March 21, 2016 - Kick Report

March 21, 2016  Kick Report

Akn - new member #2 in war was kicked by kev for poor war attacks, 0 stars.  also he was a rushed TH10.

Mitch - kicked by golgon for multiple infractions: not donating (0 donated / 176 received), ignoring requests (he requested and ignored open requests before his), and only using 1 attack in multiple wars, and attacking a th7 (lowest base) when he is a th9 (#8 attacking #20).

ko ok - new member was kicked by star for leeching, non-existent donations.  one failed war attack

rajesh - new member #15 in war left in the middle of war without using his attacks.

Soumya - left to visit a friends clan for a few days

Kev & Kev2 - left to join a UK based serious war clan.  we spoke at length and it was a difficult decision for him and he will certainly be missed.  I sincerely wished him the best because he has worked hard in this game and deserves the best.  with his heroes and THs maxed he wants to focus on warring and war to win.

Our clan is inconsistent in warring for a number of reasons.

• We allow new member to join wars before vetting them
• Many do not attack wisely and do not follow war rules
• People do not get 3 stars and we need to do cleanup because:
• They attack higher than their own base number
• They attack higher than their own TH level
• They do not use the best war army
• They do not study 3 star war attack strategies
• Some people (mostly new members) do not use both of their war attacks.

We have several great warriors in our clan who excel in war and it is just a matter of having the best squad go to war together and having quality over quantity.  If we take anyone and everyone it is very difficult to match up against strong war clans that are only bringing their best squad and usually no new members.

Dark Elixir Raiding Tips & Tricks

Hey guys, as we all know, at high level play your heroes and dark troops make a huge difference.  With that said we have a special treat for you today:

Here are some great tips from Kev on Dark Elixir Farming to save you time and make your raids most efficient.  With max level 40 heroes and almost 6.5 million DE raided in his Heroic Heist achievement he is a master thief when it comes to DE.  So heed his advice along with some hard work and you'll be well on your way to keeping that DE storage full and heroes upgraded.

by Kev

Golgon asked for a guide on DE raiding, but this is not a simple thing to do as every base is different and we are all at different levels. However, here's some things I use to do and can be used as things to consider

1. Use a cheap and quick army to raid with, for example 8 Giants, 8 Wallbreakers, 24 Goblins, 60 Archers and 60 Barbs uses 200 spaces and takes about 20 mins to make, so you can raid more often in the time you have.

2. Base selection, don't be afraid to use next button to get the right base. I looked for a minimum of 1000 DE and without xbows where possible.

3. Check where the DE is, as often the DE store will be in the centre of the base and the DE drills in separate compartments. Don't target the DE Store if there are empty xbows, as the store is likely to be empty too. The collectors have a glass container on the top to show how full they are, target your forces appropriately.

4. Check what you are raiding for, you cant go for Gold, Elix, DE AND Trophies, so other upgrades can/may be delayed or hampered

5. The attack, as per all attacks, try to draw CC and kill them in a corner with few archers. They probably know you're after their DE, so check for Giant Bombs and traps, drop just 1/few Barbs to test way is clear. Deploy Giants and couple of Wallbreakers at a time to break a path way in with some Archers and Barbs behind. Don't bunch them up too much as Mortars can kill a pile of weak armies with the splash damage. Once the DE store pathway is there, then drop the Goblins, just a couple to start with to ensure no further bombs on route. 

6. With the latest update, the Town Hall now also stores DE, so if it's on the outside or on route to the DE store, its worth taking out (especially as it will also help in keeping your trophies up)

7. Save your Hero's to the end of the attack and use them briefly to maybe take out a drill, boost it and end the game saving as much life as possible. It will take 20 minutes to rebuild the army, so if you don't use it all, you'll have him for the next attack. However, if the DE Store has over 2k DE then it may be worth sending him in earlier to help ensure you get the loot.

8. Remember to keep your camps building the next set of armies before you raid, so by the time you've finished raiding, you'll saved a few minutes and maybe get an extra attack in.

You can also get DE in your Loot Bonus if you in Crystal league, not sure if this is worth it with the new update as you'll need to get 50%+ to get a portion of the bonus.

With my TH10 base, I was collecting up to 200k DE before the previous AQ/BK had finished (7 days), so it is possible to have your hero on constant upgrade (but I never used DE troops) and I also opted out of War as I had a hero on upgrade.

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

Congrats on Lvl 5 Clan Perks! War Review

Congrats to all on reaching Level 5 Clan Perks this week!  A great accomplishment and I'm sure our clan castles all appreciate it!  Let's keep up the good work.  Level 6 gives a 35% troop cost donation refund along with 30% extra loot storage.  Level 7 is even better, letting you request every 10 minutes.  So let's keep pressing on!

