Hi! Relatively new TH8 here. Experienced TH8 life in about 3 weeks. Need advice on what to upgrade next and what trophy range should I stay. I don't do Clan Wars because I think I'm somewhat fragile this early in my TH8 Journey. So here's my base :)
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I'm a level 91 th8 and i maxed it like 9 days ago and I'm still waiting for it to finish (1 more day)
i've been th8 since Mai or June (I know it took me too long but i stopped playing for a couple of months)
anyways all my troops but golems and valkeries are maxed and so is my defense.
My storages and mines and clan castle storage are full aswell and my barracks are filled with dragon (secondary elexir storage). So i guess I'm pretty much ready for th9.
here are a couple screenshots:
http://imgur.com/dzWaZW3
http://imgur.com/hAvxxzT
Nice man! Congrats on maxing out and moving on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drunkcastiel
I'm well on my way to maxing out. I need 3 archer towers from lv9 to lv10, 1 tesla from lv 4 to lv6, 2 teslas from lv3 to lv6 and 1 AD from lv5 to lv6. The rest is maxed. I plan on maxing barracks and dark barracks while upgrading walls.
Wars more fun lower down a clan than under pressure at the top imo. Been in a clan since th5 and we had way more fun (trap bases) when all low, than in the dragon heavy wars we run ATM as a mostly high7\8 clan. And I feel mighty sorry for our th10s looks tough up there... Find some real life friends who play and join a small clan - you get clans down as low as th4\5 no reason not to play.Quote:
Originally Posted by EverydayFriday
My th8 came through 3 days ago so just in the busy build everything period...looting way better than I was told, and wars already easier as a low 8 than they were as a maxed 7. Thank you 3rd ad :)
I'm almost maxed th8, just my bk, walls and de upgrades to go.:D
Always hate to see people put work ahead of their personal lives..We hope to see you soon though. I really enjoyed your journey!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bwandowando
All defense buildings are maxed. I have 48 skulls remaining. My BK is Level 9, going to 10. Pekka upgrading to level 3.
All I have left is maxing collectors, healer to 3 (never use her), and hogs to 3/valks/golems.
It's been a long, long grind because I was a very rushed town hall 8. My defenses weren't maxed at level 7, I had level 3 troops, and gold walls.
Once I finish walls and BK I'm probably going to go to TH9 because I'll be out of things to spend gold on. With the last upgrade elixer is so easy to fill up that I'm ready to start working on the next level troop upgrades.
http://i.imgur.com/2yR86ES.jpg
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Finally finished my long long journey starting TH 9 with maxed defenses besides BK and pretty much maxed troops
This is a great thread. Started my TH 8 journey on Christmas eve. Came in as a max TH 7 base minus Dark troop research.
Been doing a lot of research on what to do. Spent hours on my excel spreadsheet flowchart to max and I'm throwing it all out the window. Planned on spending 3 to 3.5 months here.
Read a ton of great articles on rushing TH 8 and I'm gonna do that. I'll probably spend another 1 to 1.5 months instead. The elixir bottleneck is terrible.
This is my plan. Max walls, defenze to th 7 levels, complete all elixer based upgrades (storages, DE drill, barracks) and clan castle. I'll keep builders busy by upgrading mines and collectors (currently level 9 and 10).
Research: archer, barb, giant, baloon, wizard and dragon.
I'm not worried about the loot penalty because most of the bases I'm attacking now are th 8 and 9 anyway. I'll be able to dump extra resources into walls at th 9, upgrade army camps and upgrade farming troops to level 6 which is huge. 44 skulls down already al though it's been pretty tough even with boosting.
DE is everywhere in Crystal, if you have no need for elixir wizards with healers is a good loot army to reach most maps in CL3 (This army can get lots of DE vs. anything below a late TH9).
http://forum.supercell.net/webkit-fa...3C7A2/imagepngThis is currently my farming layout works great on giants barch etc and keeps my loot safe pretty good. I made a war/pushing one to that ill share.
Very nice. But arent you going to upgrade your BK to level 9 since you have enough DE?Quote:
Originally Posted by KB35
I guess you are saving it for the AQ.
Very nice. But arent you going to upgrade your BK to level 9 since you have enough DE?
I guess you are saving it for the AQ.[/QUOTE]
Saved de for the AQ so I could get her right away
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Originally Posted by TeamGynnild
Have you tried Noble River yet?
Need an opinion from my fellow th8'ers.
My defenses are maxed, 135 skulls, most troops max and my bk is 7 (going to 8 today). Now, my elixir storage is full and my lab is busy upgrading minions to lvl 4 with 5d left, so should I wait the 5 days and upgrade my pekkas to 3 and then start upgrading my th? Or should I just start saving the gold for my th now and leave pekka for th9?
Reach master 2 days ago, atm enjoying DE hunt at crystal 1. It was really hard to reach master because after 2500 trophies theres barely anyone put their th outside. Just a warm reminder, most people tends to th trapping in crystal 1++.
1 week more for th9, hopefully i can gather atleast 70k de by that time.
