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Just made it to th10 and I'm wanting to start with a th9.5. I know that if I dropped the infernos or the 3rd xbow, that my war weight would skyrocket. Wondering if there are any players out there who didn't add new defensive buildings but upgraded both xbows to level4. Did your war weight increase significantly and if so by how much?
Thanks in advance.
They will add very little weight...600 to be exact. That is less than 1k. It is worth it imo.
Weight is the biggest when u drop a new building and upgrading. Lets say that u drop the new archer tower, your weight will increase by 1k. That is more than 2 upgraded bows from lvl3 to lvl4.
I am doing 9.5 and i am only maxing traps, teslas and ads before i drop infernos. Infernos gives the most damage for their weight. You need high heroes and troops to do so thought.
Thanks for reply. Assuming that you haven't done it. Where did you get your numbers from? I would be interested in reading more about this before I commit. Was hoping that the 2 xbow4 will help me through the initial build while I work on my offense. Surprised that all the literature I've read doesn't mention the xbow4 upgrade. Currently at 67000 and hoping to stay as low as I can to still help my clan with wars (and not draw a th10 in match ups).
I'm in the same boat as you. I'm not dropping a single defense until heroes are 35/35, and I have at least 100 level 11 walls. Hope to discuss this issue with ya in the future. Good luck.
Guess I'm hoping to hear from people that have done the 9.5 with upgraded xbow4s. Curious whether they started facing more th10s after that upgraded.
PS. BK 30. AQ 29
I think it depends where you are in your clans pecking order:
- As the top base in our clan I definitely started seeing more TH10's when I upgraded my Xbows, but then again I was seeing TH10's as a maxed TH9 about one times out of five.
- When the next member of my clan (our #2) upgraded to TH10 he upgraded all his Xbows to max including the new one and still matches against TH9s in war (I get the top two bases, which are TH10's, he takes 3 and 4 which are virtually always TH9's). When I'm not in war he does get weak TH10's though.
I would upgrade existing point defenses before xbow if you want to keep war weight low. I am a 9.5 with air d, teslas, sweepers, canons, arch towers, and heroes all upgraded to max th10. I haven't dropped any of the th10 structures except traps, collectors, and drill, and didn't drop the 25 extra wall pieces nor do I have either bomb tower. My weight via FC is 71k. Depending on our war roster I will draw th10s a lot of the time now. It's not usually a max th10 defenses though and a lot of times infernos are not lvl3. I find with all the offensive upgrades I have I can handle their base just fine, and depending how skilled of an attacker they are my base holds to 2 stars a decent amount it seems.
I have a clan mate who has all of the same as me plus he has mortors, wiz, and xbows upgraded and he dropped the extra archer tower and canon plus the 25 new wall pieces he is at a 74k weight I believe. He more regularly draws th10 with lvl3 inferno but the base usually isn't max defenses yet but sometimes is.
I find that being a 9.5 isn't really matching us up with easier bases all that much, almost always they have inferno, but this does depend on our war roster and how many max th10s or th11s are above me. I also think it greatly depends on your heroes, because both of ours are 40/40 which makes a stronger case for facing infernos. But I am confident in my offensive skills and my defensive base has held up very well without infernos to th10s that I haven't really been a hindrance to my clan. We are not really an engineered clan though, most of our bases are maxers and a few of us hardcore players do a little engineering.
Thanks for that info. Exactly what I needed to help with the decision making.Quote:
Originally Posted by STevil35
We currently have a lvl9 war clan with a 179-70-4 record (current 10 war win streak).
I am number 3 on the pecking order with a th11 and th10 (both a bit rushed but capable attackers).
We usually go to war with either one or both of them so I'm either 2nd or 3rd seed most times.
Trying to provide more of a balance so that I'm not an automatic 3 star by the th10 we face.
Sounds like upgrading the xbows might be the route I go since I am reluctant to drop infernos or upgrade bomb/wiz towers and mortars until I max out on offense.
Thanks for taking the time to post. I'm regularly able to 3 star maxed th9s (as a th9 since I have not upgraded spell factory or army camps yet), so I'm assuming that most th10s will be able to 3 star my base with extra 20 troop spaces and an extra spell. So far that seems to be the case if they are anyway competent (although their success usually comes at a cost... ie. de intensive armies). Trying to give my clan more of an advantage since if I can hold attackers to a 2 star, we almost always win our wars. Trying to carry this over to my journey as a 9.5.Quote:
Originally Posted by WookieFloyd
Guessing that 70k war weight is the cut off for matching up against th10s with infernos. Does anyone know for sure? From the info that I have gathered so far (thanks for all the PMs!), upgrading both xbows to lvl4 is the equivalent of upgrading all my point defenses to th10 (without adding any th10 defenses). Any opinions on which route would be tougher for a th10 to 3 star? Assuming that having 2 xbows to take out is easier than having to face a barrage of th10 point defenses... Any real life opinions?