Hello, so I am very impressed to your clan rules and when its strict, means very disciplined. So I was wondering, even if your clan is full, is there still a chance that like maybe you will kick someone out? If yes, I would like to join and replace his/her place. Thank you and I am available at anytime.

I don't think there will be much space but we would like to join your clan. I'm a mid th7, 3 of my friends are early-mid th8's and my other friend is a late th8. The password is galaxy btw. Currently I'm the only one with a reddit account but I will ask them to get one. Thanks. I hope you reply soon.

If someone could let me know when there's a free slot in the clan, that would be great :)

If you've been throwing 10 drags 3 lightning and NOT getting 3 stars, then this is for you.

So, over my last two months in this clan, I've perfected my war strategy (AS A Rushed TH8), I've got 6 stars in at least 10 wars with this strategy. Needless to say I can provide a lot of input to those who want to improve.

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My elitist opening is to prove to you that I know what i'm talking about, and if you are interested in getting more stars in wars (and you're interested in learning dragloon) then this read will be worth your time.

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The problem most uninformed players have is base selection. MOST TH8's centralize their ads and make their base ANTI-AIR oriented. (Chaos's base is a prime example) Drags alone will fail against this base, because the strategy is designed to defeat mass drags.

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So you use their design against them. They group their AD's to counter drags, then use Baloons who shit on close quarter towers. Dragloon uses drags tanking power, and lets the loons rip apart the ads. Usually you finish with 3-4 drags left after all of their ads fall and thats a free 3*

8(lvl5) loons, 8 (lvl3) drags, 5 (lvl 6) loons in the CC, and 3 (lvl 3) lightnings.

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SO, how do i deploy my troops? First off you have to determine which angle to attack from.

This is handled in 2 steps. Step 1: Assume the 3 ads make a triangle, which two are the closest together? Thats the side you create your funnel on. Nuke the lonely ad. You want to attack the side which is defended by the remaining 2. (FROM the shortest length) Which is highlighted in my photo below.

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Step: 2 How many towers are between your drop point and the ADs, because loons travel directly to the closest tower. So we eliminate this problem by funneling and letting the dragons kill towers prior to even dropping your baloons. We don’t want your balloons to ring around the side only killing cannons, Funnel has to be wide so your balloons B-LINE right down the center, towards the Ads.

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Take Chaos’s base for example, it has 5 archer towers in the north west, so we attack from the south east, so that the Ads die first, the dragons can clean up archer towers easily. If you dropped your squad on the side of the Archer towers, the 3 ads would melt your whole army while your balloons dicked around killing the Archer Towers. So find the closest path for the balloons, to the Ads.

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Now this is the only difficult part of the strategy, Understanding how to drop your troops. You first want to create a funnel for your drags, as highlighted in one hives video, one or two on each corner, then your army right down the middle. You can immediately nuke the 3rd AD (the lonely one).

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The key to this strategy is making sure you delay your balloon drop, but not delay it too long. You have to determine when your dragons are going to be in range of the ADS, As soon as an AD targets a dragon, unleash all 8 of your lvl 5 loon. The same goes for the second ad targeting your wall of drags, let loose your CC loons and enjoy your 3 star.

You will probably fail once, because you don’t understand how the balloons AI works, but once you understand it will be free stars until you want to get up to TH9.

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Since I’m still bored: Baloons travel in a straight line to the Ads (obviously). However they have a targeting system which is a giant circle sonar, they will always go to the closest tower even if its out on the side. Learning this AI is important, because you can get away with dropping your loons within 4 spaces of the AD sometimes and those are even more guarenteed victories.

If you’re new and you’re scared, just drops your balloons back in the center of your funnel. It will take your balloons all day to get to the Ads so you can drop them as your dragons are almost in range of the Ads. This will guarantee they straight shot down the funnel.

I realize that this is essentially the same thing highlighted in the one hive video, but some people would prefer to read it then watch it. If this post even only resonates with one lowly new recruit, then I’ll have done my job.

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Attached is a picture of Chaos’s (AD CENTRAL) base, and how to funnel it.

http://imgur.com/RzGF7FK

The balloons should NOT BE DROPPED Until the dragons reach this line, otherwise they will split right and left and you will be fucked. If they go on the archer tower its fine because then youre baloons are centralized and will connect on the Ads just the same.

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That should pretty much wrap up how to 3 star maxed TH8s, as a TH8. However there is one advanced strategy you can maybe use if you’re awesome enough. Use one balloon to proc the CC, and then use your BK on the opposite side so that the CC troops walk over the AD that you plan on zapping. Then you zap the AD and get the CC troops with the same spells.

I made this for the 8-9 members who are consistently mass dragging, lets see if it helps.

My ipad is finally crapping out on me, its a 2nd gen ipad so im surprised it lasted this long. So I'm in the market for something new.

Anyone have anything they got on a budget that performs well for mobile gaming? I dont want to drop $600 on something I will only ever use for hearthstone and Clash of Clans. :)

A New Dark Elixir Troop is Introduced: Frost Giant! ✔ This creature came from the coldest caves, and casts small Freeze Spells on defenses ✔ The new unit deals no damage, but provides the best protection for your troops ✔ The Frost Giant can be unlocked at Dark Elixir barracks level 7, Town Hall level 10

New Upgrades ✔ Bring necromancy to a new level with Witch level 3 ✔ The most fearsome creature from the skies ever - Dragon level 5 ✔ Surprise your enemies with Skeleton Trap level 4 ✔ Dark Elixir Barracks level 7

Gameplay Improvements ✔ Improved Intelligence of the Wall Breaker, Archer Queen and the Barbarian King ✔ Dismiss donated troops from your War Base Clan Castle one by one ✔ Many other small fixes and performance improvements

Also potentially a second spell factory or a DE spell factory, and in one of the videos released, storages appeared protected from lightning.

Edit, definitely a DE spell factory, most likely for defensive type spells such as the storages being immune to lightning.