Weekly Update (Apr 28) - E-Dragons

 

Town Hall Level 12 - Week 15

Trophies : 3,390 (+144)  (Champions League III)

Here's the latest update after the fifteenth week following the TH12 upgrade.  Another advance in trophies this week but the attacks are getting harder at this level and I suffered a few 3* defeats.  It's interesting to see how the attack strategies change as you move up the levels.

There are still 6 archer towers, 6 cannons and 3 mortars to upgrade but we are edging ever close to a TH13 upgrade.  I'm putting more emphasis on the hero upgrades at this point as I want them to be maxed out before the move to TH13 

Here's what the base looks like right now.

Current Upgrades in Progress

Archer Tower - Level 16

Grand Warden - Level 26

Hidden Tesla - Level 10

Mortar - Level 12

Inferno Tower - Level 5

Cannon - Level 17

Hero Levels

Archer Queen - Level 55 (+2)

Grand Warden - Level 25 (+1)

Barbarian King - Level 50 

Wall Upgrades Remaining - 216 (-11)

I'm starting to push the hero upgrades with 3 level ups this week.  There have been 4 3* attacks on the base since the last update.  Most have been a variation on the Golem / Witch attack that I started to see on my base a couple of weeks ago. I've tried to replicate this but it requires at least a level 9 golem and I'm not quite there yet.

As I'm using yetis in the siege machine (Battle Blimp) I decided to upgrade that troop next.  It's still got a couple of days to finish and then I'll push on with the Golems.

Builder Base

Trophies :  3,350 (+170)

The trap upgrades are reaching the end of the line with just 4 push traps requiring two upgrades each to max them out.  The hog gliders are now at level 9 and waiting on more elixir before moving them to level 10.  They have started to be useful as part of the attack with some bases.  

The new attack setup is 1 hog glider (9), 2 baby dragon (18) and 3 cannon cart (18) plus the Battle Machine (30).  This has helped push the trophy amount up to 3,350.  

Tip of the Week

Let's continue our look at troop upgrades for TH12.  We now have nine troops prioritized for upgrade at TH12 based on the value that each upgrade represents.  Let's add a tenth to the mix and review the E-Dragon!

At TH12, the e-dragon can be upgraded from Level 2 to 3.  The improvement in stats is shown below:

Damage Per Second (DPS) : 270 + 30 = 300

Hit points (HP)  3,700 + 500 = 4,200

The total upgrade value points or UVP (increase in DPS + increase HP) = (30 + 500) = 530

This upgrade costs 7,700,000 Elixir or 60,185 per upgrade value point

So where do e-drags fit into the upgrade list?

1.) Dragon              13K / UVP

2.) E-Dragon          14K / UVP

3.) Giant                 24K / UVP

4.) PEKKA             39K / UVP

5.) Loons.               41K / UVP

6.) Baby Dragon    57K / UVP

7.) Miners              62K / UVP 

8.) Wizard              185K / UVP

9.) Barb                  193K / UVP

10.) Archer             900K / UVP

Straight in at #2 and close in value to the regular dragons.  Remember, e-drags do damage to multiple targets when they attack and their health can be boosted with the use of the grand warden in air mode.  This is why you see so many zap - drag / edrag attacks at this TH level.  Make sure you upgrade these early once you've got to TH12.

That leaves us with just one regular troop to review at TH12 - The Yeti!  After that, we'll take a look at the Dark Elixir Troops 

Until then

Clash On!

Dark Destroyer.