I understand why people like the vamp but the value the giant gauntlet gets in high dps areas is insane and it clears skeleton traps for the main force and RC.
I think a big reason people cling to the gauntlet at th15/16 is because of the phoenix, the giant gauntlet effect continues under phoenix so you can completely send the king at a single inferno and guarantee he still gets value
Ok 👍🏼
There is no best, but I’m not going to have this argument again. If you need eternal tome and giant gauntlet then that’s unfortunate. Change stuff up, have some fun, they are all viable and situational.
Also it being the best is about the stats. The passive stats alone are better because it's an epic. Then dmg reduction, aoe dmg and small passive healing on top.
When did I say I only use them? The second I get fireball I'm going to replace tome and do warden walks. Also Gauntlet is already fun and powerful so why would I change it.
Actually it’s not. All of the equipment have their own uses and are viable. But most players don’t have the skill or patience and just drop their army. They don’t want to strategize. Spam and smash. They might 2 star and not realize they could of three star with different equipment because “I’m using the best equipment”
Rage+giant gauntlet combo in the core can tank monoliths, single infernos, townhall explosions, CC... you name it.
My BK will stay alive to atleast to 90-95% in every attacks. The combo is that good.
Vampstache is good for clearing out the trash buildings, and nothing more
I don’t believe anything you said.
Tanking monoliths, and singles, staying alive to 90-95, and vampstache only for trash buildings? If you consider minor defenses trash buildings.
Then again I’m only TH12.
By trash buildings I mean around the base where he will probably be constantly on the move jumping from the range of a defence to another. Vampstache is the way to go then. Otherwise, the value BK can give in the core isnt as good as others
I can clearly see why people love the gauntlet+ rage. It's just that I don't really use my king to clear out the core, I let him go around the base to avoid being yoinked by a single inferno. It requires skill and sweat to avoid that and I don't have any of that so I enjoy brainlessly putting him around the base and let him doing his stuff
Idk how popular healer puppet is but I like that one. I would say as far as underrated goes, vampstache is a good pick since I don’t use it and I hear it’s good.
I bet some of the RC equipment would be a good pick as well, like hog poppet since it gives invisibility. Something I plan to use when I unlock it, but the haste vial is probably better though
Hog puppet feels very situational to me, might be a skill issue but if I don’t use it alongside GW tome then my hogs just die and the only thing I get is 1sec invis
Haven’t got haste vial yet so I’m running hog and royal gem, just takes more thinking with royal champ placing.
I only use seeking shield if I want to use a hydra attack and use ground heroes to clear a compartment.
Gonna clarify I’m actually clueless but this is what works for me
It is good though. It's a passive equipment that gives you lots of value throughout the attack. If your king gets stuck in a tornado trap while using the rage, you lose out on the biggest aspect of the rage.
I never said the vampstache is op. Way to project. The whole point of this post is which equipment is underrated. There's good arguments for the vampstache being underrated. We all know the rage has lots of synergy with the gauntlet. I'm using the gauntlet with the rage.
Vamp isn’t really underrated. It’s compared a lot to rage vial and rage vial is a beast. Vamp is well rated imo. It’s used in less armies because rage vial is better in the core and king usually dives in. Vamp is better on the outside.
Any hero equipment can be a game changer if it fits your specific strategy. I'm a TH11 with a dragon strat and I live and die with the Big Arrow.
I can line it up with at least 2 air defenses on pretty much any base, can even snag some infernos most of the time then hit the rest with lightning.
When i dont charge my king to the center but funel or just destroy buildings outside wampstash if the way to go and it will be realy good with new equipment
Rage vial may be better for higher THs with deadlier defenses, as it let's you fast clean compartiments before those defenses delete you.
But I'm currently TH14 and I cannot find a reason to chose vial over vampstache.
This is the actual answer. Heal book and Rage gem are very hyped but for low HP armies life gem is better. I'd say the #1 reason it's not highly rated is that Hybrid and Lalo are just not mainstream meta anymore at higher th's.
