My lvl5 troops getting destroyed in seconds by lvl2 & 3 defenses. Help!

[Thunder]

Hi, I've been playing coc since it came out so know how to play the game. I've been maxxing out my th8 base, and used to get the odd base 'punching above its weight'.ie. lvl2,3 or 4 wiz towers, mortars, archer towers wiping out my lvl5 troops in seconds, firing like they were lvl20 or something. I just put thís down to maybe a bug in the game, as it wasnt all the time.

today, after maxxing out my defenses, my th9 finally finished, and all day, my troops are being annhilated when i raid. 12 lvl5 giants with lvl3 healer lasted 10 seconds against lvl2 & 3 wiz towers etc. 70 or 80 lvl5 barbs getting nowhere at all, even with healer. Just getting wiped out in no time against bases that i know i could clear easily.

I wouldnt mind if it was only now and again, but it was virtually every raid. I'm around lvl85 and now the game is impossible to play. After 8 hours play, i gained 20k gold, and lost 200k elixir. Normally, at th8 a day ago, i would have had at least 1 million of each.

is anyone else getting this happening to them. What can i do? Help......totally frustrated now.....

[Thunder]

Hi, I've been playing coc since it came out so know how to play the game. I've been maxxing out my th8 base, and used to get the odd base 'punching above its weight'.ie. lvl2,3 or 4 wiz towers, mortars, archer towers wiping out my lvl5 troops in seconds, firing like they were lvl20 or something. I just put thís down to maybe a bug in the game, as it wasnt all the time.

today, after maxxing out my defenses, my th9 finally finished, and all day, my troops are being annhilated when i raid. 12 lvl5 giants with lvl3 healer lasted 10 seconds against lvl2 & 3 wiz towers etc. 70 or 80 lvl5 barbs getting nowhere at all, even with healer. Just getting wiped out in no time against bases that i know i could clear easily.

I wouldnt mind if it was only now and again, but it was virtually every raid. I'm around lvl85 and now the game is impossible to play. After 8 hours play, i gained 20k gold, and lost 200k elixir. Normally, at th8 a day ago, i would have had at least 1 million of each.

is anyone else getting this happening to them. What can i do? Help......totally frustrated now.....

Just to say the bases that i raided were all th 8's

[fusioncal]

Actually prior to the newest update, Wiz tower and Mortar had this freezing bug and that's why your mass troops were able to survive a bit longer. Now it's been fixed, wiz tower and mortar no longer freeze thus your mass troops get wiped faster.

[BunnyBasher]

This belongs in the Bugs sub-forum

[facescraper]

They changed the misfires for Wizard Towers and Mortars with the last update. There used to be an issue where when the troop they targeted died, it would cause them to misfire and they could be rendered useless for long periods in the battle.

I'm guessing you are one of those players that dumps huge lumps of troops in one spot relying on a healer to keep them alive. All the troops in the one spot get hit with splash damage so even with a healer behind them, if they are all taking big splash damage they will still die. Change your strategy. Use waves of troops. Don't send too many at once in the same spot because they will all die at once.

[Mrex180]

I was having the same problem with my lvl5 troops getting hammered against mediocre bases after the latest update, and as said above you can't go in big waves (unless using rage spells) but spread out the troops around the opponents base or attacking side to avoid splash damage.

[SantaClouse]

Well, it also depends how your opponent is set up. Constant splash damage from multiple defenses will kill even the best attackers.

[Thunder]

They changed the misfires for Wizard Towers and Mortars with the last update. There used to be an issue where when the troop they targeted died, it would cause them to misfire and they could be rendered useless for long periods in the battle.

I'm guessing you are one of those players that dumps huge lumps of troops in one spot relying on a healer to keep them alive. All the troops in the one spot get hit with splash damage so even with a healer behind them, if they are all taking big splash damage they will still die. Change your strategy. Use waves of troops. Don't send too many at once in the same spot because they will all die at once.

Thnkx, i will try different tactics again, and i can understand splash damage being effective but still cant understand how lvl 2 or 3 archer towers or cannons can kill my lvl 5 troops with one hit. On these bases that I've attacked, i've seen my lvl 5 giants struggling to break thru lvl 2 or 3 walls aswell, just getting wiped as they seem to not be able to break thru puny walls.

Its as if either my troops act like lvl 1 troops, or the other bases troops act like lvl 20 troops.

I can also say that if things are ok, my troops break thru ok, killing defenses as normal, and I've seen 6 of my lvl5 giants, with healer, walk thru a base with little problem, and still be there after wiping the base after my barbs and archers do their usual work. These 'weird' bases just wipe everything in seconds, and i'm lucky to get 25% and sometimes only 5k of resources when I know to look at them, they should be a total walkover.

Also, i play the game the same way, and dont have this problem with other bases, and last week at townhall lvl8, was able to maxx out my gold and elixir 4 times no problem, and only seen this appen occasionally, but now that I'm townhall lvl9, its just seems to be virtually happening all the time. Why does it happen with bases that i know are easy (because i can see from their layout and level of defense)? My troops could wipe theses bases easy, but instead get obliterated in seconds. I know from experience that this shouldnt happen and maybe do the developers change the strength of 'my' troops, or the opponents defenses, depending on the level of the defenses i attack? Its got nothing to do with townhall level as most bases attacked are townhall 8. Surely a lvl 2 or 3 cannon cant kill a lvl 5 troop with one shot? the stats/hitpoints dont work that way. Is it something to do with trophy level combined with certain level of defenses or is this a bug?

[Squidzar]

Hm, have you tried turning it off and back on again? Haha...you should check out some raiding guides around the forum, they might help.

[ryman12]

I would like to know how you are finding town hall 8s with lvl 2 and 3 cannons and archer towers. Thats seems very unlikely.