@frontosis- actually I know of a couple hansel accounts with a LOT of ally slots- 1000 .... They don't need pots to hit EB's off a relative modest total ally value. I'm sure they are making a lot of gold.
Hansel kicks ass. You can't do anything to them in war. They stay pinned, you can't do Jack. Sure, troop builds can self pin too. But when they do that, they're pinning their biggest weapon. Real dumb. Think about it. In system wars, all about the plunder. Hard to make money off someone that's constantly pinned. Osw, they just wreck everyone.
@RES. I still know a couple good ones. But my point is they are older players. I don't know any big hansels that are a year of playing or less with that kind of BFA. If you do know a couple like that, then well, it's still a drop in the bucket
Depends on what you wish to do with your build. Also depends on the stats (Particular points in strength give more leverage to particular builds), allies (as mentioned), and the hybridization of said hansel.
Attack, makes the game more interesting since it's harder to grow plus it's easier to judge who u can farm