01 · Defensive idea
What this layout is trying to do
Place the most valuable storage behind multiple wall layers and avoid stacking every resource in one quadrant.
A farmer may accept losing the Town Hall when the important storages survive. That tradeoff is intentional: a useful base has a clear job instead of trying to win every possible exchange.
Best reasons to try it
- It splits resource targets.
- It protects Dark Elixir.
- It makes one-sided raids less profitable.
02 · Placement guide
Build it as a system, not a picture
Start at the center and work outward. Place the main objective, then the defenses that protect it, then the walls that force an attacker to spend time reaching them. Exterior buildings come last because their spacing determines how easily an army can create a funnel.
- 1Lock the core
Place the most valuable storage behind multiple wall layers and avoid stacking every resource in one quadrant.
- 2Split premium defenses
Do not let one freeze, jump, or hero route solve every high-value target at once.
- 3Shape the approach
Offset outside buildings and wall openings so the easiest funnel does not point directly at the core.
- 4Set traps after the structure
Use small bombs near likely wall-break points and air traps along straight routes toward central storage pockets.
03 · TH9 context
What mattered at this Town Hall in 2020
X-Bows and the Archer Queen give TH9 a stronger core, while the larger footprint makes pathing and time pressure more important.
The pressure this layout must answer
Queen Charges and surgical troop deployments look for isolated value around the edge before the main army commits.
Protect the defending Queen and Clan Castle without stacking them beside both X-Bows. Make high-value targets require different entry decisions.
Record what the attacking Queen removes before the main push. If she consistently claims two premium targets, increase their separation.
04 · Layout-specific field note
Make the Queen choose between Dark Elixir and structure
A farming attacker should not be able to charge through the defending Queen, Dark Elixir, and an X-Bow on one protected line.
Place Dark Elixir deep but offset from the defending Queen, then distribute other storages across the remaining quadrants.
Stop the replay when Dark Elixir is reached and count the premium defenses already removed. Reduce that combined value.
05 · Replay lab
Three checks before you keep it
Which edge do attackers choose, and which outside buildings make that choice easy?
Can one spell affect the Town Hall and more than one premium defense?
Where does the main army change direction, split, or leave a defense standing?
Review three comparable defenses before making a large change. Move one or two traps first; change the structure only when the same route keeps succeeding.