The BIG Question: Upgrade Xbows Now or Later?

I have only been TH9 for a little over a week now. I still have a ways to go before maxing out, obviously but would it help me more if I max my xbows now or later? If I do them now, assuming I have both going that's 2 builders down for 10 days, and then 14 for the next level. But if I do get them done now then when I farm in the future my resources would not be as susceptible to Barch and Bam and I would be more intimidating. I am a fairly active player, but I do not think I will be as active the next couple weeks, so I think that if I farm out the resources and do it now then it would not hurt as much.

Should I do them now or no? And what is the best range for gold I am currently at 1864 trophies.

After the camps and spell factories are done, I'd definitely upgrade the x-bows back to back till you are maxed. Those bows are what makes a difference between a TH9 and a TH8 defensively.

Definitely to two now, but you may want to wait on three for a while. I'd get the new buildings to max TH8 first then come back and revisit taking the xbows to three. You can always dump excess gold into walls until you are more active again.

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Originally Posted by Reigndeerz

After the camps and spell factories are done, I'd definitely upgrade the x-bows back to back till you are maxed. Those bows are what makes a difference between a TH9 and a TH8 defensively.

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Upgrading them is a good idea though if you can farm them both right away. But be careful if you war, they get you matched against much stronger opponents in war.

Rip that bandaid off and take them to level 3 back to back. They have a huge intimidation factor at level 3. Plus they are your most expensive upgrade at TH9 so you want to get them out of the way first.

I recently went through the same decision. I went straight to lvl2 and stopped. Going to do my mortars and WT's, then I'll go to level 3. It seems much more effective overall to have two lvl7 WT's and two lvl7 mortars in the same timeframe would lead to an overall better defense and less lopsided war matches. Just having two xbows in general seems to deter BARCH other than lvl7.

I am in the same boat as you, except that I will be quite active next few days. I think you should go with your real life restrictions, and do long duration upgrades while you expect to be less active.

BTW, in Gold II-I range, I am not getting barched. I am either sniped or I am hit by lvl 7 giants with lvl 20+ heroes and cleaned out for 700k :(

Recommend upgrading xbox as well for the "fear factor" :D

I like upgrading teslas to max first. But that's me.

Upgrade for sure. I couldnt careless bout defend, my clanmates still got wrecked by th10 even with max th9 defence. Just make sure you dont hold much rss and stay low in trophies.

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Originally Posted by Ryuken

I have only been TH9 for a little over a week now. I still have a ways to go before maxing out, obviously but would it help me more if I max my xbows now or later? If I do them now, assuming I have both going that's 2 builders down for 10 days, and then 14 for the next level. But if I do get them done now then when I farm in the future my resources would not be as susceptible to Barch and Bam and I would be more intimidating. I am a fairly active player, but I do not think I will be as active the next couple weeks, so I think that if I farm out the resources and do it now then it would not hurt as much.

Should I do them now or no? And what is the best range for gold I am currently at 1864 trophies.

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1) XBows
2)Splash defense
3) Air defense
4) AT
5) Cannons
6) Walls to lego

I've been th9 for awhile now, just starting to upgrade bows. I started upgrading CC troops hero's cannons ect..

I just built both of mine and now they are going down the list a bit.

My order

New defenses to TH minimum(wiz, ad, tesla, AT)
Then all four Wiz towers to lvl7 (baus)
Mortars
Teslas (lvl7 is baus)
then Xbow.


Just my thought process.

Yes they take a long time.
yes they are expensive.
But I think 4 lvl7 wiz towers would be more intimidating.

(at least for me when I'm attacking. I don't think xbows are that scary. infernos however....)

I did wiz towers first and then worked on air defense to 7.
This is after everything else was a t th8 max levels
Once I get a couple ad at 7 then I'll do my xbows to 3
and set them to ground

they will launch you higher on war map, so if you are ok with that then do it. IMO their range makes them one of the best def vs farming armies too.

If you are going to do xbows just keep in mind that they are 7 mil to upgrade to lvl 3. Have your new gold storage upgraded to at least level 10 before lvl 2 finishes so you can save enough for it.

I have both of my xbows going to lvl 3 right now. 13d 22h left on one and 11d 7h left on the other. I only have one wiz tower to 7. For me, I feel that the xbows done and out of the way are going to help me in the long run bc they are the most expensive def to upgrade at TH9 and will fend off more barch attacks while im saving for my other Wiz towers to 7 (have 1 so far)

I'm nearly 2 mos as a 9 and this is what I upgraded:

-all campsites to max 9
-lab
-both xbows to 2
-spell factory
-wt
-mortar
-wt
-cannon
-at
-mortar
-cannon

When I have all def max 9 with the exception of teslas and ad, then I make my xbows go 3. That way my base has solid def while my xbows are out a long period of time.

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Originally Posted by randerthall

I'm nearly 2 mos as a 9 and this is what I upgraded:

-all campsites to max 9
-lab
-both xbows to 2
-spell factory
-wt
-mortar
-wt
-cannon
-at
-mortar
-cannon

When I have all def max 9 with the exception of teslas and ad, then I make my xbows go 3. That way my base has solid def while my xbows are out a long period of time.

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I did the same, except my reason for not upgrading is that I think they do a good enough job at level 2 :)

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Originally Posted by Jonra

I did the same, except my reason for not upgrading is that I think they do a good enough job at level 2 :)

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Part of the reason I went to 3 is because it's a +15 and bc the black ones are just nasty looking lol. Not to mention the black arrows they shoot!

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Originally Posted by JonnyD83

Part of the reason I went to 3 is because it's a +15 and bc the black ones are just nasty looking lol. Not to mention the black arrows they shoot!

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I do agree that they're awesome(strength and psychological). But they come with the price of 1.) two major defenses down while your other defenses are sub TH9, 2.) At level 3, they score you higher on the war map(against higher level players.) In the end they are pretty bad a_ _ though :)

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Originally Posted by armaan

1) XBows
2)Splash defense
3) Air defense
4) AT
5) Cannons
6) Walls to lego

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My order is/will be:

1. CC (most important def in clash)
2. Xbows to 2
3. Air def
4. WTs
5. ATs (crazy firing rate now)
6. Mortars
7. Xbows to 3
8. Cannons

Work on legos bit by bit in btwn other upgrades.