All Clash Of Clans Guide. Part1

Boosting Barracks:

* Barracks boosting costs 25 gems for 45 minutes duration
* 45 minutes of boost saves you time of 135 minutes (2 hrs 15 mins)

Compared to instantizing troops:
* 25 gems straight up would saves you 1hr 34 mins
* 1 gem saves you 4 mins 6 secs; do that 25 times and you save 1 hr 42 mins

Pros of boosting Barracks:
-Saves you some gems (about 25% saving)

Cons of boosting Barracks:
You have to wait 45 minutes to realize the full gain


Mines and Elixirs boosting:
This differs depending on base level.

Boosting mines / elixir only doubles the production

For example: Lv 11 Mines/ Elixirs boosting
* Boosting costs 20 gems for 6 hours duration for 2x production
* lv 11 mines produces 3000 per hour
* 6 hrs of boost will net you 18000 gold/elixir
* 1 gem nets you 900 gold/elixir

Compared to instant gold/elixir

* 2000 gems will get you 6 Million of gold/elixir (1 gem = 3000)
* 1133 gems will get you 3 Million of gold/elixir (1 gem = 2647)
* 389 gems will get you 600K of gold/elixir (1 gem = 1542)

Conclusion:
* Never boost your mines / elixirs
* Instant gold/elixir gets cheaper the more you buy (bulk discount)
* Boosting gold/elixir requires you to wait 6 hours to realize the profit

It is not really ok - to take guides, written by others, and compile them into one without indicating the sources.
A list of links would have been better.

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Originally Posted by StanHC

It is not really ok - to take guides, written by others, and compile them into one without indicating the sources.
A list of links would have been better.

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I was informed by him that he legitimately typed this... But who knows. If you copy/pasted it, then give credit to the writers. Also, a table of contents would be handy (i.e: Page 2: explanation on clan ranks, ect)

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Originally Posted by chummer1010

I was informed by him that he legitimately typed this... But who knows. If you copy/pasted it, then give credit to the writers. Also, a table of contents would be handy (i.e: Page 2: explanation on clan ranks, ect)

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Yeah, and his part 15 just happen to match the first post of the sticky topic in this forum. :)

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Originally Posted by StanHC

Yeah, and his part 15 just happen to match the first post of the sticky topic in this forum. :)

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Wow lol, didn't notice that.

I only pasted some because i had it written down on one of my other threads.

Attention: This guide is intended for newer players to the game. Please refrain from commenting, "I obviously know all this stuff" and other phrases along the lines of that. Thanks and enjoy! ~Supero


1. Revenge is a dish best served often

Like it or not, it will often be the case that you get attacked while you are away and your shield is down. Sometimes you will get plowed, and that sucks but getting attacked also presents a rare opportunity! When reviewing the list of punks who defaced your village while you were away, you have the choice to Revenge to attack them back. This is a huge strategic advantage, because you can look at their village before attacking, and plan your attack even train different units for a special assault. I recommend checking their storages (which you can do visually, or better yet by clicking on them and checking their levels), and also the location of their Town Hall. Since you may have a big list to go through, check farmers first (folks that attacked you with just a few units then gave up) since they are likely to have big resource stockpiles. If an opponent is shielded or online, just check back later.


2. Raiding and Town Hall level

There are a variety of factors that affect how many resources you can steal from an opponent, but there is one huge one: Town Hall level. If your opponent is at your TH level, or 1 level above or below, you get a 100% modifier on what you can steal. However, if your opponent is 2 levels above you get a 125% modifier, and if 3 levels above you get a 150% modifier. Moreover, that same opponent would get a 50% and 25% modifier (respectively) for any attempt to revenge you. Given the current Town Hall level cap, this makes Town Hall level 7 a very attractive level to farm from. It will be hard to take down TH 9 opponents, but there will be the occasional easy target but more importantly your resources will be relatively safe from the toughest opponents. Your Town Hall level also affects the cost to search for new opponents when matchmaking, which can really start to add up at the higher levels.


