Wall and valk upgrade at th8.

Hey, I'm new and have a question.
my th8 is maxed out, except for walls and the Valkyrie.
I have a mix of purple and skulls walls. About 130 left to upgrade.
i currently have 58k in dark elixir. Should I just upgrade my TH to a level 9 now?
In searching for an answer, I read that a level 2 valk can hurt my match ups in war.,
and give me a more advance player to war against. Is this true? Should I just go for the TH 9?
And save my DE for my queen and worry about walls later.

Im a newly semi-serious player. It used to be only in my spare time since my husband played. But now I love this game.
When I first upgraded to a TH8 I had level 3 arachers. I have never gone about this game
with thought until this past 8 months or so. So forgive me for really not knowing all about this game even tho I'm a th8

Lvl2 valks help you in war
you're thinking of walls that now are weighted heavier and give harder match ups in war.

if you got nothing to spend that elixir on I say move up.

Oh so I must've read it wrong. The valk wouldn't affect my war status then? Only walls you're saying.
I guess I don't understand that aspect yet
Thanks!

The balks would effect your score that plays into war matchups. The difference now after the uodate is your walls and heros play a larger role than they would have before the update. Personally I would finish my walls and then go to 9. I would only worry about the troop upgrades that you typically use in war. Otherwise your adding strength to the opponent for nothing.

Depends. If you use valks in war then yeah, upgrade 'em. I'm personally going to finish my walls before TH9, but that's just me.