Latest War: Dragonblood vs Ghabile Karash

Not a lucky draw and this was a mismatched war to begin with since the enemy had two extra th9s.  So we were at a disadvantage and as a consequence had a hard time closing out their number 8-10 bases.  That was the difference this war.  Not completely our fault because of the mismatch.  What we can improve upon is our attack efficiency.  What this means is maximizing our star count with as few attacks as possible.  In order to do that we need to do a few things:

I've said several of these before in previous posts but I'll say them again because they serve as good reminders.

• Communicate:  Before attacking talk with your clanmates, especially those close to your rank so that you can coordinate attacks.  You can also brainstorm and discuss strategies.
• Be smart:  Make the right war army for the job.  Every base requires a slightly different army to defeat it. Tight bases favor hog attacks, wide open bases favor golem-based attacks, weak air favor drags and loons.
• Make your attacks count: Unless you're number 1, it is not necessary to attack your opposite (same number enemy base).  If you're a TH8 or low TH9 it will be better to attack the highest base you can confidently 3 star.  This will close out a base so that your clanmates can focus on other bases and not have to clean up a base you already attacked. That is inefficient. Of course use common sense and ask if you're not sure.  And wait several hours for the lower mates to attack before going for the bottom bases.
• Defend: Make sure your base design is difficult to attack with the major war armies.  In this war the enemy had tougher base designs than us and therefore we struggled 3 starring their lower bases.  This means we need to exercise better judgment and gain more experience and also make it more difficult on our enemies.
• Watch and Learn:  If at first you don't succeed, try try again.  But before you do watch the replays to see what went wrong and what can be improved.  For example I saw a few attacks where our spell timing & placement was not right and spells got wasted.  These things take practice.  But we need to take the time to watch & learn from our mistakes.  And also learn from the successes of others.  See what went right on your clanmate and enemy attacks and emulate those tactics.

Here were the stats from this war and areas for improvement.  Primarily in maximizing our first attacks and being more efficient.

Enemy 3 starred 7 lower bases on their first attempt, requiring no clean up from others

We 3 starred 0 lower bases on our first attempt, all lower bases required at least two attacks to 3 star and clean up. 

Dragonblood vs Zedbazi.tito

After a strong last war, this was not our best war guys.  I thought we'd have good chances this war because they had four th7 bases compared to us only having one th7.  But we struggled getting 3 stars on many of their bases including the th7s.  My last post was to help us get guaranteed 3 stars on th7s so we don't have this struggle next time.

As Kev pointed out we had too many 1 & 2 star attacks compared to the enemy's 3 star attacks so some of us need to aim lower and use stronger armies.  4 of the bottom 6 enemy bases were not 3 starred at the end of the war which is just low hanging fruit that we're not taking.

Stats tell the story

Enemy's TH7s 3 starred our TH8s

We only had a few 3 star attacks

War heroes (4+ war stars):
Jean - congrats for being the only one with 4+ war stars this war.  Nice job!

Many people only used 1 attack and didn't say why:

Gard - phone problems, could not attack

Jimbo - Got 3 stars on 1st attack, did not use second

Casey - Attacked late for 1st attack, did not use second

Gard Jr - Made mass drags army for 2nd attack, but did not attack

Buntheang - Did not use second attack

I don't want to kick good people and shrink our clan further but this is a warning.  Please explain the issue using both attacks and either use both attacks or opt out of war, thanks.

Suggestions:
Soumya - move your outside teslas to the center of the base surrounding your TH.  They will help to protect better against pekkas and others penetrating the core.

If you guys want to war back to back please provide constructive analysis and suggestions on how we can improve in the in-game chat so we make progress and improvements each war.  That way we can get more wins and get to level 5 even faster.

Thanks and let's keep improving!

TH7 enemy bases: mass dragons + 3 lightning + max loons cc = 3 stars guaranteed

Hey Guys,

Great job with 2 wins in a row!  A very nice, decisive win this last war.

One thing we can improve upon.  I've noticed the last few wars that we have used multiple attacks to 3 star TH7 enemy bases.  There's absolutely no reason why we shouldn't 3 star every TH7 enemy base on our first attempt. The answer is to use mass dragons with 3 lightning spells.

Here's how it works.

Preparation
Make 10 dragons on your camps.
Make 3 lightning spells.
Request max balloons for your clan castle.

Strategy
Since air defenses are the only real threat to dragons, and there are only 2 air defenses at TH7, take out one air defense with the 3 lightning spells and then overwhelm the other air defense with the dragons and loons.  There's no way one TH7 air defense can take out 10 dragons and 4-5 max loons.

