Silver 2, DE Hunting.

I'm currently at TH7. My main focus right now is getting DE so I can get the king.
Also gold for my defences. Problem right now is I skip on average 10-15 bases before I can find one that has DE. And even then I can only manage to get it from the pumps, unless the other user has placed their storage unit on the outer walls. If the storage unit is in the middle I can't even get close enough to it without troops being wiped out.

Here's what I'm working with on average -
10-14 lv4 giants
10-14 lv3 wbs
everything else lvl4 archers.
army camp 200 troops.

Is there a better troop set up I should take? or a different trophy range I should aim for so I can get more DE?

Should I just find a few bases if possible with 1k+ DE and drop a lightning spell on the storage unit?

I also want to upgrade more defences at a time but won't do so in fear of losing the little DE that I have!

Similar question popped up the same time you posted.

I put a reply on it here.
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...way-to-farm-de

1600 trophies and lightning strike it

What's your name on CoC cos Whatcha think of my gold also in silver and you might have even attacked me with that combo.

don't use spells don't be a noob