Ash's Journey to Level 40 Heroes and Dark Elixir Farming Guide

[sheds]

Last night I dropped gobs in favor of minions (12 minions versus 25 gobs)
I farmed 10,000 de in 3 hours which is great for me.
I typically get 3-4,000 per night
Not saying the switch in troops was the reason, but it sure didn't hurt

[Eternal625]

Last night I dropped gobs in favor of minions (12 minions versus 25 gobs)
I farmed 10,000 de in 3 hours which is great for me.
I typically get 3-4,000 per night
Not saying the switch in troops was the reason, but it sure didn't hurt

That's a big improvement! Just goes to show how much of a difference it can make by dropping your Goblins in favor of Minions, as Minions are much more versatile.

[rkne]

Tried doing BAM last night, no WBs, ~12-16 minions

First two attacks were great, got 3.3k de in 2 attacks, 16 minutes between them (although i lost like 45 cups in those attacks)

Then I kept failing attacks and failing to find good bases and lost like 100 cups with no big profit i'm bad with BAM lol.

[steharg]

rkne - yea thats what happened to me, I drop trophies like a lead balloon.
however im not doing too badly now, practice practice practice... still cant sustain crystal but im picking up DE.
I've been hovering in Gold 1, around 1900, cant seem stay in crystal, ill drop trophies on a couple of raids and you get sent tumbling, if you log off your TH then gets picked off for a further loss, - generally I've only been picking up ten at most on a raid to climb back up... its a slog to maintain trophy count.

DE loot from my last attacks listed below

1044
990
997
737
1007
940
1776
160
975

trophies aside - it is working!

[Eternal625]

rkne - yea thats what happened to me, I drop trophies like a lead balloon.
however im not doing too badly now, practice practice practice... still cant sustain crystal but im picking up DE.
I've been hovering in Gold 1, around 1900, cant seem stay in crystal, ill drop trophies on a couple of raids and you get sent tumbling, if you log off your TH then gets picked off for a further loss, - generally I've only been picking up ten at most on a raid to climb back up... its a slog to maintain trophy count.

DE loot from my last attacks listed below

1044
990
997
737
1007
940
1776
160
975

trophies aside - it is working!

Nice, that looks good! You may want to start nexting for TH snipes while your army camp is filling up if you're having a hard time maintaining trophies. Keep it up!

[Eternal625]

UPDATE

-------------------------------- As of November 19, 2014


Level of Archer Queen: Level 13
Level of Barbarian King: Level 18
Walls: 12 Lavas, 220 Legos, 18 Skulls

Current Heroic Heist: 2,242,066



I also now have both of my Xbows to lv 3!

[phule888]

Awesome! Anyone can feel free to share you progress on this thread here as well. I'm interested in seeing how you guys are doing as well!



Well I always recommend 1950-2050 (with C3 badge) for anyone farming DE, even with lv 5 Barch. But if you're having a hard time getting there or staying at C3, then either snipe Town Halls more or try Gold 1. Anywhere below 1800 trophies is just not worth farming DE for.

For a new TH 9, make sure you have 40k DE before you're TH 9, so you can buy AQ instantly, she will make farming DE much easier. Also prioritize upgrading all your offensive units first without delay (Laboratory, Clan Castle, Army Camps, Spell Factory, etc.). Good luck!

Any recommendations on which troops to upgrade in order for a new th9 ?

options:

Barbs->6
Archer->6
Giants->6
Balloons->6
Minions->4

Thanks in advance

With your BAM composition, sounds like Barbs->6 would get the first biggest boost, even though giants/balloons get massive upgrades. If they are not used, then I guess they can wait.

[sheds]

Same army comp as before (minions instead of gobs)
3 hours of play time
I started at 1978 cups and ended at 1936
and went from just under 25,000 de to nearly 38,000
Also picked up over 2 mil in gold which I dumped in my walls
as well as a net gain of 500,000 elixer.
Now I need my king to finish upgrading (1 more day)
so I can upgrade again

[Eternal625]

Any recommendations on which troops to upgrade in order for a new th9 ?

options:

Barbs->6
Archer->6
Giants->6
Balloons->6
Minions->4

Thanks in advance

With your BAM composition, sounds like Barbs->6 would get the first biggest boost, even though giants/balloons get massive upgrades. If they are not used, then I guess they can wait.

Depends on what you farm with the most. Personally, I use BAM a lot, so I would upgrade Archer or Barbarian first (probably Archers first due to clan donations and their ability to shoot over walls make a big difference). Then when I have them done, do Minion. Then Giant or Balloon, depending on whether you like doing Balloonion or utilizing Giants to attack DE storages better.

[Nyxiggon]

I'm starting to come around to BAM. I have used 90% of your tactics to improve my barch raiding, and my DE / week has gone up considerably. However, I've struggled to see the reasoning behind bringing 10-15 minions in a raid.

For a long time, my thought has been that I would rather have the 20-30 extra barb+arch than the minions, as I can't really make effective use of the minions. By that, I mean, I never really ran into bases where the minions got me something that my archers couldn't snipe.

But now that there are 4 mortars, I'm starting to see situations where I end up with 50% of the base down, my army mostly gone (down to 20-30 housing worth of barch), but the DE storage is sitting open, but covered by enough mortars to prevent my BARCH army from getting it.

You *maaaay* have convinced me to start carrying a few minions in my camps.

BK: on his way to 6
AQ: 8

I war, so it's hard for me to do constant hero upgrades, as they are kind of integral to getting 3 stars on fellow TH9s. Working on them though!