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

[UnitySharp]

Ahh.. thank you very much for the detailed response of your thought process.

1) When I was trophy hunting with Exodias earlier this month, even with usual farming army, I was able to break in bases at 1.9k, 2k, 2.1k and reach their th for easy 1 star.
I don't see how its different, except I'm reaching for the DE now.
There are plenty of TH9 farmers who can do that even better with Lv6 armies.

But I'm referring to average TH9, weak th10 bases.
And not those like really maxed out lv3 xbows, dual inferno tower, maxed splash th9/10.

With the speed of of building a farming army, it really increases the amount of time you can raid per hour.

Not to mention you can go half-army if the DE is easy as well.

And when I was there, the DE is really plentiful, and not only restricted to super tough bases, so I don't see why it cant be done like in the farming way, patience with the "next" button.

2) Depends really lol, I find most have their TH in the middle, which makes most of their cc lurable haha.
But not exactly the 1 troop = lure out kind, but must atleast like punch a layer with some troops before we can lure.

3) Yeah, this is the answer then. Preference and gameplay timing/style.

Thanks

Yeah, playing style should be the correct answer then

I definitely do not think my methods are the most efficient and the fastest way to get DE. Hardcore farmers can formulate better strategies to get larger amount of DE more quickly. For me it is more about the cost vs. benefit of how much time and energy I devote to this game vs the loot gain per hour. Keep doing a lot of searches will drain gold and take away my time from work, so I prefer to make a strong army, do a few searches to find a good target, fight with minimum risk, get good loot, queue next batch of troops, and then go back to work I have to do this for 12-14 hours per day, so I want to maximize the consistency/return of my raids while minimizing the efforts I put into the game

[OJM]

Yeah, playing style should be the correct answer then

I definitely do not think my methods are the most efficient and the fastest way to get DE. Hardcore farmers can formulate better strategies to get larger amount of DE more quickly. For me it is more about the cost vs. benefit of how much time and energy I devote to this game vs the loot gain per hour. Keep doing a lot of searches will drain gold and take away my time from work, so I prefer to make a strong army, do a few searches to find a good target, fight with minimum risk, get good loot, queue next batch of troops, and then go back to work I have to do this for 12-14 hours per day, so I want to maximize the consistency of my raids while minimizing the efforts I put into the game

Did I miss it or did you write somewhere the "optimal" barrack que?

Gonna bite the bullet and try this out as my gaming is also more suited for 1-2 attacks a hour. Though I refuse to use spells, they are not my cup of tea

[Sluffy]

thanks for a well thought out guide.... your clan sounds cool too

[Afstandsbediening]

If this is an mini-guide...

[robchow]

I wonder how OP's army comp will work with level 4 troops. I am at TH7 and almost maxed everything; still need a good amount of walls, BK to level 5 (currently at level 4) and collectors/mines (yes, I want these to max before moving on). I guess I need to move up in trophy range (currently around 1300-1400) to maybe 1600-1800.

Minions are level 2 already so if this method works, I may get Hog Rider up before moving to the next town hall.

[UnitySharp]

So folks, here are some stats. I pulled a double yesterday because I was helping out our new feeder clan (20 hours straight, lol), so I was able to get 43 raids in, decent amount of stats generated from that. Sometimes I encountered bases that had little or no DE, but rich in other resources, so I couldn't pass them up (one even had everything in collectors, yum!). The success rate was 100% for the first 10 hours, then as I got more tired, I started getting sloppy, and the success rate went down quite a bit. But even with 100% success rate, the max I could make was 2800 DE per hour. And for normal DE raids I would get 2500 DE per hour. So according to yesterday's stats, I was wrong about 3600-4000 DE per hour (those stats were from the beginning of 2 very good days apparently).

Key take away from this exercise:
- Raid less when you are tired, haha
- Assuming that I raid 12 hours per day and maintain similar performance as below, then I will not be able to upgrade both heroes constantly starting level 23-24
- So if anyone has better tips and tricks, please share them NOW! I want them to improve my performance!!

Hmm, anyone know why I cannot add more images? I have 13 more attack log screenshots to upload but it won't let me...


DE Farming Stats.jpg

Screenshots of all 43 attack logs are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98308519@N04/9188867720/

[UnitySharp]

Did I miss it or did you write somewhere the "optimal" barrack que?

Gonna bite the bullet and try this out as my gaming is also more suited for 1-2 attacks a hour. Though I refuse to use spells, they are not my cup of tea

I usually do the following queue for my barracks:
1: 1 healer, 7 wbs, 5 gobs, 5 archers, rest barbs
2: 1 healer, 7 giants, 5 gobs, 5 archers, rest barbs
3 & 4: 2 wizards, 4 giants, 5 gobs, 5 archers, rest barbs
Either dark barrack: 10 minions

thanks for a well thought out guide.... your clan sounds cool too

Thank you very much!

I wonder how OP's army comp will work with level 4 troops. I am at TH7 and almost maxed everything; still need a good amount of walls, BK to level 5 (currently at level 4) and collectors/mines (yes, I want these to max before moving on). I guess I need to move up in trophy range (currently around 1300-1400) to maybe 1600-1800.

Minions are level 2 already so if this method works, I may get Hog Rider up before moving to the next town hall.

I think you can use the same army composition, reduce the number of archers, goblins, and barbs, and hit easier targets. Let us know how it works out, and good luck!!

[Reznor]

Very well thought out guide accompanied with great video demonstrations. I'm keen to try out this DE farming strategy. Keep up the great work OP!

[Razr420]

This is a friggen good thread, bro you have schooled me on DE hunting, thank you

[OJM]

I usually do the following queue for my barracks:
1: 1 healer, 7 wbs, 5 gobs, 5 archers, rest barbs
2: 1 healer, 7 giants, 5 gobs, 5 archers, rest barbs
3 & 4: 2 wizards, 4 giants, 5 gobs, 5 archers, rest barbs
Either dark barrack: 10 minions

Thanks
I did test this with bigger amount of archers and without spells. The rage seems to be "mandatory" there to get the goblins really in there :eek: So I'm back to my old army and continue daddying places. Bit slower and can't do the spike attacks like that army can, but for me, much more fun Also, combining archers with a healer was as bad idea as did remember it to be... Well, got couple 1k+ dlixes from 1400-1500 area along with loads of gold. In few days will get the queen again upgrading Too bad someone took during the night 2k dlix with 10 dragons/3 rage so am +-0 on the looting