Execution

• Drop 3 lightning on the hardest to reach air defense.  This is usually the one closest to the center of the base.
• There should now only be 1 air defense left. 
• Next funnel your dragons to target the remaining air defense.  This means dropping them closest to the air defense so they do not spread out and go away from the air defense.
• Once you have dropped all dragons and they are taking fire from the air defense release your clan castle full of max loons and the drags will tank while the loons take out all defensive buildings including the lone air defense.
• That's it, and works every time!

This video is pretty funny.

Other video if you need more examples:

War Rules, Lessons Learned

Guys, let's do post-war analysis and come up with a set of war rules.  I'm talking about more than just "attack your opposite in war".  I personally don't like that rule.  So let's come up with our own set of rules based on lessons learned.

I'll start with a few from this past war:

1) Make every attack count and not go to waste.  Every attack is precious.  We have won and lost wars by a single star and a single attack.  Lower level players (in the bottom half): Attack early in the war before all of the easier bases are gone.  Higher level players: save lower level bases for the lower levels unless you are on cleanup duty at the end or they have already all attacked.

2) Go for the low hanging fruit first.  Get it out of the way.  To our lower level players attacking in the first 12 hours of the war: go for the highest base you can confidently 3 star.  If everyone can earn 3+ war stars total for the clan and we use all of our attacks we will win every war.  Basic math.  Also if you 3 star your first attack then it means others can use their attacks on other bases and not have to attack the same base you already attacked.

3) Do not attack a higher number base than yourself unless all lower bases have been 3-starred.  There are others higher than you that have two attacks to use also.  They have a better chance to 3 star that base than you do.  If you think there's an exception to this rule then check with a co first.  

4) Do not attack a higher TH level than your own.  For the same reason as the previous rule.

5) Use the right army.  We had some failed (1 star) attacks due to the wrong army being used.  There are a limited number of war armies that will yield 3 star success at various town hall levels.  If you don't know what the best army is, just ask and someone will help.  And start by reading these old posts:

Clan War Tips Part 1
Clan War Tips Part 2
Army Comps and Attack Strategies
Dragons and GoWipe Tips

6) Put high level dragons and high HP defensive troops in war map CCs.  Max wiz and archers can be lured and killed with one poison spell now unfortunately and no longer provide good defense in war.  Dragons, max loons, valks are better.  If you don't have level 4+ dragons, or max loons and valks then don't donate.  Let the higher levels fill the war map so everyone has the best defense possible.

7) Once you have started a war attack you cannot Surrender and use the attack later like you once could.  If you click Surrender and have not placed a troop you will get 0% on your attack.  This is why they put a war attack confirmation screen in to remind you if anything is missing before your war attack.  Be sure to review it carefully before attacking.

8) Don't forget about the corners.  It only takes one archer on each corner.  This is mentioned in Clan War Tips Part 1 & 2 but it cost us a star again this past war which we needed to secure our victory.  If you have archers or barbs to spare always do it early in your attack.  Getting 99% sucks and has happened to most of us at one point.


What else guys?  Let's keep adding to this list.

Dragonblood vs Evolution

Hey guys, long time since the last post.  I've been super busy with my job and family and will continue to be but wanted to congratulate everyone on a nice, close war win over a level 5 war clan named Evolution.  We had some struggles in this war but came through clutch in the end.

Here were some highlights and low-lights:

Recap
In the first 6 hours with almost the same attacks used we were losing 12-23.  This was mainly due to 1 star and 2 star attacks from unlucky or weird army attacks while the enemy was getting 3 star attacks on all of our lower bases.
The enemy had a double digit lead through most of the war.
In the last 5 hours of the war we had several clutch attacks including:

Pounds' triple on #3 with a max GoWiPe (TH10 vs TH9).
G Jr's triple on #15 with mass drags (TH8 vs TH7).
Gol's triple on #7 with hogs (TH8 vs TH8).
Jimbo's triple on #8 with HoGoWi (TH9 vs TH8).
Gol's triple on #10 with GoWiWiPe (TH8 vs TH8).
Fury's triple on #12 with mass drags (TH8 vs TH7).

During this time when the enemy was getting very few new stars per attack we were pouring in new stars and managed to get the victory by one with a clutch 3 star mass drags attack on #12 by Fury at the last moment.  Their #7 tried to get a star in the last seconds for the tie on Casey's base with a GoWiPe, but dropped their connection and got a 0%.  Tough break for them.  Good for us!

Special mention and congrats goes out to Pounds for getting a perfect 6 stars on the toughest bases.  #2 & 3, both TH9s.  Those max troops are paying off pounds.  Nice job!  Well done to those earning 4+ stars.  You're carrying your weight in war and then some!  If you only got 1 or 2 stars this war then watch your own replays and compare them to some of the 3 star attacks to see where you can improve.  It could be your target base choices, your army selection, your timing, spell choices and spell placement or a combination of the above.  Always make sure you are choosing the right army for the right base.  Some armies are better than others for certain bases.  If you're not sure then just ask.  That's what we're here for.  :)

*Note:  Soumya had a broken phone and was unable to attack.  He will get another one tomorrow.  He said his friend subhrajit's mother was sick and he had to travel back home to visit her.  So that is why subhrajit did not attack.  No explanation for Brunden though.  He was kicked.

