Mini-Guide for DE Farming - you want super heroes, don't you?

[Fhou]

it's the first time i check this thread very nice strategy, nice vids also. Just love the way you use wizard as main damage dealerbut how many minions you often use? May be in a rush for dark elixir, we should consider not using DE troops

This strategy requires roughly 10 Minions (I actually use 12 Minions Lv4) to take AirDefenses shots and protect the Healers.
For me, it costs 108 DE but the loot I get from each battle is 1500-2000.
I'm even using 1 Golem just for fun and my DE storage is always maxed.

Back from the road trip and will post videos!
Can't wait to get my TH done to start the AQ journey

[UnitySharp]

My attack style is most suited for enemies with vault style design - where lots goodies are in the core of their base When I see such high loot all in 1 place, I cannot help myself even if there is a tower of death, hehehe

[jasper]

Thanks to this guide I finally stopped collecter farming and started working on my king and queen (both lvl3)
found myself a Challenge farming heavy bases for DE It works pretty wel for now but I don't know if i'm Able to sleep save, because inferno towers and nearly maxed th10's don't scare me off anymore

[UnitySharp]

Haha, I know what you mean and I have a confession to make. I could have made this guide a lot earlier but I chose to keep it within my clan only instead. One reason is being too busy, but the main reason is that I knew once people learn about this (I am sure some people already knew), no one's DE will be safe, including mine!

But since now I can make tons of DE every day, I really don't care if I lose 2k DE over night Just make it back in 1-2 raids, hoho. The strongest defense is offense. When you can regain the loss quickly, you won't be afraid of strong attacks any more.

I also come to realize that by making these videos and talk about the strategies on a public forum actually forces me to improve every aspect of my tactics (especially execution), and learn tricks from others. So it was a good decision to share

Thanks to this guide I finally stopped collecter farming and started working on my king and queen (both lvl3)
found myself a Challenge farming heavy bases for DE It works pretty wel for now but I don't know if i'm Able to sleep save, because inferno towers and nearly maxed th10's don't scare me off anymore

[UnitySharp]

This video is a demonstration of what Stitch said

Good luck trying to counter this strategy. I'm sure I saw in one of Unity's earlier videos where the heros were at the bottom of the base. He triggered them with single barbs first, then proceeded to deploy main troops at the top. The heros started their march up through the base and the attacking troops were drawn into the middle at the same time.

The same could easily be done with your base layout, swapping the heros with the CC troops.

Great new vids Unity. Your dragon was like a high strength magnet for the DE!

[Stitch]

OK guys, I got around to starting to play with this great technique today and have had 2 raids so far.

Disclaimer: Both raids got the DE storage - however the attacks didn't quite have the finesse as Unity's and I was extremely lucky lol. But I'm seeing it as a successful start!

Firstly, I'd say that this technique gives you the confidence to try bases you normally would skip. I wouldn't normally try and storm a base complete with x-bows / infernos with an army built in 28 mins. Normally i'd only revenge these with dragons / pekkas / golems etc.

Anyway, i've uploaded the videos in the hope that you might critique and offer advice/suggestions. From watching the videos back I know I need to deploy the troops closer together rather than the slight spread they had.

In both videos I tried to follow these steps:
1) Picked off as many outside buildings as possible
2) Tested the CC to see if troops were there and could be used to lure into centre
3) Deploy troops as recommended by Unity
4) Set off Rage when inside the base to help speed up the route to the DE

Video 1:


Video 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSuzGCJNzZI

Thanks again. Looking forward to seeing more from Unity and others.

Cheers

[Fhou]

Hi everyone,

I'm back home and uploading videos again.



Here is a live action and an example of my 5 minutes play.
You can see :
- how I queue troops before battle
- how I'm searching battles (not too long, LOL)
- how I queue troops after battle (with only 3 active Barracks)

Note that I'm playing around with 1 extra Golem because my DE is maxed.
I can repeat this every 36~40 minutes.

[rynoster]

Thank you UnitySharp for your great guide!! Really is refreshing to see something different. Even better how you have all the stats to prove it, not like some others here who can 3-star any base and resist any attack without any proof... I also noticed how some of the haters disappeared after the guide got some meat to it. Anyway....

Also thanks to Fhou for your contribution to the TH8 world, I find myself in a very similar situation to you, 76% done with skull walls and only 2x archer towers left to start upgrading. BK is maxed out and I still have enough time to just drill myself to an AQ when I hit TH9 29 July.

Anyway, I'm here to ask for advice, as this has now changed my upgrade strategy... If you don't mind looking at my TH8 upgrade thread in my signature, you will see my Minions lvl4 finish today, in 2.5 hours actually, needing to start PEKKA lvl2. My healers are still lvl2 though, so I only pegged them for an upgrade sometime during TH9. With this new strategy, it would seem I should rather start my healer research to lvl3?

Also, you will notice a lot of downtime on both my dark barracks at once, basically because I never use dark troops. Would you say I should blow off upgrading one of them and just take one to lvl4?

Then final word :- This guide has found a special spot on our clan website, hope you guys don't mind! Link in my signature.

[daz258]

This video is a demonstration of what Stitch said

Very nice...just proves what was spoken of in another thread. You cannot prevent coring by moving your hero/castle. So you may as well centre them for those who don't know how too - or aren't brave enough to core a base.

LOL at Giants in the castle, what a waste. That is why we ban them as donations at our clan unless specifically requested.

[UnitySharp]

Thanks a lot, I am glad that my guide has helped some

Yes I took a look at your upgrade plan and your clan's website, both are very nice, and quite hardcore COC, haha! Good job!

I always max out my healer level as soon as possible because it really makes a huge difference for my attack strategy, higher HP for the healer can help them survive through air defense attacks, and provide much needed HP recovery for your army. Of course the higher heal amount helps too.

As for dark barracks, I recommend upgrading one to Lv 4 first, so you can unlock all the troop upgrades in the lab, and when you have excessive DE using my methods, you can upgrade Valkyries and Golems

Good luck to the rest of your upgrades, and happy DE farming!

Thank you UnitySharp for your great guide!! Really is refreshing to see something different. Even better how you have all the stats to prove it, not like some others here who can 3-star any base and resist any attack without any proof... I also noticed how some of the haters disappeared after the guide got some meat to it. Anyway....

Also thanks to Fhou for your contribution to the TH8 world, I find myself in a very similar situation to you, 76% done with skull walls and only 2x archer towers left to start upgrading. BK is maxed out and I still have enough time to just drill myself to an AQ when I hit TH9 29 July.

Anyway, I'm here to ask for advice, as this has now changed my upgrade strategy... If you don't mind looking at my TH8 upgrade thread in my signature, you will see my Minions lvl4 finish today, in 2.5 hours actually, needing to start PEKKA lvl2. My healers are still lvl2 though, so I only pegged them for an upgrade sometime during TH9. With this new strategy, it would seem I should rather start my healer research to lvl3?

Also, you will notice a lot of downtime on both my dark barracks at once, basically because I never use dark troops. Would you say I should blow off upgrading one of them and just take one to lvl4?

Then final word :- This guide has found a special spot on our clan website, hope you guys don't mind! Link in my signature.