I think that if you plan to use the pekka any time during TH9 then you should probably do the upgrade before going to TH9. Once you arrive at TH9 my guess is the pekka upgrade will keep get being put off in favor of the more used troops. There are 3 elixir researches at TH9 that also cost 6 million so I personally would have trouble hitting the pekka button before the archers, giants, or balloons buttons if they are available. Add those 3 together with the time for the cheaper barbarian research that is 40 days before even thinking about researching the pekka again. Of course there are also the dark elixir researches to think about as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by rstorm
Is it worth it to max SAM and bomb? Its kinda costly for such low damage and i thought small bomb kind off useless. Thought?
sent you a message about this : )Quote:
Originally Posted by TeamGynnild
if any of u are interested: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...01#post3548501
If you are hurting for loot, I have been having some great luck hunting in the lower leagues. I have been from Bronze III up to Silver I.
This is what I have been doing: Start in Silver I. 'Next' through 10 bases, if you don't find anything good, dump your king on number ten and surrender. Rinse and repeat all the way down to Bronze III. Once you have hit bottom, stop surrendering and three start back up to Silver I.
Some of my most recent battle logs:
http://i.imgur.com/distjwf.png
http://i.imgur.com/K2G1Fzm.png
http://i.imgur.com/SkzW4AF.png
I am using a BARCH type army. 82 Barbs, 82 Archers, 20 Goblins and 8 WB's.
If you decide to try it out, good luck and have fun.
Well I'm gone guys. TH9 finished today so I'm off to that year long grind. AQ does rock though!
Congrats!Quote:
Originally Posted by boomhower
I am contemplating the jump.
I have a few troops to upgrade still.
In 7 days my defense will be maxed.
and I have around 40 some odd purple walls left.
I might start the ugprade and grind out the remaining walls.
Started th8 october 4th. It's been fun!
Finish the walls! I waited until everything was maxed except dark troops. I am very happy that I did. With the cost of bows for gold and camps/research/spell factory for elixir it will make you time a lot easier to wait and finish up at TH8. You've got both elixir and gold needs to finish so hang tight. If you get to the point either is finished you can go ahead without being in to much of a bind but don't hurry to much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bighundy
Yes I will try and finish them. I have maxed every base up until this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by boomhower
I started as a TH8 on 7/25/2014 and just completed the journey. Definitely enjoyed this thread along the way and all those that contribute to it.
Had trouble uploading the pics of my base and lab. I maxed everything and had full storages when TH9 upgrade completed. TH8 was a lot of fun.
I guess for me this is a quick visit.... currently doing townhouse 9 upgrade. Not fully maxed on defenses but need to upgrade my lab again soon. :)
hi
?(1) my base is some variatiation of this one:
http://www.clashofclans-tools.com/Layout-53972
in farming mode (th outside) it does perfectly against BARCH, BAM and Balloonion, it gets 2 stared by GoWiPe and by GoVaPe (due to slow movement speed of units), and gets busted by any "20 lvl 6 giants and something" attack (if attacker knows how to do it).
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- the unbeatable th7 strategy with massdrags and 3lightning spells gets harder at th8. i got my drags to lvl 3 as soon as possible, as well as the ragespell to lvl 5
but if you want this 3 stars against another th8base in clanwar you ll need 10 lvl 3 drags 2 rage 1 heal (cause there wont be many dragons left at the end of the battle to profit from a third ragespell!!!), a barbking with at least lvl5 AND another lvl3 drag in your cc!!!
- depends on the opponents base, but if cc can be lured masshogs (minimum lvl3) with 3heal (its all about your opponents giant bombs, if they are lvl3...BUMMM)
- i started to work on gowipe having mages leveled to 5 but golems and pekka still at 1 --- this needs training time for placement and deploying timing of troops. after a few raids youŽll easily 2 star a th8 with (2 golems 3 pekkas 6 wb an rest wizzards (cc full of wizzards)) BUT i canŽt see how to manage a three star at this point (leveling pekka to 2 at the moment...lets see)
- forget your giants as long as they are not lvl6 (so youŽll have to wait till th9). theyŽve earned a break. buy them a ticket to mauritius - they did a great job for you from th4 to th6 :D
100% maxed, all storages and collectors full. Expensive troops in the queue as additional storage.
People like to speak in absolutes about this game: always do this, never do that, can't do this, etc, but doing what works best for you is all that really matters. I've found most of the "truths" about this game are either situational, matters of opinion, or both. Be flexible, try new things, don't let other people's absolutes constrain your game. Things that work for other people may not suit your style or your schedule.
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i was using the same clan war attack strat and i found a lot more success when i used 2-3 pekka's as well as the giants and wizards. the only issue is that if your clan loses the war, you can lose a lot of elixir
Great job! Awesome to see someone max using my base :) I'll be making my post here in a few days myself!Quote:
Originally Posted by ArfArf
I guess I did good as a TH8 aside from walls.
My current base:
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I'll be TH9 in 3 days and 4 hours as you can see in the screenshot. I maxed everything on this Town Hall except for the walls and since I really need an Archer Queen I decided to leave them for when I max TH9 since we don't get new walls at TH10 (or so I'm told). I ended up with a Gold Grab of about 135 mil and an Elixir Escapade of about 151 mil. My friend in Need is currently at 56, 917 and my Heroic Heist is 251, 552. I guess my loot is a bit low but it's because I used to push a lot and that's where I got my loot. Anyways I think I did good, right? Sadly I won't be a TH8'er for much longer. Best to all the newly made TH8'ers.:cool:
Excellent! I have to say your base was not only really good for preserving DE, it also did quite well against all but the most overpowered attackers. I can't imagine a base for a late stage TH8 performing better.Quote:
Originally Posted by TomBro3
Level 70 TH8. Probably jumped up to TH8 too quick and still have a lot of upgrades to do. Currently only troops at lvl5 are wiz and barb is in research. Lvl2 hogs, but no higher dark troops unlocked. Using the Niner Terminator base design posted by TomBro and having good farming success so far. Using BARCH with arch and wb in cc for attacks. Wiz and arch in cc when I'm getting ready to log off. Lvl6 BK. 90% of walls are pink crystal, 10% purple crystal.
