Troop upgrade order is always one of the most popular topic in Clash of Clans. Once we hit new level, we always wonder “Which one should I upgrade at first?” or “Should I upgrade this one before that one?”,…
I’ve created this quick guide for players who are having the same questions as above. The upgrade orders I am going to give you in this guide are not the best ones for every player, for sure, but I will try my best to make them suitable with most of you.
In general, just upgrade which troops you use most. All upgrade orders in this guide are optimized for doing both farm and Clan Wars well at a time. If your Clan is pretty active at Clan Wars, you should prioritize troops which will make the best attack strategies at your situations.
By upgrading Archers at first, your farming speed can be skyrocketed. After upgrading all important troops, you can start upgrading spells. Rage is the most used spells in Clan Wars and can be maxed out at Town Hall 8, the next one is Healing Spell.
Clash of Clans Troop and Spell Upgrade Orders Quick Guide
Town Hall 3
Town Hall 4
– No need to upgrade
Town Hall 5
– No need to upgrade
Town Hall 6
– No need to upgrade
Town Hall 7
then every troop you like to use.
As shown above, you should have level 3 Lightning Spell for Clan Wars. 3x can take down 1 Air Defense easily, then just drag your Dragons in a line to get 3 stars from any other Town Hall 7 village. This strategy is called Mass Dragon.
Barch is one the best farming strategies at Town Hall 7. You can also use Giant-Healer for or Giant Biz for farming Dark Elixir to buy Barbarian King. If your Dragon barracks are being upgraded and you have at least level 2 Balloons, Barchloon is a great army composition for Clan Wars.
Town Hall 8
then other troops you like to use.
You should upgrade Archers at first for farming. Dragon compositions are still over-powered at early-mid Town Hall 8. After upgrading Dragon, you will have enough for Hog Riders. You will use Hog Riders pretty much at Town Hall 8, you should upgrade them to level 4 as soon as possible. Hog Rider takes much more time and
to upgrade than Barbarian King, you can upgrade your King while Hog Rider is being upgraded.
Dragons are not scary anymore at late Town Hall 8, once every base has maxed Air Defenses. GoWiPe is the most popular army composition at this stage. 2 P.E.K.KA images above show you the time you should upgrade her to level 2 and level 3. If you don’t like her much, you can go with GoWiVa or Mass Hog.
If your Clan are at level 5 or above, level 5 Balloons and level 4 Hog Riders will be very useful for donating.
Town Hall 9
then whatever you like.
Upgrading Archers at first for boosting your farming speed. Balloons are pretty useful at both farming and Clan Wars at TH9, upgrade them at first so you can be ready for Wars asap. With level 5 Hog Riders (the highest level of this troop), you can earn at least 2 stars from most other TH9 players easily. In addition, Hog Riders are really useful, you can use them with a lot of other attack strategies.
One of the best feeling at Town Hall 9 is having Jump Spell. Although upgrading Jump Spell to level 3 is pretty cheap but the available time of it at level 2 is twice times as level 1. With 40 seconds, the Jump Spell will give you much more chance to win an attack.
There are plenty of attack strategies at Town Hall 9. Take a look and choose the best troop to upgrade next yourself.
Town Hall 10
are top 4 things you need to care at Town Hall 10. I think I really don’t need to talk much at here because all Town Hall 10 players know what they should do.
I hope this small guide can give you some useful advices while playing Clash of Clans. As I said at the beginning, these orders are not the best ones because cause every players has his/her own playstyles. If you have any idea and suggestion, don’t hesitate to post your comment!
how can you get rage in town hall 5 and town hall 6, please can you explain that first
You need to upgrade your Spell Factory in order to unlock Rage Spell buddy!
Hello! I’m TH6 and my Spell Factory is fully upgraded and I didn’t get Rage Spell. It says that I must upgrade to level 3 (at TH7) to unlock Rage Spell, how come?
Rage spell can only be unlocked at TH7 there is a mistake on the TH6 section
Sorry and thank you guys again!
thank you
By bad, just checked again. Gonna update the post right now. Thank you guys!
