Ninjas Guide to Dark Elixir for TH7 and TH8

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Originally Posted by ditch

I maxed out the DE purchases at TH7. More tips:

1. Maxed out elixir collectors.
2. Be patient enough to be willing to spend weeks farming DE.
3. Level 2 dragons.
4. Be very, very picky on who you attack. 200k+ regular elixir, 1k+ dark elixir available to start a battle, and typically more like 300k/1k or 200k/1.3k and up. At first I wasn't picky and blew through millions of elixir just to get the BK, but that wasn't remotely sustainable. Also, being above 1400 trophies is pretty crucial.
5. Be realistic and smart. If it's a TH9 with upward-pointing x-bows and four level 4+ air defenses and a centralized DE storage, that is not going to work. If it's TH10 with inferno tower(s), only try if you see full max-level DE drills near the outside. Even a TH8 with maxed air defenses clustered around the DE is tough. And there are other traps, for instance a moat of empty space around the DE storage, that can royally screw up a dragon raid. Selection is key!!

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dragon raids are too long and expensive to train. just use normal troops and show these TH8/9 who the boss is

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Originally Posted by RazorWolf

I'm currently at TH7 and want to MAX OUT EVERYTHING (BK, Hogs, Minions, etc.) before starting TH8.

My question is how you managed your ELIXIR while farming for DA? I mean, your Dragon/Archer DA farming looks good, and I'm sure that it will work, but that's a very elixir heavy combination.

Thanks.

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This is my question as well, I'm trying the dragon army and my elixir count is plummeting. Would it best if I switched to barch to gain some more elixir before starting up the dragon raids again? 1650+ trophies and TH7 btw, so I don't know if I would be able to get much elixir from the TH8's and 9's.

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Originally Posted by Lolcrab

This is my question as well, I'm trying the dragon army and my elixir count is plummeting. Would it best if I switched to barch to gain some more elixir before starting up the dragon raids again? 1650+ trophies and TH7 btw, so I don't know if I would be able to get much elixir from the TH8's and 9's.

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what about training a army that cost 45k elixir and raid TH8 for half of their elixir (100-150k) and all of their DE?

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Originally Posted by ditch

I maxed out the DE purchases at TH7. More tips:

1. Maxed out elixir collectors.
2. Be patient enough to be willing to spend weeks farming DE.
3. Level 2 dragons.
4. Be very, very picky on who you attack. 200k+ regular elixir, 1k+ dark elixir available to start a battle, and typically more like 300k/1k or 200k/1.3k and up. At first I wasn't picky and blew through millions of elixir just to get the BK, but that wasn't remotely sustainable. Also, being above 1400 trophies is pretty crucial.
5. Be realistic and smart. If it's a TH9 with upward-pointing x-bows and four level 4+ air defenses and a centralized DE storage, that is not going to work. If it's TH10 with inferno tower(s), only try if you see full max-level DE drills near the outside. Even a TH8 with maxed air defenses clustered around the DE is tough. And there are other traps, for instance a moat of empty space around the DE storage, that can royally screw up a dragon raid. Selection is key!!

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Cool advise. Thanks man. I'll follow your advise and see how it works for me. I'll go for my DE push once I've maxed out my defenses.

BTW, my clan is SAINT MORRIS, username, RazorWolf. I'd love to see your base as well since we're on the same boat.

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Originally Posted by Lolcrab

This is my question as well, I'm trying the dragon army and my elixir count is plummeting. Would it best if I switched to barch to gain some more elixir before starting up the dragon raids again? 1650+ trophies and TH7 btw, so I don't know if I would be able to get much elixir from the TH8's and 9's.

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That's actually what I'm planning to do. :)

sheeptag, maybe you could actually go into detail about the magical TH7 army that can get at reasonably full TH8/TH9 DE storages? Like, be helpful, rather than hand-waving away a bunch of detailed posts? Crazy talk I'm sure.

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Originally Posted by Lolcrab

This is my question as well, I'm trying the dragon army and my elixir count is plummeting. Would it best if I switched to barch to gain some more elixir before starting up the dragon raids again? 1650+ trophies and TH7 btw, so I don't know if I would be able to get much elixir from the TH8's and 9's.

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I did have to occasionally switch to a more conventional farming army when my elixir dropped low enough. That's part of where having maxed collectors helps. Unless you're a hardcore player, you're only getting a handful of dragon raids in a day. Maxed collectors gets you 432k elixir a day, and that's a good cushion for the occasional bad or mediocre raid.

Besides that... be super-picky. It's worthwhile. I look at DE and elixir, and gold is almost an afterthought. It's gotta be 1500+ DE or a ton of both DE and elixir.

This is extremely helpful and detailed!

Whoops. I put this in the wrong thread. Had a couple of tabs open in my browser.

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Originally Posted by strikeninja4787

glad you all are enjoying my guide. Please tell your friends about it.

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I'm no wiz like you are, but I typically like to use precisely 64 archers, 60 barbs, 12 giants, and 8 wall breakers, 2 rage and 1 heal. This works very well for me, especially against other town hall 8s with 1000+ dark elixir. It's very easy for me to choose a side and push to the middle to grab dark elixir. This army also splits perfectly into 4 barracks and is cheap and trains really fast. First I take care of any CC there might be. Secondly I use about 1/4 barbs and 1/3 archers to clear all the outside buildings on that side, so I can funnel my troops to the center. Next I place all my giants and a rage spell on the out most compartment. Next I place wall breakers slowly so that they are able to use the rage spell to move faster and break more walls. Then I place most of my barbs first and my king followed by archers, after i know that they will go to the center. I use the last barbs and archers to pick off any building or collectors I might need. Then I use my other spells where and when and if I need them, and nearly always get the oily dark stuff I came for.