TH9 - Defense maxed - what to do now?

i maxxed out th9. well almost. i had heros in their teens and all lvl9 walls. i wasnt prepared to stay at th9 just to farm heros and lvl10 walls. i would say get your walls up as high as you can be bothered. then go to th10. at th10 i am now just about to do my last elixir upgrade. things have changed since went to th9 especially the walls upgrades through elixir. if i was at th9 now i would have probably done lv 10 walls. but at least i will be able to do that now at th10.

as long as you are not a premie then i dont think it makes that much difference. they release updates far slower than you can upgrade your base. so eventually you will catch up and maxx out th10 no matter when you decide to go for th10.

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Originally Posted by SkyLiimit

Thanks for all your answers, really appreciate it.

First of all to the question why I can't farm both : I can but it's not effective. I might do 1 or 2 skull walls per day when farming for DE.

Second of all : I don't really want to go to th10 as I still have lvl7 walls and non lvl20 heroes (just the king).

And last but not least to the walls : Do they only help in cw? Because as said, I'm more in higher leagues where walls don't matter (either snipe or 3 star). So there's not much motivation to do them, though higher lvl walls are looking good. Heroes are another chapter, they do help in cw and in normal raiding.

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snap!!! hadnt realized who posted. VOLAR fo lyfe!!!

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Originally Posted by SkyLiimit

Thanks for all your answers, really appreciate it.

First of all to the question why I can't farm both : I can but it's not effective. I might do 1 or 2 skull walls per day when farming for DE.

Second of all : I don't really want to go to th10 as I still have lvl7 walls and non lvl20 heroes (just the king).

And last but not least to the walls : Do they only help in cw? Because as said, I'm more in higher leagues where walls don't matter (either snipe or 3 star). So there's not much motivation to do them, though higher lvl walls are looking good. Heroes are another chapter, they do help in cw and in normal raiding.

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Get your lv9 walls. I'm a mid TH9. And I can tell you, I really enjoyed dumping elixir and gold into walls and being low on ressources as TH8, I never got attacked. I'd enjoy it as long as you can as TH9, dump de into heroes and gold/elixir into walls.

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Originally Posted by SkyLiimit

And last but not least to the walls : Do they only help in cw? Because as said, I'm more in higher leagues where walls don't matter (either snipe or 3 star). So there's not much motivation to do them, though higher lvl walls are looking good. Heroes are another chapter, they do help in cw and in normal raiding.

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Yes, they do help a lot in CW. Once you are a TH10, you will mostly get attacked in gowipe or gowiwi (even if some keep using drags4 or baloonion, like myself, but we are a minority). For such attacks, your wall will make a lot of a difference :

1/ They will force your attacker to take a jump spell with him in order to get his troops in the center of your base. If you have weak walls, he might maybe not take this jump spell, meaning one more rage.

2/ Nice, he gets into your center, and maybe even took you TH down, but that's still a 2 stars only. His troops still need to come out into each compartment if he wants to 3 star you, and breaking walls can be a pity for golems. While his golems are busy on some walls for a few more seconds, your defs will just take some life out of them, and maybe kill most of his wizard or witches as they are being distracted instead of hiding behing the golems... your walls will make all the difference between a 2-star and a 3-star.

At the same time, infernos will make even more of a difference, so don't keep your builders inactive at TH9 if your defs are maxed, move to TH10.

Reading all those posts, I have seen a lot of people who stayed at TH9 doing their walls recommending you to do so, but don't think I've seen only one guy who decided to move to TH10 with maxed defs telling you he regretted this choice.

I'll move to TH10 when my King and Queen are lv 20, at least lv9 walls, maxed defenses and maxed lab. No hurry. Just saying.

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Originally Posted by bbdoc

At the same time, infernos will make even more of a difference, so don't keep your builders inactive at TH9 if your defs are maxed, move to TH10.

Reading all those posts, I have seen a lot of people who stayed at TH9 doing their walls recommending you to do so, but don't think I've seen only one guy who decided to move to TH10 with maxed defs telling you he regretted this choice.

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I think your builders will be inactive anyways when you are doing walls... so i would rather do them as a TH9 than a TH10... same with the heroes, it is definitely easier to get more DE as a TH9 than a TH10..

I do understand that TH10 has a lot of goodies like more collectors, infernos etc but its worthwhile to get as much at TH9 as possible before making the move.

It is also right that most TH10 dont regret the move. the move is not that bad if you move at a decent lvl.. unless u just do TH upgrades and ignore all the defenses no one will regret it.... you can get ur heroes to lvl30 as a TH9 and walls to lvl 10... that doesnt leave a lot for u to do when u move to Th10.. plus as someone already stated as a TH9 u can pick on TH8s and u have enough troops to get Th10s too... and then there is a loot penalty as a TH10.. so all these things make TH9 the best place to be at

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Originally Posted by bbdoc

...Reading all those posts, I have seen a lot of people who stayed at TH9 doing their walls recommending you to do so, but don't think I've seen only one guy who decided to move to TH10 with maxed defs telling you he regretted this choice.

