The 5 Mistakes That Farmers Make

1⃣If its a low level tesla (which it usually is) all i have to do is drop a giant or 2 with 5 archers behind it to take out the teslas 2⃣ or i drop barbs in front then archers behind i don't know why people drop their whole army

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Originally Posted by D3X

CC is the highest Defense building in the game. It's stronger than an inferno lvl3 and has higher hitpoints and range(depending on what you load into it). Of course you want CC defending your base.



Protect resources is the number 1 priority isn't it? That's what everyone is after aside from trophies(which you are giving away anyway) and to do so you would want free shield.

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You are basically gambling that your attacker will make between 40% and 50%.

If the Cc is too strong, attacker may not make it to 40%, and the next one will screw you royally.

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Originally Posted by Harshaw

Biggest Mistake or Classic Blunder? :p

http://youtu.be/RWW6aDpUvbQ

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Haha looool.

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Originally Posted by Sandalhat

Because if the TH is untrapped, it means that base has traps and teslas within, and can easily screw up a farming army.

However, if i detonate 4 giant bombs, 4 teslas, and some spring traps near the TH, well i can just swarm mass troops without worries.

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He speaks the truth, and nothing but...

Actually, it's just common sense :p Lol

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Originally Posted by Inquisitor

You are basically gambling that your attacker will make between 40% and 50%.

If the Cc is too strong, attacker may not make it to 40%, and the next one will screw you royally.

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Look, I don't know which game you play. You don't get to choose who actually attacks you for TH snipe, or a full-blown attack. Putting your TH out doesn't warrant an automatic FREE Shield every time. don't you want to protect your base the best you can?

Here are the possible scenarios for a farming base from best to worst:

1. TH Snipe - Free Shield
2. Collector Attack - BAM, BARCH, or BAG
3. Resource Attack / Storage Raid - Full Army (Giant Healer Hybrid)
4. Revenge Full Out - Strong heavy Troops ( Hogs, Balloonions, Drags, Pekka, Wiz, GoWipe, GoWiwi)

So out of all 4 cases of possible outcomes, CC troops is crucial for 3 of them.
Next attack will always screw you, but if you were to MOVE YOUR TH out into the OPEN, CC Troops is pretty much useless for ALL 4 Situations.

Whether or not 40% or the next attacker royally screwing you is a different point entirely.

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Originally Posted by chachabomber

Because if you partially protect it,so, some people aren't able to destroy town hall and give you a free shield because they don't want to waste 40+ troops. Also, some people would like to get your resources will not destroy your TH and leave you at 39% so you will not have a free shield.:D

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This is 'partially' true

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Originally Posted by D3X

Look, I don't know which game you play. You don't get to choose who actually attacks you for TH snipe, or a full-blown attack. Putting your TH out doesn't warrant an automatic FREE Shield every time. don't you want to protect your base the best you can?

Here are the possible scenarios for a farming base from best to worst:

1. TH Snipe - Free Shield
2. Collector Attack - BAM, BARCH, or BAG
3. Resource Attack / Storage Raid - Full Army (Giant Healer Hybrid)
4. Revenge Full Out - Strong heavy Troops ( Hogs, Balloonions, Drags, Pekka, Wiz, GoWipe, GoWiwi)

So out of all 4 cases of possible outcomes, CC troops is crucial for 3 of them.
Next attack will always screw you, but if you were to MOVE YOUR TH out into the OPEN, CC Troops is pretty much useless for ALL 4 Situations.

Whether or not 40% or the next attacker royally screwing you is a different point entirely.

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For a while, I was losing more gold on rearming traps.

Sure it's cute blowing up one hog army with twin giant bombs, but then there was nothing left to prevent the next hog army cleaning my storages.

Therefore, I would rather have clearly defined loss to one attacker(even if it could be huge), than undefined losses to MULTIPLE attackers.

Now, I dont even bother to rearm my giant bombs anymore.

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Originally Posted by andyAtCA

1: There are two extremes: Th as protected as possible with less focus on protecting resources (which I refer to as "pushing") and Th completely unprotected (which I refer to as "farming"). I never said anything about these being the only ways to play, as many use hybrid bases. My point was, as you approach the extreme of "farming", your base should demonstrate less and less of these 5 things.

2: Why else would you have your Th outside your base?

3: Good point. Supercell should probably make lightning spells not collect resources, but that's another issue.

4: Not necessarily, but I've found it to be the most efficient.

5: I don't even know how you got that out of my post.

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Not everything i post is a reply to what you post. I see these as actual mistakes as compared to the ones you posted.

Have you read through the thread and ponder the "don't dictate how others play" part yet.

Here's a secret that you probably should know....











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Not every base design is the most efficient, and not everyone plays the most efficient way. Also, your perspective on efficiency and fun might be different from others.

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Originally Posted by andyAtCA

This has been the 5 worst mistakes people make while farming. Respond with your opinions, and mistakes you've seen your fellow farmers make.

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#1 mistake any player makes is caring what other players think about how they play.

Some of your 5 are silly sure, but it's a game and we are allowed to be silly.

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Originally Posted by andyAtCA

Every time I looks for a raid, I constantly see bases who try and fail to farm. Farming is a vital boon to the CoC economy, as it gives free loot (through league bonuses) to snipers, and shields (which prevent loot losses further than the 1k of gold and elixir lost) to the base owner. Because of this, it's essential that you do it right, so without any further ado, here are the 5 worst mistakes farmers make in their base designs. Note: these are NOT in any particular order.


#1: Town Hall too close to the rest of your base

When you put your TH within range of even one of your defenses, it strongly discourages many snipers from picking it off. This defeats one of the main purposes of farming, which is obtaining free shields when inactive.

#2: Hidden Teslas around TH, especially when TH is away from your main base

Not only is this strategy dickish and pointless, (as most players that will snipe your TH will bring enough troops to do so regardless) but relocating some of your most important defensive buildings outside of walls makes it easier for other players to steal your resources from your now under-protected storages.

#3: Traps around TH (Excluding Santa Strike)

This one is less of a hassle for snipers, as the ones with half a brain will drop a few archers around your TH to test for traps. When these traps are activated, it costs you gold, (usually) the most sought-out resource in the game to re-arm them, and like the teslas, they can be used better elsewhere in your design.


#4: Being inactive

Most good farming bases have their resource collectors on the outside of their walls, acting as buffers for their defenses. Under normal circumstances, when the base owner is active, this is not a problem. However, it is still easy to lose hundreds of thousands of potential gold and elixir when you are attacked while inactive, which defeats one of the most important purposes of farming, which is to protect your resources (see next mistake). This also applies to non-farmers, but they are less likely to lose trophies at the same time as resources.

#5: Farming, yet still not protecting your resources very well

Although this is not common among higher level players (except scrubs that rush to th9/10) I've seen WAY too many farming bases that can be looted very easily. I actually feel bad about taking 250k+ from some of these people, then getting 2*s. The best remedies for this are to post an HIMB of your design on reddit (and heed their advice), or to copy a particularly good base off of reddit, or another source.

This has been the 5 worst mistakes people make while farming. Respond with your opinions, and mistakes you've seen your fellow farmers make.

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1. I put my Town hall close to my base, but far enough from a lot of defenses so they are willing to take it out. Also; it tanks a lot

2. I agree with you, teslas around TH is plain dumb.

3. I also agree with this.

4. An inactive isn't really a clash player at all...

5. I rarely find defenses where people poorly defend resources (except for elixir because at some point it will be useless for you)