DE farming tactics - How to get Barb King L3 at TH7.
I have been lurking for a while on these forums and keep hearing threads of people complaining about their precious DE getting raided by lightning strikes.
This post isn't another moan at why DE Lighting sucks... blah blah blah...
Deal with it. :cool:
For those players at TH7 looking to take advantage of the Lightning strike feature and how to get lots more DE, here's some tips to get and upgrade your Heros quickly and effectively.
A little background, I'm a TH7 player and have to date raided over 40K worth of DE based on my "Heroic Heist" achievement and it's helped me to upgrade my King Barb to L3. I don't ever buy gems, so my progress to date is purely on the back of natural progress. And yes, I have a day job, so my strategy isn't based on being online 24/7.
1. Plan your DE push.
Don't take your sweet time when collecting DE. The longer it takes for you to hit your target, the more chances others have to steal it back.
Make sure you have good Gold and Elx reserves to maintain your upgrades and build troops. It takes around 3 days for me to collect enough DE for a upgrade.
2. Pick your battles.
At TH7, you have a few distinct advantages. The most important advantage is that TH9 raids against you is penalised by 50%. This means that for most TH9 people, revenge against TH7 isn't worth it. It's the same reason you don't raid TH5.
So only target TH9 people when using lightning strikes and try to avoid targeting TH8, they can easily hit back and get 500+.
Key part of getting the DE is keeping it, by only targeting TH9 bases, you lower the risk of damaging revenge attacks.
To get King Barb to L3, you will need 37,500 worth of DE. I've collected 40,000 which means along the way, I've only lost 2,500 (a tiny amount) from others attacking, picking the right targets when raiding is how to keep your losses down.
3. Know your range.
Anything over 1,400 cups and you start seeing the 1000+ DE stores.
Staying above 1,400 cups when you lose trophies each time you use lightning is important, again: NEVER attack TH7/8 bases. If they see you have DE in their revenge list, guess what's going to happen when you go offline?
Raiding TH6 bases means they hardly ever revenge you. And if they do, it's not a big deal because they can't steal DE! (or have enough firepower to win, so helps you get more trophies).
You should have around 180-200 troops which can guarantee a win against TH6 bases. Use that to your advantage. There is still plenty TH6 players around the 1,400 mark which you can farm some good gold and very importantly keep you above the 1,400 cups range.
Aim for the TH9 targets, but avoid any with L4-5 stores. 3 lightning strikes only gets around 50% of the DE because you can't fully destroy it.
4. Free shields.
Needless to say, free shields is very welcome when collecting DE. You have a 3 hour wait between lightning strikes so a free shield helps keep your base attack free while the lightning is made, sleeping, working etc.
Put your TH out and make it really really easy to raid.
5. Revenge is sweet.
Use your list of people who's attacked you as a final push to get DE. They can never attack back since it's your revenge, and you can pick the battles.
So this is my tactics as a TH7 DE lightning farmer.... to all the DE lightning haters, thx for all the DE, for rants please form a orderly line below.
Well, the ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan
Hate to admit it, but this guy is actually right.
