Upgrade Priorities By Town Hall Level
General Thoughts
Most clashers who play the game know that you should "max" your troops and defenses before upgrading to the next TH level but in a war clan, upgrade priorities are geared around winning wars. We know that troops and defenses are given a weighted value that determines your overall strength and placement in war. The current thinking is that offensive upgrades are more important in war than defensive upgrades at start of a new TH level. That is because when you join the ranks of a new TH level, you bring in stronger opponents and your job is to get your OFFENSE upgraded so that you can take care of what you bring to us on the other side. With that in mind, here is a guide to help you with planning out your upgrades when you hit a new TH level. Please note, this is not a required sequence, just suggested, but please keep in mind that we've used this strategy successfully for some time now.
TH8
KEY OFFENSIVE BUILDINGS
HERO UPGRADES
DEFENSIVE UPGRADES
Until you have AD6x3, you will be 3 starred by all decent drag attackers, so AD6 should be your focus.
TH9
KEY OFFENSIVE BUILDINGS
HERO UPGRADES
DEFENSIVE UPGRADES
Current thinking for defensive upgrades at NRB is to get the new defensive buildings built and up to MAX TH8 early and getting the xbows built. Then focusing on offensive maxing. When upgrading defenses, here's our thoughts:
TH10
KEY OFFENSIVE BUILDINGS
HERO UPGRADES
DEFENSIVE UPGRADES
Most clashers who play the game know that you should "max" your troops and defenses before upgrading to the next TH level but in a war clan, upgrade priorities are geared around winning wars. We know that troops and defenses are given a weighted value that determines your overall strength and placement in war. The current thinking is that offensive upgrades are more important in war than defensive upgrades at start of a new TH level. That is because when you join the ranks of a new TH level, you bring in stronger opponents and your job is to get your OFFENSE upgraded so that you can take care of what you bring to us on the other side. With that in mind, here is a guide to help you with planning out your upgrades when you hit a new TH level. Please note, this is not a required sequence, just suggested, but please keep in mind that we've used this strategy successfully for some time now.
TH8
KEY OFFENSIVE BUILDINGS
- Lab (4 days)- Note: Before you start the upgrade of the Lab, kick off one of your troop upgrades (assuming you're not fully maxed on troops coming in to TH8). The research will continue while the Lab upgrades
- Dark Barracks (6 days + 7 days)- Your DB should have already been level 2 coming to TH8. You need 2 upgrades to get Golems, which you will need to go with your Hogs. 13 days into TH8, you should have Golems. WORST CASE: We need you to have golems 22 days in, to line up with your hogs.
- Dark Spell Factory (4 days + 6 days)- new at TH8 and requires 1 additional upgrade
- Spell Factory- Good news is no spell factory upgrade at TH8.
- Army Camps- Good news is no army camp upgrades at TH8.
- Drag lvl3 (10 days)
- Loon lvl5 (5 days)
- Hog lvl3 & 4 (10 days + 12 days)
- Wizard lvl5 (5 days)
- Heal lvl5 (5 days)
- Archer
- Barbs
- WB's
- Golem lvl2
- Rage lvl5 (7 days)
- As you wish from here
HERO UPGRADES
- BK- should be at lvl 5 coming into TH8, prioritize getting him to lvl 10 to gain the second ability level
DEFENSIVE UPGRADES
Until you have AD6x3, you will be 3 starred by all decent drag attackers, so AD6 should be your focus.
- AD6x3- One will be the new AD, the other 2 are just a single upgrade from level 5. First build the level 1 AD, then do the two level 5 to 6 upgrades of the other two AD's. Yes, you will get hit while they upgrade, but suffer through and get them to level 6 ASAP.
- Air Sweeper- Useful as a deterrent against drags and loons
- Archer Towers- These are your next best defense against dragons, prioritize them.
- Teslas- Very effective against dragons. You should always have a Tesla upgrading because they take forever. Do not wait until the end of TH8 to start these or you will regret it because it's a grind.
