If we dont coordinate and follow some basic rules - we wont have a great chance of winning the war. Running a war is costly and only pays for itself if we are smart about our attacks.
Preparation Day!
As soon as a match is found and Prep Day starts - 1st thing to do is check your war base. Redesign if needed, add items you may have since purchased.
- Use YouTube or the following site to get ideas for your War base. Remember - all these are user contributions so use your judgment to decide if it makes sense to take these ideas. http://www.clashofclans-tools.com/Layouts/TH8-War
- Do your very best to design a base that prevents your Clan Castle from being lured. The more difficult it is to lure your CC Troops, the more costly it is for an opponent to kill them or they miss them and your CC troops wipe our their army. As such - your CC should be dead center.
- Your TH should be near center. Well protected by defenses and traps.
- Your Air Defense should also be nearer the center. A good anti dragon base has the AD prioritized to be near center.
- Make good use of open spaces in walls or open areas inside for sprint traps and giant bombs. Hogs tend to stay in groups so if you can place two giant bombs near each other they tend to wipe out the Hogs.
- Skeleton traps - place as close to center as possible. These little buggers can wreck havoc on their troops.
In your War base CC - Request your desired troops to defend your base.
- LVL 3+ Dragons,
- Witches,
- LVL 5+ Wizards
- Valkyrie's are good too.
- LVL 6+ Archers can be good too.
lower TH level people cant donate. Thats ok. We are in this to win, not be balanced.
Basic Rules:
- War is about getting stars not loot.
- Attack bases you’re sure you can 3 star. There is a difference between making a mistake and not 3 starring, and attacking a base too advanced for you.
- Dont go for loot and no TH sniping! If we dont get the most stars we dont get all the loot!
- Watch war replays of successful/failed attacks to learn what went well or wrong. Replays help you learn a lot and can help your own attacks.
- You really must do this if the previous attack did not 3 star and you are cleaning up for stars
Troops To Use For YOUR Attacks
- Do you want to 3 star your opponent? Then you probably should be using Hogs and Heal Spells. When using Hogs leave 35 spaces for archers to kill the opponents CC Troops and 1 giant to Lure the CC troops out. If the CC is a little tricky to pull then use 2 Giants and 30 archers. Use at least 3 heal spells on Hogs. If you have a 4th spell - you can use another heal, or a Lightning Spell to help kill the CC Troops.
- You can use hogs to lure the CC troops if the CC is deep. Send 2 Hogs at a time to the safest place that will do it. Avoid Wizard Towers if possible and potential empty spaces that may have giant bombs.
- A good alternative would be to use ALL Dragons. You do NOT have to lure the CC troops out if using drags as they will generally kill the CC troops for you. If using dragons - ONLY using RAGE Spells - not heal. A dragons weakness is its speed not its health. Using heal spells is not enough to protect them.
- For TH 6 and below Giants/Wizards/Healers/Archers may work well. If using a healer you must take out AD quickly.
- Use all your troops, spells, hero's. Don’t hold back!
LURING THE CC TROOPS!!!:
- The most often forgotten rule is that people often forget to lure the enemy CC troops out and kill them. I can promise you that if you do not do this (except Dragons) you will not 3 star the base and will almost assuredly lose the battle.
- If you are using anything other than all dragons you MUST draw out the CC troops and kill them first. Bring enough troops to kill the CC troops and/or use 1 or more lightning spells to kill them. Your attack WILL fail if you do not do this!
Conducting Your Attacks
- I am asking that only our bottom 10 People attack within the first 2 hours of the war. The less the higher level people need to clean up for stars the better we will be.
- After the first 2 hours I would like to see everyone attack early and often. If we can get a big lead it can sometimes discourage the other clan from using all their attacks. Attack as soon as you can and use the 2nd as soon as you can.
- Don’t save attacks until the end! If too many do this we can fall behind to the point where everyone starts holding off attacks and guaranteeing our fail.
- The top 5 people in the war map may want to hold off on their second attack to clean up an important base for stars.
Who to Attack?
- First Attack.
- You may want to ignore your suggested target.
- 1st attack look for a base you can 3 star that is +2 to -3 from your position.
- However - if +2 to -3 feels too hard for you then attack something lower that you feel you can 3 star.
- 2nd Attack
- look for something below your # that you can 3 star/clean up.
