Gonna be the first one to do the TH8.5 in my clan; help me please:)

[Jellal1473]

So I recently maxed out th8 and I'm currently upgrading to th9 so I have a few days left. I'm gonna be the first person to implement the Th8.5 in my clan, hopefully there are others to follow; around 2-4 more will join. And my clan has around 3 th10s who constantly be in war, and around 8-10 th9s (not all of them war always) and we have around 5 th8s( not in all wars) and 2 th7s. I have some doubts and when I read the 8.5 posts, they don't really emphasize on that

so first off; do u build the new defenses that come along with th9? That is the new AT, WT,etc. I know that I'm not supposed to build the X-Bows right at this point.

secondly; would I be able to upgrade my current defenses beyond th8 level? And if I get the new defenses, would I be able to upgrade them to th8 level as well?

lastly; Can I keep doing the walls and the heroes? Do my new walls to level8? And then onwards take them up to lvl9/10? And keep upgrading my AQ and BK beyond lvl10?

Thanks
Cheers.

[DeathAngeLegiT]

So I recently maxed out th8 and I'm currently upgrading to th9 so I have a few days left. I'm gonna be the first person to implement the Th8.5 in my clan, hopefully there are others to follow; around 2-4 more will join. And my clan has around 3 th10s who constantly be in war, and around 8-10 th9s (not all of them war always) and we have around 5 th8s( not in all wars) and 2 th7s. I have some doubts and when I read the 8.5 posts, they don't really emphasize on that

so first off; do u build the new defenses that come along with th9? That is the new AT, WT,etc. I know that I'm not supposed to build the X-Bows right at this point.

secondly; would I be able to upgrade my current defenses beyond th8 level? And if I get the new defenses, would I be able to upgrade them to th8 level as well?

lastly; Can I keep doing the walls and the heroes? Do my new walls to level8? And then onwards take them up to lvl9/10? And keep upgrading my AQ and BK beyond lvl10?

Thanks
Cheers.

I would not suggest you to do the 8.5 route if the majority in your clan does not. It only works if your whole clan or most of the people. There is also a route aka 8.75 where you build all new defences except for the xbows.

Imo, i would go for the 8.75 as it allows your war weight to be lower and at the same time, allow you to farm efficiently without losing much resources. For both routes, I would definitely want to build the new 4th AD. It helps in air raids and at the same time only adds a little of the war weight.

Splash damages and teslas have high war weight so i will delay on them a bit. I will get new walls and defences, if any, to max TH8 level before working on existing ones to TH9 level and then after that get X bows

Just my opinion...good luck!!!

[Jellal1473]

I would not suggest you to do the 8.5 route if the majority in your clan does not. It only works if your whole clan or most of the people. There is also a route aka 8.75 where you build all new defences except for the xbows.

Imo, i would go for the 8.75 as it allows your war weight to be lower and at the same time, allow you to farm efficiently without losing much resources. For both routes, I would definitely want to build the new 4th AD. It helps in air raids and at the same time only adds a little of the war weight.

Splash damages and teslas have high war weight so i will delay on them a bit. I will get new walls and defences, if any, to max TH8 level before working on existing ones to TH9 level and then after that get X bows

Just my opinion...good luck!!!

Then the things I suggested was sort of 8.75 thanks for the advice

[DeathAngeLegiT]

Then the things I suggested was sort of 8.75 thanks for the advice

Your welcome...have fun at TH9 bro!!!

[Micheallo]

Dont do it not worth it for war if your going to do a .5 do 9.5

[cockrish]

If you are interested in war clan (warring back to back) I think all should first do .5 route initially.

I just rushed my mini (4 months old) to th9, 2 days back. I went 8.2 route
Yet to take part in a war yet, since my lab and sf are still in upgrade.

If you dont build new defenses / walls, you will be ranked the least th9, and mirror would most likely be a th8 too.
Eitherwise, you can much comfortably 3 star max th8s without second thought.

