Asking for Advice from the Pros on a TH8

Going to begin the TH8 build tomorrow. I have everything but DE storage Mac's, and storages also Max'd at 4 million. I won't be touching my mines and elixer so they will be max'd as well. ( Yes, there's gonna be happy TH9s and established 8s when they come across this base waiting to be pillaged). No Giant and three builders. I don't buy gems so the fourth builder will be awhile. No clan.

That's the scenario. Once the TH8 build is done, Lab and Spells immediate upgrade (2.6 million elixir) leaving one builder open. I'm thinking a mortar/splash defenses first.

After five days, lab and spell upgrade complete. Ok...what do i concentrate on next. Remember, New 8 being raped, pillaged and plundered while getting established and becoming familiar with the New level.

Start by building 1. lab 2. new defense 3.new walls then new defense

after getting those new defenses to an appropriate level then i would go for other defenses already in your base. Spell Factory can wait a little bit

Join a clan! They're the best defence, as well as a VERY helpfull addition when attacking. I'm going to have to dissapoint you, but you can't upgrade your spell factory at TH 8. 9/10 will be 4/5, 7/8 is 3. What I did, was from the start, have 1 mortar, 1 wizard tower, and 1 air defence upgrading. Obviously, you can wait with either of them, because you've got to do the lab first. I suggest upgrading your archers first in your lab. That's what clans are mainly looking for when you apply for them, more than anything else. Then barbs/giants, doesn't really matter much. Just get it all done, depends on what you do. Since you now get quite a few gems from removing trees and bushes etc, 4th builder really shouldn't take that long. try pushing to crystal, gives you a free 250 gems aswell. So just make sure to first upgrade your splash damage, before you do tesla's, archer towers etc. You do NOT need 3 storages at the start of th 8, so it's just defensive buildings that you gotta upgrade for a while. Maybe barracks, but I doubt pekka is worth it... been th 8 for a while, still don't have pekkas. Hope this helped you out a bit, maybe a bit chaotic message but w/e :P

1)Join a good clan. Level 5+ archers/wiz CC troops will be one of your best defense if you have a centralize CC.
2)Lab first. Upgrade archers, then barbarians, then whatever farming troops you're using.
3)Mortars to lvl 6, cannons to lvl 9. They both OHKO lvl6 archers, which will be your most common threat.
4)Build your new defenses and keep their levels updated.
5)Reach crystal league. You should have your 4th builder by now.
6)Gold storage and DE drill. Third storage means more distributed resource, harder to loot. Also, you'll have more gold to dump into walls. DE drill is a huge help for a TH8. Max it asap.
7) One builder for WTs( assuming mortars are already maxed). One for ADs. One for any point defense. The last one is for what ever you prefer to upgrade.