The Crop Circle: A TH8 Farming Base
Hi guys! I am nearing maxing my th8 and thought it would be appropriate to show off my base, as it is one of my prouder designs. Without further ado, I present, The Crop Circle!
http://i.imgur.com/GRWjYOh.jpg
This is the base as it stands now. It has been very successful as a base, primarily because the elixir storages are a HUGE distraction for all troops.
http://i.imgur.com/E3o3mG5.jpg
This is the log as of recently. I didnt bother taking pics of the rest of the log because A: most raids are like the third one, where people destroy the TH and the exposed elixir storages and B: There are a few hog rider raids in which I get completely destroyed. But the most recent raid deserved some evaluation...
http://i.imgur.com/RxtGpdY.jpg
The attacker starts out by luring the barb king, a common attack strategy
http://i.imgur.com/RxtGpdY.jpg
He then starts attacking from the bottom, which I found a little strange considering the top is significantly weaker. Probably thought he could get to the gold :o
http://i.imgur.com/g23pTU0.jpg
After the initial penetration, he deploys more giants, and then deploys archers at the bottom of the screen. This causes my CC troops to come out of the castle. The giants continue to destroy the Tesla and the upgrading AD in the bottom compartment, as more WB are deployed in hopes to break into the next compartment.
http://i.imgur.com/3sKByhS.jpg
We see that some of the archers are distracted by the TH and begin destroying it. The attacker also deploys 2 witches to join the seige. Sadly, for the attacker, the WB were destroyed by the bottom wiz tower, thus slowing the giants, who were being healed by the heal spell. *NOT SHOWN* the attacker's CC troops destroy the SE gold mine and begin and successfully destroy the SE elixir storage.
http://i.imgur.com/sVgxwzf.jpg
However, a combination of three level 4 bombs and a spring trap, along with a level 6 mortar, rain fire on about 30 archers.
http://i.imgur.com/fxVz2B1.jpg
Soon, one of the witches and her skeletons make their way into the funnel and trigger a giant bomb. The witch is unharmed but the skeletons are. Other archers continue to destroy surrounding buildings. *NOT SEEN IN PICTURE* archers destroy the NE army camp and continue to destroy a gold mine, but are soon killed by a mortar blast.
http://i.imgur.com/ClacfUJ.jpg
The witch was able to attack the gold storage very briefly before a mortar put her to rest. The Eastern defenses were destroyed by a surviving troupe of archers, but are soon killed by a mortar blast.
http://i.imgur.com/bVot3DR.jpg
In the end, the attacker essentially elixir sniped me given the fact that 10K gold was lost, and ZERO dark elixir was lost. I would consider it a fail raid :rolleyes:
I hope you enjoyed the raid. Now let's look at the base flow and how it works:
http://i.imgur.com/VVColQ2.jpg
Forgive my artistic skills. Microsoft Paint isn't my friend :p
I have drawn the triangles on this base and shown how each defense has its own area to defend. The only offset triangle is the one formed by the AD, and this also brings up the fact that the bottom AD is rather exposed. This has bit me in the butt a few times, especially with giant/healer raids, but the air bombs/SAM do their jobs well enough for it to not devastate my defenses.
The orange "circles" designate the seven spots where Teslas/GBs can be placed. If anyone happens to use my design, I would recommend keeping the bottom Tesla in that location, as it is helpful as a distraction for troops who enter, as well as being a good defense to kill the first couple WB.
I hope you guys enjoyed this thread and hope to see people using my base. Again, it is very effective in keeping people away from your gold and DE :D
DISCLAIMER: I don't know if I mentioned this or not, but this base gets DESTROYED against hogs. I will provide an update if I find a means of remedying this problem :)
