Originally Posted by
Discostallion
I recently BArched to masters, but it takes a lot of nexting, lol.
I would raid in sessions, twice a day. I think I boosted my BK, spell factory, & 1 barracks. The boosted barracks was archers, the rest barbs.
For spells I packed 3 zaps, these could be used to take out mortars on bases that seemed like 2 star candidates, or to take out hard to lure CC troops, but mostly they were used to get that last building or two for 50%. Remember: 1 lightning will always destroy a BK altar.
BK often came in for a clinch 5% at the buzzer. Never raid without him, or your spells & CC for that matter. One loss can nullify an hour or two worth of nexting/raiding; don't go off half cocked, and only raid bases your sure you can take.
I only went for 50% on TH8 or lower, and I never lost. Early on I tried some 9's & 10's, but even if you loose half the time you loose a ton of trophies, not worth it.
Snipe whenever you can, above 2550 or so TH8's dry up and all you can do is snipe. They're out there, but it's a lot of nexts, and when you do find them they tend to be surrounded by max teslas, giant bombs, and a mortar. It would take half my army to snipe most of the TH10's I came across.
Base wise I just had a good farming base from forums, close to max, but with 2-3 point defenses still upgrading. I got sniped most of the time which is actually a great result. 1 star means your gaining trophies after the first raid, 3 star means it takes till the fourth raid. At 2-3 raids an hour (lots of nexts) that difference is huge.
Best of luck to ya, It's a wonderful feeling rocking the "tux", and totally worth the grind.