Originally Posted by
bighowie83
Quick overview of the current members in both clans.
Ice Ice Baby!!!
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Complete maxed base: 14 members
Max AQ + BK: 40 members
*and 1 rainbow wall member
InTheDark
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Complete maxed base: 2 members
Max AQ + BK: 16 members
So to answer your first question, no not really.
It's perfectly natural to think that we had tougher bases to beat (and maxed bases with maxed walls do make a difference when it comes down to no star 47%-49% failed raids), but that will never be an excuse as Kings Rock or Mega had similar number of members as IIB with max bases+heroes and we were still able to beat them.
I'm sure there are people hopping in and out occasionally but that's how the "strengths" are lined up at the moment. After all the biggest difference is IIB are great trophy hunters while we are great farmers, and since CW was introduced, we've both transformed ourselves to great (if not the best) warring clans.
And to answer your last question, I won't say absolutely no luck was involved, but I personally believe it's all about preparation, scouting, organizing for pre-war and timing (this is like 90%), attacking direction, and troop combination during the actualy battle - maybe luck plays less than a percent or two.
I don't want to play the "what if" game. It's hard to imagine a bunch of ITD members all of a sudden gemming maxed heroes and bases to match up with IIB strength-wise. But purely in the sense of attacking and getting 3-stars on maxed bases, I believe we are pretty much up there toe to toe, as Speedro put it, 1a and 1b.