TH8 Maxing - Def and Offese almost done

I've recieved and read plenty of advice on what people would, should, could and will do, but... I want to know one thing base on the following pics. What is it YOU would do? Keep your base at TH8 until its all maxed, including BK, or go th9 now, get the AQ, and Xbows, the boisteroue level 6 troops but possibly take a hit in the loot department?

I realize it may be different for different people, so please explain why YOU would make that particular choice. Hopefully this will help me figure what I do.

BTW I lead a war clan, with a range of TH's and strength. Ive gotten the opinon from most of my clan, I just want to ask you guys here too.

Thanks for looking and responding.

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From what I can gather on the troop composition, you mostly use Loonions. So if I'm on that case, I would upgrade my BK to 10 (or at least close) while upgrading heal and lightning and the rest of the walls. Then I'd save up on resources and upgrade to TH9.

Oh, and upgrade your DE storage and fill it with as many as you can. So you can save up for the Queen while upgrading the King.

The archer queen is your new focus, she'll get more attention than your real life gf

I would,

Max my DE storage & DB,
Make a run for Masters League before going for TH 9 since TH 10s won't hurt you much there because of the loot penalty,
[Ignore the BK for now & gather enough DE for the AQ since you can get even more than double the amount of DE you are getting from the drills at the moment] In other words, it's easier to get DE at TH 9 for the king's upgrades.

Nice i love players who max before continuing to next Town Hall, because this game won't shutdown or something so the next Town Hall can wait.

I'm a bit amazed of your level, probably because you FIN is high i think. I got left only 2 Tesla to upgrade to level 6 and walls but I'm level 84 LOL

Focus on your DE and Barbarian King, good luck :D

I was hoping to get some quality remarks from as many peeps as possible. I'm quite satisfied that I got the response I have. Thanks be to you.

Ekusu I have been using loonion but only recently. Crazy how one person does something (particularly a leader) and you get many to follow. I wasnt much of a fan of loons, but thats cuz they were level 3 up until a few weeks ago. I started using it to farm/push or hybrid farm as I call it... leading by example and following my own rules, i share replays, good or bad everyday. Needless to say the clan has followed suit. Hmmm? whats the next big comp to hit ninjatown?

Drewbiedoo Haha i like that. Ive long sought the AQ and her derty lil crossbow. I'm married tho, so Im used to lack of attention. :p

Newbee I like your response. I think its good solid advice. I have yet to hit masters, 2098 trophies is all. Reason-Ive not found cups to be important so long as I need loot to upgrade my shish. It can be a great tool-- to gauge where ill be farmin. Or to recruit... but I always thought of making the push when I nearly max th9. This is an idea to ponder though. Rest of what you said makes perfect sense.

KeyLogger Another great response. My FIN is 56,326. What?!? giving is in these days. :rolleyes: My game center has my first a achievement at Feb 26, 2013. Theoretically I should be higher xp level. To the contrary I quit the game a while back, round th6 before having joined a clan. Come to find out a bunch of RL friends played, and that swept me back up. I was lower then most of them at the time, but as I got better some how ended up the leader of that clan, which over time morphed into the now, NekkidNinjas. (not all of us are nekkid, thats optional.) BTW maxing is an essential component of outr clan, and we encourage nothing other than... I have noticed, being a war clan some of our tougher opponents have had hurried/premie/ rushed bases. While the troop level was fairly high, defense was low for the given TH... seems to me the dynamics of the game are changing (regards to rush no rush mentality)

Sorry bout the long response, but I wanted to show my appreciation for your responses. This community is the bomb.

You should certainly max BK, hogs, wb and pekka before you go up, esp if you are part of a war clan as these will give you options for early TH9 CW armies. All drag armies do not cut it for 3 stars at TH9 vs TH9 combat anymore and you will need other options.

Lab at TH9 is crowded with great upgrades (giants, loons, hogs), so get the TH8 lvl upgrades out of the way first. Same with BK - you will want to channel all available DE to AQ once you hit TH9 so get BK to max asap. I went to TH9 with a lvl 10 BK and didn't upgrade him again until AQ was 15.

Your base looks like you spent a bit too much elixir on walls. Gold upgrades are almost finished while many elixir upgrades are still not done. (e.g. getting a few lvl 10 barracks. Yes, you won't make pekkas everyday, but when you do it is annoying queuing it in only one barracks).

Max both DE drills too.

Literally just posted a guide that answers these questions HERE.

In short, I'd max, but if you're in a hurry just get your BK to 10....even though by than you might be able to polish off the tiny bit of walls you have left :P

Since you're in a war clan, I'd get max GoWipe and wallbreakers too.

I'm currently in the same position as you, max defence except for troops. I'm going to upgrade my walls and at the same time get my troops as max as possible. I will get my king as high as possible whilst doing ma walls but as soon as I max my walls I'm goin up to th9. Hope this helps :)

If I were you I would probably get those DE upgrades up if you haven't already. But from what I can see you should be good to move onto TH9 without much problems- the few walls you need to complete can be done while upgrading. Personally, when I upgrade my TH I will farm my storages till they are full and then go to Crystal II and sit there while my collectors fill up while putting my TH outside. Not sure how effective it will be for a TH8 but when I did it as a TH7 I was able to progress excessively with the amount of loot I had and 5 builders all at once.