this is my farming base and war base ,
any advicd guys??? :rolleyes:
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That's great! I feel it was kind of my best base..too bad it got very little recognition :(Quote:
Originally Posted by ArfArf
Going to be trying out a few different base layouts, one will be this one, the DE protection is necessary XDQuote:
Originally Posted by TomBro3
Just the goblins to max out and i can now proudly say that my th8 is absolutely maxed out, structure and lab research-wise. Havent counted the days but i believe i stayexin th8 for around 6 months to max it out
http://s30.postimg.org/9loaxmjr5/Scr...8_06_52_57.png
Its time to upgrade to th9 mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Bwandowando
Well all it was fun!!! TH9 in 24hrs...
I bounced between to designs for TH8. Both very good, one a little more pricey to re-arm traps (but it's a fun one to watch the epic fails lol).
http://i.imgur.com/KeDMBYQl.png
And http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...8-Farming-base
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And of course ma shat...
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http://i.imgur.com/zNlG55Vl.png
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And we'll see you on the other side!!!
Base I used to troll revengers:
http://i.imgur.com/TDIGQxR.jpg
My lab is completely maxed out, valks were my last upgrade:
http://i.imgur.com/wWPW07n.png
http://i.imgur.com/21y4FyV.png
As you can see my BK is maxed:
http://i.imgur.com/B4D4ejV.jpg
I was worth a lot by the time of the upgrade as you can see:
http://i.imgur.com/lqHjBJN.jpg
CC is filled with loot:
http://i.imgur.com/VaajBaM.png
My collectors are filled:
http://i.imgur.com/7t8kymN.png
My mines are filled:
http://i.imgur.com/LgbQH2Q.png
My stats if anyone is interested:
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My base the moment I hit TH9:
http://i.imgur.com/0rcQNTw.jpg
Just a few days to a completely maxed out th8 base
My lab sits idle, the only thing I got left to upgrade with builders is 1 tesla, 2 barracks, 1 dark barrack and collectors (I won't upgrade them anytime soon).
I'm thinking of going TH9 as soon as a builder goes free and collect gold/elixir in the 10 days period.
About my walls - 50 skulls.
I seriously can't stand TH8 anymore :(
Wow, u completed lab upgrades 1st before structures? I completed my walls arnd 3 months ago, structures arnd a month ago but my lab upgrades are still not finished and im th8 already for around 6 months.
Though in a few days i will complete absolutely everything . Goblin lab upgrade to lvl 5 in the works
Hello guys, I am a th 8 and my IGN is anurag. As I found this forum is for th 8, I wanted to share this base with u guys.
Feel free to use this base.
Here is the thread in which I posted the base..
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...se____firebird
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Originally Posted by Bwandowando
Similar situation here. I got to th8 about 2months ago, and nearly done for defensive structures ( except a last level on Tesla's) and half my skull walls are done, but lab is a whole different story altogether. :(
That said, am fed up of TH8 already, so i doubt I will sit around idle waiting to research everything. I estimate I will sit here for another month or so, try to get some essential upgrades, mainly go GoWiPe done, and then move on to th9. Should easily be done with walls by then. Here's hoping. :D
Sweet bro. No better feel when you get to a new TH than to see completed maxed out storages ready to be used for all those new upgrades. Awesome work there! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by TomBro3
I cant remember how long i've been in th 8 but it seems quite awhile at least 3-6 months. So far in defense, I have my walls to lvl 7 and when they took it out that we could upgrade with elixir I was so upset cause it helped with my lvl 7 walls. All of the cannons, archer towers, wizard towers, giant boms, little bombs and skeletons are maxed except the teslas, 2 of them are lvl 5 and the other is lvl 4. The elixir collectors and gold mines are all lvl 11 right now and am going to upgrade to 12 after the defenses. I still need to upgrade the goblins to 4, balloons to 4 , minions to 2, hogs to 4 golems to 2 and valkyries to 2, 1 of the dark barracks is at 4 and the other at 3 and I have 2 barracks at 10, 1 upgrading to 10 and 4th at lvl 9.
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I need some advice,
Im about 30 days from having maxed defenses,
Almost all my walls are skull and will be done by then, bk is 8 and will be 10.
However, I still have upwards of 70 days left of training to complete at th8.
My question is, should I really hold back to finish lab time or should I just bite the bullet and get some upgrades done once Im already th9.
Im a fairly active player with 260mil gold grab
What lvl are your troops just wondering?
Barbarians, Archers, Giants, Balloons,Wizards, Dragons & Golems (soon to be 2) are maxedQuote:
Originally Posted by Wendy0786
Minions 3(will max), hog riders 1
Spells are: Lightning 3 , heal 4, rage 4,
Pekkas are 1 and WB is 4
I dont really care for maxing healers(2) or goblins(3)
These are my last 6 hours as a TH8 :(
Unfortunately, I do not have a picture. Currently, my base is completely maxed out including BK lvl 10 and lvl 8 walls. All research has been completed except Goblin lvl 5 and Healer lvl 3, because I do not use them at all currently.
