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

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Latest Video:

Compiled all my attacks in my 5 hour hardcore Dark Elixir Farming session into a 1 hour video! For those who haven't watched all the episodes or would like to watch them all in 1 video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQSlhCP_KhI

I go through a lot of great information and strategies in these videos. Highly recommend it to anyone looking to improve in farming DE faster!

Road to Max Heroes and TH9 (Episode 15):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhnzRjRC0A

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Table of Contents

I.....................Introduction
II....................My Planner and Video Tutorials
Post #2 - The Ultimate Dark Elixir Farming Guide
1..................... Upgrade Priorities
2......................Conditions to Follow
3..................... Army Compositions
4..................... Rules of the Hunt
5..................... Town Hall 7 DE Farming
6......................Thought Processes When Approaching a Base
7......................Estimating Dark Elixir Inside Storage and Drills
Post #3 - Attack Guide for Farming Dark Elixir
8...................... Attacking for 50% Win (Especially for Master League Farmers)
9...................... Compilation of Great DE Protection Farming Bases
Post #4 - My Previous Journey to Lv 40 Heroes!
11.....................When should I upgrade my Town Hall?
12.................... Compilation of more useful charts, videos, and guides
13.....................Credits

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step" -Lao Tzu


II. My Planner and Video Tutorials

My Spreadsheet Planner: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=408975613

YouTube Videos
I have a lot of highly in-depth videos to help you become a Clash of Clans player. Check them out!

DE Attack Strategy Videos

New Journey to Max Heroes and TH9 Series:

• Playlist: https://youtu.be/Nc4NOJsfR3M?list=PL...FekWWVNvbOP7Jw

Let's Farm DE Series:

• Let's Farm Dark Elixir Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJmcCNJSZ5k
• Let's Farm Dark Elixir Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulL3On0tjJk
• Let's Farm Dark Elixir Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNS-0tJ6-00
• Let's Farm Dark Elixir Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91smQWpRSFo
• Let's Farm Dark Elixir Episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJo8v3SMq10

Old Lv40 Heroes Journey:

• All 10 Episodes Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...bYllZJKNuJwoiu

My Ultimate DE Farming Guide

1. Upgrade Priorities:

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• You must prioritize upgrading all your 'offensive' units before your 'defensive' units. Laboratory, Spell Factory, Clan Castle, and Army Camps must all be leveled to max as soon as possible.
  
• Prioritize on upgrading your farming troops and spells in your Laboratory first.
  
• Upgrade Dark Elixir Storage to level 6. My goal will be to always keep the storage around 90% full before one of my heroes has completed training.
  
• Upgrade both DE Drills to level 6. A lv 6 DE Drill produces 100 DE per hour. With two, that's 4800 DE per day. In a month that's about 144,000 DE. Sounds great to me!

2. The conditions I follow:

• Keep your Town Hall outside. If you have loads of DE, then keep TH outside so you don't get constantly zapped without a shield. Stay high in the trophy leagues to lessen the rate of zappers.
• http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...rk_elixir.webp Know the value of Dark Elixir. The value of 1 DE = 140 Elixir/Gold or 280 of Gold + Elixir. This is the number I like to work with for a couple of reasons. One plausible reason I could give you is that the cap of how much DE you can raid from a fellow TH 9's DE storage is 2500, while the cap of the Elixir or Gold storage is 350,000. 350,000/2500 = 140. This allows to decide whether it's worth trying to break into the depths of the base for the DE storage if there's enough to interest me. There's always a chance of failure due to unforeseen circumstances especially when using weak army compositions. Thus, you will need to weigh your risk vs reward.
• You don't have to boost barracks, but boosting will help you farm even faster. My method is very gem-friendly. You don't need use gems to make DE fast. Boosting will only increase your performance, nothing bad about it. However, I will not be using any gems in my new journey!

3. Army Compositions:
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• BAM - 2 Barracks Barbarians, 2 Barracks Archers, 1 Barrack each 2 Wall Breakers, 2 Dark Barracks of 8 Minions each. For a total of about 8 Wall Breakers, 16 Minions, and rest Barbarians and Archers. (Unboosted) - Theoretical Training Time For Full Army: 19 minutes and 33 seconds (actual time of completion is much shorter, depending on how long you are nexting as Barracks cook troops while you are searching and raiding).
• Spells: Only cook Heal Spells and 1 Poison Spell
• The Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King are the best weapons for efficient Dark Elixir farming. I highly recommend using them (or one of them) if you're not upgrading both at the same time. (This does not apply to me)
• This is a very efficient method of farming Dark Elixir, quick-to-train army that can break into a few layers to steal DE if needed. Watch my YouTube videos on how I effectively I use this composition.

NEW: LoonBAM attack
Link to guide: http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/783237-New-DE-Farming-Attack-Method-LoonBAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUEQsyKUQek


Master League Farming:
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Check out my Ultimate Master League Farming Guide here: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...-Farming-Guide


Other Viable Compositions:

BAM v2 - 3 rax Archers, 1 rax Barbarians, 4 Wall Breakers, 16 Minions, Lightning Spells (Recommended), Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King (Optional), Factory Boosted (Recommended)

• Much like the above BAM composition, but with more Archers. This will allow you obtain 50% easier, but may be harder to break into cores of bases with enough Barbarians acting as meatshields and mini-wall breakers. And of course you want to Boost your Spell Factory so you can make about 2500 DE in bonus every hour from zapping.

BAM Heal/Rage - 2 rax Barbarians, 2 rax Archers, 4 Wall Breakers, 16 Minions, 1 Rage Spell, 1 Heal Spell, 2-3 Lightning Spells, Archer Queen or Barbarian King (Optional), Factory Boosted (Recommended)

• I recommend not using both Heal and Rage Spells if one is enough. Both Rage and Heal together is very powerful and will make it much easier breaking into bases for DE Storage. The you should also constantly make Lightning Spells for the other slots to constantly zap storages for bonus DE.

Barch Heal/Rage - 2 rax Barbarians, 2 rax Archers, 6 Wall Breakers, 1 Rage Spell, 1 Heal Spell, 2-3 Lightning Spells, Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King (Recommended), Factory Boosted (Recommended)

• This is more for the parsimonious folks whom don't want to spend DE on training Minions. However, I do recommend using a Hero with this composition as a King under Rage Spell with a bunch of Barbarians is a very powerful way of breaking into bases. Heal Spell should be used to fend off splash damages from Mortars of Wizard Towers.

Barch Heal Breaker - 2 rax Barbarians, 2 rax Archers, 16 Wall Breakers, 4-5 Heal Spells, Barracks Boosted (Recommended), Spell Factory Boosted (Recommended), Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King (Recommended)

• This method is more favorable with boosted barracks and factory for efficiency. It also also geared more towards people with high level Heroes, as the Heal Spells will allow your Heroes to maintain good health in combat, so you can expect to have your Heroes assist you in every raid without waiting. The main idea of this composition is set in stone by the over-abundance of Wall Breakers (16 of them). You want to start by sending in a couple of Barbarians and Archers behind them, then constantly send in a pair of Wall Breakers to break inside the core (or wherever the DE Storage is confined). Use Heal Spell to maintain health against splash defenses such as Wizard Towers and Mortars (as they're the number one threat to your army).

http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...Giant_lvl7.pngGiBarch - 12-16 Giants, 6-8 Wall Breakers, 3 rax Archers, 1 rax Barbarians, Rage Spell (Recommended), Heal Spell (Optional), Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King (Recommended), Factory and Barracks Boosted (Recommended)

• This composition utilizes Giants, who are great at breaking into bases and taking damage with their incredibly high HP. Although this isn't as efficient as any of the above compositions, it is great for those whom love to boost their barracks and factory. Rage Spell is almost a must with this composition for full potential for breaking into bases. A Hero is also recommended as this composition isn't too friendly with housing space and often you'll run out of enough troops to continue rampaging through defenses and layers of walls.

GiBAM - 8 Giants, 4 Wall Breakers, 16 Minions, 3 rax Archers, 1 rax Barbarians, 1 Rage Spell (Optional), 3-4 Lightning Spells, Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King (Recommended), Factory Boosted (Recommended)

• Similar to GiBarch, but this composition provides you with more versatility and a last resort option in Minions. This is one of the most difficult compositions to master simply because there's a lot of troops involved and the different ways to go about attacking a base with it. I highly recommend that you first master both the BAM and GiBarch methods before attempting this method. The key idea for this method is to break into a base with Giants distracting defenses, use Barbarians for extra meatshield with Archers attacking over walls behind them. Use Minions to quickly remove splash defenses in the way (over walls) and/or attack the DE Storage once you've cleared the path with your GiBarch army.

Balloonion - 28 Balloons, 40-50 Minions, 2 Rage Spells, 2 Heal Spell, Barracks Boosted (Recommended), Factory Boosted (Recommended), Archer Queen and/or Barbarian King (Optional)

• It is recommended that you farm at Masters league with this composition as the league bonus there will make up for much of your loss when it comes to training over 40 Minions. In order to increase time efficiency, boosting your barracks and factory is almost a must. Otherwise, all the above compositions are just greatly superior in terms of both cost efficiency and time efficiency.

