th 8 strategy options

alright, im an upper th 8 lvl 75 currently in crystal, i want to know what league i should be in, and what strategy i should use, to effectively finish my maxing process.
i already have a good idea of what league i need to be in, just need conformation, i used to be in gold three, but won too many defenses, so now i pushed up to crystal because of the loot situation, the loot isnt much better here either, so i want to know if i should just push to crystal 2, or just keep barching where i am.
i also need to know if anyone has any good comps, im familiar with the usual, barch, wizard giant healer, hogs, drags, balloons, and gowipe. my baloons are only level four, so id have to upgrade them,same with my drags, i dont use them much, so i havent bothered upgrading them. anyways, i know basic army compositions but i dont know which to use and when. if this helps at all, i want gold and elixir de is nice but is not my priority


Thanks for your input!


All the best - Sullysd

I'm farming at Gold 2 & found it better than Gold 3,1 & Crystal 3. I don't know about C 2. Bases here are easy to loot from & offer about 300k-500k (Active bases). Then, there are a few inactives here as well. As for DE, more of it is in Gold 1. [Barching all the way!]

Balloonion is a good option for a TH 8 in Gold 1 since bases there are harder to crack with barching. If you use Balloonion in Gold 1, you will make relatively more loot (Especially DE) per raid as compared to barching in Gold 2. But when it comes to loot per hour, Barching is better though it needs more luck. Balloonion can easily get you 100% loot from TH 7s & most of the loot from TH 8s.

As for GoWiPe & Mass Drags, you don't need them for farming. just use them in Clan Wars. Same goes for a Mass Hog attack unless you have enough DE to waste & get loads of elixir & gold.

If you're looking for more loot from strong opponents, come down to Gold 1 [Balloonion, Hogs]. If you're looking for normal loot from easy opponents, come down to Gold 2 [Barching].