Editor note: The following was put together by fellow CoC member Delpez. Excellent work all around, useful for our clan members, but I think also interesting for non-CoC players in terms of showing the depth of the game and the amount of thinking/strategy that comes with it. The data is from our last war, that we narrowly lost. Enjoy and thanks again to Delpez!

Supreme Cream! War 1 Stats

General War Stats

	Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Nr of TH10	3	2
Nr of TH9	3	1
Nr of TH8	9	15
Nr of TH7	15	15
Nr of TH6	9	6
Nr of TH5	1	1
Average TH Level	7.33	7.38
Sum of TH Levels	293	295
Inactive Players	3	1

 

It’s usually difficult for TH6 and lower to 3-star (smash!) same level TH’s. These low TH bases will usually not contribute much towards 3 stars in a war. Obviously there are some exceptions, such as a max TH6 against a newly promoted TH6. In any case, the table shows that we had ten low level TH’s against seven. To balance this we had more high TH bases, but it still means we had three less TH’s that could be expected to smash opponents. The average TH level and sum of TH levels also show that they were slightly stronger (based on TH level only).

 

Next is the number of stars left behind by TH level:

Stars not conquered

	Supreme Cream!	Enemy
TH10	3	5
TH9	1	3
TH8	5	10
TH7	3	2
TH6	2	1
TH5	0	0
Sum	14	21

 

We probably couldn’t do much about TH10 and 9, but we left ten TH8 stars on the table. They also won the battle for the high levels (TH9 and 10); from what I could see their high levels were more advanced than ours, but coupled with the fact that we also had more low level guys this made for a difficult war. Regardless, this shows that we might have been better served by focusing high level attacks on TH8’s (20/20 hindsight)

Overall attack stats

Combined Attacks

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	70	71
	3 Star Attacks	25	27
	Total 3 Star %	35.7	38.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.76	1.75
1st Attack	Attacks Used	37	39
	3 Star Attacks	10	15
	Total 3 Star %	27.0	38.5
	Average Stars / Attack	1.73	1.64
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	33	32
	3 Star Attacks	13	14
	Total 3 Star %	39.4	43.8
	Average Stars / Attack	1.79	1.88

 

We actually had (slightly) more stars per attack, but they scored more 3-stars. This shows how important 3-stars are. The average stars count all attacks, so if we scoured five 3-stars against a player it will count all five attacks for the average, even if we only scored 2 stars in the war from that player. I split it into 1^st and 2^nd attacks, since first attacks should be for maximum stars, while the second attack is usually affected by what’s still left to hit. We did quite poorly in 3-stars during the first attack (27%), but our average stars per attack is still high – meaning lots of 2-stars. We improved a lot for the second attack but so did they; this is a function of better information and high levels cleaning up lower TH bases.

 

The next three tables show our attacks against higher, lower and same level bases:

Attacks against same level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	44	33
	3 Star Attacks	12	12
	Total 3 Star %	27.3	36.4
	Average Stars / Attack	1.73	1.73
1st Attack	Attacks Used	23	20
	3 Star Attacks	3	8
	Total 3 Star %	13.0	40.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.65	1.90
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	21	13
	3 Star Attacks	9	4
	Total 3 Star %	42.9	30.8
	Average Stars / Attack	1.81	1.46

 

Firstly, we made a lot more attacks against same level bases (TH7 vs. TH7 for example), but were not very successful; 3-star only 27.3% of the time. Once again the high average seems to show that we had lots of 2-stars. We were really awful in our first attacks but improved a lot for the second attack.

Attacks against lower level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	17	32
	3 Star Attacks	11	13
	Total 3 Star %	64.7	40.6
	Average Stars / Attack	2.24	1.78
1st Attack	Attacks Used	8	15
	3 Star Attacks	5	3
	Total 3 Star %	62.5	20.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.25	1.33
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	9	17
	3 Star Attacks	6	10
	Total 3 Star %	66.7	58.8
	Average Stars / Attack	2.22	2.18

 

These are the most likely 3-star attacks, and we made half as many as our opponents. Our success rate was much higher, but they still ended up with two more 3-stars. They were very bad at this for the first attack, considering that the attacks were against lower bases. From the raw data it seems as if their “bad” (newly promoted) TH7 and TH8 players attacked down, while the “good” players used their first attack against same TH opponents and their second against lower TH’s.

