No need for AD? What? I guess you don't war seriously.
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Just answered my question myself with http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...ry-Revealed!!!
Leaving (5) cannons at level 9 and (3) teslas at level 5 opens some nice possibilites compared to a 'normal' T8.5 from maxed T8...
1: get the 4th AD (level 6) + 4th Tesla (level 5) + 2nd airsweeper
2: get 2 x-bows (level 1! don't upgrade)
3: upgrade 2 mortars OR 2 wiz towers OR 1 each to 7
calculated with new traps, upgrading all air traps and skellies to max, small bombs at level 4, the total base wight is almost the same, may vary about 100 points in all cases. (from about 50.4k (in my case with troops and stuff))
The one interesting point about option 2:
does the matchmaking only include the pure numbers of a X-Bow, or does it also include a 'X-Bow yes/no' thing to balance war wight?
The numbers itself are much higher with maxed T9 splashers and no X-Bows than with T8 splashers and X-Bows at level 3. But a X-Bow makes another change to attacking troops and stuff...
keep in mind, this was pure theory crafting based on spreadsheets linked above.
Honestly it all sounds nice in theory. But when it comes down to it to make it simple.
Get - Lvl 1 xbows, teslas max, bombs and mines max, queen to lvl 5
Dont get cannon, archer tower, air defense
If u look at it this way u stay about bottom 1 - 2 th9s and u are able to stop a th9 gowipe and th9 hog attack and thats all that really matters and it buys u time to get troops maxed so u have a fighting chance at th9
Also if a clan has the attack your number. They wont have a max lavaloon attack to take out your base that has 3 ads. so they waste an attack automatically. Also if u spread the walls out far enough and make them travel to get to the ads stack your black air mines 2 on 2 of the ads and that kills 2 hounds right away.
So the style of base you see in the video just defended from 5 gowipes and a lavaloonian this was that exact base!!!
GEEZ YOUR THE BEST!! I watch all your vids
If you have any questions or comments about 8.5 feel free to ask!!!!