I am sitting on 5m gold, 5m elixir and 75k DE, planning to gem the spell factory as soon as I hit TH9, get AQ and start her lvl 2 upgrade as well. Plus, 1 Xbow, lab upgrade and 1 dark barrack upgrade. 1 builder will be kept free to dump resources into walls and start short time construction of new defences so he is available for my next raiding session.
I have it all planned out, until real life intervenes ;)
You guys have fun at TH8 - the loot here was absolutely brilliant. I did not need to beyond Gold III even for DE if I could raid enough to cover it with 1000-1500 DE raids.
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Originally Posted by clebo13
Don't hold back. I would try and max your pekka and minions before you th9 upgrade finishes.
What army is good against max TH8's?
I'm using GiWiPe atm with 5,5,1 and lev 7 giants in castle, but having mixed success, seems to work alright but poor on fully defensively maxed TH8s.
Going to start pekkas next, makes sense to get such a large cost out of the way while I'm overflowing with elixir at th8.Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeskyDingo
thanks!
Hi everyone! First time posting here and only registered when i found this thread. I'm currently on my 46th day as a TH8 with walls maxed out. I think i maxed them less than 30 days into TH 8. Made sure that storages were filled to the brim whenever a builder is about to finish then dumped the excess gold and/or elixir to the walls then upgrade a defensive structure. I started TH 8 with only 4 builders so had a bit of a hard time managing which structures to upgrade. I stuck with upgrading BK to 10 and def structures which i think is abad move. I've been using dragons since TH 7 and right now I don't find it fun anymore. So now catching up in upgrading my dark barracks and normal ones for GOWIPE.
Recently sniped my way up into the master league which allowed me to acquire the 5th builder. Planning to max everything in the lab except for the healer which i only used a handful of times. I still have a long ways to go so wish me luck. Lol
Welcome to the forums ;) Goodluck
max TH8 is a walk in the park to 3 star if we talking war raids, you can see their layout before hand and chose the comp you want to 3 star with, I'm maxed TH8 (100% max for 2 months now, already have a TH9 acc but TH8 is better, more fun) if they have a tight packed base, hog it, if their AD are relatively exposed, hog/drag, 5 max hogs in cc + 8 drags and 8 hogs, 3 lightning spells, lightning any hard to reach AD out of existence, use hogs + cc hogs to destroy other 2 AD, lay down drags, if the AD are all in the core, dragloon, first place drags, then loons, 2 rage and 1 heal near core, max loons in cc are best, if they have a well spread base, gowipe it, if they have anything out or in between use gowiva, gowiva is strongest TH8 comp and can 3 star just about any max TH8 base, just learn to use it right ;) see my gowivape thread for some results n shizzz that I get as a TH8 who's been enlightened to the power of valkyries: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...60#post3613360 , the first time I 2 starred a max TH9 was with a pure gowiva raid with level 1 golems and level 1 valks, now that I've come close to mastering it I can comfortably 2 star maxed out Th9s with 60% + damage, regardless of their cc troops and wall levels, I haven't raided lv10 walls yet but lv9 is no big deal ;) level 1 valkyries are still by far most OP TH8 troop, golems though really get a needed boost from 1 to 2, upgrade golems early at TH8Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
EDIT: forgot to mention, generally any TH8 base without double bomb spots in it is hoggable with level4 hogs, if its only single bombs level 4 hogs can still 3 star it no problem, if you can't 3 star like that it's because you aren't placing spells well or you suck with hogs idk lol I can do it and I rarely hog, just because bombs are stronger doesn't mean hogs at TH8 aren't OP anymore
GoWiVa can 3 star some TH9 max base designs, I don't see it fsiling against TH8.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
im in the same dilemma, ive maxed everything except collectors, ive decided to do all my de troops thus spending an additional month n half in th8, de is easy to come by so isn't an issue. at th9 id rather focus my de on heroes and have better de troops to farm/war with. That would be my 2 centsQuote:
Originally Posted by clebo13
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Originally Posted by cletusarrarr
I have decided to max pekka's maybe get a lightning level, rage and minions.
Primarily because DE will be easier to do than Elixer in th9 (to start anyway).
My biggest problem is the walls being done, my collectors are also incomplete but without being able to dump into walls I find myself unable to play and spend resources so It feels very slow
At least at th9 Ill be able to play hard and spend additional resources on walls. If i was less active I would definitely stick around but I dont want to be stuck here with nothing to do for 40 days (250 wins so far this season, win rate around 80% to keep trophies in check).. its a shame I really wanted to max all troops but I cant justify it
man, so many TH9s just destroy me... barely profitable raiding some days.
You might need to either drop trophies a bit or upgrade defenses (if not already maxed out) :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
So for a few months I have been struggling with all the upgrades costs, even though I have a pretty solid farming base. I just would like some advice on what things I should prioritize, I rushed my TH from 7 to 8 and I have my lab at max for TH8 the only other building maxed is my lab.