4. My Rules of the Hunt:

(For Efficient Dark Elixir Farming)

• Town Hall snipe while waiting for a full army if you're farming high in the trophy leagues and are having a hard time maintaining trophies.
• Always fill up barracks after every raid you expend your troops.
• Your target DE per raid should be at least 1000 DE. 1000 DE * 140 = 140,000. When I farm for gold or elixir, I aim for at least a total of 300,000 per raid. 140,000*2 = 280,000 in theory if there were two DE storages. Thus, 1000 DE is a good number to work with. Especially when you're using such a weak army composition to work with. Sometimes DE farming can be slow, so you can change you target to 800 DE if that's more comfortable. If you were to farm with something more potent like Balloonion, then you probably would want to target at least 1500 DE to make up for time consumption of the army.
• However, in the case of sniping a TH outside a base and there are DE Drills also easily accessible, then you should also take the easy DE that's available (unless if it's not worth it <100).
• If you are in need of trophies and TH cannot be sniped, then at least 1000 DE must be accessible and possible for you to raid to make it worth raiding and possibly lose trophies.
• Never be afraid to lose trophies. If I can obtain at least 1000 DE with my simple army comp, then I'll be happy to trade a few trophies for the DE.
• You don't always need a full army camp. If your army camp is 75% full, then you should not waste time searching for Town Halls to snipe and good DE to steal from collectors. I can hold up to 220 troops in my camp, so if my camp is 75% full (165 troops), then I will search for DE and THs to snipe while my Barracks are cooking a full army. 220-165 = 55, which will take about 4 mins to fill. So while I'm nexting and can't find anything, I can just come back to home base wit a bigger army, then go back to nexting again. Some people are against this method simply because they don't believe it's worth searching without a full army. What if I run into an inactive base with a boatload of loot? Well think about it logically. You wouldn't have ran into it if you weren't searching at that precise time anyway. The more you search, the greater the rate of finding good bases to raid. I know there are many times I regret not having a full army camp, but I move on.
• Never randomly spawn your troops around without thought. Always have a reason for spawning before you spawn. You have 3 whole minutes to raid. Try using a minute to think and plan out your attack in your head. Also conserve your troops, know how many are necessary to obtain the DE. If you can get all the DE with just 50 Barbs and 50 Archers, then don't go wasting all of them. Time is the most crucial aspect of farming efficiently. This means you'll have to wait less to fill up your army camp for the next big raid.
• My main focus is DE per hour. I'm not going to wait 15 mins for a full army and then 5 mins of searching for a good base to raid. I'm always going to be busy, busy searching. The above two methods will help keep you busy and maximize your DE per hour.
• Be aware of Clan Castle and 2x2 empty tiles (possible indication of Giant Bombs and Teslas). Be sure to always try luring Clan Castle first, if it's lure-able. If it's unlure-able, then you can either avoid raiding or weigh your risk vs reward. Be sure to test out for Giant Bombs outside the base with a few Barbarians before spawning a horde of troops.
• Go for easy Gold/Elixir collector raids that you can also 1 star. You will find yourself nexting a lot, to a point where you will be losing a lot of gold. This means you should also farm for gold (for nexting) and elixir (for your spells) if you find an easy collector raid-able base with at least 300k+ total resource. If you fall under 300,000 gold, then you need to prioritize farming for gold over DE until you have at least 800,000 gold. This always works for me as I've never fell into a point where I've run out of enough gold or elixir to search for DE or create Lightning Spells.
• Avoid heavily guarded DE storage. If the DE storage is confined within more than 2 layers of walls and surrounded by high level splash defense, then I usually do not pursue raiding it. A simple army of Barch isn't enough to 'safely' break into the core of a good TH 9+ base with centralized DE storage. Again, you must weigh risk vs reward when attempting a raid into the core.
• BE CONFIDENT. When attempting to raid, be at least 90% confident that you can get the DE you want before attempting to use up all your troops. It's better to just skip the base if you're uncertain, then to risk losing your army and time.
• Watch my YouTube video series to get some great ideas on how to effectively raid and farm Dark Elixir.

5. Tips For Town Hall 7's Farming DE http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...Town_Hall7.png

This is where most people begin farming Dark Elixir for the first time. As a Town Hall 7 player, your priority should be on getting your Barbarian King and getting him to Lv 5 as soon as possible because that's when you actually realize how great he is with his Iron Fist ability and how beneficial he is in every big raid you do. Farming at Town Hall 7 is hard given that most of the Dark Elixir are higher up in the leagues and as a TH 7 player you're limited to how well you can attack bases with a simple composition of say Barch or BAM. You also want to conserve Dark Elixir, so I wouldn't recommend using Minions in TH 7 to farm DE just because DE is very rare there and you're not going to be attacking many centralized storage bases. Possibly the easiest method to getting DE as a TH 7 is to just use you Lightning Spells to zap DE storages that are loaded and raid DE drills that are outside of bases. Try an army composition will allow you to attack the cores of many TH 7 and 8 bases to get to the DE storage. I would recommend using about 8 Giants, 6 Wall Breakers, 3 Barracks training Archers, and 1 Barrack training Barbarians or Goblins. I also recommend farming above 1500+ trophies for this. If you're having a hard time maintaining your trophies, then I recommend sniping Town Halls that are outside bases for free trophies. I used this method when I was TH 7 and was able to get my King from Lv 1 to 5 in less than a week!

6. Thought Processes When Approaching a Base

• 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?

You will learn most of this from experience. Keep practicing, practice makes perfect!


7. Estimating Dark Elixir inside Storage and Drills
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Town Hall Level	% Available to be Stolen	Cap	Storage Amount to Reach Cap
7-8	6%	2,000	33,333
9	5%	2,500	50,000
10	4%	3,000	75,000

If you're a Town Hall 9 for example and you have 50,000 DE in your storage, then the most someone can steal from your storage is 2,500. While if you have 200,000 DE instead, then the most someone can steal from you is still 2,500 because the cap is 50,000. 50,000*0.05 = 2,500.

The Dark Elixir drills hold their DE inside of a small transparent cubic container on top. To accurately estimate the amount of DE inside this tiny container, make sure you zoom in wall the way:

http://i.imgur.com/P7bnhtY.png

This particular drill looks empty, but it actually may have a little DE stored in it. It has around 0 to 19% DE available. But still really isn't worth pursuing.

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Dark Elixir Storage and Drill DE Availability Chart:

(Credit to Sanguin for making this amazing chart!)

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

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Attack Guide For Dark Elixir Farming

Step 1: Locate the Dark Elixir
Where are most of the Dark Elixir stored in the base? Only attack the base if the amount of Dark Elixir you’re looking for meets your standards. For example, if you’re looking for at least 800 Dark Elixir and there’s 400 DE stored inside a the DE Storage and 400 DE stored in 2 Lv 3 Drills that are all separated within the base, then you probably would want to skip this base. Why? Because you’re most likely not going to be able to attack this base from all cylinders and get in deep enough to steal all 800 DE. The most potent attack you can go is attack from one direction. Attacking in multiple directions weakens your attack, and how far you can get inside a base.

Step 2: Assess all the defenses protecting the Dark Elixir
When you’re farming for Dark Elixir, you’re farming for Dark Elixir. Forget if there’s like 200K each Gold and Elixir, your main target is the Dark Elixir, don’t waste troops around the base trying to get the Gold and Elixir first. When you’re farming for Dark Elixir, assess only the defenses surrounding the Dark Elixir. Is the Dark Elixir protected by splash defense? (Mortars and Wizard Towers) How far inside the base is the DE located? From experience are you confident that you’ll be able to steal all the DE? If so, then progress. Also, remember if the Town Hall level is 1 Town Hall level less, than you have an advantage in power. For example, a Town Hall 9 player with Lv 6 Barch can do a lot of damage to a Town Hall 8 base, regardless of how high the level of the defenses are.

Step 3: Clan Castle
First thing you want to do before attacking is to check whether there’s anything inside the Clan Castle. If the Clan Castle is not within the range of the Dark Elixir, then ignore it. If it is, then try to activate it with a few Barbarians and/or Wall Breakers. If you can’t lure it, then always prepare for the worst. And then assess whether you can still take all the DE. Having a Lightning Spell as a backup helps a lot in processing your decision of whether to attack the base or not.

Step 4: Plan out your attack
Once you’ve chosen the direction you wish to attack, plan how you will go about attacking the base. Always be skeptical of empty 2x2 tile spaces and they could be hiding Hidden Teslas or Giant Bombs. Before spawning a bunch of Barbarians and Archers outside of a place, test for Giant Bombs, especially any empty spaces behind other buildings or in the line of direction towards the Dark Elixir.
Prioritize on removing Wizard Towers and Mortars out of the way. Use the combination of Barbarians + Archers + Minions against a Wizard Tower to quickly remove it.

