[Blend]

I'm like 3-4 days away from TH8, a little over half my walls are upgraded to blue crystal (one level up from pink crystals) and the only thing that's not maxed out are my BK and a couple of researches (healer & balloon, which I never use, plus a couple of DE troop upgrades, and the Fury spell upgrade to like lvl 2 or 3 or something, it costs 1.8M elixir).

I can't wait for my TH to finish upgrading so that I can start working on all the new stuff that will be available to me!

[Tattersail_]

Apt, on 20 January 2015 - 07:29 PM, said:

I have a question about the league you're assigned.

When you win or lose trophies, your over all score rises or falls. Does a very low amount of trophies or a low position in the league roster mean you will be fighting lower level players?

I am asking because I see people attacking my village with 1 warrior only. Sort of like they were testing my defenses or something. But this also loses them 20 something trophies. I am wondering if this is done to lower their trophy amount?

Like for example if I only had a 100 trophies total would I only be attacked by weak villages?

Tough question to answer. I'm th9 and sorting on around 2300 trophies. That means I'll fight anyone who is in and around that trophy level. You could be a th3 and have similar trophy count so in theory I could attack you. In truth a th3 would not be able to reach that many trophies.

[Aptorian]

That's the thing.

Is there any other reason why somebody would send just one unit against my obviously IMPREGNABLE defenses?

[Tattersail_]

Apt, on 20 January 2015 - 07:43 PM, said:

That's the thing.

Is there any other reason why somebody would send just one unit against my obviously IMPREGNABLE defenses?

some leagues have better loot finds. I do it to drop down in leagues.

For example gold 3 and silver 1 are great for raiding. Problem is you defend a lot and win a lot so you get pushed to gold 1 or above.

so dropping 1 barb will help you get back to silver 1 or gold 3.

1250 trophies is great for raiding.

same for those sub 300 bases. They are all the testing ones but it's a nightmare trying to drop that low

[Tiste Simeon]

Yeah it's impossible to stay down there. Also pretty hard to stay in Crystal League though I might do better now I have upgraded everything a lot.

[twelve]

I've been hovering around gold II for a while. Just finished upgrading to lvl 8 TH. I had everything but gold and elixir generators maxed out with the exception of getting my hog riders to level two. Was able to kick that off before I started upgrading my laboratory. Does the training started before the laboratory upgrade continue while the laboratory itself is upgrading or does that get put on hold? I'd hate to have to wait 3-4 days for my laboratory to upgrade and then have to wait another 8 days for the hog riders to kick off where it left off before I can start upgrading barbs & archers and stuff.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Well, I've been bouncing from silver 1 to Gold 1 with reckless abandon. Depending on how successful barching is at whatever league level I find myself.

With my current TH level in mind, I think I'm not as bothered as most players are about DE so I admit the spice doesn't quite flow. I'm happy raiding low-level abandoned bases till I've got my walls atleast 60% black and I've finally got myself a complete set of Lvl 10 Gold cannons and some Lvl 9 spiked up Archers. When my defence can handle a lvl 3 Dragon raid with some decent success I'm planning to push BK and DE troop upgrades.

I'm currently getting my Dark Barracks to lvl 4, so Golems! That should be enough of a war boost while I focus on upgrading my base.

I hear GoWiPe is the best form of TH8 attack so hopefully I see better war results now.

[twelve]

GoWiPe

That is Golem, Wizards, Pekka's right?

[Dolmen 2.0]

twelve, on 21 January 2015 - 04:27 PM, said:

GoWiPe

That is Golem, Wizards, Pekka's right?

Yep!

[Vengeance]

Dolmen 2.0, on 21 January 2015 - 03:47 AM, said:

Well, I've been bouncing from silver 1 to Gold 1 with reckless abandon. Depending on how successful barching is at whatever league level I find myself.

With my current TH level in mind, I think I'm not as bothered as most players are about DE so I admit the spice doesn't quite flow. I'm happy raiding low-level abandoned bases till I've got my walls atleast 60% black and I've finally got myself a complete set of Lvl 10 Gold cannons and some Lvl 9 spiked up Archers. When my defence can handle a lvl 3 Dragon raid with some decent success I'm planning to push BK and DE troop upgrades.