Death By Dragons (War Recap: Dragonblood vs Hawa Pawa)

Hey guys, I'm calling this post Death By Dragons.  We got absolutely annihilated this war by dragons on both the offensive and defensive end.  On offense we only managed to get mostly 1 star per attack with our dragon attacks while the enemy got mostly 3 stars per attack with their dragon attacks.  Consequently we have roughly used the same amount of attacks as the enemy yet they have double the score of us.  No es bueno mis amigos.

We're getting 1 star attacks with our dragons

Enemy is getting mostly 3 star attacks with their dragons

 

Enemy is getting mostly 3 star attacks with their dragons

So what does this mean?

• The enemy knows how and when to use dragons and spells better than we do.
• The enemy has better designed anti-air bases than we do.

What can we do going forward?

• We can refine our dragon attack strategies to turn them into guaranteed 2 & 3 star attacks.  Dragons are not recommended against TH9s, but on TH8s mass dragons should be mostly 3 star attacks.  Watch the below videos to see how it's done.
• Some bases are easier to attack with GoWiPe or Hogs.  Last war I got 6 stars on TH8 attacks using GoWiPe and Hogs.  The bases were strong anti-air so I gave my dragons a rest.
• We can work on maxing our anti-air defenses and base designs by upgrading our air defenses and air sweepers and ensuring that our bases are as difficult as possible for the enemy to 3 star.  Triangulate your air defenses so they are not near the edges and position your air sweeper to give your air defenses more time to go to work.

So with that said everyone please watch the below videos to see some great tips and attack strategies for TH8s.

War Recap: Dragonblood vs Antialdea Esp

2/8/2015 War Recap: Dragonblood vs Antialdea Esp

spicy nips was kicked for not using either attack in war.  He came on three hours before war ended and said he needed to talk with a co.  3 cos came on within a couple of minutes (bigdave699, Sky and pounds32) and spicy nips didn't respond or say anything afterwards.

Buzz Tribe, mpcborn23, Meadhbhuel, brixniccolo and Wolf Storm all only used 1 attack.  Mead and mpc both got stars on their first attack.  The others did not.



Soumya (#35 attacking #34 with mass dragons, 100% 3 stars) - 2 air ds, 3 lightnings, nice job Soumya.


Lessons learned:
- Lure & kill cc before dropping all of your giants
- Half air and half ground army rarely works (unless hogs are involved)
- Noah's Ark and armies including Barch are not the strongest


Waldo (#10 attacking #5 with GiWiPe, 37% 0 stars) - Waldo dropped his 15 lvl 6 giants near the cc and didn't lure CC first and didn't heal his giants when wizards came out.  So they all disappeared almost instantly.  So Waldo, I would use that heal spell and/or lure cc first.  You saved your heal and rage spell until almost all of your troops were already gone. Also as Ninja mentioned TH9 attacks really need GoWiPe instead of GiWiPe.

Laser0806 (#25 attacking #33 with Noah's Ark, 47% 1 star) - Laser, as I mentioned giants and drags don't mix for war.  If you're using drags for cleanup there are better troops that clean up much faster.  Also you get hit with a double whammy: all of the ground traps and defenses plus all of the air traps and defenses.  You almost got 2 stars but can easily get 3 stars by just using mass dragons.

King Quentin (#32 attacking #35 with Noah's Ark, 61% 2 stars) - 2 stars is not bad King Q but on the very bottom th7 base we should easily get 3 stars.  Same advice as Laser, just use mass dragons or even loonion or anything besides Noah's ark with Barch.  You can get 3 stars with almost any war army on a th7.

2/7/2015 Kick Report Prior to War

The following people were kicked and all were re-invited back:

AKM - AKM is a new member with a th9.  He has 122 war stars in his profile which is low for how long he's been playing.  Also based on his donations he's not that active in clan even though he was active in raiding.  He needs to share a war attack replay with us prior to warring.

