Designing Your Farming Base, Keeping Your Resources Safe
First of all, getting a lot of resources is pointless unless we know how to keep them. There are several strategies to keep enemies from choosing you as a target. We will discuss how to make your base undesirable to attackers before discussing about raiding strategies.
1) Separate your storages/ Diversify the risk
If all your storages are kept in 1 compartment, you are going to have a bad time. Once the walls are broken and the enemy send in groups or legion of resources-hungry goblins, you can bid farewell to your precious resources. Therefore, the first key to protect your resources is: diversify the risk. It's better to lose part of your resources than losing them all. Separate your storages in different compartments with walls.
If all your storages are kept in 1 compartment, you are going to have a bad time. Once the walls are broken and the enemy send in groups or legion of resources-hungry goblins, you can bid farewell to your precious resources. Therefore, the first key to protect your resources is: diversify the risk. It's better to lose part of your resources than losing them all. Separate your storages in different compartments with walls.
2) Upgraded walls
If your walls are upgraded and the base has a lot of compartments/partitions, there is a high possibility that people would press next when they see your base. Upgraded walls help giving an impression that the base is impregnable, psychological wise. People wouldn't want to risk their troops on bases where they do not have sufficient time to plan a proper sure-win attacking strategy. Majority of the players wouldn't want to spend expensive troops like hog riders, jump spells on regular raids.
If your walls are upgraded and the base has a lot of compartments/partitions, there is a high possibility that people would press next when they see your base. Upgraded walls help giving an impression that the base is impregnable, psychological wise. People wouldn't want to risk their troops on bases where they do not have sufficient time to plan a proper sure-win attacking strategy. Majority of the players wouldn't want to spend expensive troops like hog riders, jump spells on regular raids.
3) Place your town hall outside
There are some people who would go for trophies (well, maybe they are competing with their friends), some people would just spend 2 archers to get 1 star and get the victory bonus (lazy farmers). So we take advantage of that, place our sweet little useless town hall outside the base, where it could be easily destroyed with just a few archers or barbs. There are 2 main advantages by doing this. First, you get a free shield regardless of whether you are going to break it or not, a shield is always good, it shields you from potential attackers who could easily destroy your base 100% and snatch away your precious resources. Second, it gives you a potential revenge opponent, you can visit the base and find out whether the attacker is juicy or not. Revenge is always good because you have the luxury of time to study the base and plan suitable attack strategies (suitable troops and spells).
There are some people who would go for trophies (well, maybe they are competing with their friends), some people would just spend 2 archers to get 1 star and get the victory bonus (lazy farmers). So we take advantage of that, place our sweet little useless town hall outside the base, where it could be easily destroyed with just a few archers or barbs. There are 2 main advantages by doing this. First, you get a free shield regardless of whether you are going to break it or not, a shield is always good, it shields you from potential attackers who could easily destroy your base 100% and snatch away your precious resources. Second, it gives you a potential revenge opponent, you can visit the base and find out whether the attacker is juicy or not. Revenge is always good because you have the luxury of time to study the base and plan suitable attack strategies (suitable troops and spells).
4) Spend the resources whenever you can
Spend every tiny bit of resources when your builder is available, so that you can keep on farming. Let's say your next upgrade will consume half of your savings and it requires a few days to complete (assuming there are several days before your next builder is available), do not keep your resources. Spend every bit possible unless you know you are not going to actively raid in the next few days. For gold, walls act as gold sink (no time required), upgrade walls whenever you can. On the other hand, spend your elixir on research! If your lab is occupied, then donate your troops (with the coming update, walls upgrade can finally be elixir sink as well). Always spend your resources so that you have a reason to farm. Moreover, with upgraded walls, your base will be less desirable to your enemies, so it helps you to farm more.
Spend every tiny bit of resources when your builder is available, so that you can keep on farming. Let's say your next upgrade will consume half of your savings and it requires a few days to complete (assuming there are several days before your next builder is available), do not keep your resources. Spend every bit possible unless you know you are not going to actively raid in the next few days. For gold, walls act as gold sink (no time required), upgrade walls whenever you can. On the other hand, spend your elixir on research! If your lab is occupied, then donate your troops (with the coming update, walls upgrade can finally be elixir sink as well). Always spend your resources so that you have a reason to farm. Moreover, with upgraded walls, your base will be less desirable to your enemies, so it helps you to farm more.
