To fight back an enemy and keep your resources safe, you need to design your base the best way you can. Here are some examples of how to do it right on different town halls levels.
TH 3
After you play a while and get to know main principles of the game, it is time to understand niceties of lineups. We'll start with Level 3 town hall — on this level it's better to ignore cups in order not to provoke enemies, and have about 300-500 of them. In addition, it is preferable not to buy expensive units — they just will not pay off.
Here are some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense:
Some more:
TH 4
Improve town hall to Level 4 and gain ability to create new buildings.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense:
TH5
On the 5th level you will get towers with mages and archers. At this stage, you should start creating walls around defensive structures. Basically, it's better not to rush to Level 6, because Level 5 is actually pretty good for farming. In many variants TH is put outside the walls, so the enemy attacks it first, and after it's destroyed you'll get the shield which will protect you for a couple of hours.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense:
TH 6
In the beginning we build all new available structures and upgrade them. We'd recommend not to leave empty space in the middle of the base, because enemies can attack you there.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense:
TH 7
You get lots of new buildings on Level 7, and before you go to the next level it's better to fill up all your warehouses with resourses and upgrade all your buildings.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense:
TH 8
First thing to do is to build and upgrade defensive structures, then take care of Dark Elixir Drill and start to extract dark elixir. Upgraiding the King is also a great idea.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense:
TH 9
On the 9th level you'll get new defensive structures and the Queen.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense, but be careful — it's getting much harder:
TH 10
On Level 10 you'll get Inferno Towers, though they are quite expensive.
Some variants for good farming:
Here are variants for sets of cups, focused on the defense, but be careful — it's getting much harder: