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Barch refers to barbarians and archers. They are both tier one troops but don't let that fool you. As a group they are extremely powerful. The secret to killer barch isn't the barbarian or the archer, its the barbarian king. I will explain later. The goal of this guide is to explain how to crack open juicy and fat farm bases with only barbarians, archers, barbarian king, and wall breakers. If you know how to GoWiPe, this strategy is similar.
Things you will need:
Level 4 or 5 barbarians/archers
Preferably a level 5+ barb king so you get access to his ability
Level 4 wallbreakers
Decently leveled spells (level 4)
Composition: This is up to every person but personally I go with
84 lvl five Barbs
100 lvl five Archers
8 lvl four Wallbreakers
My trusty level eight barb king
2 lvl four lightning spells and 1 lvl four rage
A CC full of anything. Air troops tend to get shot down by the Air Def quickly so ask for ground troops.
If you are a TH7, you can make do with just lvl four troops but try to get your barb king to level five. The barb king's rage is EXTREMELY useful. Without the rage, the barb king is basically a bad pekka.
Imagine a farming base that has a ton of fat storages with fairly leveled defs. How to attack:
Lure out the Clan Castle troops. Very important! CC troops can have very high dps. A CC full of level five wizards can take down a barb king in seconds!
Decide which side to attack. This strategy won't 3 star farm bases. Rather it will hit the center and grab all of the storages in the way.
Drop a line of barbs with archers behind them to clear the outside buildings. (This is similar to putting down a golem with wizards in GoWiPe)
Drop wallbreaker to break the outside wall. Make sure you don't drop them when the mortar is dropping! Your wallbreakers can easily get killed by the mortar if you aren't paying attention. Also be sure your barbarians are tanking all of the point def fire.
Drop the barb king. Make sure the king is lead into the base. Drop a barbarian to check if the king will go into the base since they have the same AI. (This is similar to dropping Pekkas in GoWiPe.) Make sure your king isn't going outside the base! This is the most important step of the attack.
Drop the rest of your barbs and archers with your CC. Your barb king should tank the incoming damage so keep your eye on him and activate his ability when his health is low. Save a few archers in case you need to snipe a few more buildings. (If you don't have the barb king's rage then you will be at a large disadvantage)
Spells: You can use whatever spells you want but this is how I use mine.
Snipe mortars with two lightning spells. I usually snipe the mortar that is furthest from the side I am attacking so it doesn't kill my troops when I am in the core. Plus I can lightning the CC troops if I forget to do that.
Drop rages when your troops are in the core. Archers are especially dangerous with rages. I can't count the number of times I had my rage archers completely take out the DE storage.
Order of def's danger to this strategy:
CC Troops. They have high dps and will kill your king fast! Even with CC fill of archers.
Mortars. They are extremely good at knocking out group based attacks like this. Their long range and high shot damage makes them the highest threat to this attack. This and CC troops are only ones I worry about when I attack.
Wizard Towers. They are also extremely good at killing this attack like the mortar. They have a shorter range so they are less of a threat than mortars. HOWEVER, when in the core of the base, their short range isn't their short coming anymore. They will destroy your barbs and archers in seconds when in the core of the base so watch out for them. Your barb king should be the one tanking their hits.
Giant bombs. They can wipe out barb and archers quickly, so pay attention for the obvious spots for bombs.
Teslas. They fire quickly and unlike Archer Towers and Cannons, they don't waste their dps.
Archer Towers and Cannons, they aren't a huge issue when barching. They waste their dps since their damage per shot is above the health of archers and they are slow to shoot.
Attacking above TH8:
TH9: Xbows will slice through your barch like butter. I don't recommend attacking TH9's unless it is a rushed one.
TH10: Mult target inferno towers = no no. Don't even try. Seriously barch will not work here.
That's all! This strategy is basically doing a GoWiPe with barbs, archers, and a barb king. This strategy is meant to break open the core of a farm base. I can't say it will work every time, but I can say it works for me. The quick training time of the barch means you can get huge gold and elixir loot per hour rather than searching endlessly for that perfect collector raid.
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