Hypercube is by far the best way to protect the majority of your storages, especially dark elixir. I generally lose 2 storages, sometimes 4, but 2 is the norm. 80k/80k is easily replaced, even if it takes 2 or 3 tries to get a shield.
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I've absolutely come to love the square bases with the extra squares in the corners....love to see them when I am raiding. Don't use cookie cutter bases. When you literally face the same designs over and over again, you literally find the weaknesses and becomes an easy target. Cookie cutter bases off the internet make great finds for the attackers. When you make your own, the attackers at least are poised with the challenge of never facing the base before. Normal losses on my base are 1/5 gold, 2/5 elixer and what ever DE the TH holds. Now some dang guy somehow got to attack me 2 different times and he did a little better, but that's because he learned some lessons the first time through.
1) Get your Infernos maxxed, that's #1 deterrent at TH 10.
2) Space your storages so they can 2 or maybe 4, but not all 8.
3) Experiment with different bases and see what works, I'd echo the sentiments above that using cookie cutter bases can ultimately be a negative.