I need help raiding in Crystal 3!

Hi All,

So I have been having a few issues with raiding recently. I normally make an army that cost around 75k, that has a mix of Archers, Barbs, Giants, WB and Gobs. This army (with a few spells and my BK and AQ) can smash an average TH8 and I was usually making around 150k gold, 150k elixir (75k profit on elixir) and whatever dark elixir was available. However, I am now nearing Crystal League 3 and with all the TH9s and TH10s (even premature ones) I am struggling to make a profit/win.

So my question is, what is a good army composition for raiding and making profit in Crystal 3?

Cheers,
HeX

doesnt exactly answer your question but drop some trophies to 1600 etc use that set up or BAM to raid....

Excuse my ignorance but what is BAM?

Also, I know I can farm well enough in the Gold league but this was more of a questions as to how profitable it is and how to raid in Crystal. My issue with Gold is that I rarely get raided, which sounds great but gets very boring.

I think part of this games problem is the cost ratio of troops to loot. Because most people only get 150k loot from a raid it makes it very inefficient to use troops like the dragons and pekka that cost 35-50k. In my opinion they should reduce the cost of these units so people raiding can make a more diverse army and thus increase their enjoyment.

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Originally Posted by oHeXo

Excuse my ignorance but what is BAM?

Also, I know I can farm well enough in the Gold league but this was more of a questions as to how profitable it is and how to raid in Crystal. My issue with Gold is that I rarely get raided, which sounds great but gets very boring.

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an army.. Barbs, archers, minions

Hi,
As you start raiding in Cristal III you'll need to start looking for winning rather than farming. Winning rather means targeting the TH first and (better :))/or the 50%.
First, you forget the goblins they are not meant to win,
then compose a simple army of 12-15 giants, 10 wall-breakers, 1 healer and the rest of archers. This much more aggresive composition will last at destroying on the battlefield. It costs approx. 120k elixir with maxed troops and within cristal III you can still make good loots.
Cheers, Chris

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Originally Posted by Chris2000

Hi,
As you start raiding in Cristal III you'll need to start looking for winning rather than farming. Winning rather means targeting the TH first and (better :))/or the 50%.
First, you forget the goblins they are not meant to win,
then compose a simple army of 12-15 giants, 10 wall-breakers, 1 healer and the rest of archers. This much more aggresive composition will last at destroying on the battlefield. It costs approx. 120k elixir with maxed troops and within cristal III you can still make good loots.
Cheers, Chris

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Thanks Chris I will start giving the Giant/Healer combo a go.

So, Crystal 3 is trophy hunting territory?

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Originally Posted by oHeXo

Thanks Chris I will start giving the Giant/Healer combo a go.

So, Crystal 3 is trophy hunting territory?

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It starts to be once you leave the gold area and I see this Crystal III as the transition zone between farming and trophy hunting. If you are a solid TH8 you should still find TH8s/premature TH9s with making good loots. Sometimes it's worth spending 30-40k in the search engine to find the right one... ;-)

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Originally Posted by Chris2000

It starts to be once you leave the gold area and I see this Crystal III as the transition zone between farming and trophy hunting. If you are a solid TH8 you should still find TH8s/premature TH9s with making good loots. Sometimes it's worth spending 30-40k in the search engine to find the right one... ;-)

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He's Th 9/10 I guess since he has queen

@OP barb/arc/giants/wb can 2 stars bases around crystal 3 easily ...

Really!?

I find that any base with xbows will slaughter an army of arch/barb/giant/wb. Unless you get into the chambers holding the xbows and kill them. Otherwise is a time race to how much resources you can get before your army is annihilated. They need to make TH9 bases farmable if you know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by oHeXo

Really!?

I find that any base with xbows will slaughter an army of arch/barb/giant/wb. Unless you get into the chambers holding the xbows and kill them. Otherwise is a time race to how much resources you can get before your army is annihilated. They need to make TH9 bases farmable if you know what I mean.

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I rarely see TH 9 with lv3 xbows , n lv1 xbows r not that powerful as they look ... Sometime u make profit , sometime u don't , but wining is for sure.

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Originally Posted by SuperJia

I rarely see TH 9 with lv3 xbows , n lv1 xbows r not that powerful as they look ... Sometime u make profit , sometime u don't , but wining is for sure.

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That's right. X-bows are often a bit more impressive than actually efficient. Any base with only 1 level 1 x-bow doesn't make any difference. Beware though once you have both it's a bit more complicated. If you attack a base with 2 x-bows make sure the angle from which you attack is not permanently exposed to both (ie. one firing at a time).

BAM army. Effective, only takes 10 minutes to make.

As a player who has been in crystal 2 and 3 for the past 5 days or so, I can tell you that unless you are using lots of elixir, you will not be getting a lot of resources. The storages are usually too spread out, and you won't have the firepower to get all of them. Crystal league is mostly for trophy hunting and dark elixir farming as I see it.

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Originally Posted by SuperJia

I rarely see TH 9 with lv3 xbows , n lv1 xbows r not that powerful as they look ... Sometime u make profit , sometime u don't , but wining is for sure.

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You must not be very high up in trophies as low level bows is more of an exception in my book.

Just Gowipe. Its easy.