TH8 Successful Farm and Trophy Bases, by Anarchos

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December 11th, 2013
Anarchos

TH8 Successful Farm and Trophy Bases, by Anarchos

Ok, so I've finally decided to make the plunge from TH8 to TH9. I'm nearly maxed (roughly 30 days worth of defensive upgrades left) and the new loot system doesn't favor staying at TH8 to max out the way it used to, so I'm confident I'm ready for TH9. That being said I've designed my own TH8 farm and trophy bases and I've had extreme success with both.

DISCLAIMER- CoC is not a new game and TH8 has been around for 12 months. I fully designed both of my layouts and do claim ownership of them, but that doesn't mean someone out there I haven't met hasn't used a variation of his own.
Farm Base:
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psy1asnh9r.png
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psmjpjzcvr.png

-You'll notice its as symmetrical as a TH9 can get with only 3 ADs and 3 WTs and an odd number of cannons and ATs.
-CC is 100% non lurable without first taking out buildings that are within the range of the defenses.
-Splash defenses are all seperated as best possible.
-Mortars are triangulated, as well as Wizard Towers and Air Defenses.
-Teslas, while not enclosed behind walls are placed where they're fully safeguarded, and any hog or giant near them will be blown sky high.
-Gold and DE storages are all separated to fully reduce any that may be taken during an assault.
-Cannons and Archer Towers are in pentagon shapes for max coverage, and spread in a AT/Cannon/AT/Cannon order for maximum defense.
-Bombs are set in the highly trafficked entrances. Not sure why, but every hog and or giant defense I've had has started by the ATs or cannons that are compartmentalizations by themselves.

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0jvbtsjy.png
Here is the blueprint for walls.

Trophy Base:
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psf4fkcdih.png
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...pscsprvetd.png
You'll notice there are only 5 closed compartments including the core, while there are 8 open compartments. The TH is slightly off centered in order to better center the CC and help reduce its lurability (not sure that's a real word).
-CC only lurable after a few outer buildings are picked off.
-TH centered with no "weak side" of base.
-Splash is triangulated and spread out.
-Cannons and Archer Towers are all spread in pentagon shapes to maximize coverage.
-Open compartments with Cannons and Archer Towers have funnels that shred ground based attacks.
-Storages spread so only a 3 star, or nearly 3 star raid will get all the loot.
-Attackers can notice small deploy areas close to base on south end, and it tends to get most attackers to deploy there, although these areas are deliberately opened to initiate giant / hog AI in the direction of funnels.

http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psuisplio7.png
This photo shows the bomb and trap placement that is crucial to the capabilities of this layout.
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...pspjb8zkxm.png
Here is the wall blueprint of my base. Using this base I won 7 defenses between 2,000 to 2,400 trophies and won 2 defenses (43% and 49%) above the 2600 trophy range. I peaked at 2726 trophies but won no defenses over 2650.

I hope this helps, and I hope anyone out there at TH8 likes the bases!

photobucket seems to have misplaced a few of my pictures. I'll have them reposted shortly
December 11th, 2013
MoustacheMike

Do you have a defense log from 2400+? I highly doubt you won any defenses as a th8 up there. I went as a maxed th9 and used designs from the best players, since I don't know how to design a proper trophy base. And still got demolished pretty much every defense, apart from a few wins here and there. Maybe you got to 2700+ trophies, congrats if you did, must be one hell of a raider! But winning defenses up there, I don't think so. Hope you'll prove me wrong, the base looks great!
December 11th, 2013
Anarchos

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoustacheMike

Do you have a defense log from 2400+? I highly doubt you won any defenses as a th8 up there. I went as a maxed th9 and used designs from the best players, since I don't know how to design a proper trophy base. And still got demolished pretty much every defense, apart from a few wins here and there. Maybe you got to 2700+ trophies, congrats if you did, must be one hell of a raider! But winning defenses up there, I don't think so. Hope you'll prove me wrong, the base looks great!

Well I guess I can't convince you without photo proof, I've been back farming for a while, I'll check to see if I have any left. However just because you couldn't do something doesn't mean someone else can't ;-)

give me me a minute to check.
December 11th, 2013
Anarchos

Well I don't have many defenses still available to view from when I was at 2600+ but here's what I do have left.
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psonradnj1.png
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...ps62aa0e8e.png
I don't have any wins available to show but you can see I was around 2600 and had numerous 50-54% 1 star defenses. I don't have any wins left but that shows how well my base was preforming.
December 11th, 2013
touchless

Real nice base and congratulations on the success it's proven. I hope to see a similar th9 design from you in the future.

One thing i've noticed is that the CC is still lurable from either wall breakers or hog riders. But I'm not sure if you can solve this problem at a th8 level.

Awesome base and concept!
December 11th, 2013
Anarchos

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Originally Posted by touchless

Real nice base and congratulations on the success it's proven. I hope to see a similar th9 design from you in the future.

