An Easy, Well-Known but Rarely-Used Trophy Hunting Strategy

Yes, everyone knows about Town Hall sniping. But do many people use it on trophy pushes? No. But let me tell you this, it is possible to reach Master League by picking off unprotected Town Halls, even Town Hall 8's and maybe even 7's can do this. It took me a week of hard playing to go from 1400 trophies all the way up to 2604 trophies, but it was worth it! I lost every single defense but I made sure that I gained more trophies on attacks then I had lost on the last defense so I wouldn't keep going down in trophies. After around 2,200 trophies, unprotected Town Halls become scarce, but they can still be found. The most skips I ever made was about 260 which evens out to around 200k gold for just that single match, so come prepared with a ton of gold to skip bases before you start your push. Only break your shield when you are sure you will have 1 - 2 hours of no interruptions to find an unprotected Town Hall, because once you log off you will lose again on defense and you will have even more trophies to gain back. Unless your base is maxed or close to being maxed then expect every defense to decimate your base. Hope you enjoyed reading, now go get those thousand gems and that sweet badge!

Pure sniping sounds crazy! I couldn't skip 260 bases doing nothing..

I can get it if you do this kind of push for the gems but otherwise how boring way to play the game.

There is challenge in sniping except how much gold you are willing to waste on the effort.

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Originally Posted by Glaciesvir

I can get it if you do this kind of push for the gems but otherwise how boring way to play the game.There is challenge in sniping except how much gold you are willing to waste on the effort.

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I thought that while trophy hunting resources didn't matter?

If you have to skip 260 bases to use this "strategy" it can hardly be called easy.

More like tedious and annoying.

thanks for sharing your experience. Seems like it may be worth it to get the 1000 gems from the achievement, definitely not as a regular trophy push strategy.

This has been known as a TH3 has made it to crystal and a TH6 to masters...

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Originally Posted by DevilMayCare

Yes, everyone knows about Town Hall sniping. But do many people use it on trophy pushes? No. But let me tell you this, it is possible to reach Master League by picking off unprotected Town Halls, even Town Hall 8's and maybe even 7's can do this. It took me a week of hard playing to go from 1400 trophies all the way up to 2604 trophies, but it was worth it! I lost every single defense but I made sure that I gained more trophies on attacks then I had lost on the last defense so I wouldn't keep going down in trophies. After around 2,200 trophies, unprotected Town Halls become scarce, but they can still be found. The most skips I ever made was about 260 which evens out to around 200k gold for just that single match, so come prepared with a ton of gold to skip bases before you start your push. Only break your shield when you are sure you will have 1 - 2 hours of no interruptions to find an unprotected Town Hall, because once you log off you will lose again on defense and you will have even more trophies to gain back. Unless your base is maxed or close to being maxed then expect every defense to decimate your base. Hope you enjoyed reading, now go get those thousand gems and that sweet badge!

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Nice one!

I did this too however my longest search was roughly 420 skips!! Not fun. It's super tedious, tough, takes a lot of will-power & can be very hard even to snipe exposed town halls due to them being protected by several max defences (or close to max). Worst of all is when it is only possible to lure CC troops once you are close enough to the town hall - made almost impossible when there are 4 max Teslas standing in your way, and thats only half the story as there are usually a bunch of other defences protecting the TH too.

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Originally Posted by DevilMayCare

Yes, everyone knows about Town Hall sniping. But do many people use it on trophy pushes? No. But let me tell you this, it is possible to reach Master League by picking off unprotected Town Halls, even Town Hall 8's and maybe even 7's can do this. It took me a week of hard playing to go from 1400 trophies all the way up to 2604 trophies, but it was worth it! I lost every single defense but I made sure that I gained more trophies on attacks then I had lost on the last defense so I wouldn't keep going down in trophies. After around 2,200 trophies, unprotected Town Halls become scarce, but they can still be found. The most skips I ever made was about 260 which evens out to around 200k gold for just that single match, so come prepared with a ton of gold to skip bases before you start your push. Only break your shield when you are sure you will have 1 - 2 hours of no interruptions to find an unprotected Town Hall, because once you log off you will lose again on defense and you will have even more trophies to gain back. Unless your base is maxed or close to being maxed then expect every defense to decimate your base. Hope you enjoyed reading, now go get those thousand gems and that sweet badge!

