The Casual DE Farmer's Experience

I am not trying to force my thoughts down someone else's throat, this is just a summary of my DE farming experience so far.

When I first hit TH7 I delayed my DE storage to max my defenses and troops. So I had level 4 barbarians and archers when I first started.

I just chilled at 1200 range, sniping drills patiently until I got my Barb King. I used Barch, 92 barbarians 92 archers and 8 wall breakers with 3 lightning spells to revenge people with. It took me two weeks, which is normal for most casual players like myself. Avg. 100 DE per snipe, 400 DE per lightning hit.

As I pushed higher in trophies with the assistance from my BK I replaced my Barbarians with Giants to start coring into bases. I used 12 giants, 20 barbarians, barb king where necessary, 8 WB and rest Archers. I stuck with this for a week, building up to 6000 DE post BK. My spells consisted of two lightning and one healing to help the giants get in there. Average DE per raid: 200, average DE per lightning hit: 350 or so

The next army, I added 4 giants to replace the barbarians, as I revised my attack so that the Barbarians no longer needed to make sure the archers were getting pummeled by splash. Still bringing in the same numbers.

As the bases got tougher, my giants would be able to destroy the point defenses guarding the storages but my archers were being annihilated by mortars behind several walls. I added 8 wizards to the army, and kept using 1 heal spell for an even training time. I could bring in 300-450 DE a raid now.

As of now, I use 3 healing spells and 12 wizards for a more effective clean up. I am almost to my level 2 BK after a week and a half, so I have greatly increased my production. Although at times I have to pop 2 healings in, my third one covers me.

I am very impressed with myself, that I am able to raid 500 DE with such a basic army. I should also mention I have been using level 3 giants rather than level 4 ( which will be done in 10 hours, can't wait to see how it works ) and level 3 wizards.

One thing I would condemn are rage spells. Rage spells take 50% longer and are more expensive. I would never use one while farming. While they are fun, they are impractical. You do not need 3 rage spells a raid, I have survived using 1 healing. 1 healing.

Love it, hate it, this is what helped me. Love to hear your feedback. I am expecting level 2 BK in 2 days, excited for that as well!

Nice thread thanks for sharing. Wizards are good but take too long to train :)

Thanks for sharing your experiences. That camp load up will be an interesting experiment for me, as I use something quite different :)

Wow great job finding a way to farm de at th7!

I remember the good old days at th7, when I'd take an army of 8 lvl 2 dragons, 10 minions, and 4 hogs. Used 2 rage and 1 heal or 3 rages. Could get up to 6k de off a th10, before non healing, single inferno towers and during a loot bonus of 200%. Those were the days....

Nice job farming de as a th7. On the topic of heal vs. rage, i used to use heal exclusively. Then I upgraded my rage all the way and tried it out(this was at th8). I always kept 2 heal and 1 rage in my spell factory, but eventually I learned how to use the rage better and changed it to 2 rage and 1 heal(I was never using all three spells, I usually used one rage and sometimes the heal). Now as a th9 I use rage the vast majority of the time. I keep 3 rage and 1 heal(usually just use one rage, sometimes the heal). My point is, don't discount the rage spell. Once you are th8, upgrade it and play with it. It's awesome

Nice guide. Thanks for sharing.

Wen I was th7 all I farmed with as gobs archers 3 wall breakers 3 giants..giants distract mortars get through wall with wall breakers then gobs in follow by archers done easy as..cheap fast. N i never use spells farming they cost to much n to slow to make. N I wouldn't zap someone's de..cause I hate it wen it happens to me so i just don't do it..its easy to get with out taking the easiest way possible..that person prob did 6/7 raids then some one come n zaps it lol sux..it's all bout respect lol

When I was a th7 it took me two days to get my bk . you ask how ? Well if you go to gold 2 and higher the DE loot there is much higher just boost your spell factory and use your normal army comp and just find those inactive bases with pumps full of DE and just raid and raid and you should get it .

You stopped using barbs? You need to BARCH any external buildings leading to the de storage before deploying your giants and wb. Otherwise the archers get delayed dealing with them and your giants may not survive long enough to provide cover. I'd also suggest skipping any bases with less than 500 de.