Focus on your Town Hall's defenses before rushing offense — an undefended base loses more trophies and resources than it gains. Keep your builders busy at all times (an idle builder is wasted time), join an active clan early for donated troops, and don't upgrade your Town Hall itself until your key defenses and walls are reasonably caught up for your level.

A Queen Walk uses your Archer Queen backed by healers (and often a tank like a Giant or Ice Golem) to clear a path along the outside of the base, taking down key defenses before your main army deploys. Keep healers positioned so their heal radius stays on the Queen, and use a Freeze or Invisibility spell to counter Inferno Towers or Eagle Artillery along the walk.

Hero equipment are gear pieces you unlock and upgrade at the Blacksmith, then equip on your heroes (each hero can carry two pieces at once) to modify their abilities — for example boosting damage, adding a shield, or granting a new active ability. Prioritize equipment that complements your main attack style (e.g. survivability gear for walking heroes, damage gear for burst strategies).

Supercharges are extra levels available on select defenses once they're already maxed for your Town Hall, unlocked via the Workshop. They give a meaningful defensive boost without needing a Town Hall upgrade, so they're worth prioritizing once your core defenses are otherwise complete and you're waiting for other upgrades to catch up.

Donate capital gold consistently between Raid Weekends so districts stay upgraded — a stronger capital means easier raid medal farming. During Raid Weekend, attack the weakest, most-damaged districts first to guarantee stars efficiently before spending remaining attacks on tougher districts.

Compartmentalize your base with walls so a single breach doesn't expose your whole layout. Keep your Town Hall and key defenses (Inferno Towers, Eagle Artillery, X-Bows) centralized and protected, and spread air defenses to cover the whole base evenly rather than clustering them in one corner.