5) Do not spend all your builders on defense at a time
You may have several builders. It's advised that you utilize your builders on different kind of upgrades like army camp, point defense, splash-damage defense or traps. Avoid spending all your builders on one kind of defenses, especially mortars or wizard towers, as that would make your base extremely vulnerable. Enemies who would have pressed next may consider your base desirable as with non-functioning defenses, your base looks delicious.
You may have several builders. It's advised that you utilize your builders on different kind of upgrades like army camp, point defense, splash-damage defense or traps. Avoid spending all your builders on one kind of defenses, especially mortars or wizard towers, as that would make your base extremely vulnerable. Enemies who would have pressed next may consider your base desirable as with non-functioning defenses, your base looks delicious.
6) Place your clan castle in the middle of the base
Since your town hall is placed outside, you wouldn't have restriction to place your clan castle in the middle where enemy will find it difficult to trigger your clan castle's troops, if possible. And there will be chance that enemy will skip your base as enemy is, usually, lazy to lure troops. Always fill up your clan castle for defense, this may help minimize your base from total destruction. In CrushinClans you won't have to worry about this because we will definitely fill it up for you.
Since your town hall is placed outside, you wouldn't have restriction to place your clan castle in the middle where enemy will find it difficult to trigger your clan castle's troops, if possible. And there will be chance that enemy will skip your base as enemy is, usually, lazy to lure troops. Always fill up your clan castle for defense, this may help minimize your base from total destruction. In CrushinClans you won't have to worry about this because we will definitely fill it up for you.
7) The wizard will guard your storages
The wizard tower works effectively against mass barbarians, archers and especially goblins so place them next to your storages. One wizard tower shall cover two storages (1 gold and 1 elixir storage).
Additional tip: To further enhance your defense of the storages and wizard tower, it is advised to place the mortar near to your wizard tower and ensure the coverage can reach as much storages as possible.
The wizard tower works effectively against mass barbarians, archers and especially goblins so place them next to your storages. One wizard tower shall cover two storages (1 gold and 1 elixir storage).
Additional tip: To further enhance your defense of the storages and wizard tower, it is advised to place the mortar near to your wizard tower and ensure the coverage can reach as much storages as possible.
8) Layering your base
Think from the point of view of how many wall breakers needed to break into the compartment where the storage is. The more wall breakers needed, the higher the chance that opponent will not choose your base as raiding target. See below pictures for the do and don't:
Think from the point of view of how many wall breakers needed to break into the compartment where the storage is. The more wall breakers needed, the higher the chance that opponent will not choose your base as raiding target. See below pictures for the do and don't:
Picture 1: Don't
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Picture 2: Do
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Picture 3: Do
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Picture 1: Why not? If you look at it, enemy just need to break the red circle area to gain access to three compartments. The correction to this flaw is shown in Picture 2.
Picture 3: "Sharp corner", as shown in the 3 red circles, is good as take more wall breaker to breaker. In the picture enemy will need to break at least 3 walls to get into your storages.
9) Wake up your heroes as defenseWith the latest update, the heroes turn into a much better defense as they will not walk away from their trigger area and they recover fast, so wake them up to add strength in your defense and also place them within the defensive building's coverage - making it harder for opponent to eliminate the heroes.
10) Stay at the right league
Staying at the right league to avoid high town hall enemy raiding you, the higher league you are the higher chance you will attract stronger enemy to attack you when your available loots are attractive to them. You can also lower your league when you know you are not active for a few days to avoid strong opponent while just relying on your collectors, mine, and drills.
Staying at the right league to avoid high town hall enemy raiding you, the higher league you are the higher chance you will attract stronger enemy to attack you when your available loots are attractive to them. You can also lower your league when you know you are not active for a few days to avoid strong opponent while just relying on your collectors, mine, and drills.
11) Hide your elixir/ dark elixir
Where can you hide your elixir: Barracks. How: "Standby" your most expensive troops in the barracks when your army camps are full, you will see your elixir reduced and the available loots for the attackers will reduce as well. However this trick only work to a certain extent - it won't work when your resources are more than the available cap for enemy.
Reminder: Remember to cancel your training before you go attack to build the troops you actually want.
Where can you hide your elixir: Barracks. How: "Standby" your most expensive troops in the barracks when your army camps are full, you will see your elixir reduced and the available loots for the attackers will reduce as well. However this trick only work to a certain extent - it won't work when your resources are more than the available cap for enemy.
Reminder: Remember to cancel your training before you go attack to build the troops you actually want.
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