Depends how you play. Fighting with your hero gives a huge amount of experience relatively at lower levels. Hitting Invaders with default energy, not so much. 

Could be a few good hits on enemy towns or it could be a few weeks of play time hitting level 1&2 Invaders.

Seems a simple question,but the answers probably more complex.

The fact that you have experience in the game should help.

A lot will depend on how you like to play the game,and how much time you have to spend playing.

Are you going to

Play as a single player?

Join a Clan?

Spend real money?

Jump to another kingdom,or stay where you end up, which is likely to be more competetive?

I can tell you  that I have a new account, it was started late JUNE and its presently  Hero level 42,and  purposefully I havent been paying much attention to it.I havent even progressed to palace 5,though I could easily do so.

So you ought to be able to do much much better than this.

However, sometimes moving slowly can have other benefits.There are ways to build and research that saves you time in the long term.

I just re read your post.

I only bought the one pack.(not the novice pack), so I could get auto complete on all tasks.

I play wthout packs from bank

From 1 to 40 ~ 4-5 month i think

Cheers guys, the question has been answered.

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