I upgraded to TH10 a short while ago and, after trying farming at 1800 and 2000 cups i decided to try sub-200 for the very first time. At TH9 I was only interested in gold and raided 6m+ per day when active. Using the profile stats for comparison, I've raided 4.7m gold and 7.85m resources per day overall, including holidays etc.having spent most of the time at TH10 down at sub-200, I have managed to average 7.6m resources. I also have accumulated 65k DE in 4 days, net of drills and zapping.So, it's possible and reasonably profitable. However, you have to be able to stay online for long periods, as each time you leave you will pick up cups.here are some tips if you are interested to try...
- The whole behaviour of the game changes when you drop below 200. Don't be worried by the bases you see on your way down - try to use your King to drop cups as there is no cost other than the search cost. Dropping from 2000 to 199 took me about 60 minutes. Using a few revenges will also save you search costs but might yield less cup drops.
- As you go down you will progressively lose less cups per raid, ending in about 3 at a time.
- As you hit sub-200, all of a sudden you will see strong bases - other people doing the same thing. You will also occasionally see very weak gemmed bases to raid - you can pick up a lot of resources from these but don't rely on them!
- many of the active sub-200 crowd will be easy to raid, especially if their stores are together in the centre so plan to raid the easiest of these.
- the 'rules' of sub-200 means that you only see bases at most 2 levels below you. This is the major plus of raiding down here.
- You see the same bases again and again which is partly frustrating but also excellent - if you are lucky, you can raid the most 'generous' bases several times, provided you stop before giving them a shield (more on ethics below)
- As well as watching that magic 39% make, obviously be careful not to pass 50% or you will win cups.
- To be able to raid both types of base, I recommend taking 12 giants as meat shields, 12 WBs to penetrate into the centres and the rest goblins. I was upgrading my spell factory but a couple of healing spells would have been great when penetrating deep into bases protected by WTs. Level 6 Goblins will be awesome with this too!
- expect to have to search up to 80 times to find a good raid. The returns easily cover this so don't worry. After about 100 you start seeing some of the same bases again so compromise!
- once I got above 50k DE I started to get more people zapping my store - try to find something to spend it on!
- There is no further change of game behaviour going lower than 199 - I went all the way down to zero but still got the same range of bases
- A clan mate suggested that you would get a different range of bases by closing the app and somehow connecting to a different server. I did not find that this was the case.
- In terms of base design, protect your resources, use your collectors to divert goblins and, most importantly, move your TH outside your walls. I usually got a shield from a TH snipe reasonably quickly and never had to drop more than about 150 cups before being able to raid again.
- Share the best bases and attacks with you clan - there are some very amusing ones and some amazing finds. The best thing about raiding at this level is the entertainment value.
- Ethics - i have no qualms about hitting another sub-200 farmer multiple times if their base is poor - they are playing the same game. I do have some concerns about hitting people who clearly have more money than sense - picture a TH10 base with no walls, no weapons, zero Heroic Heist but full DE store. My middle ground is to hit them 2-3 times before giving them a shield, and maybe they might learn something. Each to their own though.
I am now moving back up as I can't be online so much for a while but I will return when my goblins are done! :) Hope this helps if you decide to give it a go...
I upgraded to TH10 a short while ago and, after trying farming at 1800 and 2000 cups i decided to try sub-200 for the very first time. At TH9 I was only interested in gold and raided 6m+ per day when active. Using the profile stats for comparison, I've raided 4.7m gold and 7.85m resources per day overall, including holidays etc.having spent most of the time at TH10 down at sub-200, I have managed to average 7.6m resources. I also have accumulated 65k DE in 4 days, net of drills and zapping.So, it's possible and reasonably profitable. However, you have to be able to stay online for long periods, as each time you leave you will pick up cups.here are some tips if you are interested to try...