I need help with dark elixir farming

Please do not direct me to the unity sharp guide. That is for town hall 9 players and I am at town hall 8. My troops are weaker therefore and are not as effective.

As a TH8 I have quite a few things around that require dark elixir to upgrade, namely the Barbarian King and Hog Riders. So what I need from you guys is the following.

- dark elixir farming army. I tried the one on unity sharp's guide and it was too weak to get the dark elixir.

- a good range. I am currently at 1690 trophies.

- what bases I should attack (I.e. Should I bother for dark elixir that is all the way in the core?)

- any helpful tips

Here's one not from unity sharp

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...Crystal-League

Should still work for TH8. Anyway, giant/healer combo or loons at crystal works best for DE

Just use BAM to pick off outside drills and accessible DE storages (1st or 2nd layer). I am th8 with lvl 5 barbs/archers and lvl 3 minions and I can get 4-6k DE per hour with this method in the 1500-1700 trophy range. Maybe it's faster up at crystal but when I tried that I lost max DE every time I logged off by th9 raiders. At the gold II range most attacks just snipe my exposed th.

My average raid is about 500 DE but that adds up when you do 8 or 9 raids per hour.

i generally cook 1 rage and 2 lighning spells and only use them when I can get at least 1500 DE.

Hiya! Th8 here as well. Balloonions are good for lazy DE farming.. 30-40 minions and rest balloons + 2 Heals &1 Rage, send balloons in, spell troops, send minions to clear up. Attack with easiest path to storages. Aim for 1K+ DE loot at least ea raid. Hope this helps.

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Originally Posted by Smalls

Just use BAM to pick off outside drills and accessible DE storages (1st or 2nd layer). I am th8 with lvl 5 barbs/archers and lvl 3 minions and I can get 4-6k DE per hour with this method in the 1500-1700 trophy range. Maybe it's faster up at crystal but when I tried that I lost max DE every time I logged off by th9 raiders. At the gold II range most attacks just snipe my exposed th.

My average raid is about 500 DE but that adds up when you do 8 or 9 raids per hour.

i generally cook 1 rage and 2 lighning spells and only use them when I can get at least 1500 DE.

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ROFL. exaggerate much?

You have no chance of reaching the core where all the de is stored with that army. Your spells take 104 minutes to cook. Screen shot your 4-5k de per hour.

For the OP: the easiest way would be to not care about de and farm it as a bonus on top of gold. You will need to use an army that can reach the core of the base - dragons, giants/healer combo or triple lightning etc.

I have used the strategy outlined below for since th7. If I see l>1k de I will farm it else I farm gold.
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...Crystal-League

PS I got to th9 in mid September and have farmed almost 1.86 million de. BK and AQ @ lv15.

No, I don't exaggerate. First of all, I rarely use spells unless it can get me over 1.500 DE so the time it takes to cook them is irrelevant. Second of all you don't try to get to the core of most bases. I am fully aware that I have to skip bases with a proper set up and DE in the core. You are not shooting for large amounts of DE on every raid. It's all about maximizing the number of raids you can do in one hour. There are TONs of bases that have 500-800 DE either in pumps outside or at the edge of the base, you just have to be ready to hit next until you find a good base and use proper troop distribution. And you should be able to attack 8 or 9 times per hour if you use your troops wisely.

Maybe you should give it a try before you claim I exaggerate.

Ive never taken any screen shots but I will grab one tomorrow when I raid for an hour and post.

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Originally Posted by Smalls

No, I don't exaggerate.

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Yes you do, probably.

BAM cook time is 15 minutes. (6 wb, the rest is BAM). That leaves you with no more than 4 all out attacks per hour, if you spend 0 minutes searching.

So, you should save at least half of your army on every average attack to archive the claimed 8-9 raids per hour, and never wait for your army camps to fill fully, to accommodate for time spent searching.
Which is possible, but stay afloat in trophy range, you MUST win every 2 of your 3 raids, or you'll burn your trophies fast.
Which is possible, but remember, you are in crystal. Unprotected townhalls up here are scarce, unless you spend quarter of your hour searching for them exclusively. And those that partially exposed, well, more often than not you need at least 2/3 of your full army + spells just to get the TH, with all that Teslas and Xbows and mortars and Wiz towers and Infernos and heroes and cc troops and stuff.

So, either you are losing your trophies fast, or exaggerating.

Oh I see, you are at 1500.
I take it back than, it is perfectly possible.

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Originally Posted by vl0071

ROFL. exaggerate much?

You have no chance of reaching the core where all the de is stored with that army. Your spells take 104 minutes to cook. Screen shot your 4-5k de per hour.

For the OP: the easiest way would be to not care about de and farm it as a bonus on top of gold. You will need to use an army that can reach the core of the base - dragons, giants/healer combo or triple lightning etc.

I have used the strategy outlined below for since th7. If I see l>1k de I will farm it else I farm gold.
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...Crystal-League

PS I got to th9 in mid September and have farmed almost 1.86 million de. BK and AQ @ lv15.

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The only thing you do is criticize people on DE farming, stop being such a stuck up ♥♥♥♥♥ and find something better to do.

I definitely believe smalls and honestly he might be understating the amount of DE you can get per hour using bam with some wallbreakers.

people call using lightnings on DE a jerk move but its the best way, best range is at gold 2 in my opinion

Is it even worth it to start farming for dark elixir right now? Most people seem to write guides as if th9 is better for dark elixir farming.

It's totally worth it at th8. The loot bonus on those poorly constructed th9 and 10 really helps out. I am half way through my th8 upgrading and my BK is maxed and my minions are currently going to lvl 4.

I did go ahead and give crystal a try and rhym was 100% correct on his post above. I used way more troops and my average per raid didn't go up at all so I was only getting about 2k per hour at 2000 trophys and every single time I logged off someone would 100% my base.


So it's back to GoldII with my BAM army I go.