Ringus: An Early-Mid TH9 Farming Hog-Cleansing Design
"Cause I was thinkin', it really don't matter if I lose this fight. It really don't matter if this guy opens my base, either Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Hogs, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood"
Overview
If you are new to TH9 and want to protect loot use the Farming Ringus.
When you have more than 20k Dark Elixir switch to the Farming Ringus (with Dark Elixir Protection).
Should you have effective Hidden Teslas the Trophy Ringus becomes an option.
Unless you understand ring bases do not move defences (however swapping is safe).
Watch the Building Ringus video to understand design motivations.
To see Ringus in action watch the Replays.
The Ringus Mission
The goal of a good ring base is to keep defence-led troops (Hogs/Giants/Balloons) to the outer layer whilst the core grinds the attack down from the center. The great thing I found with Ringus was the flexibility given whilst upgrading. I could move defences around and not diminish effective resource protection.
The Farming Ringus
http://i.imgur.com/DeKBSQZ.png
http://clashofclansbuilder.com/plan/284188
The Farming Ringus (with Dark Elixir Protection)
http://i.imgur.com/DOpEPdh.jpg
http://clashofclansbuilder.com/plan/284190
The Trophy Ringus
http://i.imgur.com/GfTHncW.jpg
http://clashofclansbuilder.com/plan/293412
Variations & Reports
Om3gaSe7en made several modifications to help on a trophy push.
Nitram posted data on 26 defences from a push into Masters.
Important Note
Ringus aims to protect your resources first and foremost. I've personally used both Ringus forms between 1600 and 2600 quite comfortably. If you are purely pushing for trophies then protecting resources shouldn't be your concern at all. Once you get into Masters things get serious and you probably shouldn't be using Ringus. This great design from NJM8(Violent Sky) shows the stark difference between the two concepts. I can also strongly recommend this video from TheClashMachine(Crimson Sky), a fantastic insight into his TH9 pushing design.
Building Ringus
Many thoughts and motivations behind the design are covered in this video. Apologies, my microphone is obviously awful and I have a terrible cold at the moment too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGa4eBM5GpQ
The Replays
Early replays use different forms of the base but the principles were essentially the same. Digit in brackets represents attack % result. Replays ordered on severity of attack.
Hog - 26 Replays, 50.8% Average
Ringus Trophy Defence (9) 30 Hogs 12 Wizards (2682-TH10-L103)
Ringus Trophy Defence (23) 35 Hogs (2201-TH9-L84)
Ringus Defence (27) 21 Hogs
Ringus Trophy Defence 07 (37) 30 Hogs 61 Archers
Ringus Defence (38) 30 Hogs
Ringus Trophy Defence 03 (38) 28 Hogs 80 Archers
Ringus Defence (39) 21 Hogs 8 Giants
Ringus Trophy Defence 08 (41) 24 Hogs 50 Archers 40 Barbs
Ringus Trophy Defence 18 (42) 24 Hogs 4 Giants
Ringus Trophy Defence (42) 24 Hogs 12 Giants (2413-TH10-L110)
Ringus Trophy Defence 06 (44) 29 Hogs 80 Archers
Ringus Trophy Defence (44) 32 Hogs 1 Dragon (2129-TH9-L98)
Ringus Defence (49) 27 Hogs 99 Archers
Ringus Defence (50) 39 Hogs
Ringus Trophy Defence (50) 20 Hogs 12 Giants (2494-TH10-L121)
Ringus Trophy Defence (52) 36 Hogs (2572-TH10-L93)
Ringus Trophy Defence 14 (55) 28 Hogs 30 Goblins
Ringus Defence (55) 20 Hogs 36 Goblins
Ringus Trophy Defence 20 (55) 38 Hogs 35 Archer
Ringus Trophy Defence (57) 37 Hogs (2538-TH9-L108)
Ringus Defence (57) 25 Hogs 76 Archers
Ringus Trophy Defence 13 (70) 30 Hogs 15 Wizards
Ringus Trophy Defence (74) 36 Hogs (2348-TH10-L109)
Ringus IV Defence (81) 24 Hogs 8 Giants
Ringus Trophy Defence 15 (91) 34 Hogs 50 Archers
Ringus Trophy Defence 23 (100) 32 Hogs 69 Archers
Balloonion - 8 Replays, 60% Average
