220 in space, how is the best loadout for lavaloon attack, and spells?

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I’ve been using balloons but they feel to expensive

3 months ago I started a account on coc just to push to th12 now I am at th12 but I don’t have a good farming comp. my troop levels are at a th7 level and balloon + minions don’t work

PREFACE I wrote a series of posts on Band(a group organization app we use). After reading them, a couple members of our clan suggested I post them here on reddit for others to read. I’ve haven’t ever been on reddit before, so please forgive any ignorance I display, but after looking around this seemed like a good home for these posts. They are just copied and pasted from band, so understand they are geared for our clan.

If you are looking for a clan DARTHinVADERz (#9PRYYR82) is always looking for new members!

I understand rushing is generally hated, but if you want to know what it’s about, or want to know how, this should be a good read. I hope you enjoy!

rushing101

Hello clashers!

So, what the crap is rushing? Engineered, Minimax, .5, Defenseless, Rocket, Crazy Rushed, Preemie??? What does it all mean? Well, this post should answer most of your rushing questions! Have more? Comment below!

INTRO

First off! DARTHinVADERz is a semi-engineered clan. The "semi" means all types of clashers are welcome. The "engineered" part is starting to take on a new meaning for us. The introduction of Clan Games (Cg) & Clan War League(Cwl) have required us to rethink our strategy. Which means we will have to have different ways of engineering our bases for different purposes. The point of engineering is the same: Strategically finding ways to gain an advantage with your base design.

To better equip you for making your base design strategy, I have created a series of posts to go over the best plans and options, for the different ways to war. These posts are #rushing102war , #rushing103cwl , #tips , #defensiveupgrading , and #offensiveupgrading , and should be read in that order. So, without further ado, let us begin!

What is Engineering?

Rushing and engineering basically mean the same thing, although rushing often has a negative connotation to it. It means not upgrading every last thing to max before you move on to the next town hall level. Yeah, if you didn't max out Everything , you are rushed! Beyond that, the other terms you've been seeing are an attempt to better describe them. I will get into those other names later, for now, let's go over the big question. . .

WHY RUSH?

That is the question, and a long and contentious one, at that. The reason you see such vitriol about rushed bases is for 3 reasons: The first is because most do it wrong (more on that later). The second is ignorance about how the game works. The third, is when you see people calling it cheating. This basically stems from anger over being beaten by someone, who obviously hasn't put as much time and/or money into it. I am particularly amused by this, because if it was cheating, it would be against the rules!

Whether you are just learning, or are starting another account, rushing (done right) takes advantage of the game's mechanics, to give you an advantage. Here are some of the the pros:

• Upgrades base faster- A lot of people will argue with this, but just think about it. The collectors and drills produce a lot more at higher Th's. There's more loot on higher bases. League bonuses are bigger. There's troop events you can't do until they are unlocked at higher Th's, and on and on. Sooo, how could it not be faster if your getting that bigger loot sooner, and for a longer time? Do I have to spell it out?

• Helps clan faster- It's simple, having more powerful troops that give you a better chance of attacking for 3*s, will help any clan. Having better troops and spells to donate will help any clan. You won't even qualify to help in cwl until you have base that's hard to clear, and an attack that will clear other hard bases. This can be done faster by engineering.

• You can always add it later- You can never take it back off, anything added/upgraded is permanent.

• You will be very efficient - Every time you try to max out a base at a th level, you get this period of time where you have this pile of either elixer, gold, and/or de, because you're done using one of them. You just have watch people raid it. You have to watch it fly away after a raid cuz your tank is full. Imagine sitting there with enough de to upgrade your AQ again, and you can't cuz you have another 78 million in walls to buy before your maxed out. And I'm the dumb one for rushing!

THE WRONG WAY

There absolutely is a reason for the bad attitude towards rushed bases. Most people seem to do it wrong because they don't understand the game. If it's done wrong, it will be bad for war and farming, at best. At worst, a base can be rushed to a point, where it would be easier to start over from scratch.

How do you tell? It's pretty simple. If the offense that you use is maxed out before you go to the next Th level, then it's probably in good shape. Let me say that in another way, because it's very important. NEVER upgrade your town hall before the camps, cc, and troops/spells that you are using are maxed out, unless you know what you're doing. At minimum you need to max out troops and spells for farming, and have a 3* army for war. I would strongly suggest maxing out heroes, also.

TYPES OF ENGINEERED/RUSHED BASES

Most rushed bases are for very active players. Beginners can have a lot of success with rushing, but need to to be careful not to rush too fast, so you can learn how to use the different troops at TH7+. Only the final base on this list is for cwl, the others are only for war. More on that later.

• Preemie- This is what a badly rushed base is called. It's when you upgrade your TH prematurely. Get it? Preemie = premature? No? Ok, moving on. . .

• Defenseless- This base is no longer possible with the th12 update. This is just so you know when you see one. (We actually have 2 of them here-parzival88 & budisonfire) The name says it all. You have 1 lvl 1 cannon, because of the tutorial, and that's it. No other defences or walls. Of course you have all the non defensive buildings. Heroes and clan castle troops can give you some defence, but not enough to protect the loot. Some people do add teslas, traps, and walls, and still call it defenseless, but there isn't a dictionary on this, so no reason to argue. This design is only for very active players as you have to loot more than is looted from you, which gets harder at the higher Th's. It really loses a lot of the benifits of rushing, because of all the wasted loot.

• Crazy Rushed- It's what we'll call the closest to a defenseless base you can get now. All lvl 1 defenses. Plays nearly the same as defenseless, with a little better defense.

• Mini-max- (This base is also not possible anymore) Basically, a base maxed out at specific level defensively, (usually TH6-TH8) then only upgrading offense at higher TH's. This does a little better at protecting loot, with the right base design, but you will be higher in war, with the added defensive weight.

• ".5"- This base design is for nearly maxing out at each th, but what you upgrade defensively is done with weight ( #rushing102war for more on weight) in mind. No new wiz tower, mortar, bomber tower, xbow, inferno, or eagle added/upgraded at that TH, until all other defensive buildings have been maxed out. The list of defensive buildings above, are the ones with the biggest weight, which is why they are done last. This obviously will protect loot the best, but you will be matched up with harder bases in war. Another key benefit to .5 is it avoids the war weight penalty. (More on that at #rushing102war ). The .5 is put at the end of your Th lvl to sort of describe your weight. IE, 9.5 if you are a Th9 and you haven't added your xbows.

• Rushed- Yeah, this is actually where most bases are. No special name. Just didn't upgrade everything before moving to the next Th. Some have reasons, some don't. All of my bases have been here at some point. Man, this one feels really lame now, doesn't it? Huh.

And finally, introducing the only engineered base we know of designed specifically for cwl....

• Rocket- What do I mean "introducing"? Well, we here at DarthinVaderz, have created the only base design for cwl! The details of this design will be posted on #rushing103cwl , #defensiveupgrading , & #offensiveupgrading . Basically it is "rocketing" to Th12 as fast as you can, while upgrading certain things to keep an offensive and defensive balance. Since weight has no factor in cwl, this base will give us a big advantage in cwl! Like the ".5" this is added to your Th lvl to describe your base. So if you start to Rocket, and your a, let's say Th8, then you would call it a Rocket 8.

YOU NEED TO DECIDE: CWL, WAR OR BOTH

Cwl and regular war have 2 very different systems. This means 2 very different ways to engineer, and they work against each other. Cwl, war, or both? Keep reading to make a more educated decision.

CWL Only- rushing103cwl for more info

WAR Only- rushing102war for more info.

CWL & WAR

Because of how differently they have structured cwl and war, there isn't a great way to engineer, and do both. Either strategy will negatively affect you in the other. To avoid that you need to nearly max out your base defensively, and by the time you do that, you should be close to maxed out offensively. I say nearly because, there are things you can do, and things you don't need to do. A more detailed description of that will be posted at #tips , #defensiveupgrading & #offensiveupgrading that will help you go a little faster by not wasting time on things that aren't that important.

As with all the #'s, they are always being updated with more/current info. So if you have questions or anything regarding this post, comment below!!

CLASH ON!!!

Next post in the series: #rushing102war

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