Clan Wars

Hello Clan...

If you read nothing else, read (and FOLLOW) the check lists below. But, if you have the time, please read Hab's post on Clan Wars.

If you're not planning on participating, please move to McRuger 2, before war is declared. This is very important!!!!!

Basic Check list:

Prep Day
-Set your request message in the war screen.
-If you've got high level troops, do some donating.
-If you don't have high level troops, don't donate.
-Before prep day ends, move your town hall inside and setup a strong defense.

Attack Day
-No matter what, attack twice. Everyone should fight!
-For your first attack, pick a base you KNOW you can 3 star.
-Scout that base well and build a strong army and spell set.
-Wipe it out for 3 stars
-The higher your Level, the longer you should wait to attack so you can see where the bases we're struggling with are.
-On your second attack, look for the easy stars. Better to pick up one more easy star, than pushing yourself and only getting one star on a high level base.
-If you have questions about who you should attack, ask Hab or BD. 

Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about specifics. First off, lets get clear on the basics of a clan war. It takes place over 2 days 48 hours, each with their own role.

Day 1: Preparation Day
Prep day is about two things- scoping out the other side and getting donations. I'll talk more about donations in it's own section, but please note that these are the ONLY clan troops you'll get during the attack day. However, they'll always be present for both of your attacks and any base defenses.

Second thing is to get your base setup for attacks. Move your town hall inside your defenses, and basically set up your base as if you were trophy pushing.

Day 2: Battle Day
It's attack time!! You'll get two attacks against two different bases. Make those attacks count. Build the strongest army you can, and plan on using every spell you've got. However, the real key is picking the right person to attack. The game will "recommend" a base for you to attack, but that's probably a bad idea. That base is basically who you are equal to in the game, and there is a good chance that you won't be able to 3 star. Speaking of which...

Stars, Stars, Stars...
Clan war is ALL about getting stars. The worst thing you can do is lose an attack entirely, but getting just one star is often almost as bad. The reason is that everyone is going to end up moving down from their recommended base, which means a 1 star attack is meaningless when a higher level player shows up and wipes the base out for 3 stars. Your attack would have been better used picking up an easy 3rd star from a lower lvl base that had already been 1 or 2 star'd.

That leads to...

Hab's Theory of How Attack Day Ought to Go:
Above all, everyone needs to use both attacks. If your schedule means that you can only attack at a particular time, then attack then. Everyone attacking is more important than anything else.

With that out of the way, here is how attack day ought to go:

-Lower Level players should attack first. For your first attack, pick someone you KNOW you can get 3 stars on.  Don't be greedy. If this means fighting someone at a lower level than you, that's just fine. The goal here is to wipe out as many bases as possible as early as possible, so that the higher level players can help later on.

-Wait as long as you can for your second attack. The goal here is to give everyone a chance for one fight and to see how the war flows.

-Higher level players should wait to attack as LONG as possible. By waiting, they get the chance to find out where the gaps are and drop down to wipe those bases out.

-Get all the information you can before you attack. If the base has been attacked before, watch the replay. If that person has attacked someone, watch that attack. What's in their clan castle? Are you sure you've built the best army to attack that base?

-Don't be a hero on your second attack. It's very likely that a small number of bases will show up in the middle with 3 stars for the taking. Those bases are traps. Watch the attacks that have failed, and if you're SURE you can wipe the base out then go for it. But it's likely that you'd be better off not doing that...

-With your second attack, look for places you can cleanup. At the end of our war, a large number of bases at the bottom of the lists were only 2 star'd. Picking up those easy stars is often better than losing a battle entirely.

On Donations:
-Donations are ONLY used for defense.  You can request specific troops, but make good choices.  Above all, pick troops that can defend against air.  Wizards and Archers are the best general choice though Dragons and Witches can also work well.  Hogs, Pekka, and any other ground only unit are terrible ones.  Don't request them, don't donate them.

-As a rule of thumb, donate below you in the war list, not above unless you're donating very high level units. Never donate something someone doesn't want. If you can't donate due to low troops, that's just fine. Basically, we want everyone to have the highly level troops our clan has to offer.

-If you're at the bottom of the clan levels, don't donate at all. Everyone wants to contribute, but this is a place where the top of the clan can help a lot more than the bottom.