^ This, push to champs, buy the gems, whatever you need to do, get 5 Builders before you go to TH9. You cannot put a dollar amount on the amount of time you will save by having them.
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You will have 50 levels of heroes to upgrade at TH9 so your DE at TH9 will go there. For that reason I recommend you get all DE lab upgrades done before going to TH9 (earthquake spell last).
well im just lvl 87 th9. and my defense is way lower than yours, i dont up my point defense anymore as i see it as useless, ill get wrecked no matter what lvl xbow i have if my CC is empty or they use big army
thats what motivate me to th9 early, got lvl 10 queen now,
mortar still lvl6 only half skull, anything else is th8 max hehe except point def and teslas
but warning :smirk:
if u dont raid in session , like 2 hour a day, straight and boosted 2 barrack or 1 rack and 1 hero,
dont follow this trail as it is hard to manage loot now
I'd prefer you to upgrade your walls first.
I'd say go for it. You're close enough and frankly if you don't have skull walls yet than don't waste the elixir upgrading them now. Go to Th9 and start slowly working your way up. Since you can buy Legos with elixir for every two skull walls you can buy one Lego with the elixir you got so seeing as you are maxed at Th8 it is in your best interest to go to Th9. Also DE is easier to get with Th9 troops so after about a month at Th9 DE will be coming so much easier to you and those dark troop upgrades will be easier to get the dark for. Not to mention you get the archer queen going which is a huge help. Oh and for sure save up every gem you got until you can get that fourth builder. It's super helpful to have that builder when at th9 your upgrades take a week each. Hope this helps.