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    Recent Upgrade to TH8 Upgrade Strategy Questions

    Hi All, Im just going to go ahead and apologize in advance for this large possibly unnecessary thread lol but Im interested.

    I recently maxed out my TH7 base (besides ALL of the barracks to 9 and the mines) and upgraded to TH8.

    I have upgraded the new defenses to match or very close to the other defenses around it. I know it doesnt matter that much but was curious if there are a few tips for upgrading the right defenses and army.

    My thoughts is for priority level in order to upgrade for defenses would be

    Mortars,
    Wiz towers
    Archer Towers
    Tesla
    Cannons
    Air defences (since they are pretty high already, higher than most people I see with higher THs even)

    for non defensie im thinking

    DE Drill
    Upgrade all barracks to 9 (no need for pekkas yet but clutch to have all 4 that can make dragons)
    then I dno doesnt matter too much to me

    Armies
    Archers (almost at 5)
    dragon to lvl 3
    Hogs to lvl 2 (3 if possible)
    giants to 5
    WBs to 5
    wizards to 5
    barbs to 5
    rage to 5
    healing to 5
    lightning to max (5)


    So Here are the Items I have...

    4 level 6 army camps (maxed)
    Level 3 spell factory (maxed)
    Level 6 lab(maxed)
    2x lvl 1 seeking air missile (maxed)
    3x lvl 3 Air bomb (maxed)


    2 level 3 hidden teslas
    1 level 1 tesla
    level 1 barb king
    level 3 clan castle
    3x lvl 5 mortar
    2x lvl 5 air defense
    1x lvl 3 air defense
    2x lvl 4 wiz towers
    1x lvl 3 wiz tower
    4x lvl 8 archer tower
    1 lvl 7 archer tower
    1x lvl 9 cannon
    4x lvl 8 cannon

    3x lvl 2 giant bombs
    2x lvl 4 bombs
    4x lvl 3 bombs


    Non Defensive Units

    lvl 2 dark barracks
    lvl 1 dark barracks
    level 2 d Elixir Storage
    level 1 D elixir drill *thinking of upgrading next
    117 purple walls
    108 pink walls
    lvl 9 barracks
    3x lvl 7 barracks

    Then just gold storages that are almost maxed and mine/elixir colletors that are like lvl 8-10 that I dont are too much about.

    Most my army was maxed for TH7 so mostly lvl 4 for normal troops

    I use dragons, archers, hogs for my c war attack generally.

    archers lvl 5 (maxed)
    dragons lvl 2 (I think I should do them next)
    Hogs lvl 1
    Healer lvl 1 (might need to improve that lol)
    wizards lvl 3
    minion lvl 1

    Barbs, Giants, WBs, gobs, ballons, lightning, rage,healing spell - all lvl 4


    I hope some of you to bother to read this Just was wondering on thoughts of upgrading order for different defences etc.

    Input ?

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    I'm a TH8 and here are my suggestions.

    1. Defenses:
    **Upgrade air/ground defense (alternate top 3)
    - Teslas
    - Archer Towers
    - Wizard Towers
    - Mortars/Air Defense
    - Cannons

    * Balance defenses with storage upgrades. Storages are good buffers during war...takes lots of damage. You dont want to be upgrading more than 3 defenses at a time.

    2. DE drill sucks until level 3. Push for lvl 3

    3. Get your lab upgraded. The troop upgrade is up to you, depending on your style of play. If you are looking to get 3 stars for wars, then:
    - Dragons to lvl 3
    - Hog to lvl 4 (dont waste your time stopping at lvl 2 or 3 since the update)
    - Possibly balloons if you use them (lvl 4 is okay, but lvl 5 is drastic increase)

    If your priority is raiding:
    - Archers...always good for raids and donations. So many useful applications.
    - Barbs

    - Then you have wizards level 5, which is the best wiz upgrade (Great war donations/defense, and also good for GoWiPe [eventually])

    TH8 is not as great of an upgrade as TH7 or TH9. But it is fun because of the higher level troops. Good Luck!

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    I would go for the wiz and healers for your elixr. in gold,,upgrade the motar first,tesla second, and go by dps from then on.
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    You dont mention how many builders you have?

    Im more or less at the end of TH8 now but here's what I did.... and what i shouldnt have done lol.

    Assuming that you have 4 builders (and that your lab is already upgraded) I'd cycle through splash damage upgrades (i.e 1 lvl of wiz then 1 of mortar until maxxed).

    get your DE drill up to lvl3 - its still not awesome, but its free DE

    the 2 longest defence upgrades are AD and tesla (tesla moreso) so get on those as soon as possible! you have 3 levels to go and the last one is 10 days per tesla.

    that leaves 1 builder to work on point defences too (again, i cycled through levels on these).