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Wisdom... 😉

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Originally Posted by SNasian

I'm a fellow TH9 my lego walls are done. Heroes are both at Level 15 and all of my traps and defenses are nearly maxed. IMO the two hardest things to achieve in this CoC are Max Walls and Max Heroes. Do you really feel like farming walls at $3mil each and then $4mil each both at TH10? I for one don't. I've been debating whether to move up to TH10 and decided will not until my TH9 is max. Why? Here it goes.

Don't know how others feel about it but I firmly believe that TH9 is the best place to be at in CoC. There's so much more versatility here then anywhere else in the game. I farm in the Golds and smash TH8's to pieces all day long for gold and elixir. If I need DE I move up to the crystals and farm away. Trophy pushing, use Loonion to get to Champs.

Too many times I've seen Max Th10 defenses with purple walls or Level 15 Heroes, not the way i want to start out my TH10 adventure. If your a TH10 and have low level walls and heroes IMO you're at a HUUUUGE disadvantage. Why do that to yourself? Whatever decision you make you'll live with it and adjust accordingly. IMO stay at TH9 and Max it out, continue to enjoy CoC farming at it's best. IDK from experience but I'm almost positive it doesn't get any easier.

Shout out to VinnyXo and CloudWhiskey these guys gave me the motivation to Max out my TH9. Cheers!!

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All of us who max our THs go through this debate, so I get the logic. However, there are two huge fallacies being bandied about on the forums from those that are TH9s:
1) DE is not better @ TH9. Why? Because TH8s don't have much DE. As soon as you're attacking TH9+, better to have 240 troops, higher levels, etc.
2) Walls make a difference, but probably only up to ~100 legos. There's a big difference between seeing a TH10 with purple walls and one with legos protecting loot (not funneling, these outside walls hardly matter). I'd stay until you've got some serious lego wall deterrent going on, but beyond that point all of us TH10s are going to bloonion the ♥♥♥♥ out of your base, and we're not deterred by your walls or the minor 10% loot penalty.

I'm not saying this for my own self interest. I love seeing TH9s who are deluded enough to have lava walls and 100k+ DE. We've all been there, but stop beating yourself up. You don't have purple walls. You're taking the right approach. But there are limits to that approach, and other dimensions to this game... Saving is a virture, hoarding just means you miss out on other things. Don't be a hoarder.

As the earlier poster said... nobody who was in your shoes and went to TH10 is complaining. Isn't that the only opinion that counts?

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Originally Posted by smasherz

I think your builders will be inactive anyways when you are doing walls... so i would rather do them as a TH9 than a TH10... same with the heroes, it is definitely easier to get more DE as a TH9 than a TH10.

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Why would they remain inactive ? I'm working on my lava walls at the same time as I'm working on my upgrades. Every time I have a builder coming back I simply calculate how much I can drop into walls before launching my next upgrade. I never had any builder remaining inactive for walls, and don't understand why people are doing this while you can easily do both at the same time

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Originally Posted by fatdome

All of us who max our THs go through this debate, so I get the logic. However, there are two huge fallacies being bandied about on the forums from those that are TH9s:
1) DE is not better @ TH9. Why? Because TH8s don't have much DE. As soon as you're attacking TH9+, better to have 240 troops, higher levels, etc.
2) Walls make a difference, but probably only up to ~100 legos. There's a big difference between seeing a TH10 with purple walls and one with legos protecting loot (not funneling, these outside walls hardly matter). I'd stay until you've got some serious lego wall deterrent going on, but beyond that point all of us TH10s are going to bloonion the ♥♥♥♥ out of your base, and we're not deterred by your walls or the minor 10% loot penalty.

I'm not saying this for my own self interest. I love seeing TH9s who are deluded enough to have lava walls and 100k+ DE. We've all been there, but stop beating yourself up. You don't have purple walls. You're taking the right approach. But there are limits to that approach, and other dimensions to this game... Saving is a virture, hoarding just means you miss out on other things. Don't be a hoarder.

As the earlier poster said... nobody who was in your shoes and went to TH10 is complaining. Isn't that the only opinion that counts?

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I'm at level 16 heroes and about 40 lava walls done. Rest maxed. I'm thinking of th10 but I disagree with your comment that no one who went to th10 is complaining. In fact, the thousands of pages of th10s complaining about loot is why I haven't moved up yet. i understand I can max th10 (other than walls) for less than the cost of just getting my lavas done, but that only matters if I can just as easily get loot at th10. I keep hearing it is terrible.