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There's (3) types of bases in CoC. First there's the Hybrid Base, this is the most common layout you'll see in the game and the type of layout I run. The set up is very basic but effective. Here are (7) tips to building a Hybrid Base.
Hybrid Base
Aim: To protect both trophies and resources.
1. Air Defenses and Mortars need to be well spread but they are normally also fairly centralised as well.
2. Everything in middle.
3. Consider what to protect the most.
4. You can have an interchangeable layout so you can swap storages with defences so that different things are more heavily protected.
5. Another thing you may wish to do is placing wizard towers around storages and within range of each other. This way you can destroy hordes and goblins easily.
6. It is also recommended that you have your clan castle and barbarian king as central as possible so they can cover your entire base. Prioritise the positioning of these defences over cannons or archer towers which can be placed on the outskirts of your base.
7. Most Hybrid bases are segmented by walls so that each compartment isn’t very big. This is a good idea so that the enemy doesn’t steal all resources and destroy town hall all at once. So spread out your valuables so they can’t steal it all at once. However make sure they are still well protected. If you are a higher enough level make sure your storages aren’t in the outermost part of your base. Make any attacker have to go through at least two walls to get to a storage.
The second type of Base is the Farming Base, this layout is used for well farming. It's main goal is to gather resources so that the player can level up there buildings in a quicker pace.
Farming Base
Aim: To protect your resources
1. This is so you can upgrade your defenses. Many people purposely drop their trophy level in order to avoid being attacked by higher level players and losing too many resources. However there are still plenty of people who are capable of destroying a higher level base but with a low trophy count so you need to ensure your bases defense is tight.
2. You have a main compartment in the middle of the base with your clan castle and dark elixir storage. Having your clan castle central, with many troops inside, will provide maximum protection of your base. Also, dark elixir is very precious so placing this in the middle of the base will be vital as it will be well protected there.
3. I would then distribute your storage evenly around your main compartment so you don’t lose all your resources at once. Make sure each of them is well protected by two or three well placed defensive buildings. Many people on this website have talked about triangulation of defensive buildings and I believe that it is a very important aspect of your base. It is the idea that your defenses are distributed to ensure maximum coverage of your entire base. Triangulation is particularly important for mortars and air defenses as they can wreak havoc with the attacker’s army.
4. Also make sure you put as many collectors inside your walled base as possible as collectors can be an easy source of resources for an attacker if they are not emptied regularly.
5. Segmentation is not as important in farming bases as there tend to be larger compartments that contain storages and several defensive buildings; however it is still wise to use it when you can. I would recommend a layout like a 3 ring defence.
6. Firstly in your first ring or main compartment place your clan castle and most prized storage and a couple of defences e.g. Mortar and air defence. In the main second ring split it up so you have roughly four compartments with a storage each but with several defences e.g. Gold and elixir storages + wizard towers and mortars (xbow if you are TH9+). And in your third ring place collectors and other defensive buildings like cannons and archer towers. See my farming bases for a visual example.
8. Your town hall should be on the outside to lure enemy attackers to attack this and not your resources. You can place traps around it as you may defeat small archer raids this way but that isn’t too likely. You will lose trophies when farming.
Winning while using a Framing Base.
If you want to win a lot of defenses with farming, then here are some tips;
1. Don't place your town hall in a corner; this will insure that you lose every defense, instead place it by your outside walls, because the attacker might not be able to find it.
2. Have your highest level defenses in range of the town hall; make sure they can shoot archers/wizards too. Have a max possible level archer tower, cannon, and mortar. If they can shoot barbarians and archers, then they will be killed very quickly.
3. Have high level gold mines and collectors outside your walls; dispite about what they say about this, if you are a frequent player, then this wont be a very big problem; The attacker might see that you have a lot of available loot and attack your mines and collectors rather then your town hall; this is a good trick if you have level 9-11 gold and elixir storages, because they will usually look nearly empty; Then the attacker will realize that there wasn't very much and the remaining troops will be unable to destroy the town hall.
Finally the Defensive Base layout is the third type of base. This layout is designed to Protect your Trophies that you have won in battle.
Defensive Bases
Aim: Protect Trophies
1. The town hall is normally situated in a main compartment with the clan castle air defense, mortars and if you are a higher level x-bow and inferno tower. This means that whatever level you are you need to have a centralised town hall that is heavily protected.
2. There are also normally a few walled layers between the town hall and the edge of the base. This may have defensive buildings inside or it maybe one space between walls to make attacking troops destroy another wall layer. Either of these methods is an effective way of slowingdown potential attackers. I like placing a few bombs or spring traps in these areas.
3. You also need to make sure that you don’t expose too much of your base as well as you can lose trophies at the one star stage of over 50% damage to your base. So you need to make sure that enough buildings are walled around but there are enough layers of walls to protect your town hall. It is a tricky compromise.
4. You can lure attacking armies by placing your storages outside your walls. This will of course lead to major resource loss but you can be clever in you placement you can cause significant damage to their army while they take your resources. You need to make a slight open inlet into you base where the storages are placed. You can then surround these with defences so when the army is lured, you can almost wipe them out and keep overall base damage percentage low. They might not always target that bit so you will need to ensure that the rest of your base is still protected.