Rage Spell can be upgraded at level 3 Laboratory, that’s why I did that mistake lol.
There is a mistake in TH8 section that is saying to upgrade hogs to lv8
Thank you so much Fuli. My typo mistake!
fo th6 u can get 3 stars on any th6 base wit 21loons,rest arch,cc hogs, so its useful to upgrade
I was my favorite army composition.
Here is the link for who are looking for it: http://cocland.com/strategies/barchloon-attack-strategy
Thanks for the advice man ?
You are very welcome buddy!
hi..i am now at early th10..currently upgrading my lab..should i upgrade golem instead archer first?
That is absolutely Ok If you can farm well with the current Archers and want Golem for Clan Wars!
swag
Thanks.
There is two pekka icons in the TH 8.
Yep, they are the times when you upgrade she to level 2 and 3!
Hey will, thanks for this guide! BTW there are two pekka pictures at townhall 8 and a typo in the town hall 9 section when you are talking about hogs.Just trying to help!
Hi buddy.
Thanks for visiting my blog and help me improving the quality of it!
At the TH8 section, 2-P.E.K.KA-pictures means the first time and the second time you upgrade it.
I have fixed the typo at the TH9 section.
Thank you again!
Oh ok I understand and no problem!
Thank you buddy!
i’m th5 i have lvl 2 goblin and lvl 2 lightning spell what should i upgrade first? any opnion? tnx!
Just these 2 left? I prefer Goblin buddy!
yup! done upgrading to lvl3 archer and barbs and to lvl 2 wizard and i have lvl 2 lightning spells thanks! i’m upgrading my goblins now…
at Town Hall 5, farming with Giants and Goblins is pretty effective :D.
I am at TH8 on my main profile, and my hogs are level 3 and my King is level 9. Both cost 40,000 DE to upgrade. I have made it to Gold league 1 using BAM, and I haven’t used hogs in quite a while, but everywhere I read says that they should be upgraded to level 5 ASAP at TH9 because I will need them there. So, my question is which do I upgrade first hogs to level 4 or BK to level 10? Any advice would be tremendously appreciated! 🙂
Hey Jades!
If you don’t use Hogs much in Clan Wars currently, you can upgrade your Barbarian King. With the Iron Fist level 2, you can farm much better. You can work on Hogs later when your TH is being upgraded.
Thanks! 🙂 Personally, I’m a dragon kind of girl. I upgraded them to level 3 as soon as I got to TH8. I haven’t really tried too many troop combos. I used to use giants, hogs, healers, and archers, but I learned how to farm better with BAM. Anyway, Thanks for responding! I was completely clueless. BK it is! 🙂
We all love using Dragons at Town Hall 7 and early-mid TH8 but at the late TH8 game, they are not really effective anymore. You can see how easy it is to get 3 stars by using Hogs and Golems at TH 8 and early-mid Town Hall 9 :D.
Fascinating! My clan just started a war last night, and we are a level 1 clan with 3 wins vs. a level 6 clan with 68 wins. I’m not sure how that match up happened! LOL!! There is only 1 TH8 on their team as well, and it is pretty much an anti-dragon design. I don’t have the Golem yet, but I am willing to buy gems to get it if it means more stars for my team. What would be the best Hog (level 3), Golem, etc set up typically (or for this base?)
I don’t think this base is Anti-Dragon.
Just use the Zapquake combo + 1 Rage Spell and you will be fine!
I posted my reply on my comment whoops! LOL!
Whew! That makes me feel much better! I’d hate to have to learn how to use a new troop combo in the middle of a war! I know that it was off topic, but THANKS A TON for taking the time to answer it anyway. 🙂 Hope you have an awesome day!
You are very welcome Jades.
Ya we all hate that, for sure.
Just upgrade the Golem for mid-late TH8 wars when you are ready.
