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I have been able to reach Crystal 2 league using balloons and minions.
I am having a hard time getting more than one star. Can someone help me figure out how to use my balloons and minions most effectively.
I am currently a town hall 9 using a level 6 balloons and level 3 minions.
Thanks in advance
D.
I'm no expert at balloon-minion attacks but I say to upgrade your minions and you should be fine.
Use your mins to take out the air defense on one side. Then drop your ballons all along that side and drop a few rage spells
I usually lure cc troops and AQ then spread the balloons out on two sides,drop 10 minions on each side,drop a rage on each side, when they meet a wizard tower, drop a heal. You can do 2 rage, 2 heal or 2 rage, 1 heal, 1 lightning, for cc troops.
A guy in my clan, for clan wars, attacks town hall 8s by doing this.
Locate a base with Air defenses not in the center. The second layer or even third layer is a good target.
Drop a couple of balloons on each side where an air defense is, drop a rage when they get close to it. Drop a heal when necessary (e.g near high level wizard towers)
Use minions as clean up crew.
IM currently using lvl5 balloons and lvl3 minis. I lure the cc troops out and archer queen first. Then I deploy about 5-6 balloons on one side of the base, either in a L shaped fashion or in a straight line, then deploy some minis shortly after, hoping that the air bombs hit the loons. Then once the first wave of balloons are being damaged, I send in a second wave along with an even bigger wave of minions. If needed and/or possible, I deploy the rest of the balloons and deploy minions as needed for the remaining building. Spells arent needed, but they sure do come in handy, 1 lightning spell for cc troops, 1 heal just in case it's a more difficult base and two rages for increased speed on the balloons and increased damage on the minis.
Also skip bases with air X bows and infernos if you can.. You can also add a dragon to the loon/minute act as a tank. Put the dragon down first followed by loons then mins behind.
Check out unitysharps guide here on the forum for more detailed methods using this army.
Luring as a TH9 is important, but if you attack the right base it may not be critical.
Getting a two star, it is best to use rage imo. Carry three rage and one light spell. Use the light spell to take out CC troops and use your cc to take out the defending AQ. If Xbows pointed to air, Disco Infernos, deeply burried ADs or clustered WTs will likely prevent a two star.
Thank you everybody. I will try all ur advice.
If someone has more to offer, I am very interested in listening in ur army composition, lure strategy, how u deploy troops, ...
Thanks
D.
Its all about picking the right bases.
Ja I been using Barch attacks and Malloon Attacks thats what i like to call em anyway. Depending on the TH level of course, but i go up against alot of bases with Infernos. What you would typically need there is Freeze spells of course and rage potions.
What TH level are you OP?
Here is a vid for Luring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA1E...ature=youtu.be
I got a compilation of odd guides and what not here:
http://forum.supercell.net/showthrea...e-Complilation
Go to the clan LOONATIX for help on balloonions... they will give you tips
If you're struggling with them just try for the 50% wins first. Look at their cups and make sure they offer a good number of cups because hitting small cup offers is a waste of time when trophy hunting. Look for bases with deep xbows and infernos. Having their strongest weapons deep in the centre of their base means the rest is fairly straight forward. Picking the right base for air attacks is very important. Once you know what to look for you know instantly how the battle will play out. I lure the AQ and kill her before dropping anything else. Pick a few things off with mins that aren't protected if you are going to side swipe with loons on the other side. An extra few % can make all the difference for 50%. One loon can take out an archer tower, two for a wiz. Learn how many hits they can take before popping. Surgically go around the base this way and follow with a few minions each time. The spray and pray technique for loons only works if the base is weak or you have a huge amount of loons. Save your heroes for cleaning up an extra couple of % at the end. I tend to use heals and lightning only these days. Rage spells take 45mins so you will need to boost the spell factory using those. Once you get the hang of loons the spells are a luxury in most cases and only used in emergencies or if a base is one side heavy and heals make the loons unstoppable. Always hit the side of the base with air defence or defences upgrading. Don't try to overcome the side with active air defence if there's a side with one down. Lastly make sure you watch a lot of vids. There's heaps of good loon vids on YT, check em out.
Good luck!
An example of an easy 50% win surgically dropping loons (i'm just farming here though and grabbing all the loot as I go along). Once I take out all the defence just clean up with minions and heroes:
http://youtu.be/zZS-JYRATvk