Hi all,
TH Level 7
Trophy Count started and ended at 47 during test.
Whats better?
Raiding lower resources with minimal troop use
Or all troops to raid a 200k resources opponent
I set out to a 1 hour test to see how the raiding lower resources with minimal troop use method worked (it has been my farming method for a long time, but I had never measured my success).
Here is how it went. I have 3 working barracks (1 is under construction) and 200 troop max. I maxed out my troops and started with 128 Goblins (lvl 4), 12 Giants (lvl 3), and 12 Wall Breakers (lvl 4). My plan was to raid as many times as possible focusing on stealing GOLD. However if I crossed a base with lots of elixir unprotected I would raid it as well. In the hour raiding I only made Goblins in my barracks to replenish what I was using.
In efforts to keep this post short on words I'm going to post my results and field any questions you might have. I'm posting the pictures from my spreadsheet and will also type the final results out (so readers who are not registered can at least see the results). The average/raid and ratios at the bottom are the most important.
The Raid Details will do a good job showing my raiding tactics/opponent selection.
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Starting Info Gold Storage 1,364,129 Elixir Storage 910,244 Troops Used Goblins 479 Giants 11 Wall Breakers 8 Ending Info Raids 36 Gold Storage 3,252,895 Gold Pumps 16,433 Gold Stolen 1,962,233 Elixir Storage 1,845,700 Elixir Pumps 16,610 Elixir Stolen 993,666 Next Match Info Cost per Match 380 Times Pressed 105 Expense 39,900 Average hits/raid 3 Averages per Raid Avg Goblins/Raid 14 Avg Giants/Raid Avg WB/Raid Avg Gold Stolen/Raid 27,602 Avg Elixir Stolen/Raid 54,506 Avg Raid Time 32 sec Ratios Gold/minute 101,495 Gold/goblin 4,097 Elixir/minute 51,397 Elixir/goblin 2,074
As the data shows, I stole nearly 2 million in gold and almost 1 million in elixir in 1 hour. During this time I never ran out of goblins, giants or wall breakers however I ended with 1 giant and 3 wall breaks at the end of the hour so I was about to need to train those troops. The majority of the places I raded were between 35k and 90k and on average used 13 goblins. This is hands down is more profitable than looking for a HUGE base to raid for 100k+ resources. Here is my logic.
I never had to wait to train troops, I essentially raided 36 bases without stopping for an hour. If you used all of your troops to raid 1 base with 200k resources it would take you about 25 minutes with 4 barracks to build your army again. So within the hour you could raid a max of 400-500k if you found incredibly good bases.
If you have any questions for me let me know, I'm happy to share. I hope this helps clear up any farming thoughts!
In the end I can definitely say raiding fewer resources that are easy to get with minimal troop use was incredibly effective!
