Attacking Strategies for BH5

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Attacking at Builder Hall 5 is working different from the prior Builder Hall Level, the reason for this is that you will have a Hero, the Battle Machine, plus there are plenty of more defenses available (Multi Mortar, second Double Cannon) that will make it harder to attack. In this guide, I will show you the two most popular and well-working attacking strategies (that use the Battle Machine) plus one that works you haven’t unlocked the Battle Machine yet or it’s upgrading right now.

For that reason we have here the current up to date attacking strategies that work for Builder Hall 5 and how to execute them, broken down as quickly and to the point as possible.

Please mind that our monthly updated base layouts are specifically tested against all popular attacking strategies – check out the best BH5 base layouts here.

Best Versus Attack Strategy for BH5

I know you see here and there still people using Giants and Archers, but honestly with the Battle Machine in the mix you will switch it up to baby Dragons and Cannon Cart as they are so much more powerful to deal with the defenses you have to deal with at Builder Hall 5 (and also when you get matched up with a higher Builder Hall level as well) – here is the setup I recommend:

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Let’s execute that attack one time here with a base design a “famous” base designee on YouTube “claims” to be unbeatable. Here’s how we 3-Star it easily with enough time left and margin for bad pathing:

① Battle Machine + Cannon Cart

At this spot you deploy your Battle Machine and Cannon Cart. The Battle machine will take the heat from the defenses while the Cannon Cart take out defenses from a secure distance. They will go into one direction (in this car counter-clockwise)

② Giant + Bomber

Once they reach the lab, deploy the Giant and Bomber in the same manner, The Bomber will open up the base for the Giant and the Battle machine to go in and destroy as many defenses as possible

③ Baby Dragons

Once you have one Air Defense down, send in your baby Dragons and use their ability to go towards the center as quickly as possible. At this point there are not enough defenses left to stop you from 3-Star this base and the only real threat to you is the time so make sure you don’t wait too long to deploy your step 2 and step 3 troops and you will take out every single base with a 3-Star.

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Conclusion

We hope this helps you and you like our brief explanations as we found that too excessive guides are too much to follow and to apply. Once you got the basics down and you’re interested in a more detailed guides for this attacking strategy for Builder Hall 5, please just drop a comment below and we’ll be happy to add more info here if needed.