Balloons and Minions

Hey,
Greyjoy is doing another trophy push soon, and I've decided that my strategy will be Balloons and Minions.
I've never used this strategy before, as I'm a new th9 and my balloons are currently upgrading.
Does anybody have any tips? I know this is a popular forum strategy.
Believe me, I've watched tons of videos from forum greats like Daddy and Ruthless Barbarian and such..

My real question is how many balloons do I use? I've commonly seen 20..
What spells/how many should I have each raid? I've seen some people say to have at least one spell on you at all times.
What are the best kinds of bases to attack?
When's the best time to use the spells?
Is it a necessity for my minions to be level 5?
How should I deploy them?
Should I have a dragon in my CC?

Thank you, any help is appreciated. (Sorry for so many questions, lol.)
If you have any tips, please let me know.

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Originally Posted by Huskiesrock321

Hey,
Greyjoy is doing another trophy push soon, and I've decided that my strategy will be Balloons and Minions.
I've never used this strategy before, as I'm a new th9 and my balloons are currently upgrading.
Does anybody have any tips? I know this is a popular forum strategy.
Believe me, I've watched tons of videos from forum greats like Daddy and Ruthless Barbarian and such..

My real question is how many balloons do I use? I've commonly seen 20..
What spells/how many should I have each raid? I've seen some people say to have at least one spell on you at all times.
What are the best kinds of bases to attack?
When's the best time to use the spells?
Is it a necessity for my minions to be level 5?
How should I deploy them?
Should I have a dragon in my CC?

Thank you, any help is appreciated. (Sorry for so many questions, lol.)
If you have any tips, please let me know.

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My real question is how many balloons do I use?

Well if your now starting to use it, I would recommend 24-28

What spells/how many should I have each raid? I've seen some people say to have at least one spell on you at all times.

Well with the spell boost you can have like all 4. The more spells you have, the more punch or sticky situation savers you have. i would have at least 1 lightning and 1 rage but 1 lightning, 1 heal, 2 rages in all.

What are the best kinds of bases to attack?

The best kind of bases to attack are bases with exposed air defenses, easy to get air defenses and low leveled wizard towers, note that you can have mid- level of these things(just don't go taking on lvl 6+ ADs or lvl 6+ WTs

When's the best time to use the spells?

Your balloons are your main attacking power so as you will have 2 rage spells you may(optional) drop a rage if your balloons are not going to make it. when you are around a WT you may drop a heal spells if there low on health or basically at any time when their health is low. Use lightning spells for cc troops, archers can mow down your balloons fast.

Is it a necessity for my minions to be level 5?
How should I deploy them?
Should I have a dragon in my CC?

i tried it and failed horribly.
Mass dragons is way easier..

hell even mass archer works btter lol

That is not true! I tried it with lvl 5 balloons and lvl 1 minions and it worked. My balloons are upgrading at the moment and I am going to upgrade my minions right after. Balloonion works awesomely! :D

As for your CC, dragons, balloons and minions will all be nice.


Deploying

1) Lure CC and heros
2) Either lightening or minion those suckers
3) Deploy Balloons near a few air defenses (but don't spread your troops to thin)
4) If Wizard tower is in the way, deploy on balloon out front to take the brunt of its attack
5) Drop 1-2 rages to quickly take out air defenses.
6) Put minions on clean up


Minion in depth
I have not used balloons allot but I love these flying devils

The biggest mistake people make in using these guys is throwing a mass in, before checking for bombs. So if the balloons haven't check already - send a few in ahead of the pack (nothing takes the steam out of a minion attack like a red air mine)

Luring cc troops is important for minions to. As a mass of minions just doesn't seem to attack very well when a line of archers pop out of the CC. (They seem to target the same one, causing lots of wasted time)

Uses
1) Clean up
2) Targeted attacks - deploy in groups of 5-6 to quickly take out exposed archer towers and air defenses (avoid wizard towers and teslas as they will rip you apart)
3) Storage blitz - drop a rage and 20-30 minions will tear apart a vault in seconds (if you get those wizard towers out of the way)
4) Distractions - if those splash towers are out of the way minions can make that huge DPS of an air defense go to waste


My favorite use is the surgical strikes to defenses and blitzing storages.

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Originally Posted by Huskiesrock321

If you have any tips, please let me know.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUX0q_SmpNk

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Originally Posted by lancsfirepro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUX0q_SmpNk

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Nice video and a lot of good tips but there won't be many of those bases after you start Crystal.

OP will need a different strategy for the wins. Mainly picking off 50% for 1 star or possibly 50% and TH for 2 star.

There are a lot of good tips here but the key is practise. You'll slowly learn the limitations of the troops and then you'll know exactly how many you can drop and where (including if spells are required). Oh, and you'll get a lot better in time visually seeing the 50% before starting.

Try not to panic and drop everything too quickly. I can't remember the amount of times I've used 5 minions, CC and lightning spell to get from 40 to 50% just by remaining calm and picking off final buildings and possibly lightning a builder's hut.

Stay patience. Picking the right base is the toughest job. Don't be afraid to hit next.

For speed go with 16 balloons, rest minions to 2,600 and then possibly 20 or 24 balloons, rest minions if you're struggling after that.

Just be thankful that you're doing this during the spell boost. It is a lot harder if you're trying to only use 1 Rage per battle due to cooking time.

Oh, and it depends how committed you are to your clan. Every now and again you'll see a base with 6k DE and be faced with a decision. Shall I take it and lose 30 trophies or say goodbye and move on to an easier base. Shhhh, but most of us during Forum Elite push took the DE.

Also check out my thread from 7th September.
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...lloons-Minions)

I've not used anything but Balloons / Minions since then staying between 2,550 and 2,700.

Pretty cool stitch! I am researching my balloons and minions are coming next, this will be my next trophy push army. Thanks for all the good info :D
CashClash22

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Originally Posted by Lieto

i tried it and failed horribly.
Mass dragons is way easier..

hell even mass archer works btter lol

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did u pick the right base? mass archers doesn't work better, u probably picked the wrong base, and gave up after that. don't expect first timer 3-stars