Dark Elixir Easy Farming Strategy - TH7 - Level 4 Troops

Okay so there is a very good post about farming Dark Elixir. The problem for me and I can imagine some of you is the availability of troops/spells/high level troops etc.. So what I have here is a tutorial on easy ways and tell signs for farming Dark Elixir at the beginning stages.

Army setup :

*80-100 Goblins
*40 Archers
*5 or 6 Giants
*5-8 Wall Breakers

As you guys know the giants are gonna be the "tank", they are gonna soak up the damage for the Wall Breakers to get through to the walls. Now, the goblins should have an easy entry way. You want to be really efficient with your wall breakers. I try not to even waste more than half of the goblins I have. Next, always look for the elixir drills on the outside of the base. And they will usually keep the storage inside the base. That's where your lightening spells come into affect. So at TH7 you can maximize your spell factory to fit 3 spells. Make them all lightening, and trust me it will be worth the Dark Elixir.

Check this video out to see for yourself how it's done at a low TH7 and only level 4 troops.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT-L71MyWqY

But what happens when the TH9/10 you attacked revenges you with 36 balloons or 11 drags? ;)

I'm fine when people raid my drill, but when my storage gets zapped... It's on :mad:

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Originally Posted by maynards35

But what happens when the TH9/10 you attacked revenges you with 36 balloons or 11 drags? ;)

I'm fine when people raid my drill, but when my storage gets zapped... It's on :mad:

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You have a good point. But in the video I was saying its because i am a TH7 that everything works out perfectly. When your a TH7 you wanna raid as much as you can, because when they do revenge you, they cannot get back what they lost. The loot percentages work in my favor. I attack a TH9 or TH10 and I get like 150%-200% loot bonus. Where as a TH9 or TH10 attacking me will have the opposite effect.

Thank you ill have to try this :) So do u try to wait for your lightening spells to all be done? Or do u just go in and if one is available u use it and how bout the barb king? Is that a key factor?

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Originally Posted by MasterClash

Thank you ill have to try this :) So do u try to wait for your lightening spells to all be done? Or do u just go in and if one is available u use it and how bout the barb king? Is that a key factor?

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No problem, it's not the highest level of Dark Elixir farming, but it is an easy way to pick up 3-4K a day. A couple days and that's a barb upgrade. But I always like to have at least 2 of my lightening spells. This way I can some decent damage to the DE storage. As for the barb king, he is a last ditch effort, I usually don't use the full army I bring. I try to use all that I need, and most of the time it's about half of what I bring.

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Originally Posted by RMG

No problem, it's not the highest level of Dark Elixir farming, but it is an easy way to pick up 3-4K a day. A couple days and that's a barb upgrade. But I always like to have at least 2 of my lightening spells. This way I can some decent damage to the DE storage. As for the barb king, he is a last ditch effort, I usually don't use the full army I bring. I try to use all that I need, and most of the time it's about half of what I bring.

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Ya I'm a TH8, and it sucks trying to get Dark Elixir for my heroes and having enough to spend on my Dark Troops :(so ill have to try this out and hopefully I can get enough for my barbarian king! :)

Thor thor thor!!!:p;)

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Originally Posted by MasterClash

Ya I'm a TH8, and it sucks trying to get Dark Elixir for my heroes and having enough to spend on my Dark Troops :(so ill have to try this out and hopefully I can get enough for my barbarian king! :)

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Yeah I used to never care about dark elixir but now I find it a lot easier to upgrade the barb king for now because of this troop setup. What's nice about it is, when they have the bases high in dark elixir it's usually high in gold and elixir too :D so I pick up overall a lot of resources all together, you'll figure out what works for you :)

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Originally Posted by MasterClash

Thank you ill have to try this :) So do u try to wait for your lightening spells to all be done? Or do u just go in and if one is available u use it and how bout the barb king? Is that a key factor?

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When you use lightning on a DE storage you look like a noob. Not only can you not raid effectively enough to obtain the DE with your troop combo, but it shows you don't respect the effort and work others put into getting that DE in the first place. You can zap peoples' storages if you like, but as a TH8, I make it a habit to ALWAYS revenge zappers. And I don't settle for anything less than 3 stars. I think you'll find most of the Unity Alliance feels the same way.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

PS: If your strategy is zapping, I think you'll have a hard time DE farming in higher Town Halls. Best to learn how to farm it efficiently now rather than later. Just sayin'.

As a th7, best strategy imo is to use dragons. about 8 dragons and rest archers. if you're going to zap my de, please take out my th also :) if you're ready to farm de like the big boys, join a unity clan

By all means zap away, people complaining about zappers???lol kill or be killed is my motto...do what u gotta do to get it

This guide isn't meant for forum players. It's meant for people who don't really care about the game and are just trolling people while casually saving up for their barb kings.

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Originally Posted by Engl1shmage

When you use lightning on a DE storage you look like a noob. Not only can you not raid effectively enough to obtain the DE with your troop combo, but it shows you don't respect the effort and work others put into getting that DE in the first place. You can zap peoples' storages if you like, but as a TH8, I make it a habit to ALWAYS revenge zappers. And I don't settle for anything less than 3 stars. I think you'll find most of the Unity Alliance feels the same way.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

PS: If your strategy is zapping, I think you'll have a hard time DE farming in higher Town Halls. Best to learn how to farm it efficiently now rather than later. Just sayin'.

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There really is no respect and effort for others, this is a game. Why don't we talk about the idiots that trap and triple tesla a th when they want a shield? Get off your high horse and if you want to get respect in videogames your disillusioned.

I'm not opposed to zapping on moral grounds. My issue is that it is brutally inefficient. If you really want to make DE all you need to do is load up all your barracks for a constant build and use BAM to pick off drills and DE storages. At th7 using this method I was getting 3k per hour. That's the amount of time it takes for you to cook up those stupid lightning spells.

At th8 you can make 4-6k per hour with this method. Just go to 1600 trophys and there are tons of poorly designed bases and abandoned ones where you can get tons of DE. To stay at your trophy range just pick off ths.

Why anyone would bother with giants for de is beyond me...they bypass the drills and storages.

Y do ppl encourage lightning de?:confused: First of all it shows that you have absolutely no skill in attacking and are very lazy(full offence:o) obviusly if you say that th7 troops cant get you anywhere then try 8 drags and 20 minions/40 archers and then use arch/minions to pick off de drills and then if u can cook up 1 rage then u can decimate somebody's base to steal the de:)

When I click on the film it just says "this video does not exist".

i m a th7..i get good DE ..10k per day so far more than what you get 3-4k ..been 3 days since my DE storage and i have barb king level 2. I use 2 healing spells ,1rage spell and army of 20 minions,80 barbarians,80 archers and rest 20 castle goblins. and just push into the core of what i find easy bases. I am in gold 2 range so not so much hard bases. Zapping does not give me enough DE to live on. lol

Zap DE and get him a shield. He may not revenge.

Mostly TH8 and TH7 raid my town, took some of my gold and Elixer
I readily prepare my lightening spell and drop on them and take as much as I can on revenge.
In this way, they can't revenge me back for DE or anything.

Secondly, I put lightening spell on DE tank when I see he user is already inactive, no clan.
After a few days with no league in. It is more safer to get revenge.

I sometimes zap DE. If people want to level me in retaliation, go ahead. You won't get back the DE, will use more elixir than you gain, and give me a 16 hour shield.

I am saving for barb king at th7 and have excess elixir, so I zap occasionally. Trying out dragon raids now for dark elixir