How to spawn different troops

Barbarians - Start by testing out empty spaces for bombs with a few Barbarians. Then remove all outlying buildings out of the way with a few Barbarians and Archers so you can control the direction you wish to proceed in getting the Dark Elixir. Then rapidly spawn a bunch of Barbarians using multiple fingers towards the direction of the Dark Elixir. The usual purpose of these Barbarians is to act as shields for other troops as Barbarians have great HP to take multiple hits from defenses.

Archers - Use a few Archers at the beginning of a raid to remove all outlying buildings that are unprotected by the range of Archers. Archers have a 3.5 tile radius attack range. Never send in Archers unprotected, meaning you must have Barbarians in front of them for shield. Archers have terribly low HP and can be 1 shotted by most defenses. Like Barbarians, and after you’ve sent in your Barbarians, you want to rapidly send a bunch of Archers behind them by using multiple fingers to spawn them.

Using Multiple Fingers to Spawn:
If you’ve never used more than 1 finger at the same time to spawn troops, then start practicing. You can sweep with 2 fingers instead of one by using both your index and middle finger together. You can spawn 3 troops at a time by constantly tapping with your index, middle, and ring fingers together. You can use one hand to change troops while your spawn troops with the other hand. You can use both hands with 3 fingers to constantly tap and spawn 6 troops at a time. Do not sweep with more than 3 fingers at the same tim. If you have a device with a small screen, then zoom in all the way. If you have a small screen and fat fingers, then I can’t help you with that. Buy a device with a larger screen lol.

Minions - If there are any outlying buildings in the way unguarded by air-attacking defenses, then remove first with a Minion. Minions fly over walls, so they’re excellent for targetting splash defenses hiding behind walls. Archers aren’t very good at that simply because they’re one-shotted by most splash defense. Minions are also exceptional at quickly removing Wizard Towers, a prime threat for your army. In order to spawn a group of Minions, start by sending out 1 or 2 around to trigger any possible Air Bombs in the way. Then you can safely send the rest in that same direction.

Tip: The above troops perform their best when used in a large group and are spawn rapidly with multiple fingers in one direction. This means you must remove all possible splash defenses and air bombs out of the way before you can safely send in a large horde

Wall Breakers - Once you have a bunch of Barbarians distracting all the defenses, you can then safely deploy Wall Breakers. Remember, Mortars hit every 5 seconds, so be sure to time that if there’s a Mortar in the way. Wall Breakers don’t target the closest wall, then target the closest wall concealing a building. To accurately break the wall of interest, you must remove the buildings inside of the walls that are in your way before sending in your Wall Breaker. It takes a lot of practice before you can master using Wall Breakers effectively.

Clan Castle Troops - Use your Clan Castle troops as last resort or along with your mass horde. CC troops come out one by one and have a terrible AI, so make sure to send them out at the right moment, especially if your horde is in need of more troops.

Archer Queen or Barbarian King - Make sure you have point defenses (Cannons, Archer Towers, Teslas!) out of the way before sending in your Hero. Or send them out along with your mass horder of Barbarians and Archers. The Barbarian King is an excellent combination with Barch because of his excellent HP allowing him to take as many hits a she wants from Moratsr and Wizard Towers. If the core has a bunch of Mortars, Wizards, and Air Defenses surrounding the DE Storage, then that means it’s weak to the Barbarian King. Always have a few Wall Breakers to break walls and control the movement of your Barbarian King. The Rage Spell is also an excellent spell for the Barbarian King as it not only makes him go berserk, but can also lead him the right way towards the Dark Elixir. The Archer Queen is excellent in her own right because of her brilliant 5 tile attack range and her abililty to attack over walls. She can reach the Dark Elixir storage better than any other troop in the game. Send her out along with a bunch of Barbarians and Archers as shields.

Lightning Spell - You can use Lightning Spells to obtain bonus Dark Elixir by zapping DE Storages filled with DE or remove annoying Clan Castle troops. Or use 2 Lightning Spells to remove Mortars or Wizard Towers in your way, as then safely spam a mass horde of Barbarians and Archers.
Rage Spell - Excellent not only for breaking inside a base with a mass horde, but also directing your troops towards the right direction.
Heal Spell - Great for protection against splash damage. Even better when coupled with a Rage Spell.
Jump Spell - Great for controlling the direction of your troops towards the DE storage. Works best when coupled with a Rage Spell as well.
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8. Attacking for 50% Win (Especially for Master League Farmers)

Tips on what type of bases to attack and what type of bases to avoid when Barching in Master League. Credit to Proxy (aka Chase) for these:

A very useful chart for assessing how many buildings needed to achieve 50%:

Level	Maximum Number of Buildings Available	Number of Buildings For 50%	Total Number of Resource and Buildings (+5 Builder Huts)	Total Number of Defensive Buildings
8	62	31	34 (39)	23
9	72	36	38 (43)	29
10	80	40	41 (46)	34

Avoid:

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

Avoid bases with high level Wizard Towers protected by walls surrounding the exterior parts of the base as they then quickly eradicate your Barch troops. Also avoid bases with active Heroes patrolling the outside parts of the base, as they will not only distract and lure your troops, but also allow other defenses to quickly decimate a substantial amount of your Barch troops.

Attack (Easy 50%):

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

You want to attack this type of base simply because most of the non-defensive buildings are on the outside of the building, which usually equates to easy 50% win. As you can see, Heroes are inside the base and high level Wizard Towers are far apart from the outside buildings.

Avoid:

http://i.imgur.com/BQOE2nn.png

Again, this base may look tempting to 50% with Barch as it is rushed, weak defenses, and some builder huts on the corners. But don't let that fool you! This base is harder than it looks. There are Wizard Towers and a Barbariaan King on the outskirts of the base protected by walls and other defenses. Most of the buildings are also inside the walls, so that will also make it a difficult base to 50%.

Attack (Easy 50%):

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

High level Wizard Towers are inside the base. Heroes are inactive on defense. Lots of buildings outside the base. Which means this is an excellent base to Barch for easy 50%.

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9. Compilation of some of my best DE Protection Farming Bases

For Town Hall 9:

The Cogwheel - Alternate High DE Protection TH 8/9 Farming Base
by moonsabre, alterations by Ash

Forum thread link: http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/509821
TH 10 version: http://i.imgur.com/1f8tLfu.jpg
Speed Build Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nrH25A4R6Y
Video Defense Replay Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...T2DD2w4ic7sD54

http://i.imgur.com/vHbIjoa.jpg
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Hypercube IX - High Protection DE Town Hall 9 Farming Base

Forum thread link:http://forum.supercell.net/showthread.php/635880
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My Journey to Level 40 Heroes!

Date I upgraded to Town Hall 9 and obtained the Archer Queen: September 22, 2014

October 8, 2014

Right now, I am a pretty new TH 9 player who had recently bought an Archer Queen. So I've only recently decided to attempt this journey. So I am going to start recording my progress on this thread from today and update this thread every 2 weeks.

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 7
Level of Barbarian King: Level 11

Heroic Heist: 927,955 DE
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October 22, 2014

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 10
Level of Barbarian King: Level 13

Heroic Heist: 1,409,711
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November 5, 2014

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 13
Level of Barbarian King: Level 15

Heroic Heist: 1,892,908
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Started on Level 10 Lava Walls: November 15, 2014
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November 19, 2014

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 15
Level of Barbarian King: Level 18
Walls: 12 Lavas, 220 Legos, 18 Skulls

Heroic Heist: 2,242,066
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• I have decided for the first time I will boost my barracks for farming Level 10 walls! I will be farming Lv 10 walls on top of keeping both my heroes on upgrade at all times!
• I have also decided to free one of my five builders so I can use it to dump my Gold or Elixir on Lv 10 walls as my storages fill up quickly when I'm boosting my barracks.

December 3, 2014

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 17
Level of Barbarian King: Level 19
Walls: 75 Lavas, 170 Legos, 5 Skulls

Heroic Heist: 2,708,239
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December 17, 2014

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 19
Level of Barbarian King: Level 22
Walls: 118 Lavas, 132 Legos

Heroic Heist: 3,211,120
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December 31, 2014

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 21
Level of Barbarian King: Level 24
Walls: 198 Lavas, 52 Legos

Heroic Heist: 3,909,096
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• I have begun my upgrade to Town Hall Level 10 today! So in 14 days I will be a TH 10 player. In the meantime I will finish the remaining 52 Lv 10 walls.
• I have also decided that from now on I will gem the time of either my Archer Queen or Barbarian King if my Dark Elixir Storage is full! I will still not be able to use either of Heroes as they will be immediately put back to upgrade if I gem their time.

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Completed all Level 10 Lava Walls: January 13, 2015
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January 14, 2015

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 29
Level of Barbarian King: Level 26
Walls: 250 Lava Walls!

