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I am a town hall 7 with 200 army camp spaces, and I have heard that dragons are good for getting into DE and I am looking for an overnight army to get dark elixer. I have tons of elixer to burn and have lvl 2 dragons and healers, lvl 4 barbarians, archers, giants, wallbreakers, goblins, and wizards. I also would like to know how to use that army.
I used 10 dragons as a th7, now i have lvl 5 balloons which are awesome, i use 6 dragons and the rest balloons.
I use 7-8 dragons and the rest minions with 3 lightning spells. Use the 3 lightning to take out the hardest to reach AD (usually a centralized one or one behind a lot of buildings) then deploy your dragons near another AD. Save your minions til they won't get wiped out by wizard towers then let them help mop up (they can be used earlier for the extra dps if you need it to get to an AD). I'm sure rage spells work too, but lightning is cheaper and cooks faster so I just stick with that.
Mass drags, but replace one drag with 20 archers.
As many dragons as you can afford / feel like cooking, with some minions to round it out if you're not doing 10 dragons (personally, I'd do 8 dragons and pre-cook another 4 for the next raid 30 minutes later, but up to you, if you are farming DE you might think spending DE is not great, but if you can get 2k+ DE raids spend away!)
I always use rage rather than lightning, because rather than use 3 lightning you get the option of using 1-3, aiming for no more than 2 - more flexible, and in my experience actually more useful if you get the hang of it.
Choose a base wuith poor air defense, air defense that's near the edge, and/or off to one side. Be very aware of the range of your dragons (about 2 squares), and the range of air defenses (9 squares). Any air def of level 3+ is going to fry your dragons pretty quick, and inferno towers will destroy them ridiculously quick. Ideally, you'll find a base with a near-full DE store towards one corner, TH nearby; don't go past abandoned TH9+ bases with full DE drills too they can contain a heap of DE that's more accessible.
Deploy the dragons in a V / L shape, around one corner of the base. This will help them channel into the centre of where you deployed them and help prevent them all circling the base. If you have minions, then deploy most of them on the flanks of the dragons - again, this helps provide your main dragons with inwards direction; keep a couple of minions spare, if you like, to deploy once the main carnage has unfolded.
Use rage as and when required to speed up your dragons, dropping it so the outer edge hits two or more dragons, and the indide leading where you expect them to go next - generally, I use it to help them destroy storages / TH that are in the way of air defenses, or just mow through outside buildings that get in the way of air defenses that would otherwise destroy the dragons too quickly. It will be a pretty weak base to require no rage - it can happen, especially with TH8 that are not maxed out, but TH9+ it's likely you'll need 2+ rages unless they have really neglected their air defense and archer towers.
Things to watch out for: inferno towers (avoid) - level 4+ air defenses (unless they are right on the outside) - level 9+ archer towers - level 2+ xbows (if pointed up) - tessla (level 1 is weak, but 4 of them around a TH is still enough to be a problem).
Wizard towers are pretty weak vs dragons, as are level 1 xbows.
The main trick here is simply to be patient and choose a base that's not going to fry your dragons - start off conservative, until you get the hang of how much your dragons can chew off. Then the other trick is simply getting used to when to use rage - if in doubt, drop one asap because if you leave it a few seconds it will be too late.
At th7 you can get to de with a heal spell rage spell 12 giants 10 wb 8 wizards 15 archers and the rest gobs
One I commonly use when pushing is 32 balloons and the rest are dragons. 3 lightning to take an air defense out, or 3 rage. There are other compositions on this thread:
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...a-Test-Suggest
There is an index with troop comps and strategies. Check it out and even post some tests of you want.
I find if you are going for a specific target with dragons (in your case the dark elixir storage) bring 20 archers for killing off AQ, 1 lightning for CC troops and 2 rage to get the dragons to the target.Quote:
Originally Posted by coo
Good luck :)