Attacking Troop Selection

Attacking is one of the major parts of the game, we all have done it over and over again. I am sure at sometime you have wondered which troops to use with which combination for an attack. You have also probably wondered which Troop to update next. I have too, so I turned to the statistics and this is what I found:

A Table comparing each Troop at each Level. Look at the two columns on the right, this summarizes the whole table, with each tiny graph representing that Units' value to the maximum available for that category.

All troop statistics including effectiveness

Effectiveness Per Attack  :  Damage Per Attack  * Hitpoints

Effectiveness Per Second. : Damage Per Second * Hitpoints

So now you are probably wondering and planning when do these Units become available.

Here is a Chart showing which Troop Level becomes unlocked at a specific Laboratory Level, also Cost and Time is shown. I also added the Town Hall level you will need to unlock that Level of Laboratory:

Laboratory Levels for Elixir- & Dark Elixir Troops:

Upgrade Chart Town Hall Lvl Laboratory Lvl		Laboratory Level
		TH 3 Level 1	TH 4 Level 2	TH 5 Level 3	TH 6 Level 4	TH 7 Level 5	TH 8 Level 6	TH 9 Level 7	TH 10 Level 8
Barbarian	Level	2	-	3	-	4	5	6	-
	Cost	50,000	-	150,000	-	500,000	1,500,000	4,500,000	-
	Time	6 hours	-	1 day	-	3 days	5 days	10 days	-
Archer	Level	2	-	3	-	4	5	6	-
	Cost	50,000	-	250,000	-	750,000	2,250,000	7,500,000	-
	Time	12 hours	-	2 days	-	3 days	5 days	14 days	-
Goblin	Level	2	-	3	-	4	5	-	6
	Cost	50,000	-	250,000	-	750,000	2,250,000	-	4,500,000
	Time	12 hours	-	2 days	-	3 days	5 days	-	10 days
Giant	Level	-	2	-	3	4	5	6	-
	Cost	-	100,000	-	250,000	750,000	2,250,000	6,000,000	-
	Time	-	1 day	-	2 days	3 days	5 days	10 days	-
Wall Breaker	Level	-	2	-	3	4	5	-	6
	Cost	-	100,000	-	250,000	750,000	2,250,000	-	6,750,000
	Time	-	1 day	-	2 days	3 days	5 days	-	10 days
Balloon	Level	-	2	-	3	4	5	6	-
	Cost	-	150,000	-	450,000	1,350,000	2,500,000	6,000,000	-
	Time	-	1 day	-	2 days	3 days	5 days	10 days	-
Wizard	Level	-	-	2	3	4	5	-	6
	Cost	-	-	150,000	450,000	1,350,000	2,500,000	-	7,500,000
	Time	-	-	1 day	2 days	3 days	5 days	-	14 days
Healer	Level	-	-	-	-	2	3	4
	Cost	-	-	-	-	750,000	1,500,000	3,000,000
	Time	-	-	-	-	3 days	5 days	7 days
Dragon	Level	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	4
	Cost	-	-	-	-	2,000,000	3,000,000	-	8,000,000
	Time	-	-	-	-	7 days	10 days	-	14 days
P.E.K.K.A.	Level	-	-	-	-	-	2/3	-	4
	Cost	-	-	-	-	-	3,000,000 / 6,000,000	-	8,000,000
	Time	-	-	-	-	-	10 days / 12 days	-	14 days
Lightning Spell	Level	2	3	4	-	-	5	-	6
	Cost	200,000	500,000	1,000,000	-	-	2,000,000	-	8,000,000
	Time	1 day	2 days	3 days	-	-	4 days	-	14 days
Healing Spell	Level	-	2	-	3	4	5	6	-
	Cost	-	300,000	-	600,000	1,200,000	2,400,000	4,800,000	-
	Time	-	1 day	-	2 days	3 days	5 days	7 days	-
Rage Spell	Level	-	-	2	3	4	5	-	-
	Cost	-	-	450,000	900,000	1,800,000	3,000,000	-	-
	Time	-	-	2 days	3 days	5 days	7 days	-	-
Jump Spell	Level	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
	Cost	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,000,000	-
	Time	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 days	-
Freeze Spell	Level	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2 / 3 / 4 / 5
	Cost	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4,000,000 / 5,000,000 / 6,500,000 / 8,000,000
	Time	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 / 7 / 10 / 14 days

