I have been getting a lot of questions lately regarding how I reached Champions League (3500 was my max) by barching. This is a semi-comprehensive guide that I shared with my clan.





Hope this helps anyone looking to master this troop composition!

Barching to Champions League 101

Why does barch work?

Many base designers are mostly worried about protecting the center of their base. To do this they put their strongest defenses in the core and leave point defenses to cover the outside. These defenses only target one at a time and are left vulnerable to multiple targets overpowering them.

The basics:

The aim is to get 50%. To do this to a th10 you need to destroy 39 buildings.

Typical army comp is 75barbs, 165 arch. Bring 5 lightning spells and both heroes.

Search for bases that offer 27+ cups. (9 for one star)

Selecting a base:

This is the most critical part of barch and the most difficult.

Some count 39 buildings that they think they can destroy. I prefer to look for specific types of buildings:

Mines, collectors, drills, builder huts, hero altars, army camps, and barracks. All of these can commonly be found outside walls and easily accessed. If all of these buildings are outside or most are outside and a few directly behind a wall, then locate their key defenses...

(Note: builder huts and hero altars can be lightninged if in the center if in a pinch)

The 4 main types of defenses to watch out for are multi-target infernos, xbows, wizard towers, and mortars.

If discos are near the outside, this is an instant skip. Discos fry barch faster than you can deploy it.

Xbows are the second most devastating. If two of 3 are near the outside if the base and cover several building you need to get, skip.

Mortars and wizard towers are less dangerous, but can wreck a raid. Try to avoid mortars that cannot be destroyed, but still cover several buildings. In many cases there is 2 central mortars and one outer that covers collectors and such, in this case: lightning the outer mortar twice before you attack.

Deployment:

Most barch attacks will happen quickly so take your time luring heroes and CC (if applicable)

Lure heroes to a corner that is not covered by defenses. Always fill your CC with the troops you use to kill heroes. If you have wiz or witch in CC, deploy 4-6 barbs at heroes before deploying CC to tank.

Luring clan castle. Rarely do I lure clan castles. Typically they are more central and a barch raid can be nearly finished before it is activated.

If a clan castle covers a large portion of the buildings you need to destroy, lure it to a corner. Use a lightning spell to save troops if there is a witch or if there is 20+ archers.

When you are finally ready to deploy troops, it is critical to check for outlying Giant Bombs.

GBs insta-kill barch and can kill a raid if they kill enough. Use 5-10 test barbs on places you suspect a GB may be. Common spots are:

In front of an exposed wall, in between builder huts, in front of exposed de drills. Anywhere you see a suspicious 2x2 opening. Then it's time to deploy.

Speed is key when deploying barch. I use one hand to deploy and one to navigate the screen.

Take inventory before you deploy and divide by 4. This is how many troops you will deploy in each side.

Use two fingers to deploy a thin line of barbs (usually 15 per side) and quickly follow with a thick line of archers using 3-4 fingers. (Usually 40 per side.)

Do this on all four sides.

As you do this more, you will notice some sides need more barbs because the buildings are exposed, and some need more archers because the buildings are behind walls. Develop a feel for slight deployment variations, but don't vary too much.

Never count on your troops breaking through a wall. It may happen from time to time, but don't count on it.

If you trigger opposing CC troops while deploying, just continue. There are so many troops to kill the CC troops won't have time. If the CC kills troops on one side and you need a few buildings on that side, just wait till they run away and then deploy a few remaining troops or heroes to clean up.

Backup:

Spells and heroes are for backup. Try to win raids without them because they take a long time to replenish.

If you only need one more building and all your troops are dead, deploy AQ at a low HP building and use her power. After 50% leave immediately.

If you need 10% more, you will need to deploy both heroes, and maybe a few spells. BK should be deployed at areas where buildings are close together because he is slow. Use his power to break through walls. AQ has a long range so use that to your advantage. I rarely deploy heroes into the same area.

While raiding, keep an eye out for building health. Try to mentally tag 2-3 buildings that almost died but didn't, these can be taken out by lightning.

Mentality:

Do everything you can to win a raid, but try to conserve spells and heroes when possible. There is a lot of nexting bases that look barchable, but only raid if you feel it's a sure thing. It takes discipline, but keeps you going up instead of down. I try to pick bases that I don't need spells or heroes. This way, when something goes wrong (this happens a lot) heroes and spells can save the day. That way when I have a heart-attack, it's because I barely won instead of losing.

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