TH6 defense against TH7+ attacks

[didn't even realize there was a strategy sub forum, sorry for posting in the wrong place]

I've recently upgraded to TH6 and things started to get nasty. TH7 opponents would come in with their lv4 troops, level my place, and then walk away with 100k gold per raid.

They're usually giant-healer combos, but even a couple of lv4 giants alone could occupy most of my towers.

I'm looking for ways to defend against that.

Loot is not a huge concern for me yet, I just wanted to give them a run for their money.


Extra points for creative and unpredictable designs.

What's even more nasty are the TH 10's attacking a premmie TH 9 like me :(

I like getting 3 starred by witches

at th6 you only need to raid once or twice to fund an upgrade, assuming you normally get 200k loot per raid. you just need to do raids when a builder is about to free up.

There isn't a lot you can do since you are still missing some key defenses and enough walls to segment well. Just spend what you have and they'll be less likely to bother with you.

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Originally Posted by TheWall

[didn't even realize there was a strategy sub forum, sorry for posting in the wrong place]

I've recently upgraded to TH6 and things started to get nasty. TH7 opponents would come in with their lv4 troops, level my place, and then walk away with 100k gold per raid.

They're usually giant-healer combos, but even a couple of lv4 giants alone could occupy most of my towers.

I'm looking for ways to defend against that.

Loot is not a huge concern for me yet, I just wanted to give them a run for their money.


Extra points for creative and unpredictable designs.

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its something that will happen until your TH10, a higher Th will love to attack a lower Th because only 10% loot penalty and weaker defenses. As a Th8 i enjoy destroying any Th7 i see and as a Th7 I destroyed any Th6. You cannot really defend against this so just deal with it, because that is all you can do. I'm a maxed out Th8 but if a Th9 decides to go all out, not much i can do.

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Originally Posted by Boltflare

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here's what I'm playing around with

my goal is to win defenses for the unbreakable achievement and for amusement

In TH6 things are still pretty cheap, so just raid for what you need for each upgrade and leave one builder to spend up the last remaining gold on your walls... having low amount of loot will normally be ignored by higher TH players...

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here's what I'm playing around with

my goal is to win defenses for the unbreakable achievement and for amusement

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You only have one air defence at hall 6, you need to treat it like royalty. Protect it most. Then Giant/Healer Combos may also need to lightning blast it out to succeed against you. Sure they could do it, but it becomes more expensive for them to do so.

Also, centerring your clan castle is also a valuable defensive weapon. Rejig your base to move those things in and chuck your hall out.

You definitely want to make sure your air defense is upgraded and protected. That way it can attack the healer, and if he waits it may take too long to get to the air defense.

Also, if you research where they are typically attacking you, create a path that leads them right into spring traps. If all the giants are together you could take out a few. If they land on a few spring traps in a row, you'd mess up their attack. It's all about strategic placement... otherwise you'll mostly get stomped haha.

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Originally Posted by kuhboose

You definitely want to make sure your air defense is upgraded and protected. That way it can attack the healer, and if he waits it may take too long to get to the air defense.

Also, if you research where they are typically attacking you, create a path that leads them right into spring traps. If all the giants are together you could take out a few. If they land on a few spring traps in a row, you'd mess up their attack. It's all about strategic placement... otherwise you'll mostly get stomped haha.

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I usually have this long funnel of spring traps into my air defense, 40% of the time it works all the time.


and now I gave up on the fancy blossom maze and adopted this design instead

my only complaint now is that I can no longer attract players into trying to raid, because it looks intimidating to anyone who doesn't outclass my th.

Don't bother. Just upgrade to TH7 ASAP maybe once your walls are done.

You jump from 135 -> 200 troops from TH6 -> TH7. A TH6's defense cannot handle 200 Level 4 Troops, especially w/ a Barb King + Rage spells, etc.

My TH6 recently upgraded to TH7... it only got stomped on by a TH7 once, which was the last evening I was TH6, so I had pretty much maxed gold and elixer. Other than that, I left my TH out to be sniped, and never sat on much loot.

So yeah, if you are in a trophy range where TH7 hang out, you need to make sure there is no point in them leveling you i.e. don't sit on too much loot, and also leave your town hall at least partially exposed so you have more change of a TH6 or lower just taking that and failing to get your loot.

Air defense, clan castle and funneling might give you some chance, but there will still be some TH7 who are smart enough, and have powerful enough troops, that they will still level your TH6 no matter what. For example the guy who got my TH6 had 3 dragons, lots of giants, wall breakers, archers, his own clan castle, etc etc. I had a level 3 dragon in my clan castle (!), good funneling with spring traps, etc, but against 220 strong troops from a TH7 my little base stood no chance... The gap between TH6 and TH7 is really big.

I have two TH6 accounts. One in Crystal 2 league with maxed defenses and all but 4 maxed walls which lose virtually from all attacks. The second account is in 900-1800 trophy range with maxed walls but not maxed defenses and I win about 1/3 of all attacks even a few from TH9 rivals. So working on getting balance of defense buildings maxed and should be able to improve ratio.
iMO it's not a race to get to TH10 or 7 for that matter. Work on your defenses, walls, collectors and mines etc. Upgrade everything with emphasis on getting 4th builder ASAP. Managed that on Crystal account and only 20 gems away from second account. Make a push for crystal league and take out ten infernos and the rest will fall into place. As loot is easy to come by in TH6 having the extra builder makes maxing out TH6 a breeze.
My crystal account is 3 level 9 elixir collector and 4 level 5 walls away from a maxed TH6 build so in about 3 days it will be done.