Electro Dragon attacks remain popular because they are simple to execute and punish compact base designs. Chain lightning value is the main reason many defenses collapse quickly. If key buildings are within one chain jump of each other, a single troop can generate too much value before defenses can remove it.

Most failed defenses happen when Air Defenses, Sweepers, and hero altars are stacked in one high-value lane. A player can freeze those defenses and force an easy push to the Town Hall. The fix is not to hide everything in the middle, but to force the attacker to commit spells and heroes earlier than they want.

Use wider spacing between high-priority targets so chain lightning cannot bounce through your entire core. This does not mean random placement. Keep your defensive coverage overlapping, but avoid creating obvious clusters of Air Defenses, Infernos, and X-Bows that can be frozen together.

Asymmetry helps because Electro Dragon pathing becomes less predictable. If one side looks too easy, attackers will always start there. Your goal is to make every side look costly by spreading anti-air pressure and creating difficult funnel decisions.

Set Air Sweepers so they push dragons away from the Town Hall and toward high DPS zones. Many players point both sweepers in similar directions, which creates a weak lane. Instead, cover the likely entries where attackers can line up heroes, siege machine, and spell support.

Pair Seeking Air Mines behind likely blimp paths and use Red Air Bomb groups where dragons hover under fire. Tornado Trap value rises when placed where a blimp or hero-assisted dragon push tends to turn into your core. This allows Infernos and Monolith-style damage zones to finish important targets.

Keep heroes where they can interrupt funnel troops and force early ability use. The Archer Queen should threaten healers or support troops while still staying in a protected compartment. The Royal Champion is strongest when she can target back-end dragons after spells are spent.

Clan Castle should be hard to lure in one cheap step. Centralized or offset-central placement often works best. Against Electro Dragon plans, defending troops that create burst pressure and stall time are generally more useful than low-impact filler troops.

Track where attackers start, where they freeze, and whether they consistently reach your Town Hall with heroes alive. Small adjustments matter more than full redesigns. Move one sweeper angle, one trap cluster, or one hero position and observe the next 5-10 defenses.

A strong anti-E-Drag base is never static. Meta changes, troop levels, and player habits evolve every season. Review your defense logs weekly and tune your layout deliberately instead of replacing it blindly.