Lol I didn't even use the gems to upgrade the stuff in the tutorial.
Printable View
Yeah but it has a. Range for troops to come out
Yea it deploys troops, the reason you want it as near to the middle as possible is because if it's on the edge of the base it's really easy for people to lure all the troops out and kill them with minimal losses. If the CC is in the middle, there's a better chance your troops will get to attack from behind your walls and be much more effective working together with towers.
Just PLAY THE GAME.
Upgrade everything you can in each TH, it will give you advantages when raiding and defending higher THs, since there is a loot bonus / penalty absed on the th level diference.
Max everything, protect mainly splash damage, build your village arrount mortars, then put some other defensive structures inside the walls, together with storages.
Farm when you need it, if you have full storages, why to farm? spend the money and raid to fill storages.
Just have fun.
You dont need to max your base til TH7....and this is the only image you should keep in your head while raiding -
http://s16.postimg.org/m69fbmc3p/thbelongtous.jpg