Personally,

Based on what I can see off the pics I'd upgrade wall breakers to 5 then go to TH 9. The reason is walls don't really matter as long as you don't have to many Lvl 7 walls. Also they consider TH 8 is safe to skip because they say it is the worst TH to be in. Also I would upgrade wall breakers to lvl 5 first because its costs Around 2mil to upgrade lab to 7. That is enough to upgrade a troop to lvl 5. That is my honest opinion. I am a preemie th 9 and I am getting loot just fine. Little over a week (with some gems to gem the time) I have gotten my wizards and wallbreakers to 5. And Now upgrading giants to lvl 5. I also got my archer queen to level 2.

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Personally,

Based on what I can see off the pics I'd upgrade wall breakers to 5 then go to TH 9. The reason is walls don't really matter as long as you don't have to many Lvl 7 walls. Also they consider TH 8 is safe to skip because they say it is the worst TH to be in. Also I would upgrade wall breakers to lvl 5 first because its costs Around 2mil to upgrade lab to 7. That is enough to upgrade a troop to lvl 5. That is my honest opinion. I am a preemie th 9 and I am getting loot just fine. Little over a week (with some gems to gem the time) I have gotten my wizards and wallbreakers to 5. And Now upgrading giants to lvl 5. I also got my archer queen to level 2.

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Thanks for the reply, but who is they?
Also, do u war? Howd you fair w premmie th9? Ive quite enjoyed th8.

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Originally Posted by DokuganR

If I were you I would probably get those DE upgrades up if you haven't already. But from what I can see you should be good to move onto TH9 without much problems- the few walls you need to complete can be done while upgrading. Personally, when I upgrade my TH I will farm my storages till they are full and then go to Crystal II and sit there while my collectors fill up while putting my TH outside. Not sure how effective it will be for a TH8 but when I did it as a TH7 I was able to progress excessively with the amount of loot I had and 5 builders all at once.

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Can you tell me, why go to crystal 2? Im almost there now, but to what purpose?:cool::)

I'm at TH8 myself, level 84 hard farmer but none of my defenses maxed except for two mortars and one wizard tower. However, I have 225 skull walls and maxed storages and barbarian king and I'm rushing to th9. But this is my way of play this game and my clan rarely war.
I compare to you as level 93 th8 which is very high and you said you're leader of your clan so I suggest you better max every troop you always need for war and donations and max your defenses, structures and walls. You will not regret it once you hit TH9. Owh, yeah, don't forget to acquire at least 70,000 DE while upgrading to th9 as you could get the Queen at 40k DE and immediately upgrade her to level two by the cost of 22,550 DE for only 12 hours.

I would go to TH9 for sure. And get a research going immediately.

I would start the dark elixer storage and lightning in the lab. Start the th immediately. Then when lightning finishes i might do wall breakers then golems so that the golems have about 5 days left on them when the town hall finishes. That way you can start the new lab the second the th finishes and have the research going while it upgrades.


I would stop farming with war troops and start using BAM. Seek out dark elixer and max storage for all resources in anticipation for new TH.

I maxed everything, including the king, except for dark troops. I am glad I did. Starting out at TH9 is expensive. Big gold in the bows, big elixir in research center, spell factory and army camps. I am starting to wish I would have stayed and done some of the dark troops. So much stuff to upgrade in the lab with long lead times. Plus I want to work on my royals but 60k+ for the golem upgrades is tough.

So, just a heads up, I've not spent a drop of elixer on walls. Someone suggested that in an earlier post. Also, unless I get bored but still need to farm I don't farm with anything but bam and barch. For DE I'd do giants and wb, with bam, and maybe a rage. Aside from that I'm all over standard hardcore farming. It's primarily what is in my army camps. I have, as of late been using baloonion for pushing, but I only pick bases that cover the initial elixer cost and make me some loot. In any case, getting the scoop from you all has helped me decide...I'll stay th8 a while longer. At least to get the last de storage upgrade, wb, and spells complete on the way. I wish I had more de right now tho. I'm gonna have to farm that pretty hard. Hence me being at crystal ATM...

I still would like to hear more about your experiences going to th9. I've heard some who think priority is AQ, others say camp or lab... I imagine that the camps and AQ are the best simply cuz they're useful for farming and add significant strength. So lemme hear it, whatcha got for tips hints or suggestions.

Getting those level 6 giants really can take cheap farming to the next level.........

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Getting those level 6 giants really can take cheap farming to the next level.........

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I've noticed... There was a period of time that i wasn't attacked by anyone. Now th9 and 10 r lurkin. Just waiting (nexting) lookin fer me. Using them damned giants.

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...my-experiences

Read the guide I written above. I'd say move up, you're definitely more advanced than I was when I moved up. But dont leave your builders and lab idle for the duration

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Originally Posted by SinOfDusk

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...my-experiences

Read the guide I written above. I'd say move up, you're definitely more advanced than I was when I moved up. But dont leave your builders and lab idle for the duration

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You know, this thread you made really made sense to me. about an hour ago, I upgraded my th to 9. Headed in to war tomorrow after a days r&r, plan on farmin all the way through. Not to get too far off traffic, but something worth noting which will help with my elixer shortage (gg-169,395,513 and ee-207,475,982) not that i dont have to farm elixer as a primary goal. (fin - 58,404) Ive created a new position within the clan called a war monger (manager) 4war mongers manage each war as if it were there very own war, dictating each action. its not only fun for the coleaders, but its fun for members and to get a change of pace. Its fun for me cuz I get to sit back and chill. Anyway, I liked, I shared, Im done on that. Ill try and get an image of my base to post but I think I have about 9 walls left.