TH7 Farming Base- Help me create the next big farming base!

Hey guys, this may be my first post here, but I lurk around here a lot so I know how things work, so go easy on me.

I've looked around at all the popular farming bases around for TH7, but all of them have something that I'm not a big fan of, so I would like to create a design that fixes all these flaws that work well for others too. My plan is to create a base that works well for late TH7s who greatly value DE and gold protection but could care less about elixir (if the base turns out good enough that all can be protected at once than that would be cool too). I have a starting layout but I'm going to need some help making it the best it can be!

Reddit Post: (http://www.reddit.com/r/ClashOfClans..._farming_base/)

Battle Log so far:

http://imgur.com/a/tAkW4

First real attack (all of the resources were uptained through lightning spells):

http://i.imgur.com/3jVH11Z

Current Version:

http://imgur.com/7Rt5XTI

Version 1.0

http://i.imgur.com/ozOs7gw.jpg

Features: Centralized CC, triangulated mortars, central air defense, central wizard towers covering all storages, outer ring to guide giants around the base while setting off various traps

Cons: Multiple unprotected defenses, easily accessed gold storages, barb king outside

Version 1.1

http://i.imgur.com/h9n0tEI.jpg

With my post on reddit, 2 people suggested I should move out the air defenses and switch them with the wizard towers, I also moved a couple of the bombs closer to the gold storage to do more damage to goblins.

Version 1.2

http://i.imgur.com/dBZQI5D

teaser303 made the suggestion of moving around the gold and elixir storages so people dont target one or the other, and also suggested to switch around the DE storage and the CC. I also decided to switch the air defenses with the elixir storages for better coverage of the whole base.

Version 1.3

http://imgur.com/7Rt5XTI

The top has changed up a lot, with the archer towers being more exposed and now being connected to the outer ring of defenses at the bottom.. The barb king has been moved inside the walls and now is harder to lure out. The giants bombs hopefully have more of a use too.

This may be a shock to you but your design is terrible. Sorry buddy someone has to say it

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Originally Posted by gemmerth10

This may be a shock to you but your design is terrible. Sorry buddy someone has to say it

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Whos to say that this wont work? The centralized air d and clan castle along with the wizzie towers covering all the storages is a great start. I don't see how the design can't be improved..just needs a lot of tweaking.

My two cents. First, you may want to switch a gold storage with an elixer storage to make the attacker work harder to get one kind of loot. Second, could you protect the BK more? Finally, you may want to switch the DE storage with the CC to make it more unlureable. Will be testing in low Crystal/high Gold!

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Originally Posted by teaser303

My two cents. First, you may want to switch a gold storage with an elixer storage to make the attacker work harder to get one kind of loot. Second, could you protect the BK more? Finally, you may want to switch the DE storage with the CC to make it more unlureable. Will be testing in low Crystal/high Gold!

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All great ideas! The reason the storages aren't switched around is because I don't have a need for elixir anymore, but if anyone using this base does, it could totally be an option to switch them around. I also really want to put the barb king somewhere more centralized but I'm not really sure where to incorporate him.. also great idea with the CC! Thanks for your interest! Also, how do you feel about switching around the air defenses and the elixir storages? That would make covering the storages better but also give the air defenses better coverage of the base.

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Originally Posted by TomBro3

All great ideas! The reason the storages aren't switched around is because I don't have a need for elixir anymore, but if anyone using this base does, it could totally be an option to switch them around. I also really want to put the barb king somewhere more centralized but I'm not really sure where to incorporate him.. also great idea with the CC! Thanks for your interest! Also, how do you feel about switching around the air defenses and the elixir storages? That would make covering the storages better but also give the air defenses better coverage of the base.

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I'll also be testing that! My only concern is that the storages are now too close together.

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Originally Posted by teaser303

I'll also be testing that! My only concern is that the storages are now too close together.

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That's also true..they still have a wall in between so we'll see how it goes..I'll be testing it at 1200 trophies. I expect mostly to see TH snipes but I'll see what happens

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Originally Posted by TomBro3

That's also true..they still have a wall in between so we'll see how it goes..I'll be testing it at 1200 trophies. I expect mostly to see TH snipes but I'll see what happens

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I'm mostly expect to see Hogs or Balloonian or something like that, but my past 2 attacks have been TH snipes.

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Originally Posted by teaser303

I'm mostly expect to see Hogs or Balloonian or something like that, but my past 2 attacks have been TH snipes.

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Great to hear. If someone does take out the whole base or most of the resources please tell me because I would like to see how they do it.

Wizards towers here do not cover the storage fully.
Mortars not triangulated well.
Exposed AD, any decent balloonian/dragon user will flatten your base.

A heavy act bottom attack will wipe out all storages. Even if I get only 40% and 1 star, if I got all the loot, your Farming base fails. Try splitting up storage more.

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Originally Posted by IamNSC

Wizards towers here do not cover the storage fully.
Mortars not triangulated well.
Exposed AD, any decent balloonian/dragon user will flatten your base.

A heavy act bottom attack will wipe out all storages. Even if I get only 40% and 1 star, if I got all the loot, your Farming base fails. Try splitting up storage more.

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I see what you're saying.. are you talking about version 1.2? I feel that it is better to have the storages all under the range of the wizard towers rather than have them way split apart. Even though they are all together, there are 4 separate compartments for all of them anyway. I know the air defenses are a little exposed but what else can i do? They will both be lighning'd if I put them in the middle..is there any TH7 farming base that won't be rolled by balloonion or dragon raid?

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Originally Posted by teaser303

I'm mostly expect to see Hogs or Balloonian or something like that, but my past 2 attacks have been TH snipes.

