I know all you basketball fans know what “March Madness” is! But what is Barch Madness? Overview Barch Madness is a bracket featuring the 16 troops in the game. They will be seeded from 1-16. You might be thinking- “How is an archer versus a P.E.K.K.A. a fair matchup? Well, each troop will be able…
When should you upgrade your Town Hall? If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you should know that I am strongly against rushing your TH. However, this guide will show you what it takes to upgrade your TH: bare minimum and to look mature. The bare minimum is what you should have at the…
Hello Clashers! I have for you a special treat today. I will be going over each and every defense in the game, starting with the Cannon. Now obviously, I don’t want you guys bored, scrolling through a bunch of text, so I’ve done something special and created an infograph for you to read instead. The…
While I was doing my “Guide to Complete All Achievements” last night, I had to go over the Gold Grab and Elixir Escapade achievements. That made me wonder, what are your guys’ Gold Grab and Elixir Escapade? Do you mostly depend on your collectors to gain resources? Or are you a loot raider who finds…
Achievements are the easiest way to earn gems in Clash of Clans. Together, completing all of them grants you a total of 8,687 gems! Now obviously, with this many gems available for gain, you want to know how to complete all of the achievements. That’s what I’m here to help you with! Let’s go from…
Hello once again guys! Today, I have for you the 11th weekly base review. Today I will be analyzing jay from the clan Pakistan 04. Good job with: -Great Defenses: Wow, your defenses look great for the most part! Maxed archer towers, mortars, wizard towers, and possibly teslas is great! -Heroic Heroes: Level 55 combined…
Hey guys! So I thought it would be pretty cool to show you guys who the top Clash of Clans YouTubers are. I will be naming every YouTuber that is above 100k subscribers, rounding to the nearest 10 thousand. I think we all know who number one is: 1. Chief Pat- 1,300,000 subscribers! https://www.youtube.com/user/PlayClashOfClans 2.…
Hey guys! If you haven’t heard about it already, there is a new site in the Clash of Clans community- Clash News Hub. They have two sections- a website and a YouTube channel. The Website The site is geared primarily towards forums. It is very similar to the Supercell forums except it is a lot…
Hello once again guys! Today, I have for you the 10th weekly base review. Today I will be analyzing gunthrie from the clan gem masters.
A lot of people have been asking me, how do I get free gems for Clash? Well there are a number of ways to get gems in this game.
Hello once again guys! Today, I have for you the 9th weekly base review. Today I will be analyzing zacutesz from the clan -ONE-. Good job with: -Maxing Out: Its nice to see that all your defenses are at the max level for Town Hall 8. All the defenses are perfect and will protect your…
As most of you know, tonight is the most watched game in America- the Super Bowl! The game is great, but the advertisements are even better. It costs 4.5 million dollars for just 30 seconds of TV time! That’s 150k for each second. Clash of Clans wanted to get in on the action too and…
Builder Huts are the key to this game. Imagine having only one builder!! The game would be painstakingly boring since you would have an overflow of resources due to long update times. Granted, even 5 isn’t enough for some people. I have some ideas which would greatly improve builders in general. 1. Add a 6th…
Hey guys! So I really think it would be cool to create an app to provide you an easier way to access Clash for Dummies. It would be linked to all of the posts and have some cool features as well. Maybe a mini-game? This would save lots of time than going to the website…
Hello once again guys! Today, I have for you the 8th weekly base review. Today I will be analyzing artur from the clan Siliwangi Army. Good job with: -Mortar Mayhem: Mortars have been upgraded as far as they can go at Town Hall 8. This is smart since mortars are the most important defense at…
Thanks for all your votes on the Free Gems contest winner! Without further ado, the winner was the #3 base: This base received around 60% of the votes and both #1 and #2 got 20% a piece. Keep checking back for new ways to earn some free gems!
