8 hour rallies

When you are going to be offline for a period of time (working, sleeping, socializing etc) a strategy you must use is to send your troops and your hero on an 8 hour war rally. To do this you need to select an appropriate target (someone in an alliance that is safe to rally or with a level 15 headquarters). - eg our allies, a powerful enemy. Look for those named Admiralxxxxx, or watch for cities you see others using for rally points)

- search around the kingdom

- locate someone you think might work

- click on them and click profile and then alliance (if they are in one)

- read through their alliance wall looking for the allies and friends

- ensure that none of their allies/friends are big and powerful, and ensure none of their allies are our allies (check our public profile by clicking alliance, manage alliance, view alliance).

- when you are happy they are a suitable target click on them, click RALLY, select 8 HOURS, click SET, allocate your troops and hero, click MARCH.

- click them again, click PROFILE, click MAIL, let them know you will not attack and that's its only a protection rally which you will cancel before the 8 hours is up.

- set an alarm on your device and ensure you cancel the rally before you attack them. You can give yourself more time by selecting a distant victim which requires a long march.

- an alternative is to create a second account, join the second alliance and use this to call rallies on. You won't mind if you attack yourself and get experience and resources.