Why do people not use all archers?

I personally have never found barch to be that effective, the barbarians just get pounded by splash and I just end up with less archers.
Meanwhile I can get all the collectors of a base and 50% with only 100 archers and have them all done by the time I get back to the base as I filled all my barracks with archers.

Yet all I ever see anybody talk about when farming is barch barch barch! I've even had clan mates ask me why i'm using all archer.

Why is this?

I say give all archer collector sniping a go and tell me how it works out for you.

i use all archers cause i am more comfortable with archers then barch. its just style of raiding

Because if you come upon a base with collectors on the inside all archers isn't going to cut it with that splash damage, so you use the barbarian as distraction and meat shields so your archers are safe.

Barch is cheaper, faster to train and with a few WB can crack open a base to raid storages. Together adds up to more resources gained per hour.

Arch also requires no strategy and is very boring.

I personaly use Barch in lower-level farming (Silver) because there is a possibility for a three star with Barch... When I'm farming in high gold I use all arch... They say Barch is better because it is easier and faster, I think all arch is just a better style of raiding for me...

i deploy 10-15 of each at a time in two lines across the top and then the bottom.

I think it matters how often you alternate meat and range (barb and arch).

You can't really storage raid with all archers...you need some meat.

And with all arch..you can't optimize your BK's ability.

Once you come across max - high level th10's all arch if lucky will get you to about 40% max

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Originally Posted by MantasM

Once you come across max - high level th10's all arch if lucky will get you to about 40% max

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Spencer23$ uses all archers though
Galadon tried it too

it's kinda viable in its own terms, but not that effective

on-topic:

the 5 extra seconds difference between barbs and archers will add up, so it takes a little longer

also barbs are a bit cheaper,

Well i use 50 arch 5 giants and 5 wbs and rest goblins. Works really well

The problem I see with all archers is the mortar, especially now with four mortars. Find a base the same th as you with a maxed mortar and your archers are gone in one hit. With barbs you will be able to smash through a few walls if you need to, not just hit the outside.