- Mortars
- Wizard Towers
- Walls- Do walls with any extra gold you have in between upgrades
- Cannons
TH9
KEY OFFENSIVE BUILDINGS
- Lab (5 days)
- Spell Factory (5 days)- PLEASE NOTE: Before you start the upgrade, please make sure you are opted out of war. DO NOT COME TO WAR WITH NO SPELLS. You will be asked to gem to completion if you do.
- Dark Spell Factory (8 days)- See above
- Army Camps x 4 to 220- Need all 4 of these upgraded ASAP. Until you do, you cannot compete at the TH9 level. THIS TAKES PRIORITY OVER ANY DEFENSIVE UPGRADES.
- Clan Castle to 30- Needed to house a max golem or hound for GoLava, GoWixx, GoHo
- Dark Barracks (8 days + 9 days)- Gotta get those witches and lava hounds
- Hogs lvl5 (14 days)- with max hogs, a max golem in your cc and a level 1 Archer Queen, you can 3 star TH9's well above your level 19 days into your TH9 life.
- Witch lvl2 (12 days)- Dark barracks will have witches by the time Hogs lvl5 finish. Until you have witches, you'll have to do a backside cc kill by putting your golem down and quickly dropping wizards to take out the cc.
- Loon lvl6 (10 days)
- LavaHound lvl2 (10 days)- you now have GoHo and GoLava capabilities.
- Heal lvl6 (7 days)- GoHo assistance
- Jump lvl2- GoHo
- Archer lvl6 (10 days)
- Barb lvl6
- Golem 3 & 4
- As you wish from here
HERO UPGRADES
- AQ- You should bring 80K DE with you to TH9, that's enough to get her up to lvl 2. Prioritize getting her up to lvl 15 before upgrading your BK.
- BK- Once your AQ is at 15, concentrate on alternating AQ/BK upgrades, 5 levels at a time until your heroes are at 30/30.
DEFENSIVE UPGRADES
Current thinking for defensive upgrades at NRB is to get the new defensive buildings built and up to MAX TH8 early and getting the xbows built. Then focusing on offensive maxing. When upgrading defenses, here's our thoughts:
- AQ- she packs a powerful punch and is crucial in both offense and defense
- X-bows- get them built and upgraded to mid
- AD's- until you have 7766 AD or better, you'll be hit by lavaloon
- Giant Bomb- get that 4th GB in to allow you to set up a double to counter those hog attacks
- Air Sweeper- first should be at lvl 4 coming into TH9, get that one up to lvl 5 and the second one built and up to lvl 5 to counter lavaloon attacks
- Archer Towers
- Teslas
- Mortars
- Wizard Towers
- Cannons
TH10
KEY OFFENSIVE BUILDINGS
- Spell Factory (6 days)- PLEASE NOTE: Before you start the upgrade, please make sure you are opted out of war. DO NOT COME TO WAR WITH NO SPELLS. You will be asked to gem to completion if you do.
- Lab
- Army Camps x 4 to 240- Need all 4 of these upgraded ASAP. Until you do, you cannot compete at the TH10 level. THIS TAKES PRIORITY OVER ANY DEFENSIVE UPGRADES.
- Clan Castle to 35
- Golem lvl5 (14 days)
- Wizard lvl6
- Lava Hound lvl3
- Freeze 2,3,4,5- No fun and it takes forever, but that's your next key offense
- Wallbreaker lvl6
- Archer lvl7
- As you wish from here
HERO UPGRADES
- AQ- Have the AQ lead the BK in upgrades to max (ie. 35/30, 40/35). She is the driving force for most TH10 2 star battles
DEFENSIVE UPGRADES
- Inferno Towers- The strongest defense in the game. Prioritize getting them to lvl 2 ASAP
- X-bows- Max xbows have a huge impact
- AD's
- Teslas
- Air Sweeper
- As you wish from here