Unfortunately,to survive,you need to push,not farm. [My story]
My Bio on how to survive {As a CASUAL(meaning,max 2-3 attacks/day)player}.Okay,so let's get started:
Pre-update-Intention:Pushing.
.I started pushing[from silver 2] as soon as new sneak peeks came out(without sniping).I wanted to make it to masters before dropping back down.I started using giwiz until I hit gold 1,where I realized I could only get 2 stars on the bases found there.Then,I started using Dragons,balloonion,and mass hogs(lvl 3).As loot is scarce for most part in crystal leagues,I had to switch constantly between resources(de and elixir).At that time,I hadn't started dumping gold yet and was upgrading ATs,WTs and teslas.I could make progress,as little as it may be with 2-3 attacks a day.I eventually hit 2530 on update day.This was my base when I started(I used kyoukai after 2 days before update: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh goddamit,I'll complete this post later.