Over-gemmed town hall. Village stuffed?

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Originally Posted by George1971

So one of the kids, level 34, in my clan got gems (or money to buy gems) for Christmas, and gemmed his town hall to TH9, some level 6 walls, bought the king and queen, etc, but is a beginner, barely has any upgraded resources, has nearly no playing skill, and is upset that he never has enough resources to build armies. Of course, he suffers the huge loot penalty due to his TH9.

What should this kid be advised to do?

Should he re-install the game and start again?

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I'm of the opinion that no base is a total lost cause.

That said, I would do like others have suggested, barch in low leagues. As for how to build out the base, he'll need to prioritize.

1. I would make resource collectors a top priority, have at least one being upgraded at all times. Since this is a gemmed account, I'll assume it has at least 4 builders. Dedicate one builder to upgrading resources. I would focus on elixir collectors at first. You can't farm if you don't have adequate elixir supplies. Also, you'll need elixir to build the second priority items.
2. Second priority is offensive capabilities. Increase army camp size. Upgrade troops in the lab. Upgrade the lab. Upgrade the spell factory. Upgrade spells. Upgrade barracks to unlock better troops, but only when needed. (I.e., dragons can wait.)
3. Third priority is defenses. Having your base smashed every time sucks, but if buying a couple upgrades here and there aren't going to prevent a 3 star anyway, then don't bother. Sure, upgrade defenses if you have excess gold, but don't use more than 1 builder to upgrade defenses. A better army (priority #2) means better farming, which means you can "fix" this village faster.

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Originally Posted by Xitra

I'm of the opinion that no base is a total lost cause.

That said, I would do like others have suggested, barch in low leagues. As for how to build out the base, he'll need to prioritize.

1. I would make resource collectors a top priority, have at least one being upgraded at all times. Since this is a gemmed account, I'll assume it has at least 4 builders. Dedicate one builder to upgrading resources. I would focus on elixir collectors at first. You can't farm if you don't have adequate elixir supplies. Also, you'll need elixir to build the second priority items.
2. Second priority is offensive capabilities. Increase army camp size. Upgrade troops in the lab. Upgrade the lab. Upgrade the spell factory. Upgrade spells. Upgrade barracks to unlock better troops, but only when needed. (I.e., dragons can wait.)
3. Third priority is defenses. Having your base smashed every time sucks, but if buying a couple upgrades here and there aren't going to prevent a 3 star anyway, then don't bother. Sure, upgrade defenses if you have excess gold, but don't use more than 1 builder to upgrade defenses. A better army (priority #2) means better farming, which means you can "fix" this village faster.

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Give this man a medal
this is how you fix a gemmed base

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Originally Posted by erethizon

Is that true? Can a TH10 attack a TH5 in sub 200 and still get 100% of normal loot?

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A th 10 will get very very little loot cause of the loot penalty.

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Originally Posted by cjbeast

He could farm sub 200 no loot penalties there

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20% of their storage loot is available, and since his town hall is more than 3 town hal levels above thiers down there, he literally can only raid 5% of THAT. So if you want to raid 1% of what's in th5 storages, you're going about it the wrong way.

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Originally Posted by George1971

So one of the kids, level 34, in my clan got gems (or money to buy gems) for Christmas, and gemmed his town hall to TH9, some level 6 walls, bought the king and queen, etc, but is a beginner, barely has any upgraded resources, has nearly no playing skill, and is upset that he never has enough resources to build armies. Of course, he suffers the huge loot penalty due to his TH9.

What should this kid be advised to do?

Should he re-install the game and start again?

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Did the young one at least buy 5 builders?

Will be easier to salvage if there are 5 builders available, as there will no doubt be a load of cheaper upgrades that need catching up on. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, as it means the storages will generally not be that full - keeping the farmers away.

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Originally Posted by daz258

Did the young one at least buy 5 builders?

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Yeah, I would really hope so too. If you are ever going to buy gems there is nothing more important than builders to spend them on (and nothing less important than your town hall).

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Originally Posted by erethizon

Yeah, I would really hope so too. If you are ever going to buy gems there is nothing more important than builders to spend them on (and nothing less important than your town hall).

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He has two builders.

He is ten years old and has followed no advice.

I expect that his parents will not be pleased to hear that he wants to wipe and restart the game that so much money went into.

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Originally Posted by George1971

He has two builders.

He is ten years old and has followed no advice.

I expect that his parents will not be pleased to hear that he wants to wipe and restart the game that so much money went into.

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Oh god, that is a disaster.

Does he have any gems leftover at least to get more builders?

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Originally Posted by George1971

He has two builders.

He is ten years old and has followed no advice.

I expect that his parents will not be pleased to hear that he wants to wipe and restart the game that so much money went into.

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That's horrible... As everybody said, barch your way into the top and hope for thr best.

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Originally Posted by cjbeast

He could farm sub 200 no loot penalties there

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I tried that ones but it's so hard. :(

Everybody just kept trophy dropping...

Re-start imo... the amount of time wasted trying to "fix" this account is about equal to that of starting from scratch... and it will be a lot more fun for him as well.