TH8 Balloonion

Hello, I'm just curious about balloonion. b4 moving onto continuing with DE upgrades, I wanna just ask about balloonion. I think I might wanna try it out. This is my necessary info that I think I will need to include for this:

200 army camp space (maxed for TH8)
All lvl 10 barracks (maxed for TH8)
Both lvl 4 dark barracks (maxed for TH8)
Level 3 Spell Factory (maxed for TH8)
Level 5 Balloons (maxed for TH8)
Level 3 Minions (upgrading to lvl 4 ATM(maxed for TH8))
Lightning, Heal, Rage Spell Level 5 (maxed for TH8)
Level 10 Barbarian King (maxed for TH8)

I was thinking 28 balloons, 30 minions?

SO my main question is what comp should I use, and how to use it? WHat bases should I attack, etc? Everything I need 2 know thx

I like to use 28 loons, 30 minions, and 3 rage.

Look for bases with exposed ADs

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Originally Posted by nathannathan1232

I like to use 28 loons, 30 minions, and 3 rage.

Look for bases with exposed ADs

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k thx. any1 else?

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I like 24 balloons and 40 minions

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Originally Posted by YoloSwagginss

I like 24 balloons and 40 minions

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hmmm...is that inuf balloons?

Im at th9 in master 1 league (3009) and I only use 24 balloons and 50 minion.. in ur case I think 20 balloon should be enough.

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Originally Posted by JoshK

Im at th9 in master 1 league (3009) and I only use 24 balloons and 50 minion.. in ur case I think 20 balloon should be enough.

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seriously? 20? im not saying ur wrong, but how well does it do with only 24, and even 20 balloons?! I mean my balloons are lvl 5, not lvl 6 and only 20? I thought id need at least 28-32?!

well thx for ur suggestion though

so any actual attacking help though?

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Originally Posted by Pranav

seriously? 20? im not saying ur wrong, but how well does it do with only 24, and even 20 balloons?! I mean my balloons are lvl 5, not lvl 6 and only 20? I thought id need at least 28-32?!

well thx for ur suggestion though

so any actual attacking help though?

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I use loonians and my troops are lvl 5 loons and lvl2 minions and i do fairly well with 20-24 loons and the rest minions. If you have the elixir, a drag or 2 will help tank for the balloons

I used balloonion for th8 to fill up my de storage in prep for th9. 24 balloons, 40 minions, 1 rage, 2 heal, and ask for cc minions.

Balloonins has worked well for me when hunting for trophies I usually did 24 balloons rest minions and I carried 3 max rage

28 bloons, 30 mins. 2 rage and a zap for the cc troops.

drop a few mins spread out to check for bombs and lure cc/heroes. then have at it

why use balloon lv. 5?
they are not stronger than BAM lv. 5

they shine on lv.6

24 balloons, 20 minions, 20 archers (for finish) and 1 dragon.
another dragon and minions in CC.

i attack Wizards towers first.

1 rage to start, 1 heal, and 1 lightning. I have doubt on the lightning, and might replace it with a second heal.

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Originally Posted by sharonsym

why use balloon lv. 5?
they are not stronger than BAM lv. 5

they shine on lv.6

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You meant barb, archer and minion lv.5 or just barch lv.5 and minion lv.3? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Pranav

seriously? 20? im not saying ur wrong, but how well does it do with only 24, and even 20 balloons?! I mean my balloons are lvl 5, not lvl 6 and only 20? I thought id need at least 28-32?!

well thx for ur suggestion though

so any actual attacking help though?

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It isn't about excessive brutal force. Balloon actually is a rather precise tool.

When my balloon was at lvl 5, I usually brought 24, but against TH 8 (especially with exposed or underdeveloped air defence), something like 12-16 balloons were enough. So I can save for next raid.

For spells, I used 2 rage (to reach air defense or the village's core quickly) and 1 heal (heal minions against wizard tower). Depending on the wizard tower's position, the heal wasn't always necessary tho.

