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As a new TH-9, I've got my giants and balloons upgraded to level 6, looking to do minions level 5 next. is the upgrade worth it, or is it better to upgrade my AQ while I'm upgrading my army camps and defenses? Currently, my AQ is at level 1 and my BK is at level 9. So what to do next? Archer Queen, Barb King, minions level 5, hogs level 5, valky level 2, golem level 3? (I don't have the witch unlocked as of yet)
Get your Queen up as fast as you can, she is so valuable in wars and makes getting that last 5% when you need it so much easier.
BK to 10 first
AQ to 5 second
Then level what DE troops you use most. I love lvl 4 golems, so that's what I went for before other DE troops at TH9.
DE Troops before heroes IMO. You will use them more often than your heroes
Use them more than heroes??? You use heroes in every battle, both farming in war. There is no way you use dark troops more.Quote:
Originally Posted by UcsfTeeth
Heroes should be your #1 priority. They can make or break a clan war attack and are very helpful when raiding.
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Troops over Heroes, everytime. Do hogs if you would like to 3 star folks in wars.
You must be a pro to get 3 stars using hogs in every battle in wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by jonmango42
@OP
Royals first until they both hit 15.
Upgrade the dark troops that you use often for war and farming.
Mini 5 is needed for effective loonian and BAM.
that's what hogs doQuote:
Originally Posted by randerthall
Mass hogs get more 0 stars than 3 stars against effective war bases due to DGB, spring traps and high DPS cores.Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty2
They work best against compact layouts but if a design has a lot of empty spaces, hoggers avoid those as a general rule because the chance of failure is high.
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Originally Posted by randerthall
Minion level doesnt matter much, loons tank and wipe out WTs and ADs, minions just clean up behind em, and the lower they are the more likely they are to stay out of range of defenses.
In your case BK to 10 is a no brainer. Then AQ to at least five. Then dark troops if you wish. I'm going to AQ10 then starting to work on my Golems.
You can ask which one you should upgrade, but to ask if any troop is worth the upgrade its a simple answer....yes, every troop is worth the upgrade, more health, more dps= better troops, and every little bit helps. Lucky for me clan wars didnt come until I was half way into th 9, so I already had all my farming troops maxed and most good attack troops, so I was able to focus on an attack strategy at a time with my troop upgrades. I still believe your farming troops should always be first, they make you the most loot, therefore are most important.
Yeah you do, I farm with BAM, sometimes my heroes will be out of commission for 3-4 days upgrading (obviously only one at a time) so sometimes in a war you may not have them. If you raid and use up your bk or aq and they need to heal they aren't ready in time as fast as the next BAM army. So yeah you will use dark troops more often, heroes are def need to get upgrade, but if it means getting lvl 5 hogs or level 8 AQ I am going hogs for sure I will use they will always be available when neededQuote:
Originally Posted by Micchr
BK to level 10. Upgrading the Barbarian King to level 10 also improves its special ability which would be very helpful during battle and for defense.
Hero's can use their abilities during defense?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinforiano
I had no idea!
all DE upgrades are worth the investment
(well, except the valks...)
Barb king to lvl 10:cool:
What? Abilities don't activate during defense. I love the fact that nobody voted for Valks lol. I still vote BK to 10 because Iron Fist Lvl 2 is a very good investment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinforiano
The \/alhalla Clan would definitely disagree with you. The Valkyrie guide with tutorial videos show how damaging they can be even against max 10 def bases.Quote:
Originally Posted by cariacou
The additional hp and dps helps especially in numbers. With max rage, I like to think of them as flying goblins plus they look better when they hit level 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ends
Not really unless they are like L15+... You NEED high lvl golems to be able to take on stronger bases. I if you have L20 heroes with L1 golems, you can't take on as high base as you could if you had L15 heroes and L4/5 golems IMO...P ersonally golems and witches are the most important critical DE upgrades (Imediate ones that is, heroes are more powerful in the long run).Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperD
That is my reason to upgrade em to level 5 asap. There is one time in war where my low level minions failed to clean up fast because they low in damage..Quote:
Originally Posted by randerthall
LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by randerthall
Clans like OneHive, Reddit Troopers, ClashHeads, The True Sons, etc. might disagree with you.
We are talking about hoggers in general and lets be honest, how many pro hoggers will actually attack with max mass hogs a base with more than 4 possible DGB location layouts?Quote:
Originally Posted by andiireyhann
They will probably use a hybrid army with hogs like holo to ensure a possible 3 star but not attack with mass hogs.
Whether you use mass hogs or 10, you need them maxed. OP is one upgrade from max hogs, 50k, cheap and he gets to rekt bases.Quote:
Originally Posted by randerthall
King to 10 then queen to 10. Do de troops when you have extra...you need to start focusing your raiding on acquiring de.
Archer Queen --> Barbarian King --> Minions --> Whatever Your Prefer
I keep telling myself that I will upgrade minions to 5 in lab next, and by the time it opens, I usually put something else in (witch, golem, lava hound), lol.
And have you tried those comps with less than lvl 5 hogs on a decent TH9?Quote:
Originally Posted by randerthall
Tbh it's simple, if OP going to do war a lot / in a war clan, Hogs lvl 5 all day. While hogs are cooking you can get your queen that royal cloak.
If not, then upgrade what you use most times.
I'm not that confident about using holo/golo/goho because I usually use different armies against decent 9s. I just check and see if a ground or air attack is better vs their layout and try to exploit any AI pathing weakness that I see.Quote:
Originally Posted by andiireyhann