Upgrade to TH8 or Barbarian King?

I am a level 52 with 1,261 trophies. My Town Hall is Level 7. I do not have a dark elixir drill as my TH is 7, but I do have a dark elixir storage and dark elixir barracks level 1.
➡️❔My question is this: Should I spend gems to get 2 million gold to upgrade to TH8 OR should I spend gems to get dark elixir to get a Barbarian King? ❔⬅️ My thought is the King as he would help me get gold to upgrade to TH8 but I honestly don't know. I can't get enough gold on my own to get TH8 or I would have already. Thoughts?

Honestly if you had to spend gems on one, which i wouldn't recommend in the first place, I'd buy the barbarian king because it doesn't seem like your ready to upgrade to th8 yet. Don't go for just the dark elixir drill because honestly it doesn't give that much dark elixir.

Spending gems on gold/elixer is a complete waste. With the amount of gems you need to buy 2m gold, those gems could get you 20x+ the amount if you boost your barracks/spell factory.

But since you insist on spending gems, use it on DE and BK

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Originally Posted by ValueShopper

Spending gems on gold/elixer is a complete waste. With the amount of gems you need to buy 2m gold, those gems could get you 20x+ the amount if you boost your barracks/spell factory.

But since you insist on spending gems, use it on DE and BK

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Some people don't have the time to play 2 hours straight to use the boost to its full potential. In that case it's probably best to buy gold or boost mines/collectors.

Without a picture of your base, all I can really say is try to max out EVERYTHING because TH 8 is where you will get destroyed no matter what. Which makes getting large number of resources harder. Defenses and walls are necessities.