TH9 upgrading dilemma

Hello guys, im th8 that close the end and i have only few things left to upgrade and i have big dilemma if i should upgrade to th9 or not.

I already done with all the defences and walls and collectors..what left is only 3 barracks [1level] and 1de barrack [1lvl] my dilemma is about the LAB i have to upgrade there :
Healer 1 lvl, ballons 1 lvl, Golem/Valk, 1 heal spell and the others are max except hogs that i dont use them
if i will upgrade all the lab i will need to wait more 30+ days , and without the dark troops only 15-20 days
Is waiting and lab upgrades are worth the time ? or i should just finish with the exilier troops and then upgrade the home.

I would max heal, balloons, mins 3, and pekka and golems to lvl 2.

Would also get BK to at least lvl 9 if he isn't already maxed.

I just can't figure out how people can have finished gold upgrades and still have elixir upgrades to perform. The elixir was always overflowing for me while finishing gold upgrades.

Anyway, TH9 will unlock tons more elixir upgrades. At least finish the TH8 ones. As for dark upgrades, if you don't "need them", you can still do them where you have nothing more interesting to do with you lab. My valk are still level 1 and will be for an other week at least.

Good luck

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Originally Posted by Erighan

I would max heal, balloons, mins 3, and pekka and golems to lvl 2.

Would also get BK to at least lvl 9 if he isn't already maxed.

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ok bk ofc i will max to lvl 10, how much time take to train the pekka to lvl2?

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Originally Posted by blackcollector

I just can't figure out how people can have finished gold upgrades and still have elixir upgrades to perform. The elixir was always overflowing for me while finishing gold upgrades.

Anyway, TH9 will unlock tons more elixir upgrades. At least finish the TH8 ones. As for dark upgrades, if you don't "need them", you can still do them where you have nothing more interesting to do with you lab. My valk are still level 1 and will be for an other week at least.

Good luck

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Farming gold was too easy as th8 did 6-10M per day..and finish with walls at 2.5-3k weeks+doing full time upgrade of defences.
and ok thanks, i also think about finish my exilier troops..about the de troops is any of them worth the upgrade time or i should upgrade them on th9? pekka is lvl1 also

Im townhall 8 too & I'd suggest to get balloons, wizards lvl5 & pekkas, & golems lvl 2.

I was in a similar dilemma, where everything was maxed except for 2 barracks and mines/collectors. I also farmed gold at a high rate allowing me to max buildings/walls before my lab could finish all research. IMO it is not good to have sleeping builders, while waiting on the lab to finish. Depending on your type of play (warring/pushing vs farming) and troop usage will determine what troops/spells should be maxed. I would definitely get BK to lvl 10 before jumping so all your DE can go to the queen upgrades immediately. I am about 3 weeks into TH9 and have no regrets on making the jump. The first weeks will be tough as you will be very elixir poor due to all the early th9 upgrades, but you will quickly get back to sitting on full elix storages if you farm efficiently.

I use every elixir troops except the healer.

You'll need Pekka for GoWiPe. Pekka 1-2 is ♥♥♥♥.

You'll need loons for miniloons.

You should already have drag 3.

So unless you only want to farm gold as a TH9, you should take the time to upgrade every elixir troops.

As for dark, I used minions a lot. Hogs was a must a few months ago. Golem is a must for Go* and witches is a killed at higher level. But unless you are doing war like crazy, which I doubt since you are a dedicated farmer, upgrading those could wait.

Starting my last elixir upgrade this week-end. After than it's gold and DE for me.

Did you have a lot of downtime for your lab?

im surprised that you managed to get your tesla maxed and still have so much left to do.

The lab upgrades are the best thing about th9 (closely followed by xbows ofc) so i'd not want to hit the button with lots left over from TH8.

Although there's a fair few troops that you cant upgrade again till TH10, the times are stupidly long (like 2 weeks for lvl6 archers) so it will become a really, really long process for you otherwise.

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Originally Posted by fn57

I was in a similar dilemma, where everything was maxed except for 2 barracks and mines/collectors. I also farmed gold at a high rate allowing me to max buildings/walls before my lab could finish all research. IMO it is not good to have sleeping builders, while waiting on the lab to finish. Depending on your type of play (warring/pushing vs farming) and troop usage will determine what troops/spells should be maxed. I would definitely get BK to lvl 10 before jumping so all your DE can go to the queen upgrades immediately. I am about 3 weeks into TH9 and have no regrets on making the jump. The first weeks will be tough as you will be very elixir poor due to all the early th9 upgrades, but you will quickly get back to sitting on full elix storages if you farm efficiently.

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Thank you, on wich troops you jumped on the lab ?
because i have like 4 exilier troops to upgrade, balloons,healer,heal spell,pekka

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Originally Posted by blackcollector

I use every elixir troops except the healer.

You'll need Pekka for GoWiPe. Pekka 1-2 is ♥♥♥♥.

You'll need loons for miniloons.

You should already have drag 3.

So unless you only want to farm gold as a TH9, you should take the time to upgrade every elixir troops.

As for dark, I used minions a lot. Hogs was a must a few months ago. Golem is a must for Go* and witches is a killed at higher level. But unless you are doing war like crazy, which I doubt since you are a dedicated farmer, upgrading those could wait.

Starting my last elixir upgrade this week-end. After than it's gold and DE for me.

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Thank you for help and explain, well we doing only 1CW per week and actually im farming more then playing..because dont have enough time to play like i had before.
for th9 clan wars, i should use the gowipe over the full dragons/loonions attack ?

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Originally Posted by smoggybowman

Did you have a lot of downtime for your lab?

im surprised that you managed to get your tesla maxed and still have so much left to do.

The lab upgrades are the best thing about th9 (closely followed by xbows ofc) so i'd not want to hit the button with lots left over from TH8.

Although there's a fair few troops that you cant upgrade again till TH10, the times are stupidly long (like 2 weeks for lvl6 archers) so it will become a really, really long process for you otherwise.

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the LAB worked full time without stop same as builders except some time i upgraded walls on 1 week with 1 builder.
the teslas are now upgrading to lvl 6 and 1 is already lvl 6.
and i understand its really confusing..i think i will done with pekka/ballon and start to upgrade my th to9
golem can wait at th9..

[QUOTE=OTMS;2710531]Thank you, on wich troops you jumped on the lab ?
because i have like 4 exilier troops to upgrade, balloons,healer,heal spell,pekka

I did not finish healer (lvl2) or pekka (lvl1) as they were rarely used by me at TH8. For dark troops I had minion lvl4, hog lvl3 (stopped after update), valk lvl1 and golem lvl2 (only did golem BC i had so much DE and BK was already maxed)

Once my lab finished at th9 i did healer 1st simply bc I was elixir poor and that was the cheapest upgrade. I felt that it was more important to put elixir into my camps and de drills as those upgrades pay strong dividends as you continue farming for gold and DE.

It's up to you, you do however have quite a few upgrades left.

At the half-way point of TH9, your overflowing with elixir. You could do those upgrades then if you wished.