Attacks against higher level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	9	6
	3 Star Attacks	2	2
	Total 3 Star %	22.2	33.3
	Average Stars / Attack	1.00	1.67
1st Attack	Attacks Used	6	4
	3 Star Attacks	2	2
	Total 3 Star %	33.3	50.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.33	1.50
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	3	2
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	0.33	2.00

 

These attacks were not very common or very successful, but we made more than our opponents. Sometimes these are fights against opponents who rushed and are vulnerable (some of our guys definitely falls in that bracket), and some guys may be going after loot. Also, second attacks can also be a desperate attempt by a lower level base to get stars.

These figures show a general reluctance amongst our clan to attack lower level bases. You sometimes see it in chat where people justify themselves or make excuses after smashing a low level base (“that was overkill, but…” being quite commonJ).

Attacks were also broken down by TH level:

TH5 and TH6 attack stats (lumped together as one bracket for this)

All attacks

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	16	11
	3 Star Attacks	3	0
	Total 3 Star %	18.8	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.19	0.45
1st Attack	Attacks Used	9	7
	3 Star Attacks	1	0
	Total 3 Star %	11.1	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.11	0.43
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	7	4
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	28.6	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.29	0.50

 

We did much better than them, but at this TH level it only nets three 3-stars.

Attacks against same level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	11	10
	3 Star Attacks	3	0
	Total 3 Star %	27.3	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.73	0.50
1st Attack	Attacks Used	6	6
	3 Star Attacks	1	0
	Total 3 Star %	16.7	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.67	0.50
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	5	4
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	40.0	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.80	0.50

 

This shows how difficult it is for TH5 and 6 players to get 3 stars (once again – we did much better than them). Smashing these bases is the TH7 player’s job!

Attacks against higher level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	5	0
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	n/a
	Average Stars / Attack	0.00	0.00
1st Attack	Attacks Used	3	0
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	n/a
	Average Stars / Attack	0.00	n/a
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	2	0
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	n/a
	Average Stars / Attack	0.00	n/a

 

TH6’s will never 3-star a well designed TH7 base (or even get a star it seems!). Most of these attacks were desperate attempts to get stars later in the war, so no harm was done.

TH7 attack stats

All attacks

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	28	29
	3 Star Attacks	13	14
	Total 3 Star %	46.4	48.3
	Average Stars / Attack	2.00	1.93
1st Attack	Attacks Used	14	15
	3 Star Attacks	6	6
	Total 3 Star %	42.9	40.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.07	1.87
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	14	14
	3 Star Attacks	7	8
	Total 3 Star %	50.0	57.1
	Average Stars / Attack	1.93	2.00

 

Quite close here

Attacks against same level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	19	14
	3 Star Attacks	8	7
	Total 3 Star %	42.1	50.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.95	1.93
1st Attack	Attacks Used	10	7
	3 Star Attacks	3	4
	Total 3 Star %	30.0	57.1
	Average Stars / Attack	1.80	2.29
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	9	7
	3 Star Attacks	5	3
	Total 3 Star %	55.6	42.9
	Average Stars / Attack	2.11	1.57

 

These guys were less likely to attack other TH7 bases, but when they did they were a bit more successful at smashing them.

Attacks against lower level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	5	14
	3 Star Attacks	3	7
	Total 3 Star %	60.0	50.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.00	1.93
1st Attack	Attacks Used	1	8
	3 Star Attacks	1	2
	Total 3 Star %	100.0	25.0
	Average Stars / Attack	3.00	1.50
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	4	6
	3 Star Attacks	2	5
	Total 3 Star %	50.0	83.3
	Average Stars / Attack	1.75	2.50

 

They were much more likely to attack down. Keep in mind that they may have been forced into this because we had lots of low level bases, and their TH6’s did not make any headway against us (0 3-stars)

Attacks against higher level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	4	1
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	50.0	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.25	2.00
1st Attack	Attacks Used	3	0
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	66.7
	Average Stars / Attack	2.67
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	1	1
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.00	2.0

 

Our TH7’s did ok, smashing a couple of TH8’s.

All in all the TH7 fight was quite close, although they got mot of their stars attacking down, while we got some stars attacking up.
TH8 attack stats

All attacks

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	15	25
	3 Star Attacks	5	12
	Total 3 Star %	33.3	48.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.07	2.08
1st Attack	Attacks Used	8	14
	3 Star Attacks	1	6
	Total 3 Star %	12.5	42.9
	Average Stars / Attack	1.88	1.93
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	7	11
	3 Star Attacks	4	6
	Total 3 Star %	57.1	54.5
	Average Stars / Attack	2.29	2.27

 

This is where they smashed us hard. Not only did they have more TH8’s, they also had a higher percentage 3 stars. Once again our average stars per attack were not bad compared to theirs, indicating lots of 2 stars

 