Whew! That makes me feel much better! I’d hate to have to learn how to use a new troop combo in the middle of a war! I know that it was off topic, but THANKS A TON for taking the time to answer it anyway. 🙂 Hope you have an awesome day!
Hello Mr. Potter. I am TH8, and I’ve upgraded my archers, dragons, healers, barbarians, rage is maxed, lighting spell is level 5, wizards, and my hogs are currently going to level 4. In your opinion, what would be the best way to finish out my troop upgrades to allow time to get the 60,000 DE to upgrade my Golems? I still have level 1 pekkas too BTW. Any advice would be appreciated! 🙂
Hi Jades,
It depends on your farming speed. If you use Hogs in Wars more than Wizards, go with Hogs buddy!
I meant those are the troops that I have already upgraded.
I still have Giants, Gob, wallbreakers, loons, healing spell, & level 1 Pekka’s to upgrade while trying to get enough DE for the Golem upgrade. (I currently only have a little over 18,000 DE for this upgrade so far).
So in your opinion, what do you think would be the best way to upgrade the rest of my troops to allow time to get the 60,000 I need?
I know I have to upgrade my pekkas twice. I’m just not sure if I should do it before the Golem upgrade or go to level 2 first then level 3 after Golems.
I think the upgrading troops and spells is what I have the hardest time with.
What do you say? Can you help me out buddy? 🙂 Have a great day, and thank you so much for taking the time to respond! 🙂
Hi JADES,
Okay I got it now buddy xD. So sorry about that.
Hmm I think you should upgrade your Giants, they can help you farm much easier. You can upgrade your PEKKA when you are collecting DE for Golems level 3.
Awesome Thanks so much!
Hi I just got to TH8 and upgraded Archer and Barbarian already. Is it okay if I skip dragons because I got really tired of using them all the time in TH7. I also don’t like to use Hogs that much because they’re overused. Is it okay to upgrade the troops with this order? Archer-Barbarian-Giants(for farming purposes)-Wizards-WB-Loons-Rage-Heal-Valk-Golem then other troops I like. I would like to use Valks as my main attack composition GoVaLo, GoVaPe, GoWiVa, HoVaGo, anything that has Valks in it because no one uses it despite its effectiveness. Is this okay?
That is okay If you like that buddy. Focus on troops you use the most!
Thanks a lot! Valkyrie army compositions are good right?
Ya, pretty easier to control than PEKKAs :D.
I’m just almost two weeks into TH8. In one week I’ll get Golem already. Is it okay to use a lvl 1 Golem and Valk against early to mid TH8s?
That will be pretty hard buddy. Good luck!
Can Golem1 and Valk1 finish off an early th8?
Yes sure If that is a pretty early base.
I don’t like pekka but just started using it because having too much elixr and what to do of them
You can go with GoWiPe buddy. That’s the best use for them.
Ohhhkkk thanks
starting th8 dragon is not scary anymore. dragon only as good as clan war cc donation. ground troop is much more reliable for raid and war.
This is actually very useless. 2/10, would not do.
Hey Will, I am debating whether to upgrade my rage spell to level 5 (3mil) or my pekka to level 3 (6mil) as they are my last elixir upgrades. I know that your post said to do the rage spell but one of my clan mates disagree and thinks I should do my pekkas… What is your opinion?
Hi Jez,
Level 2 P.E.K.K.A is good enough and truly you don’t use it a lot at Town Hall 9 and above. The Rage Spell is much more useful, it can help you a lot in both Clan Wars and farming. You should upgrade it first.
Thanks Will! I really appreciate that. 🙂
You are very welcome dude. It’s my pleasure!
I agree on rage but pekka to 3 is pretty important for 3-staring.
For 3-staring I would like to use other strategies, truly.
Eh, at th8 I consider gowipe to be more reliable than other strategies. As for TH9 everything becomes very base-dependent.
You should give GoHo a try mate. It’s much easier than GoWiPe :D.
I’m doing barbs, archers, giants in some order when I upgrade [edit: to th10] in about a month. I’ll probably go pekka and freeze after that although of course I’ll need to fit in golem to 5 somewhere.
