Minion



"This terror of the skies was born out of Dark Elixir. Undetectable by the Seeking Air Mine, Minions materialize with ease, but are fragile in our world."


 * Summary
 * The Minion is a fast, cheap, and relatively weak ranged flying unit.
 * It is made of Dark Elixir and is trained in the Dark Barracks.
 * The Minion's method of attack is spitting Dark Elixir.
 * Because it is a flying troop, it will not be shot by Cannons or Mortars.
 * Although the minion does the weakest damage per second out of all dark troops, it has the fastest training time.
 * Seeking Air Mines will not target minions, but regular air bombs do.
 * Really useful in the Single Player Campaign. You can simply destroy all of the air defenses, archer towers, and wizard towers; then deploy a single minion. It will destroy every building. It takes a bit of patience but, it pays off at the end. With a Single Player Campaign, there is no time limit, so one unthreatened minion will eventually destroy every building.


 * Offensive Strategy
 * Minions are cheap and take up only 2 troop slots, making them well suited to use in a group rush strategy.
 * Minions can also be destroyed by one Air Mine; therefore a good strategy is to deploy them one at a time in different locations to set off the mines, and then follow it up by deploying them in mass.
 * As is the case with all flying units, Archer Towers, Wizard Towers and Air Defenses should be taken out before deploying minions.
 * Using Giants as a defense when using Minions to attack other buildings is a good idea since the Giants will attack the defenses and keep them occupied while the Minions can attack all the outside units achieving at least 50% damage.
 * Defensive Strategy
 * Try to have an Air Bomb in case you are attacked by Minions. It's the biggest weak spot for a Minion, especially if the attacker has multiple Minions, as Air Bombs do splash damage.
 * Defend Air Defenses, Wizard Towers and Archer Towers well so the Minions don't have free range.
 * Minions, although individually weak, are very powerful in numbers.


 * Trivia
 * Minions can trigger Giant Bombs even though they will not be affected by them!
 * The Minion is a Dark Elixir troop added in the March 12th 2013 upgrade.
 * Their appearance resembles that of a gargoyle.
 * Can only have a max of 110 at one time in all fully upgraded army camps maximum.
 * Tapping on the Army Camp will make the Minion sneeze dark elixir.

