5 Things to Look for When Joining a Clash of Clans Clan
Not all clans are worth your time. Here's what separates a great clan from one you'll leave in a week.
Finding a new clan shouldn't be a gamble. After years of watching players cycle through clans, the same patterns keep showing up. The clans that hold onto members for months all do the same things right.
Here's what to look for before you hit Join.
1. War Activity That Matches Your Playstyle
Before anything else, check how often the clan wars. A clan set to "Always" is going to expect a lot from you. If you're a casual player, that's a fast track to getting kicked.
Look for:
- Casual: rare wars, no pressure, social focus
- Regular: once a week, consistent but not intense
- Active: multiple wars per week, serious players
- Hardcore: maximum war frequency, CWL every month, full commitment
There's no wrong answer here. The mistake is joining a hardcore war clan when you play twice a week.
2. Donations That Go Both Ways
Donations are one of the clearest signals of clan health. A healthy clan has members who both donate and request. If you see one player with thousands of donations and everyone else sat at zero, the clan has a small core doing all the work for a passive majority.
Check the member list on ClashScout. If donation counts are spread fairly across members, it's a good sign.
3. A Town Hall Range That Fits You
Always check the required trophies and any TH restrictions before applying. Some clans only put TH13+ in war, even if you've been playing for years at TH12. It's not personal, but don't waste time requesting to join a clan that won't use you.
ClashScout shows TH level breakdowns on every clan page. Use them.
4. A Leader Who's Actually There
Ghost leaders kill clans. The leader hasn't logged in for three months, no one can promote co-leaders, and wars fall apart. You've seen it.
Look for clans where the leader is active and where there's at least one active co-leader too. If the clan has a Discord server linked on ClashScout, that's a strong signal, because active leadership almost always has a Discord.
5. Communication Outside the Game
In-game chat is fine for basics. But the clans that build real loyalty have a Discord server, or at least keep the in-game messages coming. That's where strategy gets shared and wars actually get called, and it's the difference between a member list and a clan.
If a clan page has a Discord linked, send a message before you even apply. Introducing yourself first puts you ahead of most of the people in the queue.
Ready to find a clan that ticks all five boxes? Search clans on ClashScout and use the filters to narrow down exactly what you're looking for.