Ringus Defence (21) 32 Balloons 15 Minions
Ringus Trophy Defence 05 (50) 32 Balloons 30 Minions
Ringus Defence (53) 21 Balloons 56 Minions
Ringus Trophy Defence 02 (56) 31 Balloons 50 Minions
Ringus Trophy Defence 12 (57) 24 Balloons 60 Minions
Ringus Defence (72) 20 Balloons 85 Minions
Ringus Trophy Defence 16 (84) 38 Balloons 25 Minions
Ringus Defence (87) 33 Balloons 40 Minions
Dragon - 4 Replays, 46% Average
Ringus Defence (31) 10 Dragons
Ringus Defence (42) 8 Dragons 20 Minions
Ringus Defence (55) 10 Dragons
Ringus Defence (56) 10 Dragons
Giant - 20 Replays, 40.9% Average
Ringus Defence (24) 13 Giants 67 Goblins (1491-TH10-L82)
Ringus Defence (24) 15 Giants 1 Healer (2578-TH8-L73)
Ringus Trophy Defence 10 (27) 13 Giants 13 Wizards L35 Queen
Ringus IV Defence (30) 10 Giants 126 Archers
Ringus Defence (30) 22 Giants 16 Hogs
Ringus Trophy Defence 22 (32) 8 Giants 75 Goblins
Ringus Trophy Defence 11 (34) 16 Giants 4 Valkyries 52 Goblins
Ringus Trophy Defence 19 (34) 18 Giants 2 Healers
Ringus II Defence (35) 16 Giants 21 Wizards 2 Dragons
Ringus Defence (37) 22 Giants 1 Pekka 3 Witches
Ringus Defence (37) 15 Giants 14 Wall Breakers
Ringus Defence (38) 7 Giants 2 Healers 2 Witches
Ringus Defence (42) 15 Giants 2 Healers
Ringus Defence (42) 16 Giants 2 Healers
Ringus Defence (44) 15 Giants 2 Healers
Ringus II Defence (48) 12 Giants 130 Archers
Ringus Defence (49) 17 Giants 3 Healer 10 Hogs
Ringus II Defence (53) 13 Giants 29 Wizards
Ringus Defence (71) 16 Giants 25 Wizards 3 Healers
Ringus Trophy Defence 01 (88) 13 Giants 12 Wizards 2 Healers
Misc - 12 Replays, 37% Average
Ringus Defence (23) 2 Golems 10 Giants
Ringus Defence (27) 4 Pekkas 2 Dragons
Ringus II Defence (32) 24 Hogs 14 Giants
Ringus Defence (32) 13 Hogs 2 Pekkas 2 Dragons
Ringus Defence (34) 20 Hogs 15 Giants
Ringus Trophy Defence 04 (34) 25 Giants 12 Hogs
Ringus Trophy Defence 21 (38) 6 Giants 3 Dragons 28 Wizards
Ringus Defence (38) 13 Giants 10 Hogs 11 Wall Breakers (1734-TH10-L93)
Ringus Trophy Defence 09 (42) 22 Hogs 8 Giants
Ringus Trophy Defence (45) 21 Hogs 20 Giants (2263-TH10-L119)
Ringus Trophy Defence 17 (49) 2 Golem 15 Wizard 2 Witch 16 Hogs
Ringus Trophy Defence (50) 20 Hogs 12 Giants (2494-TH10-L121)
Signing Off
If you got this far I salute your sticking power. Thanks for your time.
F.A.Q
I'm new to TH9. Can Ringus get me to Masters?
No. Getting to Crystal/Master/Champ is done by attacking. Not defending. That said, I (and others) have won defences in Masters with Ringus.
Can I swap [Non-Defence] for [Defence]?
If you feel the need to ask then probably not. Watch the building video or read up on ring bases. You have to maintain the middle layer of 'fluff' and the outer layer of defences for the layout to remain effective. Whatever you do don't use Detritus, that layout is very, very bad.
Can I swap [Defence] for [Defence]?
Yes. In fact Ringus was built to do that very thing and do it well. Keep your best hardest hitting defences in the middle as they are the ones you rely on to take down attacking forces. Move defenses around as things get upgraded.
Look at my design. Is it good?
Test, tweak, repeat. Honestly, how would I know? I could tell you what I think but then what? Screenwriter William Goldman once said of Hollywood "Nobody knows anything" and this can be applied here too. We can guess based on experience what works and what doesn't but it's just that. Guessing. Test, tweak, repeat. The best advice I can give about your base is, don't listen to anyone, fill your storages and take it as high as you can inviting as many different kinds of attack as possible. Test, tweak, repeat. Record replays and watch them. Then watch them again and notice something. Then tweak something. Then repeat. Test, tweak, repeat. Test, tweak, repeat... and remember nobody knows anything.