Luckly CoC allows you to store multiple layouts so, you could set your layout to Farming resources during the week and then switch the layout to Defensive for when your clan starts a war.
Hybrid Base
Aim: To protect both trophies and resources.
1. Air Defenses and Mortars need to be well spread but they are normally also fairly centralised as well.
2. Everything in middle.
3. Consider what to protect the most.
4. You can have an interchangeable layout so you can swap storages with defences so that different things are more heavily protected.
5. Another thing you may wish to do is placing wizard towers around storages and within range of each other. This way you can destroy hordes and goblins easily.
6. It is also recommended that you have your clan castle and barbarian king as central as possible so they can cover your entire base. Prioritise the positioning of these defences over cannons or archer towers which can be placed on the outskirts of your base.
7. Most Hybrid bases are segmented by walls so that each compartment isn’t very big. This is a good idea so that the enemy doesn’t steal all resources and destroy town hall all at once. So spread out your valuables so they can’t steal it all at once. However make sure they are still well protected. If you are a higher enough level make sure your storages aren’t in the outermost part of your base. Make any attacker have to go through at least two walls to get to a storage.
The second type of Base is the Farming Base, this layout is used for well farming. It's main goal is to gather resources so that the player can level up there buildings in a quicker pace.
Farming Base
Aim: To protect your resources
1. This is so you can upgrade your defenses. Many people purposely drop their trophy level in order to avoid being attacked by higher level players and losing too many resources. However there are still plenty of people who are capable of destroying a higher level base but with a low trophy count so you need to ensure your bases defense is tight.
2. You have a main compartment in the middle of the base with your clan castle and dark elixir storage. Having your clan castle central, with many troops inside, will provide maximum protection of your base. Also, dark elixir is very precious so placing this in the middle of the base will be vital as it will be well protected there.
3. I would then distribute your storage evenly around your main compartment so you don’t lose all your resources at once. Make sure each of them is well protected by two or three well placed defensive buildings. Many people on this website have talked about triangulation of defensive buildings and I believe that it is a very important aspect of your base. It is the idea that your defenses are distributed to ensure maximum coverage of your entire base. Triangulation is particularly important for mortars and air defenses as they can wreak havoc with the attacker’s army.
4. Also make sure you put as many collectors inside your walled base as possible as collectors can be an easy source of resources for an attacker if they are not emptied regularly.
5. Segmentation is not as important in farming bases as there tend to be larger compartments that contain storages and several defensive buildings; however it is still wise to use it when you can. I would recommend a layout like a 3 ring defence.
6. Firstly in your first ring or main compartment place your clan castle and most prized storage and a couple of defences e.g. Mortar and air defence. In the main second ring split it up so you have roughly four compartments with a storage each but with several defences e.g. Gold and elixir storages + wizard towers and mortars (xbow if you are TH9+). And in your third ring place collectors and other defensive buildings like cannons and archer towers. See my farming bases for a visual example.
8. Your town hall should be on the outside to lure enemy attackers to attack this and not your resources. You can place traps around it as you may defeat small archer raids this way but that isn’t too likely. You will lose trophies when farming.
Winning while using a Framing Base.
If you want to win a lot of defenses with farming, then here are some tips;
1. Don't place your town hall in a corner; this will insure that you lose every defense, instead place it by your outside walls, because the attacker might not be able to find it.
2. Have your highest level defenses in range of the town hall; make sure they can shoot archers/wizards too. Have a max possible level archer tower, cannon, and mortar. If they can shoot barbarians and archers, then they will be killed very quickly.
3. Have high level gold mines and collectors outside your walls; dispite about what they say about this, if you are a frequent player, then this wont be a very big problem; The attacker might see that you have a lot of available loot and attack your mines and collectors rather then your town hall; this is a good trick if you have level 9-11 gold and elixir storages, because they will usually look nearly empty; Then the attacker will realize that there wasn't very much and the remaining troops will be unable to destroy the town hall.
Finally the Defensive Base layout is the third type of base. This layout is designed to Protect your Trophies that you have won in battle.
Defensive Bases
Aim: Protect Trophies
1. The town hall is normally situated in a main compartment with the clan castle air defense, mortars and if you are a higher level x-bow and inferno tower. This means that whatever level you are you need to have a centralised town hall that is heavily protected.
2. There are also normally a few walled layers between the town hall and the edge of the base. This may have defensive buildings inside or it maybe one space between walls to make attacking troops destroy another wall layer. Either of these methods is an effective way of slowingdown potential attackers. I like placing a few bombs or spring traps in these areas.
3. You also need to make sure that you don’t expose too much of your base as well as you can lose trophies at the one star stage of over 50% damage to your base. So you need to make sure that enough buildings are walled around but there are enough layers of walls to protect your town hall. It is a tricky compromise.
4. You can lure attacking armies by placing your storages outside your walls. This will of course lead to major resource loss but you can be clever in you placement you can cause significant damage to their army while they take your resources. You need to make a slight open inlet into you base where the storages are placed. You can then surround these with defences so when the army is lured, you can almost wipe them out and keep overall base damage percentage low. They might not always target that bit so you will need to ensure that the rest of your base is still protected.
Luckly CoC allows you to store multiple layouts so, you could set your layout to Farming resources during the week and then switch the layout to Defensive for when your clan starts a war.
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