Virtual Bullies (To clarify I am talking about TH9s relentlessly picking on TH8s)

[nadanicht]

TH8 was my worst time. However I found a strat that worked well for me.

I went up to gold 1/crystal 3 and put my town hall outside. Leaving your TH outside at a lower trophy range often means little as people are down there for the loot. Many people are traveling up and down via gold1 so a TH outside meant I got sniped about 80% of the time.

I had the luxury of boosting also so get about 2 mill gold/elix and then boost your way to an upgrade.

You have to raid a TH lower, otherwise it takes too long.

If you were unaware

Raid the same or higher level than your TH and you get 100% loot
Raid a TH 1 level lower and you get 90%
Raid a TH2 levels lower and you get 50%
Raid a H 3 level lower and you get 25%

So yes Supercell have thought about it and is a very good reason to max stuff before going up a TH and also the reason you do not see many TH10 attack you.

[crushedhab]

Just upgrade th7 to the max and you would have been sorted

[DokuganR]

I would say that it is a very big gap between TH9 and TH10. As for firepower, it is much easier for a TH8 to 2 star a TH9 compared to a TH9 trying to 2 star a TH10 with Infernos. And the main reason for this is simply, as a TH9, you can't use Heal Spells on a TH10 with Multi Infernos and of course you have no access to Freeze.

Defense-wise TH8s are more hopeless defending against their natural predator than 9s. But yeah, TH8s can definitely and easily 2 max TH9s.

[Honu]

OP, you are going about it wrong. At TH8, yes, you get bullied, but the loot will never be as easy for you as it is now. That's because you don't need a lot of dark elixir, so you can hang out in lower leagues and feast off of the TH7 and TH8 collector bases. When I was TH8 a year ago, hanging out in Gold I or II, I got two million-loot raids in the same week. Now as a TH9, I hang out in Crystal for the d.e., and I can go for four months or more without scoring a million loot in a single raid. The loot will get harder for you at higher TH levels, so you should be feasting on those TH7s.

Don't worry about getting raided -- that is what keeps the Clash economy going. If you are active, you should have no problem farming for 2 million loot per day. So if you lose 400K to attackers, what's the problem?

Also as others have pointed out, if you have at least four builders, you should put any extra gold into walls before you log off. (If you don't have four builders yet, start saving those gems.)

[MrCe]

Big fish eat little fish, that's the circle of life. Once you hit th9 you're gonna be so happy when you stumble upon a juicy th8. I'm all for being a good samaritan and all, but loot is loot. If I can take it, I will take it.

nailed it pretty well.

I do the same way, I don't care for the TH level, if theres a nice amount of reachable loot I take whatever I can.
Doesn't matter if I meet a rushed T10, a maxed T7 or an almost equal. Easy good loot, just mine.

TH in corner is the best defense/easiest you can get. And the higher the trophies you have the better it becomes.
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In master 3 my loot was extremely safe, with 9/10 attacks taking only TH. There are tons of other TH8 in higher leagues desperately looking for TH snipes, so the odds of getting a snipe only are extremely high.

Been pushing with late T8, got smashed every attack above Crystal 1, no chance to save any loot, also I got matched against mid T9s and T10 mostly on attacks.

Stayed at Crystal 3 most time with an alltime overflow.
So even if the matchmaking should not include trophys that heavy, somehow it does.


Knowing what TO talks about, back when I started T8 I got smashed a lot too, I decided to focus on splashers to defend against most farming combos, low HP and mass.
Followed by walls and traps, single targets last.
Qued in ADs for war reasons.

[Cyprien1982]

I'm TH 8, I spend what I gain if I can otherwise I avoid filling my storages to such a level that I become a worthwhile target. I also time my raiding sessions to when a builder is about to become free so I'd gain what I need plus extra to cover what I might lose if I'm 3 starred. I time it so if I'm 3 starred a builder will have finished a job before the my free shield runs out.

[RagingKoala]

If you plan your builders right, there's basically no reason to have any gold/lix to steal.

Now de, that was fun to protect... saving tens of thousands to have the aq snipe it off was frustrating, but stick with the golden rule, loot more than youd lose then log off, stick your th in a corner with decor around it.

When you're th9, beating up on juicy th8s, I expect to see an apology thread for all the 8s you're bullying.

[HaywoodU]

TH8 was my worst time. However I found a strat that worked well for me.

I went up to gold 1/crystal 3 and put my town hall outside. Leaving your TH outside at a lower trophy range often means little as people are down there for the loot. Many people are traveling up and down via gold1 so a TH outside meant I got sniped about 80% of the time.

this!

I am max TH8, and 4 out of the 39 defenses (log goes back 11 days) are actual attacks, the rest are snipes.

I've been sitting at over 5 million elixir for over 2 weeks. Same with dark - sitting at 46k and that is after spending 30k to upgrade EQ spell to level 2.

I've been at Crystal 3 for a while, and the snipes are almost instantaneous. I break my shield pretty often just to do pointless raids.

I finished my walls last week and just finished my little bombs, so I've been gold poor. Will soon have enough gold that I imagine I'll be a viable target for people to attack.

[imawin]

Just keep at it. In a few months, you will be the TH9 that keeps harassing TH8s.

[imawin]

If you plan your builders right, there's basically no reason to have any gold/lix to steal.

Now de, that was fun to protect... saving tens of thousands to have the aq snipe it off was frustrating, but stick with the golden rule, loot more than youd lose then log off, stick your th in a corner with decor around it.

When you're th9, beating up on juicy th8s, I expect to see an apology thread for all the 8s you're bullying.

Doesn't matter how you plan your builders. At TH7 & TH8, any highly active player will be on max elixir most of the time.