Focus on Dark Elixir

Once you reach Town Hall 7 and beyond, your limiting resource will always be Dark Elixir. Through normal play, you typically will max out all gold and elixir-based upgrades long before you acquire enough Dark Elixir to max out your heroes and Dark Barracks troop upgrades. As a result, you need to place a priority on Dark Elixir above all other resources, saving your spells and hero units for when you stand to gain a large chunk of Dark Elixir.

Put the Clan Castle in the Center of Your Base

The Clan Castle is perhaps the best defensive structures in Clash of Clans, but only if you place it in the center of your base. The way the structure works is that when enemy units enter the Clan Castle's range (it has a very long range), the units will pour out of the Clan Castle and attack the enemy's attacking units. Note that your Clan Castle troops arc capable of hopping over your own walls.

If you place the Clan Castle outside of your base, the enemy can simply lure away the units inside the Clan Castle and easily kill them out of range of your towers. If you keep the Clan Castle inside your base, the enemy will have to take damage from both your Clan Castle units as well as your defensive structures in order to take out your base.

Generally, it is best to ask for Archers to keep in your Town Hall for defensive purposes. This works very well because Archers will often shoot at melee units from behind your walls, allowing them to shoot down Giants and Barbarians without taking damage. Very high level players may choose different units, such as Dragons or Golems, but this requires a clan where members will donate these tioops.

Note that this tip really only applies to players at Town Hall 7 or above. At earlier Town Mali levels, you do not have enough buildings to actually prevent the enemy from luring out units in your Clan Castle. Town Hall 7 units can still be lured, but it is tougher. At Town Hall 8 and up the enemy will have to destroy some buildings or a decent number of units to force troops out of your Clan Castle.

Start Matchmaking Early

When you first start playing Clash of Clans, you get a three-day shield. However, thanks to the previously-mentioned Loot Penalty, very few players will want to attack you even if you drop your shield. As a result, you can start matchmaking right away when you need resources with no fear of reprisal. You can skip around and look for a base with exposed resource collectors and use a handful of Barbarians. Goblins, or Archers to attack them.

Even if you do get attacked, low-level Town Hall players have very little to lose. You will only lose a tiny bit of resources that can be more than made up for with a single attack.

When farming either resources or trophies, you should always be skipping around with the "next” button in order to find the perfect base to attack. It only costs a tiny bit of gold to jump to the next base, so make sure you have a good base before you spend all your units attacking one. Also, be careful never to spend every last bit of gold you have on an upgrade - you need to save some gold in order to be able to use the "next” ability to continue farming!

Slowly Upgrade Your Town Hall

The Town Hall "loot penally” is one of the most important things to know about in Clash of Clans, yet it is not a publicly advertised feature in the game. It is not even mentioned during the tutorial or anywhere in the game, yet it is extremely important to how the game plays out.

This penalty reduces the amount of loot you can get from enemies if your Town Hall is a higher level than your opponent's Town Hall. If your Town Hall is one level higher than your enemy's, you will only be able to steal 90'S of the normal amount available for loot. If your Town Hall is two levels higher, you will only be able to steal 50‘S of the loot. For three levels, only 25%, and lor 4 levels or more, only 5% of the total available loot. The penalty is reflected in "Loot Available” - you do not have to do any calculations on your own.

As a result, we recommend getting up to Town Hall level 4 and then sitting in this range while you max out your defensive structures, your army camps, and your research. You can even max out your walls for extra credit before moving on to Town Hall 5. Repeat this process for every level.

Clash of Clans: Clan War Strategy

Clan war strategy determines whether we win glory and loot or fall as flat as a pancake below the stove.

Beyond communication, the aspiration of all clan warriors is: attack the most-difficult base you can three-star. By attacking a base you can three-star, you will make sure the clan benefits from your attacks (i.e. you put points on the board, and no one needs to clean up your mess).

By attacking the most-difficult base in that range, you will do your best not to steal targets from lower-level clan members.

Our most strong and fearsome warriors (top five or so) have a special responsibility, because they can attack bases that no one else can. Top warriors often wait until late in the war to see where their powerful attacks are most needed. (And when they attack an enemy fortress, they are not necessarily aiming for three stars.)

Finally, make sure you are familiar with the Clan's basic war rules !