Town Hall 9 Barch: Why even bother upgrading to level 6??? Please Comment!

[NateThousand]

Hey everybody,

I wanted to see if there were serious farmers out there that question the level 6 barbarian and archer upgrades. Or rather, downgrades!

The level 6 archer upgrade is the worst. It adds 50% more cost, but only adds 10% damage per second and 10% more hitpoints!

The level 6 barbarian is slightly better, still adding 50% more cost, but also adding 13% more damage per second and 16% more hitpoints. Still pretty bad!

I am to the point where the only elixir upgrades left at TH9 are those two... but I just don't want to upgrade them. The only tangible difference that I notice is that the level 6 archer can survive two mortar blasts from a level 6 mortar, and the level 5 archer cannot.

Please let me know what you think!

User: nasty nate
Clan: Blue Apples

[Slaskio]

Lvl5 barch till all my dark troops are done!

[BodMonZero]

because doing it now will save you time when you want lvl 7 barch as a TH10. If you wait till TH10 to do it, it will take that much longer to get lvl 7. An upgrades an upgrade no matter how small, plus they look different, I like how lvl 6 barbs look compared to lvl 5

[victort]

I held off beacause of the expected price drop, last update ---- only just finished archers, with barbs as my last elixir upgrade... BAM has been fine with lvl5, but 6 is def better - just not 100% necessary


not that I'm a hardcore farmer....... but even I managed to keep all builders busy, and lab going with BAM lvl5

[filovirus]

Your looking at the upgrade to affect 1 solitary unit. How often to you only attack with 1 archer or 1 barb? I'm guessing rarely. However, 6-10 archers or barbs attacking with the extra 10% on 1 defensive building is significant. Here is a good analogy: Most people would not run from 1 bee. But most would run from a swarm of bees. Picture the archers or barbs as swarms and you will see that the 2 extra attack points adds up quickly with more than just 1 unit attacking.

[sj74]

Hey everybody,

I wanted to see if there were serious farmers out there that question the level 6 barbarian and archer upgrades. Or rather, downgrades!

The level 6 archer upgrade is the worst. It adds 50% more cost, but only adds 10% damage per second and 10% more hitpoints!

The level 6 barbarian is slightly better, still adding 50% more cost, but also adding 13% more damage per second and 16% more hitpoints. Still pretty bad!

I am to the point where the only elixir upgrades left at TH9 are those two... but I just don't want to upgrade them. The only tangible difference that I notice is that the level 6 archer can survive two mortar blasts from a level 6 mortar, and the level 5 archer cannot.

Please let me know what you think!

User: nasty nate
Clan: Blue Apples

You just answered your own question as to why they are worth it.

[badfish1979]

Higher troop levels mean you can win more matches in higher leagues.

Higher leagues = higher loot bonuses.

It pays off in the long run.

[Slaskio]

Your looking at the upgrade to affect 1 solitary unit. How often to you only attack with 1 archer or 1 barb? I'm guessing rarely. However, 6-10 archers or barbs attacking with the extra 10% on 1 defense is significant. Here is a good analogy: Most people would not run from 1 bee. But most would run from a swarm of bees. Picture the archers or barbs as swarms and you will see that the 2 extra attack points on attack adds up quickly with more than just 1 unit attacking.

10% is still 10%, as 50% is still 50% the whole swarm idea goes both ways. Imagine that swarm of bees all dying with 1 bug spray though Go upgrade something more useful first like a heal spell.

[Gunkar]

Oh my, i didn't know lvl6 archer could survive a blast from a lvl6 mortar... now i'm reconsidering it...

i don't use them much (i did barb and don't regret since i pretty much like bagging around)

but the price of the archer (with the elixir scarce) i'm not feeling the urge to do it... but now that i'm aware lvl6 mortar won't kill them, maybe they'll be on my next research (currently doing my dark) so it will depend what ressources i'll have up until my golem finish upgrading (if i have enough of one to do so)

[ssiu]

Oh my, i didn't know lvl6 archer could survive a blast from a lvl6 mortar... now i'm reconsidering it...

It's a typo. lvl6 archer survives first hit from lvl5 mortar. Archers get killed in 1 hit by same level mortar.