PG-13 - PG-13 is from DB2.  He got 2 stars for clan in last war at DB2 but will not be successful in DB1 wars against th8s.  He's a th8 with th6/7 troops and has 36 wars stars in his profile.

janik - janik is a newer member who is active but only has 6 war stars in his profile.  last war he got 0 stars for the clan.  I spoke to him ahead of time and let him know we would kick and re-invite and he was cool.  he said he'll work on upgrading his troops.

henkelientje - henk is a long-time DB member who rushed his th10 but has slowly been catching up on his troops and defenses.  he has 88 war stars in his profile and still struggles attacking bases around his own level.  so we usually kick and re-invite him for war.

feshkake & InQontrol left and went to db2 before war search began.  thus we were only able to kick 4 people rather than 5 or 6 in order to have a 35 person war.  If we kicked more then 4 additional people would have dropped out who wanted to war.

War Recap: Dragonblood vs. FORASTEIRO$ BR

Hey guys,

Here are the war results from last week.  Cos please re-review so we can determine the war list for the next war.  Also everyone please re-read the war tips posts and if you are new and want to be in war then share a replay of a strong war-like attack so we can decide whether to include you.

War Tips Part 1
War Tips Part 2

Analysis (Why We Lost)

Two wars ago we lost because we could not attack the enemy's top 3 th10 bases and they were able to attack ours and earn 7 extra stars from our top 3 bases.  This war we lost for a few reasons.

1) Less Attacks Used - We used 9 less attacks than enemy and lost by 6 stars.  So everyone needs to use both attacks and go for maximum stars even if this means starting at the bottom and working your way up.  At the end of the war this is the only smart thing to do.  If you know you're not going to be available for war or can't attack or don't feel like attacking or have your heroes or spell factory upgrading etc then just let us know and opt out by leaving and rejoining.

2) Enemy had a better strategy - We did not choose smart targets and build the right armies for those targets.  The enemy had a simple and effective strategy.  They attacked our top 15 bases (th9+) with GoWiPe and the rest of our bases (th8 and below) with mass dragons.  The enemy used a total of 6 different army composition variations to earn their stars.  We used over 10 army compositions including several with giants.  We also did 4 attacks on th9 bases with mass dragons and all of those attacks earned only one star.  The enemy earned 67 stars from mass dragons and we earned only 40.

3) Base designs can improve - Enemy had 5 more 3 stars than us.  If you get 3 starred by an opponent with the same town hall level as you watch the replay and see if and how you can improve your base.  Check out YouTube and Google if you need ideas.

4) War Map Clan Castle donations were not optimal - The enemy had no th10s and we had a th10 in war (Lord GI) with max troops but did not capitalize on that advantage.  We should let our highest players fill the war map first, followed by our lower players.  That's why I always wait to fill the castles.  I want to give LGI a chance to put in his max wizards and archers before I add mine.  We didn't wait and filled the castles with lvl 4+ troops.  Don't worry if the castles aren't filled right away.  They'll get filled.  Be patient.  LGI if you can fill the castles earlier that will help too.

Using 9 less attacks will not get it done.

DB2 War & Kick Report 12/19

Awesome job guys on some strong and decisive war wins!  The last two against clans with more wins than us.  Beating an experienced war clan with 70 wins, nice!!

Congrats to our war heroes who earned 4 or more stars in the war against DarckEmpire!

Lord G.I. - 6 stars
Gard - 5 stars
Waldo - 5 stars
Lloyd - 6 stars
waasyrocks - 4 stars
autumn boyd - 4 stars
Julian B - 4 stars
gol - 6 stars
Hendri - 5 stars
JashuaChang96 - 6 stars
InQontrol - 5 stars
I*Sky84.*I - 5 stars
Soumya - 6 stars
JaYdEe - 5 stars

Unfortunately some were kicked for not participating in war or having poor donations or both.  Here's the kick report:

EggBoyJr - kicked for not using either attack in war and not donating.  In the past he has been a strong attacker and has frequently gotten 6 stars.  I like you Egg but this is not being a good clanny.  We allowed him back into the clan but Egg you need to start donating and be sure to use both attacks from now on.

enemy killer89 - enemy is an active attacker outside of war and is frequently requesting troops.  that's the good news.  the bad news is that he requests and ignores other open requests below his and does not donate to them.  i personally observed many occasions of this.  also he did attack but got 0 combined stars in the last two wars.  I found out that he's LG4LxRadiation's younger brother.  So enemy we'll give you another chance but don't let us down this time.  Be a good clan mate.

Deaththekid51 - kicked for not attacking in war.
Not a gain - kicked for not attacking in war.
Redmont fief - demoted for not attacking in war.

Good news is that we spanked this clan Light Warriors who had 70 War Wins!  I expected them to put up more of a fight but once we put a nice lead they were demoralized and gave up.

DB2 Donations Report 12/7

Hey All,

Great war performance once again!  Here's the end of season donations report for DB2.  Congrats to Kev 2 for donating a whopping 4,000 troops in a season.  Nice job!  Find yourself on the list.  If you have donated less than half what you have received then you need to increase your donations this season to avoid being kicked.  No leeches allowed!  Keep up the good work everyone!

