Need help! How to save elixir?

[ImNotErik]

Hi, My the will be level 8 tommorow, and my barracks will finish to unlock dragon. So I want to unlock opthe pekkas as soon as possible. Right now I am on 900k, so I still need more than 1 milllion to get pekkas. But I don't know how to get up to it. I just get raided. What do I need to do different? Also, should I upgrade my barracks to unlock pekka, or dark barracks for Valkyrie. Please reply, thanks

First in my opinion is that you should upgrade all your drills, so that you can receive the max amount of loot you potentially can. Then start upgrading the cheapest things available and work your way up. There will be a point when you need to stock up your treasury every time to upgrade a certain feature in the game. So to summarize, use your loot! Because if you don't someone else will