The Cogwheel - TH9 Anti Hog/Balloonian Farming Base

[bog3nator]

What base version did you use?

the one the link on the first page brings you to.

[moonsabre]

i want to use this base but my xbows are level 1, it would take a long time to get them to 3 so this is what im thinking
i will upgrade 2 archer towers to lv11 and use them in the core, they have the same dps as lv3 xbows but only 1 less tile range, that way i can use the base earlier, im currently running ringus

any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

Assuming you're farming in gold leagues where BARCH and BAM is more prevalent, take this into consideration.

The archer tower although has the same DPS, it doesn't quite work in the same way as an xbow would as the rate of fire is quite different. I believe the xbow shoot every .128 seconds at level 3, it does 9.6 damage a shot meaning it can take out a 7 level 6 archers every 4 seconds. The archer tower at level 11 has the same DPS but fires every second meaning it takes out 1 level 6 archer every second. In 4 seconds, the level 3 xbow takes out 7 while the archer tower takes out 4. It has the same advantage vs minions as well of the quick rate of fire.

To be honest, starting out, I think a heavier core like Ringus is a better choice where you're not as dependent on only the xbow as you have the mortars hitting those same units (one shot archers, heavily damaging barbarians for the xbow to take out).

full army again giants and lvl 5 wizards. got 89k elixir 7k gold. lightened de storage again bc they probably got mad. this time i have max elixir storages showing 1k de and 330k gold. 1 xbow is upgrading and the aq and bk were bothing sleeping.

they also brought there bk and aq. 2 healing spells also

also used 4 wb and broke the wall leading to the funnel. giants splts 2 ways. half went through were the tesla is and 3 bounced out others died. the rest went through the broken wall set off the 2 gb and got shot at by my xbow and wiz tower. i swapped my wiz towers and mortars and worked well.

Very nice! I like that you're tweaking things out to your liking! It's pretty rare a day goes by that I'm not tweaking my base in some way or another. Test rinse repeat.

[ItsToka]

the one the link on the first page brings you to.

Nice, thats the one I use with one minor change to the zigzag corners.

http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...=1#post2533090

[bog3nator]

I am kept the zigzag. One reason I like the base. Moon seemed to think of everything

[Aethelbeorne]

Great base! I really like it!

May i know how you have a BLACK PEKKA STATUE in the 3rd picture on the first page? It looks so cool!

[Renny]

I have still been using this base and it has held up really well so far...
Just thought I would post some updated logs and video of a defense against hogs....
95% of the time I get sniped with this base ...

Current setup. I am just working on lego walls before going to th10 since I am just about maxed on defense. (All troops maxed except Valks for th9.) Farming in G1 currently.



Base defense about 3 weeks ago against 34 L5 hogs.... (Random youtube music)




Past Defense logs that were not snipes

[moonsabre]

Great base! I really like it!

May i know how you have a BLACK PEKKA STATUE in the 3rd picture on the first page? It looks so cool!

lol, it may have just been the color balance being off when it was screenshot I don't have a special black pekka

I have still been using this base and it has held up really well so far...
Just thought I would post some updated logs and video of a defense against hogs....
95% of the time I get sniped with this base ...

Current setup. I am just working on lego walls before going to th10 since I am just about maxed on defense. (All troops maxed except Valks for th9.) Farming in G1 currently.

Great results, I've seen similar issues vs Giant/wiz combinations. A few small things I noticed though is that xbow between the gold and elixir storage breaks the ring of defences leading units into the core rather than around through the traps. The two top corners where there is a gold mine instead of a defence structure, I don't think it will be too much of an issue but it could split up the troops as there's that extra cannon in the front of those funnels. Great job with the upgrades and base!

One thing I would probably recommend being that you're pretty much done all of your upgrades too is moving towards a DE protection base. To me, that's probably the most important thing to protect since you're just farming legos so you normally won't have that much gold to worry about. The 2x2 core is a bit weak as it's an all or nothing type of thing as you're somewhat dependent on just one side of the base (rather than one side + strong core).

Happy farming the rest of those walls!

[Poserless]

I've been using this variant for a couple of weeks now and it's performed well. I farm between 1900 and 1600, mostly between 1700-1800.

I try this version and got mass drags lvl 3 with 4 rage potion coming from the top. any other version more stable?

[bog3nator]

not many things can stop mass dragons. especially high lvl ones

[ItsToka]

I try this version and got mass drags lvl 3 with 4 rage potion coming from the top. any other version more stable?

How many storages did they take? What % destruction? What level are your defenses?

This happened literally like 5 minutes after you posted your comment, and both my xbows are upgrading...