New to game, why do I get raided from someone 800 points more than me

[Wraith]

Hi, first post, been playing a few weeks, slightly addicted, in raids when I started off some were higher, some lower, I just made silver level and I’ve noticed I just keep loosing, I’m working my 3* team up, reading he great info here and tweaking things as I go but raids, I just get smashed every time by someone way higher than me, last one opponent is 3037 and I’m 2190, is this normal?

[Radar1]

Enemies in raids are based on trophies, +/- 300 from your current trophies so you can get much weaker/stronger or as strong as you enemy.

[ItsaDragon]

Yes, they were probably cup dropping.

[Wraith]

What is cup dropping please?

[princess1]

Here is the official explanation

The E&P Jargon-Pulverising Fictionary (glossary, definitions, dictionary)

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and here is some discussion on it

To Cup Drop or Not to Cup Drop

There’s been a lot of commentary as of late regarding cup dropping on this forum as a result of the match making in AW. This isn’t a new thing, there have been complaints previously, but it’s definitely more frequent now. There’s been several rationales suggested for it: Easier war matchups Easier raid chest filling Moar Ham I fall into this last category, I’m constantly burning through food leveling heroes and troops, I barely craft and I haven’t done all of my research yet either. For th…

[princess1]

As a new player, study the tips in my favourite guide for lots more information

Ultimate Raid Strategy Tips for the Casual Player

I’ve read several raid strategy guides which were written by players who have an abundance of strong heroes to choose from and can customize their battle team to the enemy. If you are like me and really have only a single team that you can work with, then these tips are for you. Tip #0: Why are you raiding? Well, obviously, to fulfill the Wanted Heroes mission, but there are two more reasons to raid: first, to gain cups. You get more food and iron loot for completing the mission in higher l…

[Wraith]

Thanks primcess1, found coppersky’s guide and a few others, I’ll,start in on that one too.

[nevarmaor]

Raiding is very frustrating early in the game. Until you build up a versatile bench of heroes you aren’t able to mix and match to counteract the opponent’s strengths. It’s also hard to reroll because you’re chronically short of food. Eventually it gets better.

Good luck and keep trying.

[Wolf9]

Hi, 300?

All good.
Have fun.
Wolf9

[Radar1]

Lol
Thats weird
Anyway thats also interesting

[nevarmaor]

@Wolf9 is that a revenge raid? The 300 cup rule doesn’t apply then.

[Anaea]

It looks like a revenge raid to me. Note the absence of the “Reroll” button.

Also, the +/- 300 appears to set the boundaries for opponent selection, but the actual algorithm is not just your cups +/- 300. Several of us tracked data on this earlier this year and we found that at least in the gold and platinum tiers the average (median) opponent was 60-70 cups above ones own cup total.

Data Collection: Raid Matching

I’m looking to collect certain data pertaining to the raid match-making system to shed some light on a couple of questions*: Is there a bias in the raid matching system in favor of the defender with respect to trophy count? What sort of relationship exists between trophy count and defense team power? To this end I’d like to invite anyone who wishes to contribute to record and post to this thread the following information for all matches proposed by the raid match-making algorithm: Attacker’s…

[Wolf9]

Hello,
Yes it is a revenge raid, but I’m still in silver i believe.
I don’t do regular raids only revenge, that why i keep a strong team, the strongest of all my teams.
I’m not chasing cups, just let the defense do its job, worked so far. The cups are slowly going up and the revenges are not impossible in general (100 to 300 points ahead).
I do maybe 1 heroes chest a week.(currently sitting on 5 raids flacks. )
Thanks.
Have fun.
Wolf9

[nevarmaor]

The thing about revenge raids is they are against the player. When that player attacked you there would have been less than 300 cups difference. He/she was probably a cup dropper who used a low-powered defense to lose a lot of cups and then can attack at a lower level to easily win and fill the chest. That drives their cup level up so when you get around to revenging they are much higher in cup level again.