Early Strategy and Tactics for the New Player

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So this screen is fresh in your mind:

And your base may look something like this now:

So the BIG question in your mind just might be, what do I do now? Nobody wants to waste time learning things the hard way, but sometimes we do anyway. This post intends to ease your path into all things that Clash!

So first, you may have noticed the words strategy and tactics in the title of the post. If you are unfamiliar with the terms or wish to learn how I will use them, see this post:

Strategies versus Tactics <-- Check it out!

Early Strategies

•  Learn as much as you can early and often. This blog will be a good source, there are other sources too! Check the front page of the blog for good links. If you find another site you like, send me an email and I'll add it.
• Grow your base as fast and as strong as you can. Many think that growing a base is upgrading the town hall, and that they should be upgrading their town hall as fast as possible. This is not the strategy I recommend. I will discuss "pushing town hall upgrades" later. Upgrade everything to the maximum level first in your base, then your town hall. This includes troops, and spells.

Although being in a clan is an important part of Clash of Clans, do not rush to get in a clan. Learn the ropes first. I'll discuss this later also.

Early Tactics

There aren't any tactics to share for the first strategy, except to take screenshots of bases you like. You can go back and test them out later. In support of the second strategy, these are tactics you will want to experiment with and get good at:

• Use barbarians only until around Town Hall level 3. Why? They are cheap and fast to make. The more battles you can get in, the more resources you can get, the faster you can upgrade, etc... you get the picture.
• Target bases with easy to get resources. This means a base similar to your level, with gold and elixir not heavily protected by walls. Don't be afraid to hit the [Next] button. See the video below for an example:

• Keep your builders busy. Something should always be upgrading, which means you have to keep getting more resources! Save the long upgrades for overnight. That way you wil have more fun during the day.
• Fatten your resources before the town hall finishes upgrading. I usually keep fat right before and during the upgrade. This ensures you will have the resources to immediately build and upgrade the new items you will have access to after the town hall upgrade finishes.

So this was a bite size chunk of strategy and tactics. Notice that the strategies support each other, the tactics support each other, and the tactics support the strategies. This is an early path to success!

 Clash on!

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