What is your position on checkerboard bases?

Hi guys,
I wanted to ask the community on what they think about checkerboard bases. I was trying to design a base, but it ended up redirecting to a checkerboard layout, and I was wondering if I could possibly use it.

It has all the good triangle positions and whatnot, but of course, it's a bit small. I know it would take forever to break like 20 walls to get all the loot, so I know that's a plus. But it could be destroyed a bit easily if you know how to (wallbreakers), or maybe air units (not unless you push the spawn back).

So, here are my questions:
1. Do you skip a checkerboard base with pretty good loot once you see one?
2. How have you done with checkerboard bases in the past?
3. Do you recommend using one?
4. Have you ever used one, and how was the experience?

Note these are all farming questions.


Lastly, here's a base I created quickly, let me know if you like it or not. It's to protect gold, and spawn will be pushed back (haven't done it yet):
http://i.imgur.com/mmqKb8h.png


Also, this is a TH 8 base, with 216 walls used, and no teslas.


Let me know your opinions!

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Originally Posted by TheSwordwalker

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Thanks for the descriptive response ;)

All t junctions, so wb can break open two compartments... Also hard to protect storages and keep splashes safer

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Originally Posted by Dlj27272727

All t junctions, so wb can break open two compartments... Also hard to protect storages and keep splashes safer

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That's what I was also thinking, since it's hard with very little walls.

And I was mainly talking about checkerboards in general, but yea.

Terribly inefficient. Why give each building it's own compartment when one well placed WB explosion can break open four compartments?

Compartmentalizing and segmenting are all well and good, but to give each building it's own space is inefficient. Lots of walls wasted, and some storages inevitably are pushed close to the edge.

I always raid them, wallbreakers tear them apart and giants just go in for the kill. If you're farming, I'd rather have an extra cannon inside and the AD out as I rarely ever get raided by air troops when farming.