I have been pushing with balloonions and have got to 2333. As an iPhone user with too much gold I get attacked every second raid and even though I win 90% of my battles I can't get ahead. I'm just flailing within a hundred trophies of my best. I 2 star 7 out of ten. The raids I get and the damage i suffer from losses keep me from getting further.
That said, crystal 3 was easy if you wanna snipe and crystal 2 isn't that hard if you know your army. I think how people get really far ahead is by never logging off because they have a ipad. You would attack any th7 at crystal 2. There was a guy in my league that had a crazy amount of attacks and was only a th7 running archers with a few giants. I'm sure he never logged off. He's not in my league anymore because I'm sure he made it to crystal one.
In summary, any regular player can make crystal 2 as a th8. For going any higher takes incredible dedication and nerding out!