The most recent free gems contest: writing Clash for Dummies with walls on your base, has come to an end today. The winner will receive a $25 iTunes gift card. I have narrowed it down to my 3 personal favorites. Vote on who you think should be the winner of the gift card. #1 #2…
Hey guys! Today, I have a bit of a fun post for you all, showing you some of the absolute WORST bases I could find. Most of these are rushers, with no to little clue of how to design a good base. Some of these have been sent into me, but most I’ve found in…
Only two days remain in our free gems contest! The contest: wall writing. Write Clash for Dummies with your walls in the most creative, most fun way possible. Make the most creative base and win a $25 iTunes GC. Why wait? An easy 3000 gems awaits you and it will only take 5 minutes. Here’s…
Wow, its been a while with these base reviews! Today, I have the seventh one featuring mike from the clan K.A.M.O. Enjoy! Good job with: -Maxing your Base: Its always nice to see someone else who knows that its smart to max Town Hall 8. All your defenses are coming along nicely, along with your…
The first free gems contest of 2015 is upon us! This challenge is simple and easy to take part in. It uses your imagination and your cleverness. Win and a $25 iTunes Gift Card will be all yours! The challenge is as follows: write Clash for Dummies with your walls, buildings, whatever. The most creative…
The gem contest for the 2015 trophies has already been won! Within 8 minutes of the contest being announced. josh won it all and received a $10 iTunes gift card to start off the new year! Congrats to him! If you want to check out his YouTube channel, click here. More free gem contests will…
We need to start off the New Year in the right fashion, so I decided to come up with a bit of a game/challenge/giveaway. We are about to transfer from 2014 into 2015, so why not have a challenge to have to do with 2015 and the new year? The challenge I present to you…
It is the season of giving with Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanza all within a few days of one another. What troops should you be giving in people clan castles on defense? I’ve spelled out the top 5 based on damage, troop space, and hitpoints on a scale of 1-5. You might be surprised by some…
If you haven’t been raiding recently, you should definitely go out and complete a raid. In this recent maintenance break, Supercell changed the trophy range that you could gain trophies in. Before the most you could gain was +34 and the least was +13. Now, I have found as high as +43 but also as…
O, Christmas Tree, O, Christmas Tree…. how can I get one of these? The answer is pretty simple, but first lets talk about what a Christmas Tree is. A Christmas Tree is a regional “present” sent out be Supercell to celebrate Christmas and the holidays. One will eventually spawn on your base. But wait, don’t…
Loot is pretty good after the update, but who got the most loot? Here are our top five submissions. If you did better than these, make sure to try next time! 5- 743,000 total resources 4- 884,000 total resources 3-1,016,000 total resources 2- 1,050,000 total resources And the winner is: 1- 1,140,000 total resources Wow!…
We are all pretty excited about the new December update that will be released within the next 2 weeks. Don’t be fooled by pictures found on Twitter or Google, however. Check the official Clash of Clans twitter, this website or another trusted blog, or one of the popular YouTube channels for real facts. Below are…
If you haven’t found out already, Clash for Dummies is sponsoring a free gem give-away! In other words, we will be giving away a $10 iTunes Gift Card to you! All you have to do is enter and win! The contest is simple: get the most loot in a single raid. If you think you…
Hello again, guys! The final single player map, Sherbet Towers will finally be covered to day! Doing this will give you 1,000 XP and 10 gems. Once again, I will be teaching you how to beat this map and the most effective way to do it. Sherbet Towers is the tougher of them all, but…
Hello again, guys! It’s been a while, but I’m finally going to show you how to beat P.E.K.K.A.s Playhouse. P.E.K.K.A.s Playhouse is one of the last goblin or single-player maps. Once again, I will be teaching you how to beat the last 5 and the most effective way to do it. P.E.K.K.A.s Playhouse is the…
Recently, Supercell has updated the game for more features. Clash of Clans now supports RED. If you now purchase a $5 pack of gems, make sure not to buy the normal one. Purchase the one that is highlighted red; some proceeds of that goes to help the RED organization. When you do buy that pack, you…
Hello again, guys! Yesterday I covered Rolling Terror and today, I’m going to tell you how to beat Megamansion. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, these are the single-player or “goblin” attacks. I will be teaching you how to beat the last 5 and the most effective way to do it. Megamansion has…
