the truth about balloons

I agree with most people here, you really need high level balloons before they start to get good.

Their purpose is to kill off the defenses before the bulk of troops are deployed to gather loot. If an air def or archer tower is outside the walls, kill it quickly with minimal troops. If archer tower behind a wall, deploy one giant to distract then a balloon as close as possible. Let it take out mortar and cannons, then send in the goblins. They can be extremely useful at low town hall levels - experiment a bit as they take some getting used to. They're not just an add in to send in at the same time as your main force, as a squad of giants might do.

for me Balloons and wizzards started to be usefull at th 7 and at least L3

Wizards are not useful till lvl 3 at the least as archers and barbs work much better. Balloons are great in th4-5 as the bases are small so the air def is normally exposed and some sneaky use of giants can do archer towers and wiz towers are not often a threat to balloons unless there is a lot of distractions that allows it to fir for 30 secs before being destroyed

When I created my second account I also thought that I would crash low level bases with high level ballons.

At first I tried 3 level 6 loons in clan castle at TH4-5. This was just a waste of time. I had to breach walls, concentrate my giants on a defence that doesn't affect my other troops so I can use the castle troops. On some base where they forgot to build their AD, I was cleaning out for sure. But 80% of the other bases, the AD was in the center of the walls.

As a TH6, I thought 4 level 6 loons would do the job. But the single AD can kill all 4 max loons (without rage spell).

I'm not even talking about the kind of loons you can produce as a TH4.

So yes, upgrade them. They will be usefull at level 6 when you are TH9. But until then, leave those to Daddy.

By the way, I currently give my alt account either 4 level 5 hogs, 4 level 6 giants or a level 4 dragon. Much better use of clan castle space. Dragons are a better investment at low level than loons in my opinion

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Originally Posted by blackcollector

When I created my second account I also thought that I would crash low level bases with high level ballons.

At first I tried 3 level 6 loons in clan castle at TH4-5. This was just a waste of time. I had to breach walls, concentrate my giants on a defence that doesn't affect my other troops so I can use the castle troops. On some base where they forgot to build their AD, I was cleaning out for sure. But 80% of the other bases, the AD was in the center of the walls.

As a TH6, I thought 4 level 6 loons would do the job. But the single AD can kill all 4 max loons (without rage spell).

I'm not even talking about the kind of loons you can produce as a TH4.

So yes, upgrade them. They will be usefull at level 6 when you are TH9. But until then, leave those to Daddy.

By the way, I currently give my alt account either 4 level 5 hogs, 4 level 6 giants or a level 4 dragon. Much better use of clan castle space. Dragons are a better investment at low level than loons in my opinion

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thanks. and thanks to all respondents for all the tips

Yeah, balloons aren't very good at low town hall levels. 8 minutes to train, low DPS... they only become good at level 4 maybe. I wouldn't use bloons, and I'd use barbarians and archers instead.

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Originally Posted by acealive

They become very powerfull at Level 5, combined with rage spells.
I used to consider them rather worthless at the early stages of them game, though.

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they get a 50%(rough) damage boost at lv6 so really they get powerfull at lv 6

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Originally Posted by acealive

They become very powerfull at Level 5, combined with rage spells.
I used to consider them rather worthless at the early stages of them game, though.

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same here i got them maxed and i luv them before lvl 5 they we re horrible !

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Originally Posted by boutselis

I'm at th4. just unlocked a ballon and trained one in 6 freaking minutes. I read about them and it seems like they are useless at my level of play.

I have not used one yet but it seems that if I have to take out all the air defense in order to use one and if I don't have enough forces to do all the air defense and keep busy/take out the mortar at the same time

then should I just not bother with it? it seems like a complicated tactic.

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Are you angry because you gemmed it? Mine take 8 minutes.

All troops are fairly useless at level 1. Just stick with them and upgrade as you go. You will realise that they are a cheapish Tier 2 army that can get you to Champions league with some minions :D