I'm currently getting my Dark Barracks to lvl 4, so Golems! That should be enough of a war boost while I focus on upgrading my base.

I hear GoWiPe is the best form of TH8 attack so hopefully I see better war results now.

I just did GoWiPe and a varation of WiPe to go up to Crystal and so that I could get the gem bonus and get my 5th builder. So now I have 5 idle builders. :0 The only thing I have left at th8 is my walls (68 done ) and upgrading my peka and De troops.

I think that a well done (using good cuts and angles) lv 3 dragon attack is still the best attack for a th 8 in war. I at least have better results 2/3 staring people then I do with GoWiPe or a VaWiPE attack.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I love gowipe. Too bad my main clan has banned it from war for th9s. It is great for two stars but very difficult to get three stars against a th9 because it is slow and gets hung on walls. Supposedly gowiwi is better for three stars but I am not as good with it so am in danger of only getting one star sometimes on a base I could gowipe easily. That is user error rather than flawed strategy though.

[twelve]

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 24 January 2015 - 08:00 AM, said:

I love gowipe. Too bad my main clan has banned it from war for th9s. It is great for two stars but very difficult to get three stars against a th9 because it is slow and gets hung on walls. Supposedly gowiwi is better for three stars but I am not as good with it so am in danger of only getting one star sometimes on a base I could gowipe easily. That is user error rather than flawed strategy though.

Couldn't you just bring 20 wallbreakers in with the attack. Sure they take up 40 slots but doesn't they ability to walk through walls make up for the 10 less wizards you get to bring?

[Tattersail_]

twelve, on 26 January 2015 - 03:58 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 24 January 2015 - 08:00 AM, said:

I love gowipe. Too bad my main clan has banned it from war for th9s. It is great for two stars but very difficult to get three stars against a th9 because it is slow and gets hung on walls. Supposedly gowiwi is better for three stars but I am not as good with it so am in danger of only getting one star sometimes on a base I could gowipe easily. That is user error rather than flawed strategy though.

Couldn't you just bring 20 wallbreakers in with the attack. Sure they take up 40 slots but doesn't they ability to walk through walls make up for the 10 less wizards you get to bring?

I can answer this because I tried it last war.

built 2 golems 5 pekkas had my king and Queen and 17 wbs

I thought I would minimum 2 star the base because it was spread out minimal wall coverage. The flower shaped base.

started perfectly did exactly what I set out to do. The clan castle wizards killed all 5 pekkas almost straight away. With heal spell and rage over them. Without wizards those pekkas are sitting ducks.

27% I finished with. Lowest ever result in war.

It was only a test because we'd won the war already

[Tattersail_]

Anyone wanting to join my clan drop a PM. We're down to 15 players.

[Dolmen 2.0]

Tattersail_, on 26 January 2015 - 04:52 PM, said:

twelve, on 26 January 2015 - 03:58 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 24 January 2015 - 08:00 AM, said:

I love gowipe. Too bad my main clan has banned it from war for th9s. It is great for two stars but very difficult to get three stars against a th9 because it is slow and gets hung on walls. Supposedly gowiwi is better for three stars but I am not as good with it so am in danger of only getting one star sometimes on a base I could gowipe easily. That is user error rather than flawed strategy though.

Couldn't you just bring 20 wallbreakers in with the attack. Sure they take up 40 slots but doesn't they ability to walk through walls make up for the 10 less wizards you get to bring?

I can answer this because I tried it last war.

built 2 golems 5 pekkas had my king and Queen and 17 wbs

I thought I would minimum 2 star the base because it was spread out minimal wall coverage. The flower shaped base.

started perfectly did exactly what I set out to do. The clan castle wizards killed all 5 pekkas almost straight away. With heal spell and rage over them. Without wizards those pekkas are sitting ducks.

27% I finished with. Lowest ever result in war.

It was only a test because we'd won the war already

Were Teslas involved? What level Pekka and Golems on your side and how strong were the Towers?