Heroic Heist: 4,937,583
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• I have now completed all 250 of my walls to Level 10!!
• I will now be focusing mainly on farming Dark Elixir!
• I will am now also using my Archer Queen to assist me in farming Dark Elixir faster! A reason why I was able to farm over 1 million Dark Elixir in the last 2 weeks!
• I will not gem the time of my Barbarian King. However, I will still keep him on upgrade at all times! I will gem the time of my Archer Queen so that I can not only level her up faster, but also farm DE faster. The reason I want her to Lv 40 before the King is because she is the best weapon for farming fast DE, and with a Lv 40 AQ, it will only get easier for me to farm DE.
• I have already proved that you do not need to use heroes or gem their time if you want to farm Dark Elixir fast, so don't be discouraged because I'm using my Archer Queen and gemming her time. I've been farming Dark Elixir without a hero for over 3 months, so I think it's time for me to enjoy using one for all my hard work in getting them this high.
• http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...own_Hall10.pngToday I am officially a TH 10 player!!

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Upgraded to Town Hall 10: January 14, 2015
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January 29, 2015

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 33
Level of Barbarian King: Level 28

Heroic Heist: 5,752,230
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• I have made stolen about 800,000 DE in the last two weeks as a TH 10 player. So as you can see, the transition to TH 10 hasn't slowed me down at all.

February 12, 2015

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 35
Level of Barbarian King: Level 30

Heroic Heist: 6,254,246
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March 5, 2015

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Level of Archer Queen: Level 38
Level of Barbarian King: Level 32

Heroic Heist: 6,816,201
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March 10, 2015
Level 40 Archer Queen! http://i.imgur.com/OClyRxr.png

May 9, 2015
Level 40 Barbarian King! http://i.imgur.com/C0xPqxV.png

Heroic Heist: 8,314,650
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11. When should I upgrade my Town Hall?

What’s the best Town Hall to farm Dark Elixir?

The best Town Halls to farm Dark Elixir are Town Halls 9 and 10. This is not only because of the extra Dark Elixir Drills you receive, but also because of the extra Army Camp space, extra Spell Factory slot, significantly more powerful high level troops, significantly better defense, and most importantly, the Archer Queen. These upgrades make farming for Dark Elixir so much easier and is a big reason I often stress players to upgrade their TH 8 to farm DE at TH 9 to upgrade their Barbarian King instead of wait to max their Barbarian King to level 10 before moving to Town Hall 9.

When should I upgrade to Town Hall 9?

This depends on many factors, and also depends on what type of player you are. If you’re a great farmer who makes loot really fast, then you should be able to complete all your level 8 Skull Walls in less than a month. And since upgrading all 200 Walls at TH 8 is the biggest challenge, if you can complete that, then there’s no reason not to upgrade to TH 9 because none of the other prices come close to the cost of walls. And of course, the only reason not to upgrade your Town Hall is because of loot penalty. If you are more of a casual player who can only spend about 1 hour a day on farming, then you should probably wait until you max all your defense before moving on to TH 9. While if you completed all your Skull Walls, but haven’t leveled up your King to level 10, then don’t worry. Farming DE is easier at TH 9, so you shouldn’t waste time, go to TH 9.

When did I realize I needed to upgrade to TH 9?

Personally, as a hardcore farmer, loot comes easy for me. I finished all my Skull Walls with Gold in about less than 2 weeks. So I decided to upgrade to TH 9 as soon as I completed my walls. Why? Because unlike walls, defenses are timed. I would be wasting a lot of time waiting for my 5 builders to max out all my defenses before I started farming for Dark Elixir and working on my Archer Queen at Town Hall 9. Time is money. My goal is to max TH 10 as soon as possible. In order to do that, I cannot waste time waiting on all my defenses to finish. I also don’t want to spend thousands of dollars to gem the time of all my defenses. If I gemmed the build times, then I would probably be able to farm a max TH 10 in about a month without max level walls or heroes. So as you can see, from this logic, by the time I complete farming my level 11 walls, I’ll have max defenses and max heroes.

What about loot penalty? What about your weak defenses?

The loot penalty isn’t really apparent for me, nor is it for much of my hardcore clanmates. I’ve completed about half my lv 10 walls in less than a month on top of keeping both my heroes on constant upgrade (farming Dark Elixir).
As for defenses, first ask yourself, what is the point of defenses? Besides it making your base look more appealing?

Simple question, as a farmer, the main purpose of defenses is to protect your resources. But there are many ways to go around this. The game is full of loopholes, you just have to know how to get around. Having your Town Hall outside will allow you to save your resources at times as if a player solely wishes to obtain trophies, he can do so by sniping your Town Hall and providing you with a 12 hour shield. Of course the trade off is few trophies. Another obvious loophole is farming in sessions and keep your game active at all times. You don’t want to keep logging off after every raid just to get attacked again and potentially lose a lot of resources. Another way, which in my opinion is the biggest loophole in the game, is having an idle builder to dump your resources on walls. If you keep a builder free at all times to dump your all the resources you’ve made that day into walls, then you’ve basically killed the notion of having defenses, because you have no resource to lose. And the last loophole is having a very intimidating base even if your defenses are weak. My base has some really weak defenses for a Town Hall 9, and of course that’s because I’ve only started playing the game since about 4 months ago and have never gemmed the timer of any of my defenses. However, my base does an excellent job in the fear factor department with excellent DE protection and high level walls.

12. Compilation of More Useful Charts, Videos, and Guides:

Added a splash defense chart so you know how how many hits your troops can take for the different troop levels, since splash damage is the biggest threat to BAM/Barch. For example, say you have Lv 6 Archers. According to the chart below, your Archers can be 1 shot KO'd by Lv 6 Mortars, but not Lv 5.

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I recommend studying this chart (in accordance to your troop levels) as it may be very valuable information to better assist you during your raids.

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--- YouTube Video Series of my Journey to Lv 40 Heroes! ---

Playlist:
Episode 1: The Intro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NW04g3sUo
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q84AG6kTtMo
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EdQhD0Zq8
Episode 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr9fGGkScw4

Some more of my helpful videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnfMQZE8bq8

The Ultimate Wall Breaker Guide by Flammy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjOSEN9Llo

(Note: These Guides May Be Outdated)

TimeForShady - Brandon's Journey to 10 Million Dark Elixir - DE Farming Guide
UnitySharp - UnitySharp's Farming Guide for TH9 - How to Max TH Fastest
strikeninja4787 - Ninja's Guide to Dark Elixir for TH 7 and TH 8


“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” -Abraham Lincoln


13. Credits:

TimeForShady (Brandon) - Many of his ideas and inspiration for starting this thread. His DE Farming Guide and Journey gave way for this thread.
moonsabre (thedarkone) - Base design ideas/creator of The Cogwheel
Valx (zcon26) - Tips for army compositions, Master League farming, and many other farming ideas
Proxy (Chase) - Tips for Master League farming and attacking, base testing, etc...
Clash of Clans Wikia - Lots of valuable information
Sorry if I've missed anyone who's provided me with information, tips, and inspiration for pursuing this journey.


14. Miscellaneous


Here are my considerations for going to TH 10:

- Start TH 10 upgrade when I've reached 200 Lavas. TH 10 requires 14 days to upgrade so enough time to finish the 50 remaining walls.
- If I've all my Lv 10 walls completed, then there's no point in staying in TH 10. The only reason to remain in TH 9 would be if I'm having problems to obtain resource for upgrades. And that obviously isn't and won't be the case because no defense comes close to what Lv 10 walls cost.

What about farming Dark Elixir? Would it be harder to make Dark Elixir at TH 10?

Other than a small loot penalty and with a capacity of 3000 DE available to be stolen (as opposed to 2500 at TH 9), farming for Dark Elixir actually becomes a lot easier.

The benefits of farming Dark Elixir at TH 10 as opposed to TH 9:

- A 3rd DE Drill. 3 Lv 6 DE Drills will allow you to make 7200 DE per day, which is 2400 more than TH 9.
- Better defense for your Dark Elixir. Sure you're giving up 3000 DE available instead of 2500, but at TH 10, you have even better defense. With 2 Infernos and a great base, a farmer with TH outside, you'll probably save more DE at TH 10 than TH 9.
- Bigger Army Camp space. From 220 to 240 camp space, will make farming DE easier.
- Stronger Tier 1 troops. Lv 7 Barch, Lv 6 Minions, Lv 7 Giants. All will make farming DE easier.
- 5th Spell Factory slot. Will make farming DE easier.
- 5 more CC troop space. Better for farming and defending.
- Lv 6 Wall Breaker will 1 shot Lv 6 walls and 2 shot Lv 9 walls.

- Early start on Lv 11 walls.

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Lucky Findings of December 2014: http://i.imgur.com/EOZ1BgI.jpg

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Builders' Spreadsheet - My Planner for Prioritizing Upgrades
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Wow, beautiful write up! Best of luck!

best of luck to you.

i know it is really hard.

How do you get so much DE at your level?

You inspire us all.

Best of luck! I'll be following.

are you having fun pushing your heroes to max lv?

Good luck, Eternal. Go get 'em.

It will be tedious and challenging so good luck to you.

And dont forget that you have a life outside CoC ;)

Best of luck.