War Report vs Golden Empire

*** DB2 War vs. Golden Empire ***

The Good

Well done to those war heroes that got 4-6 stars in the war!
Dom - 5 stars
Lloyd - 6 stars
(.Y.) - 5 stars
Julian B - 6 stars
EggBoyJr - 6 stars
NightFury - 4 stars
gol - 6 stars
JashuaChang96 - 6 stars
Marwan - 4 stars

The Bad

Trust Me :) had his town hall outside his walls on his war base.  Therefore he gave up two stars easily instead of only one.  Last war we lost by one star.  Every star counts and we should act that way every war.  So everyone should have their town hall well-protected inside their walls.

Chief Awesome used mass barbs with wizards in war attack.  Was somewhat successful on his first attack but failed on his second attack.  Barbs with wizards is not a war army composition.  Giants wizards is much stronger.  Also your town hall is on edge and most of your traps are in the center where your th should be.  You don't have to re-arm traps on war base so why put them where they won't get triggered?  That combined with barbs war attack is not so awesome.  Then you leave and go to db1.  Sorry you didn't graduate yet.  You will get massacred in wars there.  Start getting consistent 6 stars in DB2 first.  You're being kicked from db1.

War base: not so awesome...

wkh dropped giants before killing enemy cc wizards.  it didn't work for you first war attack.  it still doesn't work for your second war attack.  don't do it again.

vedant dropped giants before killing enemy cc wizards.  that still doesn't work.  don't do it again.

zufol dropped giants before killing enemy cc wizards.  that still doesn't work.  don't do it again.

Gavin R. used two lightning spells to fight the enemy cc.  Better to make two healing spells for your giants/wizards and use 20 archers to fight the enemy cc troops.  You could have easily gotten two stars if you did that.  Instead your giants all died before they even penetrated the walls due to giant bomb and wiz tower.  

I noticed several of our lower levels with lvl 2 spell factories are mixing spells, 1 lightning with 1 healing with poor results.  I would recommend just making 2 healing spells and using it for your giants.  Zapping mortars or wiz towers with one lightning spell doesn't destroy the buildings therefore it doesn't help much.  And lightning doesn't kill high level cc wizards.  So that's why I go with healing over lightning.  Make 20 to 30 archers to fight the enemy cc troops.

The Ugly

mvp (#28/30) was kicked for using all giants in his war attack (nothing else).  before he attacked we saw his army comp and told him not to do that because the enemy cc troops would kill all his giants.  he did anyway.  max wizards came out of the cc and made quick work of all 23 of his giants.  he got 8%.  after he failed we mentioned that we told him not to and he had a smart remark.  he was promptly kicked.  his friend in need was way low: 633, nice and tidy: 578.    

trev015 (#29/30)14 minutes later trev015 did the same thing as mvp.  we issued a warning in chat that mvp was kicked for doing that.  trev015 got 0 stars on both attacks: 3% and 36%.  trev you need to level up your troops and improve if you want to participate in wars.  right now you're in jeopardy.  review replays of some of the 3 star war attacks and copy those tactics.

marwan was kicked for name calling and arguing with a co.  he was constantly requesting wizards for his barch farming but would never make wizards himself or donate any even though his barracks could.  also had a bad donation ratio.

DB2 War Analysis vs. Elite Hunters

Lord G.I. (1) vs Duque Juice (2) - 1 Star, tough base but golem and archer queen went around so failed to get town hall and second star

Gard (3) vs SomaKaiba (6) - 2 Stars, for mass dragons 3 lightning spells should be directly centered on air defense.  with all 3 air defenses still up it is difficult to earn more than 2 stars.  other than spell placement was a good attack.  

Kev 2 (37) vs Sertgio (33) - 3 Stars, lured and killed cc troops and executed a good giants/healer attack.

Spetsnaz321 (6) vs Arthas (8) - 2 Stars, barely got the 50%, giants/healer attack on a th8 is difficult to get more than 2 stars if the base has a lot of compartments.

Sky (13) vs Silvia (10) - 2 Stars, 99% well executed mass dragons with 3 lightning spells.  just missed one builder hut.  next time can start one dragon or BK at the corner on the approach.

Scorpion King (28) vs Quero27 (31) - 1 Star, mass giants attack, misplaced 2nd heal spell, otherwise attack was good and may have been 3 stars.

Lloyd (7) vs Lord Luigi (9) - 1 Star, Mass dragons with balloons.  Good army comp but just needed better army placement & spell placement and timing.  Wait to drop spells until army is under heavy fire.  Also since dragons have higher hp, it's better to let them take initial attack and let balloons follow to take out defenses.

I.Sky84.I (32) vs King Cobra (32)  - 0 Stars, 48% needed stronger army comp.  tough to win with barch in war.