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yes this is so true i am currently at th7 and i made it to 2400+ trophies but like everyone else said it takes a while to find an unprotected town hall but its still worth it the whole time i was hoarding the loot bonuses lol

I hope that I can do this... but to get trophies fast, for my LOC push, this doesn't seem viable. 5 days to reach hopefully crystal 1 or master 3.
Maybe? :)
CashClash22

Good luck on your pushes guys, don't let the angry people get in your way who say it's a waste of time. If it works and you have the time, why not do it?

I beleive this strategy is actually being used a lot more, since there are gems in it. And yes, it can work, as lots more people are leaving their TH outside the walls now, up to at least Crystal 1, although as noted that doesn't mean they are always undefended.

One thing to be aware of, if this idea appeals: most of these bases belong to active players, and in sniping their town halls you are inviting them to revenge you; no doubt, you'll be creating a queue of people, lining up to have a go.

My own base (TH9 in Crystal 1) has the TH outside the walls, only protected by an xbow, mortar and a couple of tessla with spring traps. I got TH sniped three times yesterday - by a TH7, TH8, and TH9. The tH9 only got 4 trophies (and no loot) from me, using about half their army. I had a closer look, and they were really close to Masters League, obviously pushing hard. I tried revening them for a few hours, keeping a close eye on their base. Eventually they got to just over 2600 trophies, and logged off with their 1000 gems. I promptly revenged them, got 100%, took about 200k of gold, 200k elixer, 1700 DE, and 47 trophies...

I'm a th 7 with my th outside. I'm currently at 1650 cups but I want to reach 2000 just for the gems. Are there still an abundance of unprotected town halls at upper gold and crystal?

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Originally Posted by ImperiumRomanum

I'm a th 7 with my th outside. I'm currently at 1650 cups but I want to reach 2000 just for the gems. Are there still an abundance of unprotected town halls at upper gold and crystal?

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Yes, plenty.

I reached masters while YH sniping as well. In three days i made it from 1550 throphies to masters. As long as you will have enough spare time and enough gold in order to push the next button very often, i is doable i would say.

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Originally Posted by ImperiumRomanum

I'm a th 7 with my th outside. I'm currently at 1650 cups but I want to reach 2000 just for the gems. Are there still an abundance of unprotected town halls at upper gold and crystal?

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Yes, it is very easy to town hall snipe to 2000 trophies ;)

Rarely used? Im farming at gold 1 and crystal 3 as a th 7, i always lose on ppl sniping my th, and i would not say its easy, 260 searches for a farmer? Thats just.........

I respect that level of persistence! I trophy sniped to 2200 then I still trophy sniped half the time after that.

Exposed town halls are relative common below 2350.

I got to Masters this morning with TH6. Nice 1000 gem bonus. Got revenged -55 trophies but still have a buffer of 45 before dropping back to Crystal 1. Started my TH7 upgrade. If I can stay in Masters 3 every win will net a bonus 75k gold and elixir as well as 400 DE. I will see if its possible to snipe to Masters 2 with TH6 as loot bonus is 90k gold/elixir and 500 DE, not to shabby.

Feel free to visit Sparhawk at APOTHEOSIS. We are a new clan with lots of room to improve.

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Originally Posted by Emcee

I got to Masters this morning with TH6. Nice 1000 gem bonus. Got revenged -55 trophies but still have a buffer of 45 before dropping back to Crystal 1. Started my TH7 upgrade. If I can stay in Masters 3 every win will net a bonus 75k gold and elixir as well as 400 DE. I will see if its possible to snipe to Masters 2 with TH6 as loot bonus is 90k gold/elixir and 500 DE, not to shabby.

Feel free to visit Sparhawk at APOTHEOSIS. We are a new clan with lots of room to improve.

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Props to you sir…and good luck with your clan...

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Originally Posted by makun

Props to you sir…and good luck with your clan...

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Thank you. Clan is floating around 40 members since I started recruiting a couple of days ago. Trying to find a balance on trophy minimums etc

It took me 2 hours sniping town halls to make 16 trophies