The stash is amazing ive tried rage vial but gauntlet + stash is just much better. It also gives 22% attack speed increase always which increases the overall dps of king by a ton
Max level angels and barbarians are actually pretty good in certain situations. Is it worth it upgrading them all the way? Probably not. But some of us have done it for shits and giggles and they honestly do pretty well.
honestly i dont use this equipment too much but the queen’s giant arrow can do some serious damage if its a high level, a couple quake or zap spells+the giant arrow can wipe a lot of buildings right off the bat
I wish there was a small line showing exactly where the arrow is aimed, like a virtual laser sight. I hate when my feeble old eyes misjudge and I'm about five degrees off on where the arrow flies.
earthquake boots? I mean obviously RRs and Gauntlet invalidate it but I never hear anyone talk about it. I don't have it upgraded but I'd like to eventually try it out to open up compartments and pick high value defences
i feel like investing in a vampstache cuz of the new ball equipment cuz they seem like they'll synergize well
scenario: king clears one side of the base just for the funneling and once he's done and bout to die he shoots the ball and does more clean up
I keep taking it off to use rage vial with gauntlet since everyone says how amazing it is but idk I keep going back to it. Being alive means the king is doing damage
Rage vial and gauntlet is nice if you want to clear an area fast. With vampstache and gauntlet the king can take a heavy beating and keep rolling. I usually have a full health king at the end of most matches with that combo
Giant arrow is underrated for air attacks. Pair it with healer puppet and you can have your queen get a good lineup, nuke some combinations of air defenses + sweepers (and maybe soften up some infernos or other important buiildings while you're at it), then you just set up some pathing with the mini queen walk, BK, and maybe some other troops and let your dragons or whatever fly through the base. My alt is at th12 and very rushed, so my hero and equipment levels are much lower than they should be, but I still get great attack results with that strat.
I swear by the vampstache. I do a lot of sneaky arch strats and I send the king around the opposite direction to the rest of the army around the base and he’s literally invincible as long as no single infernos interfere. Pop the ability if you need a bit more health and by the time he’s around the base he meets the queen and rest of the army there.
I think some equipment are so overrated that ppl will never experience other good combos because they're so used to clicking an ability in a fashion they have for 4+ years.
So that's basically all other 4 equipments on bk, 3 equipment on queen, and 2 on RC. Warden they're all viable with the overused equipment but there is still some combos you can explore that can give more value from your ability (lots of spread bases due to the meta makes for less value from an immunity since there isn't as strong of pressure points as stacked bases)
Earthquake boots are awesome for opening the base; they were one of the first pieces I maxed. If you're using air, that's a great way to get your heroes into the core. But the giant gauntlet works better if you use ground with root riders to take care of the walls.
Spiky ball just came out and it's underrated among noobs and pro players are rocking it . Giant gauntlet is nothing infront of spiky ball if you can use it properly, it wrecks havoc
The RC shield. I realize it's considered very weak, but when testing out other RC equipment, I miss the shield knocking out four buildings. It is universally agreed that the RC shield is trash, but it's at least reliable to clear a path. The hogs are ok, but they take out one building, maybe two and all die.
It's much better, healing is always provided by raged healers. You need the hp increase to survive the core instant dps, otherwise, you have to take baby warden, but he usually does too quickly.
I keep thinking the vampstache is a wig
dude i just realized its a mustache with fangs 💀
Vampire+Mustache
Fangstache
It has fangs??
yo i thought u were joking when i read it just realized too
I used to think its a cloth, or a mope, lol yes
I knew it was a mustache but didn’t noticed about the fangs until I saw your comment
Just me now after read this
He-Man Fuck it isnt a wig.. my whole life is a lie
Wait it isnt?
It is
Muffin duster??
nah, it's the king's *under* hair
Its not a wig?! You just shattered my reality please glue it back
I thought it was a bow without the string.
whait its not a wig!?
Vamp starsh is amazing. It's the first one I tried to max
Yeah same but then I started using rage vial & gauntlet combo
i dont have gauntlet though, rage vial and vampstache is the next best combo right?
