So many different troops and attacking strategies can make one feel a little lost at times and if you are a veteran player you might stick with what you know although there is something better and newer players can be easily lost in the midst of what is the best attacking strategy easily when searching around.
For that reason we have here the current up to date attacking strategies that work for Town Hall 9 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 TH9 base layouts here.
Best Ranked Attack Strategy for TH9
At Town Hall 9 mass Witches are the gold standard but with different setups – right now with the current balancing along Lightning Spells as they deal the best with the crucial defenses that make your life hard when hitting other Town Hall 9’s.
Versus Town Hall 9
If you see a TH9 base pop up, the strategy is a little different than when you hit a TH10 with this strategy (see below the TH10 protocol). In the case of a Town Hall 9, your will need to deal with the dangerous splash defenses with your spells and your Giant Arrow (Wizard Tower and Bomb Tower to name the big ones here). Let’s go through the steps here looking at this sample base:
① Deploy your Archer Queen
Deploy her in a way that will give her a line of ideally 3 (or more) Wizard Towers/Bomb Towers in one line to use her Giant Arrow. After that let her clean up a bit in her corner to have your funnel set up.
② Barbarian King + Spells
In the other corner now deploy your Barbarian King as tank + the Witches behind him. This is where you have to be focused because you want him to be the target of the Splash Defenses and under no circumstances lose Witches early in the process.
③ Spell Support
Use your spells to take down Wizard Towers and Bomb Towers if needed and they become a threat to your Witches. Always remember to save spells and use:
- 3x Lightning Spells + 1x Earthquake Spell for a full-health Wizard Tower
- 2x Lightning Spells + 1x Earthquake Spell for a full-health Bomb Tower
Now you can watch your Witches go through the base
Versus Town Hall 10
The deal against a TH10, that you will in ranked mode get matched up against for sure, is different as you have the Multi-Target Inferno Towers here that deal horribly effective with Witches. Your main strategy is the same but you have to execute it a little bit differently, let’s go through it looking at this example base:
① Deploy your Archer Queen
You will still deploy her in a corner BUT her Giant Arrow has to hit one Multi-Target Inferno Tower (I go for the middle one simply because if I mess up the spells on the other one I can deal with it using the Barbarian King worst case). Do not care about single-target ones, they are easy bait for Witches. Then use the Lightning and Earthquake Spell to take the inside Inferno Tower out.
② ZapQuake The Other Inferno
The other Inferno Tower is a job for your remaining Lightning and Earthquake Spells to take out.
③ Deploy The Witches
Same old game here, deploy your Witches and the rest of the troops and use your remaining spells as you see fit to get them through the base. It is possible to 3-Star a TH10 with this strategy but even if things go wrong you can get a decent victory here, that’s what makes this strategy so powerful for ranked mode attacks for Town Hall 9 right now.
Best War Attack Strategy for TH9
Conclusion
We hope this helps and again, we update these guides here whenever there is a shift in the meta or a new attacking strategy is emerging that is more reliable and effective. This here is the only attacking strategy you need for your Town Hall level. If you have questions, feel free to post them below and we’re happy to reply.
