How to become a town hall 8.5 village by leoralphv TH 8.5 Clan Leader

How to become a town hall 8.5 village by leoralphv TH 8.5 Clan Leader

I am writing this guide for those players who want to become a Town Hall 8.5.
I am the leader of TH 8.5 Clan and I created the clan 09 October 2016 to accommodate all those TH 8.5 players.

Along our clan's journey I have noticed a lot of details on how to properly build a TH 8.5 base not only for a single player's advantage but for the clan as a whole.

The main purpose of having this build is to have a war advantage which I can say is really effective because of having a war weight as good as of a town hall 8.

My guide can also be used not only to those who want to have a TH 8.5 base but also 7.5, 6.5 or even 5.5 and so on...

My base is a max TH 8.5 village for reference you can visit my clan and view leoralphv.

A town hall 8.5 starts with a max town hall 8. When I say max it includes everything troops, walls, buildings and heroes. Do not rush becoming a town hall 9 without upgrading everything at their max.

Upon reaching TH 9. The number 1 rule I always tell to my clan is do not buy any new defenses which include defense towers such as archer towers, wizard towers, teslas etc. Also TH 8.5 built are prohibited to buy new walls. The archer queen is not yet advised maybe in the later part of the game. So these are the basic rules of a TH 8.5.

To sum up numerically:
1. Upgrade TH 8 to max (buildings and troops).
2. Upgrade town hall to 9 last and do not buy any defenses (no walls and no new buildings)

Note: Before having the recent updates in COC air defense, air sweeper and bomb tower are not in the shop for TH 8. So personally it is better not to buy these defenses. MOTTO: Less defenses but upgraded ones are better.


Next question is what are the step by step guide in upgrading a TH 8.5? Okay I will answer this but this actually depends on the player. For the sake of sharing my experience as the leader of the TH 8.5 clan and having a high clan war stars won and an excellent war log status I will share this guide.

Mandatory Steps:

• Upgrade Clan Castle to increase war troops space
• Upgrade Laboratory so you can get started on TH9 troops
• Upgrade Army Camps for the additional troops
• Build and Upgrade Traps and bombs (Tesla is not included in the trap)
• Upgrade Spell Factory
• Upgrade all storages and pumps to Max TH9
• Upgrade all Barracks to TH9 Levels
• Buy Archer Queen and upgrade until Level 10.

After finishing the mandatory steps

• Upgrade Dark Spell Factory to obtain the Haste Spell
• Upgrade troops (You can prioritize dark troops)
• Build all new storage and upgrade them to match your existing TH8 max levels
• After the Archer Queen reaches Level 10. Upgrade the Barb King to Level 15. The strategy here is always upgrade the Barb King first before the Queen,

• What is the order of upgrading the defenses and buildings?

1. Clan Castle
2. Laboratory
3. Spell Factory
4. Army Camp
5. Archer Towers
6. Air Defenses
7. Wizard Towers
8. Canons
9. Mortars
10. Teslas
11. Barracks
12. Dark Spell Factory
13. Do not buy walls just upgrade and max

NOTE: Never buy additional defenses and walls. You can buy gold and mince storage and upgrade all the gold/elixir collectors right after the clan castle or you can do it after everything.


What is the order of upgrading the troops?
Also Note that Dark Troops are Prioritized than the Standard Troops, I will just mention the important ones as a war advantage.


Valkyrie
Golem
Hogs
Archer Queen until Level 10
Barbarian King until Level 15
Archer Queen until Level 15
Max Barbarian King
Max Archer Queen

Wizards
Balloons
Dragons

Townhall 7.5

The same strategy of building max upgrade your th 7 then do not buy anything when you reached TH 8.

Additional Question:

What will happen if you already finished everything for a TH 8.5 line up?
Proceed to upgrading your town hall do not buy anything just upgrade.


If you have other questions you can visit our clan or ask here in the forum.
TH 8.5 Clan #LOVGUOJQ
Leader: Leoralphv #VYGC9GY8
Facebook Groupchat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/th8.5clan/


Leoralphv, TH 8.5 Clan Leader

Wow, you obviously don't like to lose wars do you

Right being serious this time, I'm almost max th8, can I upgrade existing walls and how much of a difference will adding and upgrading ad & tesla do. Obviously I'm gonna eventually upgrade all cos this is my first acc, but for first 5 months or so of th9 this is really gonna help out for wars isn't it

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Originally Posted by Stujd

Wow, you obviously don't like to lose wars do you

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Yes that is correct! We have a wonderful war log status! :) just visit our clan.

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Originally Posted by Stujd

Right being serious this time, I'm almost max th8, can I upgrade existing walls and how much of a difference will adding and upgrading ad & tesla do. Obviously I'm gonna eventually upgrade all cos this is my first acc, but for first 5 months or so of th9 this is really gonna help out for wars isn't it

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Ad and teslas add a huge war weight they are usually the last to be upgraded. It is based on experience when I was Th 7. Upgrading walls give a little weight on war but buying new walls makes a huge difference. You can review my guide and visit our clan and join wars to gain more experience if you want to become a th 8.5. :)

Can you recommend an anti 3 star 8.5 war base?

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Originally Posted by Cashcoow

Can you recommend an anti 3 star 8.5 war base?

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Visit our clan you'll see diefferent layouts.

I alrdy buy the wall, so what i have to do :'(

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Originally Posted by leoralphv

Ad and teslas add a huge war weight they are usually the last to be upgraded. It is based on experience when I was Th 7. Upgrading walls give a little weight on war but buying new walls makes a huge difference. You can review my guide and visit our clan and join wars to gain more experience if you want to become a th 8.5. :)

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I disagree with you. Ads and Tesla's add less weight compared to WTs, bomb tower and Mortars. Yes, obviously walls add very little weight and I agree. So you should give priority to upgrade ads and Tesla's to prevent successful air attacks. Also, it doesn't make sense to upgrade BK 5 lvls first than AQ. It should be the other way round in my opinion.

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The archer queen is not yet advised maybe in the later part of the game.

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Sorry but this seems like insanity to me.