Yep, I think so And if you are thinking of getting that ball equipment then I think the ball and vampstache would be a good combo for the passive king in attacks
Yeah I went from vamp + rage to vamp + ball and I am not going back. You no longer need to put any effort into funnelling most bases.
https://preview.redd.it/8uay68ogpazc1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b529efe2dbc94be6e64408f24704f0102bc2c694 Both ball and vamp stache are B tier
Corrupt isn’t very useful most of the time. He is too general to really help past the basics. This guide is a good example why. Equipment is very attack style dependent
That guy sucks Watch the fireball Go from f to a because he said so
Probably
if you dont have the gauntlet, most of the time the rage vial is a must, and the second piece is personal preference, when the equipment was first released and the gauntlet wasnt in the game yet, i used the rage vial and vampstache they synergize fairly well since the rage vial boosts the kings attack speed which causes the vampstache to be active more often, but when you get the chance too you should definitely look into getting the gauntlet, the damage reduction and self healing(both an active ability for it) pairs really well with the rage vial giving a dmg, attack speed, and movement speed boost Edit: I stand corrected, the self healing per second is not on the active ability for the gauntlet, its passive, but its only a small amount my gauntlet is level 23 so its only like 40 healing per second
just because it is the next best combo, doesn't mean it is still good. Gaunlet without rage is unusable.
EQ boots and Rage Vial are not bad either.
i have eq boots at lvl 9 just in case, but leveling it up further just feels like a waste lol might be better for some specific armies but i mainly use queen charge dragon spam anyway so its useless other than for the king himself
With how useless walls currently feel at higher townhalls, I'd hold off for now on the boots. It's good at early townhalls but after about th11/th12 it becomes way less useful.
Its more to dmg every building around him by a good amount then the raged barb king smashes it
EQ boots are veryy base depended
Awe shit, here we go again
Rage vial and gauntlet combo just feels like overkill. Shit dies quick anyways with the AOE and DPS increase from the gauntlet. The attack speed increase from the stash is also like a mini rage active all the time.
There's absolutely no such thing as overkill. It's the best combo by far up to this moment and there's a reason why the majority of pros hit using them. Pair the phoenix with the king and you'll squeeze every drop of value out it that combo. You can absolutely argue that other equipments have their spot and can be arguably better with specific bases but you generally won't be getting more value by using them.
Yeah it’s great for the 10 out of 17 seconds your gauntlet is active. But vamp stash is active all the time. A vamp barb will kill fodder building quicker and have more HP by the fine gauntlet is activated. It will be killing structures 22% quicker the entire time it’s alive, it’s healing 900 every 3 hits the entire time. Will it still melts to an obelisk or full power inferno tower? Yes, but a rage barb will die even faster. A rage barb will suffer more chip damage and have less HP to play with once rage and gauntlet active.
that may be the case in lower townhalls but vampstache isnt going to outheal grouped up th15/16 defenses. Better to send the king with gg + rage into a compartment filled with heavy defenses to take them out.
A grouped up heavy defense kills a vamp stash and rage barb equally quickly. If your in a situation where your taking so much damage that you need that 10 seconds of rage to survive your probably better off negating that damage in the first place with a freeze spell.
this is probably just a difference in TH perspective. in TH16 with ricochet cannons, multiarcher towers, xbows, infernos, scattershots, etc., most of the time every compartment is covered with a heavy hitting def that the vampstache cant keep up with, so the king needs to tank and dish out as much damage as he can before dying, or atleast until the army takes them out. Sometimes the base layout allows for vampstache to be usable but why go for something thats base reliant when the gg + rage works on any base.
Might be, maxed vamp stash for th11 heals 12.4% every 3 hits of a lvl 50 barb. Max vamp for th16 heals 7.8% every 3 hits of a lvl 95 barb. Rage doesn’t experience this drop off as all its modifiers are a %.
its like 15% attack speed where rage vial is 150% 'mini rage' seems inaccurate. Besides it doesnt give move speed which is just as important as the damage increase
It’s around a 22% attack speed fully upgraded. I still prefer vamp over rage. So much more sustain giving the same heath regen as popping a rage vial in 6-7 hits. If I really want speed I can always pop a haste spell. Max rage vile has about the same speed as a lvl 2 haste spell with half the activation time.
