Push for Champs

Was considering trying to push for Champions League soon. I am a maxed TH9 with lvl 17 BK, lvl 20 AQ, max troops, and lvl 8/9 walls. Currently farming DE in Crystal 1 for my heroes. I have been to Master 3 but didnt stay long. Max trophy count 2600.

Any tips and/or tricks from people who have been there? Believe lot of people use balloons and minions. How long would it normally take to push up? Any special army comps you use? Anything specific to look for in bases to attack? Just any kind of info on what to expect or bases I might run into as I go up would be helpful.

Thanks guys!

Use the 1 gem boosts at your benefit! That's all for now!

Up thru M-2 is pretty easy. Using loonion. M-1 is when it becomes a bûgger. Every champ will jump on you and every lower guy will hit you for big cups going up. The last 100 cups can be tough. I actually think M-1 is tougher than Champs actually is. This is where I would be prepared for some sit down time.

Good luck!

In M3, I can get 100 trophies is an hour with my regular farming army. So no sweat there.

I see plenty of level 1 infernos. So loonion should manage there.

Don't go out without your 2 heroes. My king has been upgrading for 2 weeks and the only losses I got were 1-2% away.

Just make 2 hours blitz and welcome your shield when you can. No use going up too fast, because you will get revenged by people much lower than you and lose tons of trophies. A TH9 in the 2800-3000 range. A lot of people will try to revenge you.

If I were you I would consider putting my TH out. TH10s will come at you anyway once you are in the 2700 range. If you are lucky, you will only get sniped.

2 hours each day. Maybe a bit more on the week-end. I think in 8-12 days you should be close to champ.

Make sure you at least get double what you lose in defense.

Bring plenty of loot. Last time I pushed, I had 6M elixir, 4M gold and 100k DE. I stopped pushing when my DE was at 20k (hogs).

Good luck

I used Loonian, boosted a few times a day. Never raid without full spells up fast 2800, and don't raid without heroes.

I'm pushing towards champ now, currently in M1. Getting to ~2900 cups was pretty easy. I've been using lavaballoonion for my attack. You have to bring your heros. There are a lot less "easy" bases, which makes sense. Also, a lot more people have good troops in their cc. For the most part, you're going to have to earn your trophies. I haven't seen a th to snipe since I've been in M1.

A couple of bad raids can send you tumbling down in trophies which can be discouraging. Better to just get raided, get the shield and take a break when that happens.

As a th9 - seriously consider sticking your th out once you start getting champs attacking you - starts around 2900 - 3000? You'll be lucky to win a defence anyway - so offer up your base for an easy 1 star, & more often than not you get a relatively painless -1 to -3. Whilst i'm a th10, currently at 3264 cups, & 80% + of my defence log are -1's from high champs.

My TH9 clanmate and a TH9 forum friend pushed to champ using Balloonion too.