Talk:Hound/@comment-75.182.90.129-20130426031251

I always hole up on the end of a savannah so that deerclops only comes from one possible direction. I always utilize beefalo (whilst wearing the ever-fashionable beefalo hat) to kill off the hounds till I amass 40+ hound teeth. Turn those all into tooth traps in whatever pattern floats your boat, and always have a torch handy in event of a night attack, and you've got yourself an anti-hound defense (and anti-deerclops / tree guard(s) if you've got a tree farm). Only flaws I've had with my strategy is that for a period of time, my beefalo herd suffered a bit in population due to defensive usage until I hit day 75 and onwards since the hounds at that point provide a constantly growing supply of teeth (courteous of their quick turnover time of 3-8 days at that point).

Key factor in my strategy (aside from grass and tree farm): always have a torch handy to run over to a field of tooth traps at night if need be.

Bonus of my strategy: by around day 100, I was able to create a deerclops dedicated stretch of 34 tooth traps (60 damage times 34 is 2040, which is exactly enough to kill deerclops in one leisurely stroll).

The gaping flaw in my strategy is that it takes a lot of time to really fall into place, but if you favor playing conservatively and make use of beefalos (or pigs if that's your cup of tea), I've found it to be a nice hands-off way of dealing with the occasional aggressor.

Oh, and I should also say that this was accomplished on default settings.

- Mr. Jane Doe