KingSlim23 (38) vs xXDiegoXx (38) - 3 Stars, did good killing valk and cc troops before dropping giants.  make a circle with troops around valk instead of dropping all troops together.  Otherwise valk kills them all in one swing and you use more troops.  Good army to complete the job.

Clash The Queen (8) vs Arthas (8) - 1 Star, this base was already 2 starred by Spets. So Queen wasted 11 dragons just to get 1 new star when there were plenty of other bases that hadn't been attacked yet.  We only attack bases that already have stars at the end of the war when all bases have already been attacked or if there are no other bases you can get more stars on.

Zuniga7 (20) vs Daniel's (28) - 1 Star, 2 lightning spells didn't destroy any buildings.  Would have been better to use 2 healing spells for giants.  Also if you attack from th side you will probably get two stars instead of 1.  But difficult to get 3 stars with that army comp and without healers or healing spells.

Marwan (40) vs Coolsioux (45) - 3 Stars, army comp was fine for that base.  could have had better heal spell placement and put one archer in corner to begin with, but did good attacking clan castle first and getting the triple.

Kev 2 (37) vs Tenito007 (34) - 3 Stars, giants/healer good army comp and lured and killed clan castle first.  textbook attack.

Trev015 (43) vs Alain (44) - 0 Stars, 12% due to an all barbs army.  one of the weakest possible armies is not appropriate for war.  the single valk in cc killed most of them.  if you're not sure of army to use, just ask a co.

Marwan (40) vs akki (23) - 1 Star, this was an obvious town hall snipe way above your town hall level.  there were plenty of lower bases available to attack to earn 3 stars.  i spoke with you in game chat and you have been warned.  The war is close and victory is not guaranteed.  Next time you go for loot instead of trying to get 3 stars you will be kicked.  Everyone is trying their best to get three stars and you are trying to get gold which you won't even get if we lose.  Boo.

Zufol (31) vs 007 (36) - 0 Stars, Giants/healer attack.  Good army comp but did not kill clan castle troops before dropping giants.  So all giants went bye bye and attack had no chance at that point.

Gard vs Gerogalarza - 0 Stars,

Crale1st vs Francisco - 0 Stars,

Crale1st vs Metalcoredani - 1 Star,

Coconut vs King Cobra - 0 Stars,

Scorpion King vs King Cobra - 3 Stars,

KingSlim23 vs Javier - 0 Stars,

Ysha Brina Slac vs 007 - 2 Stars,

Lloyd vs Francisco - 3 Stars,

Feshkake vs Ying - 2 Stars,

Vedant vs Anthony - 1 Star,

Smosh vs The - 0 Stars,

Trev015 vs Jacky - 1 Star,

EggBoy Jr vs Alderuiz.I. - 0 Stars,

Sky vs MetalCoredani - 2 Stars,

I.Sky84.I vs Danekxx - 3 Stars,

EggBoy Jr vs Roy - 3 Stars,

Bud vs Alderuiz.I. - 3 Stars,

Glenn vs Charly - 0 Stars,

Meadhbhuel vs Lord Luigi - 0 Stars,

Smosh vs Sinfrit - 3 Stars,

Soumya vs Bsts - 0 Stars, 17 giants all killed by the clan castle troops.  0%.  Lure and kill cc troops first.  Giants attack defenses, they will not defend themselves.

Soumya vs Charly - 0 Stars, Lured and killed cc troops this time which was better.  Needed healing sooner for giants and did not make enough cleanup troops.  So not best army composition.  31%

Spetsnaz321 vs Gerogalarza - 2 Stars,

Gol vs Juan - 3 Stars,

Zuniga7 vs iJuanfe - 0 Stars,

Vedant vs Alain - 1 Star,

InQontrol vs TheSlalder - 2 Stars,

Trust Me :) vs Max Litvac - 2 Stars,

Gol vs iJuanfe - 3 Stars,

Glenn vs Bsts - 3 Stars,

Ysha Brina Slac vs Charly - 3 Stars,

NightFury (17) vs Arlin (24) - 0 Stars, 28%, dropped all 18 giants before luring clan castle.  dragon killed all of them and that ended any chance for success.  This TH7 base had 0 stars earned at the end of war.

