Weekly Update (May 19th) - Builder Base Update

 

Town Hall Level 12 - Week 18

Home Village

Trophies : 3,585 (+48)  (Champions League II)

Here's the latest update after the eighteenth week following the TH12 upgrade.  I've managed to halt the fall in trophies as some key upgrades have completed (e.g. inferno tower).  In addition, the resource issues are over for now and I have a better schedule of upgrades planned again with plenty in the treasury due to the double bonus that ran this week.

The archer towers and cannons are taking longer than expected as they can both be upgraded by two levels for TH12.  

Here's what the base looks like right now.

Current Upgrades in Progress

Barbarian King - Leve 51

Mortar - Level 12

Mortar - Level 12

Archer Tower - Level 16

Hidden Tesla - Level 10

Cannon - Level 17

Hero Levels

Archer Queen - Level 57 

Grand Warden - Level 29 (+1)

Barbarian King - Level 50 

Wall Upgrades Remaining - 184 (-5)

Only one hero upgrade this week although the Barbarian King will be at level 51 in a few hours.  I've been ok with this hero out for a week although it does make the attacks a little more difficult.  I don't think I want more than one hero down at a time.

There have been a couple of 3* attacks on the base this week although the log only goes back 2 days for now for some reason.  I've run a number of attacks with Golems / Witches / Bowlers as they are all maxed for TH12 now.  They average around 60% damage and 2* in terms of victories.  Not as good as I hoped but let's see what happens when the Barb King is back in action.  

In the Lab, the Golems are upgraded to level 9 now and I'm getting the Ice Golem to level 4 (5 days to go).

Builder Base

Trophies :  3,371 (+12)  Steel League III

So the big upgrade is here!  There's a lot to take in so I'm happy that the trophies didn't take a hit through this process.  I've weighted my first base with a little more defense than the second so we'll see how that holds out over the next week.  

One big recommendation is to ensure that you are watching the replays of your defenses.  There are a whole set of new abilities with the troops and they all have an impact on your base design.  For example, the cannon cart can now use a ranged attack in artillery mode.  You need to ensure that you have cover at the edges of the base or your buildings will get easily picked off.

Also, make sure you move OTTO's Outpost to the middle of the second base as this is worth a star if destroyed.  

The troop upgrades are on hold for now as mass baby dragons seems to work very well with the new flame sneeze ability.  I have a cannon going to level 8 and  the new reinforcement camp is being built to add more troops to the second stage attack.  Next on the list will be the healing hut.

Dark Elixir Troops - TH12

So last week we started to review the dark elixir troops.  This week we'll take a look at the Minion and see where it should fit into your plans.

At TH12, the hog rider can be upgraded two levels from Level 7 to 9.  The improvement in stats is shown below (I'll break out both upgrades).

Level 8

Damage Per Second (DPS) : 135 + 8 = 148

Hit points (HP)  700 + 110 = 810

The total upgrade value points or UVP (increase in DPS + increase HP) = (8+110) = 118

This upgrade costs 105,000 Dark Elixir or 890 per upgrade value point

Level 9

Damage Per Second (DPS) : 148 + 13 = 161

Hit points (HP)  810 + 80 = 890

The total upgrade value points or UVP (increase in DPS + increase HP) = (13+80) = 93

This upgrade costs 168,000 Dark Elixir or 1,806 per upgrade value point

Remember, last week we estimated that Dark Elixir is worth 100x regular elixir based on the rate that it is produced at TH12.  Therefore the UVP for the hog rider at these levels is

Level 8 = 89K

Level 9 = 181K

Our updated list would look as follows.

Dragon              13K / UVP

E-Dragon          14K / UVP

Giant                 24K / UVP

Yeti                    24K / UVP

PEKKA             39K / UVP

Loons.               41K / UVP

Baby Dragon    57K / UVP

Miners              62K / UVP 

Hog Rider (8).  89K / UVP

Hog Rider (9).  181K / UVP

Wizard              185K / UVP

Minons             1,050 / UVP (DE)

Barb                  193K / UVP

Archer               900K / UVP

Next week, we'll take a look at the Valkyrie and see where she should fit in your upgrade plans.

Until then

Clash On!

Dark Destroyer.