Skull walls at TH8, a must? or can be done at TH9

[TrentSabanRobot]

do u have your Dark troops/BK maxed ? if not , proceed to C1/C2 and farm DE there , while farming DE dump your gold into walls and its a win/win situation , having high level DE troops will help you alot in TH9 and certainly will get you to masters , if you haven't done that already

going to TH9 with lv7 walls will make you an instant prey for other TH9s and 10s even , and it will be much harder for you to farm the 5M for WT , 6M for both Xbows WHILE doing walls :3

Sorry, I just think this is bad advice. Don't go to C1/C2. As a TH8, you will get crushed and any DE that you raid will be taken as soon as you log off.

As for OP's question. I say max defenses and move on if you're already questioning the skull wall's merits. I rushed to TH9 (L6 walls at the time) and now have a combination of L7 and L8 walls and do just fine. I have maxed splash and xbows that mow down any farming army that comes my way. Unless someone wants to hog me, they aren't taking much. You won't be at some low point of the game that's detrimental to your fun if you don't get skullies. I think having troops and defenses maxed is more important than walls.

On the other hand, I would caution you that your skully progress is going to be essentially stopped at TH9 for a while. All of the TH9 upgrades are fairly pricey, and it can make it difficult to save for walls on the side if you don't raid often enough.

You just have to weigh things out for yourself but in short, your game won't be ruined by skipping out on completing skullies, you may just find yourself working on them for a while longer than if you had stayed at TH8 and chipped away at them.

[sharonsym]

Everyone said th8 loot is better than th9 is lying to you. If the loot is that bad? How can someone farm legos or even lava walls that is way more expensive than skull walls?

Th9 loot is better... Lvl 6 troops, AQ and extra spells will get you more loots than th8 troops. if you're a TH8 and playing on gold2 or higher, I think you know how easy those lv.6 Giants / Balloon destroy your base and take 275k gold.

[Potatochips]

I am currently at the end phase of th7, Right now i have no use for elixir and it builds up quite alot as i only have walls left to get lvl7 on, I have found that i can just have alot of fun with my constant excess of elixir by making elixir heavy armies and steam rolling under-developed th8's and 9's with dragons. Its a fun luxury that i get now that i dont need to drain all my elixir on troops upgrades and what not.

Moral of the story is as i've gone off on a speal is if you find yourself bored with just farming for walls experiment with armies that you cant really afford to maintain during upgrades to spice up farming walls.

Keep you elixer for th 8 troop ups or it is a pain in the arch to get enough

[kangaroojack]

I managed it .

[sausagefest]

cool! very nice