5 best Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive bases
Creating some of the best Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive bases takes a lot of time and effort since the new Town Hall 17 update adds a bevy of new things. Alongside the introduction of the new Town, this update introduces more upgrade levels for your troops, spells and buildings. In addition to a new hero, we also get to see a new Town Hall weapon, defense buildings and more.
With such new content, players will wish to know how to improve their Town Hall 17 base and fortify it to improve its defense. This article will explain the details about the five best Town Hall 17 defensive bases you can build.
Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer's opinion.
Best Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive bases
1) Anti-Tank and Air Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive base
Click to copy this base layout: Anti-Tank and Air TH17 base
This Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 base is built to provide amazing defense against tanky ground troops and all forms of air troops. The primary strength of this build lies in its central area, which is heavily guarded, making it a nightmare for tanky enemy troops, like Giants and P.E.K.K.A’s, to reach your Town Hall.
For defense, there are many Firespitters at the top — the newest defensive weapons introduced with Clash of Clans Town Hall 17. The bottom cannons and defense towers have the Spell Tower with Invisibility protecting them. Such Town Hall 17 defensive bases have their defensive towers set in a way that makes it nigh impossible for air troops to get past, which are expected to be attacking meta this season.
2) Anti-Ground Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive base
Click to copy this base layout: Anti-Ground TH17 base
Defensive bases like this one are powerful against most attack strategies because of their compartmental design, which makes positioning your defensive buildings tactically easier. Moreover, since there are walls between each compartment, enemy ground troops will have a hard time getting past them all.
You have Spell Towers with Invisibility and Tornado Traps positioned at the right entry points to prevent ground and air troops from getting too close to your central area and reaching your Town Hall. Additionally, Firespitters are amazing defenses against ground troops.
3) Central Defense Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive base
Click to copy this base layout: Central Defense TH17 base
Central defense bases in Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 focus on having an impenetrable central area while having weaker outskirts with sporadically placed defense towers. Judging by this Town Hall 17 base layout above, you can see that the enemy will spend most of their time destroying everything on the outskirts, leaving them less time to get a two or three-star attack score.
In the center, you can have a double Spell Tower setup, which can have either the Invisibility Spell or the Poison Spell. Moreover, you can pair them up with Firespitters to take down enemy troops in its vicinity.
4) Anti-Air and Dragon Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive war base
Click to copy this base layout: Anti-Air and Dragon TH17 base
Since we expect the current season's attacking meta to shift towards air troops like Dragons; having Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive bases focusing on defending against them will be a certain boon.
This base has many anti-air and Dragon traps like Air Bombs and Tornado Traps since they will be invaluable against players who prefer attacking with Balloons and Lava Hounds followed by cloning them. Moreover, placing the Giga Bomb near your Town Hall will serve as its last line of defense against all types of enemy troops.
The Inferno Tower, X-Bows, and Firespitter are our recommended choice of defensive towers for this base layout since you can place them facing away from each other and covering many angles. Overall, this is a good defensive base for taking part in wars.
5) Poison Firespitter Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive tournament base
Click to copy this base layout: Poison Firespitter TH17 base
Finally, we have the Poison Firespitter combo as the centerpiece of such Clash of Clans Town Hall 17 defensive bases. This is the only base on this list that has an asymmetrical design with towers and buildings placed in a way that doesn't mirror them in each corner or side.
For defense, you will primarily rely on your Spell Towers with Poison, and your Firespitters covering the primary paths your enemy might take to reach your Town Hall. In such scenarios, the Poison will slow down enemies, giving the Firespitter more time to take them out.