Tips for Farming (24 March 2016)

Farming is essential if you going for Rebel mode. Strategy that focus on war need a good farming strategy as that village will not have good defenses or high level mines and collectors. Farming also highly related to offensive strategy as person who farming need to know when to farm and how to farm. My farming strategy involve short intense farming that require offensive attributes like high commitment and good farming troops. Since, Rebel mode will lack defenses attributes, I am using "troll techniques" to increase my defensive and getting some strategic goals. What is "trolls techniques?" It is hard to define but the best words to describe it is "fooling your enemies." In this article, I will share my farming strategy that manipulated some aspects of trolling.

1. Troops

I am using Giant, Wall Breaker, Archer and Goblin. So, these troops should be high level. However, lower level also should works but with less efficiency. Meaning you need to use more troop if using lower level. Level is less priority when comparing to how you farm.

2. Base to farm

There are two types of base that you should focus on: dead base and mines/collectors/drills outside. You will be very lucky if base with mines/collector/drills outside also is dead base. You should familiar with how many resources stored inside those mines/collectors. This require experience and sharp eyes. Full or nearly full mines/collectors/drills have certain distinct appearances. For example, full collectors is dark purple. If most mines/collectors/drills are full, this is dead base. If all collectors are full, all mines and drills should be full as well. Mines/collectors/drills outside base is referring to base with all or some mines/collectors/drills that can easily reach by you. Often, these mines/collectors/drills are located outside wall. Usually, this is not dead base but the amount resources available can be beneficial or profitable to you.

3. Techniques to farm

There are few techniques and strategies can be use. The most basic one is shooting with Archers or robing with Goblins. Put these troops to collect resources. Giants are use to distract defenses while Archers and Goblins take the loots. If mines/collectors/drills are located inside walls, these walls can be broke by Wall Breakers first. Alternatively, Archers can should from outside as well.

4. When to farm

I dont farm constantly. I only farm when I have Builder or when my working Builder almost done his job. When I almost maxed my village, I sometime will not use my last remaining Builder as this Builder specifically to upgrade walls. Meaning, at any time, I only use four Builders. The 4th Builder considered as my last Builder and my 5th Builder as special Builder that require to upgrade walls. When I have target what to build or what to upgrade, than I start farming.

5. Troll Techniques (TT)

The idea of these techniques is to reduce the risk losing collected resources to other attackers. Some can be use to increase Trophies. Why Trophies is important in Farming? Getting trophies in Farming is different from Trophies Push strategy. It happen that better league usually have better players. Better players usually have more resources. You still need certain amount of Trophies  so that you can be in pool with these players. Plus, during Farming, you will losing Trophies dramatically. This is why you need TT to increase your Trophies involuntarily.

Diagram 1. TT using Eagle Artillery and Gold Storages as baits

Diagram 2. Defense log for the past 24 hours

As you can see from Diagram 1, I use Eagle Artillery and Gold Storages as baits. Some attacker like to destroy Eagle Artillery for achievement. Some players see Gold Storages as free meals. I dont mind give them these as I will get free Trophies in return. This fix perfectly with my Farming. When I lose Trophies during farming, I will get some back with this TT. There are a lot of TT that you can think off. Just be creative and manipulate anything that give best outcomes to you. Remember that you cant have anything you want. So, you should think about something that you should give up.

Diagram 2 show my defense log for the past 24 hours and notice I won all. I obtained 148 Trophies for free (free because I dont use troops). In return, I gave (lost) 1.3M gold and 7,295 elixir. What is my farming target? It is not elixir. I am targeting dark elixir and I only lost 84 in 24 hours. Enemy can attack me nonstop if they want and I will increase my Trophies involuntarily which I spend on my real Farming strategy.

6. Farming Strategy

Now, we gonna learn my Farming strategy.

6.1 Focus on 1 building upgrade or new building to build only. If your next plan is to upgrade Barrack, focus on this only. This means you gonna need elixir. So, your farming should only targeting elixir although you also need certain amount of gold that needed to search bases. A part from these golds, spend any gold you have or you can use TT as mention by Diagram 1 above (putting Gold Storage as bait). This strategy not only increase your elixir faster but also reduce the risk of attacker looting from you. If there are 3 types of attackers that farming like you do, they can be someone who want elixir only, gold only, or both elixir and gold. By reducing your gold amount, you already reduce the risk by 1/3. Someone who wanting gold only will not targeting you. Putting Gold Storages outside base will give free gold to all of them. Logically, they more likely to take free gold and leave rather than risking their troops by attacking your base for all. This is why focusing on 1 resource only is the best for farming.

6.2 Farming nonstop until you get enough resource. Obviously, keeping your village online will protect you from the attackers. This is why you need a correct timing when to farming. In order to farming nonstop, you need a proper attacking techniques (3), productive Barracks (or Dark Barracks), uninterrupted online time (free time without or minimal distraction). Proper attacking techniques is needed to increase your farming efficiency and profitability. In most cases, your goal is not obtaining the most resources but obtaining the maximum profit. Obtaining 200k elixir not necessarily better if you are using full strength army. This is because you need elixir to train them and most importantly you also need time to train them. Farming 10k elixir from each base can be better if you just using few Archers or Goblins. 20 raids will enable you to get 200k and you still can continue this nonstop as used troops can be replaced with good production line. At this case, I like to utilize all my Barracks and Dark Barracks to enable me farming nonstop. In this case, I use Minions as well. If you farming right, you can search for dead base or near dead and obtaining 200k loot and continuously get that numbers for entire farming. You can get more than 3M elixir in just 30 minutes if you be patience and doing farming right. Most importantly, these 3M elixir will not get stole as you farming nonstop.

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Note: I will stop writing for now. I will updating this article from time to time. So, check this article often. I need some time to input additional material and to organizing my tips.