Minions or Archers - Which one is better? (part deux with video)

[RuthlessBarbarian]

Yeah, there are two air bombs on that map. And they wipe out the minions coming from the sides they launch at.

I want to be a minion believer. But based on what I'm seeing in game I'm not seeing it for farming right now. 220 pop minion attacks might be able to make a dent after exhausting the bombs and dragons tanking makes sense. But I don't see those as farming attacks although they may be reasonable trophy raids.

But if you're actively experimenting with them keep recording your attacks. I think the next generation of farming attacks is going to involve either hogs or minions. We'll see if it's one or both with time.

Most definitely will do that.

I went with minions due to relatively low cost and faster upgrades, but hogs are on my radar now as well. I think now that craziness over DE is almost over, it is easier to save up DE and to the point where you have surplus. In my case, I am not interested in upgrading BK or AQ and will keep them at level 5 for a while. I just don't want to wait hours for their health to regenerate. Therefore, I have nothing else to do with DE but to use it for DE troop upgrades and minion raids.

I agree with you that time will tell. Who knows what the next upgrade will bring.

[RuthlessBarbarian]

Air bombs are kinda hard to scout. They have 1 tile occupation for christ's sakes. They could be anywhere... lol

Yes, but most inexperienced people group them together. So if you find it - you are golden

[Axlrulez]

Just got my minions and i like them better than archers.

[RuthlessBarbarian]

Just got my minions and i like them better than archers.

minions are good but when upgraded and if you have plenty of unused DE. Hoping to make a video soon with level 5.

[Treborray]

surely it would be better to simply deploy a couple minneons to trigger the air bomb and then in with the swarm?

Thats exactly what I do.

[RegaliaRemix]

Nice to have a Dragon lead the pack followed by minions. Dragon can take some punishment before going down unless they trigger DE air mines.

[Lardo66]

Thats a good plan, but there are 4 red air bombs lol.
by the time you are done checking for air bombs, and send in your main swarm, your grounds troop got taken down already.
but i have not use this tactic before, maybe some others have already mastered that strategy

Just deploy 4 at random open spaces where there is likely to be air bombs, but it is a hard tactic, I've had lots of trouble with it as well! Good luck!

[RuthlessBarbarian]

Nice to have a Dragon lead the pack followed by minions. Dragon can take some punishment before going down unless they trigger DE air mines.

or deploy minions to take out hidden DE air bombs and have dragons live longer. Have you thought of that?

[RuthlessBarbarian]

Just deploy 4 at random open spaces where there is likely to be air bombs, but it is a hard tactic, I've had lots of trouble with it as well! Good luck!

usually you could see empty spots that have either teslas or air bombs. It is however often challenging.

[Loraxdooper]

I am slowly coming to the dark side. I have been experimenting with minions in my mini account. The minions are level 1, I try to take 5 - 10 minions with my normal farm troops. I believe they make a big difference, I release them as a swarm (and they should swarm more to be effective) and I've sat and watched dumbstruck as all my level 4 troops die, except for 2 minions who threw their DE fecal matter at level 11 storage and stole 100k elix by themselves.

Go go go you crazy blue "butterflies" (Lizzy)

I just did the exact same thing. Minions happen to be out of range for air defense. 10 minions took down 2 storages while the rest of troops were dead.