War Review

Hey guys, after a nice war win we've had two straight losses to tough war clans, the first a lvl 9 clan and the second a lvl 8 clan.  While a loss can be expected when a clan is matched with a much higher level war clan, this also gives us some good opportunities to review and see what it takes to be a successful war clan.

So reviewing the war logs what does it take to win wars consistently like the top war clans?  What did the enemy do to us that we weren't able to do to them?

Here are a few of my observations.  Feel free to comment on this post or in the game chat with your own observations.

War Offense

First off we had some great attacks in both wars.  Highlights were pounds getting 4 stars last war including 2 on a TH11, kev getting 5 stars this war including a 97% on a TH10, gard 3 starring a max TH9 this war, and soumya getting 6 stars this war.  Great job guys!

We also had areas to improve.  Rather than focusing on any specific attacks I'll just mention my observation about what seems to be the standard for successful war attacks to be competitive.

For TH8 and below, you should be able to 3 star your same TH level with your best war army.  This could be the enemy opposite number in war or 1-2 below.  Strong TH8 armies are GoWiPe, Mass Drags, Mass Hogs, or GoHo.  I would stay away from hog based armies until your hogs are lvl 4 or higher due to their vulnerability to giant bombs.

For TH9 and TH10, you should be able to 2 star your same TH level or 3 star any lower TH level.  This is what the enemy is consistently doing to us so if we can do the same then we will at least tie.

For TH11, you should be able to at least 1 star the enemy TH11 and at least 2 star a maxed TH10.

Check where you are in the above categories and see if you are consistently doing this in war.  If you are then you're in good shape.  If you are able to do this most of the time then that's also good.  No one's perfect.  If you are struggling to 3 star th8s or 2 star th9s on a regular basis it means one of three things.

1) you may not be using the right army.  watch other 3 star war attacks to see if that is the case or just ask in the chat.  people are willing to help and give constructive suggestions.
2) you may need more practice and experience attacking with that army on war bases.  most of us practice war attacks during war.  try to occasionally make war armies outside of war and practice attacking maxed bases to see how you do.  getting to know your troops outside of war is best so you'll know what they're going to do in crunch time.
3) your troops and heroes may need to be upgraded for your TH level.  keep your lab busy at all times and this should not be an issue.

If we are able to consistently 3 star the th8 bases on our first attack then it frees up more of our th9 players to focus on the other bases rather than having to do cleanup.  This was our downfall the last two wars, especially this last war.

Also this goes without saying, but I'm going to say it anyway.  Everyone needs to use both attacks in war.  If you can't then just opt out.  It's not fair to your teammates if they are making two strong war armies and using both attacks and we lose because others didn't bother to use both attacks.  So be considerate of your teammates.

Yours in Clash,

golgon