Should walls come before defenses

[Ikemba1]

I have always wanted to do more walls but everyone is saying defenses should be done first. Me and my friend have the same base layout but he has lvl 8 walls and I have lvl 7.., I have better defences but everyone thinks he is better than me.. Help

[Jeeei]

I have always wanted to do more walls but everyone is saying defenses should be done first. Me and my friend have the same base layout but he has lvl 8 walls and I have lvl 7.., I have better defences but everyone thinks he is better than me.. Help

You will get mixed answers here...
But I will say get your defences maxed first, walls dont kill troops they slow them down
In saying that you need to have decent walls, not max d and wood walls

But for me I had max th10 defences long before I had finished lavas...not im onto zaps

[Stryfe]

Walls look better

[daz258]

Also the way the game now weights walls pretty highly in war I would very much do defenses first.

If you are going to get weight, may as well be for something substantial.

[Holps]

That's interesting..Ive not finished my cannons and started doing lavas as i thought it was best for the clan and war matches....If this is the case I will finish them peashooters

[daz258]

That's interesting..Ive not finished my cannons and started doing lavas as i thought it was best for the clan and war matches....If this is the case I will finish them peashooters

Yeah, it's pretty crazy.

I for the longest time didn't max the pea shooters, then started to slowly do them one by one.

One war I suddenly jumped above Jeeei. I believe I was about 30 zap walls ahead at the time, but 3 cannons behind. Yet I ranked higher.

At that point I slowed down on the walls to max the cannons asap.

[Frost271]

With the addition of earthquake and with jump spells walls aren't that important. Those spells can easily get you to two stars as an attacker. Certain layouts with high defenses will cost attackers more than what they bargained for. Plus after Legos only the hardcore players will spend 3 mill on walls. Simply ridiculous!!

[silentd916]

I have always wanted to do more walls but everyone is saying defenses should be done first. Me and my friend have the same base layout but he has lvl 8 walls and I have lvl 7.., I have better defences but everyone thinks he is better than me.. Help

People say he is better than you because lvl 8 walls are black and the lvl 7s are pink/purple, so at a glance the black ones make people think your friend is better. It is hard to tell the lvls of building that are within a lvl or 2 of each other except the obvious buildings that gets complete make over like the xbow becoming red at maxed lvl.

Your friend probably has better walls and lower lvl defense than you because he plays a lot more than you and have lots of extra gold to throw into walls. Unless you are an hardcore war person that tries to limit your weight as much as possible, there's not need to not upgrade walls if you have the extra gold.

[ztb29]

Also the way the game now weights walls pretty highly in war I would very much do defenses first.

If you are going to get weight, may as well be for something substantial.

It is the opposite actually

A max defense th9 with level 7 walls, will most likely rank higher than a untaxed defense th9 with lvl 8 walls. If you want to win wars, do walls and heroes. Defenses (in my opinion) should be don't AFTER your walls are formidable. This only really matters war wise for th9+, however th8 should do skulls in a reasonable time.

War upgrade plan:

If you are a th9, I would recommend AT LEAST 100% legos before doing defenses to new levels. This may include Laval if you wish. Also, max your troops that are important for war (hogs, golis, hounds) with de FIRST. Then put ALL of your de towards heroes.

For a th10, I would recommend at least having some Laval before doing defenses. You need heroes around 25 each also.


ALSO, the anti 3 base in war (only style of base that won't get 3* as a th9) is really only useful with strong walls, as this takes away the possibility of gowipe/gowiwi from ripping through your base. This complimented with a well designed base, can be a extreme challenge for an attacker.

[DrasticMethods]

Get max walls before you build your second cannon...walls wreck people.