Someone PLEASE sell me on barbarians!
I have tried various farming methods using both barbarians and giants. I am very active and attack back to back as soon as my troops generate so using the Giant/Healer method is not to my liking as the healers are too slow to create and require me to take out air defenses before going after the resources. Also, healers aren't cheap. To understand my dilemma, I'll give you a bit of back story.
I just started playing 5 weeks ago. I am level 60 and I am one of those idiots who kept upgrading my town hall because I didn't have the sense to come here first and read. I am currently at TH 9 with the following troops:
Barbarian: Lvl 4
Archer: Lvl 5
Goblin: Lvl 2
Giant: Lvl 4
Wall Breaker: Lvl 4
Balloon: Lvl 1
Wizard: Lvl 3
Healer: Lvl 1
Dragon : Lvl 1
PEKKA: Lvl 1
Minion: Lvl 1
Hod Rider: Lvl 1
Valkyrie: Lvl 1
Golem: Lvl 4
Spell Factory Lvl 3
Lightning Lvl 4
Heal: Lvl 1
Rage: Lvl 2
Army Camp: Lvl 6
Archer Queen: Lvl 1
Barbarian King: Lvl 2
Essentially, The only farming troop I have that is where it should be is my archer and I am about to upgrade her to Lvl 6.
Here's my issue. I try farming with Barbarians but their "supposed" high health means nothing because one good splash shot from high level mortars kill them just the same as archers and they have a tendency to clump together and go after targets other than resources. They seem to provide no distraction whatsoever (like giants do) and they die a fast death leaving my archers prone to mortar fire. I fight too fast to rely on using 3 lightning spells to take out mortars. Right now, I am farming by using around 100-ish archers with 5 Giants, 5 Wall Breakers and 30-40 Minions. I use the archers to take out pumps and air defenses within their reach then I send in all of the minions at once (raged if possible) to the point closest to the resources. If I don't use the minions then I use the giants and wall breakers (Also raged) to create a path for my archers to the resources. This tactic works VERY well and almost always results in me gathering 90% or more of the resources and getting a star or two in the process. I only go after bases with 200K or more in combined resources.
I would really love to find a way to incorporate barbs into my farming strategy but they seem no better than archers and they go after everything except what I want them to.