My building list:
Mortars - Level 5
Wiz Towers - 2 level 4, 1 level 3
Cannons - Level 8
Archer Towers - Level 7
Barracks - 1 Level 10, 1 Level 9, 1 Level 7, 1 Level 6
Dark Barracks - 1 Upgrading to 4, other one I don't have
Spell Factory - Maxed TH8
Lab - Maxed TH8
Dark Storage - Level 2
Dark Drills - Level 1 (Both)
Pumps and Mines - Level 9 are the majority
Elixir and Gold Storages - Level 10
Troops:
Barb - Level 4
Arch - Level 4
Goblin - Level 1
Giants - Level 2
Wall Breaker - Level 3
Balloon - Level 1
Wizard - Upgrading to Level 4
Healer - Level 1
Drag - Level 2
PEKKA - Level 1
Minion - Level 1
Hogs - Level 1
Valks - Level 1
Golems - Level 1 (soon)
Spells:
Lightning - Level 2
Heal - Level 3
Rage - Level 3
I will post pictures of my current base within a day or two, if you have any suggestions feel free to post them here or send a PM
Thanks fellow TH8'ers :cool:
5 1/2 days to TH9, pretty eager to get there. Only thing left to do is farm 4.5 mi gold so storage's will all be full.
For research I would upgrade whatever you use most for raiding first. So if you usually BArch then get the Barbs and Archers up to level 5. After you get your raiding army upgraded then worry about your clan war army troops (if clan wars are important to you).Quote:
Originally Posted by Wubstep
I personally would get the DE drills upgrading to help get DE for DE research and your Barb King (which you didn't mention). Also not mentioned are your hidden teslas which take a long time to upgrade to max TH8 levels. When I first started TH8 I tried to always have a tesla upgrading. Other than that, I think most people recommend you upgrade splash defenses before point defenses. I probably wouldn't worry too much about upgrading barracks/mines/collectors at this point since they take quite a bit of time for not a ton of marginal benefit.
Don't forget about walls too, I've left my walls till the end of TH8 and am really starting to regret that.
Max th8 vs max th8?Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
GoWiPe or Hogs. Sometimes mass drags but relies heavily on base layout. But if were to xhoose id go GoWiPe
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Originally Posted by elangomatt
My Barb King is Level 2 and all three teslas are level 1
I never hold 1 million plus gold or elixir for my upgrades, it's always taken XD
But thanks for the advice on my upgrading, I am part of a war clan that wars everytime a war ends so it is a little challenging to upgrade
my main troop comp is usually a mass drag or barch, but now that I have golems i'm working on how to GoWiPe
lv6 giants are a pain in the ♥♥♥, that being said though my TH9 acc has a wonderful farming experience with the giants ;p unlike most of the guys here I genuinely love TH8, I've got a TH9 acc (lv80 atm) and a TH8 acc (lv100 atm) and although TH9 has max camps and lv5 aq and what not, I still love my max TH8 way more, currently trophy pushing and I don't plan on taking my max TH8 to 9 anytime soon (been max TH8 for over 2 months now) TH8 is gr8 m8 although TH8 defense sucks D the attack and troops you have access to is brilliant, I have one base atm that TH9s can't beat with the lv6 giants, actually won multiple defense with it, copyright this shizzz though it's an original design and I am gonna make a thread for it soon here http://s11.postimg.org/jmnrox5qb/Scr...5_17_05_24.pngit turned in a 67% to a TH9 bass drag (11 lv4 drags n a lv4 drag in cc if I remember correctly) although I'm sure enemy clan ghosted the hell out of it because I wasn't attacked once until last 4hrs of war I think while the other TH8s (4 others maxed TH8s and 3 close to max) had about 20+ attacks on em in total some ♥♥ ghosting is, also though I was gowiped from the east (eastern teaser power man!!!) got a glorious 38% fail from a fellow max TH8 it was amazing stuff, although cc does most of the work (no TH8 base is that great) CC troops, 1 max loon, 1 wiz, rest arch, if they lure cc and attack from east they always do better, but no real ground raid has gotten my TH, in war I was eventually gowiped for 3 stars by a TH10 so thats ♥♥ ( he attacked from the east too) and to the main story here (above was just a side show) gowiva is better than gowipe, A LOT BETTER CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH!!! currently experimenting with gowivape but gowiva is still the best atm SEE MY THREAD IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE, I guess people are all left in awe and don't wanna reply although all I wanna do is help out misguided people, here you go no need for thanks since I don't expect any from ungrateful forumers: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...82#post3660782Quote:
Originally Posted by Wubstep
Finally reached my goal to have an absolute maxed-out TH8 base. Took me around 165 days to complete the journey.
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Im now planning to retire from the game for I cant allot the same amount of dedication for TH9
Thanks to Shadow for coming up with the Trial of Anubis Layout, and also for the person who created the Roundhouse
I can now finally use my Troll layouts.
http://i.imgur.com/P31K2PA.jpg
And here are my last 9 raids, because I dont have any use for Elixir, i raid using nothing but GoWiPe
http://i.imgur.com/XSF9HIj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Zf2eV46.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KgeIJe6.jpg
Started playing last Apr 29, 2013, 263 days OF COC
http://i.imgur.com/BguMhEe.png
Thanks everyone
the gobs woulda seriously made farming with giants potent to get those grabs nice n high ;) but nice achievement none the less, TH9 isn't that great don't worry, you were a good TH8 ambassador :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bwandowando
Hi Bwandowando, I went to check you out a few times, saw your troll layout. Haha anyway a very good job done! Why dont you continue to TH9? Dont you feel there's something missing without getting your AQ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bwandowando
Anyway, I wanna ask, do you use hogs? My final few defenses are going to be finished soon, but i dont have many skulls yet. Im just contemplating whether i should max my hogs first before going to TH9. My hogs will be level2 in a few hours then im gonna up them to level3.
Thanks!
