Is TH8.5 Useless?

[Darkslayer85]

Town Hall 8.5 is a transitional thing.

if you get defense first, you'll be pairing your clan with tougher opponents. Offense first eases the transition and when you add your defense, you will be able to attack the enemy bases without the struggle.

[irmtfan]

IMO those who think th8.5 is useless confused a 0.5 th with a rushed and premmie one.
look at my base 2 weeks ago:
http://imgur.com/voUoGrP

even with 5 builders working all time i still behind a max th9 defense. only lvl5, mortars and lvl8,9 cannons. lvl5 tesla
No th8 can 3 star me. th9 only can 3 star me with a lot of skills.

0.5 th is max walls + heroes

[Echo006]

IMO those who think th8.5 is useless confused a 0.5 th with a rushed and premmie one.
look at my base 2 weeks ago:
http://imgur.com/voUoGrP

even with 5 builders working all time i still behind a max th9 defense. only lvl5, mortars and lvl8,9 cannons. lvl5 tesla
No th8 can 3 star me. th9 only can 3 star me with a lot of skills.

0.5 th is max walls + heroes

But you built your xbows so you are now basically a TH9, especially because of the fact Supercell increased the war weight of walls and heroes so TH8.5s were matched even tougher opponents.

[Blorp]

Based on my experience, players who are content to obtain 2 stars per war attack, will also be more accepting of war losses, necessarily, and are not ever going to comprehend why someone would make an 8.5. They won't see the point when you could still be GoWiPing for 2 as a max 8/ low - high 9. They'll never know why you go for offense cuz they're not playing the game the same way. It may as well be an entirely different game since the goal is completely different.

They want the safety of known, spam attacks for 2, and to worry only about ¾ of any given base, regardless it being .5 or not. They want high-fives for 2-star attacks and probably think xbows can stop barch. Hell, some folks told me this while complaining that I wouldn't place my xbows. FOOLS, I SAY!

Essentially, 8.5 is for warriors who understand weighting and want to be perfecting 3-star attacks. While it CAN overly used there are principles at play that will just go over most clashers' heads. Just El Oh El at those folks and keep at it.

[triplecrown333]

always offense over defense, i guarantee all the complainers war logs are trash. give up 3 stars get 6. what is so hard to figure out?

[cnaf]

It's not for cowards lol. The whole point of a .5, is that you want to make sure your offense stays ahead of your defense.

Exactly. What you're trying to do is get your offense strong enough to three the TH9s that have bows.

It is for cowards because as a th8.5 you bring th8 mirror so means easier wars. If you werent cowards, you would do equal wars

You don't bring a mirror. Wars are based on overall clan weight- not who is your opposite number. Mirror attacking? Really?

[teeeB]

But you built your xbows so you are now basically a TH9, especially because of the fact Supercell increased the war weight of walls and heroes so TH8.5s were matched even tougher opponents.

Technically he was always a th9 and even if you build Xbows a .5 knows that you should keep them level 1. You need to remember that defence buildings will always weight more than heros/walls. A Tougher match or moving up a couple spots doesn't matter to a .5 because they can basically 3 star any Th9
which is exactly the point of .5 being able to three star any th9. Why is that so hard to comprehend?

always offense over defense, i guarantee all the complainers war logs are trash. give up 3 stars get 6. what is so hard to figure out?

i agree, i checked out some of the complainers clash profiles and they don't even have solid war troops.

[rhysmc]

TH 8.5's = Noobs who are trying to cover up that they can't farm enough for the th9 upgrades.

[Calin2015]

TH 8.5's = Noobs who are trying to cover up that they can't farm enough for the th9 upgrades.

True story

[sungirl]

I think TH8.5 may be useless! I just worked out:
A TH8.5 would: Max army buildings, Get 10/10 hero's, and max one war army comp before opting back in wars.
A TH9 would: Do what is above and build XBows.
Both people would attract TH9s
Both people would attck the same.
They opt out of war the same amount of time.
So is TH8.5 really worth it? Or should everyone once they get TH9 pop up XBows and get to LVL 3 ASAP?

I honestly think it's up to the person. Everybody is free to play the game the way they want - some people think going the ".5" route makes for easier wars, or an easier transition, I dunno. But what I do know is one clan member went to another clan and they MADE him do TH8.5 and he absolutely hated it.