The maximum amount of DE you can steal from storages TH9 vs TH9 is 2,500 Dex (they hold >50k in tank). If a base offers more than that, it's either in the drills or the treasury, or it's a TH10+ base.
Ideally, if you only hit the 2500de bases, and get at least 2 attacks per shield, you'll make net profit.
I'm running
16 giants
8 wb
72 archers
32 barbs
20 gobs
Cc troops (any)
My king (lvl22)
2 heals (usually only meed one)
2 jumps (usually only need one)
Punch core, retrain, repeat. Winning isn't necessary, gaining elix profit isn't necessary. Getting that core and maybe the TH is all that matters.
High crystal is where you should start, fyi



