I am still interested in the answer to my original question,unfortunately, though a few have looked, only you responded and without a possible solution.

That it would be a win, an easy win is exactly what I thought until the player in question returned to play, but was followed by some even more bizarre behaviour.

Maybe the person was on vacation ... maybe they only play for cvc ... some people don't come on for long time when they play so just 1 week 1 day doesn't mean much because the account may be over a year or more "old" ...

So what do you mean by "what does it take"???  You don't say what his town level is and the person probably has done a lot invader knowledge done ...

I appreciate that the playing time stated is a bit vague as it doesn't really represent how old the account is, but just how long the account has been logged in.

I had wondered if the account was totally legitimate, or had infringed some rules and was banned, but the return of the player during the event suggested otherwise, but maybe did shed light on to how the account might be being played.

Also was it feasible to actually pay real money in order to get the gold and resources to instantly acquire and upgrade everything instantaneously and what the cost might be.

The one thing you cant get easily,  is the equipment and gems for the hero,and particularly the shaman.Or is it?

If so ,please divulge the secret,as I am still struggling even by playing a different kind of game elsewhere.

Most of the information is not available to opponents except palace level, which is 27, and the statistics which didn't look that spectacular. Is 2 billion resources sufficient?