Town Hall Eight to Masters

So I'm a town hall eight who's decently upgraded, but not moving fast enough. I figured if I can push to masters I will get 1k gems and my 4th builder. Let's just say it was harder than I thought. Only ever made it to 2303 because I got frustrated over the whole "2 steps forward, 2.5 steps back" thing I was going through. I can get to Crystal with a Giant Healer strategy, but it doesn't cut it against Town Hall Nines.
I am now back down in Gold III/II. I was attacked by a town hall nine and realized I can get 50 trophies from a revenge attack. I now see what I need to do (revenge attacks for high amounts of trophies). Unfortunately, I don't know how to consistently two-star Town Hall Nines. So, what do I do to two star a high level town hall nine?

Troop/Spell Levels:
Barb 5
Archer 5
Giant 5
Goblin 4
Wallbreaker 4
Balloon 5
Wizard 5
Healer 2
Dragon 2
Pekka 2

Minion 2
Hog 2 (Level 3 in about two days)
Valkyrie 1
Golem 1

Lightning 4
Heal 4
Rage 4
Poison 1
Earthquake 1

King 8

At this point you have two good comps.

Hogs vs th8s. You need about 34 with some wiz and some archers. Cc hogs also help. Life, poison cc, hit the bases with no obvious double bomb spots. I just upgraded my mini to th8 (already hit champs post update using dragons) and have been messing around with l2 hogs. They aren't as horrible as I thought.

For TH9 3 zaps 8 drags, 20 minions(for percentages, use them to clear trash while your drags tank). Cc loons(max only, otherwise use a dragon). You aren't going to 3 star anything, but you can two star stuff with an off center th and ground xbows. Upgrade your lightning spell and ask for level 3 or 4 quakes in cc. You can take a rage and 2 zaps and a poison with you. Even with lvl2 dragons you might be able to 2* early th9s.

As far as revenge goes, I was surprised you saw one available. Typically they're aren't any. Especially for 50 cups.

If you have time to play a fair amount, you can move up at a decent rate. Try to only hit bases you can get double digit cups from the with either a 1 or a 2 star.

Assume that every loss will be a 3* vs you and some of the amounts will be staggering. But if you have enough time you can try and advantage of the 16hr shields and push forward.

Ok, thanks! I never considered Dragons but I guess it's worth a shot. My hogs will finish upgrading soon. Should I upgrade Lightning Spell or Dragons?

Lightning takes 4 days and with 2-L5 lightning and 1 EQ you can take down an L6 AD. You can you use that to clear one side AD and easily 2 star any Th8 (and 3 star some) using Lonian, DragLoon, Drags & Minions.

But as you get closer to Masters you will see A LOT more TH9s in your searches.

I'm a TH9 in Masters and I see about 1 TH8 per 3 days in my searches.

Maybe you can try to call, since you have golems, valkarys and lvl 5 loons.
Use a golem, your king, and about 8 valks (plus clan castle) to destroy AD that are very close together, and after they are destroyed you send your loons.
If you need more help you can check Clash With Cam's video about it. ( He also posts videos about th8 war/farming strategies like GoHo

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Originally Posted by Halcon7

Maybe you can try to call, since you have golems, valkarys and lvl 5 loons.
Use a golem, your king, and about 8 valks (plus clan castle) to destroy AD that are very close together, and after they are destroyed you send your loons.
If you need more help you can check Clash With Cam's video about it. ( He also posts videos about th8 war/farming strategies like GoHo

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Haha I've actually been in love with a strategy I've been using in war that I came up with. I use 2 golems+Wizards+CC Valks+ EQ to get to tightly packed Air Defenses. Then I use Loons for cleanup. Unfortunately, most town hall nines have spread out Air Defense so the strategy wouldn't work well. Thanks for the input though! I really appreciate it!

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Originally Posted by Klavious

Lightning takes 4 days and with 2-L5 lightning and 1 EQ you can take down an L6 AD. You can you use that to clear one side AD and easily 2 star any Th8 (and 3 star some) using Lonian, DragLoon, Drags & Minions.

But as you get closer to Masters you will see A LOT more TH9s in your searches.

I'm a TH9 in Masters and I see about 1 TH8 per 3 days in my searches.

