NEW Defensive Layouts for TH9 & TH10

War 101

I said, war, huh - Good God, y'all - What is it good for...

Our clan has been pretty successful so far in wars, in some cases despite ourselves.  I thought a blog post capturing the schedule and lessons learned would be helpful and save us from repeating ourselves a lot in chat.

First off, no need to ask "When are we going to start a war?"  We will kick off a war once a week.  Each week we will follow this schedule (US East Coast timeframes):
- Start war midday Friday each week
- War preparations until midday Saturday
- War concludes midday Sunday
- Rinse and repeat
- If you cannot participate in war, step out of the clan and go to our Vacation Clan "Your Dad's Clan" same shield

Here are some clan rules for wars:

Preparation Day

1) Relax we have 24 hours to fill those war clan castles
2) Make sure your war donation requests are up to date
3) Give people a chance to update their requests
4) Level 5+ Wizards are typically the best defense
5) I know everyone wants to help but players with troops lower than level 5 wizards/archers or lower than level 3 dragons should sit out war donations
6) Ensure your base is in a "Trophy Hunting" setup with you Town Hall inside the walls

Battle Day

1) Relax we have 24 hours to each attack twice
2) Attack your suggested target within 1 or 2
3) Attack only once initially until a leader gives the go ahead for the second attacks
4) Always go for more stars! Never attack an enemy who has already been "2 starred" (unless that is all that is left). Preferably only attack enemies with no stars. War looters will be strictly prosecuted!
5) Remember to draw out those enemy clan castle troops. And Heroes if possible.
6) We will hold back a few of the clans heavy hitters to clean up bases other clan mates haven't been able to crack near the end of the war
7) When requesting troops for a war attack be specific and when donating during a war honor the requests

Have fun and kick ass!

Daddeo2u

Anti-Hog/Giant design

A quick blurb and design ideas for TH9 anti-giant/hog bases.  I'll add this to the links list as soon as I feel like it :p

TH9 Anti-Giant/Hog designs

*Updated with some new ones that we couldn't touch :p

Clan Wars update!

Well, I'm fairly certain the entire CoC world has heard about it already, but Clan Wars is finally here.

This blog and the facebook page will be a great help, since I can't post an entire synopsis in clan chat. 

Nearly every question you may have can be answered from the following links.  Read, watch, get informed.  Far more quality info than what I could ever encapsulate in a post here:

Clan Wars FAQ 

Daddy's videos

Chief Pat's videos

Godson's videos

Simon Tay's videos

Kudos to the YouTubers especially for compiling easy-to-digest videos.  I'm more of a visual person, so being able to see it in action helps a great deal.

So, the big question - how are we implementing it in our clan?  

As of this moment, the plan is to participate weekly.  We'll get our matchup Friday evening (EST), war prep on Saturday, and tear shit up Sunday.  This is just a projection, however.  As we go through these clan wars, we'll see how participation and availability go and make adjustments if necessary.

We'll be doing a "practice run" as soon as the update hits.  This first clan war is just to get everyone exposed to the new system, and work out any kinks in our planning/strategy.  

To address some of the frequent questions:

Q.  Who will I be attacking?

A.   The Clan Wars map will give you a "recommended" base to attack.  This is likely going to be your Huckleberry.  There will inevitably be some conflicts on who attacks who - this is where coordination in clan chat will be a necessity.  We need to make sure we don't have 3 people trying to attack the same opponent.

*** Only 3 stars can be taken from any given base ***.  If a base has already been 2-starred, it's likely not in our best interest to attack it again.  

Q.  What about troop requests?  I want something specific on defense.

A.   Donations in clan wars are completely separate from normal donations.  Your clan wars clan castle is only for defense.  Please, PLEASE do not give anything other than what is requested.  Donations do not add to your clan donation numbers, and you receive no XP for donations, so there are no excuses for spamming in your archers.  We have 24 hours to fill these requests, so there's really no excuse for giving anything other than what's requested.  On the flip side, if you want something specific, ensure your troop request message is explicit.  It would also benefit you to request early, so your clanmates have time to cook/fulfill requests.  Let's hope we don't have 40 people requesting "only lvl 2 witches", cause that's gonna be an issue.

...more to follow as we sort through everything in the new update.