Thank you all for your support! I will also be doing a YouTube series, documenting my progress on video and share some dark elixir farming strategies and some great replays. I've uploaded my first video, which is an introductory video. In the video, I introduce myself and the ideologies I follow as a farmer and what inspired me to strive for such a journey. Check it out if you're interested, it should inspire you too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NW04g3sUo

You've depressed me now with the figures, but good luck on your quest.

I think upgrading hero's to max in a pre mature base is bad idea.. You can 3 star any max th9 base if the hero's are at lev 15-20 range and balloons, hogs, pekka maxed.. Bcuz th9 got a tons of upgrade with a high price tag.. I recommend to upgrade hero's and walls at last .. That's what all the farmers do ... Or it will be frustrated farming dark daily.. In a max base most of the attackers do is just zap DE.. If you got a weak base they gonna take 2.5k every 12hrs.. If you break the shield you will loose more.. Think again

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I think upgrading hero's to max in a pre mature base is bad idea.. You can 3 star any max th9 base if the hero's are at lev 15-20 range and balloons, hogs, pekka maxed.. Bcuz th9 got a tons of upgrade with a high price tag.. I recommend to upgrade hero's and walls at last .. That's what all the farmers do ... Or it will be frustrated farming dark daily.. In a max base most of the attackers do is just zap DE.. If you got a weak base they gonna take 2.5k every 12hrs.. If you break the shield you will loose more.. Think again

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Please watch the full video before making that judgment.

How is it a bad idea for me to upgrade my heroes and walls? Please elaborate. All my storage are always full, so am I to do nothing with them? I can make 8 million gold and elixir in a day, no problem if someone takes only a few to give a 12 hour shield. I'll gladly pay someone a small percentage of my loot for a shield. Besides, that's only if I'm generous. Usually I just dump all my gold and elix into walls whenever I have a builder freed.

Do I care if people constantly take 2500 DE? No man, I could care less. As I've said on the video, I average 40k DE on a slow day. I'll be more than happy about getting a free shield!

And I don't do clan wars, so you can't categorize me there either.

What I can tell you is that I'm no ordinary CoC player, the conventional rules for the average player does not apply to me. I like being categorized as a hardcore farmer. And for hardcore farmers, they can do whatever they want without worries because loot isn't an issue for them.

Please ponder more on this subject. Also consider that I was to max out my defenses, I would have to constantly wait with full storages until a builder is free. Why waste time when I am someone that can farm all level 11 walls by the time I max out my defenses. Think about it.

Don't do the mistake I did. Do your upgrades like this:
2 builders for defenses
2 builders for heroes
1 builder free for walls

I wish I could go back in time and do the same.

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Don't do the mistake I did. Do your upgrades like this:
2 builders for defenses
2 builders for heroes
1 builder free for walls

I wish I could go back in time and do the same.

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That is what I'm doing, except for 1 free builder. I don't like the idea of keeping any builders idle. Time is money/loot, I would rather lose a few hundred of thousands resource than to keep a builder idle when I could be upgrading my defenses at a faster rate. As of course loot isn't an issue for me. Besides I don't lose much from raids because I plan ahead of time on what I'm upgrading. Meaning I'm aware exactly when my builder will be free and when I can dump my resource into a new upgrade or walls. I keep each upgrade in separate times. It's foolish to do 5 upgrades that all end at the same day. I avoid that with careful planning. In fact I have an excel document with a list of all the current upgrades and upgrades I will be doing in the future, with a timer for each upgrade.

Check the the second post of this thread. I share some of my farming ideologies that allow me to farm at such a fast time. ;)

Good luck man! Hope it works out for you. Best of luck, will be following this post!!!

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That is what I'm doing, except for 1 free builder. I don't like the idea of keeping any builders idle. Time is money/loot, I would rather lose a few hundred of thousands resource than to keep a builder idle when I could be upgrading my defenses at a faster rate. As of course loot isn't an issue for me. Besides I don't lose much from raids because I plan ahead of time on what I'm upgrading. Meaning I'm aware exactly when my builder will be free and when I can dump my resource into a new upgrade or walls. I keep each upgrade in separate times. It's foolish to do 5 upgrades that all end at the same day. I avoid that with careful planning. In fact I have an excel document with a list of all the current upgrades and upgrades I will be doing in the future, with a timer for each upgrade.

Check the the second post of this thread. I share some of my farming ideologies that allow me to farm at such a fast time. ;)

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if you are the type of guys that can do 8mil a day, than it makes more sense to leave 1 builder free for walls. not because walls are expensive, but because you will even with 8mil a day, it will take you more than 125 days to max them. legos and lava take a billion to max.

besides, when you max your wall... your def should be max too or near max.

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Please watch the full video before making that judgment.

How is it a bad idea for me to upgrade my heroes and walls? Please elaborate. All my storage are always full, so am I to do nothing with them? I can make 8 million gold and elixir in a day, no problem if someone takes only a few to give a 12 hour shield. I'll gladly pay someone a small percentage of my loot for a shield. Besides, that's only if I'm generous. Usually I just dump all my gold and elix into walls whenever I have a builder freed.

Do I care if people constantly take 2500 DE? No man, I could care less. As I've said on the video, I average 40k DE on a slow day. I'll be more than happy about getting a free shield!

And I don't do clan wars, so you can't categorize me there either.

What I can tell you is that I'm no ordinary CoC player, the conventional rules for the average player does not apply to me. I like being categorized as a hardcore farmer. And for hardcore farmers, they can do whatever they want without worries because loot isn't an issue for them.

Please ponder more on this subject. Also consider that I was to max out my defenses, I would have to constantly wait with full storages until a builder is free. Why waste time when I am someone that can farm all level 11 walls by the time I max out my defenses. Think about it.

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I think you got no life other than coc...

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if you are the type of guys that can do 8mil a day, than it makes more sense to leave 1 builder free for walls. not because walls are expensive, but because you will even with 8mil a day, it will take you more than 125 days to max them. legos and lava take a billion to max.

besides, when you max your wall... your def should be max too or near max.

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I can make 8 million gold/elixir in a day if I wish to, but this I'm not interested in farming gold or elixir for walls in this this thread. This thread is about getting my heroes to level 40 as soon as possible, so there's no reason for me to have an idle builder. As an idle builder is only necessary for dumping gold or elixir. And there's a cap to how much loot you can lose. So having my storages full with 8 million can be the same as having having them less than half full. I farm gold and elixir when my DE storage is full and when I need enough for an upgrade. Any extra gold or elixir I have, I dump it on my walls. And I usually have a lot of extra, that's why I have so many lego walls.

I appreciate all the feedback I'm getting. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. ;)

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Originally Posted by Digvijaydheeru

I think you got no life other than coc...

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I manage. I can enjoy other things in life while constantly tapping that next button haha...

I would also like to mention that I would love to max out my defenses, but if I wish to do that, then I would need to spend gems on their timer (as getting the loot for any defense upgrade is not a problem). And I don't wish to spend gems to speed up my progress, even though I can if I wish to, but it takes the fun away. Without gemming the time, I am forced to wait days to upgrade each of my defensive units, so that's what I'm doing... Waiting lol

This thread pertains to my journey to level 40 Heroes. So let's keep this thread entirely related to this subject. If you have questions or suggestions for me on other subjects, such as farming gold and elixir, then feel free to PM me! Thanks. ;)

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I can make 8 million gold/elixir in a day if I wish to, but this I'm not interested in farming gold or elixir for walls in this this thread. This thread is about getting my heroes to level 40 as soon as possible, so there's no reason for me to have an idle builder. As an idle builder is only necessary for dumping gold or elixir. And there's a cap to how much loot you can lose. So having my storages full with 8 million can be the same as having having them less than half full. I farm gold and elixir when my DE storage is full and when I need enough for an upgrade. Any extra gold or elixir I have, I dump it on my walls. And I usually have a lot of extra, that's why I have so many lego walls.

I appreciate all the feedback I'm getting. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. ;)



I manage. I can enjoy other things in life while constantly tapping that next button haha...

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actually, there is a reason to have an idle builder if you are making that much loot in a day. if you are not planning to max wall or only make 1mil a day, then there is no reason to have an idle builder.

if you are not gemming build time, then you will have to wait quite a while since the buid time is probably around a week or more for each def upgrade. having only 3 builder constantly on def upgrade means that there will always a few days in each week that you do not have free builder.

this is fine when you are not a hardcore farmer, but if you are then you are just limiting yourself in your base upgrade.

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actually, there is a reason to have an idle builder if you are making that much loot in a day. if you are not planning to max wall or only make 1mil a day, then there is no reason to have an idle builder.

if you are not gemming build time, then you will have to wait quite a while since the buid time is probably around a week or more for each def upgrade. having only 3 builder constantly on def upgrade means that there will always a few days in each week that you do not have free builder.

this is fine when you are not a hardcore farmer, but if you are then you are just limiting yourself in your base upgrade.

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Check my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NW04g3sUo

I explain how I tackle this problem with my collectors and pre-planning. I always have and will have a builder freed when I need it, as I always plan ahead of time. Besides you're not understanding the point. I'm content with losing resource for free shield. Loot is not and has never been an issue for me. Absolutely no reason for me to have an idle builder. I'm far from the average CoC player lol. Hopefully that answered your question.

