Lavaloon Puppet

"Summons spooky Lavaloons"
==Summary==
*The Lavaloon Puppet is the second Epic piece of Hero Equipment for the Grand Warden. It was first seen in the No Strings Attached! challenge in October 11, 2024, and made its debut in the Mashup Mania event at the same date.
*When activated, it summons one or two weaker versions of Lavaloons depending on level, which primarily target s, drops bombs every few seconds that summon a Lavaloon Pup, and when destroyed, deal massive damage to nearby buildings and enemy units caught in the explosion and also summons Lavaloon Pups to distract anti-air defenses for a short period of time.
**The summoned Lavaloons deal less damage and death damage, have less health, and summon less Lavaloon Pups when destroyed.
*In addition to the ability, the Lavaloon Puppet grants additional hitpoints and damage per second to the Grand Warden.
*Every three levels, it increases the level of the Lavaloon summoned by one level except for levels 21 to 27, where it only requires two. At level 9, it summons an additional Lavaloon.
==Strategies==
===Offensive Strategies===
*The Lavaloon Puppet, when activated, summons Lavaloons to tank for other aerial units such as Dragons and Electro Dragons from aerial traps like as Air Bombs and Seeking Air Mines, improving their survivability.
**After the Lavaloons have been summoned, the Grand Warden will follow them, which might lead him to being defeated too early, so deploy your main army before you use the ability, and set your Grand Warden to air for the best effect.
**Additionally, when Lavaloons attack, they can deal heavy splash damage, in order for other aerial units to finish them off.
*An important milestone of this equipment is upgrading it to level 9, since it will spawn two Lavaloons to help out in battle, making it the biggest spike in power for this equipment.
*There are different interactions when using other Hero Equipment:
**When used with the Life Gem, it will not have much effect to the summoned Lavaloons and other air units such as Dragons, since their hitpoints are too high.
***However it can be useful for the LaLo strategy, since the aura can boost the HP of Balloons. Lavaloon Pups can also gain benefits due to their low hitpoints, although their survivability will remain low.
**When used with the Rage Gem, it allows the Lavaloons to deal more damage when they attack, and their Lavaloon Pups will also benefit from it. 
***Not only do these things apply, it can also be very helpful to further increase the damage of already-high damage aerial units, thereby increasing the synergy of this Equipment.
***However, this leaves him vulnerable to Seeking Air Mines, if they somehow manage to target him first.
**When used with the Eternal Tome, as soon as the Tome is activated, the Lavaloons will not turn invincible, since they have a short delay of deployment after the ability is active.
***However, it can be very useful to help your Blimp to go towards its desired target, so that the attack can be executed successfully, especially in the cases of a Super Archer Blimp or a Blizzard. The other Air Defenses must be destroyed except for the one which will lead the Lavaloons to that Air Defense, otherwise they will be split from the Battle Blimp, leading to the Blimp's premature destruction and may cause a one-star or a loss of an attack.
**When used with the Healing Tome, the ability will not be as effective on the summoned Lavaloons, as they will only heal a small portion of their hitpoints and the Lavaloon Pups die easily, and only heals the supporting army.
**When used with the Fireball, it is complicated as the Fireball will be summoned first, and then the Lavaloons, on which the Grand Warden might follow them, if the player does not deploy the main army.
===Defensive Strategies===
*Defending against Lavaloons are quite tricky as they can distract Air Defenses to provide cover for other aerial units. The best way to prevent this is to spread them from other important defenses from other Air Defenses, so that the Lavaloons will be split away from the main army. Aerial traps can also help in this regard.
**However, this does not work if the attacker manages to destroy too many Air Defenses, either by using s, Earthquake Spells, or using ranged Hero Equipments such as the Giant Arrow.
*Single-target s and Monoliths are very effective against Lavaloons, because they will get popped early on, while the multi-target Inferno Towers and Multi-Archer Towers are very useful in warding off Lavaloon Pups, because they can target Lavaloon Pups independently of any shielding Lavaloons.
*At Town Hall 15 and above, Poison Spell Towers are effective area denial tools against Lavaloon Pups.
*Useful troops to include in a defending Clan Castle to oppose Lavaloons are s and Electro Titans. A Super Dragon can deal strong damage to Lavaloons and his area damage can eliminate nearby Lavaloon Pups, while the Electro Titan will outright wipe out any Lavaloon Pups that come near her due to her electric aura.
==Statistics==
User 	Ability Type	Rarity	Unlock Requirement
Grand Warden	Active 	Epic 	Buy in Mashup Mania event for 3,100
Level	Ability Attributes	Ability Attributes	Hero Boosts 	Hero Boosts 	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Cost	Blacksmith Level Required
Level	Summoned Lavaloons	Lavaloon Level 	Damage per Second Increase	Hitpoint Increase	Shiny Ore 	Glowy Ore 	Starry Ore 	Blacksmith Level Required
1 	1 	1 	10 	50 	N/A 	N/A 	N/A 	1
2 	1 	1 	12 	55 	120 	- 	- 	1
3 	1 	2 	13 	57 	240 	20 	- 	1
4 	1 	2 	15 	60 	400 	- 	- 	1
5 	1 	2 	16 	65 	600 	- 	- 	1
6 	1 	3 	18 	67 	840 	100 	- 	1
7 	1 	3 	20 	70 	1,120 	- 	- 	1
8 	1 	3 	22 	75 	1,440 	- 	- 	1
9 	2 	4 	23 	77 	1,800 	200 	10 	1
10 	2 	4 	25 	80 	1,900 	- 	- 	1
11 	2 	4 	28 	85 	2,000 	- 	- 	1
12 	2 	5 	30 	87 	2,100 	400 	20 	1
13 	2 	5 	31 	90 	2,200 	- 	- 	3
14 	2 	5 	33 	95 	2,300 	- 	- 	3
15 	2 	6 	35 	97 	2,400 	600 	30 	3
16 	2 	6 	37 	100 	2,500 	- 	- 	5
17 	2 	6 	38 	105 	2,600 	- 	- 	5
18 	2 	7 	40 	107 	2,700 	600 	50 	5
19 	2 	7 	41 	110 	2,800 	- 	- 	7
20 	2 	7 	42 	115 	2,900 	- 	- 	7
21 	2 	8 	43 	117 	3,000 	600 	100 	7
22 	2 	8 	45 	120 	3,100 	- 	- 	8
23 	2 	9 	46 	125 	3,200 	- 	- 	8
24 	2 	9 	47 	127 	3,300 	600 	120 	8
25 	2 	10 	48 	130 	3,400 	- 	- 	9
26 	2 	10 	49 	135 	3,500 	- 	- 	9
27 	2 	11 	50 	150 	3,600 	600 	150 	9
==Trivia==
*Out of all the Hero Equipment that summon troops, the Lavaloon Puppet is the only one which summons units that:
**are aerial and deal damage;
**are from an limited-time event;
**target ground and summons their subunits every few seconds and when destroyed; and
**deal splash damage.
*This is also the sixth Hero Equipment that summons units, the others being the Barbarian Puppet, Archer Puppet, Healer Puppet, Hog Rider Puppet and the Magic Mirror.
*The level 24 upgrade is the only third-level upgrade of any Hero Equipment that does not provide a boost to any of the ability's statistics aside from the damage and maximum health increase because the pattern of improving the main ability switches to every two levels after level 21.
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