[DISCUSSION] TRAPS: Do you like them, use them, upgrade them?

OK, seeing as the update is still a million miles away :D and every other thread is talking about poor loot or nexting or lightning on DE I thought I'd try a fresher topic for some discussion.

I change my style of play often to mix up the game and keep my enjoyment. Sometimes I'm down in Crystal, sometimes Masters and currently trying to hold on to Champions while farming Gold + DE (mainly for the win bonus).

One thing I've noticed is that even once you reach Masters level you can pretty much expect a big attack on your base.

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What are your main aims during these defences?
Are you trying to protect resources?
Are you trying to stop heavy defeats (ie: keep to 1 star losses)?
Do you not really care about traps?

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Until now I've been upgrading my traps like any other item and have been hitting "Re-arm All" as soon as I get back to my base. However I'm now starting to question this and wondered what you all do and how you use them?

OK, I'm in Champs now but the same would probably occur if I was in high Crystal or Masters. Essentially I'm trying to protect resources (Gold + DE) and my base does this very well however once I take into consideration the price to re-arm the traps were they actually worth it?

See below image (and consider my traps are not even maxed!). This was after a normal attack (full army / both heroes / 4 or 5 spells). I honestly think I would have been better off NOT re-arming the traps and seeing if they could have got through to 2 more gold storages. Probably not having watched the replay back.

Also, another problem I have with the bombs is that they explode far too slowly. See the below image at the top. Raged Wall Breakers can blow outside, run through the giant bomb and blow the next wall even before the bomb has gone off. Complete waste of 40k there. I keep them there because occasionally I get a funnelling of Wizards and they hang around long enough for the bomb to wake up.

What I'm trying to say is: "I'm literally not getting my BANG for my BUCK".

I'm going to experiment with NOT re-arming my traps soon to see if it makes much difference.

I've also noticed some high level farmers just stick all there exploded traps in one corner of their base and forget about them.


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They are key to my base design so i use them constantly as they get to middle all storages are gone but if traps save it then they get nothing so i believe that it is worth it

I find the spring traps very effective.
Giant bombs too. Small bombs are just ♥♥♥♥.

I think, regardless of the league in which you farm the cost of the upgrades are too high. Not to mention the re-arm cost.

Im not sure of the effectiveness of Ground Traps at Champs league so will not comment, however I imagine that Air Mines/Bombs can be quite effective with the number of Lonnies we have nowadays.

This is a different matter for lower down farming where Barch/BAM are more frequent and unless you very strong defensively I think that these would actually pay for themselves.... unless of course people are like me and enjoy setting off everyones bombs just for the extra annoyance of the Defending player.

I only have 1 Giant Bomb Maxed the rest are all level 3, but this matter non as I never reset them anyway.

I wish i could sell all of mine except a few spring traps.

I'm not upgrading traps to max level yet. I need to work on buildings and walls then I can get to my traps when I can. When you're farming you don't really need traps. I don't expect to trophy push till the clan trophy push I will assign for my clan which is about three months away. That's a lot of farming to do, and I have a lot of time to farm traps. Traps may be expensive to re-arm but worth it. My base could be confusing for where my trap placement is, not so much about teslas. Usually my enemies fall for my traps, and my teslas are in a good place where they can get the bet of the enemies. If you don't like the re-arm cost then don't re-arm, might be waste of your gold.

Ive just upgraded my spring traps to make them springier.

I am not sure if they are usefull enough too. I am farming at master 1 and I lose more from rearming my traps then that they take from my storages. I think I will put them in a corner soon too.

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Originally Posted by Godzilla86

I find the spring traps very effective.
Giant bombs too. Small bombs are just ♥♥♥♥.

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I put 3 small bombs together. They are usefull that way and not that expensive

I did upgrade all the small bombs because they're cheap an look a lot better. Giant bombs are too much. Wish I could sell or store those. I've put all 6 bombs together, gives a nice little kick.

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Originally Posted by billwinkiesbear

I think, regardless of the league in which you farm the cost of the upgrades are too high. Not to mention the re-arm cost.

Im not sure of the effectiveness of Ground Traps at Champs league so will not comment, however I imagine that Air Mines/Bombs can be quite effective with the number of Lonnies we have nowadays.

This is a different matter for lower down farming where Barch/BAM are more frequent and unless you very strong defensively I think that these would actually pay for themselves.... unless of course people are like me and enjoy setting off everyones bombs just for the extra annoyance of the Defending player.

I only have 1 Giant Bomb Maxed the rest are all level 3, but this matter non as I never reset them anyway.

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You'd be surprised, 95% of attacks that I've seen are all on land. In my base I even keep X-Bows down.

In high Masters / Champs all are the same (3 x Golem, 20 x Wall breakers, 15 to 20 Wizards and some barbs for luring). Air Traps very rarely get blown unless they follow-up with a few minions.

Small bombs wouldn't even deflect a Golem fart.
Giant bombs are too slow seeing as everyone uses Rage.
Spring Traps can catch the odd Wall Breaker or Wizard but everyone spams so doesn't catch them all. It would be better to have a floor trap that when troops have been deployed will all get caught in there, not just the first ones to be sprung.

Like I said, I'm going to experiment with not re-arming some traps.