Best way to reach master league?

[Farazfaghri]

Hey guys, I am a maxed out th9. Up until now I was farming around 1400-1600 with giant/archer/goblin/WB army composition and had no intention for trophy hunting. I recently managed to complete all level 9 walls and then upgraded my th to level 10. It will be complete in a few days.
With the introduction of new achievments, I am really tempted to reach the master league and get the gem prizes. Since I have no exprience in trophy hunting, i was wondering if you could give me some tips on how to reach the master league ? What army composition should I use (with efficiency in mind)?
and finally, is there enough loot on my way to master league that could support the new th10 upgrades? Can i keep all my 5 builders busy?

[mavios]

I can answer your questions partially

This is what I wrote in another post

As for the army, I used 56 archers 56 barbs 8 wizards 12 giants 8 wb upto 2400 (my giants are still level 5). After that you cannot advance without DE troops.. just to hard for me at least
After 2400 I used 1 level 1 golem, 4 level 1 witches, 4 giants (lvl 5), 2 pekka (lvl 3), 10 wizards (lvl 5), 8 wb (lvl 5), 16 archers (lvl 6).. This army is cost effective if you try raiding bases with 2k DE only. You will need to do alot of searching to find an inactive base (inferno and xbows are offline) or a simple one or one which been recently raided and depleted its infero ammo . Leave you archers last to pick extra % to get a star or an extra one

The raid before getting to master I used BAM army with 120 lvl 6 archers and 80 lvl6 barbs and 10 lvl 3 minions (minions did absolutely nothing lol) and I got one star...

One crucial tip is above 2300 you need to make sure you have both heros and all spells when raiding. get one lightening (for either CC troops or to zap a builder hut to get that 1% extra and secure a 50% win if needed) and 3 rage spells is what I used except for BAM army I used all lightening spells

most of the bases offer 200k loot each for a TH9 and maybe 2k de but to get the loot and cups it's a bit hard unless you use an expensive army of say witches or hogs which also take along time... However, if you have your storages maxed you should be able to maintain your gold and elixir level and may be even make a huge DE profit just by using a farming army or a modified one.

To keep things in perspective for you.. I was able to make around 500k profit in gold and 1mil in elixir and may be 20k-30k in DE till I got to master (I never looked at how much a base is offering in terms of loot except may be a handful of times, or when I started using DE troops). However, my defenses are of a maxed TH8 so you should do much better in keeping the loot and you would have higher profit.

Up to master league you can still find abandoned bases offer alot of loot (Found one with 650k gold 700k elixir and 4700 DE see link http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...-find-that-lol) but it might cost you alot of gold in search money to find one as you go higher.

[LordKronsell]

Apart from that, ppl used to use full dragons, or almost full dragons with some dark minions due to their increased damage.
i don't know if it works, it's just what i've seen others do

[Farazfaghri]

I can answer your questions partially

This is what I wrote in another post





most of the bases offer 200k loot each for a TH9 and maybe 2k de but to get the loot and cups it's a bit hard unless you use an expensive army of say witches or hogs which also take along time... However, if you have your storages maxed you should be able to maintain your gold and elixir level and may be even make a huge DE profit just by using a farming army or a modified one.

To keep things in perspective for you.. I was able to make around 500k profit in gold and 1mil in elixir and may be 20k-30k in DE till I got to master (I never looked at how much a base is offering in terms of loot except may be a handful of times, or when I started using DE troops). However, my defenses are of a maxed TH8 so you should do much better in keeping the loot and you would have higher profit.

Up to master league you can still find abandoned bases offer alot of loot (Found one with 650k gold 700k elixir and 4700 DE see link http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...-find-that-lol) but it might cost you alot of gold in search money to find one as you go higher.

Thank you for your advices mate.
I think i can handle the barb/archer/giant/wb/wizard army but using Golem and witch and pekka in raids not only raises the troop training cost but also takes a lot of time to complete. I dont think i have the patience to wait for it!! How many raids in a day could you do with this army?

[mavios]

Thank you for your advices mate.
I think i can handle the barb/archer/giant/wb/wizard army but using Golem and witch and pekka in raids not inly raises the troop training cost but also takes a lot of time to complete. I dont think i have the patience to wait for it!! How many raids in a day could you do with this army?

not many . 6 or 8? depending on how much time i get. I usually go offline and do something else and check back later. Its the spell that takes the longest. If you noticed I also did a single raid with mainly barbs and archers and four lightening. You can use that but it needs some practice and the build time there is also decided by the 4 lightening spells that you use to take out 2 mortars or 2 WT to make a whole section free of splash damage and make you army tare this section a part to get one star or two if u lucky

[ryskew]

I got to 2500 using 24 level 6 balloons and 50 level 5 minions, did take an hour to train but now it's only about roughly 50 minutes. Get a lightning spell for cc troops and a few rages if you wanna go all out. Treat the balloons as you would giants to archers to trigger the traps, but make sure to spread them out amongst two sides of the base and have them close in naturally towards the centre. This strategy only costs 108,000 elixir and 500 dark elixir which in 9/10 cases you'll earn back on a bonus. Then whatever spells you want to use will be the gold cost. Or if you want, use only 40 minions and make 20 archers for extra outside buildings at the end or to snipe some at the start towards the 50%.

Also, plan your attack instead of looking for loot and such. I know it sounds silly, but aim for 50%, anything after is just an extra trophy bonus. Good luck. Oh, and, I could have went higher than 2500 but I was farming DE and around 2400 there's plenty. I usually go up trophies then farm DE on the way back down, works well.

