Being crushed at TH8 - base feedback appreciated

When I log off, it takes less than an hour, sometimes just a few minutes, and my base gets totaled. 80-100% damage every time. I was at trophy range 1100, now I'm at 1400 to get more DE, but the phenomenon is essentially the same at both spots. I realize my storages are rather full, but I do have to save up for most of the stuff, and I spend resources as soon as I can.

Here's the base:

http://s21.postimg.org/tkn7ztrev/Teh_Mikester_TH8.jpg

My questions:
- Why isn't anyone taking just the TH? Do I need to expose it even more? What tanking structure could replace it at that more vulnerable side of my base?
- What weaknesses do you see in general with my design?
- The armies that flatten me are usually highest/second highest level. Is what's happening completely normal due to the reduced loot penalty for higher-uppers?

Thanks in advance!


[edit] Here's an updated version based on all the feedback from this thread (thank you!). I decided to call the base "Iron Rose":
http://s22.postimg.org/6nnk5q9y9/Teh_Mikester_TH8b.jpg

[edit2] Another minor variation, this is Iron Rose 3.0:
http://s8.postimg.org/p36z7ydl1/Teh_Mikester_TH8c.jpg

Your base doesn't appear to have any "overwhelming" weaknesses. I would venture to guess that you are a new TH8, as you appear to be at TH7 development. The new TH8 stage is a difficult place to be, because you are now on the menu for maxed TH8 and TH9 players without having the defenses to cope with their higher level troops. This means that keeping lots of resources in your storages will make you a very attractive target since these high level players will suffer a smaller loot penalty to attack what is essentially a TH7 with a few extra buildings.

My advice? Try to constantly deplete the resources in your storages to minimize your attractiveness as a target, and work on upgrading your defenses and walls as quickly as you are able to. Once you get near maxed TH8 defenses, you will find that you are attacked far less frequently in the trophy range you are currently in.

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Originally Posted by Felkaroth

I would venture to guess that you are a new TH8, as you appear to be at TH7 development. The new TH8 stage is a difficult place to be, because you are now on the menu for maxed TH8 and TH9 players.

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Hey man, thanks for your reply. Yes, you're correct, I've upgraded to TH8 just about a week ago. Do you have any strategy for keeping storage levels lower? Like keeping a builder free just for the walls?

It depends on how well you know your gold income rate. If you don't have any idle time on your builders at the moment, then burn off your excess gold on walls until one of your building gets close to completion. Then you can try to time your next upgrade with your unused builder a few hours before it finishes.

Youre base has hardly ANY weakness!Its been happening to me when I was a little low leveled for town hall 8!All you have to do is upgrade your defences and youll be fine.

Not wanting to sound mean or anything, but your base, while not all that bad, has a mix of TH6 and 7 defenses. I may have missed something, but I don't see any defense that is up to TH8 level. Not very hard for a seasoned raider to overcome. I know you just got to TH8, but you need to prioritise your defenses. I'm also a TH8, but most of my defenses are maxed including walls. I've been hovering around the 1100 - 1400 trophy range and my base wins about 90% of attacks. I even got attacked by a maxed TH10 (why he/she was at such a low trophy range with the loot penalty is beyond me...) and although my base lost (70% damage), the attacker only got 1 star and my TH and main gold storages were untouched.

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Originally Posted by ExtremeSkater

Youre base has hardly ANY weakness!Its been happening to me when I was a little low leveled for town hall 8!All you have to do is upgrade your defences and youll be fine.

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Thanks for your encouragement m8, I guess I'll just have to be patient then (I don't gem).

@Babblefish: I'm a bit hesitant to be upgrading more than two defenses plus Tesla at a time because taking out an additional defense also weakens the base. Are you saying it would be worth doing that?

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Originally Posted by TehMikester

Thanks for your encouragement m8, I guess I'll just have to be patient then (I don't gem).

@Babblefish: I'm a bit hesitant to be upgrading more than two defenses plus Tesla at a time because taking out an additional defense also weakens the base. Are you saying it would be worth doing that?

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I would say no matter what, your defenses aren't going to be up to speed for a strong 8 for many many weeks. So you can either take the hit by putting all the builders to work or keep a builder free to dump extra gold into walls. I'm surviving moving up through eight by keeping a builder free for walls and timing my raiding/savings for upgrades. You wind up looking less appealing to loot hunters and far more appealing to trophy hunters who might take your TH.

Keep in mind that even when your builders are done ... they aren't. You will still have more defense upgrade levels to work through before you max out. It will take weeks and weeks.

The worst thing about TH8 is it puts you directly in the decent loot sights of TH9's who have a leg up with troops. When you were TH7 the decrease in loot available made them pass you by more often than not but at 8? They want what you got. There really isn't much defense against this no matter what your base design is like - and yours looks pretty solid.

Good luck!!

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Originally Posted by TehMikester

Thanks for your encouragement m8, I guess I'll just have to be patient then (I don't gem).

@Babblefish: I'm a bit hesitant to be upgrading more than two defenses plus Tesla at a time because taking out an additional defense also weakens the base. Are you saying it would be worth doing that?

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Well, you have to look at it this way, you're not weakening your base permanently, just for the duration of the upgrade. Look long term. And SC was smart in designing this game because an attacker can't take everything nor is any of the damages permanent where you have to rebuild again. I've played games where an attacker is allowed to take all of your gold and could single you out and attack you anytime and as often as he/she wanted. In that game, I've had people that were 10 times or more higher than me in level attack my base 3-4 times a day, sometimes in back-to-back raids. Talk about frustration! I don't play that particular game much anymore, but I always come back to CoC.:)

Yeah i would expose you town hall more because the lower level players coming up to gold3 will likely miss your base because of their troops and your walls would scare you away. Also by exposing you th more you would get more sheilds and also making the higherlvl people to miss you.But other than that looks pretty good