War matching I think needs work

[Rick13]

Sure...there are mismatches and yes it can be frustrating but in my experience it kinda averages out in terms of overall wars, some wars we are more powerful others our opponents are.
IMO It's a nice challenge to be matched with a more powerful clan, it tests strategy and pushes you to really think about your attacks...for the better of the Clan as a whole.
Last war we were matched to a clan with 23 TH10s vs our 5 TH10 but we had a crack and just lost 87 -90. It's never gunna be perfect but I think it's not that bad, when you look at averages overall..

[dannyboy1024]

So clan wars matchmaking can be a bit . . . iffy . . at times, and is this why?
Our last three wars our clan (A 20 player war clan, lvl 60-100, so a very average clan) has been matched up with clans very close to our clan "Points." We are around 12500, and the last three wars we've been matched with a clan at 12000, 12300, and 12700. Coincidence? Or is this how Supercell has decided to match clans together?

Can any of y'all confirm or disprove this? (Check your war-logs if you can and see what your clan is at, although those are current points, so they may have changed slightly or drastically in some cases since the war started)

[themariofan]

This has been public since the beginning...and straight out of the stickied FAQ.

Clan wars matchmaking matches clans based on the strength of their members. Unlike multiplayer battles, trophies have no influence in determining your clan wars opponent. After an opposing clan is found, the war immediately starts. There’s no “nexting” in clan wars matchmaking.


How is strength calculated in clan wars?
Strength is based on each member’s attacking power (troops, army camp capacity, spells and heroes) and defensive strength (defense buildings, walls, traps and heroes). Different layouts and base designs do not affect strength. The only way a member’s strength can be changed is if they upgrade their troops, defenses, spells, etc.

[z080236]

even though coc maintains that it has no influence
for this war a couple of members pushed their trophy up to crystal and they are matchmake with a crystal clan

[JohnnyBGood]

Could just be a coincidence.

I would like to believe that SC is not lying when they say trophies are not factored in, but who knows.

[JtB]

even though coc maintains that it has no influence
for this war a couple of members pushed their trophy up to crystal and they are matchmake with a crystal clan

Trophies have no bearing on war.

[facescraper]

They already said trophies don't have any play on the matchmaking it's only based on base strength basically because of farmers always having low trophies. It would throw the whole system out if they matched with trophies. InTheDark constantly got matched with top 50 trophy clans even though they are much lower in cups so it throws that theory out the window. Your match in the war being the same trophies is pure coincidence and nothing more. Get the whole clan to drop to sub 200 before next war and you will still be matched with similar bases it makes no difference...

[JohnnyBGood]

Might want to run a few more tests before simply declaring that Supercell is lying about the matchmaking process.

[Alain686]

even though coc maintains that it has no influence
for this war a couple of members pushed their trophy up to crystal and they are matchmake with a crystal clan

One data point is not proof.

[jb77]

Well, that last CW was the pits. We are a decent TH10 clan, no one with a maxed base, that has just been totalled by a clan in the top 10 of the world. The number one player in the world a couple of days ago is in the clan we are matched against.

all their players, 45 of them, are top league, with most having both heroes at lvl40. No one in our clan has maxed heroes. Every one of our devent bases were two starred, some three. Sure, they know how to attack, and they do it very well, but a lot of the losses still come from the heroes, and we cannot beat that, no way.

Interesting to watch, but utterly pointless olaying, so we didn't bother. Wasting a load of resources building gowiwi attacks when you know you will only get 80k back isn't really viable.

Is this what CW was invented for? To give gemming clans something to feel good about? Again, this seems like a strategy that is designed to punish regular players getting to Th10 the hard way, then being scrèwed over in CW time and time again.

Cheers SC.

This☝️is similar to what my clan has found.