Funneling? You should try Tunneling

So, I'm basically a newbie to this game, just started playing a week ago and yes, I got hooked. And while going through the forum, I realised funneling is quite popular here. I tried it, but due to limitations in the number of walls I could build as a newbie (I'm TH4 by the way), I couldn't really get to "funnel" my village appropriately. So, I improvised, and came up with TUNNELING..

As the name suggests, you build your village like a tunnel...well, kind of. Its more like a spiral tunnel. And yes, it works very well, Ive only been raided successfully twice out of 15 attempts ...One with an army of almost 100, and the other from someone who managed to get his clan members to donate hog riders, but still at a heavy loss on the attacker. Otherwise, my village has been unraidable.. Here's what it looks like

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If you've noticed, there's a direct and easy entrance troops can easily go through, but they'll have to get past ALL of my defence to get a chance to loot. Thats no easy task. Also notice the walls around the enterance are the weakest walls (light green lines) as there's no advantage in fortifying them.
However, its easy to notice that if the wall indicated by that red line is breached, there's easy access to all the loot, that's also why it has the strongest walls, and is within range of all oof my defences.
Every other part has relatively stable walls, as breaching them wont do much good.

The advantage of this tactic is that, its relatively easy to build, as you dont have to fortify all your walls, which is very important for a newbie in the game, and yet its still very effective.
The major disadvantage however, which I noticed from the attacks is that deploying lots of goblins with some other troops as distraction can do the most damage, as they basically run fast through the "tunnel" to steal loot, while your defence deals with the other troops...

So, what do you think?

I forgot to add, I still think funneling is better in the long run, especially as you advance in the game and start facing more powerful troops. I just think its a cheaper alternative that can be very useful to beginners in the game

Very nice, this does exist, it goes to the style of a labyrinth base, but at early stages, the thing is, at your level, people will always beat you, becaus ematchmaking is based on trophies, so there will alays be people who beat you easily, funneling works by trap placement, nice throwing this out here anyways!

Hello! Welcome to the forums and the game!! You'll love it.

At th4, the chances of you winning are really, really hard due the lots of factors in the game, wallbreakers going in from the otherside to expose your town hall, underdeveloped defenses, th5 and 6's attacking you... the list is endless.

I would defintiely get your walls up and keep them maxed the the th level your at and progress to the next th when youve maxed the previous town hall :)

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Originally Posted by Tweety4real

So, I'm basically a newbie to this game, just started playing a week ago and yes, I got hooked. And while going through the forum, I realised funneling is quite popular here. I tried it, but due to limitations in the number of walls I could build as a newbie (I'm TH4 by the way), I couldn't really get to "funnel" my village appropriately. So, I improvised, and came up with TUNNELING..

As the name suggests, you build your village like a tunnel...well, kind of. Its more like a spiral tunnel. And yes, it works very well, Ive only been raided successfully twice out of 15 attempts ...One with an army of almost 100, and the other from someone who managed to get his clan members to donate hog riders, but still at a heavy loss on the attacker. Otherwise, my village has been unraidable.. Here's what it looks like

Attachment 33447

If you've noticed, there's a direct and easy entrance troops can easily go through, but they'll have to get past ALL of my defence to get a chance to loot. Thats no easy task. Also notice the walls around the enterance are the weakest walls (light green lines) as there's no advantage in fortifying them.
However, its easy to notice that if the wall indicated by that red line is breached, there's easy access to all the loot, that's also why it has the strongest walls, and is within range of all oof my defences.
Every other part has relatively stable walls, as breaching them wont do much good.

The advantage of this tactic is that, its relatively easy to build, as you dont have to fortify all your walls, which is very important for a newbie in the game, and yet its still very effective.
The major disadvantage however, which I noticed from the attacks is that deploying lots of goblins with some other troops as distraction can do the most damage, as they basically run fast through the "tunnel" to steal loot, while your defence deals with the other troops...

So, what do you think?

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Attack from the south of the image & I've avoided your "tunnel".

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Originally Posted by Wh33ls

Attack from the south of the image & I've avoided your "tunnel".

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That's why the south has the strongest walls... In fact, it's the only part I really put effort into fortifying

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Originally Posted by Tweety4real

So, what do you think?

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I think you are a bit too new to be posting about "new" base design concepts.

I would start here to learn and understand base design theory:

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...gn-for-Dummies

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ase-design-FAQ

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Originally Posted by Wh33ls

Attack from the south of the image & I've avoided your "tunnel".

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Originally Posted by Kjeldinator

Very nice, this does exist, it goes to the style of a labyrinth base, but at early stages, the thing is, at your level, people will always beat you, becaus ematchmaking is based on trophies, so there will alays be people who beat you easily, funneling works by trap placement, nice throwing this out here anyways!

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As a matter of fact, I rarely get beaten when I'm being attacked. Except in rare cases, like when I was attacked by hog riders.. My defence is no match for hog riders

I would put at least one of your spring traps outside the wall in front of the mortar. A giant attack placed outside the mortar wall could take out the mortar if they don't go all the way over to the archer tower first and make everything pretty easy for a TH 5 hitting you.

Does the giant AI allow for it to take the mortar out if placed outside the mortar (by going thru the walls) or would they all go heading to the archer tower? If they head to the AT then stick with what you have.

I think it is a NICE design though especially for a TH 4 where things are limited. Great effort especially for someone only playing a week! :cool::D

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Originally Posted by winders

I think you are a bit too new to be posting about "new" base design concepts.

I would start here to learn and understand base design theory:

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...gn-for-Dummies

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ase-design-FAQ

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I must agree, while this might work at lower lvl gameplay, since they dont have wall breakers or they have low lvl ones, but at higher lvl gameplay, this design is useless.