Why do you need P.E.K.K.A? For farming in higher leagues?
No, I farm mostly in champs and use GiWiBarch… don’t really have any trouble with it (normally a 60%-80% 2 star but I always have at least one hero upgrading). However, max PEKKA are pretty useful even compared to level 2 witches depending on the base layout for wars.
I am a th8 with lvl2 drags and i am considering whether i want to get lvl2 pekkas (for gowipe) or lvl3 drags. I already have lvl1 golems and lvl5 wiz. currently I use drags but thinking about starting to use golem attacks so…thoughts?
Just upgrade your Dragons buddy! Using Dragon + ZapQuake can get 3 stars much easier! You can work on your Golem and P.E.K.K.A later xD
alright. thanks!
Hi will I am in th 7 and looking for a 3 star strategy in both trophy hunting and clan war. I have got the level one dragon in only one barrack so no mass dragon. (I don`t even like mass dragons for the time they consume).In dark barrack I` ve got level one hog.I am fed up using healer giant because of the unpredictable spring trap and asymmetrical bases. Do you have any other strategy? (My troop levels are:barb level 3 arch level 4 giant level 4 gob level 3 wall breaker level 3 balloon level 3 wiz level 3 healer level 2 drag level 1 minion level 1 hog level 1.)can you advice a strategy which doesn t cost much dark elexir. Thank you.
I am th7 too,you can use this army for trophy pushing and wars: 24 gigants 20 archers and 15 wizards with 2 healing spells and 1 rage
Hello Rabul,
Definitely Mass Dragon is the best strategy at Town Hall 7. You can do pretty well with it even If your Dragon is level 1.
You may want to attack with GiBarch or GiHe but Town Hall 7 has 3 Air Defenses now so I don’t think Giant Healer is a great strategy. I recommend you get level 2 Dragon as soon as possible.
For safer side, upgrade Drag to atleast Level 2. You can attack any TH4 base or also early TH8 base with mass dragon
Thanks for your suggestion Will I will definitely give mass drag a try.Can you Please tell me what is gihe and its army composition?
GiHe = Giant Healer. Here you go mate: http://cocland.com/strategies/giant-healer-strategy
Sorry now i know everything about gihe i read your guide about it
I see :D. Sorry for the late reply mate!
Im close to being a max TH8 and i have never used a mass dragon attack before but thinking i should upgrade the dragons to help in war and what not. Should I upgrade dragons to lvl 2 or upgrade my rage spell to 4. Btw I recently got back into the game for about a 2 years or so and think I have first played in 2012.
Yes I think you should do that, especially when you are back after 2 years. Mass Dragon is an easy strategy and you can use it in most Clan Wars!
every one will have their own troop upgrade priority. I am at TH8 now. A TH8 with a Level 4 troops is just equivalent to being in TH7 only. The Lvl4 troops cant take on a mid to fully maxed TH8 war base. I would prefer upgrading baloon (Lvl5) and dragon (lvl3) first as they are primary and easy to use troop for wars, where one can attack Th8 base easily. Baloons with Drag are somewhat economical also, as compared to 10 drags. Then can upgrade Wiz, Giants, Archer, Wall Breaker, Barbarian, Goblins. Once Pekka is released, by the time atleast Giant and Wiz (Lvl5) should be easy to do ground attack for Th8 bases. As if anyone is around 1500 trophies, level 4 barcher is sufficient for farming. For spell I would prefer – Lightning, Rage or healing. I am suggesting troop upgradation for clan wars.
Should I upgrade pekka to lvl2 or rage spell to lvl5?
pekka
Upgrade pekka first if u ask me…..if u want spell upgrade…lightning spell is first priority
Man…just use brutal giants wiz barb arch n minions combination……..th 7 is a shit easy….otherwise since th 7 doesnt have skeleton traps….hog + some wiz or archer (in case cc troops interfare) is best 100% strategy after u complete all dark upgrade
Should i upgrade wiz or pekka?