Word of advice, always play enough to upgrade heroes!

[stevenv409]

because in the end, heroes are the most important thing. you will eventually get max def but you should always farm enough to keep your heroes upgrading at all times. you wont believe how good they are past level 30. 7 day upgrade times for the heroes add up so get it out of the way while you can!

[badger69]

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[cariacou]

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[sj74]

because in the end, heroes are the most important thing. you will eventually get max def but you should always farm enough to keep your heroes upgrading at all times. you wont believe how good they are past level 30. 7 day upgrade times for the heroes add up so get it out of the way while you can!

Spot on advice. Wish I had realised it sooner myself.

[xCompleteBSx]

I wish I had realized sooner too. Now at the point where I'm close to getting all lavas, but heroes are only 20. Wish I had upgraded them more, just sucks having to raid without them :/

[erethizon]

This is why I am amazed that I see so many TH9's in gold league or lower. Upgrading heroes should be the #1 priority for every TH9. Walls and even buildings (which you will easily max eventually) are simply not where the focus should be. It is all about the heroes. Even TH8's should spend enough time in crystal 3 to make sure their BK is level 10 before going to TH9.

[Lawdyofthetots]

Word of advice? More like word of common knowledge

[Superfinch30]

Its the play time/addiction level i didnt start early enough. Both at 35 is feeling good though.

[erethizon]

Word of advice? More like word of common knowledge

Supposedly common, but rarely followed. Even people that have been playing a year and half frequently don't have maxed heroes yet. I am glad it is so rarely followed though. I tend to raid in the upper end of where people of my town hall level should be and I rarely meet anyone with heroes anywhere near my level (which makes raiding so much easier). People on the forums talk about wall neglect a lot, but hero neglect is an even more common problem with a bigger consequence.

[Terraist]

It depends on the player. I went to TH10 with L10-11 heroes. I went to champs with those heroes too. I'm a max TH10 now except for my heroes and walls. My heroes are both L20 now and I doubt I'll ever take them higher.

Grinding de for heroes is like grinding walls, simply not fun for me. Then, to go without them for a week is not for me either as I was 24/7 and refuse to gem the time. I want to enjoy CoC, and without heroes the raiding is simply not as fun. Big deal, I can't 3* 95% of the TH10 that are similar lv as me, who cares? They do the trick for everything else.

So no, this is not common knowledge that needs to be followed. Everyone plays and enjoys the game differently. I'm having fun and certainly never followed this advice.