Upgrade plan for my gold and DE--Looking for helpful advice from some seasoned vets..

[OICU812]

OK, I'm at a point there it is dangerous to keep this much stuff sitting around. Just not sure how to proceed.

I have 68,000 DE and 5,000 Gold. I mainly use this account for funding CW troops, farming here and there, and attacking during the once a week CW we do. Been using mostly HOG attacks against the TH 8s to get 3 star attacks. Would like to be able to be more confident about attacking TH 9 and low level TH 10s during our CW.

With the gold, I was torn between saving MORE and upgrading my Clan Castle, or starting to upgrade my X-bows.

With the DE, I'm not sure what benefits me the most. Moving my AQ and BK up or starting to upgrade the Lava Hound, Golems, etc.

OR, maybe I'm way off base and there are better options out there.

Below is the list of where I'm at with things. Please let me know what you think and feel free to ask questions if I haven't provided enough information.

Serious replies only please, and yes, I know this account was rushed. That is why I started a second account and primarily use this in CWs. At the same time, I want to continue to advance this account. Our clan is 10 members strong and mostly comprised of TH7, TH8, my 10, and a couple of TH6s.

Thank you in advance for your help.



Town Hall---(10)
Clan Castle---(5)

KEY: “ITEM--- (# of @ Level)”
Defenses
Walls---(195 @ 6),(53 @ 7), (2 @ 8)
Hidden Tesla---(3 @ 3), (1@ 4)
Cannon---(1 @ 9), (3 @ 10), (2 @ 11)
Archer Towers---(5 @ 10, 1 @ 6, 1 @ 7)
Mortar---(3 @ 7, 1 @ 8)
Wizard Tower---(4 @ 7)
Air Defense---(4 @ 7)
King---(6)
Archer Queen---(10)
X-Bow--- (3 @ 1)
Inferno Tower---(2 @ 1)
Small Bomb---(5 @ 3), (1 @ 4)
Large Bomb---(3 @ 2, 2 @ 3)
Spring Traps---6
Air Bomb---(3 @ 1), (2 @ 2)
Seeking Air Mine---(5 @ 1)
Skeleton Trap--- (3 @ 1)

Resources
Gold Mines---(1 @ 11), (6 @ 12)
Elixir---(2 @ 11), (5 @ 12)
Gold Storage---(1 @ 10), (3 @ 11)
Elixir Storage---(4 @ 11)
DE Drills---(3 @ 4)
DE Storage---(1 @ 4)

Other
Army Camps---(1 @ 7), (2 @8)--one level 7 currently upgrading to 8
Barracks---(3 @ 8), (1@10)
Laboratory---(1 @ 8)
Spell Factory---(1 @ 5)
DE Barracks---(1 @ 1), (1 @ 6)
Builders Hut---5

Troops
Minions (lvl. 5)
Hogs (MAXED)
Valks (lvl. 1)
Golems (lvl. 1)
Witches (MAXED)
Lava Hound (lvl. 1)
Barbarians (lvl. 6)
Archers (MAXED)
Giants (lvl. 6)
Goblins (lvl. 5)
Wall Breakers (lvl. 5)
Balloons (MAXED)
Wizards (MAXED)
Healers (MAXED)
Dragons (lvl. 3)
P.e.k.k.a. (lvl. 1)

[OICU812]

Bump in order to get some input. Please and thanks!

[kmsoji]

Hey dude,

I wouldnt say im a seasoned vet but I do think im a pretty smart player and I do well, for your info I am only TH 9 right now on my main account (almost maxed out) and I have a rushed base I started thats th 8 going up to 9 soon with farming and war troops only.

as for my suggestions, it sounds like you do clan wars occasionally and are looking for a little easier attack to 2-3 star 10s and 9s, my best suggestion then based on your army is to get that dark rax up and upgrade your Lava hound to 3 asap, This is because most bases can be 3 starred with a quadlavaloon or some variation of it and definately the th 9s will be easy to 3 star with your max spells and larger camps. This would be your biggest war priority IMO followed with getting golem to at least LVL 4 and then upping heroes up up up.

