TH8 war base

Our clan is a mostly TH8/Th7 clan that has been leveling up, and now that we're almost level 5 we've been facing a string of level 5 clans running mass dragons that have just been demolishing us and all of our bases have been laughingstocks as we tried to making conventionally pretty bases that just stood no chance against the powerful attacks we were facing. If I can make a base that gets one starred on the first pass and maybe two starred in two or three passes I'll be happy, and now that I've come up with this ugly monstrosity I want opinions! Anyway, what this base features:

Air sweeper covers all three air defenses and, in two of three cases, will push the dragons into a string of high HP buildings which will cause them to just go around. I'm trying to manipulate dragon pathing by making sure there are no buildings near my air defenses so they'll circle the base, whereas all of my more conventional prettier bases had nice little defenses to lead the dragons right up to it.

Ideally, the above means that to effectively hit my base with an air assault, they're going to have to target my air sweeper first. That's why my air sweeper is booby trapped, and anywhere else they can send loons will have them circling my ADs and not actually hitting them so they need to go for the AS first.

The base also features a nice centralized CC which will usually have 5+ wizards coming out of it, and the giant bomb/other bombs in the core because any hog attack will inevitably pass through the core. Obviously, there are also plenty of other places for giant bombs so the opponent doesn't know where they'll be and make hogging the base guesswork at best.

The hidden teslas are also noticeably absent from the core, since that's where the opponent is probably expecting them, and any decent GOWIPE will easily be able to break into any TH8 core ever, where the HT's normally are, then rage the PEKKAs and Wizards and the HTs die in seconds. On the other side of the wall they'll last longer and at least decrease the odds of a three star. I'd anticipate the GOWIPE coming from the TH side (that's where I'd launch it), which is why the double giant bomb is a nice "F you" to potential wizards trying to take out the TH from outside the walls.

Most of my other builds involved more centralized mortars, but I really can't think of any TH8 attacks that mortars are actually useful for. Mass dragon? Lol. Gowipe? Centralized mortars just mean they'll be targeting the golems and PEKKAs endlessly.. Useless. Hogs? The wizard towers and double giant bombs are really my only hope on those, leaving the mortars more or less useless.

Anyway, thoughts? I'm thinking I can definitely rearrange the bombs in the core.

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DGB could be better placed. Move it so that both are triggered at once.

gowipe would ♥♥♥♥ on this

I like it !

For a TH8 you're basicly looking to stop the 2 most-popular attack styles from another TH8
1) Mass Drag
2) Mass Hog

Gowipe, Holo(Wi), and some Goxx combinations are still faced by TH8's, but in reality: If you can stop Mass Drag and Mass Hog you will have succes stopping 3* attacks in war.

This base will do that imo.

Other than re-arranging some small ground traps, I would give this base a try and see how it does.
That is, if you are fine with a relative easy 2* from a GoWiPe.

Your base looks appealing, and i can tell that it holds its own in war. Heres the difference, you need to be able to outperform, or outlast an attack. Th way i see your base, its got a lot to offer but this It will get put down every so often. you might want to consider thinking about each attack as you are making the base, I rely on traps and funnels for my Gowpie attack, stop the 3 star each time. tesla and ads, put them behind some long lasting cover, storages do the job. i prefer to keep my archers closer to the inside, this really frustrates when people get to the inside of the base.

hey man id be way into giving you more advice, but its hard to really explain this over the computer.... I run a clan and you are welcome to come over and just chat, I dont expect to your leave your clan, I solely want to chat about the base, maybe show you some designs that i have and my team.

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Originally Posted by Reblotic

gowipe would ♥♥♥♥ on this

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Gowipes are getting two stars, but as a TH8 who runs gowipes, what TH8 base can't I gowipe for three stars? Plus, most clans that are decent are winning off dragon dragon dragons, and good luck dragoning this.. thus I'm forcing them into something out of their comfort zone. The key to stopping Gowipes is having your hidden teslas (or at least two of them) outside your core so they're hitting the pekkas on the other side of the wall while they destroy their core (they will destroy your core, no point stopping that), but preventing them from getting out.

Anyway, I have been playing with the traps some, and a giant bomb in the core did wonders on the hogs the last attacker tried.. but he ended up with two stars by sending in a pair of wizards way late after my defenses cleared the first batch of wizards and other troops, but the hogs got most of them on that side of the base.. I'm going to rearrange some more things and repost.