Hi there folks.
I have discovered a new way of robbing the opponents team.
Note, I say robbing in the sense of a cheat.
Take a look at the following screenshots
Mod edit (name and shame is against forum rules) sorry …
There is no way that at least one of these players could not have fielded an appropriate team. By doing this, the possible win points for the opponent have been reduced.
This is not “cheat”.
It will help your opponent as these teams can be easliy taken out.
I will pick these opponents for sure.
Guaranteed 27 points vs risky 30-31.
The total points for the whole team is still the same.
My understanding is that the overall war win points available to each side is equal.
However those points are divided as appropriate per defence team.
So these two players will be relatively easy to defeat but give lower point scores. But that won’t affect the “total” score available to each side on the battlefield
What PFF just said, easy points, you almost get those for free. Most would wish to see such opponents. 
Possible win points has been redistributed among the other teams.
I get that these will be easy points, but what of the individual players scores in the final ranking? Let’s say that these were the only teams left and I was trying to get a high score?
Just doing some quick math
15 kills at 26 pts would give you 390 pts
13 kills(with 2 cleans) at 30 pts would give you 390 pts
So for the weak team(assuming all one shots) to be more effective on defense then your normal team, your normal defense would need to be one shot more than 86.67%. Definitely not a viable strategy.
And that is not even taking into account with more of these teams other good teams will be worth more 31-32 points, plus the number of extra good teams you get to save on offense by using weaker teams on these.
Most people doesn’t have 12 good war teams.
So having such opponents would make them a guaranteed 26 points instead of 4-8 on several attacks.
The more people who do this team setup the more points will these week teams will worth too so more advantage for the opponent.
Exactly. People can use some 3 or 4 star teams and save their 5 star teams for defenses that are going to be worth just a few points more. Seems like a good tradeoff. Hope to see teams like this on the battlefield. I could just use some 4* and get some early points while saving my better heroes when the board becomes more tough.
If you know you have a buddy on the opposite team, I can see this strategy being helpful as you know someone that will be an easy target.
Are you hurting your own team? Theoretically yes, but we all know those few points are the reason for wins and losses in W3K.