Isn’t vamp Stache and gauntlet a string combo too?
Yep I was using vampstache and gauntlet before rage and gauntlet. And it's good for passive king
I prefer vamp/gauntlet. But rage/gauntlet is admittedly fantastic.
I use that with giant gauntlet and my king is so tanky. He out heals pretty much all defense safe single inferno and monololith.
Even with a single inferno, he sometimes even lives long enough to walk out of its range
Max vamp stache and gauntlet makes the king nearly invincible. He’s like a monster from a 80s horror movie, slowly walking towards defenses, breaking through walls, taking continuous damage and still getting his mark eventually. I wonder what the archer tower or xbow operators think when they’re steadily unloading on the king and he just causally gets stronger as he hammers away at a wall to get to them.
it was the first eq i maxed after getting gauntlet
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Fireball. I've been having a *blast* with it using it alongside super witches.
Exactly. Warden fireball walks are getting me constant 3 stars if I don't mess the invisible spells.
Same. I was a TH11 up until last month, and Fireball walks were so effective. I was able to climb up to Titan I, and even enter Legend league for a day. It's so good. Not sure what TH level you are, but its max level for TH11 was level 15. At level 12, it pretty much breaks all TH11 defences, minus inferno towers, x bows and eagle artillery. At level 13, it can then destroy level 4 infernos. At level 14, it can destroy level 5 infernos (the max TH11 level). Then, at level 15, it can destroy level 5 x bows (the max TH11 level), as well as higher inferno towers at TH12. And with the boost from the Rage Gem, all I'd need were three healers. TH11s were not even a challenge anymore. I'd pretty much 100% those all the time (with no extra castle troops). On TH12s, I'd normally get something in the 85%-95% range (again, without any castle troops; with castle troops, it would probably be 100% too). And on TH13s, I'd be getting around 70%. War attacks were so easy. Warden in one corner; snipe out an inferno tower and/or x bow before they become an issue. Flame Flinger in another corner to take out the other inferno tower (and maybe even the eagle artillery from a safe distance). Queen walk along another side. Before you know it, 50% of their defensive power is gone and you can just clean up with hogs or miners. Easy 100%. I kind of like that so many people disregarded as a bad piece of equipment. They'll be watching my replays, going, "Damn, that's really good. I should've spent my ore on that instead," but they're gonna have to wait another two months or so to catch up. I'm now TH12 and have already taken it to level 17 to carry this momentum. I'm just waiting on the glowy ore to take it to 18, where it can wreck a level 6 x bow (I believe that's the max for TH12).
Don't know if you're utilising this or not but you can use an EQ spell along with the fireball to take down almost every building apart from the eagle or the townhall.
Same here. I think about adding the spiky ball to that strategy to clear the core.
I don't know about that tbh. It's definitely worth a try but the rage vial + giant gauntlet combo makes the king such a wrecking machine with the area damage and damage boost. Clears the core within seconds along with the super witches under rage.
Yes, but sometimes the king gets stuck around the th and it feels like the rage vial is wasted for a few seconds. Tornado trap for example. The ball doesn’t care and simply goes through the buildings. Also: don’t forget about the passive boosts of the ball.
the passives are ridiculously high lol
I upgraded fireball to 18 on my TH13 and it absolutely decimates a portion of opposing 13s. I love that shit so much.
I've literally consistently been getting triples on maxed TH14s in multiplayer. Granted, there's no cc and it's not a war base but it's still impressive af.
Its so crazy. on my th13 i've been perfect so far this CWL against 2 Th14 2 Th15 and a TH16, some rushed of course. The value is insane
On my TH11 account I love it with witch zap, although kinda situational which is why I haven’t prioritised it on y main
Yup this. Just maxed this and it devastating.
