Cheaper and pretty damn quick at 10 minutes boosted.
I use giants to distract, Barbs and archers to clear, WB's for first layer of wall sometimes they get two layers if the layout permits. Then jump when needed and rage if i get into trouble (on the healers) Nothing scares me, pekka, hound, wizards, golem and dragon nothing stops my Queen except an Anti-SuperQueen layout.
When selecting a base make sure she won't circle the DE and ignore it as time is your biggest enemy. So "ring" bases are a no no imo as Queen tends to ignore the DE. I expect that's why folks take minions. However they are spending DE and I am not and with all the bases I find I'm not loosing out on avoiding a few.