When attacking a base my troops have been decimated with booby traps (springs, bombs). Is there any way to counter this? I would space my troops out but this lessens the troops affected by spells such as rage and healing.
Clash-of-clans – How to prevent against booby-traps
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You can tell in two ways: During battle, and while editing your base.
Anything shaded in white/red means you/your enemies can't deploy troops there.
To trigger the boundaries (lines that show where troops can be deployed) while in your village, simply drag a building around. The area will be indicated as a white overlay, which will fade after a few seconds.
Alternatively, in the village editor - The overlay will be shown at all times.
The overlay in the village screen.
To trigger boundaries while during a battle, attempt to place a troop where you cannot place it.
A red boundary line and overlay will appear, showing you where you can't place your troops.
Note: If you attempt to place a troop in an area you can't deploy them during the scouting phase (first 30 seconds of a match), it will not skip you to the battle phase.
Dragons should be drawn out and surrounded by units that can attack air like wizards, archers, minions or dragons. If you lure them out, they are generally quite easy to defeat with minimal casualties. The real problem is if the clan castle is centralized, making it very difficult to lure out without committing a number of troops. If that happens, heal/rage spells work quite well at preventing losses and quickly defeating the distraction.
EDIT: Drawing out clan castle troops is done by placing troops in range of the clan castle, causing the CC troops to come out of the castle. Afterwards, you place just one archer far away from any defenses, such as a builders hut in the corner. Once the dragon gets to the archer, surround the dragon with wizards, minions, etc. and they will quickly defeat it with only a few casualties.
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Best Answer
It's important to anticipate where you think traps are. For instance, if you notice there are holes inside the base where there are no defenses, chances are a trap is there. You can guess at what kind of trap by the size and shape of the hole - big bombs and teslas both require a 2x2 area to deploy in.
If you don't see any holes in the base at all, chances are the traps are around the outside.
Once you kind of have an idea as to where the traps are, it's time to bait them as best you can. It's hard to bait traps deep inside a base, but relatively easy around the outside.
For traps around the outside of a base, dropping cheap troops or dropping a small first wave usually helps. For instance, if they're outside the base, drop a couple of barbarians strategically around and see if you can trip them. If barbarians won't immediately walk to where the traps are (ie, they are protecting other defenses and there are trash buildings in the way) drop one giant in the area you plan to attack and let him walk up to the base.
Once you've baited the traps, you can drop the bulk of your army, which will group them together enough for spells to be effective. You're basically sacrificing the initial troop(s) to protect the rest of your troops from getting hit. It's much better to have one giant hit a spring trap than 10, for instance.
If the traps are really deep inside the base, there may not be anything you can do - you can try to reserve a few troops for a last-minute push, and let the others attack and potentially get hit by the traps. However, if you're evenly matched and the enemy has a smart base design, chances are the traps are going to be effective no matter what precautions you take.
As a side note, if you see that the person hasn't logged in in a long time (ie, all builders are idle, no league shield, lots of tombstones, etc), chances are their traps aren't even armed anymore. Someone else has probably already jumped on that (literal) grenade for you. Therefore, you can attack with a bit more confidence.
Also, note that you should learn from your raiding failures - the things you see that are particularly effective in other people's bases can help you design your own impenetrable trap maze.