Simple Defensive Strategies

Hi everybody,  for today's post I wanted to share some defensive tips & strategies that are very simple.  Where you can use immediately on your base.  Now this game is offensively biased, since higher level players can drop trophies to bully on weaker smaller opponents.  With that being said, here are a couple of tips I've noticed that have helped me defensively.

Lets first start with the builders hut.  A lot of players love to place the builders huts in the corners to prevent their base from getting 3 starred.  This is a decent defense strategy, but for veteran players who farm, you're giving away free buildings.  Now I've noticed that the area of the screen that's difficult to see is the bottom corner.  This area is THE PERFECT location to place a builders hut.  I myself have missed this during the rush of battle.  Here's some pictures from my base to illustrate.

This screen shows what an attacker immediately sees:

This picture shows where the builders hut is:

Now the reason why this bottom corner is the perfect location to place the builders hut is that the attacker has to spend precious time to zoom out and scroll down which some players will forget.  Also on the attackers screen there's going to be the row of images of his troops which can make the hut more difficult to see.  You have to actively look for it.  This simple tip here will help your base get 3 starred less assuming your base can slow down strong attackers and make the timer run out.

Now the 2nd tip I wanted to share is the funneling strategy.  This is where you can dictate where you want enemy troops to go and attack.  Thus setting their army up for a quick death with traps and your buildings.  I noticed that attackers will try to avoid areas of the walls that have openings since they sense traps will be waiting for their troops.  However you can make a small opening and HIDE IT from view with an archer tower and an elixir pump.  Let me show you.

Picture of the base again.  Can you spot the openings in my walls?

Now here's the picture with the archer tower out of the way.

I also placed another hidden opening in the wall at the very bottom corner of the base where the wizard tower is being upgraded.  The elixir pump is hiding the opening there as well.  So this little tip of hiding the holes in the walls opens up a lot of defensive opportunities for trap placements.  You could put bombs and spring boards there and the other player can easily have their giants and other troops be funneled to them and they wont even see it coming. 

Well hope this helps you guys.  Until the next post. Peace