    I didnt concentrate on the teslas.... so now I have a 2 week wait while they catch up! :-|

    to be fair though, the lab upgrades at TH8 take significantly longer than defences so if you're a 'max everything' sort of person then you'll end up hanging around anyway.

    For the Lab, I did the common sense thing of working on what I used the most first - Barbs, Archers, Drags, then spells before starting on the other purple elixir stuff. . I left the DE troops alone so that it could build up for the BK (he's now at lvl10). My theory is that this will then leave me with nothing to spend elixir on while farming for DE and walls.
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    Here's what I did as a TH 8 just in case if it helps
    I got my DE drill and upgraded it to max
    Worked on mortars
    And am now working on WTs (what's next is what I'll do after I'm done with the WTs)
    Cannons
    Archer towers
    Teslas
    Traps
    Walls
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    Thank everyone!!

    Wow Im impressed by all the POSITIVE responses. Thank you everyone! I need to re-read everything after this post ive already forgot what everyone has said totally!

    I just want to say I may have gotten the levels wrong as Im not totally sure what the max levels for everything are at TH8 but I do plan on upgrading all things and all troops that I actually use to the max. But tbh it seems it will take so long to upgrade all the defenses and what not I bet ill have em all maxed.

    3. Get your lab upgraded. The troop upgrade is up to you, depending on your style of play. If you are looking to get 3 stars for wars, then:


    My lab is upgraded! Its maxed for my level and Ive already started upgrading my archers to lvl 5 while saving up the 3 mil for the dragon upgrade.


    Quote Originally Posted by smoggybowman View Post
    You dont mention how many builders you have?

    Im more or less at the end of TH8 now but here's what I did.... and what i shouldnt have done lol.

    Assuming that you have 4 builders (and that your lab is already upgraded) I'd cycle through splash damage upgrades (i.e 1 lvl of wiz then 1 of mortar until maxxed).

    get your DE drill up to lvl3 - its still not awesome, but its free DE

    the 2 longest defence upgrades are AD and tesla (tesla moreso) so get on those as soon as possible! you have 3 levels to go and the last one is 10 days per tesla.

    that leaves 1 builder to work on point defences too (again, i cycled through levels on these).

    I didnt concentrate on the teslas.... so now I have a 2 week wait while they catch up! :-|

    to be fair though, the lab upgrades at TH8 take significantly longer than defences so if you're a 'max everything' sort of person then you'll end up hanging around anyway.

    For the Lab, I did the common sense thing of working on what I used the most first - Barbs, Archers, Drags, then spells before starting on the other purple elixir stuff. . I left the DE troops alone so that it could build up for the BK (he's now at lvl10). My theory is that this will then leave me with nothing to spend elixir on while farming for DE and walls.
    I am a little sad to say I got the 3rd and 4th builder through work, and I payed 20 so I could get a 5th. I got 5.

    I agree with what everyone is saying to kind of alternate. so obviously do not have 3 mortars and and 2 wizard towards upgrading at the same time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MattJames View Post
    Thank everyone!!

    Wow Im impressed by all the POSITIVE responses. Thank you everyone! I need to re-read everything after this post ive already forgot what everyone has said totally!

    I just want to say I may have gotten the levels wrong as Im not totally sure what the max levels for everything are at TH8 but I do plan on upgrading all things and all troops that I actually use to the max. But tbh it seems it will take so long to upgrade all the defenses and what not I bet ill have em all maxed.



    [/FONT][/COLOR]My lab is upgraded! Its maxed for my level and Ive already started upgrading my archers to lvl 5 while saving up the 3 mil for the dragon upgrade.




    I am a little sad to say I got the 3rd and 4th builder through work, and I payed 20 so I could get a 5th. I got 5.

    I agree with what everyone is saying to kind of alternate. so obviously do not have 3 mortars and and 2 wizard towards upgrading at the same time.
    No shame in buying gems dude!

    5 makes it really simple imo

    1 each for point, splash, ad, tesla and one for everything else.
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    Quote Originally Posted by smoggybowman View Post
    No shame in buying gems dude!

    5 makes it really simple imo

    1 each for point, splash, ad, tesla and one for everything else.
    Sorry its late.. Whats ad and point referring to

    Ah: AD - Air Defense.. but still not getting point. its 530 am here
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    Quote Originally Posted by MattJames View Post
    I am a little sad to say I got the 3rd and 4th builder through work, and I paid 20 so I could get a 5th. I got 5.

    I agree with what everyone is saying to kind of alternate. so obviously do not have 3 mortars and and 2 wizard towards upgrading at the same time.
    Fixed it for ya (and was nice enough to not quote the whole thing )
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