Also, please keep this thread on the subject of my journey to level 40 Heroes. If you have questions or suggestions on other subjects, then please PM me. Thank you!

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Check my video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_NW04g3sUo

I explain how I tackle this problem with my collectors and pre-planning. I always have and will have a builder freed when I need it, as I always plan ahead of time. Besides you're not understanding the point. I'm content with losing resource for free shield. Loot is not and has never been an issue for me. Absolutely no reason for me to have an idle builder. I'm far from the average CoC player lol. Hopefully that answered your question.

Also, please keep this thread on the subject of my journey to level 40 Heroes. If you have questions or suggestions on other subjects, then please PM me. Thank you!

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ah i finally understand why you say you will always a builder freed. it is because you def is quite low. as you progress that build time will take much longer.

what i say is not based on losing resources... you clearly can make up the losses easily. but it based on freed builder as you progressed with high level def upgrade.

when each upgrade take a week to finished, you may want to reconsider. until then keep on clashing bro.

The hardest part of simultaneous upgrade of them both is when they reach lvl 30s. You're gonna have to get 300+ per week which will constantly get higher as they go higher lvls. Let alone you won't be having any hero to assist you get the rest of the resources or percentage to hit 50%.Best of luck bro :) PM me once you joined the club.

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The hardest part of simultaneous upgrade of them both is when they reach lvl 30s. You're gonna have to get 300+ per week which will constantly get higher as they go higher lvls. Let alone you won't be having any hero to assist you get the rest of the resources or percentage to hit 50%.Best of luck bro :) PM me once you joined the club.

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Yep, I'm aware of that. After level 30, there's only 10 more levels, which is about 2 months time. It shouldn't be too hard to get 300k per week, that's about 43k per day. I'm already averaging that without any assistance from my heroes.

You're one of the few people that inspired me to pursue such a journey. Thank you!:cool:

This is pretty epic, glad I found this. You got my sub. Best of luck to ya!

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Yep, I'm aware of that. After level 30, there's only 10 more levels, which is about 2 months time. It shouldn't be too hard to get 300k per week, that's about 43k per day. I'm already averaging that without any assistance from my heroes.

You're one of the few people that inspired me to pursue such a journey. Thank you!:cool:

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That compliment made me chuckle.:D Thanks though.
Thanks to Brandon, though i used a different farming method he is still the Godfather of DE farming/Farming lvl 40 heroes.

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if you are the type of guys that can do 8mil a day, than it makes more sense to leave 1 builder free for walls. not because walls are expensive, but because you will even with 8mil a day, it will take you more than 125 days to max them. legos and lava take a billion to max.

besides, when you max your wall... your def should be max too or near max.

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I haven't kept a builder free and am very close to full lava as a th9, granted i upgraded to th9 slightly early and have lvl27 heroes which added several weeks to the time it takes to max by themselves

Also with the elix for walls update walls are much easier to do without a free builder, it a no brainer

Really thoughtful post. I'm also a new lvl 73 TH9 and heroes are on constant upgrade too. The archer queen is getting upgraded to lvl5 and barbarian king to lvl9. I'm farming for DE in Crystal 1/2 and attacking bases with 1000+ DE or 200k gold/ 200k elixir with BAM. The 100/200 DE loot bonus also helps, especially with TH sniping/ DE zapping, although exposed THs get rare in Crystal 2. I' also updrading walls to skull (75% done) and developing a GoWiWiPe war attack via barrack and troops updates, so I need gold & elixir too, while I farm for DE. At all times, I'm aiming to upgrade two heroes, one storage/ barrack/ DE pump, one elixir/ DE troop and two defenses, to balance out resource usage and put the extra resources into the walls. Let's do a race to max heroes. I'm a little behind you, but I'll ry to catch up.

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That compliment made me chuckle.:D Thanks though.
Thanks to Brandon, though i used a different farming method he is still the Godfather of DE farming/Farming lvl 40 heroes.

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Yep, Brandon definitely deserves a lot of credit for his incredible guide. Great inspiration.

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Really thoughtful post. I'm also a new lvl 73 TH9 and heroes are on constant upgrade too. The archer queen is getting upgraded to lvl5 and barbarian king to lvl9. I'm farming for DE in Crystal 1/2 and attacking bases with 1000+ DE or 200k gold/ 200k elixir with BAM. The 100/200 DE loot bonus also helps, especially with TH sniping/ DE zapping, although exposed THs get rare in Crystal 2. I' also updrading walls to skull (75% done) and developing a GoWiWiPe war attack via barrack and troops updates, so I need gold & elixir too, while I farm for DE. At all times, I'm aiming to upgrade two heroes, one storage/ barrack/ DE pump, one elixir/ DE troop and two defenses, to balance out resource usage and put the extra resources into the walls. Let's do a race to max heroes. I'm a little behind you, but I'll ry to catch up.

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Nice! Glad I'm not alone. Best of luck to you too! Be sure to also keep us updated on your progress. I love races. :D

Nicely wrote up

Interesting post. I have subscribed to your youtube channel to see your progress!

How much de do you average an hour? And how much attacks do you get in an hour?

and what clan are you currently in?

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How much de do you average an hour? And how much attacks do you get in an hour?

and what clan are you currently in?

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I average around 5k DE per hour. On good hour, I can make 10k DE. While on a very slow hour, I would make 3k. This is of course without boosting my barracks. I never boost barracks.

I'm in a clan with a bunch of real life friends. Some of us are just casual players.

Whens your next video out?

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Whens your next video out?

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Well I just recently learned how to record my gameplay, so right now I'm just trying to compile some good raids. I'm planning to do some tutorials on how to effectively farm DE with Barch for my next video. Believe it or not, I'm also pretty busy in life so it depends on when I'll have time lol. I have 2 exams next week, so expect another video after that.

Also, feel free to stop by my clan if anyone's interested in seeing some of my raids or would like some farming tips, or just want to chat lol. The clan name is Barefoot, and we have around 8 members. Also, don't ask me to join your clan. As much as I appreciate the invites, I'm committed to this clan with some real life friends. Thank you.

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Well I just recently learned how to record my gameplay, so right now I'm just trying to compile some good raids. I'm planning to do some tutorials on how to effectively farm DE with Barch for my next video. Believe it or not, I'm also pretty busy in life so it depends on when I'll have time lol. I have 2 exams next week, so expect another video after that.

Also, feel free to stop by my clan if anyone's interested in seeing some of my raids or would like some farming tips, or just want to chat lol. The clan name is Barefoot, and we have around 8 members. Also, don't ask me to join your clan. As much as I appreciate the invites, I'm committed to this clan with some real life friends. Thank you.

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Thanks, I might pop in tomoro

Im gonna lead along to Lvl 25 each or 30 during 6 week holiday. Train me how to BAM, i failed very badly

Good luck. I look forward to watching your videos and your progress.

I'm up in M3 as a TH9 farming DE with Loonion and now Dragloonion. It takes a while to cook (48-60 minutes), but I can usually find bases with 2000+ that I'm capable of defeating within 10-20 searches. Adding in the M3 bonus (100/100/500) and it is a decent profit per hour without requiring constant "nexting".

I do have to swipe my phone every few minutes to stay online between raids, but I'm able to work/study in addition to farming.

My queen is going to 16 and king to 13, but I suspect you'll pass me within a month. I'm happy if I can keep 1 hero continuously upgrading.

Cheers.

Good luck on you're journey bro! I will follow your progress :D

Good Luck to you. I love seeing stuff like this since I am a hardcore farmer myself. 101 lavas and rest legos with lvl 19 BK and lvl 17 AQ so I am a little farther ahead of you but obviously was a premie th9 earlier in time. Started in June.

Focused on gold and elixer and just used whatever de I got for upgrades. First time I have put more of an emphasis on de starting a couple days ago.

I saw that your troops are mostly low besides the barching, any idea of possibly incorporating wall breakers, giants, or goblins at some point? Given how much de you are raking in without the drills, it doesn't seem like you need to change what isn't broken.

I don't boost barracks like you do, and next quite a bit in a similar trophy range. Do you ever settle on a base that doesn't meet your requirements because your next army is ready to go?

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101 lavas and rest legos with lvl 19 BK and lvl 17 AQ so I am a little farther ahead of you but obviously was a premie th9 earlier in time. Started in June.

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Dayum! I thought I was doing pretty good for myself!

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Good Luck to you. I love seeing stuff like this since I am a hardcore farmer myself. 101 lavas and rest legos with lvl 19 BK and lvl 17 AQ so I am a little farther ahead of you but obviously was a premie th9 earlier in time. Started in June.

Focused on gold and elixer and just used whatever de I got for upgrades. First time I have put more of an emphasis on de starting a couple days ago.

I saw that your troops are mostly low besides the barching, any idea of possibly incorporating wall breakers, giants, or goblins at some point? Given how much de you are raking in without the drills, it doesn't seem like you need to change what isn't broken.