[Farazfaghri]

not many . 6 or 8? depending on how much time i get. I usually go offline and do something else and check back later. Its the spell that takes the longest. If you noticed I also did a single raid with mainly barbs and archers and four lightening. You can use that but it needs some practice and the build time there is also decided by the 4 lightening spells that you use to take out 2 mortars or 2 WT to make a whole section free of splash damage and make you army tare this section a part to get one star or two if u lucky

Wow it really gets boring with 6-8 raids in a day!
using archers/barbs and 4lightings better suits me since i can attack every 2 hours. But in the long run with an archer/barb army most of the time you can get only 1 star but with a better army u could get 2 or even 3. So at the end of the day which army composition do you think is more profitable in temrs of trophies?

[Farazfaghri]

I got to 2500 using 24 level 6 balloons and 50 level 5 minions, did take an hour to train but now it's only about roughly 50 minutes. Get a lightning spell for cc troops and a few rages if you wanna go all out. Treat the balloons as you would giants to archers to trigger the traps, but make sure to spread them out amongst two sides of the base and have them close in naturally towards the centre. This strategy only costs 108,000 elixir and 500 dark elixir which in 9/10 cases you'll earn back on a bonus. Then whatever spells you want to use will be the gold cost. Or if you want, use only 40 minions and make 20 archers for extra outside buildings at the end or to snipe some at the start towards the 50%.

Also, plan your attack instead of looking for loot and such. I know it sounds silly, but aim for 50%, anything after is just an extra trophy bonus. Good luck. Oh, and, I could have went higher than 2500 but I was farming DE and around 2400 there's plenty. I usually go up trophies then farm DE on the way back down, works well.

Good idea but could you get to masters league 2600+ with this army? As i said loot is an important issue for me since i will start th10 in a few days but if i could manage to reach the 2600 goal fast i could then drop and start farming again.
What should i expext with this army? Easy 1-2 stars or i have to struggle up and down the road?

[Phal]

I got to 2500 using 24 level 6 balloons and 50 level 5 minions, did take an hour to train but now it's only about roughly 50 minutes. Get a lightning spell for cc troops and a few rages if you wanna go all out. Treat the balloons as you would giants to archers to trigger the traps, but make sure to spread them out amongst two sides of the base and have them close in naturally towards the centre. This strategy only costs 108,000 elixir and 500 dark elixir which in 9/10 cases you'll earn back on a bonus. Then whatever spells you want to use will be the gold cost. Or if you want, use only 40 minions and make 20 archers for extra outside buildings at the end or to snipe some at the start towards the 50%.

Also, plan your attack instead of looking for loot and such. I know it sounds silly, but aim for 50%, anything after is just an extra trophy bonus. Good luck. Oh, and, I could have went higher than 2500 but I was farming DE and around 2400 there's plenty. I usually go up trophies then farm DE on the way back down, works well.

this is probably the best advice on the subject. While many different ground troop combos work well, the huge benefit to balloons + minions is that it is an incredibly simple army with pretty much the exact same attack strategy for ever base. I've been using Balloons, Minions, and sometimes Hogs and a couple dragons mixed in. Balloons + Minions has gotten me from 1600 (Where I was farming) to current trophy count of 2464.

24-28 lvl 6 balloons, and the rest minions. 1 lightning spell for cc troops, 3 rage spells (only need 1-2 rage usually but having all 3 available can save the day sometimes). CC holding air troops, hogs, or pekka (archers / wiz work but walls get in the way).

step 1) pull archer queen out and kill her with a few minions or cc if archers.

step 2) activate cc and pull out every troop. Stack them all up and hit em with lightning.

step 3) place bloons in a line where you want to clear a path (close to TH, near wiz towers, air defense, inferno towers first to take them out fast).

step 4) place rage where bloons will be in 1-2 seconds so that they quickly sweep through defenses. Place more rage as / if needed to keep bloons moving quickly.

Step 5) pick off any buildings undefended with 1 minion (similar to using archers) and once a path is cleared to the TH (with no danger of splash dmg) send in minions in 1-2 waves. >>WATCH OUT FOR AIR TRAPS - they will kill all mnions at once if they're all close to one<<

Step 6) use king / queen if needed for last % (try to save these in case you fail to kill the TH and need to pick off more buildings quickly to reach 50%)

Plenty of videos on youtube of people using this army. If you like, feel free to check out my videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...RjVVYqWJpZDF_K

Good idea but could you get to masters league 2600+ with this army? As i said loot is an important issue for me since i will start th10 in a few days but if i could manage to reach the 2600 goal fast i could then drop and start farming again.
What should i expext with this army? Easy 1-2 stars or i have to struggle up and down the road?

People use this army all the way to champion league top ranked players in the world. Vs a maxed out base you will only get 1-2 stars most likely, and vs a base with poor layout or easily killed splash / air defense you can easily three star.

The main thing to keep an eye out for is splash damage and air mines when sending in minions. They are great for cleanup after bloons but super weak so they can easily all die at once if bunched together.

[shrivelstump]

Im at 2550 right now and got to 2500 with a farm army and now replaced my 30 goblins with 7 wizards at 2500...

So I use....

61 barbs..61 archers...10 wb....10 giants..... 7 wizards

Ive made at least 3 million each in profits getting here, probably a lot more