Minions stink

Minions are better then archers in certain situations.

Archers are better then minions in certain situations.

Both can be used effectively in specific raid setups.

The archers came first, so they'll be favored by old dogs who won't be taught new tricks, but minions can certainly perform better then archers when used in certain ways, with certain troops around them.

Both have their advantages and disadvantages.

I personally only use archers to farm, because dark elixir is too precious to use for training minions every raid. However, I have also used a large amount of minions [50+] in every raid during a climb from 1700 to 2300 trophies, so I know that minions can certainly destroy a lot of bases at higher trophy levels, and they can also certainly farm.

You just have to use different troop setups with both, you can't throw minions out there with wbs/barbs/gobs/giants and expect them to do as well as archers would in that setup, and you can't throw a bunch of archers out there with balloons and expect the archers to do as well with them as minions do.

They have their uses - I try to carry 20 or so - there's nothing better than seeing a flock taking out a mortar making mincemeat of your ground troops.

I'm a video chap so allow me to express it in that medium - if you jump forward about 7 minutes you can see them in action :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSkmMYDLuQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSkmMYDLuQ

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Originally Posted by Huskymudkipz

Minions are probably the worst troop out there. Archers can do the job 100% more efficiently and are cheaper. Some people might say well upgrade them to level 5 and see. No, I already have level 6 archers which is better than level 5 minion so why waste all that dark elixer? Minions should be removed from the game.

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Originally Posted by Huskymudkipz

Minions are probably the worst troop out there.

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Not if you are Daddy. ;)

One thing I learn about this game is there is no perfect troop or defence layout.
And that is the beauty of the game.
Different combinations work in different situations.

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Originally Posted by Shrimpy

One thing I learn about this game is there is no perfect troop or defence layout.
And that is the beauty of the game.
Different combinations work in different situations.

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Wadu ya mean???? Barbarians are perfect (hehe)

And those minions were level one........ Nuf said ;)

Minions are flying. They have 6 more dps per unit and 10 less health per unit. But arvher towers are slow and air defences are usually easy to take out.

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Originally Posted by Kaserbeam

And those minions were level one........ Nuf said ;)

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Exactly.

Myne are lvl 1 and I currently only use them for finishing off my goal. Much like Daddy shows. Many times they will save a raid going bad.

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Originally Posted by Rager

Minions are flying. They have 6 more dps per unit and 10 less health per unit. But arvher towers are slow and air defences are usually easy to take out.

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Not true. Stat wise my level 1 minions are superior to my level 4 archers in every way except training time and the fact they are made of dark elixer. And dark elixer is RARE.

Hmmm, I see now that they are good in certain situations... But I still do not think they are worth it to take in every army. Also the situations you mentioned only seem to be situations that would happen while farming. Not enough to take on a good base. And in general use archers are good in most situations