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Hey guys, I need a guide of what to attack with as a fresh TH7 to get as much DE for the king as I can. I only have level 3 troops, level 1 healer, and in 2 or so days my giants will be level 4. I am in Gold III. Thanks for viewing this post.:thumbsup::cool:;)
Do you have dragons? If so, 3 zaps on an AD and dragons flowing towards a TH8's dark is usually a pretty failsafe DE farming strategy. Also familiarize yourself with what drills look like. What level they are. What does the black box on top look like? If you war, often it's fairly easy to 50% a TH9 with dragons if your clan permits loot attacks. That will gain you a solid amount of DE.
Using Dragons is a pretty easy way to 3 star most bases but keep in mind that it's also very expensive to build. I prefer Barch with Giants thrown in for farming. It's a faster build time and you can target weaker bases and get more loot over time with this strategy.
As for wars, definitely go with Dragons. Good luck!
Edit: I'm not sure what level all of your buildings are at but feel free to follow this upgrade priority list: http://game-brain.com/clash-of-clans...rade-priority/. Try to max your DE drill and storage first followed by maxing out the upgrades for your farming and war troops.
He is Absolutely right, Giants and Barch (GiBarch) is in my opinion, the best strategy to get dark elixir at TH7. Also, don't be afraid to snipe dark from full pumps and lose trophies. In all honesty, dark is important, but at TH7, there is only 3 different things to do with it, your king, minions, and hogs. I'd personally max hogs and king and leave minions to the end unless you want to learn BAM or Loonian.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClashKing88
Hope this Helps,
Chief Sardseng
Thanks guys, I don't have Dragons quite yet, and they take up lots of time and elixir. I use 90/90 barch with 2 lightning, (soon to be 3 once SF is upgraded) usually gets me the fifty percent, but the DE is in center. I can't really reach the core. I also ask for any cc troops, and get level 4 giants - 4 of them. GiBarch is pretty nice, but I can't get to the center of DE. I got 198 DE for a war a couple hours ago with 6 stars, of course the TH7s I beat up were incredibly rushed, and one base had about 80% free, and all the defenses bunched up. The other one used double walls, and my CC - Dragon, comes into use since the AD is so exposed. War is all I can think of, and don't want to take 12 days to get 3 lvl 9 barracks just for dragons. It still helps. Thanks :thumbsup::cool:;)
The DE is very important, and I was considering dropping trophies. The only people I find in Gold III are TH6s with no DE, and fresh TH7s with no DE, and the drills and storages in the center. I was planning on getting a DE Drill as well, but 1mil elixir is hard to get, and I spent 750k for my Giants. And yes, I am an air attacker sometimes. I will learn Loonion for war, since most TH7s and TH8s (fresh) get beat up 3*d. Thanks for the tips :cool::thumbsup:;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sardseng
I just promoted my mini-mini to TH7. All I do for attacks in early TH7 is straight goblins. Maybe some CC giants. Plenty of easy elixir out there. Once you get a stockpile of that going it becomes much easier to raid with dragons for DE. If you get low on elixir, more goblins. I finished my TH about 5-6 days ago and have already finished lab & SF and have my capacity going to 200 with all pink walls(including the 50 new ones). I'll have 2 dragon barracks done in less than 4 days. I've done 1 boost thus far. Once I can comfortably afford dragons I will then drag TH8s for my king. It's a process but it's easily doable. You just gotta fight thru it and ignore losses.
Ok, I always underestimate goblins, yet they really are useful. Thanks for the tips. If your TH7 was "mini", how did you max it in 5-6 days? Gems, or 5 builders with gems? I just got some DE from star bonus, and am keeping it. I wish I could get gems a little faster, so I could gem my lab and do GiBarch with 2 heal and 1 rage for the DE. There are not many players with a lot of DE, though. Thanks :thumbsup:;):cool:
I didn't max the account at th7 yet, I just carried over a ton of resources from TH6 and raided up a bunch more. All I'm saying is that if you can employ some good gob strategies you can get the good upgrades started fast. I'll still have a ton of upgrades to do as I only have 3 builders on this account. By mini-mini I mean my 3rd account. Keep looking for an Xbow building on the outside of a TH9 base. Typically it will be a 3by3 building being constructed. It will give you 100 gems I think. I haven't bought any gems on this base and it's typically been used only for war thus far. Don't super stress out about your king yet, it's nice to have and a milestone in the game. But it doesn't really even get interesting til level 5
Once I saw this rushed TH9 building an X-Bow a looong time ago and beat it, got 100 gems, already know about X-Bow exterminator. I think I found this great video on how to get DE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 It really helps. Thanks! :cool:;)XD
Use gobs to max GiBarch, and then hit th7s for dark. Use all heal or two heal one rage. Snipe collectors and storages near outside. If you get good enough you can get to middle of th7 bases with GiBarch and a lower level king and get their dark elixir
Don't worry about Dark Elixir right away.
You need to;
Get your Barbs, Archers, Giants, Wallbreakers, Goblins, Rage, Heal, and Army Camps upgraded, as these will be your tools for DE farming.
