Early TH9 farming army tips?

So, i just upgraded to th9 with everything maxed for th8 except for the lv.3 PEKKA.( which is in progress with 8 days to go) and im farming in gold 3-2 with only th8 troops and an archer queen (lv.1) and farming for every resource. i was wondering if there is a better league i should push/drop to, because the only bases that i can find with decent loot are almost maxed/maxed th10s/th11s (im not going for BIG loot, just 200k-250k in total of gold and pink elixir combined and at least 500 DE) so far i have been using:20 giants, 8 wall breakers, 20 barbs and archers each, and 44 gobs, and that is enough for me to get to the core of th8 and rushed th9s and 10s and steal about 50% of the loot. ive had clanmates suggest crystal 1-master 3,but i cant go and push with my lower-leveled base and troops, so basically, all i want out of this is:
a level 5 queen( for her ability)
enough elixir to push up to crystal and masters
enough gold to at least got my new walls to lv7 and some of my defenses leveled up to equal or -1 the level of my defences

i know this is a damn lot to ask for, but tbh i dont even care if i stay in gold 3-2 for a few months, as long as i can get it done without selling my soul to the devil and/or driving myself to insanity. Thanks!

I stayed in Gold 3 the entire time I was an 8 and while I was maxing out my 9 defense and offense. I'm now in Crystal 1 b/c I'm maxing walls/heroes and everything else is finished.

I see no reason Gold can't work for you. Prioritize your offense to start, use gold on your walls til you're ready to start ug your defense. Remember that war matchups are based on defensive dps, so if you prioritize your def at the expense of your offense, you're going to struggle.

Good luck!