The Clash of Clans thread

• McFly1955

  

  sneak peak #2 of the next update:
  
  Barbarians and Archers level 7 will be available --- no further details at this time
  
  Significant reduction of Valkyrie training time --- the current 15 minutes is ridiculous, which is probably a big part of why nobody uses them. Even if they are reduced to something like 8 minutes I will still probably never use them...
• O-Trap

  

  McFly1955;1651947 wrote:sneak peak #2 of the next update:
  
  Barbarians and Archers level 7 will be available --- no further details at this time
  
  Significant reduction of Valkyrie training time --- the current 15 minutes is ridiculous, which is probably a big part of why nobody uses them. Even if they are reduced to something like 8 minutes I will still probably never use them...

  I use them occasionally, but it's never in day-to-day attacks. It's mostly for war or revenge, when I can see an opponent's base before attacking it. They do seem to sustain a decent amount of damage, and they are an area attacking troop, so they have some upside.
• McFly1955

  

  Finally --- new dark troop - The Lava Hound
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol5l2blqbf0
  
  This is huge for air attacks as it is basically an air golem. This will be great with dragons and balloonion.
  
  I have golems going to level 4 right now, then if this lava hound is as good as I think for air attacks I'll probably start upgrading it in the lab.
  
  I'm moving on up to TH10 in 3-4 weeks probably...just focusing on max defenses right now.
• O-Trap

  

  Nice. Any news on when this update is happening?
• McFly1955

  

  O-Trap;1653064 wrote:Nice. Any news on when this update is happening?

  The speculation I've seen is somewhere in the range of Friday-Monday, which I would agree with.
  
  They usually do several days of sneak peaks, then the update happens a couple days later...I'd guess late Saturday or late Sunday.
• Glory Days

  

  eh I wasn't impressed by that. maybe its just who he was attacking, but it seemed they don't last long enough to be effective.
• McFly1955

  

  Glory Days;1653308 wrote:eh I wasn't impressed by that. maybe its just who he was attacking, but it seemed they don't last long enough to be effective.

  I think they aren't meant for damage, just a meatshield to distract every defense while your loons/dragons/minions do damage. Based on the video people were estimated that the lvl 3 lava hound had 7000+ HP, even more than golems.
• OSH

  

  McFly1955;1653336 wrote:I think they aren't meant for damage, just a meatshield to distract every defense while your loons/dragons/minions do damage. Based on the video people were estimated that the lvl 3 lava hound had 7000+ HP, even more than golems.

  It seemed like the little fire guys that occur afterwards are helpful too.
• Glory Days

  

  McFly1955;1653336 wrote:I think they aren't meant for damage, just a meatshield to distract every defense while your loons/dragons/minions do damage. Based on the video people were estimated that the lvl 3 lava hound had 7000+ HP, even more than golems.

  that's what I meant, it seems they don't last long enough to be a distraction.
• McFly1955

  

  The update is in.
  
  I used a lava hound already --leader of our clan gemmed them up...They are good distractions, great for balloonion, I'll be taking them to level 2 as my next upgrade to beef them up a little.
  
  Time to do the rest of my skull walls with elixir now.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Just finished the upgrade as well and can't figure out how to use elixir to upgrade walls
• O-Trap

  

  What's the troop capacity for the lava hound?
• McFly1955

  

  O-Trap;1654498 wrote:What's the troop capacity for the lava hound?

  30 spots.
  
  I'm thinking the play will be to use 3 or 4 with a bunch of balloons and minions, we'll see...Looking forward to tinkering with them
• McFly1955

  

  SportsAndLady;1654495 wrote:Just finished the upgrade as well and can't figure out how to use elixir to upgrade walls

  Click wall segment, click the elixir upgrade button (new) instead of the gold button...Same cost, just have to choose which resource to use.
  
  
  Just knocked out 14 skull walls
• SportsAndLady

  

  McFly1955;1654519 wrote:Click wall segment, click the elixir upgrade button (new) instead of the gold button...Same cost, just have to choose which resource to use.
  
  
  Just knocked out 14 skull walls

  Hm weird, I don't see the elixir option must be my app.
• McFly1955

  

  SportsAndLady;1654532 wrote:Hm weird, I don't see the elixir option must be my app.

  
  Are you lower level?
  
  This is only an option for level 6+ walls I think...
• SportsAndLady

  

  McFly1955;1654549 wrote:Are you lower level?
  
  This is only an option for level 6+ walls I think...

  80% of my walls are pink walls so I think I'm higher than 6?
• SportsAndLady

  

  Ah I see now. I can do it for pink to purple but not gold to pink.
• McFly1955

  

  Starting my TH10 upgrade next Monday, can't wait!
  
  I have all 4 air defenses down going to level 7 right now (4.3m a piece), so I'm an open target.
  
  All other defenses will be maxed before the 2 week TH10 upgrade finishes, and I'll be sitting with all skull walls, AQ and BK both at level 10....Not interested in hanging around TH9 forever grinding walls and heroes...
• SportsAndLady

  

  Th10? God damn lol
  
  I just upgraded to th8. Liking my clan so far
• bases_loaded

  

  I don't have the patience to build elixir....do you just not attack? Seems like the value of loot is less than what I spent to loot most attacks.
• O-Trap

  

  bases_loaded;1657144 wrote:I don't have the patience to build elixir....do you just not attack? Seems like the value of loot is less than what I spent to loot most attacks.

  I usually only attack bases that have more elixir available than I've spent on my army. I lessen the army cost by using some DE troops. I have the three maxed DE pumps, and I don't attack TOO frequently, so I don't usually worry about what I'm losing there.
• McFly1955

  

  bases_loaded;1657144 wrote:I don't have the patience to build elixir....do you just not attack? Seems like the value of loot is less than what I spent to loot most attacks.

  You have to use barch (barbs and archers) or BAM (barbs/archers/minions)
  
  Boost 2 barracks, fill with barbs and archers and raid non-stop for 2 hours...You should be able to attack every 7-10 minutes or so. If you are patient, and get in a lot of attacks, you should be able to pull in 2-4 million gold and 2-4 million elixir in that 2 hour period. I like to do this in the 1600-1700 trophy range if I'm after gold and elixir, or up around 2000-2400 trophy range if I want dark elixir.
  
  Target mostly full collector raids (next until you see full elixir pumps then just drop barbs and archers and get it all). I usually only hit bases with 150k gold and 150k elix easily available with barbs/archers. A lot of times you will find abandoned bases with full pumps/mines with 300k+ gold and 300k+ elixir...Prime time for me seems to be 11pm EST or midnight...
  
  I used to do this 3-4 times during the week and I've always had the gold/elix needed for whatever upgrade I was shooting for. I'm cutting back play time but I still do this boost and raid 1-2 times a week currently.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Yeah I just take 200 archers and look for at least 100k+ in elixir AND gold that have their mines outside and their storages look empty drop 50 archers to destroy all their mines, and quit. Trophies mean squat to me. But sometimes they'll have their TH on the outside too or you can knock 50% out no problem so you're not bleeding trophies too badly.
• ohiobucks1

  

  I'm up to TH 9, and just purchased my 2 Xbows. I want to get all my walls to dark blue next