Trying for Master

Looking for a little advice. I am a new-mid th9 pushing my way to masters for the first time. I am just under 2500 trophies, and havign great success with lv6 balloons and lv 4 minions. Level 5 minions will be ready in a day.

The balloonions have had a little learning curve, and I could be a little more patient in picking my raids to not only win but cover the cost. long story short, I am out of elixer.

here are what i see as my options:
1.) wait on my collectors
2.) BAM and spend alot of gold finding THs to snipe for the league bonus
3.) go with a lv4 hog army
4.) go with a lv1 witch army


There seems to be a large difference between lv4 and 5 hogs, and lv 1 and 2 witches. Can lv 4 hogs, or lv1 witches hang in this trophy range?

I find lvl 4 and 5 hogs show a big difference.



That being said Balloonions are probably your best bet. And looking at your post I can relate.


Considering my experience sniping is probably the way to go. This will require an inordinate amount of time hitting next however. You can probably get to 2550 with 10-15 minutes worth of next per trophy gain but after that, expect 30+ minutes (I was there). Also only attack at about 75%+ full strength, up in that range tesla laced TH are a problem.


Personally I'd go Barch. That way you can go for easy 50% raids if you see them (lots of buildings on the outside, not covered by mortar or disco inferno fire) or just snipe. BAM is fast but if you have to go all out, it lacks the umpf. Plus with that search time..... ya. The time difference will be hardly noticeable.


EDIT: Also, if you haven't learned this already, hybrid bases are often misleading. The TH may be near the outside of the base but players in this range often lace it with the brunt of there traps. Thus its far more reliable to take bases that offer up 50%

I got to Master 3 with my new TH9 base (TH8 troops and 200 army camp spaces) a month ago. Remember to stock up your elixir and dark elixir so you don't run out! ;)

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by ChiefJeff

I got to Master 3 with my new TH9 base (TH8 troops and 200 army camp spaces) a month ago. Remember to stock up your elixir and dark elixir so you don't run out! ;)

Good luck!

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That is the problem, i did run out of elixer. I am at 2450 with no elixer for my balloonion army other than the one i can train in the morning from my collectors.

For the rest of the day, should i switch to BAM/Barcher, lv4 hogs, or lv1 witches? Bases to BAM/Barcher are rare up here, and i do not know if lv4 hogs or lv1 witches can hang the way lv5 hogs or lv2 witches can.

Make sure you stay online all the time too, your base will be easy peasy for 99.9% of peeps there!

good luck. Never been to Masters so I wont be much help...

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Originally Posted by duby1622

That is the problem, i did run out of elixer. I am at 2450 with no elixer for my balloonion army other than the one i can train in the morning from my collectors.

For the rest of the day, should i switch to BAM/Barcher, lv4 hogs, or lv1 witches? Bases to BAM/Barcher are rare up here, and i do not know if lv4 hogs or lv1 witches can hang the way lv5 hogs or lv2 witches can.

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Snipe ths with cc troops for the loot bonus and cups. Also, you can bam or barch more bases than you'd think. Howie made it to 3700 with it.

Good luck master isint the easiest

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Originally Posted by Ratcher

Make sure you stay online all the time too, your base will be easy peasy for 99.9% of peeps there!

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i have won 14 out of 20 attacks with my new base. I have broken my shield to gain trophies. No base is perfect, but it is NOT easy peasy.

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Originally Posted by duby1622

Looking for a little advice. I am a new-mid th9 pushing my way to masters for the first time. I am just under 2500 trophies, and havign great success with lv6 balloons and lv 4 minions. Level 5 minions will be ready in a day.

The balloonions have had a little learning curve, and I could be a little more patient in picking my raids to not only win but cover the cost. long story short, I am out of elixer.

here are what i see as my options:
1.) wait on my collectors
2.) BAM and spend alot of gold finding THs to snipe for the league bonus
3.) go with a lv4 hog army
4.) go with a lv1 witch army


There seems to be a large difference between lv4 and 5 hogs, and lv 1 and 2 witches. Can lv 4 hogs, or lv1 witches hang in this trophy range?

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Do you want to stay there or just go there to get the 1000 gems from the achievement?

Either way, it's super easy and I did it at TH7.

Just snipe town halls. That's it. Search and search and search and search until you find the outlying town hall.

Just make sure you have a few backup troops to take out those pesky hidden teslas!

Good luck, but not really, cause this is really easy (albeit time consuming).

