And the point of having Dark Elixir troops is?

So as of right now, dark elixir troops seem fairly useless. Too expensive (Golem, valkyrie), Too easily taken out (A few Air bombs will halt full force minion attacks) or just kinda pointless (Valkyrie and Hog riders IMO).
Everything they can do I can do just as effectively using normal elixir troops, albeit using two troop types and such. Golems are a taboo for farmers (which a lot the community is), and the other troops' niche is kinda pointless. Flying archer goblin hybrid? Nope says Air bombs. Troops that jump walls? it doesn't really matter with the correct base setup, they're gonna get mauled. High AOE damage troop? Great, but I can three star bases just as easily using my normal farming setup.
Extremely high HP damage soaking troop? Good luck sustaining consistent usage.

Basically (sorry for wall of text), I find Dark elixir troops to be useless. Upgraded sure, they might be good but I'd much rather spend the hardest lootable resource in the game on an immortal troop than training and upgrading a one time use troop.

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No troop is good at level 1. Level 5 hog riders are extremely powerful and deal 90 damage per seconds whilst sponging damage in groups and moving quickly between targets. Please name me another infantry level tier 1 troop which is good at level 1.

i think minions are useful in killing cannons and mortars.

And ryskew, dragons and pekkas :D

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Originally Posted by ryskew

No troop is good at level 1. Level 5 hog riders are extremely powerful and deal 90 damage per seconds whilst sponging damage in groups and moving quickly between targets. Please name me another infantry level tier 1 troop which is good at level 1.

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Yeah have fun upgrading that hog rider.

I could probably level up my barb king 2-3 times with the amount of delixir you need to spend in order to upgrade them.

Also, they cost the most expensive resource in the game. If they aren't good from the get go, and require me to spend even MORE of the most expensive resource in the game then its a big nono.

Sorry, forgot to add this. However, I do think that there should be more of a sustainable source of dark elixir rather than having one level 3 drill which gives you 45 per hour. It costs me roughly that to make a hog rider, so if I use 5 that would be 5 hours until I got that dark elixir back. They should either add more drills or triple how much they produce, especially for the upgrade cost. Another idea was having the dark barracks to produce troops made with elixir, but need dark elixir to upgrade and dark elixir to upgrade the barracks level.

Both minions and golems are used. I assume there's a niche for the other two as well. Minions are great when used well, and lots of top players use golems.

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Originally Posted by J011Y1ND1AN

i think minions are useful in killing cannons and mortars.

And ryskew, dragons and pekkas :D

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I said infantry level tier 1 troop. These are just the equivalent to the barbarian, archer, goblin and giant.

You're doing it wrong.

I use minions in every battle, and I win more than I lose.

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Originally Posted by DHKany

Yeah have fun upgrading that hog rider.

I could probably level up my barb king 2-3 times with the amount of delixir you need to spend in order to upgrade them.

Also, they cost the most expensive resource in the game. If they aren't good from the get go, and require me to spend even MORE of the most expensive resource in the game then its a big nono.

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Have fun upgrading your barbarian king, which upgrades so little each time and takes longer to regenerate. I trust I won't see you complaining when it takes 4 months to get it from level 20 to 30? No? Not even worth the builder space.

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Originally Posted by TheConfuzed1

You're doing it wrong.

I use minions in every battle, and I win more than I lose.

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Maybe I am.

But I could probably fare just as well using normal elixir troops.