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BArch in gold 3+. Too many exposed storages.
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IMO..
The best farming army is Giants, archers, gobs and wbs. At TH8 I would set each barracks with 16 archers, 15 gobs, 3 giants and 2 wbs.
That way if I found a collector raid I would just use my archers and gobs (kind of like barch) and when I came back to my base they would be ready. And if I was going for storage raids I would just use my whole army.
At TH9 I added an extra giant, and now at TH10 I have added another giant.
At TH8 and TH9 I farmed from the top of silver 1 to gold 2 following the loot.
Giants cook faster than archers, but gobs and wb slow you down. Overall I dont think the cook time is much different
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Giants
Archers
Goblin
Wallbreaker
That's what I use and I can get to any DE storage.
What drives me nuts tho is when I find a collector base and I have 16-18 Giants taking up all the room lol
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Balloonion
I use balloonion in C3, and I get so much DE that I do DE upgrades in the lab before I want to just to lower my DE.
Lately I've been running with 24 balloons and 40 minions. Run a line of balloons along the side closest to what you want to get and a line of minions behind. Works great at getting most any kind of loot. Just keep all 4 barracks pumping out balloons, and it doesn't take too long to recharge.
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Chased up my de by balloonion during my th8 :)