The Cogwheel - TH9 Anti Hog/Balloonian Farming Base

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Originally Posted by Poserless

I try this version and got mass drags lvl 3 with 4 rage potion coming from the top. any other version more stable?

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This really isn't so much an anti-dragon base. Typically for those bases, you'll see more centralized air defences. I've been attacked many times in M3-M1 with maxed dragons and they frequently take 50% of the base including the core. It's just something to expect vs dragons. The other way to deal with them is to push out your outer buildings so that an inexperienced attacker will have the dragons circle the base while being hit by the defences.

Personally, I would rather protect vs what my expected attackers in the trophy range I'm in would generally use (what would account for 90% of the raids vs me) rather than worry about the 10% of the outliers. I don't think any base design is safe for all types of attacks.

Moon, can you screen your current base? it's base of my dreams)

Yeah Moon, meant to ask you the other day. Whats with the new bigger core? Or are u testing a new version? Lol sorry for playing #iSpy :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by horosho88

Moon, can you screen your current base? it's base of my dreams)

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Originally Posted by NeggyBundy

Yeah Moon, meant to ask you the other day. Whats with the new bigger core? Or are u testing a new version? Lol sorry for playing #iSpy :rolleyes:

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Sure thing, this should be it here:

http://i.imgur.com/J1uOqPUl.jpg

Everything is pretty much interchangeable but it has all of the issues that I was trying to avoid with the original Cogwheel. With most of the defences being 2 tiles away from the next on the outer ring, it's fairly easy to core with hogs/loons if they are familiar with most of the hog ring bases. My clannies up higher haven't had great results so I can't really recommend it.

I have 2 mortars just due to the fact I'm in gold leagues right now. My main goal was to even out the gold storages and encourage attackers to come from the side of the DE hence the additional traps. The tesla outside to lure giants, second tesla comes up, giants get sprung inside and out of the first wall. That side is a bit heavily fortified as well as having a double giant bomb in the non defensive layer to deal with wizards that go from storage to storage (something I used in the original Cogwheel in champion's league).

Nothing really that great, just something I think would deter most attackers. I haven't gotten really attacked other than a few lightning spells on my DE. So I can't really recommend it without really seeing actual attacks. The only ones I've seen have been loons that have been able to get into the core.

I have a couple of attacks on video now that I'm messing around with some airplay type recording...

Bear with me I've never put videos on the SC forums.

Damn I would like my xbows to finish to level 3 already...

First one is Mass Dragons where 3 Gold Storages survived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ke91WPh_Q

Second is Giants, Archers, and a few Hogs.

http://youtu.be/3WW-TRZPKTI

More Hogs, Dragons, Wizards:

http://youtu.be/Qr44YzYduNg

Edit added last Hogs video!

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Originally Posted by ItsToka

I have a couple of attacks on video now that I'm messing around with some airplay type recording...

Bear with me I've never put videos on the SC forums.

Damn I would like my xbows to finish to level 3 already...

First one is Mass Dragons where 3 Gold Storages survived.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ke91WPh_Q

Second is Giants, Archers, and a few Hogs.

http://youtu.be/3WW-TRZPKTI

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Thanks for sharing! One thing I may recommend is to switch out those "dead" defences with mortars instead and having those xbows replace those cannons that are sitting outside. This way, you have more splash inside since you're farming in gold. I'd even place the archer towers in the corners so that they have further range into the core.

So replace xbow position with 2 mortars. Replace mortar positions with 4 archer towers. Replace 2 cannons on the outside funnels with upgrading xbows.

Since both of your xbows are upgrading at the same time (sweet farming BTW to do that), it's a big dead zone in the middle without having some defences.

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Originally Posted by moonsabre

Thanks for sharing! One thing I may recommend is to switch out those "dead" defences with mortars instead and having those xbows replace those cannons that are sitting outside. This way, you have more splash inside since you're farming in gold. I'd even place the archer towers in the corners so that they have further range into the core.

So replace xbow position with 2 mortars. Replace mortar positions with 4 archer towers. Replace 2 cannons on the outside funnels with upgrading xbows.

Since both of your xbows are upgrading at the same time (sweet farming BTW to do that), it's a big dead zone in the middle without having some defences.

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I hear you bud, makes a ton of sense. But I'm way too lazy. ;) I'll just take it on the chin for the next 3 or 4 days. To be honest I don't even know if people notice they're upgrading, I've been quite lucky with snipe shields.

Hey moon. I was stalking you and saw you were using a new version....I remade mine to yours but guessed on traps. Mainly teslas. Mind posting a ♥♥?

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Originally Posted by bog3nator

Hey moon. I was stalking you and saw you were using a new version....I remade mine to yours but guessed on traps. Mainly teslas. Mind posting a ♥♥?

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Hey bud! I was just playing around with the design most of yesterday so I'm not 100% sure when you saw it XD

Ignore the position of my small bombs though as I didn't get a chance to move them yet from a prior iteration:

http://i.imgur.com/rDmD3eil.jpg

I'm unsure if I wanted to keep the spring traps at the funnels or in the corners. Watching some of the prior videos, I keep seeing most entering from the corners and "avoiding" the funnels as the entry point. With 8 points to cover though, I just picked the corners/funnels I see most of the attacks coming from. It's all theory at the moment, no replays other than snipes to share.

got attacked by 12 giants 6 wb 22 wiz( including cc) and 5 healers. finally got to my de. but i had 1 xbow upgrading and my king and queen were both sleeping. also took 168k elixir and only 50k dark. so he walked away with 800 de. dunno why he would attack me with that army for 800 de but w/e lol