Mistaken defence in Clash of Clans

Defense is a very important part in Clash of Clans. There are some general defense mistakes that many players will make in this action game. Here, 9game have listed some of them for you:


Defense is a very important part in Clash of Clans. There are some general defense mistakes that many players will make in this action game. Here, 9game have listed some of them for you:

The #1 mistakes: holes in bases

When you move any building or wall (but not decorations), it shows you white lines one space larger in every direction from that building. This is showing you where enemies can spawn. Make sure you don't have any holes in your base to let them spawn inside your walls. That would be bad. I will write about how to leave intentional spawn spots in your base later, in the advanced base defense chapter.

The #2mistakes: Overlapping Defenses

Another common mistake: placing all of your defenses widely spread apart, to cover as many buildings as possible. Dies very easily to several giants. Or to groups of infantry, especially archers. Or to balloons. Which I guess means it just dies to everything.

This often goes along with trying to stuff everything inside your walls, covered later.

The #3mistakes: Try to stuff everything inside the walls

As a counterpoint to Overlapping Defenses, don't try to enclose everything within your walls. First off you will often breakOverlapping Defenses and Defend your Defenses by trying to cover everything, but secondly it is just a waste of walls. Double thick walls are better than a massive single thick wall.

What should I keep outside my walls?

Absolutely keep your Builder's Huts, Laboratory, Barracks, Army Camps and Spell Factory outside your walls. None of these matter if they get destroyed - no progress or resources are lost. Next, I would keep out Gold Mines and Elixir 

Collectors. Each of these has some consequence if they get attacked: Mines and Collectors can have resources stolen (but only uncollected resources). Some people really like keeping Mines/Collectors inside - It depends on how often you play. If you do keep any inside, make sure they are your highest-level units. 

What does that leave? Town Hall, Defenses, Elixir Storage, Gold Storage. All of these should be inside your walls, and as well-protected as possible. If you are at a stage in the game where you don't care about trophies, you can also kick your Town Hall outside the walls. You will be easy to defeat, but if you're only trying to protect your resources, the Town Hall takes up a lot of space.

Have you ever made these defence mistakes in Clash of Clans? Try to correct them with the defence strategies above, 9game hope you will have more fun in this game.