Originally Posted by
zachUVA
Here is how you do it.
Army comp:
You want to go with the quickest viable army possible. I usually take 10-20 minons, with the rest being split between barb/arch (gobs also work here if you prefer). AQ is key as well. I use her 5 or 6 times an hour when farming. Shield her with barbs and let her work.
Target:
Don't search for targets based on the gross numbers. If a base has 200k, but you need your whole army, SKIP IT. Yep, don't hesitate; just skip it. Search until you find either a premie TH with lots of loot (300k+ usually), a raid where the loot is in collecters (most common target for me) and raid those instead. The key here is loot per troop. If you only need to spend 50 troops to get 100k gold, that's much more efficient than using 220 troops to get that 200k storage raid. Basically, you speed raid in this manner.
Trophy Adjustment:
Doing the above, you will tend to lose many many trophies if you don't do something. Common ways to adjust your trophy count for this are:
-Snipe exposed THs with heroes every now and then.
-Go ahead and get 50%/destroy Th on raids where it isn't going too much out fo your way.
-Put your TH inside.
These are the keys. Believe me, it works wonders.