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Originally Posted by duby1622

Looking for a little advice. I am a new-mid th9 pushing my way to masters for the first time. I am just under 2500 trophies, and havign great success with lv6 balloons and lv 4 minions. Level 5 minions will be ready in a day.

The balloonions have had a little learning curve, and I could be a little more patient in picking my raids to not only win but cover the cost. long story short, I am out of elixer.

here are what i see as my options:
1.) wait on my collectors
2.) BAM and spend alot of gold finding THs to snipe for the league bonus
3.) go with a lv4 hog army
4.) go with a lv1 witch army


There seems to be a large difference between lv4 and 5 hogs, and lv 1 and 2 witches. Can lv 4 hogs, or lv1 witches hang in this trophy range?

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Rule all those options out cause 1. They are costly 2. Some are loooonng training times 3. BAM is basically useless in 2500s. Simple answer to your problems is BARCH. You think I'm trolling? Well, I'm not lol. Use 90 Barch, 130 Archs and go for bases with TONS of buildings on the outside. The little loot you get and with the addition of League Bonus already covers your army so you're always profiting.

Unless you are't comfortable with BARCH, I would probably do the hogs if you find the right base.

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Originally Posted by PhamTheMan

Rule all those options out cause 1. They are costly 2. Some are loooonng training times 3. BAM is basically useless in 2500s. Simple answer to your problems is BARCH. You think I'm trolling? Well, I'm not lol. Use 90 Barch, 130 Archs and go for bases with TONS of buildings on the outside. The little loot you get and with the addition of League Bonus already covers your army so you're always profiting.

Unless you are't comfortable with BARCH, I would probably do the hogs if you find the right base.

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Good tips man, I really like using barch - because as you said, easy to get 50% with.. If a TH7 made it to Champions, that should give all of us a whole lot of motivation to push up just as high. [That's the way I see it], TH7 does it, so can I. Not saying I'm willing to or have the devotion too :p. Anyways, I'd say barch for sure.

I guess barch it is. I have my first day off in weeks tomorrow, so i will have the time. A raid or two tonight, hopefully a defensive win overnight, and a full day of raiding with a boosted spell factory hopefully puts me there tomorrow night.

I farm with barch, so i am pretty comfortable with it. What spells should i pack for trophy raiding with barch?

Barach is really possible to go to master? I'm a th8 currently at crystal 2 doing the ballonions army but I will run out of elixir too. However I'm not sure if Barach can go to masters as practically I been using them till crystal 3 than I stop as they always get ♥♥♥♥ by lvl 6 wiz tower

Imma new TH9 almost maxxed my TH8 and im going to try the same thing you are. I hope i can make it without going broke!! Lol

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Originally Posted by Katana369

Barach is really possible to go to master? I'm a th8 currently at crystal 2 doing the ballonions army but I will run out of elixir too. However I'm not sure if Barach can go to masters as practically I been using them till crystal 3 than I stop as they always get ♥♥♥♥ by lvl 6 wiz tower

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Its possible, but i would say good luck. TH9 with lv6 troops, an archer queen, and 20 extra troops is a pretty big upgrade over barching at th8.

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Originally Posted by PhamTheMan

Rule all those options out cause 1. They are costly 2. Some are loooonng training times 3. BAM is basically useless in 2500s. Simple answer to your problems is BARCH. You think I'm trolling? Well, I'm not lol. Use 90 Barch, 130 Archs and go for bases with TONS of buildings on the outside. The little loot you get and with the addition of League Bonus already covers your army so you're always profiting.

Unless you are't comfortable with BARCH, I would probably do the hogs if you find the right base.

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All arch works pretty well also. A champ visited the other day and shared replays of all arch raids in champ. It actually works very well! Moe has been using it as well in master.

I'm barching right now and pushing. I've used barch plenty during pushes and farming, so I'm planning to go to 3000-3200 solely with barch. [Aiming to get to 2500 by tonight]. It's been pretty easy lately especially with the Hero Abilities makes it much more easier to get out of those tight situations if you're at 49%.

Started yesterday at probably at 1600s and have been barching my way up...and currently I'm at 2334 with not a single offensive loss and with very limited spell usage (1 or 2).

Spell wise, I usually run 4 lightnings as I get higher in the trophy count since I'm aiming for 1 stars up there. However, if you're quite low in the trophies, try and aim for a 2 star on easier bases and carry 3 lightnings 1 rage.