I don't boost barracks like you do, and next quite a bit in a similar trophy range. Do you ever settle on a base that doesn't meet your requirements because your next army is ready to go?

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Nice! Thanks for sharing.

And yes, I'm planning on incorporating a few Goblins and Wall Breakers along with the Rage and Jump Spell (and possibly Heal) in the future. And yea, what I'm doing right now is already working, so I'm not planning on changing my method until I have my other troops and spells maxed out.

I next quite a bit as well, but I would never settle until it meets my requirements (which are pretty reasonable). I usually fill up my DE storage before I can dump it, so if it's a slow day, then I would just stop playing or farm for gold and elixir instead. Like right now, my storage is almost full but I have 2 days until I can dump my DE, so I'm just casually raiding for gold and elixir right now. I also use BAM for gold/elixir farming, with non-stop training of Minions, and I usually don't need to use my full army to get what I need, and I start nexting even with 75% of my army camp full. So you can imagine how fast I have an army ready to raid.

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Dayum! I thought I was doing pretty good for myself!

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Haha I've been hooked. Not doing anything special. Just grinding away, just don't envy the hours I have put in though!

Being able to multitask while clashing is a godsend.

Hey I will probably be stopping buy to ask some questions tomorrow, any specific time you normally are on?

Holy hell! How are you making SO MUCH LOOT?! I mean i saw the number of times that you've attacked, 518, in the time that you filmed the video. That's a ton. Do you have like a job? or school? or do you just play clash like all day? Forgive me if that came off the wrong way; I am just curious as I am in college and try to get on as much as I can but sometimes it is not always possible. :( If I could get that kind of loot, I would rejoice. Have you not been affected by the current loot crisis?

pulling 40K de on "slow days":.... holy moly.... slow days for me I'm lucky if I pull in 3 k DE. LOL. I just use barch. I would so love it if I could upgrade my heroes and golems etc at such an amazing rate. How do you do it?:confused:

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Hey I will probably be stopping buy to ask some questions tomorrow, any specific time you normally are on?

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I'll be busy tomorrow, so I'll be on and off at times. I'll be online on Friday after around 2 PM EST.

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Holy hell! How are you making SO MUCH LOOT?! I mean i saw the number of times that you've attacked, 518, in the time that you filmed the video. That's a ton. Do you have like a job? or school? or do you just play clash like all day? Forgive me if that came off the wrong way; I am just curious as I am in college and try to get on as much as I can but sometimes it is not always possible. :( If I could get that kind of loot, I would rejoice. Have you not been affected by the current loot crisis?

pulling 40K de on "slow days":.... holy moly.... slow days for me I'm lucky if I pull in 3 k DE. LOL. I just use barch. I would so love it if I could upgrade my heroes and golems etc at such an amazing rate. How do you do it?:confused:

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That 518 was probably around the end of the season, but yea I raid a lot. I would estimate over 80% of those attacks were TH snipes, the others are 50% wins. I never hesitate sniping a Town Hall. I'm also in college and am doing great in classes. I think it's all about being able to manage your time and knowing how to multitask. For example, studying while training your troops. And also knowing how to efficiently farm. I will be uploading videos on some of my raids future to share how to effectively farm DE with simple army compositions like Barch.

As for the current loot crisis, I agree it's not as great as it once was, but it's getting better. Some days are slow, some days are great. Must have a lot of patience and persistence.

Do you plan to continue boosting spell factory once the 1 gem boost ends? Also, any idea what percentage of your dark elixer comes purely from lightning spells?

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Do you plan to continue boosting spell factory once the 1 gem boost ends? Also, any idea what percentage of your dark elixer comes purely from lightning spells?

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Yea I will continue to boost the spell factory. The amount of DE I get in those 2 hours of boost pales in comparison to 10 gems. Besides, I don't boost my barracks, so I probably only spend about 200 gems per week on the factory. As for what percent of my DE comes from lightning spells, I would say around 25-30%.

The King is now level 15!

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

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Yea I will continue to boost the spell factory. The amount of DE I get in those 2 hours of boost pales in comparison to 10 gems. Besides, I don't boost my barracks, so I probably only spend about 200 gems per week on the factory. As for what percent of my DE comes from lightning spells, I would say around 25-30%.

The King is now level 15!

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

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whens the last time you have used your heroes?

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whens the last time you have used your heroes?

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When I reached TH 9 I immediately got the AQ and tried her out for a few days with the BK. Destroying bases with both of them was incredibly easy. Then of course I started my journey and both my heroes have been snoozing ever since, for over a month now.

By the way, even though I'm focusing more on farming DE, I don't just farm DE. 156 Legos now and just surpassed half a billion gold grab!

http://i.imgur.com/9RKGDbu.png

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When I reached TH 9 I immediately got the AQ and tried her out for a few days with the BK. Destroying bases with both of them was incredibly easy. Then of course I started my journey and both my heroes have been snoozing ever since, for over a month now.

By the way, even though I'm focusing more on farming DE, I don't just farm DE. 156 Legos now and just surpassed half a billion gold grab!

http://i.imgur.com/9RKGDbu.png

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WOW bro..u r an amazing DE farmer..very good job! \m/

Do you raid the collector bases with 200k/200k/0-300 de? I would figure that would cut into your de per hour if you did. Although I usually go for 50% against these bases and use up a good portion of my barch army.

Very solid progress on the gold and elixir front, also. I checked your base yesterday and you are definitely farther along wall and hero-wise compared to where I was at that same time period. Being able to pour elixir into walls helps a bit, but still.

When is the next vid coming out. I want to see how you farm with the troop comp efficiently as it will help me out a lot Ps. Gl and I've subbed to your youtube :)

It's amazing how you can farm so much without boosting. It shows how you don't have to boost to get good DE yield per day good job man inspiring me.

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Do you raid the collector bases with 200k/200k/0-300 de? I would figure that would cut into your de per hour if you did. Although I usually go for 50% against these bases and use up a good portion of my barch army.

Very solid progress on the gold and elixir front, also. I checked your base yesterday and you are definitely farther along wall and hero-wise compared to where I was at that same time period. Being able to pour elixir into walls helps a bit, but still.

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You can afford to do both at lvl 15 heroes because you have more than enough time to farm the DE while they are upgrading. My heroes are both 35 now (I was too impatient to farm every level) but it takes 180k DE now to upgrade. I'm definitely focusing on DE and not so much on Gold/Elix.

I don't think anyone is going to pass up a 250k+ collector base nowadays though...they are so rare nowadays.

-T1Girr

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When is the next vid coming out. I want to see how you farm with the troop comp efficiently as it will help me out a lot Ps. Gl and I've subbed to your youtube :)

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You can afford to do both at lvl 15 heroes because you have more than enough time to farm the DE while they are upgrading. My heroes are both 35 now (I was too impatient to farm every level) but it takes 180k DE now to upgrade. I'm definitely focusing on DE and not so much on Gold/Elix.

I don't think anyone is going to pass up a 250k+ collector base nowadays though...they are so rare nowadays.

-T1Girr

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Yup. I usually have to wait a few days before I can dump some of my dark elixir from my full DE storage, so I use that time to farm gold/elixir instead. And can't pass up on those 250k+ collector bases with easy 50% win.

You should create a thread on like a challenge to get both heroes to lvl 40 with a couple of other players to make it a little more fun and have some competition. :P Keep this in mind, if you do so think this a good idea, i would love to be one contestant.

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You should create a thread on like a challenge to get both heroes to lvl 40 with a couple of other players to make it a little more fun and have some competition. :P Keep this in mind, if you do so think this a good idea, i would love to be one contestant.

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I've created a new clan for anyone that wishes to join me on my journey. The clan name is Altar of Heroes

http://i.imgur.com/5MdmBR4.png

You are also free to join whenever you want if you wish to come check up on my progress or have any questions for me, or want to chat.

nice man 30k de a day ... id be lucky if i got 8k a day lol

good luck :)

did u say in your youtube vid that you weren't gonna boost barracks at all? if so id really like to see how this works.

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did u say in your youtube vid that you weren't gonna boost barracks at all? if so id really like to see how this works.

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Yea. To be honest, I actually never boosted barracks in my life lol

Where are you farming at? Gold 2? Gold 1? Please share! :rolleyes:

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Where are you farming at? Gold 2? Gold 1? Please share! :rolleyes:

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• Reside in Gold 1 or Crystal 3 leagues (1900-2100 trophies). At the moment I am fluctuating around these two leagues while my main focus is farming for DE.

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Yea. What I recommend is getting that Crystal badge by hitting 2000 trophies, so you can get that sweet 100 DE loot bonus. You can hold on to that badge as long as you don't fall under 1900 trophies. I found 1900-2100 trophies to be the hot spot for easy DE raids.

You have inspired me to finish maxing my heroes. They have been on the backburner since i made the mistake of gemming some levels lol. Thanks for guide and the post!

