Mungo's TH9 Progression Thread

[Avernicus]

So world update:

I'M MAX TH9!

Warring is a lot of fun, shockingly I have 21 stars in 7 attacks. I will try and record some of them and get back to you. Been doing variations of the M4X attack. I used to love LoGoWiWi so this was a natural transition for me.

I have three new bases to publish -- I just need some time to publish them all. Most likely next week!

CONGRATS!!! That was a long journey indeed! But it was worth the while. So.. pressing the button? It's green now.

[Entone]

So world update:

I'M MAX TH9!

Warring is a lot of fun, shockingly I have 21 stars in 7 attacks. I will try and record some of them and get back to you. Been doing variations of the M4X attack. I used to love LoGoWiWi so this was a natural transition for me.

I have three new bases to publish -- I just need some time to publish them all. Most likely next week!

Well done Mungo, great achievement!!

[mungoflago]

Are you planning go to Th10?

Yessir!

Congrats Mungo I still have a long way to go myself to max 9. I think after seeing your thread I should push my hero's and wallkable little by little just to pace out my upgrades over time.

Definitely do heroes early and often. I dedicated one builder to them -- I might change that and dedicate two full time builders if you farm a lot.

CONGRATS!!! That was a long journey indeed! But it was worth the while. So.. pressing the button? It's green now.

Pressing the button soonish. Within the next 5 days!

Well done Mungo, great achievement!!

Thanks Entone!

[Arjaaay]

Hey grats man! Im still stuck with 29 lavas to go, but my heroes are already maxed.

Im kinda scared and torn to go to th10, with the loot penalty and such. :/

[starrry2]

Hey grats man! Im still stuck with 29 lavas to go, but my heroes are already maxed.

Im kinda scared and torn to go to th10, with the loot penalty and such. :/

Go for it, now that th11 is coming out.

[Salsamander]

So world update:

I'M MAX TH9!

Warring is a lot of fun, shockingly I have 21 stars in 7 attacks. I will try and record some of them and get back to you. Been doing variations of the M4X attack. I used to love LoGoWiWi so this was a natural transition for me.

I have three new bases to publish -- I just need some time to publish them all. Most likely next week!

Saweetttt!!!!! Come up and join me in th10!

Hey grats man! Im still stuck with 29 lavas to go, but my heroes are already maxed.

Im kinda scared and torn to go to th10, with the loot penalty and such. :/

I was a beast farmer at th9, and man, Ive never farmed more than i have at th10. 3 weeks in, aq already 34, and over 200 million resources stolen. No boosting whatsoever. Loot is superb

[SinOfDusk]

Saweetttt!!!!! Come up and join me in th10!


I was a beast farmer at th9, and man, Ive never farmed more than i have at th10. 3 weeks in, aq already 34, and over 200 million resources stolen. No boosting whatsoever. Loot is superb

Same, I regretted finishing lavas in TH9. Loot is absolutely awesome in TH10, 1.5mil gold per hr average without boosting. Consistent loot as well, rarely do I get dry patches

[Entone]

Same, I regretted finishing lavas in TH9. Loot is absolutely awesome in TH10, 1.5mil gold per hr average without boosting. Consistent loot as well, rarely do I get dry patches

What's it like at TH10? I'm enjoying TH9 but I think I might rush to TH10 purely to take advantage of having maxed troops to farm and donate to clan members.

[SinOfDusk]

What's it like at TH10? I'm enjoying TH9 but I think I might rush to TH10 purely to take advantage of having maxed troops to farm and donate to clan members.

Farming: fantastic loot, huge upgrade to barch. I'm using bam in M3, hitting strictly collectors and snipes. I'm able to find more collectors and snipes than my TH9 alt and clanmates. I can easily rack up 50% without any spells and heroes. The significance here is that I can easily farm and put both heroes down so that I can almost limitlessly farm DE without trouble. Magmas come at a very quick rate, farming 6 hrs per day can easily yield 3-4 magmas + 50-90k DE. This is the only town hall where you DO NOT need to farm DE. De comes in steadily even though I'm farming collectors and relying solely on drills.

Defending: With both infernos up, it is almost impossible to be raided even with TH8 level defenses. Farming troops just melt and even loonion/laloon fails, not because good layout, but because infernos are simply OP. But when your infernos are down, you'll rage when a newbie comes in and steals half your loot and their entire army melts in contact with the second, active IT. Strangely, my base is set up so that AQ+3 defenses are down on one side, while IT is down on the other side. People will always go from the inactive IT side.

