Minimum requirement before going to TH9?

[Morpheusarch]

And I suggest at least level 75-80. levels don't matter tbh but if you go on global and they see a th9 under ATLEAST 80, they write u off as rushed and don't want to even talk to you.

Are you sure you want to play the game on the assumption of whether some 10 year old kid wants to talk to you or not?

OP: Maxing or rushing TH8 is totally up to you, but if you ask me I would say if you have farming troops maxed for your TH & all the new defences built up to TH7 max, some levels on the BK and also if you like to war, 1 war troop maxed, you are ready to go to TH9. But hey thats just me. From the way I see it the general consensus is that you follow the boring way of maxing each & every defence while sitting on full elixer collectors & inviting TH9s to crush you everytime you log off.

[Echo006]

If you've done TH8 properly you should be level 90+ (this may depend on your donation ratio as well, so don't get too upset if you're below this.)

You should max about 75% of your walls until you feel that you're just wasting resources e.g full elixir storages all the time.

You should've maxed most of the troops, other than goblins, healers and Valkyries. (This depends on the troops you don't use or don't want to use.)

All your defences should be maxed out or you'll get shredded by TH9 attackers.

Good luck!

[playitlikegabo]

At least level 100 and everything maxed

[Turkalurk85]

Depends on how you want to play the game. If you're a farmer, do barch/giants/loons to 5 and then go up (always have a farming base up). If you love to war, you'll need to make sure you have hogs 4, loons 5, heal 5, rage 5, and BK 10. You'll want to have a farming army and war army maxed before moving up, you'll be really frustrated if you skip this.

When it comes to defenses, in general I'd recommend having lvl 5 or 6 WT and tesla and wouldn't worry about cannons and AT. A good base layout and dumping resources into walls and you will be fine, check out some of the top farming clan bases for examples. It's pretty amazing to see bases with AQ 30+ with TH8 cannons and ATs.

[Ouail]

i maxed every defense ,skipped 25 walls + some lab upgrade
(upgraded at lvl 92)