First design for TH8

[daz258]

Well guys, I've been TH8 for a week and this is the first design I've come up with. I come from a fully maxed TH7 and I know - have much to upgrade here.

The elixir & gold storages are interchangeable based on whichever is greater at the time. And clearly I've tried to protect my dark elixir and clan castle more - spacing them out a little to try reduce collateral lightning damage for when I go for a dark elixir push.

Tried to space out walls to hopefully confuse some wall breakers.

Teslas, hopefully will unexpectedly draw giants in for a ride to the heavens.

Air Defence been upgraded should be where the centred elixir collector is.

Archer tower been upgraded is surplus, I'll just keep dumping whatever defence is been upgraded there.

But I have yet to be attacked so really have no idea how it will fare.

Thoughts on the layout?

[Efek]

Your gold storage a are a bit exposed, but other than that I like it. Upgrade your inner de core to skulls to.

[GooseCookin]

Your gold storage a are a bit exposed, but other than that I like it. Upgrade your inner de core to skulls to.

He said the storages were interchangeable lol.

And don't upgrade to skulls this early, not worth the 500 hp as of yet.

It's better to get your new stuff built and up to par and then upgrade your defenses from there.

I'm sure you know but Splash Defenses > Air Defenses > Point Defenses

Now for the design, try to switch some things around so a WT can cover atleast 2 storages

Throw those new storages to the outside and put your new/upgrading defenses in their place. It's still helpful for slowing down giants and other units.

I'm sure it's not permanent but move that Elixir Collector outside that's in the core. Other then that not a bad setup

[NioTheDreamer]

Your general layout is strong but here are my thoughts

Kick some of your collectors outside of the walls and use those extra walls that are separate from your general design to incorporate the Tesla. Though the ones that fit in your little nooks with spring traps will probably work well. Could also experiment with extra compartments


Don't place your wiz towers and mortars so close together, makes you vulnerable to a lighting attack followed by a standard barb/archer rush - then again it will be hard to find a great place with them with your wall design but you could tweak it to reduce the damage that can be done this way


Play with your building placement. Put gold behind at least 2 walls. Spread out elixir storage to limit what can be raided

[Rms98119]

Hey Daz,

Nice base and I think the posts above are really good.

A couple small things you might want to think about that could help. First think about taking about the bombs out of your center and moving your walls in closer to the center. At TH8 the bombs don't really stop much and I think you're better off to concentrate your defenses so that they are more effective.

I like thinking that telsas are as strong as Wizard Towers. Aside from causing pekka pain, they are very effective at taking out barbs, archers and gobs like a mosquito zapper. So I'd move them to just inside your walls instead of the outside where a giant or two can take them out.

You can see on my base rms98119 / seattle nyc 2 that I'm a fan of the spring trap / telsa combo too. But move it inside your walls for effectiveness. Also low level troops won't trigger them as often. You really want them the spring traps to take out giants.

Keep on upgrading!

Bob

[daz258]

Thanks for the thoughts guys. I've made some minor tweaks accordingly.

The point of Mortar/Wizard Tower right next to each other is a good one, I've since spaced them out a little more.

Also got 2 of the 3 teslas behind a wall now as well.

Got a serious attack before of all archers, they only got one storage container.

But most importantly I gotta keep upgrading, the new stuff isn't up to max th7 quality yet.

Of genuine TH8 upgrades the ones done so far are:
*Lab [with archers to finish in a few hours]
*1 mortar
*Clan Castle
*Dark Elixir Storage [need it to keep growing my king, extra HP handy too]