3. Lightning Spell away Mortars

After initially tinkering with each spell, you might start to think Rage is the only way to (or Jump if youve unlocked it). These spells are pretty powerful, and offer some huge strategic advantages, but they are also quite expensive and take a long time to create. Maybe youve forgotten, or given up on the Lightning Spell because it seemed too weak. Well its time for a second look. A 4+ star Lightning Spell will almost wipe out a level 4 5 Mortar. If an opponent has placed a Wizard Tower or second Mortar nearby, you can take out the pair with two spells. Wiping out critical splash damage defenses like this can allow your horde troops (barbs, Archers, and Goblins) to shred the remaining single target defenses.


4. Dropping trophies with heroes

If you play the game long enough, at some point you will probably want to ditch some trophies. The game is basically about bullying people smaller than you, and after a meteoric rise you may find that the competition gets a little too tough for your liking. So you want to lose on purpose, but doing so generally costs you troops, training time, and elixir. Enter the hero. If you are lucky enough to have acquired one or both of these titans, you can use them to drop trophies essentially for free. Start a match, drop your hero, and then end the battle before they take any damage. After the fight, youll drop some cups, your hero will be ready to get right back in the action and it cost you nothing!


5. Giving your hero a rest

After the version 3.25 patch, the regeneration time of heroes was significantly reduced. However, even for a level 1 hero, an hour can be a long time to wait. So it can be very frustrating when you are in the middle of an intense raiding session, take a five minute bio break, and come back to find that youve been attacked and your hero is KOd. You can fix this! On the hero pedestal the middle button controls whether the hero is in Guard or Sleep mode. When you toggle it to Guard he/she will defend your village when you are away risking KO. When you toggle it to Sleep your hero will sleep safely on his/her pedestal and remain fully charged and available when next you seek to use him/her for raiding.


6. Saving the Campaign for a last big push

There is a game tip during the load screens which says that if you are need a little more resources you can fight the Goblins in the single player campaign. This is true, but if you played the early missions you probably feel that the resource pay out is ridiculously puny and youd be right. You can win up to 4.8 million gold and elixir in the campaign, but 3 million of that comes in the last 5 levels. These levels may at first seem impossible, but as you upgrade your units to around level 4-5 youll find they arent too bad. Also bear in mind that Im speaking just about poaching them for resources, and not necessarily getting 3 stars. If you save these 5 levels for a rainy day, they can either cover a large portion or the complete balance needed for later upgrades like Town Hall Level 9, Barbs/Archers Level 5, or similar. The fact that you can rack up this loot while you are shielded means that you can get within striking distance while raiding, and then use the campaign to get you to the finish line stress free.


6. Leaving your Town Hall out in the cold

So you want to keep your Town Hall in the deepest most protected nook of your village right? There is no possible reason to leave your Town Hall exposed to the vandals who will defile and loot it right? Wrong. There are several reasons, but the most important is that each time someone attacks and destroys your TH, you get at least a 12 hour shield. If you are trying to save resources for upgrades (and arent you basically always doing that?) then you want to remain shielded as much as possible. If you arent independently wealthy, buying shields is not really feasible so the only way you are going to get them is by losing in a smart way. But what about my trophies? you say. It is a valid consideration, but at least in my time so far Ive not found it to be a significant drag for several reasons. First, like I mention in 1250 trophies is what its all about you can seek opponents just like yourself and recoup lost trophies pretty quick. Second, youll randomly be attacked by farmers every so often that give you a bunch of trophies on their way down. Third, and perhaps most importantly you can balance some losses by being a sneaky ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Learn more below in Traps and Teslas, the element of surprise.


