What should I spend my elixir on?

[Tony12345]

Archers to lvl 6
Barbarians to Lvl 6
1st DE Drill to lvl 3
2nd DE Drill to lvl 4
Dark Barrack to lvl 5 (for witches)

And in which order should I carry out my upgrades?

[SorrowCat]

Archers to lvl 6
Barbarians to Lvl 6
1st DE Drill to lvl 3
2nd DE Drill to lvl 4
Dark Barrack to lvl 5 (for witches)

And in which order should I carry out my upgrades?

Archers
Barbarians
Dark barracks
Drills

[Thunderbolt]

That honestly depends on what troops you use... I did balloons first because I like farming with Loonion. Personal preference basically.

[DragonClasher]

Archers gets a minimum boost and should be upgraded if you are using barch a lot...or to make clan mates happy...while balloons get a huge boost and u basicly ♥♥♥♥ all th8s and 9 with them unless they have maxxed out air def.

If your not using air troops go for giants, barbs, archers, de drills, balloons.
Otherwise Balloons, De drills, and whatever.

[porky1122]

DE drills

From an accounting point of view, you're losing Dark elixir each day if your drills are not maxed.

e.g. Person A and person B both have no drills.
-Person A builds a drill and upgrades it as soon as it finishes. He does it until the drill is maxed.
-Person B builds a drill and waits 5 days before upgrading the drill. He does this for each upgrade.

Person B will have more dark elixir in the short run. But because drills produce dark elixir non stop, Person A will have more dark elixir in the long run.

This is applies to gold mines and elixir collectors too. When people say they dont like upgrading their collectors because it means people can steal more, i facepalm myself.

[Ghxst]

Archers, it's your most expensive elixir upgrade at the moment. Better to get it out the way as fast as possible, so you don't end up struggling with it later on.

[kidcudi88]

try and do what you use most troop wise
then do de drills when you can

[Kingdon]

DE drills all the way