To upgrade core walls or outside walls first?

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Originally Posted by PCShark11

Pros of core walls:
Harder to get to central defenses, making them last longer, therefore killing more attacking troops
Cons of core walls:
Easier to get to the resource storages if not in the core

Pros of outer walls:
Harder to get into base
Cons of outer walls:
Wall breakers easily access outer walls, making it easier for them to break in

I personally do the very core first, then all intersections of walls, then build out from the core

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This is pretty much the debate.

Because of this, I prefer doing the outer walls first. If your defenses are arranged well, they can kill the Wall Breakers before they hit the walls. If a few slip through, the stronger walls will defend against the WBs. The longer you can keep an enemy outside of the base, the better.

I do all junctions first. Then I work my way from the core outward.

I've changed my view on this since I first started. I now think junctions first, outer walls second, core third.

As others have posted, earthquake and jump are frequently used to defeat walls. However, players are often reluctant to use spells on outer walls (outside of cold blooded or shattered strategies where they're going to go air and your core walls won't matter anyway) and have a tendency toward wallbreakers instead. Good outer defenses and pathing can reduce the risk of wallbreakers and great walls can force them to use an extra wallbreaker, whereas core walls are often unreachable by wallbreakers, so ok core walls are often good enough. I hope that makes sense.

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Originally Posted by SharkyFinn

I've changed my view on this since I first started. I now think junctions first, outer walls second, core third.

As others have posted, earthquake and jump are frequently used to defeat walls. However, players are often reluctant to use spells on outer walls (outside of cold blooded or shattered strategies where they're going to go air and your core walls won't matter anyway) and have a tendency toward wallbreakers instead. Good outer defenses and pathing can reduce the risk of wallbreakers and great walls can force them to use an extra wallbreaker, whereas core walls are often unreachable by wallbreakers, so ok core walls are often good enough. I hope that makes sense.

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I agree, which is why I do core second because it's easier to finish but once finished and I've done enough of the second layer of walls, i'll move all the core walls to the second layer. I'd rather the second layer be the best walls because once they bypass the second layer, a queen, a few archers or wizards aren't going to care about the core walls but a high second layer walls can slow them down enough for defenses to get to them or use up enough time that they run out of it.

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Originally Posted by crazyking627

I am currently in process of upgrading my walls to level 10. So my question is to upgrade core walls first or to do outside layer walls first?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of both. I would like to know your thoughts.

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All corners first, then core, then work your way out.

upgrade outer walls first, it will stop barch attackers from breaking in

Who cares? They all have to get done eventually...

As always I think the answer depends. I'll answer it from a th9/10 point of view and since you are talking about level 10 walls most of what I say should apply. Though if you sit down in silver and okay I think the order is irrelevant and you can finish them in any order you want.

i believe CORE walls should be done first (junctions aren't a bad idea too, but in my experience not many attacks seem to go for junctions). Here is why:

assuming you are a serious player and playing Masters through to Titan you will get hit by 2 basic attacks, lavaloonion or some form of golem attack.

Most of the bases out there have designs that funnel the golems around the core. Which means a successful attack has 2 or 3 points of entry into the base. Most of the attacks I see use up 2 to 3 jumps to enter the base to force all the troops to the core. Then a final jump to get into the core (many attacks use wb in place of a jump on the outer walls). Therefore upgrading the exterior walls is kinda pointless as they WILL get in. The save here can be if the troops can't get OUT of the core the defences on the other side can finish them off.

Having the central core done first helps prevent 3 stars.

On Air attacks, most of the successful air attackers I know pack 3-4 wb. Often the lavaloonion army clears nearly half the base but misses the town hall and maybe an xbow or tesla. Having stronger walls mean nothing as even if the attacker had no wb, the heros have all day to get through the wall untouched. If the core is done, the wb opens the exterior and when the heros hit the core they now have to beat it down while under fire. This is a far better position to be in. Not to mention the heros might get in, but will they get out?

Walls are important but the longer I play the more I realize they are just one tool for your base and not the be all and end all of a good defence. There are just so many ways around walls. (Which is why I don't think th9's should waste time doing lavas...do heros instead and if lavas get done, great, if not, oh well)

I start with the junctions from the core, then do the other walls from the core. Doing the junctions first is like almost doing the entire core in a lot of the attacks, because those are the walls the troops will choose to destroy.

I upgraded junctions by the core first, then the core, and outerwalls. It has worked beautifully. Attackers run out of wall breakers, by the time they reach the core.

Attacking troops get stuck on the high level walls at the junctions, while defenses take them down. They rarely make it to core.

Giants are especially easy to kill as they pound away at the junctions to get to the other defenses. They do so little damage. Once the giants die, the defenses make quick work on the archers and barbs.

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