Experienced player now needing help

[Gobaints]

Try farming in Crystal 3 or 2,you can find many th9 there.

[RockTheRock]

Get up to c1. and use then Barch or Bam to get 50% on bases. After awhile the league bonus loot should accumulate.

[Misthaufen]

As noted, you can drop trophies and collect. Once your two max infernos are built, your loot is safe.

Or do like I did.....I dropped cups to 1500 and then feasted on rushed bases.

Now, whether you are in crystal or gold 3, hit the next button more often. But pounce on any collector raid over 75k if it is early in the search. It seems low, but it is better than dropping 150k hitting next to find a raid of 225k.

I have had little problems getting loot so far, mostly because I have made it up in volume. More attacks, boosting a rack or two, if I find a good range.

Your ideal target is the early th9, saving for xbows and other expensive upgrades. Most of those are not up in crystal, but down in silver 1 or gold 3.

And use cheap troops or more dark troops. Max hogs are a great autumn to barching with a huge bonus of being zero pink to build. Plus building 8 hogs shortens your build time. You could use a golem the same way at similar cost, but staggering the dark barracks do you don't have two.

TL;DR version is use cheap armies, few spells, hit next, and find the range.