The Pros and Cons of a Near Max TH 8

I'm a TH 8 with max structures, traps, skull walls and elixer upgrades. My BK is 8 and my DE upgrades is Minion 4 and Hogs 3. I will be a TH 9 by next week and here are my thoughts on my topic.

CONS: Mostly TH 9s attack me and at level 84 it seems like there is no loot penalty. When I have 1.8m of gold or elix TH 9s can raid approx 175k.

PROS: Intimidation factor from same or lower TH. My traps and def can protect me from most attacks since Tesla 6 and Skull trap 2 messes with farming attacks using mass giants or bam. Thanks to what I read in the forums, any TH 9 that raids me I get even using giwipe or gowipe and steal em silly. Pekka 3 is awesome!

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Originally Posted by randerthall

I'm a TH 8 with max structures, traps, skull walls and elixer upgrades. My BK is 8 and my DE upgrades is Minion 4 and Hogs 3. I will be a TH 9 by next week and here are my thoughts on my topic.

CONS: Mostly TH 9s attack me and at level 84 it seems like there is no loot penalty. When I have 1.8m of gold or elix TH 9s can raid approx 175k.

PROS: Intimidation factor from same or lower TH. My traps and def can protect me from most attacks since Tesla 6 and Skull trap 2 messes with farming attacks using mass giants or bam. Thanks to what I read in the forums, any TH 9 that raids me I get even using giwipe or gowipe and steal em silly. Pekka 3 is awesome!

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When I build out my second account, I won't max out th8 like I did with my primacy account. The single biggest tool when farming DE is the archer queen. I started out th8 with all my DE upgrades after farming troops. I stayed in TH 8 too long and it starts to drag with minimal benefits.

Once in TH9 the loot penalty isn't e even bad... I didn't notice a difference. All the while it is close to impossible to protect loot. You are right in that the penalty from th9 bases is not high when raiding th8 bases.

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Originally Posted by patrmac04

When I build out my second account, I won't max out th8 like I did with my primacy account. The single biggest tool when farming DE is the archer queen. I started out th8 with all my DE upgrades after farming troops. I stayed in TH 8 too long and it starts to drag with minimal benefits.

Once in TH9 the loot penalty isn't e even bad... I didn't notice a difference. All the while it is close to impossible to protect loot. You are right in that the penalty from th9 bases is not high when raiding th8 bases.

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+1 This is it...Archer Queen rocks!

You will get Archer Queen at th9.

archer queens helps a lot while barching th8s

The cons faaaar exceed the pros. I loathed every minute of TH8.

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Originally Posted by kather

You will get Archer Queen at th9.

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Thats why I'm heading to TH 9. Raiding DE is difficult. With a second DE pump and AQ, I should be rolling in DE pretty quick.

I maxed everything I could for 2 reasons:

1. To make my life upgrade wise easier in TH 9
2. Planning on going dragloonion ASAP so I maxed my loon, drag and minion.

Raiding in TH 8 was no problem since I bam regularly so gold/elix upgrades was relatively painless. DE is another story. Excited to get my 2nd royal next week.

I was a max th8. Bk10 vslk2 pekka 3. Blah. Blah blah

The advantage for me has been I don't have to waste any resources on th8 troops walls or defense. I will have AQ5 before my first troops hatch from lab

AQ is great for raiding de but she also loves to drink it

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Originally Posted by mcleoad

I was a max th8. Bk10 vslk2 pekka 3. Blah. Blah blah

The advantage for me has been I don't have to waste any resources on th8 troops walls or defense. I will have AQ5 before my first troops hatch from lab

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I agree. When you're an early TH 9 busy upgrading campsites, TH 8 max troops and def help alot. I should have AQ 5 before I get my loon 6.