What is Funneling in Clash of Clans?

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Funneling in Clash of Clans is among the most crucial strategies players must incorporate into their attack strategy. It basically involves controlling the main army's direction and often making them charge straight to the enemy base's core. This helps take down all major defense buildings and Town Hall, which usually translates into accomplishing three stars in a raid.

Funneling also ensures your army stays together on the battlefield, which is crucial for them to stay alive and effective spell utilization.

Note that executing Funneling in Clash of Clans is easier said than done since things often don't go as planned, resulting in the army getting diffused around the base. To help you avoid such mishappenings, we discuss a few tips and tricks in this article to execute the strategy properly.

Disclaimer: Some parts of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's views.

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While performing a raid, players often struggle to send their troops to their desired region, where they can inflict lethal damage to the enemy base's defense mechanism. On the battlefield, controlling the army is difficult. When players deploy their troops, hoping they will head in their desired direction, they often change course and split the army apart.

In such instances, your army falls prey to incoming attacks and is easily targeted. Moreover, in these situations, the appropriate use of spells becomes all the more difficult.

Avoid these mishaps by funneling before deploying your army onto the battlefield. To do this, decide where you want your army to go and accordingly deploy some troops towards the desired region's slightly right and left areas. Once done, unleash the main army.

For example, suppose you wish to attack an enemy base from its southern section. You will first deploy some troops in the base's eastern and western areas so that your army will invade and head straight into the village's core.

Some of the best troops for Funneling in Clash of Clans are Baby Dragons, Golems, Wizards, and any troop that can withstand incoming attacks for a decent period and save the main army an adequate time to invade the village.

You can also use the Overgrowth spell to funnel your army on the battlefield. Use it once your army has broken into the base and is dispersed instead of staying on the path to the base's core. Drop it on the buildings that are distracting your army; it will render them immobile for a certain period and make your army ignore them.

Additionally, kill two birds with one stone by using the spell over powerful buildings, such as the Eagle Artillery, Inferno Towers, or Scattershots.

How to counter Funneling in Clash of Clans

Although there is no technique to stop the enemy from funneling in your base, you can certainly make it a little difficult for them by creating moats around your village.

While creating a base in Clash of Clans, one of the most crucial things to remember is to make Funneling and Queen Walk difficult for the enemy. This can be done by creating moats, which are strips of walls that stay detached from other walls and are positioned in the outer region of a village.

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