Attacks against same level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	12	9
	3 Star Attacks	2	4
	Total 3 Star %	16.7	44.4
	Average Stars / Attack	1.83	2.11
1st Attack	Attacks Used	7	7
	3 Star Attacks	0	3
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	42.9
	Average Stars / Attack	1.71	2.00
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	5	2
	3 Star Attacks	2	1
	Total 3 Star %	40.0	50.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.00	2.50

 

We spend most of our TH8 attacks against their TH8 bases, without much joy. In fact, we did seven first attacks without a single 3 star and ended up with only 17% of our attacks getting 3 stars against their TH8’s. They did fewer attacks with more success (44% 3 stars) against our TH8’s

Attacks against lower level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	3	13
	3 Star Attacks	3	6
	Total 3 Star %	100.0	46.2
	Average Stars / Attack	3.00	2.08
1st Attack	Attacks Used	1	4
	3 Star Attacks	1	1
	Total 3 Star %	100.0	25.0
	Average Stars / Attack	3.00	1.75
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	2	9
	3 Star Attacks	2	5
	Total 3 Star %	100.0	55.6
	Average Stars / Attack	3.00	2.22

 

We were very successful when attacking down, but only did 3 such attacks at TH8. Most of their TH8 attacks were against lower bases, and although I would have expected a higher 3-star percentage, they still managed to 3-star almost half their attacks.

 

Attacks against higher level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	0	3
	3 Star Attacks	0	2
	Total 3 Star %	#DIV/0!	66.7
	Average Stars / Attack	#DIV/0!	2.00
1st Attack	Attacks Used	0	3
	3 Star Attacks	0	2
	Total 3 Star %	#DIV/0!	66.7
	Average Stars / Attack	#DIV/0!	2.0
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	0	0
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
	Average Stars / Attack	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!

 

We didn’t try any attacks up, but their attacks were surprisingly successful. Maybe against a rushed TH9 or 10?

TH9&10 attack stats (lumped into one category)

All attacks

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	11	6
	3 Star Attacks	4	1
	Total 3 Star %	36.4	16.7
	Average Stars / Attack	1.55	1.83
1st Attack	Attacks Used	6	3
	3 Star Attacks	2	1
	Total 3 Star %	33.3	33.3
	Average Stars / Attack	1.67	2.00
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	5	3
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	40.0	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	1.40	1.67

 

We had more players in this bracket and our attacks were also more successful

Attacks against same level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	4	5
	3 Star Attacks	0	1
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	20.0
	Average Stars / Attack	0.25	1.80
1st Attack	Attacks Used	2	3
	3 Star Attacks	0	1
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	33.3
	Average Stars / Attack	0.50	2.00
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	2	2
	3 Star Attacks	0	0
	Total 3 Star %	0.0	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	0.00	1.50

 

However, we didn’t make any headway against their high level bases – one star in 4 attacks! They managed one 3-star and some lower star attacks. Again shows that although we had more high TH bases, theirs were probably more powerful.

Attacks against lower level bases

		Supreme Cream!	Enemy
Combined	Attacks Used	7	1
	3 Star Attacks	4	0
	Total 3 Star %	57.1	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.29	2.00
1st Attack	Attacks Used	4	0
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	50.0	#DIV/0!
	Average Stars / Attack	2.25	#DIV/0!
2nd Attack	Attacks Used	3	1
	3 Star Attacks	2	0
	Total 3 Star %	66.7	0.0
	Average Stars / Attack	2.33	2.00

 

We did much better attacking down. Just keep in mind that two of our 3-stars were against TH7 bases. At this level they didn’t bother much with attacking down.

 

In summary we faced a slightly stronger clan – we had more low level bases and their high level bases (although fewer than ours) were more powerful.

 

Our TH5&6 did much better than theirs

TH7 were pretty equal. They got more stars attacking down and we made up some stars attacking up

We got smashed pretty hard at TH8, whether we attacked up, down or same level. If this trend persists we might need to give more help from above in wars?

Overall our high level bases did ok, although we made no headway whatsoever against their high bases

 

A possible strategy would be something like this:

 

TH5 & 6:                     Smash real noob bases, otherwise do the best you can

TH7 w/o dragons        Smash TH6 bases

TH7 with dragons       Smash low to mid TH7 bases

TH8 (low level)           Smash high TH7 bases

TH8 (high level)          Smash low TH8 bases

TH9 & 10                    Smash high TH8 bases, get some stars against top bases

 

By the way, all this assumes a TH8 base is a real TH8 base. Players who rush hurt us twice – firstly we get into a more difficult war because of the higher TH average, and secondly they have to fight way down to score 3-stars. I guess we’re a casual clan (hardcore casual even?) so players can rush if they like, but they should just be aware that it hurts us in wars.