Talk:Dark Elixir Storage/@comment-108.27.138.103-20130514204213/@comment-2170536-20130516213815

Let me see if I understand your question. If you had 10,000 DE in your storage with an empty Dark Barracks to begin with, someone of exactly your same Town Hall level could steal up to 500 of that DE. If you were to "hide" 1,000 DE in the Dark Barracks before logging off, you would have 9,000 DE still in your storage. That same attacker would then only be able to steal 450 DE instead of 500 (5% of the lower total). The DE hidden away does not factor into the calculation at all.

Is this what you were asking? If so, then the answer is yes. Basically you "protect" 5% of what you "hide."