My road to Masters League at Town Hall 9
I would like to start off by giving my information for attacking, and defending just so you can get a better idea of how my push went.
Army Comp: 24-26 Level 6 Balloons, 40-45 Level 4 Minions, 5-10 Archers/Barbs
Defense: I made an original southern teaser which won me about 2/3 of my defenses (max splash, level 2 xbows, all other defenses were town hall 8 level)
For spells I ran with 3 rage and a lightning. So I would like to start off by referencing another thread, the inferno tower is indeed to hot to handle. For any other balloonion users out there, you know that the most important things to look for are low level/bad placement of wizard towers, air defenses, xbows (if set to ground and air), and inferno towers (when set to multi). There were many times when I would come across town hall 10's with level 3-5 wizard towers, level 3-5 air defenses and xbows set to ground. But they had those damned multi infernos! After losing 2 or 3 times I told myself to stay away from multi infernos all together (although I still tried to attack them with no luck). My push lasted from a Thursday to a Monday and I went from about 1800 trophies to 2606! I called it a success. I lost only two defenses (one to hogs and the other to balloonions), however I did stay on for longer periods of time than I am used to so that my defense wouldn't constantly lose me trophies. I made this thread to try to help out other town hall 9's attempting to reach masters. If you're town hall 10 going for masters, my advice would be to purchase your inferno towers and defend them mildly. That should get you to masters.