Dark Elixir at TH7 after getting Barb King

[mogrek]

Getting DE at TH7 or TH8 isn't easy. The bases with the most DE are strong TH9 or TH10 players, and TH7 troops have next to no chance of getting it.

You have two options:

1) Don't stress much about DE until TH9.
2) Climb trophies into Crystal and constantly farm exposed drills.

choice 3: zap de... Works for me, and it made life a lot easier getting my bk to lvl 5 (got him to level 5 last night ). Well worth it though!

[dexterz]

TH9 is the best TH to farm for DE. You have the firepower to defend & attack bases higher & bully lower than you.

You don't need to upgrade anything DE-related in TH8 but only the King to level 5 for the skill.