I'm basicly trying to learn all I can about GoWiPe. Right now yes an all dragon attack does me well. got 6 Stars last war with a really successful attack on the opposite number 7, one above me. When it comes to Wide area random destruction Dragons win, but I hate how they wander. I'd like a more definite, predictable method of attack. The balloons I pepper into my army give me a little of that but they rarely last the fist 30 seconds and from there you just pray the dragons get the air towers and dodge the air mines.

3 stars is never certain ofcourse so I shouldn't complain but I just want a better grasp of my options.

This post has been edited by Dolmen 2.0: 26 January 2015 - 05:07 PM

[twelve]

Tattersail_, on 26 January 2015 - 04:52 PM, said:

twelve, on 26 January 2015 - 03:58 PM, said:

Raymond Luxury Yacht, on 24 January 2015 - 08:00 AM, said:

I love gowipe. Too bad my main clan has banned it from war for th9s. It is great for two stars but very difficult to get three stars against a th9 because it is slow and gets hung on walls. Supposedly gowiwi is better for three stars but I am not as good with it so am in danger of only getting one star sometimes on a base I could gowipe easily. That is user error rather than flawed strategy though.

Couldn't you just bring 20 wallbreakers in with the attack. Sure they take up 40 slots but doesn't they ability to walk through walls make up for the 10 less wizards you get to bring?

I can answer this because I tried it last war.

built 2 golems 5 pekkas had my king and Queen and 17 wbs

I thought I would minimum 2 star the base because it was spread out minimal wall coverage. The flower shaped base.

started perfectly did exactly what I set out to do. The clan castle wizards killed all 5 pekkas almost straight away. With heal spell and rage over them. Without wizards those pekkas are sitting ducks.

27% I finished with. Lowest ever result in war.

It was only a test because we'd won the war already

I thought you would do 2 golems 3 pekkas, 10 wizards and 20 wallbreakers. And you are suppose to clear CC troops first anyway. So maybe go with 2 golems 3 pekkas, 10 wizards, 15 wallbreakers & 2 giants. Send the giants in to draw out the clan castle troops. Drop one pekka and then surround the cc troops with your wizards and other pekkas then send in the golems and wallbreakers after that after you cleared the outlying buildings outside the walls. Heal and rage your way through half the village and hope you have enough left in the tank to clean it out.

[Tiste Simeon]

I might try that, twelve. I will have level 6 Giants soon too! Will probably need to work towards upgrading my Golem but 60k DE to get level 2 golems will take forever!

[twelve]

Tiste Simeon, on 27 January 2015 - 09:13 PM, said:

I might try that, twelve. I will have level 6 Giants soon too! Will probably need to work towards upgrading my Golem but 60k DE to get level 2 golems will take forever!

I do have a decent knack for strategy but if the attack goes south I'll be blaming your execution of course

I'm a ways off from being able to try that strategy yet myself. As a new level 8 I still have to upgrade a barracks to pekkas and I still have 2 more levels on my one dark barracks to even get to golems. Only some 5 million+ elixir to go. With a 2.5~ million spent on top of it to keep my laboratory wheels still spinning thrown in the middle somewhere. Oh and to even keep upgrading the dark troops or Barb king I have to scrounge up 1.8 million for a dark elixir storage upgrade sometime along the way.

Damn I'm depressing myself. My raiding time isn't what it used to be.

[Vengeance]

Tiste Simeon, on 27 January 2015 - 09:13 PM, said:

I might try that, twelve. I will have level 6 Giants soon too! Will probably need to work towards upgrading my Golem but 60k DE to get level 2 golems will take forever!

I am upgrading my Valkaries to lv 2. I will probably do Pekka's to lv 2 after that then depending on how much DE I have either Hogriders to lv3 or Golumns to lv 2. Mainly because it takes so long to Wall Push to up to Skulls. But I think that doing all of the DE troop upgrades at TH 8 will pay off as a new TH 9. When I eventually get there.

[Tiste Simeon]

I have PEKKA at level 2 but won't be getting 3 for a while as archer level 6 is a priority. As for DE troops I want to get AQ to level 10 first. I will soon have enough for level 8 but I will hold off while we war which is slightly bad timing...