Clash of Clans Spring Update 2018 - Preview #2 - Balance Changes and...The Trader

[Ishmaam]

Hey there again, Chief!

If you liked what you saw in yesterday's preview of what's coming in the Spring 2018 Update, here are some more tidbits of what else is in store for you. ALSO! Anoushka is the bestest ever! Now that we got that out of the way... here is Preview #2!

Home Village Balancing:
TH11 Walls
Increased the number of wall pieces that can be upgraded to max level to 300 (was 125)

Wizard Tower
Decreased level 9 Wizard Tower damage from 56 to 54

Inferno Tower
Multi-mode damage changes:
- Level 3: 41 to 45
- Level 4: 50 to 53
- Level 5: 57 to 63

Single-mode damage changes:
- Damage has been balanced to increase the time it takes to reach max damage, from 4.25 seconds to 5.25 seconds.

P.E.K.K.A.
- Level 4 is now available at Town Hall 9 instead of Town Hall 10.
- Level 6 is now available at Town Hall 10 instead of Town Hall 11
- Costs 8.5 million Elixir instead of 10 million.
- Level 7 is available at Town Hall 11 – Upgrade times have been adjusted/reduced so the Level 7 upgrade is now 14 days.

Additional Trap levels added
- Skeleton Trap level 4
- Giant Bomb level 5
- Bomb level 7
- Air Bomb level 5

Introducing: The Trader
The Trader is a traveling merchant who, starting at TH8, will frequent your Village to peddle his exotic wares. Setting shop on the other side of the Clan path, across from the Clan Games carriage, the Trader will have 3 special deals for you each day. Perhaps you’d like to acquire a Magic Item or other rare and unusual novelties? The Trader may just have what you’re looking for.

Thanks Darian!
Keep it up Supercell!
The effort and hardwork they put on to keep the best mobile game ever alive!
By the way, Trader is a concept I WAS going to put on ideas and feature request. But it turned out to be coming on the March 2018 update. WOW!
Ice Wizard: "Absurd update!"
Knight: "on the third of spring my true love gave to me....."
Hog Rider: "Did somebody said, 'Hooog Riiderr"
Wizard: "Oh cousin do shut your head!"
[Ice wizard freezes by covering his nose while sneezing]
How about getting Clan Operations which i posted on the ideas and feature request subforum?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

what if it now works like the gw skill? i mean when the warden goes invincible, troops can leave the warden range and still be invincible. now the summoned barbs no longer need to be in kings range to be raged

This would make sense, wouldn't need the rage-spell-looking circle if they make this change. I would like that.

[gopishamu]

Update the BK details in the PREVIEW - its only available Game content.

Hope noone noticed that ... LOL!!!

[Heeth21]

Or does it mean that only the barbs he spawns will be raged, any other barbs that happen to be in his circle are not?

Two very different meanings!!!!!

This is right.

[CertifiedHh5]

Well the trader looks like a chinese merchant why does he not look like a trader from my country since my country holds number 1 stock market exchange in the world #NIGERIA#

[Bighose]

Hey there again, Chief!

If you liked what you saw in yesterday's preview of what's coming in the Spring 2018 Update, here are some more tidbits of what else is in store for you. ALSO! Anoushka is the bestest ever! Now that we got that out of the way... here is Preview #2!

Home Village Balancing:
TH11 Walls
Increased the number of wall pieces that can be upgraded to max level to 300 (was 125)

Wizard Tower
Decreased level 9 Wizard Tower damage from 56 to 54

Inferno Tower
Multi-mode damage changes:
- Level 3: 41 to 45
- Level 4: 50 to 53
- Level 5: 57 to 63

Single-mode damage changes:
- Damage has been balanced to increase the time it takes to reach max damage, from 4.25 seconds to 5.25 seconds.

P.E.K.K.A.
- Level 4 is now available at Town Hall 9 instead of Town Hall 10.
- Level 6 is now available at Town Hall 10 instead of Town Hall 11
- Costs 8.5 million Elixir instead of 10 million.
- Level 7 is available at Town Hall 11 – Upgrade times have been adjusted/reduced so the Level 7 upgrade is now 14 days.

Additional Trap levels added
- Skeleton Trap level 4
- Giant Bomb level 5
- Bomb level 7
- Air Bomb level 5

Introducing: The Trader
The Trader is a traveling merchant who, starting at TH8, will frequent your Village to peddle his exotic wares. Setting shop on the other side of the Clan path, across from the Clan Games carriage, the Trader will have 3 special deals for you each day. Perhaps you’d like to acquire a Magic Item or other rare and unusual novelties? The Trader may just have what you’re looking for.

Am I blind? Where does it say anything about the Kings ability being changed?

[Heeth21]

Am I blind? Where does it say anything about the Kings ability being changed?

Check on COC website

[JSpur5]

I'm all for the update except not really understanding the wiz tower nerf.

Anyway, I still do not see anything about a fix to the AQ AI. Too many times she is banging on a wall when a target is right next to her. Or, when I hit the ability she stops targeting what she was shooting and starts targeting a wall. Currently, the queen seems the most out of whack troop in the game. How about a fix to that. I have video proof for those that are skeptical. Thanks

[JSpur5]

Check your in-game news feed.

[Gxr900]

Can you share a single max th10 vs th10 image 3 starred? Sorry, I couldn't find any.

I can. Idk how to share an image here though.

Call me cynical, but the trader sounds like just another channel to push micro transactions. I think we have plenty of those channels in the game already, but why not...let's make some additional buttons so that people might accidentally spend their gems.

I hope I am wrong.

It’s probably going to be like the trader in Boom Beach. Might have some gem deal, but most trades will be for resources instead of gems is what I’m expecting.

People don't use heal, as rage is much better. Queen walks are time consuming, without rage they run out of time (using heal means less rage).

I don't know if mods have access to stats, but are you talking about th11s or th10s or just in general, as i do see th11s vs th11s 3 star ( not with heal though), but not any th10 vs th10 yet. Not to mention, th11s 3 star rates increased due to extra camp space and additional hero levels and not due to inferno heal nerf.

It depends on the attack. I see 11v11 and 10v10 3 stars using heal. 3 stars are still rare, but LaLoon and hogs usually have a heal in the army comp. Don’t see many 11v11 3* with hogs though, just occasionally.