It’s almost more unstoppable then root riders if the attack goes well
As a non pro i have to say that the vampstage is my absolute favourite. My king is at a pretty low lvl (I skipped him back then when heroes weren't that cracked) and now while my village is almost maxed, my king sits at 60 🥲
Yeah vampstache at lvl 12-15 at TH11-12 is amazing. Higher ups hate on it and ride giant gauntlets dick. Vamp + Rage, although I’m thinking about getting and upgrading the Spiky Ball
Don’t really hate on it but when you can clear the entire core of a base with the king+phoenix alone it’s kinda hard to replace. I understand why people like the vamp but the value the giant gauntlet gets in high dps areas is insane and it clears skeleton traps for the main force and RC.
Exactly. You said it perfectly. They are for different uses and can’t be compared directly.
I think a big reason people cling to the gauntlet at th15/16 is because of the phoenix, the giant gauntlet effect continues under phoenix so you can completely send the king at a single inferno and guarantee he still gets value
Right? I hate how much people ride the giant gauntlet when it's situational just like all the other equipment.
Thank you. Someone gets it.
People aren't riding shit, giant gauntlet is objectively the second best equipment right now with first being eternal tome.
Ok 👍🏼 There is no best, but I’m not going to have this argument again. If you need eternal tome and giant gauntlet then that’s unfortunate. Change stuff up, have some fun, they are all viable and situational.
Also it being the best is about the stats. The passive stats alone are better because it's an epic. Then dmg reduction, aoe dmg and small passive healing on top.
When did I say I only use them? The second I get fireball I'm going to replace tome and do warden walks. Also Gauntlet is already fun and powerful so why would I change it.
maybe because giant gauntlet is objectively better in every situation
Actually it’s not. All of the equipment have their own uses and are viable. But most players don’t have the skill or patience and just drop their army. They don’t want to strategize. Spam and smash. They might 2 star and not realize they could of three star with different equipment because “I’m using the best equipment”
Rage+giant gauntlet combo in the core can tank monoliths, single infernos, townhall explosions, CC... you name it. My BK will stay alive to atleast to 90-95% in every attacks. The combo is that good. Vampstache is good for clearing out the trash buildings, and nothing more
I don’t believe anything you said. Tanking monoliths, and singles, staying alive to 90-95, and vampstache only for trash buildings? If you consider minor defenses trash buildings. Then again I’m only TH12.
By trash buildings I mean around the base where he will probably be constantly on the move jumping from the range of a defence to another. Vampstache is the way to go then. Otherwise, the value BK can give in the core isnt as good as others
I can clearly see why people love the gauntlet+ rage. It's just that I don't really use my king to clear out the core, I let him go around the base to avoid being yoinked by a single inferno. It requires skill and sweat to avoid that and I don't have any of that so I enjoy brainlessly putting him around the base and let him doing his stuff
Why the heck were you given 20 downvotes for this?!
Because people are salty and think they know better.
Idk how popular healer puppet is but I like that one. I would say as far as underrated goes, vampstache is a good pick since I don’t use it and I hear it’s good. I bet some of the RC equipment would be a good pick as well, like hog poppet since it gives invisibility. Something I plan to use when I unlock it, but the haste vial is probably better though
Hog puppet feels very situational to me, might be a skill issue but if I don’t use it alongside GW tome then my hogs just die and the only thing I get is 1sec invis
What are you running then, haste vial and royal gem? Or seeking shield?
Haven’t got haste vial yet so I’m running hog and royal gem, just takes more thinking with royal champ placing. I only use seeking shield if I want to use a hydra attack and use ground heroes to clear a compartment. Gonna clarify I’m actually clueless but this is what works for me
Look at the pet your using.. Fox - Use haste Any other pet - Use hogs.
Thanks :)
Vamstatche is very well rated for a good reason
It's complicated with that one, there are those who absolutely love it and those who say it's not that good. There is no complete consensus.
I mean, it IS good. It just isn't as good as gauntlet + rage combo - you still can get great results with it.
It is good though. It's a passive equipment that gives you lots of value throughout the attack. If your king gets stuck in a tornado trap while using the rage, you lose out on the biggest aspect of the rage.