Once MOST of your elixir upgrades are done, now you can worry about the Dark.
AMAZING cheap army comp: 12 Giants, 12 WB, 44 Barbs, 44 Archers, 28 Goblins, 1 Heal.
Slightly more expensive but more powerful army comp: 12 Giants, 12 WB, 28 Barbs, 28 Archers, 28 Goblins. 8 Wizards.
I recommend bringing Giants or Wizards in the Clan Castle, this strategy REQUIRES basic funneling and troop deployment skills, if you want some more advanced stuff, check Beakers Lab on YouTube, more specifically his Dark Elixir Time series.
By the way, the trick to Dark farming is to NEVER, or very RARELY use more then 1 spell.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheShadowBoss
Also, its not a bad thing to take easier bases with between 300-700 Dark rather than to use 3 spells for 1200 Dark. You might FEEL like you're farming faster, but it is certainly better to take easy bases.
Yes, I have seen Beaker's Lab, he has pretty entertaining videos, and I've seen a lot, yet they don't seem to help. Both of those army comps take way too long to train and very expensive. My DE barracks are building and finished in 2 days, and my Giants are now level 4. I am upgrading my barbs since all I'd use is WiGiBarchbreaker (Wiz, barch, wb, giants). I don't use goblins since they're useless, and I don't use freaking 12 WBs, just 5 or 4. But thanks anyway. All I really wanted was some input on how to get it, but just thought that GiBarch is simple enough. :thumbsup:;):cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trivia
I have a lot of luck running 12 giants (3 in each barrack) then 2 barracks archers, 1 barrack barbs, 1 barrack goblins.
You can do WBs if you like, I don't usually. Sometime I throw in some wiz for fun, especially since they hit L5 they rock.
Then over night build a mass dragon with 3 lightning army while you sleep and hit a TH8 for 2000+ DE in the morning.
Oh my 2nd account has been TH8 for a little over 2 weeks. BK is going to 8 tomorrow when builder free and Hogs will L3 when the lab upgrade finishes on Sunday.
YMMV
But using the above I had no problem getting BK5 , Minions to 2, & Hogs to 2 at TH7.
Goblins are far from useless. Try to funnel outside collectors around the base near your entry point(may need to drop one giant on a couple spots. Then when the center is opened up throw those suckers in when they literally have no place else to go and drop a rage. Then tell me they're useless :)
Have a fairly new th7, in gold 2, as my second account. Main is lvl 104, th9 in masters 3, working on royals. Those 15/14 for now. Skipped th7 entirely on my first account, partly because back then th7s didn't have a drill.
Expected BK acquisition as a new th7 to be difficult , but it wasn't that bad. Prioritize archers to lvl 4 and army camp space to 190+ ASAP. Even with lvl 3 giants n lvl 3 wall breakers it is possible to core quite decently provided that u maxed heal or lightning for th6 prior to upgrading to th7.
U should be able to get the king before u get the DE drill. Most of ur targets will be fairly developed th7s, saving DE for one of the more expensive th7 upgrades. My th7 uses two heal OR two lightning, 16 giants , 6 wall breakers, 1 healer and rest archers. Healer still lvl 1, other troops maxed for th7, spells maxed for th6.
Some of the targets will be rushed th8s n even th9s, if they have very poor layouts or u don't mind losing some trophies to drain lightly defended, often nicely upgraded drills. A good th8 or th9 can offer 1000 -1500 DE just from their drills. In case of th9s, look especially for those with depleted or upgrading xbows. Ur lower lvl troops will last longer if u can avoid active xbows at this stage.
It is even possible to farm DE while spell factory is upgrading, but one needs to compensate with a heavier army. Have found 6-8 lvl 1 drags n 35-75 archers very effective. Four maxed loons or one maxed dragon in CC in such case. Cores better than GiArch but costs massive amounts of elixir, so really only last resort when spells unavailable for several days.
Thanks, made the comp. I have 1.2k DE right now with no drill, I'm making a tesla and had to upgrade barbs. No builders currently. I'll try this out. I'm surprised none of you got rickrolled by that fake vid (trololol), and am also surprised how many people are online right now. :thumbsup::cool:;)XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Klavious
I have 2k dark right now, and want to use minions badly. I just got them an hour ago and they only cost 6 DE each. Should I use them to farm for DE? I know that overtime I'll use more DE than I'll need to get for the king if I use that, and it might take longer due to that. I need your input on this, because I don't know if Loonion is only good for war or attacking. I also HAVE started building my drill, and it's done in one day, a weekend! Thanks :thumbsup::cool:;):p
I threw minions in some builds. The little buggers can be quite handy. Just don't build too many they cut into DE profits.
Heck I even ran a few hogs sometimes to take out a few key defenses around the DE storage. The trick is figuring how many DE troops you can build but still turn a profit.
And Loonian at TH7 is not a viable war strat, it's more of a TH9 farm/war start. Though it can be successful at TH8 on the right bases.
3 lightning with giants and healers with wiz for a kill squad