TH8.75, Wise Choice?

[andrgin]

I would not do it. It is not the xbows that count so much in matchmaking, but the new archert tower, wizard tower, tesla and air defense.
As a 8.75 an average th9 can still 3 star you with most attack strategies like GoWi with backend loons, GoHo, or GoLaLoon. If you want to go this route, I would just place the 4th ad and have 2 good double bomb spots with the queen centered, so th8s will not be able to 3 star you any more. Mass hogs get killed by the queen, GoHo lacks the juice to get to the center at th8, dragons cant beat 4 ads and GoWiPe is not an option if you dont make an extreme wide open base or have golden walls. And against GoVaLo you can defend easily by spreading out the ads a bit, so they are not in the core. If they are in the middle ring, you should be OK because without queen there is no chance the wizards will get all of them.

[OnyxDS]

Dangerous as in, it'll defeat the purpose or dangerous for the attacker?

Dangerous as in you see a lot of failed attacks on it. It can be quite deceptive and defends very well. I don't like seeing these in an enemy roster and it's the one time I tend to intervene and not necessarily let our guys choose their own targets.
Our stronger 8.5s expect to defend (ie not 3*) against max TH9 troops with moderate heroes. And that's including, in fact in particular, against "3*" strategies, although not wielded by genius attackers. The biggest weakness tends to be against max-troop GoWiWi or GoWiPe if the troops split well for the attacker.

[Azza03]

Dangerous as in you see a lot of failed attacks on it. It can be quite deceptive and defends very well. I don't like seeing these in an enemy roster and it's the one time I tend to intervene and not necessarily let our guys choose their own targets.
Our stronger 8.5s expect to defend (ie not 3*) against max TH9 troops with moderate heroes. And that's including, in fact in particular, against "3*" strategies, although not wielded by genius attackers. The biggest weakness tends to be against max-troop GoWiWi or GoWiPe if the troops split well for the attacker.

So the extra defenses like, lvl 7 Tesla's, without X Bows on the map means the attacker could underestimate the base?

[Micker99]

Don't do it, just upgraded normally. I was a huge. 5 believer, but it's a waste. It really doesn't do much for you and gives your opponent an easy base to hit.

Just don't focus on defense over offense. Get your camps, sf, lab going, then start all the new defenses. Seen many people, including myself try this, and it only works when several players do it.

[twynstar]

bro , the wise choice is TH9 ! just upgrade ur war troops before farming troops.
the 1st thing i built is that xbow
get those Ballons to lvl 6 , that lava , those lvl 5 hogs and u ll 3 star any mid town hall 9 easily.
i'm doing wars as a TH9 ( maybe 15 wars )
no one 3 stared me yet , because not everyone watch utube , many noobs , everyone just go for a 2 stars gowipe.

with xbows = u ll 3star any TH8 , but TH8 can't 3 star you.
without xbows = u ll 3star any TH8 , but TH8 can 3 star you.

Are you seriously think th8 can 3 star this base ??

[battle1]

So the extra defenses like, lvl 7 Tesla's, without X Bows on the map means the attacker could underestimate the base?

I currently have the following on my 2nd of 3 accounts:

TH10 Offense (max golems max hounds 5 spells) TH8 Max Defense plus all new TH9 defenses at th8 level and traps from th9 and 10 PLUS 4 of archer towers level 11 PLUS all teslas at th10 level (max). Level 15 heroes I am still below our noobiest th9 with xbows.

The archer towers were my latest upgrade and have really moved me out of easy 3 star territory. I have not been 3 starred in 4 wars now. By no means is the account a defensive beast but it absorbed 8 attacks last war and was hit for 99% lol.


I lead my (war) clan and the logic I use with my clanmates is simple, and this is more for th10s, but somewhat for th9s too. You need to have a reasonable chance of beating your own base to be in the war. So my new th10s that are all psyched about infernos can plan on waiting 30+ days to be in war again. I require 240 troops and max golem or hounds to own infernos. TH9s can't be in the war with xbows until they get to 220 troops. We win about 85% since I have implemented these rules. We have 155 wins but our darkest day was when I became a th9 and didnt understand how bad our matchups were gonna get with 5 or 6 newb th9s. we had a 2-8 streak. Our wars are anywhere from 25 to 45 in size. 10 vs 10 wars are very concentrated. If I was in your situation I would do the following..... Get cc to 30. Get max loons and 4th spell. Find someone to give you a hound and you will be able to take the top 2 8s every war with ease. (think like th7 triple zap let dragons rip, almost that easy) your best 8s will most likely have the capability to 2 star your mirror, you wont be able to 3 it anyway but you will be DOMINANT vs 8s with a hound and max loons

[perkunas]

TH 8.875 is really much better than 8.75. But if you want to be the best, there is simply nothing that will outperform 8.9375.

[Azza03]

TH 8.875 is really much better than 8.75. But if you want to be the best, there is simply nothing that will outperform 8.9375.

I'm not up for trolls. Stop spamming

[tyler4]

Depends on how many TH9s you have. I'm upgrading myself according to an 8.5ish build and have like 3-4 TH9s above me, and while some people would look at the mirror and say "see it doesn't work" I can say that we have won our previous ten wars, because somewhere we have more war weight to make up for my lower war weight and so all of our matches have been winnable. If you don't build your xbows you'll probably be matched against 9s that have them, but realize that it likely means that your 8s are stronger than theirs and can win the war as a whole. IMHO, the last thing you want to do is build your xbows until you have the offense to support them.

[tyler4]

If you are #1 in your clan, TH8.5 or whatever you want to call it will not help you at all. You'll get matched with rushed TH9s even if you are a maxed TH8 anyway, just build the bows - it's just an archer tower with extended range. I mean, c'mon 50 damage and one extra tile than an archer tower?

It's an archer tower with extended range and A TON of war weight.

As for the argument that building teslas is dangerous, the difference is that teslas actually perform up to their war weight. Xbows, imho, don't.