if you are having trouble getting the Dark elixer for all these upgrades you should focus first then on finishing your Barbarians to max level and get your camps and clan castle up. camps will make you much stronger in both war and farming, also the clan castle is a beast for both defence and offence giving you a huge bump to offensive power.

if you dont have inferno towers yet RESIST the urge to get them(or upgrade them), they up your "strength" highly when being matched for war, this will make you go against harder oponents and surely your clan and you will suffer, as a rushed player offence is your best key to getting back on track so focus on that first, farm with BARCH for best results then after all your offence buildings are done catch up your other defences and get them to at least TH 8 max lvl or th 9 max lvl before going to inferno towers (higher if you can resist the urge really you should max them all first). also with the xbow same thing, I see you have them but dont upgrade them yet, they increase your "strength" substantially as well, you will get much better matches if you avoid upgrading them for a while. focus on your Archer towers and tesla first and try to get your wizard to th 9 max or so as well, these will help the most with both air and ground attacks. then base upgrades on what you lose to, if air go for ad if ground go for mortars than cannons.

I recommend the lava first because its an easier attack to learn and has less levels to go for max troops (lvl 3 hound vs lvl 5 golem) if you are more comfortable on ground go ahead and get the golem up first but ive had really good success with the air attacks and they rely much less on heroes to cleanup compared to Gowiwipe, for ground attacks you will need your king 15+ and queen as high as it can get to really be effective on max th 9s and low to mid th 10s while with the air attacks you will start seeing 3 stars on th 9 as early as lava lvl 2 and can 2 star th 10 at lava lvl 3 NP. I reccomend watching lots of youtube videos on Golaloon and lavaloon and quadlavaloon asap, (if you have someone in your clan taht can supply a lvl 4+ golem Golaloon works really well otherwise stick to the others)

oh and you didnt mention spell levels but freeze and rage are the big ones if you decide to listen to me, get them maxed ASAP so you can rage in loons and freeze any inferno towers or AD that are trouble for you

[kmsoji]

oh and one more thing.. you should be able to 2 star any th 9 and sometimes 3 star with just loons and minions, its not as reliable however as adding in the lava but with your extra spell a th 9 should be easy (freeze the ad when loons are close and use rages to get them onto it fast.


edit: also I just read your clan mates levels.. still get that CC up as fast as you can as it will help with the cleanup crew to get lvl 5 wizards in there or lvl 2 golems but focus on the army camps and dark raxes first if you have to choose (tho you shouldnt since they use different resources to upgrade)

so ideally you should do this:
builders:
1. upgrade your dark barracks
2. Upgrade the rest of your camps
3. Upgrade your DE storage (so its harder to zap and can hold enough for other upgrades
4. Upgrade your CC
5. Upgrade your point defences that cover ground and air (aim for lvl 7+ tesla and 11+ archer tower)
6. upgrade wizard towers
7 upgrade ad and mortars
8. upgrade cannons
9 upgrade walls to around lvl 8+
10. upgrade xbow
11. build inferno

Lab:
1. Upgrade your laval hound to 3
2. Upgrade your barbarians (can move to 1 if you have trouble farming or are waiting on the dark rax)
3. Upgrade your freeze and rage to max
4. Upgrade your golem to 4 or 5

dark elixer after lab upgrades:
4. upgrade your king to 10 or 15
5. upgrade your queen as high as it can go

[kmsoji]

hmm I see you actually have defences in there as well, sorry late in the day fuzzy eyes... haha! I still stand by the above tho, offence first, then cheaper defences and finally higher level defences

[CuteBoboi]

Since this is more like a dormant account, here's my 2 cents:

1st cent: For war, you need to upgrade attack-troops, either:
- lava
- golem, pekka

2nd cent: For farming, since dormant, start with maxing gold mines and elixir collectors. Ignore defenses. Use all the elixir to upgrade 3x DE drills to L6.
You need resources to fund your upgrades and armies.
Next, max your storages, re-design base to protect storages.
Then only continue with other research and defenses.

[OICU812]

Thank you both for your time and input. I appreciate it. I think I mostly have some direction. I'm starting to research Lava Hounds with DE and will go from there. I'm guessing I'll spend my gold on upgrading my CC.

Anyone have anything to add to the contrary?