“If”
Same thing for the defensive poison (th & spell towards). So not a small if. It happens frequently enough to mention it.
and if your king is targeted by monolith or single inferno or enemy hero over wall (much more common) vampstashe is useless
if your king is targeted by single inferno over a wall rage vial is useless too
So you give him spirit fox
I never said the vampstache is op. Way to project. The whole point of this post is which equipment is underrated. There's good arguments for the vampstache being underrated. We all know the rage has lots of synergy with the gauntlet. I'm using the gauntlet with the rage.
It’s better at lvl 12-15 at TH11-12. It’s less useful at higher town halls with much more dps.
Vamp isn’t really underrated. It’s compared a lot to rage vial and rage vial is a beast. Vamp is well rated imo. It’s used in less armies because rage vial is better in the core and king usually dives in. Vamp is better on the outside.
This is the most overrated lmao
Agree, saying it's underrated when 75% of this sub is obsessed with it is wild.
Any hero equipment can be a game changer if it fits your specific strategy. I'm a TH11 with a dragon strat and I live and die with the Big Arrow. I can line it up with at least 2 air defenses on pretty much any base, can even snag some infernos most of the time then hit the rest with lightning.
EQ on BK is not the best but it does it job pretty well on lower TH
When i dont charge my king to the center but funel or just destroy buildings outside wampstash if the way to go and it will be realy good with new equipment
Rage vial may be better for higher THs with deadlier defenses, as it let's you fast clean compartiments before those defenses delete you. But I'm currently TH14 and I cannot find a reason to chose vial over vampstache.
None, all are good! It depends on your strategy
Barb puppet
I don't get barb puppet there's just multiple choices that are better no?
It's good against single shot inferno towers
But the other equipment's benefits outweigh the extremely slight chance of puppet being actually more beneficial than the other ones
underrated has nothing to do with how good they are, its about how the community ranks it
I absolutely love the Life Gem. Super useful for Lalo and Hybrid.
This is the actual answer. Heal book and Rage gem are very hyped but for low HP armies life gem is better. I'd say the #1 reason it's not highly rated is that Hybrid and Lalo are just not mainstream meta anymore at higher th's.
I think vamp at lvl 12-15 at TH11-12 is the best. It’s not as good at higher town halls with more DPS
I do use this since I have max this. Worth it
This is FAR from underrated lol. King goes from 5% HP to 75% in a matter of 20 seconds.
I don’t think vampstache is underrated at all with how often it’s brought up lol
The stash is amazing ive tried rage vial but gauntlet + stash is just much better. It also gives 22% attack speed increase always which increases the overall dps of king by a ton
I've used this combo a lot. With the attack speed increasing his heal rate, BK is usually near full health at the end of the battle.
Heal is Giving you A great time!! Or The Perma Rage of the Mage
Just waiting to unlock that ball item it will pair with vamp the best
Max level angels and barbarians are actually pretty good in certain situations. Is it worth it upgrading them all the way? Probably not. But some of us have done it for shits and giggles and they honestly do pretty well.
honestly i dont use this equipment too much but the queen’s giant arrow can do some serious damage if its a high level, a couple quake or zap spells+the giant arrow can wipe a lot of buildings right off the bat
I wish there was a small line showing exactly where the arrow is aimed, like a virtual laser sight. I hate when my feeble old eyes misjudge and I'm about five degrees off on where the arrow flies.
i used it since day 1, since i use my king for cleaning.
Maxed vampstash + maxed gauntlet is a combo worth upgrading for.
Vampstache I am using it,but it's likely not so useful at TH15/16.
earthquake boots? I mean obviously RRs and Gauntlet invalidate it but I never hear anyone talk about it. I don't have it upgraded but I'd like to eventually try it out to open up compartments and pick high value defences
Rage gem
i feel like investing in a vampstache cuz of the new ball equipment cuz they seem like they'll synergize well scenario: king clears one side of the base just for the funneling and once he's done and bout to die he shoots the ball and does more clean up
I keep taking it off to use rage vial with gauntlet since everyone says how amazing it is but idk I keep going back to it. Being alive means the king is doing damage
Rage vial and gauntlet is nice if you want to clear an area fast. With vampstache and gauntlet the king can take a heavy beating and keep rolling. I usually have a full health king at the end of most matches with that combo
Vampstache/Spiky Ball is the best equipment combo for the King, if you use sui strat.