The only problem was when the clan castle was filled with dragon. You should seriously lure this and kill it before deploying your balloons. Your balloons can't defend themselves against a dragon.

20 bloons, 50 mins.

Your balloons are the meat shields. Much like giants.

Take the flack off the mins and they'll tear it up...

2 rage, 1 lightning for cc troops.

okay all thanks!

I farm with 16 loons 70, id say u will be fine with 20

I use 28 Balloons, 30 Minions (7 Balloons per Barracks/15 Minions per Dark Barracks), along with 2 Rages and a Heal or 3 Rages. So yeah, seems like most TH8s use the same Balloonion setup.

28 balloons and the rest minions is definitely ok, but I use 24 balloons the rest minions in a strategic way. On each of the 4 barracks, train 6 balloons, that's what I do. But yea, for spells I would bring 3 rage. If your going for an active person's base with tons of loot, make sure you lure out the cc first and watch out for wiz towers and Air Defense. Good Luck! :D

okay thx all.

so im thinking 1 of each spell

and 28 balloons, 20 minions, 1 drag

OR

28 loons, 30 minions

which one should I do and is it good? thx

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Originally Posted by Pranav

okay thx all.

so im thinking 1 of each spell

and 28 balloons, 20 minions, 1 drag

OR

28 loons, 30 minions

which one should I do and is it good? thx

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Try each and test them out for a bit, find what suits you more

I'm assuming you're farming, th8 is not good for trophies. If you're not boosting, I don't see how baloonians is profitable. Too much elixir and too much training time. For trophies it's good, but not for farming. 208k elixir for 24 bloons and 3 rages + dark elixir for minions, 2:15 hours wait time for 3 rages. No thanks

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Originally Posted by Pranav

okay thx all.

so im thinking 1 of each spell

and 28 balloons, 20 minions, 1 drag

OR

28 loons, 30 minions

which one should I do and is it good? thx

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If you're going to bring a dragon too, you can definitely cut the number of balloons to 24 and keep the minions to 30. Remember that balloons alone won't attack resources until every defenses were down and they're quite slow. You will lost too much time with too many balloons.

A method to check the best combo for you is to raid with that many balloons, then count how many balloons you got left after. For the next raid, reduce the number of balloons by a pair and repeat, until you found the optimum number of balloons suitable for you.

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Originally Posted by Freshmaker

I'm assuming you're farming, th8 is not good for trophies. If you're not boosting, I don't see how baloonians is profitable. Too much elixir and too much training time. For trophies it's good, but not for farming. 208k elixir for 24 bloons and 3 rages + dark elixir for minions, 2:15 hours wait time for 3 rages. No thanks

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You don't have to use them all every attack. Just drop what number necessary. Same with spells. In that way, they are quite efficient.

Sometimes I didn't even have to use spells.

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Originally Posted by Freshmaker

I'm assuming you're farming, th8 is not good for trophies. If you're not boosting, I don't see how baloonians is profitable. Too much elixir and too much training time. For trophies it's good, but not for farming. 208k elixir for 24 bloons and 3 rages + dark elixir for minions, 2:15 hours wait time for 3 rages. No thanks

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agree...
without heal and rage, lv. 5 balloon can't do much yet

for farming at TH8, they are no stronger than BAM that take less time to train and more resource friendly.

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Originally Posted by Freshmaker

I'm assuming you're farming, th8 is not good for trophies. If you're not boosting, I don't see how baloonians is profitable. Too much elixir and too much training time. For trophies it's good, but not for farming. 208k elixir for 24 bloons and 3 rages + dark elixir for minions, 2:15 hours wait time for 3 rages. No thanks

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im maxed on my elixir upgrades so, I don't care bout elixir. plus its only 106K elixir. its only 270 DE for 30 lvl 4 minions, so no complaints. u have a pt with training time, so im only doing it for an overnite army