TH9.5 didn't help at all

[Stew00m]

Our clans experience is .5 bases don't work if ur in the top of the clan. They do seem to work if u are in the middle of the pack.

[Icebreaka]

I am doing the TH 9.5 thing and 2 wars in and both times we haven't pulled a TH10. I'm the only TH10 in the clan rest are 8s and 9s. So it seems to be working for me so far. I'm sure we will pull at TH10 soon but I expect it will be rushed a bit. It will really vary though, we once pulled a clan with 3 rushed TH 10s with double infernos and never had a single high level TH9 yet. So it's a guideline and a choice to make. Supercell won't fix it to favour 9.5s. That's just us trying to exploit their matching system anyway.

[Polaris]

Sorry about misunderstanding.

I think I'd probably avoid adding them then in your case. Adding them would only affect outcomes between perfect for them and one less. There's probably a bigger risk that adding them affects your outcome by decreasing stars either at the top of the map or by increasing their defenses across the board.

No worries....my original intention was to keep this one a 9 but seeing as I bring in 10s anyway I figured might as well move up, had maxed heroes since early August and full lavas since June so might as well start spending again.

[CnConrad]

Guys you have to understand matchups to see why .5 works and why it doesn't.

From my tests, take the total war weight of your entire team in war.

Ours happens to be $7,000,000 for the latest 20 man war.

Supercell will then look for teams +- 5% of your clan with similar levels of th's.

If that fails to find a match in 10-15 min supercell will look for teams +- 10% with similar levels of town halls.


If supercell cant match you up +- 10% with similar th's they just ignore town hall levels and go solely on war weight.


Thats why engineered clans do so well but a single 9.5 does not.

[Sservis]

Guys you have to understand matchups to see why .5 works and why it doesn't.

From my tests, take the total war weight of your entire team in war.

Ours happens to be $7,000,000 for the latest 20 man war.

Supercell will then look for teams +- 5% of your clan with similar levels of th's.

If that fails to find a match in 10-15 min supercell will look for teams +- 10% with similar levels of town halls.


If supercell cant match you up +- 10% with similar th's they just ignore town hall levels and go solely on war weight.


Thats why engineered clans do so well but a single 9.5 does not.

This is not true. Feel free to link to data you've gathered, but here's an example that's beyond 10% from when I did testing. Yes this was in a clan where every TH has offense at least one TH level ahead of defense, but that's what TH0.5's look like.
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I did some tests with my rushed accounts. See http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...=1#post5114788

My total weight was 384k. First war the enemy was 440k. This is about +15% war weight, beyond your 10% threshold. Matching took 17 minutes.
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Max TH9 is 75k war weight. Add 15% to that and you've paid for 2 inferno level 1 (on top of the same defenses).

[Awness]

If I were you, I'd start attacking TH10s with infernos. They are not that difficult to 2 star at all.

I've Been warring with my maxed TH9 and can 2 star TH10s with maxed infernos. You just need to overcome your fears on them. They are not that OP as You originally thought.

[hillmer]

Can't make a complaint of a mismatch like that when you're the top of your clan and alone in th10. A single th10 top guy is not very common, so the match will pull whatever it finds, usually with the top being less balanced. No amount of manipulation of your weight will "fix" that because you're an outlier.

[tr0pheus]

Stop with the Whole .5 bullcrap and just play like a man?

its getting ridiculous what people do just to get a slight edge which you could just as easily get by learning to attack.

cowards... Cowards everywhere

[Corp]

9.5 is no longer the effective strategy it used to be prior to alteration of hero & wall weights.
I only did it for 3-4 weeks before discussing the strategy with some TWCs and dropping infernos.
+ it's ♥♥♥♥ for arranged matches

[bazooka]

Well, I was th 9.5 for 2 months before I buy the infernos. It's not about gaming the matchmaking, its about upgrade order strategy. Why favoring offense over defense is lame? You do your defense we do our offense. I can break your high defense, while you can break our weak defense. Why it isn't fair? For me attacking is more fun.

I don't believe it works for easier matchmaking for the whole clan war too, but with th 9.5 I can rank below my other th10 clanmate, and I got easier mirror to practice before I am ready to rank higher and get tougher mirror.

You never hear Italian football team shout "come on Spain strength up your defense like we do, if not you are a coward!"

Open your mind guys. Your way is not the best way for other people. Everyone have the right to play as they want.

Not everybody is as savvy as you th9 who said its easy to 2 star th10 with max inferno. Everybody have their own learning pace. Some who can easily adapt to th10 attack strategy should directly build infernos, but for some other who struggle, th 9.5 is the best transition.