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Yes, but I have no trouble three starring town hall eights. I normally use Giant Healer or Balloonion against Town hall Eights up until Crystal II which is where I face only (almost) maxed town hall nines.
The problem is that they all have very similar and effective bases. Just a simple Quadrilateral base with Spread out Air Defense and a centralized town hall. This makes air attacks obsolete up until Crystal II. The only effective Strategies I can really think of are Hogs or Gowipe.
The problem with Hogs is how DE intensive it is. Fortunately, it takes only 1 hour to make.
Then with Gowipe I may be able to get two stars on town hall nines, but I really don't know. I have 30,000 DE right now and at my current farming rate, I can get another 30k to get golems upgraded soon. Then, they'll have 500 more health which makes a big difference.
I'm thinking Gowipe is the way to go but I just want to know what others think. Thanks for your input!

As you get higher though many 8s will have 80 to 100% skull walls and many 9s will have more than 50% legos. Both of which slow down L5 giants considerably.

In masters as a TH9 the majority bases I see are full legos or better. But I'm not sure what your offers will be as TH8.

You can use Mass Dragon to 2 star a lot of 9s but you won't be tripling them unless they are upgrading multiple ADs or are really rushed.

You can easily get to Masters using GoWiPe if you commit to it but it's an expense army for both DE and Elixir.

wait till hogs are L4, then use them to rekt bases. also max drags, those can help for 50% against th10s up there. im heading up there soon

I actually made it to master 1 as a TH8, and the best raid I used was a sort of standard GoWiPe.

Troops:

2 Golems

3 Pekkas

12 Wizards

8 Wallbreakers

Hogs/Giants in clan castle make a great tank for you extra wizards, or a few more DPS for your golems.

Spells:

2 Rage

1 Heal

2 Quake (1 in cc)

Advice:

All you do is funnel 3 Pekkas into the town hall compartment and you're done, use any extra troops to focus on the 50% only after you have the Town Hall. Also, once you start getting to around 2800 cups, don't be afraid to attack max TH9s, because thats all you will see around 3000 cups.

Good Luck,

Chief Sardseng

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Originally Posted by Sardseng

I actually made it to master 1 as a TH8, and the best raid I used was a sort of standard GoWiPe.

Troops:

2 Golems

3 Pekkas

12 Wizards

8 Wallbreakers

Hogs/Giants in clan castle make a great tank for you extra wizards, or a few more DPS for your golems.

Spells:

2 Rage

1 Heal

2 Quake (1 in cc)

Advice:

All you do is funnel 3 Pekkas into the town hall compartment and you're done, use any extra troops to focus on the 50% only after you have the Town Hall. Also, once you start getting to around 2800 cups, don't be afraid to attack max TH9s, because thats all you will see around 3000 cups.

Good Luck,

Chief Sardseng

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That's a nice motivation. Masters 1. Mine is Crystal 3 or 2, and I'm a semi midway TH7. The GoWiPe is a standard pushing requirement once you start facing TH9s, my best suggestion is to upgrade your TH, and don't buy a single defense. No, not even an upgrade. If you upgrade your lab and max your stuff in the lab. If you don't buy or upgrade a single defense, the game thinks you are still TH8. Don't buy/upgrade a building, either. You become a TH8.5, and can attack other TH9s with TH9 maxed trops. :cool:;)

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Originally Posted by Sardseng

I actually made it to master 1 as a TH8, and the best raid I used was a sort of standard GoWiPe.

Troops:

2 Golems

3 Pekkas

12 Wizards

8 Wallbreakers

Hogs/Giants in clan castle make a great tank for you extra wizards, or a few more DPS for your golems.

Spells:

2 Rage

1 Heal

2 Quake (1 in cc)

Advice:

All you do is funnel 3 Pekkas into the town hall compartment and you're done, use any extra troops to focus on the 50% only after you have the Town Hall. Also, once you start getting to around 2800 cups, don't be afraid to attack max TH9s, because thats all you will see around 3000 cups.

Good Luck,

Chief Sardseng

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That sounds very solid. I wasn't sure if I should use two or three pekkas, but now my question is answered. Thank you!

I now think I can make it since you guys helped me. I'll wait until Golems are level 2, Rage Spell is level 5, and my second Dark Barracks can train Golems. Thanks so much to all of you!