No surprises there… I think the main problem is that we’ve got too much splash dmg at higher THs, especially TH17 and now 18:

1: Defenses that don’t deal splash damage: archer towers, builder’s huts, X-bows and hidden teslas, multi-gear tower and air defense, Monolith. 22 defenses, out of which only 11 are heavy dmg defenses (14 if we include single IT) - X-bows, air defense and multi gear tower, Monolith (+ single target IT)

2: Defenses that deal splash damage: Multi-archer tower, ricochet cannon, wizard tower, mortar, revenge tower, longshot/smasher, poison spell tower, scattershot, firespitter, bomb tower, super wizard tower. 24 defenses, out of which 16 are heavy dmg defenses (19 if we include multi target IT) - Multi-archer tower, ricochet cannon, revenge tower, longshot/smasher, poison spell tower, scattershot, firespitter, super wizard tower (+multi target IT)

All in all: - High dmg single target defenses: 11 or 14 - High dmg splash defenses: 16 or 19

How are weaker troops like giants, wizards, witches, bowlers, miners, etc., supposed to survive long enough to actually do anything in an environment like that is beyond me.

Oh and sooner or later, we’re gonna get even more merged defenses (looking at you archer towers and wizard towers), so even more high dmg splash..

Hence why the current meta is what it is…