I think you should go to TH10.
Lego walls are decent, but your heroes are quite low.
Getting DE is far easier to do at TH10.
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I probably won't even finish Legos before I go. The new troop levels, freeze spell and infernos have me drooling. Once I maxed my splash damage, people mostly left me alone, and I just finished maxing my xbows! So I reckon by the time I've maxed the rest of my defenses, I'll be in a position to move up to masters if I want. Do whatever makes you happy, but I won't sit with lazy builders. I already have more DE than I know what to do with, so I anticipate TH 10 being a blast!(build times aside)
Yeah, not as bad as many make out.
You won't steal as much gold & elixir. But you can make up for that with leagues.
And DE…is off the chart. I often have to donate witches to relieve it as I only want to upgrade 1 royal at a time. Which cost around 140k each right now.
Also extra mine/collector/drill.
I think you should get the heroes to 15, maybe even 20. During that time, just get your core and maybe intersections in lavas.
I fully maxed my th 9 besides my heroes and walls. Lego walls and lvl 20 heroes, id say go to th 10 unless you want to farm out dem lavas :D
I would suggest lavas and lvl 20 heros.
I'd get both heroes to at least 15 and preferably the AQ to 20. Unless you really focus on DE (which you'll also need for lab upgrades), your heroes will just fall furter behind as you focus on gold for your upgrades.
I never regretted going to TH10 with level 15 heroes until today when having my AQ to 25 or 30 (Lvl 22 now) would've easily turned a couple one star victories into 2 stars. (On the other hand, I'm nearing maxing defenses so I'll have nothing to do but upgrade heroes and walls soon.)
If you don't do CW or have no intention of going to champion, then you might as well go to TH10 and get the new toys.