Please, make a video with you farming :D

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Will be uploaded tomorrow ^^

good luck broo

Episode 2 is now up! Learn how to effectively farm DE with simple army compositions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q84AG6kTtMo

Very impressive video! It was great to see some example raids at how to get deep into a base for dark elixir. Plus, you articulated your thoughts very well and they were informative.

hey mate i have been watching ur vids and ur defintly doing a great job. but i have just a tip: time ur heroes to be exactly 3days and 12 hours beenween each, this way you focus only on one of them at a time

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Very impressive video! It was great to see some example raids at how to get deep into a base for dark elixir. Plus, you articulated your thoughts very well and they were informative.

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Thanks! Really appreciate the feedback :)

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hey mate i have been watching ur vids and ur defintly doing a great job. but i have just a tip: time ur heroes to be exactly 3days and 12 hours beenween each, this way you focus only on one of them at a time

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Yup, I will take that into consideration once my heroes are of higher levels and becomes overwhelming to upgrade on time. Thanks for the tip!

Let me know if there's anything I can do to improve the videos. And if there's anything I should add to make it better. I'm open to constructive criticism.

Also, if you guys have any nice replays to share come by my clan (Altar of Heroes) to share. If I like it, I'll use it in the next episode. Thanks.

Love the guide!

Looking at your base I see that you have great walls. Lvl.8s and 9s are an amazing accomplishment but I think you should start pouring some gold into your defenses. Whilst walls are great for intimidation having better defenses might protect your dark elixir better.

Also, to add onto my previous post, without maxed defenses you shouldn't go to TH10. And without TH10 you can't get lvl.40 heroes.

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Looking at your base I see that you have great walls. Lvl.8s and 9s are an amazing accomplishment but I think you should start pouring some gold into your defenses. Whilst walls are great for intimidation having better defenses might protect your dark elixir better.

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I dump my extra gold/elix on walls. I wished I could pour them into defenses, but of course all the defenses and limited to time. I've only started playing since about 3 months ago, so of course my defenses are going to look premature. Check out my videos, I explain how I tackle this problem.

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Also, to add onto my previous post, without maxed defenses you shouldn't go to TH10. And without TH10 you can't get lvl.40 heroes.

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I have no intentions of going to TH 10 until I've level 30 Heroes and level 10 walls.

By the way, I now have both my DE drills to level 6! 4800 DE per day just from drills :cool:. Also dumped 9 mill on walls and 7 mill on Xbow to lv 3 upgrade (14 day upgrade).

http://i.imgur.com/g1lv8hr.jpg

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I dump my extra gold/elix on walls. I wished I could pour them into defenses, but of course all the defenses and limited to time. I've only started playing since about 3 months ago, so of course my defenses are going to look premature.

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That's incredibly impressive that you have walls that high although you've only started playing a few months ago. I don't really get why you can't upgrade defenses. Of course you've devoted two builders to heroes but why can't you devote a few others to maxing out your defenses? It just seems like a good idea to make sure you're not too offensively tipped. You want to balance both aspects of COC.

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That's incredibly impressive that you have walls that high although you've only started playing a few months ago. I don't really get why you can't upgrade defenses. Of course you've devoted two builders to heroes but why can't you devote a few others to maxing out your defenses? It just seems like a good idea to make sure you're not too offensively tipped. You want to balance both aspects of COC.

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I do have my other 3 builders upgrading defenses, all the time now that I'm done maxing my DE storage and DE drills. I never keep a builder idle.

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Because unlike walls, defenses are timed. For example, Xbow from lv 2 to lv 3 requires you to wait 14 days. And I don't gem time, if I did I probably would have all my defenses maxed in less than a month.

Hmm. Okay. That seems fair. I see that you also love BARCH. I am of the same breed, but also enjoy big, expensive army compositions. You are quite the impressive farmer so I doubt you'll have trouble getting levels up. Looks like Tyrael has some competition.

This sure is a great thread! Im going to keep track of progress!

Awesome video. Thanks.

Nice explanation of your journey :rolleyes: Good Luck. How much next do you press usually while barching DE?

good luck on your journey, but doesn't it get boring with both heroes upgrading 24/7?

This reminds me of the south park episode where they spend their days maxing a WoW character...and when they reach max, they say "well, what do we do now?"...they answer "we play the game man!"

All I'm saying is if you invested a couple dollars to gem some time of your heroes I think you would enjoy using them on your journey and the fun you would have is 100x. or maybe just have some upgrade overlap.

I'm only 7mnths in w/ Bk11 and AQ12...and nothing is more enjoyable for me than farming or war attacking with both heroes. I also found that the AQ makes reaching DE storages A LOT easier.

To each his own and I hope you get them maxed and after those 227 days get to use them fully!

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good luck on your journey, but doesn't it get boring with both heroes upgrading 24/7?

This reminds me of the south park episode where they spend their days maxing a WoW character...and when they reach max, they say "well, what do we do now?"...they answer "we play the game man!"

All I'm saying is if you invested a couple dollars to gem some time of your heroes I think you would enjoy using them on your journey and the fun you would have is 100x. or maybe just have some upgrade overlap.

I'm only 7mnths in w/ Bk11 and AQ12...and nothing is more enjoyable for me than farming or war attacking with both heroes. I also found that the AQ makes reaching DE storages A LOT easier.

To each his own and I hope you get them maxed and after those 227 days get to use them fully!

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Agreed ! That's why i stopped upgrading my heroes 2months ago... they are lv15 & lv17 (9month old acct)

Whoa.
I wish you luck on your journey!

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good luck on your journey, but doesn't it get boring with both heroes upgrading 24/7?

This reminds me of the south park episode where they spend their days maxing a WoW character...and when they reach max, they say "well, what do we do now?"...they answer "we play the game man!"

All I'm saying is if you invested a couple dollars to gem some time of your heroes I think you would enjoy using them on your journey and the fun you would have is 100x. or maybe just have some upgrade overlap.

I'm only 7mnths in w/ Bk11 and AQ12...and nothing is more enjoyable for me than farming or war attacking with both heroes. I also found that the AQ makes reaching DE storages A LOT easier.

To each his own and I hope you get them maxed and after those 227 days get to use them fully!

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Nope, never gets boring for me. I'm the type of person that enjoys challenges. For me, it's so much more fun to not use your overpowered heroes, and instead attack DE storage with a bunch of weak troops.

You're 7 months in and only have BK lv 11 and AQ lv 12, but in that amount of time I'll have lv 40 BK and lv 40 AQ http://www.emoticonsfree.org/wp-cont...inking0071.gif. But as you've said, you should go with what you enjoy the most doing. For casual farmers that can't keep both heroes training, I recommend using one of them to farm while keeping the other one under training.

So much DE goes to waste in my overflowing DE storage that I wish I could donate it to others.
- You don't hear that everyday lol. And I hate to sound arrogant about it.

[QUOTE/] And dont forget that you have a life outside CoC ;)[/QUOTE]


Yea that's when we get the mandatory break after 6 hrs of coc time!

I wanna give you a cookie. this thread is soo beautiful!

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Nice explanation of your journey :rolleyes: Good Luck. How much next do you press usually while barching DE?

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I don't really keep count as I TH snipe whenever I find a TH outside. But if I have to estimate, it takes me around 5-7 mins of nexting on average to find a decent amount of DE that I can get. I know that I average at least 1000 DE per raid excluding TH snipes.

Can you anyone suggest a good base for d.e farming? Thank you guys!

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What Town Hall level? There are a bunch of good DE farming bases in this forum. Check here: http://forum.supercell.net/forumdisp...ase-Design-101

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What Town Hall level? There are a bunch of good DE farming bases in this forum. Check here: http://forum.supercell.net/forumdisp...ase-Design-101

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Sorry.. BTW I'm a early TH9 with max th8 def, skull wall and few violet wall. I decided to farm d.e for my dark troops also for the heroes.

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Sorry.. BTW I'm a early TH9 with max th8 def, skull wall and few violet wall. I decided to farm d.e for my dark troops also for the heroes.

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Check this thread out: http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...-farming-bases

kidcudi88 did a good job making a compilation of some great TH 9 farming bases. If you're wondering where to put the 4th Mortar, just be sure to make it symmetrical or evenly spaced out ranges between the 4 Mortars.

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Nope, never gets boring for me. I'm the type of person that enjoys challenges. For me, it's so much more fun to not use your overpowered heroes, and instead attack DE storage with a bunch of weak troops.

You're 7 months in and only have BK lv 11 and AQ lv 12, but in that amount of time I'll have lv 40 BK and lv 40 AQ http://www.emoticonsfree.org/wp-cont...inking0071.gif. But as you've said, you should go with what you enjoy the most doing. For casual farmers that can't keep both heroes training, I recommend using one of them to farm while keeping the other one under training.

So much DE goes to waste in my overflowing DE storage that I wish I could donate it to others.
- You don't hear that everyday lol. And I hate to sound arrogant about it.

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I also have max gol and some decent hogs ;)

I visited your base, hope to swing by ur clan later too. Ur base is hilarious - almost full legos with TH7 defenses is very entertaining. You definitely have a unique account haha