Should walls come before defenses

[dave5872]

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.

The last war I did disproves this theory. I had half lavas and half zaps and maxed TH9 defenses except for air defenses and teslas and infernos and had the exact same amount of gold in my storages as a 100% maxed defense TH10 who had lego walls. We are talking two levels of cannons and archer towers, one level of mortars and wiz towers, one level of xbows, and I didn't even have leaf blowers.

[AJabbar]

I personally have always did my defenses first and dumped any extra gold/elixir on walls (which was plenty)..

[Coachamurton]

If your war weight is your concern, then you build your non-defense building first and dump extra gold into your walls. While doing this you max your war troops and get your Heroes to 15 and 15 for th9 or King to 10 for th8(I have no personal knowledge of th10 so I will leave it out). This will give you the ability to 3 star low-mid TH's at your level. From there you have some decent walls already so build your new defenses up to your current defense level. If your th8 I would say go ahead and max your defenses from here and dump extra gold into walls. For th9 I would finish the lego walls before maxing out my defenses. All of this is for war weight because walls still do not have as much weight to war as def buildings and it is all about keeping your opponent at a level you can attack. Once you are 3 staring consistently every war then I would say to build on your war weight.

If war is not your concern, then I would always build defenses first. This route is all about protecting your loot(gold/elixir/dark elixir/trophies) as much as possible and Defenses will always do better against attackers than walls.

[thestout1]

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

Yes it is a matter of opinion. Some are adamant about it. but I made it to champion with prett weak walls. Starting on walls now that most Defenses maxed, and with earthquake I need stronger walls.

[AxionXD]

I would definitely do defenses first, especially as you get into TH9.

By the time you get to TH9, you'll start getting hit by LavaLoonion, GoHo variants, and people generally using jump spells. While I continue to upgrade my walls, I only do so because I've maxed my defenses and walls are the only things I can spend my gold on.

Defenses > Walls in my opinion.

[JamieNC]

If you are farm & war type of player, then offense first, defense after.
Lab, Spell factory, CC, army camps, and troop upgrades first... and toss extra gold into walls while you do these.

If you're a straight farmer, ignore everything I just said and do offense & defense at the same time, while keeping 1 builder back to be available for walls. Note, this method works best for heavy farmers though (many wall pieces per day)

[Cristian]

your friend spent more time and resources on his walls but you have the better defense with half what we spent, though now you must start the wall grind and he will not have a problem finishing up the defenses.

your mates believe your friend is better becuase he earned more than you in this race. you spent 50 million gold on defenses, he spent 200 million gold maxing out walls.

[jonmango42]

Walls & Heroes > Defenses. This game is all about offense. Put your loot in walls and heroes and you'll be attacked way, way less outside war.

When it comes to war, prioritizing walls and heroes helps you hold your own by not rocketing up to the top of your clan's war rank.

[Klavious]

Depends on TH level in my opinion. I've always tried to get an early start on walls doing a few here and there all the time so that by the end of the TH my walls were maxed for level. It is amazing how much 2-4 walls here and there add up over your time at TH. This worked great through TH7 as I easily maxed all walls by midway through TH the I slowed down a bit with the purple crystal wall cost I got about half way through the Skulls at TH8.

When I hit TH9 I poured a lot of gold into finishing the skulls while I did the elixir builds first while saving for one big gold upgrade at a time (X-bows, CC and getting new defenses to TH8 level). I now have just a few big elixir builds left and when they are done nearly all excess elixir will go to finishing my legos and hopefully starting my lavas. I'm currently at 203 skulls, 47 legos.

That worked good for me, your mileage may vary.

[targetweek]

If you ever check this post...

Anyways. What townhall level are you? That affects my answer.

Th7: defenses
Th8: alternate walls and defenses due to long lab time so you don't end up max def with mid th8 troops.
Th9: build times are so long even with 5 builders that if you are active just dump excess into walls.
Th10. Idk I'm not there yet

THE KEY IS BALANCING OFFENSE AND DEFENSE

Try not to let your defenses get ahead of your offense. It's never a bad thing to stop defense for a bit to catch up on walls. While your lab is going. It only help your clan in wars. For home base defense. It doesn't really matter.