Since the introduction of pets in Clash of Clans, there have been a total of 9 pets up to Town Hall 16. This article selects a few of the most powerful pets, analyzes their respective abilities and characteristics, and hopes to help you understand the pet builds for your Heroes. Currently, the Unlimited Heroes event in CoC is also ongoing, so it is a great time to top up Clash of Clans to speed up your progress and further enhance your gaming experience. Read this guide to learn how to form your team and join this grand battle!
Unicorn: Best Healer Pet Focused on the Hero
The Unicorn becomes accessible after upgrading the Pet House to level 4. It serves as a ground-based healer for your hero. Unlike normal Healers, the Unicorn can heal both ground and air-based heroes. It exclusively focuses on the assigned hero, eliminating concerns about it switching to other units as Healers might do.
Similar to L.A.S.S.I, the Unicorn can leap over walls when tailing a hero, enabling it to continue healing the Grand Warden or Royal Champion. With the lowest HP among all pets, it can be swiftly eliminated if not adequately shielded. Its range of 2.5 tiles keeps it closer to the hero than Healers, making it vulnerable to Scattershots and multi-target Inferno Towers. To maintain its effectiveness, you might consider to buy Clash of Clans gems to upgrade your defenses and support structures.
The Unicorn’s slow movement speed can pose challenges when accompanying fast-moving heroes like the Archer Queen or Royal Champion, causing delays in catching up and interruptions in healing.
If the hero is defeated while the Unicorn is still active, it will redirect its healing towards other troops.
Recommended Hero Pairing: Barbarian King or Archer Queen
Diggy: Pet of Powerful Underground Attacker
Diggy is unlocked once the Pet House reaches level 6 and serves as an underground attacker for your hero. He targets the same foes as the hero and applies a brief stun on the initial strike.
Like L.A.S.S.I, Diggy boasts a rapid movement speed of 32, making him one of the fastest units in the game. His ability to maneuver beneath walls, akin to a Miner, allows him to assault targets that the hero may have difficulty reaching, such as if the Barbarian King is situated behind a barrier.
Diggy possesses substantial damage ability, nearly as much as the Mighty Yak. However, when he retreats underground, it disrupts the targeting of any defenses attacking him, potentially making him a less effective tank than L.A.S.S.I or the Mighty Yak.
A constant favorite since its introduction, Diggy’s consistent presence on the battlefield is unmatched. Its unique stun mechanism is highly compatible with Royal Champion, often playing a crucial role when Royal Champion finishes, and enhancing this synergy by Clash of Clans top up can give you an edge in battle. This is something the Spirit Fox cannot achieve. Even when the Town Hall 16. Royal Champion is paired with the Spirit Fox, and Diggy can be paired with the Grand Warden to provide critical stun protection for the troops.
Recommended Hero Pairing: Royal Champion
Spirit Fox: Invisible Pet that Guess Where I am
The Spirit Fox is unlocked once the Pet House has been upgraded to level 9. Every 6 seconds, the Spirit Fox turns itself and its hero invisible.
When both are invisible, it will make defenses or defending troops/heroes retarget. This can be particularly effective at protecting the hero against skeletons as they will quickly move away from the hero once they have retargeted.
As the only battle pet unlocked at Town Hall 16, the Spirit Fox possesses a super strong invisibility mechanism. Theoretically, pairing it with the Barbarian King for flanking or with the Royal Champion is very powerful. However, in actual combat, the Spirit Fox is more often paired with the Royal Champion, while the Barbarian King tends to choose the Phoenix.
Recommended Hero Pairing: Barbarian King or Royal Champion
Phoenix: The Pet Rise From the Ash
The Phoenix becomes available once the Pet House reaches level 8 and accompanies her hero in the form of an egg. Upon the hero’s defeat, she hatches and revives the hero. Upon the hero’s defeat, she hatches and revives the hero for a few moments.
During the hero’s revival, they are invincible. Once the duration expires, the hero will be immediately defeated again, irrespective of sustaining damage or not. If auto-hero abilities are disabled and the hero’s ability hasn’t been utilized before the revival, it can be activated during this period of invincibility. Any troops spawned by the hero’s ability during this time will persist on the battlefield after the hero expires.
After the hero’s invincibility ends, the Phoenix will remain on the battlefield, attacking nearby targets.
This is a potent pet and may be one you desire to include in your selection of pets for battle. As the pet that transforms the Barbarian King from just a barbarian to the Phoenix Baron, the Phoenix’s unique 8-second invincibility mechanism perfectly matches the Barbarian King and pairs well with the Archer Queen or Royal Champion. It can even be combined with the Grand Warden before an all-in Siege Machine Flyer attack, allowing the Grand Warden to take down one or two more buildings. At Town Hall 16, when the Barbarian King is paired with the Phoenix and the Giant Gauntlet, it further evolves the Barbarian King from Phoenix Baron to Barbarian Emperor. Such a powerful mechanism firmly secures the Phoenix’s number one battle pet position.
Recommended Hero Pairing: Barbarian King, Archer Queen or Royal Champion
Summary of the Best Pets in Clash of Clans
Different hero pets in Clash of Clans have very different abilities and unique features, and they should be matched to proper heroes. Choose one from the pets above, and with a CoC top-up to maintain sufficient gems, let them be your heroes’ best Partner; this will surely make you invincible in the battle!
