TH 9.5 still worth it after the update??

[AFRO]

I'm doing it and I went to TH10 2 weeks ago. It certainly is worth it for war, although I think it's a bit overstated with the advantage. What size is your clan? The larger the clan, the less impact your upgrades have. Also, does your clan adhere strictly to attacking mirrors? If you do, 9.5 makes more sense.

The major downside is the effect on your normal base. 10s have been coming hard after me now. Your raidable loot increases as a 10 and with no ITs or a 3rd xbow, you are a prime target for fellow 10s. I've lost a lot of dark elixir. Zappers have also hit me harder since I went to 10.

on my 2nd acct, I did a brief 9.5 stint due to the highlighted portion of the quoted text above.

I did my CC right away as my first upgrade for gold. to me this made the most economical sense of my builder time.
Did the Lab n SF. once those finished I started my Freeze to L3 then did the Lavas, Minions and Golems while I grinded for 3rd drill, n Camps (3 days on max Golems) Ill get my freeze to max then start on Arch/Wiz/Giants/Barbs... kept builders busy on traps and new pumps, new turrets..

as addressed, the main problem is the regular matchmaking. since you have to basically fill your storages to do almost all of the upgrades in TH 10, you are a HUGE target! and at a disadvantage if you don't have the new X-Bow and ITs to protect the loot you need to acquire and KEEP to some extent. (my schedule did not allow me to raid much more than 800k-1.5 Mil a day)

matchmaking goes both ways, so all is not lost. You get matched up against the premie and .5 10s as well. but if you don't have ITs you will have a much harder time holding loot in the new matchmaking. Mature 10 will trounce you for your loot cap if you don't have the best tools in your shed. (Mature 9s can loot you good too IMO) To me a few wars at a disadvantage were worth the ITs in the regular matchmaking arena, as Wars are now an optional deal anyhow. so you can sit out a few Wars or a few weeks until you are ready to play competitively. (the new TH 'skin' is always tough to grow into. shedding the old husk is a transitional nightmare in TH9 and esp 10 when you need to adjust to loot penalty and still are TH9 with a higher ceiling).

War is optional, regular arena is not.

[Width]

Don't do it bro. From my experience it doesn't work at all! I was number 1 in the clan and kept getting matched with strong town hall 10s that could get an easy 3 star on my town hall 9.5 base. Its such a dumb thing to do, don't do it!

[iSyphun]

where do i even go to farm at th 10. im at masters 1 and it takes me 200k average just to find a base i can get some profit from

[Jonra]

where do i even go to farm at th 10. im at masters 1 and it takes me 200k average just to find a base i can get some profit from

If your spending 200k eah time you farm, you need to lower your standards a bit..I farm crystal 1-2 and usually see 300 or 400 k bases within 30-40nexts. But I usually go for 200k each. Imo finding a 400k base is great, but whats the point if you spend half your profit looking for it..

Also, you need to figure out when your golden time is...for example mine is at about 7pm through 10pm. Leagues might change, but that time, it's pretty consistent.

[bambootrans]

so, what you think standard defense i should started before hold for a while to max troop ?

IT lvl 1 , new xbow lvl 1, new at and canon at th 8 lv is enough ?

[Brdjrvs]

May I ask your hero lvl and wall? Defense max I presume?

Aq 20 / bk turning 20 in 22hrs
215 lava
35 zap
maxed all defenses at th 9

[Eyedea]

where do i even go to farm at th 10. im at masters 1 and it takes me 200k average just to find a base i can get some profit from

should probably drop down to like crystal 3 / gold 1

[BOSSstatus69]

I've been th9.5 for about a day.. Im currently in silver 1/gold 3 and the loot is amazing. I maxed storages before I finished my TH upgrade and instantly started upgrading my CC, spell factory, and research lab. In about a day and a half of farming, I saved up enough elixir for my first army camp too. I am farming for my second army camp now and some DE to start upgrading golems to lvl5 once my lab finishes. I haven't been attacked at all really, just a lot of TH snipes (kinda shocked). My clan members are keeping my cc full of wiz so that helps too. Th9.5 ain't bad at all. We're going to war a day before my spell factory is finished, so I will let you know how I am matched up as a 9.5. Hopefully no th10s!

[BabylonCloud]

owh i see.. so no point in max ing heroes at th 9 then , except the fact that farm elixir harder ...

is 25/25 heroes enough to handle th10 oponent in war ?

White Mamba in our clan handles th10s with 21/20 heroes every attack thanks to valks and some skillz!

[azbro]

th9.5 is when you upgrade to th10 but you don't upgrade any defenses past max th9 level nor do you start building ITs, third xbow, or extra cannon and AT. You continue to upgrade army camps, troops, freeze spell, cc and heroes. This way in clan wars match making you are still weighted as a th9 but you have the offense of a th10. So when you do drop the ITs and xbow, you are prepared to fight the th10s that you are matched up against in future wars. Im ready for th10. Seriously getting bored of farming walls/heroes. Plus I can continue with this as a th9.5

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