Ash's Journey to Level 40 Heroes and Dark Elixir Farming Guide

Thanks for the guide man, I am trying to master this method because it will help me a lot since I can TH snipe while waiting for troops to cook, can't really do this effectively and effortlessly when your barracks are making giants and WBs at the same time because I have to constantly rearrange barracks.

I am a TH 8 and have lvl 5 barch with lvl 1 minion. I am having trouble getting to the DE storage but I feel it has more to do with strategy than the lvl of my troops.

You mind just reviewing with me the logic behind how you determine which base should be attacked? How many troops should usually be released at a time, and in how many waves, etc?

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Originally Posted by Gpu

You mind just reviewing with me the logic behind how you determine which base should be attacked? How many troops should usually be released at a time, and in how many waves, etc?

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That's a very tough question to answer in a few sentences, but I'll answer your question with some of the the thought processes that goes in my head when I'm attempting a storage raid:

- Is the DE storage in range of the CC? If so, is the CC lure-able? If it's not lure-able, then can I still break into the base, lure it, and at the same time take the DE?
- What are all the defenses guarding the DE storage? (since my only goal is the DE storage, I don't have to worry about defenses that aren't within the range of DE storage)
- How many walls must I break before to get into position for my Archers or Barbarians to take the DE? Or what level are the walls? If the walls are of high level, are there also splash defense (Mortar/Wiz Tower) within this range? (Barbarians need to break through the walls fast if there are splash defenses within range, so it's often wise to avoid high level walls (lv 8+) with splash defenses on the outer edges of the base)
- Where are the splash defenses placed? Can I remove or distract the splash defenses in my way?
- Is the storage possibly guarded by Teslas or Giant Bombs? (2x2 tile radius)
- What is the best direction for me to attack from? (the best path is usually the shortest path, and the path that allows you avoid/distract/remove splash defense quickly)
- Are there Heros guarding the DE storage around the core of the base? (you should avoid Heroes around the storage and around more than 1 layer of wall because the Heroes have a magnetic ability to pull distract all your troops if they target you, which will allow other defenses (especially splash defense) to quickly wipe your troops. Especially the Archer Queen, she has the ability to not only attack you over walls, but also make your Barbarians and Archers attack the walls in front of her instead of her).
- Are there Inferno Towers guarding the DE storage inside the base? If so, is it a multi-targeting Inferno Tower or a single-targeting? (If it's a multi-targeting tower in range of the DE storage inside the base, then you should completely avoid it. Be sure to know how to identify whether it's single-targeting or multi-targeting)
- How powerful are the defenses? (If the DE storage is well-protected by high level splash defenses such as Lv 7+ Mortar and Lv 6+ Wiz Towers, then you should probably avoid it, unless if you can distract it)
- Is the Xbow set to ground only or ground + air?

Few tips:

- Make sure you know the ranges of all defenses.
- Know how to count tiles.
- Know the range of safety for your Archers and Minions. Archers have a 3.5 tile range and Minions have a 2.75 tile range.
- Know how many troops are necessary to destroy a certain defense, and for how long.
- Know how long your troops can last against different levels of splash defenses.
- Know how to quickly deploy your troops with 2-3 fingers at the same time.
- Know how to activate possible air bombs with 1 or a few Minions, then safely send in a swarm.
- Know how to spread out your troops against splash defenses. Cornering Wiz Towers is a great idea if you can. Archer + Minion combo is great for getting rid of Wiz Towers behind walls.
- Be sure to subscribe to my channel and watch my videos lol, you'll learn a lot from them!


Hopefully I covered most of my thought processes.

Good luck on your journey! It is fairly easy to keep both heros upgrading early on. It gets very difficult past lvl25. It takes 300k de to upgrade a lvl30 k&q at the same time. Which means you gotta farm 35-40k de a day. That is on top of what 3 max drills provide. No easy feat to do week after week!

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Originally Posted by Beancounter

Good luck on your journey! It is fairly easy to keep both heros upgrading early on. It gets very difficult past lvl25. It takes 300k de to upgrade a lvl30 k&q at the same time. Which means you gotta farm 35-40k de a day. That is on top of what 3 max drills provide. No easy feat to do week after week!

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Yup, but I believe I can pull it of. My DE storage usually gets full 2-3 days before I can feed one of my heroes again. That's why I've also begun farming gold and elixir in the meantime for walls and defense. At the moment, I have 2 Xbows going to lv 3 (that's 7 million gold each) and have already completed 188 lego walls.

http://i.imgur.com/q2OXATN.png

Keep in mind that I've only started Town Hall 9 45 days ago, so you can see how quickly I've progressed farming both gold/elixir and dark elixir.

And thanks!

Damn dude, crazy progress. Nice job

That's one crazy quest! Good luck!

Awesome work! I'm using this strategy and it is working perfectly and it is elixir-friendly unlike loonion and giant armies ;)

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Originally Posted by Braveswagger

Damn dude, crazy progress. Nice job

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Originally Posted by hotshot007

That's one crazy quest! Good luck!

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Originally Posted by AbdoRabie

Awesome work! I'm using this strategy and it is working perfectly and it is elixir-friendly unlike loonion and giant armies

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Awesome. And thank you, glad you guys like it!
Getting ever closer to completing legos!

http://i.imgur.com/aM21bUu.png

You sick ♥♥♥♥.

I have no doubt your walls will be maxed way before you finish th9 stuff.

Starting to get better and better with this. Your guidelines have really helped me steer in the right direction. How I differ from you though, is my spell factory is non boosted and I hold 2 rage and 2 heals. If I need to use a spells, I use 1 rage and 1 heal and it is cool to watch near indestructible small troops trample through stuff. I should have close to 200k de by the time my next hero finishes upgrading!

Hypothetically, if you finish your walls and max heroes before you finish upgrading all the defenses, will you go to th10 early? I assume you would.

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Originally Posted by runner09

You sick ♥♥♥♥.

I have no doubt your walls will be maxed way before you finish th9 stuff.

Starting to get better and better with this. Your guidelines have really helped me steer in the right direction. How I differ from you though, is my spell factory is non boosted and I hold 2 rage and 2 heals. If I need to use a spells, I use 1 rage and 1 heal and it is cool to watch near indestructible small troops trample through stuff. I should have close to 200k de by the time my next hero finishes upgrading!

Hypothetically, if you finish your walls and max heroes before you finish upgrading all the defenses, will you go to th10 early? I assume you would.

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Awesome work! And yup, if my heroes reach lv 30 and/or I've completed lavas, then I will move onto TH 10.