TH9 DE Problems.

How and where are people getting their Dark Elixir from? I've had some small successes but I've only been a TH9 for about 2 and a half weeks (I quit after becoming a TH9 for like 5 days a month or two ago, this is counting time that I've actually been active) I'm going to include some photos of My profile, troop composition for DE farming, and base. I'm wondering when the DE starts to pour in? Obviously Lv.6 troops help, but there's only so fast the Lab can move. I'm trying desperately to learn goblin knife but it doesn't seem to work on alot of bases because when you jump spell, the goblins will just completely ignore it and head off to the nearest resource - like Storage or Collectors, that happen to be in the way of the center of the base. I've only managed to get a single Goblin Knife done right so far, and I'm wondering just where people are getting 50-80k DE a day from. Does it get easier the further you get into TH9? Or worse?

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Currently I max my Gold/Elixir pretty quickly....literally a matter of hours. But DE I only pull in 4-6K a day. And It's killing my ability to up my royals despite still low levels on each.

Side Note: I'm prepping for war, my next army in line was a war army/spells. I don't generally ask for donations unless it's war.

You've gotta funnel the gobs and maybe be more selective on bases. I maxed my heroes primarily on mass gob and/or barch, secondarily on high league bonuses. Once the queen gets high enough, QW or QC with gobs is beast for DE raiding. If you happen to finish elixir upgrades before heroes, dragloon is an awesome DE strat for TH9 as well. Being in gold or above helps a little because you start to get a small de star bonus and at crystal and above you get the de raiding bonus. Don't be afraid to next many times until you find what you need. Move around in league until you come across an abundant area of dead bases. The more you raid, the faster it will add up. Be patient and don't give up. All who max heroes and those that don't go through the same frustration. The DE grind is tough but it'll pay off in the end.

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Originally Posted by UltimateHamm

You've gotta funnel the gobs and maybe be more selective on bases. I maxed my heroes primarily on mass gob and/or barch, secondarily on high league bonuses. Once the queen gets high enough, QW or QC with gobs is beast for DE raiding. If you happen to finish elixir upgrades before heroes, dragloon is an awesome DE strat for TH9 as well. Being in gold or above helps a little because you start to get a small de star bonus and at crystal and above you get the de raiding bonus. Don't be afraid to next many times until you find what you need. Move around in league until you come across an abundant area of dead bases. The more you raid, the faster it will add up. Be patient and don't give up. All who max heroes and those that don't go through the same frustration. The DE grind is tough but it'll pay off in the end.

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I'm hoping it just gets easier once you've got higher level royals....people I lookup on how to do this on YouTube are doing it with Maxed out troops and 30/30 Royals without fail. Which I'm sure makes a rather large difference in comparison to someone just now entering a new TH level. And I'm sure I'm not the only new TH9 trying to figure this out either.

Drop the Golem replace it with 6 wiz, you are raiding DE no need to spend it on your most expensive troop.

Drop one of the jumps for an extra heal.

Use the Giants/Wiz/WB some archers if needed and one heal if needed to create your funnel and get though the first layer of walls.

Drop your jump to the core - 3 finger the goblins - heal/rage them in the core.

Only hit bases with 2000+ in DE where you can go thorough 1 drill on your way to the core and teh DE storage and TH are both in a central compartment.

These bases are everywhere and you can easily pull in a ton of DE. Let gold and elixir be a byproduct of your raiding. It sounds like you are doing it the other way.

When you come across a dead base with full collectors and/or drill by all means clear it of g/e with just the gobs, archers and no spells.

Also if you see some fat exposed drill don't be afraid to drop 5-8 goblins on each and then end the raid. Helps manage trophies.

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Originally Posted by Klavious

Drop the Golem replace it with 6 wiz, you are raiding DE no need to spend it on your most expensive troop.

Drop one of the jumps for an extra heal.

Use the Giants/Wiz/WB some archers if needed and one heal if needed to create your funnel and get though the first layer of walls.

Drop your jump to the core - 3 finger the goblins - heal/rage them in the core.

Only hit bases with 2000+ in DE where you can go thorough 1 drill on your way to the core and teh DE storage and TH are both in a central compartment.

These bases are everywhere and you can easily pull in a ton of DE. Let gold and elixir be a byproduct of your raiding. It sounds like you are doing it the other way.

When you come across a dead base with full collectors and/or drill by all means clear it of g/e with just the gobs, archers and no spells.

Also if you see some fat exposed drill don't be afraid to drop 5-8 goblins on each and then end the raid. Helps manage trophies.

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For the most part I am. As soon as I hit TH9 I immediately dropped from Champions League to Gold League, and constantly stay between 1300-1600 trophies. Using 60 Barbarians, Archers, Goblins, and 20 Minions (no spells) to farm Gold/Elixir off of collectors. It's a dirt cheap Army at 36,000 elixir and generally lets me max out my gold and elixir storages pretty quickly, generally taking between 6 1/2 and 8 hours tops. Only issue being DE is a commodity and by-product of this type of farming. Which means I have very little of it, and currently lack the troops/skills to get more much more quickly than I already am.

I only JUST started to want to learn to farm DE last night. I mean I've asked before, but until around now I've never had the troops to do it.

Thanks for the advice guys.

Goblin knife is so easy to mess up. I used it for a while with some success but could go through plenty of raids getting it wrong.

Chose the base carefully, avoid ones that have mines and storages that take you away from your DE target. Don't forget the dark drills too

You have the L6 required goblins. Don't waste DE on the golem and don't listen to exaggerated claims about 80k de, aim for 20k-30k per day, more if you boost or don't have a life.

Klaus on YouTube has a good tutorial, that's the one I learned from.

Good luck

I've been able to put a royal a week down on my 2nd account using pretty much that. BK 17, AQ going to 22. Sometimes I add valks for variety when I get bored. CC can be whatever but Giants, Bowlers, Wizards, Valks or Hogs all work great if you've got clan mates who will send them

I only get in 2 raids in the morning and 4 to 8 in the evening each day plus whatever I can sneak in on the weekend.

But don't crank out g/e like you do.

I will say the goblin knife did take a bit of time to get used to the learning curve but once you get it down and realize which bases it works out it's a breeze. Splash especially wiz towers and well placed tesla farms are usually the biggest issue as are CC valks/wiz which will wreck you quick.

Another alternative when your AQ reaches 10 is AQ walks when she's up.

Also, I found less DE in gold, try stick to crystal league.

You could start in Crystal 1, allow your trophies to drop while you farm the. Work your way back up when you notice the DE runs out (I found much less in lower gold).

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Originally Posted by Gecko74

Also, I found less DE in gold, try stick to crystal league.

You could start in Crystal 1, allow your trophies to drop while you farm the. Work your way back up when you notice the DE runs out (I found much less in lower gold).

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It's a trade off. You get more G/E in Gold with the raids but less DE for sure on average but his royals are still low enough that the DE demands can probably be met in gold.

But I agree Crystal 3 and Crystal 2 seem to be the sweep spot. When you hit Crystal 1 you get a lot of tougher bases with less loot pushing to masters for the gem bonus it seems.

In the midst of hero n wall grind, gob knife takes practice, be willing to fail untill like any other strategy practice makes perfect. I bounce from silver to crystal though like gold for the daily de bonus, i gibarch lower filling de gradually while raking in gold amd elixir for walls and upgrades, for me around gold 2 start alternating with a form of gowipe to get to storages on upgrading bases. I also have determined that during a certain time of the day there are more dead bases in multiplayer, good luck, clash on...