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I've made some huge changes to the design.. better or worse?

http://i.imgur.com/VmN68IV

Not a big fan of this base, the bb's are pretty unused as the troops will probably go around that wall and might not activate it. But it seems ok, if it works for you by all means use it.

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Originally Posted by Duvangrgata1

Not a big fan of this base, the bb's are pretty unused as the troops will probably go around that wall and might not activate it. But it seems ok, if it works for you by all means use it.

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Yeah I felt that th bb placement was kind of iffy..but I would like them to be useful..where do you think I should put them?

I can see you're trying to create the 'next big base' but from where you are standing, your base could do with some improvements.

1) Exposed BK. After update you should put the Barbarian King inside your walls to act as a vacuum for enemy troops.
2) Unmixed collectors- a lot of base designers make the mistake that just mixing around your collectors so that no single gold mine/elixir collector is together to make goblin hordes run in circles and redirect them from storages but, like as seen in your base, goblins still will quickly take out collectors without offence from splash-damaging buildings.
3) Your triangulation of Mortars is a bit weird and uneven, though this would need a major redesign to fix the problem. Also the bottom mortar is extremely exposed- there isn't even any traps to prevent WB or giants to quickly reaching the second layer.
4) The walls surrounding the top AT doesn't act as a full funnel and is a poor waste to both walls and the giant bombs.
5) Exposed cannon at the top- with some readjusting could be fitted next to mortars, and spare walls could be used to fill the gap at the south.

Other than these problems, it looks decent. Gl on creating the 'next big base'.

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Originally Posted by DokuganR

I can see you're trying to create the 'next big base' but from where you are standing, your base could do with some improvements.

1) Exposed BK. After update you should put the Barbarian King inside your walls to act as a vacuum for enemy troops.
2) Unmixed collectors- a lot of base designers make the mistake that just mixing around your collectors so that no single gold mine/elixir collector is together to make goblin hordes run in circles and redirect them from storages but, like as seen in your base, goblins still will quickly take out collectors without offence from splash-damaging buildings.
3) Your triangulation of Mortars is a bit weird and uneven, though this would need a major redesign to fix the problem. Also the bottom mortar is extremely exposed- there isn't even any traps to prevent WB or giants to quickly reaching the second layer.
4) The walls surrounding the top AT doesn't act as a full funnel and is a poor waste to both walls and the giant bombs.
5) Exposed cannon at the top- with some readjusting could be fitted next to mortars, and spare walls could be used to fill the gap at the south.

Other than these problems, it looks decent. Gl on creating the 'next big base'.

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Wow I really like all these ideas, thanks for taking your time to post! Did you see this new update? - http://m.imgur.com/VmN68IV
I'm not sure if it was an improvement to the barb king placement or the walls and archer towers at the top, what do you think? As for the exposed bottom, I was hoping that the giants would be lured along the side of the base but I don't know if thats gonna work, it might need some tweaking. I understand what you are saying about the mortars..I may have to revamp the design a bit.

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Originally Posted by TomBro3

Wow I really like all these ideas, thanks for taking your time to post! Did you see this new update? - http://m.imgur.com/VmN68IV
I'm not sure if it was an improvement to the barb king placement or the walls and archer towers at the top, what do you think? As for the exposed bottom, I was hoping that the giants would be lured along the side of the base but I don't know if thats gonna work, it might need some tweaking. I understand what you are saying about the mortars..I may have to revamp the design a bit.

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Never be afraid to test out your design. Your base looks better with those minor improvements, though it could do with the major ones such as the better mortar placement. Here's my next few opinions on this design-

1) Your mortars are now very exposed- despite spring traps, a heavy giant-healer combo could work very well once those two mortars are taken care of.
2) After giants destroy mortars, a few WB (I'm sure that the WB won't walk into the path of the spring traps) to the core and a BARCH style attack onto the DE storage should take it out quickly while Giants distract WT with the help of a heal spell. Your should work on having a better protected core- two waves of WB means all DE stolen.
3) Giant bomb placement still quite a waste and not placed to their full potential.
4) Just realized- bad placement of Seeking Air Mine- can be prematurely blown up


Other than that, it should look good.

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Originally Posted by DokuganR

Never be afraid to test out your design. Your base looks better with those minor improvements, though it could do with the major ones such as the better mortar placement. Here's my next few opinions on this design-

1) Your mortars are now very exposed- despite spring traps, a heavy giant-healer combo could work very well once those two mortars are taken care of.
2) After giants destroy mortars, a few WB (I'm sure that the WB won't walk into the path of the spring traps) to the core and a BARCH style attack onto the DE storage should take it out quickly while Giants distract WT with the help of a heal spell. Your should work on having a better protected core- two waves of WB means all DE stolen.
3) Giant bomb placement still quite a waste and not placed to their full potential.
4) Just realized- bad placement of Seeking Air Mine- can be prematurely blown up


Other than that, it should look good.

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Yeah what you have said has helped me realize what this base needs. I'll see how it holds up with a few attacks and decide my next rearrangement because it's going to be a lot bigger than the last couple..btw the seeking air mine was just to get it down im gonna place it somewhere else probably closer to where someone might put down some dragons..I also edited where the giant bomb goes before I sent you that.. This might look a little better- http://imgur.com/7Rt5XTI

Any other criticism with the newest setup? I'm all ears..so far all I have seen is TH snipes and one attack with giants and wizards, which worked out perfectly because the giants went through the sides at the bottom and got destroyed by all the defenses..just how I was hoping the funnel would work..I plan to go up in trophies to around gold 2 to see how the design works out and hopefully get some new ideas for the base. Here is the most current design right now- http://imgur.com/VC5RBuz

Design looks good. Use some walls to fill in the gap at the bottom though- the Mortar still seems very exposed and traps won't make too much of a difference.

PS. I responded to your enquiry on my base design thread.