Best base for TH 8 pushing to Masters

A group of us in my clan (its just a game) willbe pushing to Masters in December. I'm only TH 8 but troops and spelled are maxed. I think I will make it, but i may not stay there long!

But im wondering about defence. I have nearly maxed defences and lvl 7 walls. But do you think i
I'd be better off leaving my TH outside so i lose minimal trophies in my upward quest? Or would be better to try and protect all and actually win a few trophies on defence?

Im imagining up around crystal 1-2 i am not going to be able to defend successfully regardless and figure i might just pump any gold i win i to lvl 8 walls to keep my base from looking tempting.

Any thoughts, collective clashing mind?

Pushes to masters-champs have been done at TH7-8, but it won't be easy. The strats I've seen them use are spam drakes on weak air defenses. But in your case as that is a bit outdated, I recommend L4 hog riders. Masters III is relatively easy to hit so I doubt you'll run into many issues as long as you pick out the easier bases.

I would say just attack the townhall 9's thats what I did.. use the GO-WIPE and you'll be fine

I hit masters a week back at TH8. Forget about defense. It will never help you gain trophies. But don't leave your TH outside. Lower lvs that you attacked previously will take the chance and break the TH and get lots of trophies. Better to keep it inside. People up there rarely care about resources. They will attack you regard less.

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Originally Posted by NFactorial

I hit masters a week back at TH8. Forget about defense. It will never help you gain trophies. But don't leave your TH outside. Lower lvs that you attacked previously will take the chance and break the TH and get lots of trophies. Better to keep it inside. People up there rarely care about resources. They will attack you regard less.

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In crystal people will skip your base more if you have low resorces. Once I started just carrying around 500K and less in gold the number of attacks really dropped off. I just drop all my gold into walls, sadly I only have 6 lvl8 walls left to upgrade.

However, a TH8 in Crystal is just a nice treat. So that strat may not work as well.