And here are the Laboratory Levels for the Dark Troops:

Upgrade Chart		Laboratory Level
		TH 7 Level 5	TH 8 Level 6		TH 9 Level 7		TH 10 Level 8
Minion	Level	2	3	4	5	-	6
	Cost	10,000	20,000	30,000	40,000	-	100,000
	Time	5 days	6 days	7 days	10 days	-	14 days
Hog Rider	Level	2	3	4	5	-	-
	Cost	20,000	30,000	40,000	50,000	-	-
	Time	8 days	10 days	12 days	14 days	-	-
Valkyrie	Level	-	-	2	3	4	-
	Cost	-	-	50,000	60,000	70,000	-
	Time	-	-	10 days	12 days	14 days	-
Golem	Level	-	-	2	3	4	5
	Cost	-	-	60,000	70,000	80,000	90,000
	Time	-	-	10 days	12 days	14 days	14 days
Witch	Level	-	-	-	2	-	-
	Cost	-	-	-	75,000	-	-
	Time	-	-	-	10 days	-

OK phew that's a lot of info, but lets put the basics aside and get to the juicy part.

If you studied the first Chart you probably could not believe that the Balloon Level 6 are by far the most destructive force. No one really uses the Balloons on the Lower Levels because they tend to die quickly in Battle. But the Balloon L5 & L6 out ranks all the other troops in almost every aspect of Attack.

Lets summarize only the Higher Level Troops and lets split the troops up in rank of Effectiveness Per Attack and Effectiveness Per Second.



Effectiveness Per Attack:
These Troops are great for full out attacks, high damage, usually good when going for Trophies:

Higher Level Troop Stats Effectiveness Per Attack

Here is the same data in a graph, Effectiveness Per Attack:

Higher Level Troops Graph on Effectiveness Per Attack

I would like to point out somethings I have noticed especially for us who do not have max Troops.....yet ;)

• See how high L4 Balloon scores, not to mention L5 & L6
• Look at how high a L5 Wizard scores, easy reachable at TH8, but see how little change to L6. 
• Notice the big jump of L1 Pekka to L2 Pekka.
• L5 Barbarian outscores L5 Giant, although L6 Giant doubles in effectiveness 
• Goblins surprised me the most, L5 making the chart and L6 very high up in the ranks
• Lastly, in my opinion, do not under estimate the Redhead Valkyrie, wondering how effective she would be on L5? If only they could cut down on her Training time.

Maybe that's an idea for the next Article, our most valuable Resource: TIME. Comparing training times with Effectiveness of troops. Any volunteers?

So lets now look at the faster Troops dishing out damage quicker.....



Effectiveness Per Second:

These Troops are great for quick powerful attacks, usually going for Resources:

Here is the same data in a graph, Effectiveness Per Second:

Higher Level Troops Graph on Effectiveness Per Second 

Here are some points I would like to point out:

• See how high Balloon L5 & L6 are again
• Look at how high a L5 Wizard scores 
• Notice all the L5 Elixir Troops, Barbarian, and Goblin, cheap and quick to make.
• Barbarian L5 outscores Giant L6 
• Goblins surprised me the most, again, L5 scoring high and L6 is no.3 !!
• Also Hogs L5 up there in top 6, no wonder so many players use them and probably why they raised their cost of training in the last Update.

So there you go. All of the available Troops at their specific Levels and Effectiveness. 

Please keep in mind the roles of each Troop, like for instance Golems, is not a great attacker but a wonderful meat-shield giving chance for the attackers to clean the Base. Same with Witches who have other ability's and do not qualify exactly under this scoring method. So in using discernment I am sure these stats will help me, and hopefully you, in better planning of Upgrades and hopefully more effective Attacks.

In researching for this article I have learnt a lot and decided to change my priority list of Unit Upgrades and will implement different combinations of attacking Troops. Good luck to the poor Clashers I'm going to attack, mwhahaha!!!

Good clashing and happy raiding,

 see you all on the best Boat in Clash of Clans, RSA Mutineers!!

 your friendly T-Rex Pirate, Dino.