I suggest not build new defenses initially, till you get atleast AQ to 5 and camps/sf/lab/dark rax done.
Once AQ is level 5, go the 8.75 route (if you really wish)
Once AQ is level 10 build xbows when you can 2 star / 3 star a mid to max th9.

[Jellal1473]

If you are interested in war clan (warring back to back) I think all should first do .5 route initially.

I just rushed my mini (4 months old) to th9, 2 days back. I went 8.2 route
Yet to take part in a war yet, since my lab and sf are still in upgrade.

If you dont build new defenses / walls, you will be ranked the least th9, and mirror would most likely be a th8 too.
Eitherwise, you can much comfortably 3 star max th8s without second thought.

I suggest not build new defenses initially, till you get atleast AQ to 5 and camps/sf/lab/dark rax done.
Once AQ is level 5, go the 8.75 route (if you really wish)
Once AQ is level 10 build xbows when you can 2 star / 3 star a mid to max th9.

Ok thanks and also maybe ill do the new things when the AQ reaches level10 and then go .75 from there

[Rahle]

I did the Th 8.5 way, and in a way I still am. I have all the defenses that are available too me, except the xbows (all at th 8 max with a few higher). I have all skull walls and working on legos (about 50 right now). I do not plan to get the xbows any time soon for my own war preference. It may not help my clanmates get easier bases in war, but it does help me stay near to the bottom of the pile. Thus I have a chance to take on the higher bases when able, or I can take on the lower ones since my number is always below the xbow users. I routinely have a better defense then those with the xbows, simply because people see no xbow and leave the lower base to the lower levels which do not have the major troops to take my base. I have been th 9 (8.5) for almost 4 months now and have yet to be 3 star by anyone while continueing to war regularly.

Personally I find unless most of your other defenses are high enough level, the xbow really doesn't do a lot to deter attackers. Maybe once they are higher level they make more sense but for a new th 9 it is just a much higher level of war that you may not be prepared for until half way through progression.

I would say do not build xbows just for the sake of having them...I rarely get attacked in multiplayer as I have my th outside and play a lot in masters anyway. Normally I get sniped so the xbows would not help in that case either. Thus make sure you have enough strength to attack a mirror with xbows (ie: high hogs, max loons and the lavahounds) then you can start to think that xbows are a good idea.

[cjruiz]

its just a strategy, your just focusing on offense, walls heroes first instead of focusing on defense first which most do. i would recommend it especially if like 2 to 4 will do it also.

[ClashOfTomatoes]

I just finished 8.5 a few days ago, yes, I built my xbows after 3.5 months hitting TH9.

As an 8.5 myself (previously and recently), I think my advice will be pretty relevant. First things first, I'm in a serious war clan, and yes we do have other 8.5s as well. Our members took the 8.5 route initially so that we can get 'easier matchups', but soon we realised that we're bringing in TH9s with xbows, not additional TH8s. Matchups were never in the 8.5's favour.

Even though we never got what we expected, 8.5 had a hidden benefit that we didn't realise.

1. By not building defenses, that means our 4 or 5 builders are all dedicated to elixir upgrades, traps and heroes. What good are defenses anyway? Protect the farming base? I call bull. You will be permanently low on ALL resources. Excess gold and elixir to walls, DE for heroes. Aside from the essential Spell Fac/Lab/Camps for elixir upgrades, you shouldn't neglect dark barracks/drills/storage. You may not understand this at first, but in the long term it helps. Traps too. Small bombs will now kill a Lv 5 wb. Black mines deal a ton of extra damage. Build them before building defenses.

2. By delaying defenses and staying low on the roster, you are not expected to hit higher level bases. This gives you time to learn TH9 strategies, get your troops up, while still hitting low TH9s or cleanup TH8s. Trust me, I've seen people getting their defenses up so quickly, 8.75 style, and they can't attack for god's sake. And they get kicked. 8.5 is a time to learn during the transition to TH9. Attack strats, base building, whatever.

So when do you start building defenses? When your elixir upgrades and traps are fully done, and when you have fully mastered GoHo at least (Lv 4 golems, Lv 2 jump, max hogs) and are able to consistently 3 star TH9s.