Anew th8
any advice
Yeah....read the thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by maazclashing
what specific advice on what thing do u seek?Quote:
Originally Posted by maazclashing
At lvl 75, you should already pretty much know what you need to know...Quote:
Originally Posted by maazclashing
Regardless, make sure you are always upgrading at least one tesla throughout your th8 journey, always upgrade walls in between defenses(as much as is reasonable), Prioritize lvl 5 farming troops/lvl 6 camps/lab/cc ahead of defenses...Offense always comes first in this game. Getting you're BK to 10 is highly recommended. Read through the forums to find good Th8 bases. Don't post a thread like this "Need a good th8 base..." The Nerd / Bowser/ Trial of Anubis / Hades Dining table are my top recomendations. For War bases, I would go with Hypnotica / Nautilus / This one recomended by chief wryhorn(http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...hlight=wryhorn)
For any base you should read through the forums and find one that suits you, or read guides on how to make them, and practice making your own. That would be your best option!
Hey Guys, I'm a month into TH8 and things are going well, but my king is level 7 and I've got 29k DE ready so after our war finishes into 2 days I can put him down too Level 8. But yesterday when I was at 28k DE I got hit twice pretty quickly for 1.6k DE which sucked because it takes me 5-6 raids to get that much, maybe more.
Is it typical that after 30k DE it is going to get hard to keep DE profitable through raiding. I do have my DE Drills maxed, but I still need to raid to keep things moving. I'm trying to get my king to 10.
Do you have your TH inside your walls or outside (and not trapped)? My TH is outside my walls and not trapped at all. I have had lots of extra elixir for days now and >25k DE for most of that time and I still usually get TH sniped. I am using a base that is designed to protect DE only though so that probably helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
Quote:
Originally Posted by elangomatt
My TH is outside. I'm using Niner Terminator by TomBro and was previously using Bowser8. What base are you using?
Tbf I do get sniped a fair bit, but every so often I get hit by a TH9 for a ton.
Yesterday it was a TH8 actually that got to my DE core. Which really ♥♥♥♥♥♥ me off.
I've been using The Nerd for a week or so now but I don't think it's been tested with a full army from a TH9/10 really yet. I think it is really just the luck of the draw whether or not the first attacker to your base wants to snipe or walk all over you. It is nearly impossible to defend against a TH9 or 10 bringing a full army.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...8-Farming-base
I used the Nerd for a while down in Silver 1.. The base didn't defend against a single attack, and I am a fully maxed out TH8. I have been using Niner Terminator by TomBro as well, and it is a great base. I only lose one storage at most and thats probably cuz I have like 400k loot available... Who wouldn't want it?Quote:
Originally Posted by elangomatt
raid for 1k + DE only, obviously if you keep taking the small fries you'll never max the king in reasonable time, when I raid, if I have barch, I only hit for 700+ DE, when I have giants n gobs I can hit stronger bases so I hit for 1k+ only then, if it's less than that it's not worth looking at, take it from a TH8 with 1mil heroic heist, it's all about how big the profit is per raid, it doesn't even take 5min to find an easy 1k DE raid at like 1500 cups, that's probably the best range, as for the more DE question, naa after 30k it's basically the same, you offer 2k whether you have 30k or 80k?? not sure if 30k offers 2k or if its 40k, but it's all the same, 2-6 raids per session earns you 2-6k DE (norm I average 10k per session of 6 raids) but either way you won't make a loss, it's always profit GL farming, as for my recommended army (they always ask) I que barch (2 barb barracks and 2 arch barracks) but real farming I use like 8 giants, 20 gobs, 56 barbs, rest arch (around 70 I think) and 12 wb, but it's up to how you raid, gotta keep farming till you find your farming army calling, once you can get all the storages from a fellow max TH8 with a farming army you're all set, 1 spell per raid, always use healing spells, with barch heal spells do a trillion times more than lightning (don't even get me started on how inefficient it is to barch with lightning or to zap DE, too time consuming) GL farmingQuote:
Originally Posted by MrFunnyWobbl
I see lots of things in this thread, lol when you guys post bases that look good and you expect them to work, you need to consider the layouts functions, not just if it looks hard to raid or not, eg. look at troop pathing, if you want to stop giants then funnel giants into unimportant defenses and away from important defenses (eg. make cannons easy accessible and wiz towers kill giants off while they take the "free" cannons) when you want to keep your core safe make a ring defense, and have a layer of fluff, don't put defenses in the middle of a ring base, that negates it and means giants will go to the core anyways, and ring bases have weak cores, also if you have a ring base everything that doesn't target defenses will still go inside (assume worst case) you need teslas and or at least 2 point defenses to keep heros out, I see lots of TH8s with ring bases and only mortars and air defenses in the core, 1 lv1 barb king will go untouched and smash all 4 mortars and AD and the town hall quite easily, while giants distract outer defenses and walk around the ring, this isn't all about ring bases though, trap bases too, when you take an online base, don't change it, you might think you are improving it, but you probably aren't, also don't waste spring traps, that's why giants wreck TH8s, we have 6 springs traps, each spring has potential to hit 3 giants, 6*3 = 18 giants through springs only, symmetrical hybrids with all 4 sides = will always be weaker because you can't put all springs in one spot, and if you do they might deploy from another spot, it's always more efficient to force people to deploy troops from 1 side by making the other side of your base way more appealing, that way you can force people to trigger all your traps early to stop their troops from gaining momentum and make all your traps do an actually job, as for giant bombs, they are stronger than teslas, if you place giant bombs inbetween 2 non defensive buildings where giants and or golems won't pass through, there's a huge chance it will take out a huge group of wizards or tier 1 troops, esp if it's behind a storages where lots of troops gather to destroy it, no I'm not the most pro base designer but people on the forum are feeding us all this info and the readers all ignore it and then deem lots of base designs bad and think troop comps don't work and such, this forum is really helpful actually I learn so much by reading the threads, people just think they know better and then end up doing worse, congrats to people who read the whole post lol
it hasn't worked well for me either in g3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xeur
this is a really good post. do you have any recommendations for a base? I'm not very good at designing bases that WORK well, they only look good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason5267
or at least unpopular bases, but in most cases unpopular bases suck, I have a few designs of my own, 1 especially that works amazingly, (posted it earlier in the thread if you check page 77, I named it The Duke, I'll throw a speed build of it up on my channel soon, it'll probably always be unpopular so I doubt people will exploit it ;) I recently got a defense with it in C2, 5 lv7 giants, a ton of lv7 barch, some wb, and like 8 lv5 wizzies I believe, that attacker came in from the east and only got 47% with his lv20 BK (AQ wasn't in the raid thank goodness) and he needed his cc troops to pickup 50%, in my book that's an amazing TH8 defense, bases that people don't know how to attack are always best :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Monkeyman117
I use barch to hit 500-800 DE raids. I always train a loonion army when I'm getting off for at least an hour and use it to hit the 1300+ DE raids.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason5267
Hey guys been a few days since i upgraded to th8 and i wish to share my troop upgrade order (assuming all troops are maxed in th7 status).