Hello again, guys! Yesterday I covered, Kitchen Sink and today I’m going to tell you how to beat Rolling Terror. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, these are the single-player or “goblin” attacks. I will be teaching you how to beat the last 5 and the most effective way to do it. Rolling…
Hey guys! So over the next 5 days I will be talking about single player maps. This is, in other words, the goblin bases. I will be teaching you how to beat the last 5 and the most effective way to do it. Today, I will cover Kitchen Sink! Kitchen Sink has 400k gold and…
If you haven’t found out already, Clash for Dummies is sponsoring a free gem give-away! In other words, we will be giving away a $5 iTunes Gift Card to you! All you have to do is enter and win! The contest is simple: get the most loot in a single raid. If you think you…
Good job with: -Upgraded Important Defenses: All you defenses look well upgraded. Mortars, air defense, and wizard towers are all max level. I’m happy to see that you new mortar is already level 6. -Dark Elixir: I love seeing Town Hall 8 who have their drill upgraded to 3. Not only that but your storage…
This is the second installment in the “Stats to Know” series. Before, I did lightning spells and now I bring you the mortar. How many hits from a mortar does it take to kill a barbarian? Or how about an archer? This is the place to find out. Barbarians– How many mortar hits does it…
Hey guys! Everyone wants free gems! Therefore, I’m going to offer you guys a chance to win a free $5 dollar iTunes gift card. The contest is simple: find the most loot that you can in a single raid. Send stlcardinalfan12@yahoo.com a picture or video of your raid with the loot in it. Also, make…
This is one of the most debated issue in Clash of Clans. Should you set you infernos on single-target or multi-target? The answer is pretty simple; you set one on single-target and one on multi-target. This way you can defend against any strategy and any troops. Up in master and champion league, chances are that…
So I’ve already told you the upgrade process for defenses and for troops at Town Hall 8. Today, I will tell you exactly what to upgrade with your elixir. This is assuming you have maxed TH7. 1. Dark Elixir Drill to 3- This is, for sure, the most important upgrade you can do at TH8.…
Like I said last post: I finally hit a lifelong goal of mine; to completely max Town Hall 8. Last post, I covered the order to go for defenses, now I will tell you the order in which you should upgrade your troops (valkyries and golems excluded), assuming all your troops are maxed from TH7.…
Today, I met a lifelong goal of mine- to completely max Town Hall 8! To celebrate my accomplishment, I will be sharing how YOU should max TH8 as well. What should be upgraded first and what should be upgraded last? First off you should even all your new buildings with your existing buildings. After that…
Hey guys! Today, I have for you the fifth weekly base analysis. If you want your base analyzed, email stlcardinalfan12@yahoo.com with your clan name and username. Today I have for you Creepy in the clan hellas o.y.k. Good job with: -Wizard Towers: Always nice to see that wizard towers aren’t neglected. Getting those things to…
This is a new series called “Stats to Know”. There are many things we have to estimate in clash of clans, but you won’t have to do that any longer. Below I have layout a set of stats useful for clash knowledge. Today is lightning spells, but each day will change. Mortar- I’ve constructed this…
Many people have been asking for bases with the new 4th mortar, but instead of making bases, I decided to show you what the best “core” to use. This new mortar impacts a lot of gameplay. These bases are for TH8s and TH9s; pushing and farming. TH8 Farming Core-TH8 Pushing Base- TH9 Farming Base- TH9…
Hey guys! Today, I have for you the fourth weekly base analysis. If you want your base analyzed, email stlcardinalfan12@yahoo.com with your clan name and username. Today I have for you DEATH in the clan Death Haven. Good job with: -Maxing Your Base: Maxed bases always make me so happy! It shows that you know…
Hey guys! Today, I have for you the third weekly base analysis. If you want your base analyzed, email stlcardinalfan12@yahoo.com with your clan name and username. Today I have for you anuraj in the clan GNBBoys. Good job with: -Army Camps: I’m pleased to see that you can hold 190 troops. Get that level 4…
Hey guys! Today, I have for you the second weekly base analysis. If you want your base analyzed email stlcardinalfan12@yahoo.com with your clan name and username. Today I have for you King Sam in the clan Exterminate. Good job with: -Maxing: I’m loving your maxed TH8 base! All defenses expect air defense are maxed (and…
The Boom Beach excitement has more than died down which makes us thirsty for a new game. Supercell is always working on new games and new products. Clash of Clans is by far the most popular Supercell game. Boom Beach and Hay Day are about even in popularity. Since Clash is the most popular, I…
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