My goal of making CHAMP as a th9 has been completed!!
My clan is having a trophy push and i was determined to make champ as a th9. After watching all of WitelightingHWD videos i gained the knowledge in order to do so. I started out casually pushing from crystal 3 to crystal 2 while farming with BAM. Hogs got me halfway through master 3, which is when i switched to the Balloonian tactic. I was able to easily get 10 trophies a raid with 50% halfway to master 1. The climb from 2900-3000 was a huge pain as with 3000-3100. 3100-3200 did not seem as hard as 3000-3100 but pretty much every raid is a 9 trophies for a three star and -32 for a loss. It took about 15-20 mins to find a base worth raiding for 4-11 trophies (with a one star). I did find 3 th snipes in the 3100 range which helped a lot (plus some free bonus loot). I was able to get from crystal 3 to champion in 5 days, with 4 of them being hardcore raiding sessions. I boosted my spell factory always, and heroes and barracks only when needed. If i could give advice to any other th9 who wants to make champ it is this: You need time to do it. Once you get the 50% balloonian strategy down it really comes to being online for 6 hours at a time and getting the most raids as you can without loosing. Thanks for reading my story and ask any questions you may have.
Edit: also made top 200 local
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