Clash The Queen vs Lord Luigi - 1 Star, 80%

KillerKing32 vs Alain - 0 Stars,

Meadhbhuel vs Flavio - 3 Stars

InQontrol vs Javier - 0 Stars,

IMBA vs Jacky - 2 Stars,

Dom vs Javier - 3 Stars,

IMBA vs Anthony - 2 Stars,

Zufol vs Alain - 0 Stars,

Bud vs Cristian - 3 Stars,

Lord G.I. vs Marco G - 3 Stars,

Wkh vs Alain - 1 Star,

Dom vs The - 3 Stars,

Derfred vs Zetuan - 1 Star,

Wkh vs Geiner Sanchez - 0 Stars, 21%

BigDave699 vs Angel - 0 Stars, 35%

Trust Me :) vs Geiner Sanchez - 0 Stars,

NightFury vs Geiner Sanchez - 2 Stars,

Gavin R. vs Oscar - 0 Stars, 26%

BigDave699 vs Clu-Clan - 3 Stars,

Feshkake vs P.e.k.k.a - 3 Stars,

Gavin R (25) vs Quero27 (31) - 0 Stars, Our final attack of the war to win, lose or draw.  Used 2 lightning spells on the clan castle dragon which did nothing.  This base was already attacked and had one star so could have watched the replay to see there was a dragon in the clan castle.  Should have lured dragon to corner away from distractions to use less troops to kill it.  Remaining giants and wizards were not enough to get more than 50% without healer or healing spell.  2 healing spells and a healer would have served Gavin better than the lightning spells.

    

10/27 Kick Report

Awesome job in War vs Avengers Elite!  It was a nail-biter with several lead changes which came down to the wire but we pulled out the victory through superior attacking and defending even though we used less attacks than the enemy.

We did have a few people that were kicked or left after or during war.  Here's an account:

Omar "Overdose" Diaz - war mercenary, left after both attacks used, welcome to return

Jim - war mercenary, left after both attacks used, welcome to return

Megan6*8*12 - level 71 graduate from DB2, left after war without saying a word, earned 0 stars in war, troops below th level w/low war hero, not welcome back

HWNejxjd - long-time member did not use either war attack and did not give prior notice that would be unavailable for war.  was kicked and is not welcome back unless good excuse.

Dr. Meng - long-time member did not use either war attack and did not give prior notice that would be unavailable for war.  was seen in chat during war day.  was kicked and is not welcome back unless good excuse.

Sir Francis - left during war prep day and did not return even after invite was sent.  Was seen camping in a Request and Leave clan and then was clanless following that.  Second time he left the clan.  Banned for leaving during war.  The penalty for that should be death!

Akhil - was kicked from DB2 for only using 1 war attack and attacking the lowest available base (a th6) when he was a th9.  He did this in the first half of the war.  Attack your own town hall level in war, or at most one level below.  Common sense!

DB2 2nd War Results

War Results for Second War @ DB2 - War Stars Leaderboard

Congrats Guys on Another Victory @ DB2!  Here's the war leaderboard.

Dragonblood 2 War # 2 Results  90-67
War Base #	Name	1st Atk #		2 Atk #		Total Stars	Total War Stars	Notes
1	Lord G.I.	4	3	9	3	6	6
3	Feshkake	7	3	8	3	6	6	Graduated to DB
7	Clash The Queen	10	3	12	3	6	6
9	tito 48	11	3	13	3	6	6	Returned to DB
26	DaBigMan;-)	33	3	34	3	6	6
31	Scorpion King	32	3	35	3	6	6
5	bigdave699	5	3	6	3	6	5	Returned to DB
12	zeen24000	31	3	25	2	5	5
29	InQontrol	29	3	28	2	5	5
4	Buster	15	3	16	3	6	4	Returned to DB, attacked at end to do war cleanup
6	Dom	6	1	14	3	4	4
10	NightFury	17	2	21	3	5	4
11	Gard Dawg \m/	22	3	21	1	4	4
17	gol	18	3	16	1	4	4
2	akhil	19	3	-	0	3	3
18	Trust Me :)	24	2	26	1	3	3
19	enemy killer89	27	3	25	0	3	3
14	Gavin R.	23	1	20	2	3	2
15	IMBA	26	3	21	0	3	2
16	boss	30	2	21	0	2	2
8	Aaron	15	1	-	0	1	1
13	Andy	17	0	25	3	3	1
22	terminator	26	0	23	2	2	1
30	soumya	23	0	20	1	1	1
20	glenn	-	0	-	0	0	0	Did not use attacks, kicked
21	Timtation	-	0	-	0	0	0	Left during war, banned
23	nardo	-	0	-	0	0	0	Left during war, banned
24	killerking32	26	0	25	0	0	0
25	Gonzoboy0210rox	-	0	-	0	0	0	Did not use attacks, kicked
27	krmanj	-	0	-	0	0	0	Did not use attacks, kicked
28	trev015	26	0	30	0	0	0
32	Yy46	-	0	-	0	0	0	Did not use attacks, kicked
33	Chano	31	0	29	0	0	0
34	Vivian	-	0	-	0	0	0	Did not use attacks, kicked
35	ujjwal	-	0	-	0	0	0	Did not use attacks, kicked