1.dragon - yes it may seem wierd but level 3 drag is very useful in war and it takes 10/12 ( i dont remember :P ) days to complete so in that time, you can finish doing your drills/de storage/unlock pekka/unlock dark troops etc.
2.archers - we use these almost all the time
3.baloon - this may also seem wierd but i find using drag + baloons in war devastating. there is a drastic change from level 4 to level 5 in loons and if you combine them up with drag, theyre enough to 3 star almost any th8 base.
4.barbs - also very common and relatively cheaper ( you could do these before the loons if your clan doesnt go to war often and/or you prefer barch in normal raids)
5.wallbreakers - one level 5 wb can blow up gold walls-extremely useful since i stay in the gold 3-silver 1 league for gold and elixir farming.
6.hogs - again useful in war, sometimes i use drag-hog combo in war.
plz comment your views
I have seen most gowipe only two star most bases as th8vsth8
getting golems in 3 days and lvl2 pekkas in a week
bored of dragons but two star is not good enough for wars
anyway we can turn two star into three
bases with tight cores (in that case, hog them dead) and very weird bases (in that case, hog them, drag them) I'm TH8 right? I see now problems at all 3 starring TH8s, they are so easy to 3 star it's a joke, I could wipe the floor with my own max TH8 base lol... if gowipe is only 2 starring, it's because, either the person doesn't know how to gowipe properly, or they are gowiping tight core bases, I won't go in to detail as to why tight core bases are bad to gowipe, figure that one out, but check this: http://s14.postimg.org/ajykdj2kx/gia...vs_TH8_6_1.jpgI know it's not a gowipe right? check the troop levels, this was from way back when on my TH9 acc, the guy had a valkyrie and a set of lv5 wizzies in his cc (I didn't even lure) http://s10.postimg.org/gxrou0c8p/gia...vs_TH8_6_2.jpgmax TH8 wrecked final results: http://s22.postimg.org/b4qb7uk6p/gia...vs_TH8_6_3.jpgReason why lv6 giants wreck isn't all because lv6 giants are strong, TH8s have very weak defense, noooow onto the proper raids, gowipe and gowiva (gowiva is a trillion times stronger though)Quote:
Originally Posted by maazclashing
raid 1 vs max TH8 gowiva: http://s21.postimg.org/a1cj4eyd3/gowiva_vs_TH8_1_1.jpgit was war, he had a full set of lv5 wizzies in the cc, I didn't drop my cc, still overkill: http://s2.postimg.org/a0bdcly6x/gowiva_vs_TH8_1_2.jpgraid 2 vs max TH8 he didn't have cc troops, so I didn't use my 3rd spell or my cc, results? still overkill: http://s2.postimg.org/txhalkh21/gowipe_vs_TH8_2_1.jpghttp://s17.postimg.org/sy8tdu7gf/gowipe_vs_TH8_2_2.jpgnext one, gowipe vs max TH8 in war, he had max wizzies in cc (no lure) result? 3 star, overkill? no, but 3 is 3, even though I consider it a failed raid, pekkas/BK went on a trip around the base: http://s9.postimg.org/44ydxyva7/gowipe_vs_TH8_3_1.jpghttp://s10.postimg.org/cll65esqh/gowipe_vs_TH8_3_2.jpgnext one, gowiva vs max TH8, also quite a bad raid, still overkill anyways, he even had 2 witches in cc:http://s14.postimg.org/72sdg6v2p/gowiva_vs_TH8_4_1.jpghttp://s28.postimg.org/gbm6kmtvx/gowiva_vs_TH8_4_2.jpghere things get a bit more interesting, gowiva vs a TH9, not max TH9, but stronger than a max TH8, result, 93% 2 star, ran out of time so couldn't get the 3rd: http://s7.postimg.org/hry2glssr/gowiva_vs_TH9_5_1.jpghttp://s8.postimg.org/brn0vh9n9/gowiva_vs_TH9_5_2.jpgmmm I'm at the point where 3 starring a max TH8 is so easy it doesn't really improve my raiding anymore, last one, I have moer raids if anyone wants to see though? raid vs almost max TH9, he did have empty cc, result: 84% 2 star http://s9.postimg.org/4m2fmqti7/TH9_gowiva_1.pnghttp://s18.postimg.org/q8tzs00bd/Scr...5_03_43_34.pnghow do I do it? check my thread: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...-comp-gowivape and check my YT channel if you want, all I try is to teach people how to raid, everyone seems to ignore help and advice though...