7. Traps and Teslas, the element of surprise

The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that he did not exist.
Charles Baudelaire
Supercell gives you many strategic options for defense, but perhaps the most powerful is the element of surprise. Traps and the defensive Hidden Tesla do not appear to opponents when they look at your park, and while there are tricks to figure out where they are, a matchmade opponent will only have seconds to try and figure it out. Psychologically, many will find it hard to keep focus on the hidden as they struggle to analyze and consume all of the visible defenses and plan their attack. Use this to your advantage. Funnel units through a weakness in a wall, then blast them with Bombs. Leave your Town Hall out in the cold, but surround it with Teslas to punish unprepared attackers. Clash of Clans is a game about raiding, and the odds are stacked against defenders. You wont win every assault, but if you use the hidden elements in your arsenal wisely, youll win a good quantity often a majority or at least enough to remain trophy neutral.

Raiding has one main goal, and all I will discuss in this guid is in that effort: to capture resources. Well discuss going after both Gold and Elixir in this guide, as they are nearly identical when trying to steal them. Generally gold is more valuable to players, as it is easier to spend (instantly on Walls, or on defenses) than elixir (limited to offensive buildings and units).

Raiding lets you augment your income with quite literally limitless resources. The amount of gold and elixir that is available for you to steal is limited only by your skill, and your time investment. But just note that you lose about 20 trophies every time you fail to get the Town Hall.


The Ideal Raid

The ideal raid deploys as few troops as possible, and targets whatever resources that are easy to steal only, skipping better-protected storages or mines.

The ideal raid has two main success factors. First, and what Im sure you already know, is the amount you can steal. That is what were here for, after all. Secondly, and just as important but often overlooked, is your investment to get those resources. This means both the actual cost of the units you deploy when raiding, and also the time it will take you to rebuild all of them.

Dont believe that unit costs and build time matter?

Take these two raids as examples:
Example Raid 1 Example Raid 2
Gold Stolen 150,000 15,000
Elixir Stolen 150,000 15,000
Goblins deployed 20 2
Archers deployed 46 2
Barbarians deployed 20 -
Giants deployed 18 -
Healers Deployed 1 -
Wall Breakers Deployed 4 -
Notes
An example of an all-out attack, using one of my favorite army compositions. An example of picking off just 1 full Elixir Collector and 1 Gold Mine, and ignoring the rest because they are protected.

Both are nice raids, right? Now
Which attack was more effective as a raid?

Example 1s army costs around 55,000 elixir (depending on exact unit levels), while Example 2s army costs a maximum of 600 elixir. This means the net total profit (gold + elixir) was ~145,000 for Example 1 and ~29,400 for Example 2. Clearly, Example 1 gains more total resources However:

Example 1s army takes a total of 5990 seconds to train, or 1.3 hours total*. Example 2 army takes a total of only 110 seconds to train. This means that while the player who used Example 1 is sitting around waiting for their army to finish, a player using Example 2 will be out raiding again, and again, and... This does not just mean a player doing Example 2 is less bored, it means Example 2 will actually have a much higher income per hour.

Note: This is the total time to build; the actual elapsed time to build this army is that number divided by the number of available Barracks, likely either 3 or 4.

Ill prove that for you:

Assuming 3 minutes to find a match (for both players), Example 1 will attack once every 28 minutes. During the same 28 minute period, Example 2 can attack 9 times, gaining a total of 264,600, compared to the 145,000 stolen by Example 1. Example 1 gains 310,000 resources per hour, and Example 2 gains 567,000 resources per hour.

While I used made-up numbers for this example, this has been proven before by both myself and other players. Lots of little raids will be more profitable than a few large, all-out attacks. There is another factor at play as well: Little raids are less vulnerable to failure: your total investment is low, and you can just abandon the attack with little loss if needed. Finally, doing lots of little attacks is simply more interesting than sitting around for 25 or more minutes waiting for your army to finish training.

jeez you either have way too much time or love using copy and paste

If you actually did "type all of this out," please, and I mean PLEASE condense the information. No players want to go through, what, 25 parts of a guide? You definitely put effort in if you actually typed this, but try just paraphrasing and summarizing better next time..

(Think he did copy and paste because in Part22, it says 25 gems for x4 boost at a duration of 45 minutes on all types of barracks.)