General Rules For War

[Matt]

1.  Welcome to the clan.  We do clan wars twice a week every week.  If you do not want to participate in a clan war then make sure you have "opted out" of clan wars on your profile page.  Prolonged inactivity (no donations, no troop requests, no clan chat, and remaining opted out of clan wars) will result in dismissal from the clan to make room for others who may be more active and involved.

2.  If you are selected to participate in a clan war, make sure you understand the instructions from the leaders.  As a general rule, all participants should make their 1st attack within 8 hours of the battle day beginning.  Typically, we will attack straight across and take the enemy with the same number.  On the war page, if you are our #7 base, then you would attack enemy #7.  If we are facing a particularly difficult clan, we may attack 1 below.  In the above example, our #7 base would attack enemy #8.

We make our 1st attacks and then WAIT for further instructions.  Everyone needs to attack and then the coleaders determine a plan for the 2nd attacks to maximize the score and win.  If 1st attacks are not completed within the first 12 hours of battle day, then those enemy bases may be assigned to someone for their 2nd attack.

When the clan works together as a team and does well on 1st attacks, the 2nd attacks may be used to maximize loot, but only if a victory is already assured.

Fill your clan castle with high level troops, utilize spells, and ask for help with tactics or attack strategies.  We win or lose as a team.

[Matt]

Just some observations after watching lots of enemy attacks on our bases, especially our TH 7's and lower.

1.  It seems self-explanatory, but your TH and your CC should be located in, or very near, the center of your base.  Do NOT make it easy for the enemy to pull out your defensive troops from the CC.

2.  Most war attacks against TH 7's and early TH 8's will be with dragons.  Make sure your air defenses are upgraded as much as possible and centrally located (not near the edges of your base).  Place your gold and elixir storages just outside of the air defenses.  They have a LOT of hit points and it takes a while for dragons to kill them, so your air defenses can keep shooting for a long time.

3.  If you are TH 7, you need to get your barracks to level 9 ASAP.  Dragon attacks against other TH 7's and some TH 8's are almost guaranteed 3 star wins when executed properly.

Feel free to reply with any tips and tricks or strategies, and clash on!