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xbows don't increase weight significantly. but they do increase weight enough to make you a harder target to 3 star. With a solid base you should be good as a maxed out th9.
Overall, build your xbows. In war make them up and in farming make them down. How people say wait until your heroes are 15/15, that is 100% false. If you want to max your bows, go for it. There are maxed th9 defense-wise bases with 10/8 and lv 3 bows and their bases defend very well. It all depends on attacking skill (facing mirror opponent) and war base strength.
At th9 maxed, i suggest making your own unsymmetrical bases. They defend the best against th9 attackers. Using popular bases at maxed th9 isn't very good. Either custom make your bases or find an anti 3 layout online.
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OP, I have two TH9 xbow-less accounts. One has max everything (besides xbows). Other has max everything except a few walls and hero levels. Both have been tremendous in war as I can take the opponent's top TH9s and only weight in at the bottom 1/3 of our lineup. Furthermore, with a large footprint and solid layout that utilizes wiz towers, air defenses, traps, and the archer queen to their fullest potential, enemy top TH9 and even their virgin TH10s usually need 3 attempts minimum to three star my xbowless TH9.
If you can live without the xbow, especially on an alternate account, do not build it. And for those that utterly hate engineers, at least all other structures are built and maxed, and the base offers some defensive capability.
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I got level 9 walls done.. Half level 10s...heroes to 24/24 before adding.
