WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW MANY OF THE FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF STRATEGIES FROM CLASH OF CLANS.
If you have decided to read this far, be prepared to know all you can know from a nooby expert at clash of clans. Some of these may be obvious, but others may blow your mind. Lets hope it won't actually make your mind blow up, but either way, this information comes from a level 52 TH7 who recently raided 152 times to get to gold2 and achieve the barb king, then used the barb king to drop back down to silver2, but has also never won any wars. I apologize in advance for bad spelling, just that my ipod is possibly the laggiest thing ever.Get ready.
CLAN WARS:
So yes, I know i have never won any clan wars, but i have alot of experience of what not to do.
•NEVER, AND I MEAN NEVER ATTACK THE WORST PERSON ON THE ENEMY SIDE.
yes, this does give you 3 stars, but it will only make it harder for the noobier people on your team (unless, of course, youre the noobiest, then feel free to do just what i told you not to). And if your nooby people cant get stars, your team loses. So always, no matter what, stick with your recommended target. (Or the person you feel most comfortable with at attacking, but not someone thats too easy(this was recommended to be put in by scmsf49, thanks dude, you made forum people just that much smarter!))
• IF YOUR CLAN ALWAYS LOSES, EITHER QUIT OR TRY TO MAKE THE CLANS WARS BETTER.
So i know you might be frustrated because you end up losing 180k elixir because you lost a war. Well i only have 2 things to tell you. Quit the clan, or i you really like the clan or your freinds are in it, then try to tell a leader/coleader to send a message providing strategies, including the one above. If you don't want to do any one of those, its your loss (and your clans, LOL).
•WHEN THE CLAN WAR STARTS, ALWAYS HAVE YOUR CAMPS EMPTY.
Neve have a random army suspecting it will work against your random target, because you might get a different recommended target, and you will then have to develop a new strategy, possibly make a new army. This way, if you have your camps empty when the war starts, you can find your recommended target, develop a strategy, then make an army to help get your clan 3 more stars.
•IF YOU CAN'T GET YOUR BASE/ATTACK STRATEGY RIGHT, ASK YOUR CLANMATES.
If your having trouble with your strategies, ask your clanmates. If your having trouble with your base, id recommend "clashofclansbuilder.com", its a website that has tons of base layouts create by people everywhere.
RESOURCES:
DARK ELIXIR:
•IF YOU HAVE A SHEILD, DONT CANCEL IT TO GET DARK ELIXIR IF YOURE GOING TO BE OFFLINE FOR A BIT.
Even if it can get you more dark elixir, it allows people to steal more from you. (Note that they can only steal 5% of your dark elixir, but thats only if the attacker is the same TH lvl as you. The only reason you should ignore this is if you know you can get enough of a resource before you go offline.
•IF YOURE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING DARK ELIXIR, YOU MIGHT NOT BE IN THE RIGHT LEAGUE.
I myself was once just a mere little th7 without any dark elixir, until i found out that gold 2 was the place to start. I used a BARCH army, but i didnt use the barbs often, so you might just wanna use 100% archers. I also used 2 lightning spells, which i used whenever someone has 1.2k++ DE available to raid.
•HEROES IN YOUR WAY?
Just lure them out of the base, then deploy a ring if archers around it, if they end up dying then deploy another ring, and repeat until the hero is dead, then wreak havoc on whatever stands between your way and a drill :)
GOLD AND ELIXIR:
•HAVING TROUBLE PROTECTING YOUR STUFF?
Try farming for a bit, yes i know you lose trophies, but you can easily gain them back with a good army composition. And not only does it help others with their trophies, but it also gives you a free sheild to pump up your pumps, mines and drills, giving you 3,600 DE and 210k gold and elixir in just one sheild, and you can start those hard to get upgrades and such while your sheild is up, and with extra gold you can just go hardcore on those intimidating walls.
•NEED A BETTER ARMY?
The army i normally use is a barb king, 15 giants, 1 healer, 11 goblins, 30 barbs, and 11 archers. The giants work great as a meat sheild for the barb king, who will plow down anything, then comes the healer who keeps the giants alive, and the others just are to pick off buildings so the barb king doesnt wander off.
•WANT TO PROTECT ELIXIR?
Train your mist expensive troop (per camp space) in your barracks before you go offline, and make sure your camps are full.As far as i know, wallbreakers cost the most elixir per camp space, if you don't have them then train the most expensive troop per camp space. This provides a temporary unraidable elixir storage. (NOTE: This also works with Dark Elixir)
HEROES:
PROTECTING YOUR HEROES:
If youre having trouble protecting your barb king its most likely because hes either too exposed and/or not with an archer queen. As far as i know, the barb king may be great on offense, but his biggest weakness is circles (LOL) of archers when defending. If you don't want him to die, then put him on sleep mode before you go offline. In fact, im doing that right now (as of June 5, 2014 @10:14 PM). The only exception is if you have an archer queen, then just place her pedestal next to (or near) the barb king's, then the barb king will work as a meat sheild while the archer queen snipes them until theyre dust.
