Barching: Has it become less successful?

[Phyxios]

you just dont' know how to barch properly? maybe?

[Camja11]

I always thought barch and BAM were not great farming methods and only good for collector raids. I just moved to th10 and the lack of elixer has killed my ability to do anything BUT cheap armies like BAM and Barch. As i worked with it i started getting better. I moved from gold 2 to crystal 2 and started making a decent amount of loot. In crystal 2 the win bonus pays for your army and next costs (if you are lucky). If you can hit collectors you win big. If the storages are near the edge you win big.

But out i have definately noticed some "anti barch" designs coming out. All of the splash damage defences are on the edge and they mop up barbs, archers and minions fairly quick.

luckily there is still tons of poorly designed bases in crystal 2.

I've that with some skill you can do quite well with it, as long as you avoid certain bases.

[budawpi]

BARCH is still great. The best decision I made for farming was adding 4 Wallbreakers to my BARCH army . . it made DE that much easier to access.

I use BAM when:

a) Upgrading a regular barracks
b) I have some DE (~12000) that I don't plan to use for several days.

[LukeClashOfClans]

I realize people are making better bases to defend against barch.I only see that at crystal but not down at gold

[jhusby9]

Still barching quite comfortably in crystal 1

[katblue]

Barching was and is still effective for two things:

1. Collector Raids.
2. Townhall Sniping.

barching is still very effective. If anything is different possibly there are not as many full collector bases around. I've heard this maybe be related to chinese botting or possibly game changes etc, possibly the recent 1 gem boost.

Are people getting smarter against barchers? I dont think this makes a difference. They have to put these buildings somewhere and even if they interlace their collectors with their regular buildings they will still be mostly around the edge and gotten by barchers.

[Keaton]

Anti-barch isnt really a thing... it's just well upgraded splash. Giant bombs can do wonders too, but those are usually meant for hogs.

[rXEviL]

BARCHING is better than ever. although personally I believe wallbreakers are very important because I'm very particular about getting my loot but also getting 1+star. also I hate to come across bases with loads of DE or other res in storages but have no way to get to it

[DroogJanus]

I've noticed more teslas hidden between mines recently but I don't think there's an increase in anti-barch designs.

The best anti-barch is to empty your collectors regularly. I have never actually been barched, ever. Yet I barch constantly when I'm playing.

[TaintedWaffle]

I've been Barching in Gold II & III and have had no problem getting 300K resources total. I view 'Nexting' like fishing, you have to be patient and wait until a full collector base appears. If I boost my barracks, I can get 2-3 million gold and elixir in that 2 hour window (making sure my phone is charged during that period).

It's the strategy I've been using to get all my resources and I have seen no evidence of it being less succesful.