You may feel safe when you're a maxed TH9, because nobody raids you and you think your base design is good. However, when you're finally TH10 with no ITs, move up to M3 to receive maximum pounding. You'll see fantastic gibarch raids that simply shred through your inferno-less base regardless of how you set up. Think about it, ITs are so overpowered that people use very specific armies to destroy them. Imagine what you that gibarch do to you when they can heal.

Attacking: (farm) When my AQ is up and I need DE, I gladly use her to her fullest. Boosting gibarch (24 giants+4wiz+12wb) with a lvl 30+ AQ, you'll find that the best DE is by bashing TH10s for 3k DE + 700/900 bonus a pop. Seeing a loaded TH9 is a gem, as the heal spells you bring do not need to be complemented with freeze spells (heal+freeze combo to nullify heal block). Maxed TH8 + infernos + purple walls = 60-70% destruction due to heal block. Maxed TH9 + lvl30 royals + lava walls = 100% wreck.

(war) I'm not a hardcore war player. So doing 5 golems is good enough and with my royals can easily wreck mid TH10s for a high 70-80% consistently. When stepping down to destroy TH9s, goho + heals can actually cover the entire map, so hogs never die at all. Hitting someone without heal block is a nice and new change, making the most useless TH10 spell (heal), the most OP again.

Hope I covered most aspects you needed

[Entone]

Farming: fantastic loot, huge upgrade to barch. I'm using bam in M3, hitting strictly collectors and snipes. I'm able to find more collectors and snipes than my TH9 alt and clanmates. I can easily rack up 50% without any spells and heroes. The significance here is that I can easily farm and put both heroes down so that I can almost limitlessly farm DE without trouble. Magmas come at a very quick rate, farming 6 hrs per day can easily yield 3-4 magmas + 50-90k DE. This is the only town hall where you DO NOT need to farm DE. De comes in steadily even though I'm farming collectors and relying solely on drills.

Defending: With both infernos up, it is almost impossible to be raided even with TH8 level defenses. Farming troops just melt and even loonion/laloon fails, not because good layout, but because infernos are simply OP. But when your infernos are down, you'll rage when a newbie comes in and steals half your loot and their entire army melts in contact with the second, active IT. Strangely, my base is set up so that AQ+3 defenses are down on one side, while IT is down on the other side. People will always go from the inactive IT side.

You may feel safe when you're a maxed TH9, because nobody raids you and you think your base design is good. However, when you're finally TH10 with no ITs, move up to M3 to receive maximum pounding. You'll see fantastic gibarch raids that simply shred through your inferno-less base regardless of how you set up. Think about it, ITs are so overpowered that people use very specific armies to destroy them. Imagine what you that gibarch do to you when they can heal.

Attacking: (farm) When my AQ is up and I need DE, I gladly use her to her fullest. Boosting gibarch (24 giants+4wiz+12wb) with a lvl 30+ AQ, you'll find that the best DE is by bashing TH10s for 3k DE + 700/900 bonus a pop. Seeing a loaded TH9 is a gem, as the heal spells you bring do not need to be complemented with freeze spells (heal+freeze combo to nullify heal block). Maxed TH8 + infernos + purple walls = 60-70% destruction due to heal block. Maxed TH9 + lvl30 royals + lava walls = 100% wreck.

(war) I'm not a hardcore war player. So doing 5 golems is good enough and with my royals can easily wreck mid TH10s for a high 70-80% consistently. When stepping down to destroy TH9s, goho + heals can actually cover the entire map, so hogs never die at all. Hitting someone without heal block is a nice and new change, making the most useless TH10 spell (heal), the most OP again.

Hope I covered most aspects you needed

I think you nailed it all. Thank you so much for this detailed response.

Here is my thinking in deciding to move up, I've AQ lvl 10, BK 11, lvl 6 Gibarch, max balloons and healer, max hogs. Only lvl1 golem up that is next to go into lab in 2 days.

Right now I can storage raid TH9's with mid lvl heroes and max defenses. I am focused on DE so with the extra DE drill and infernos I should be able to keep my DE from TH9's as a TH10 so really I only have to defend against TH10's and lets be honest right know as a Th9 even if I was maxed defensively I'm going to get crushed my TH10's and most mid Th9's, so If I move up while I will be crushed for a few weeks on defense until I've got IT, that will happen anyway if I choose to wait until I'm maxed or not.