TH8 with level 1 Barb King

I'm finishing up maxing walls and teslas this week. After that I'll be done. I feel like getting level 5 barbarians and archers are a bigger deal than the loot penalty of going to TH8. So should I go to TH8 and farm for DE there? I'll also get a second drill.

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Originally Posted by lolnopound

I'm finishing up maxing walls and teslas this week. After that I'll be done. I feel like getting level 5 barbarians and archers are a bigger deal than the loot penalty of going to TH8. So should I go to TH8 and farm for DE there? I'll also get a second drill.

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I did that, and currently have a level 3 king. Loot penalty isn't that bad Tbh especially if you are looking for DE. Start your upgrade now, and stockpile loot for the coming upgrades like the Labs and the upgrades that come with it. Just my opinion, but its your choice

I did that. I now have a level 6 barbarian king.

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Originally Posted by lolnopound

I'm finishing up maxing walls and teslas this week. After that I'll be done. I feel like getting level 5 barbarians and archers are a bigger deal than the loot penalty of going to TH8. So should I go to TH8 and farm for DE there? I'll also get a second drill.

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We are on same boat :) I am maxxed th7 already a week.
But but I upgrade collectors, king, hogs and minions.

King - level 4 (1 more)

Minions - level 2 (max)

Hog riders - level (1 more)

Actually i post few similar threads but I decided to dont move to th8 even I have full resources. I badly but badly attack for DE.

For 30h will be finished level 3 drill on th7. Cant be faster. 5 min after update I start :)

So I will have 1080 DE per day. So I suggest you dont move if you dont finished collectors. Yes this is boring like hell, but King 5 really help. And you dont worry for loot . I find 400 000 loot from th6/poor th7 so much in silver 2.

So my advice dont hurry. But if you cant wait move on.

I recommended maxing bk to lvl5, best move I made before making the jump. Now at th8 I have bk at lvl10 making farming dk a breeze along with dk troop upgrades.

The rule of thumb is that getting resources is more difficult when you upgrade th. For gold and elixir that is true, but for DE it is opposite (DE gets a lot easier). Just something to think about.

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Originally Posted by lolnopound

I'm finishing up maxing walls and teslas this week. After that I'll be done. I feel like getting level 5 barbarians and archers are a bigger deal than the loot penalty of going to TH8. So should I go to TH8 and farm for DE there? I'll also get a second drill.

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DE is much easier to come by at town hall 8. It's worth going up in town hall as long as you aren't behind in your lab research and will be going for level5 barbs and archer right away at th8. Also, in a few weeks DE is going to start to get easier to come by in general, with the holiday update adding new drills.

I've been at 8 for 2 or 3 weeks and my king is going to level 8 now. I haven't been farming specifically for DE, I just raid a lot (between 1300-1500). Also, I haven't done DE research, I have been using all DE to upgrade my king so my lab stays free for other research I think is more important right now (not using DE for looting or wars right now, maybe will towards the top end of TH8).

If the only thing keeping you in TH7 is the barb king and everything else is maxed and you have sleeping builders....make the jump. Maxing heroes gets easier the higher you go.

Maxing him at TH7 is only going to slow you down.

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Originally Posted by 1thatknocks

If the only thing keeping you in TH7 is the barb king and everything else is maxed and you have sleeping builders....make the jump. Maxing heroes gets easier the higher you go.

Maxing him at TH7 is only going to slow you down.

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Agree, I focused maxing bk early and had all upgrades timed.

Move to TH8, build and max those drills.