need help farming dark elixir

[Floris2410]

Storage raids and Zapping. I like both ;-)

I use 50% giants and 50% archers to get to the storages. Though the heroes and spells help a let to get there.

[Invinci]

I am a th8, level 82 with a level 9 going on 10 barb king, which is way ahead of my regular defences. I managed this by pushing up to masters league at level 72, there is plenty de up there, you can zap or go for storages and drills I mainly went for drills because I only had level 4 barch at the time, which was what I was using.

[chrispeterson]

be careful who you zap......they can always take you for everything you got.

[Cristian]

You are defending a poor man's way of raiding, I find that hilarious, and I love the fact that you need to state that I'm offended, I think you are less of a player if you zap, it's my opinion and poor you for not getting it.

You truly don't get it, just because something is available in the game, doesn't mean you aren't going to be made fun of. Sorry, but that is a poor way of raiding, and I'm also going to stay by stance that you don't know how to raid, period.

whether it is or not, its a strategy and it works. only someone that has been zapped before would bite like that, im sorry for your loss.

you're right, its your opinion, but calling him a bad player is also an opinion. noone is above anyone. do you really think a TH8 can just storm into a TH9 base with xbows and multiple defenses and walk away with dark elixir in the bank?

you need to reconsider your thoughts.

[bikeman264]

Take 8 wbs, 6 giants, and an even split between archers and barbs to fill out. For spells take 2 healing and 1 lighting. With that combo you can easily hit de storages on almost any th8. Move up to around 1700 trophies and you should be able to find lots of bases with 1000+ de that you can take. The lightning spell is to be used on clan troops and the healing in case your barch troops are getting eaten up by mortars or wizard towers. The key is to except you are only going for de. So if you see a base with 1500 de and nothing else hit it anyway. Most people with a lot of de will not have gold or elixir.

[007bond]

I'm a th8 soon to be th9 farming around 1600 trophies. I usually use an army of 5 giants 5 wall breakers and the rest archers and goblins. Currently I raid about 1-2 thousand a day. I am able to find bases with dark elixir but I usually unable to get to it. Should I switch my army? If so what should I use? Should I push up in trophies?

I use 6 giants 5 wbs the 80 Barbs and archers. Farmed 10K in about 3 hours. I bring 3 lightning spells along just to zap those bases who I can't get all of the DE or they have 2000+ DE (usually gives me about 800-1000)

[JohnSnow83]

Yeah, I agree. Zapping is skill-less and a truly good raider would storage raid with other spells like heal, lightning or freeze.


the story of "zapping is efficient" doesn't hold.

someone above tried to say they take a few quick build troops and storage raid and then zap maxed th9 and th10's...
In my experience, the guys you can storage raid WITHOUT any spells what-so-ever, just walk in and smash them with a few Giants and archers don't have more than a few drops of de to take. Which means people exaggerate and how they really get there de is zap the guys who actually have the de, whom they have no hope in hell of storage raiding.

you would be FAR better off to gain the skills and use some rage or heal spells (or jump if th9) and learn how to raid to get your de faster and cheaper. That's what puddle was talking about, using your resources more efficiently (and more skillfully) to get the de. Spending one or two spells and taking out the storage (and 100% of the de, not to mention a possible win bonus) is the most efficient way.

not to mention that the majority of advanced players who get zapped revenge zaps. And I'm not sure about everyone else, but when I revenge I tend to get every drop back plus some more.

Zapping DOES make dark elixir. However it is INEFFICIENT. If you don't have the required skills, it works, but if you do have the skills, there are better ways to get it (more de per elixir, more de per minute playing, more de per gem spent)

there is one way that is even less efficient. It's the fastest method i know and I highly recommend avoiding it, but gems also buy dark elixir and take about the same skill as zapping. It's Just faster.

Let's just throw away the potential to get revenged argument. I get a free shield within five minutes of logging off, so getting revenged is hardly an issue.

How much skill is there really to raiding? Especially barch. A wise man once said 'war is for the skilled; raiding is for the persistent'.

I know how to raid with giants and rage/heal but why would I tie myself to using spells? I don't need the lightning to raid so I can continue nexting while they cook and zap when I have them. If I use heal/rage I have to wait longer between raids.

A few drops of DE? I typically get 1000-2000 per raid. I raid in Crystal 2 typically.

[FisherPrice]

Take 8 wbs, 6 giants, and an even split between archers and barbs to fill out. For spells take 2 healing and 1 lighting. With that combo you can easily hit de storages on almost any th8. Move up to around 1700 trophies and you should be able to find lots of bases with 1000+ de that you can take. The lightning spell is to be used on clan troops and the healing in case your barch troops are getting eaten up by mortars or wizard towers. The key is to except you are only going for de. So if you see a base with 1500 de and nothing else hit it anyway. Most people with a lot of de will not have gold or elixir.

I think this guy knows what he is doing.