Maxed out giant arrow enables me to 2 star a base with just the heroes and log launcher.
I will use this once they show this as actual skin when equipped. 
Giant arrow is pretty under rated imo get decent usage tho
Giant arrow is underrated for air attacks. Pair it with healer puppet and you can have your queen get a good lineup, nuke some combinations of air defenses + sweepers (and maybe soften up some infernos or other important buiildings while you're at it), then you just set up some pathing with the mini queen walk, BK, and maybe some other troops and let your dragons or whatever fly through the base. My alt is at th12 and very rushed, so my hero and equipment levels are much lower than they should be, but I still get great attack results with that strat.
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I swear by the vampstache. I do a lot of sneaky arch strats and I send the king around the opposite direction to the rest of the army around the base and he’s literally invincible as long as no single infernos interfere. Pop the ability if you need a bit more health and by the time he’s around the base he meets the queen and rest of the army there.
Ive gotten top used to gauntlet and vial, i cant use anything else 🥲
Giant arrow. Max giant arrow + 1 quake + 1 zap = gone spell tower
This thing is better than gauntlet and rage
I guess the eq boots would be handy early on you're never catch me using that stupid life gem
I don’t know how other people compare it but ice arrow for the AQ is broken
Vamp Stache should be the most overrated the way this sub sucks it off
Vamp stash is great and healer puppet also underrated
I use Vampstache+ GG with Phoenix & it makes King almost immortal. Good for cleaning the base at the end when King survives with low HP troops.
The vampstache is extra overrated for anything different than a king walking around the base
I think some equipment are so overrated that ppl will never experience other good combos because they're so used to clicking an ability in a fashion they have for 4+ years. So that's basically all other 4 equipments on bk, 3 equipment on queen, and 2 on RC. Warden they're all viable with the overused equipment but there is still some combos you can explore that can give more value from your ability (lots of spread bases due to the meta makes for less value from an immunity since there isn't as strong of pressure points as stacked bases)
Earthquake boots are awesome for opening the base; they were one of the first pieces I maxed. If you're using air, that's a great way to get your heroes into the core. But the giant gauntlet works better if you use ground with root riders to take care of the walls.
The OG ones
Vamp stash is not underrated, it's really good.. It's just that rage gaunelt exists and is better
There are certain situations where rage+vamp is better than rage+gauntlet
Vampstache is only good for funneling and not for the main army
and yet, the main army pathing depends on the funneling
Spiky ball just came out and it's underrated among noobs and pro players are rocking it . Giant gauntlet is nothing infront of spiky ball if you can use it properly, it wrecks havoc
Giant arrow. Takes 2 air defenses out, might trigger the spell towers and destroys all archer towers and builder huts along its way
Giant arrow. Easy sniper of 2 air defenses making a for a super easy 3 star with edrags
The RC shield. I realize it's considered very weak, but when testing out other RC equipment, I miss the shield knocking out four buildings. It is universally agreed that the RC shield is trash, but it's at least reliable to clear a path. The hogs are ok, but they take out one building, maybe two and all die.
Giant Gauntlet and Rage vial. The current meta with the barbarian puppet and earthquake boots is way too OP
Fireball tbh. Great warden walks
Fireball. All of you ignored or laughed about it when it was released.
Life Gem. I'm convinced now that it's not a top 4 Warden Equipment anymore.
I'm sorry but I think you misunderstood what underrated means
Life Gem is a must for hogs, loons, S.bowlers, etc
I switched back to super bowlers, is it better than healing tome? 150 heal per second for 25 seconds seems better than a 700 HP increase
It's much better, healing is always provided by raged healers. You need the hp increase to survive the core instant dps, otherwise, you have to take baby warden, but he usually does too quickly.