I have finally gotten Golems, now I've raided and haven't had much success apart from 3 starring mid TH8 and the occasional TH7. I just want to know how to properly GoWiPe, because my clan is warring and I don't want to let them down as I am one of the top members in the clan (1-5)
Example: Drop Golems, then Wiz, then Pekka or Drop golems, then pekka, then wiz?
Pretty sure this is an easy answer question for those who have used this attack strategy
(Just in case, my PEKKA is lvl 1, golems are lvl 1 and my wiz are lvl 4, my army camps hold 185)
Thanks :p
DON'T forget wallbreakers. You drop golems spread like 10 squares apart. Drop wizards behind to clear all distracting buildings, while all this is happening drop some wallbreakers. Once all distracting buildings are gone drop off pekkas and king so they go in the base and not around. And rage them up when needed. Bring 2 rage 1 healQuote:
Originally Posted by Wubstep
Thanks man :cool: tips always helpQuote:
Originally Posted by THEBIGCLASH3R
No problem. Also don't forget Clan castle troops from clanmates. I would say wizards, archers, and a witch. If no one has a witch, then wizards and archers are fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wubstep
Hi guys,
Im considering myself still an early th8. Still have pink walls. Glad that there's a thread specifically for TH8s.
Here's my base so far. I became th8 on December 5 2014. I'm pushing to upgrade all defensive buildings then do the wall grind. http://s10.postimg.org/kr9pahz85/image.jpg
Wiz ... make sure outside is clear... then pekka. Alternatively drop pekka early with wall breakers when you know they will go in. Lastthing you want is Pekka to go around with GOWIPE... however...Quote:
Originally Posted by Wubstep
Golems are expensive for DE at TH8, have a look at this as an alternative - http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/527783
a max TH8 gowipe raid costs like 1k DE, that's 1 raid, if you can't afford it you are broke lol, people should get used to the DE costs, a fully max TH9 gowiwi raid costs 3450 DE with my fav gowiwi comp, 2 golem 6 witches, 16 wiz, 10 wb, it's only gonna get more expensive as you get higher, I wouldn't really recommend pekkas and wiz, or that sort of thing with no real tanks or excessive power behind a comp, not that it's a bad thread, but gowipe is a 3 star comp, that is a 2 star comp, if you want a cheap fast army use wizards and barbarians, 28 wiz, 88 barbs 2 heal 1 rage, it costs the same price as giant healer with no DE costs, fast easy 2 star army comp, just spam troops and drop heros/cc behind, imo though a halfhearted army won't carry you far, all the people asking for advice and help... really now guys? have you even seen the last few posts on the thread, it's always the same questions, the answers are all here alreadyQuote:
Originally Posted by nadanicht
Just made my own thread but im a fellow TH8 player, pretty new, like three weeks to a month with th8.
I maxed th7 besides collectors, was all ready to go.....
So far I maxed my DE Drills, and a couple sml thinga like Giant Bombs, Skelly Traps.
Got the new towers, Archer Tower, Wiz Tower, Air Def, Tesla, Storages to the level to match the other ones.
Have 4 Builders atm...
Got all three wiz towers to lvl5, going to upgrade to lvl6, that big damage ibcrease from 5 to 6 is appealing.
Second Builder is working on the first lvl6 Air Defence and will rotate untill all 3 are done.
Third builder will work on getting my Teslas from lvl3 to 4.
Fourth Builder will either max my 3 remaining Mortars, alternate between Mortar and Tesla, or Barrack lvl10 to unlock pekkas, then build the second Dark Barrack and keep upgrading till its level 4.
I know defences are the most important, esp splash damage, but I want to unlock Pekkas and more than Pekkas I want Golems!!! I might do that idk yet.....
Maybe ill just unlock Pekkas then go back to Mortars then start the second Dark Barrack?
As far as research I had everythibg maxed except for Dark Troops and my King was lvl1. I managed to get my king to lvl5.
The Lab upgrades I have done so far are: Arch, Barbs, Giants,WBs, and just started Dragons lvl3. After drags Ill prpb do Goblins bc i use them farming, idk after that.
Glad to see people going through the exact same phases abd prpblems I am goibg through playing. Going to read through, hopefully I can learn something and possibly help soneobe else aswell
Nice to be here :)
Good day guys.
I'm new here and i found this thread (Maybe its destiny, I'm a new TH8 lol).
I've been playing since October last year and currently i am TH8 as of now.
Currently upgrading my the 5 defenses (Archer tower, Wiztower and mortar is the one who's upgrading)
My laboratory researches Lv3 dragon as of now (whooping 10 days)
Also i'm upgrading my BarbKing into lvl 7 atm.
I'll show my picture of my base and can you rate it and give advice and tips. Thanks! :o
Hi fellow TH8'ers,
Finally, all my mortars are maxed, should keep them purplehead snipers off my lawn! But now my WTs are offline, I feel defenseless...
Also, why are there so many beautiful TH8 designs?! 3 slots are are not enough.