Shield & Village Guard Management | Clash Of Clans | TEC Clashzz

Some use it; others don’t – managing Shield and Village Guard is something that only a few Clashers out there do. I know many of you attack whenever they have an army ready or it fit’s in your daily habit, but by planning it, you can get more out of your shield so I decided to write this article.

Planning Attacks VS. Village Guard & Shield

So, when you attack and you have an active Shield or Village Guard on your village, you either “pay” with hours of your shield or you can attack under the Village Guard. This is nothing new.

The Village Guard is always started when your Shield runs out to give you some extra time to prep your village for the next attack.

The duration of the Village Guard always depends on the League you’re in:

As you can see, the Village Guard can give you a ton of additional time when nobody will attack your base but you will be able to attack other bases – I always use this period when I boost my army because then I can be online non-stop and attack without having any negative impact.

The Village Guard on it’s own is a good reason to push trophies to a higher League

The Village Guard is the perfect period when you should use a boost

Attacking & Defending

When we talk about shields, defenses and getting attacked, you should have the right mindset.

It’s always like “robbing Peter to pay Paul” – you have to see this whole mechanic as a period when you will lose something and then a period when you can get something in.

Within the period of defending, when your base is up for getting attacked, somebody will take resources and trophies from you. You can’t prevent that, period.

Then, there’s the period when you can attack and make up for what you’ve lost and aim to get more than you lost.

So, if we put it simple, you will always make up for one defense by doing an attack – zero balance. You re-gained the trophies and the loot that another attacker stole from you, the League Bonus made up for your army training costs (simplified).

I think you can imagine that this will be a zero-balance game when you only attack once between getting attacked.

The goal is to do more attacks without getting attacked more!

 Makes sense, right?

That’s what Shield Management works like – no matter if you’re farming or if you’re pushing trophies.  Making significantly more attacks than you need to defend is what will make you progress in the game.

How To Get More Attacks & Defend Less For It

Before we get into strategy, let me give you two examples: I do 3 attacks per day

Let’s say I do 3 attacks per day, but the point when I do these attacks is different.

To make it more simple let’s say I have 12 hours Shield when I wake up in the morning at 8am and 2 hours Village Guard.

Example 1: Attacking in a normal daily schedule

1. 8AM: First Attack (-3 hours on my shield: Shield at 9 hours)
2. 12PM: Second Attack in lunchbreak (Shield at 5 hours – 4 hours for the attack)
3. 1PM: Shield runs out, Village Guard gets activated
4. 3PM: Village Guard runs out, base gets attacked (Shield at 12 hours again)
5. 5PM: Third Attack (- 3 hours in the new shield that went down to 10 hours -> Shield now at 7 hours)
6. Result: Profit from 1 attack

Example 2: I scheduled my attacking to fit my schedule

1. 8AM: First Attack (-3 hours on my shield: Shield at 9 hours)
2. 5PM: Second Attack (-4 hours in my shield; Village Guard activates)
3. 6PM: Third Attack (under Village Guard)
4. Result: Profit from 2 attacks

You can see that I did the same amount of attacks, but I got attacked less.

Of course, everyone has different schedules in daily life, but here are some things you should always mind to set up the perfect schedule for yourself:

• Keep the end of the Shield in mind. Don’t attack if the shield will run out at a time you know you won’t be available for the Village Guard
• If you’re available to raid (but would make your Shield break before you can use the Village Guard), you can peak out to a base with a lot of trophies or loot (more than you would lose on a defense) – that’s always worth the break
• Don’t attack in the last 40 minutes of Village Guard – otherwise your Heroes won’t be available for defense
• Only boost your army when you’re having a Village Guard
• Try to break your shield when you go to bed (then you can have a raid under Village Guard in the morning when you wake up)

Don’t forget to always prepare your next army and request defending Clan Castle troops when you know there’s an attack incoming soon:

Conclusion

I hope this will help you get better results and progress in Clash of Clans. Of course, this sounds like a lot work and no fun, but if you start planning this on your regular daily base (I know like 90% of you have that if you go to work, school, etc.), you will soon realize that there’s a fixed plan that will help you a lot.