The last 3 out of 4 zappers who zapped me were th9 and I'm th8. They zapped me when I had 20k and when I checked their bases all had much higher de. I use a much heavier army when I raid th9 and only go for the de in those cases, since their bases are tough. It worked every time and got some gold and elix on the side.
I have no idea why a higher th wouldn't just raid my base, but I'm almost maxed so maybe that's it. A lot of th9 and 10's farm in gold now with the new loot system and it's quite common for me to zapped by higher th's and some do actually carry a lot of de.
I dont wanna insult any players that zap, i did it myself when i was a noob and wanted to get my BK up. But let me point out a few things:
1.) Zapping isn't efficient. 3 Lightning Spells take 90 minutes to train and earn you 1,000~ DE. You can get ten times more DE with a normal army. (If you raid constantly)
2.) Zapping takes no skill. If you have a Level 5 Barb King and got all the DE by zapping, that's nothing to be proud of.
Unity Veterans | Town Hall 11 | Level 195
Maybe active again?
Level 12 Walls: 66/300 | Level 45 King | Level 50 Queen
GG: 2.00b | EE: 1.80b | HH: 8.53m | SV: 4,139