One thing i've noticed is that the CC is still lurable from either wall breakers or hog riders. But I'm not sure if you can solve this problem at a th8 level.

Awesome base and concept!

Yeah, unfortunately any bases CC can be lured by hogs or wall breakers. Not sure how to go about solving that, especially at TH8 with a lower amount of defenses and walls to take up space.

thanks for the feed back! 9 1/2 days till TH9!
December 11th, 2013
Xlcblx

With my attacks i can lure basically any cc by using a few balloons, works great for me:)
December 11th, 2013
touchless

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarchos

Yeah, unfortunately any bases CC can be lured by hogs or wall breakers. Not sure how to go about solving that, especially at TH8 with a lower amount of defenses and walls to take up space.

thanks for the feed back! 9 1/2 days till TH9!

Have you thought of any plans for TH9? If so do you mind sharing?

Come to think of it, the hardest part about upgrading to th9 was protecting my DE that I saved for my aq. Eventually every attack I encountered was specifically for the de. Maybe you should work on that during your last few days as th8... just my 2 cents :)
December 11th, 2013
MoustacheMike

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarchos

Well I guess I can't convince you without photo proof, I've been back farming for a while, I'll check to see if I have any left. However just because you couldn't do something doesn't mean someone else can't ;-)

give me me a minute to check.

yes I saw how you proved me wrong haha :D Don't take it too personal man, it really is a great looking base. But winning defenses at 2400+ is close to impossible as a th8. I got to where I am without buying any gems (apart from 500 for my last builder), so when you're a maxed th9 and a level 119, than you can say what I can and cannot do. Until then, keep farming buddy, you have a long way to go ;)
December 11th, 2013
rhymquimghyf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarchos

Yeah, unfortunately any bases CC can be lured by hogs or wall breakers. Not sure how to go about solving that, especially at TH8 with a lower amount of defenses and walls to take up space.

The base in my sig (Test base #2) have cc unlurable by WBs and Giants, but still vulnerable to hogs and balloons.
December 11th, 2013
Anarchos

Quote:

Originally Posted by touchless

Have you thought of any plans for TH9? If so do you mind sharing?

Come to think of it, the hardest part about upgrading to th9 was protecting my DE that I saved for my aq. Eventually every attack I encountered was specifically for the de. Maybe you should work on that during your last few days as th8... just my 2 cents :)

yeah, I had quite a few people raiding me when I was near 40,000 DE. Took a day or two for me to get enough for my L10 BK upgrade. I figure I'll spend my last 4-5 days of TH8 around 2,000 trophies farming DE with my balloons so I can get a L2 AQ on my first day of TH9. I haven't really played with any TH9 bases yet. I will post those when I do. :-)

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Originally Posted by MoustacheMike

yes I saw how you proved me wrong haha Don't take it too personal man, it really is a great looking base. But winning defenses at 2400+ is close to impossible as a th8. I got to where I am without buying any gems (apart from 500 for my last builder), so when you're a maxed th9 and a level 119, than you can say what I can and cannot do. Until then, keep farming buddy, you have a long way to go

Yeah I didn't have any photos left from my wins at 2600 but I assure you they did happen. And I do after winning defenses that high is incredibly difficult and very rare for a TH8, but it's possible. And soon I will be TH9, and I'll be pushing very very soon.
December 11th, 2013
rhymquimghyf

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anarchos

Yeah I didn't have any photos left from my wins at 2600 but I assure you they did happen. And I do after winning defenses that high is incredibly difficult and very rare for a TH8, but it's possible. And soon I will be TH9, and I'll be pushing very very soon.

It's definitely possible. Have a look at battle logs for this base [TH8] Test base #2 (trophy)
This is for early TH8 (all defenses TH7)
December 11th, 2013
MoustacheMike

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhymquimghyf

It's definitely possible. Have a look at battle logs for this base [TH8] Test base #2 (trophy)
This is for early TH8 (all defenses TH7)

Those are all at Crystal III, maybe II. Not at masters. A lot of people keep stating that it's possible, then it shouldn't be hard to prove it now should it?
December 11th, 2013
rhymquimghyf

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoustacheMike

Those are all at Crystal III, maybe II. Not at masters. A lot of people keep stating that it's possible, then it shouldn't be hard to prove it now should it?

Yep, not masters, the test range was 2000-2400.

I'll get back to this base for my masters push with maxed splash.
There is a lot of room for improvement, e.g. anti-hog must be at the bottom left, hogs love that corner for some reason. And runway must be operational from both sides.
December 11th, 2013
MoustacheMike

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhymquimghyf

Yep, not masters, the test range was 2000-2400.

I'll get back to this base for my masters push with maxed splash.
There is a lot of room for improvement, e.g. anti-hog must be at the bottom left, hogs love that corner for some reason. And runway must be operational from both sides.

I think the air def lures them in. Maybe swap it with the gold mine, send them around? The air def is a little more exposed that way, so yea.. Worth a shot I guess?
February 22nd, 2014
SchoonMan

Awsome bases gonna use them both