Minion — Clash of Clans

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Dark Elixir

Updated: 18 September 2026 · By the Goblins Farm team

Minions are fast, cheap flying attackers with very little health. They are the air equivalent of Archers: excellent value when something else is absorbing the damage, and gone in an instant when it is not.

What it does

Minions fly, attack at short range, and cost very little dark elixir. They have no preferred target, so they hit the nearest building, and they move quickly enough to cross a base in seconds.

Their hitpoints are extremely low. Any air-targeting splash defence removes a group of Minions almost instantly, which is the single fact that governs how they are used.

How to use it

Minions are support and clean-up, not a spearhead.

Behind a tank. Lava Hounds and Dragons soak air defence fire while Minions do damage from behind. This pairing is the backbone of a great many air armies.
Clean-up. A handful held back finishes surviving buildings quickly at the end of an attack, because they are fast.
Spread them. Never a stack. One air splash shot should not be able to remove your whole damage output.

How to beat it

Air-targeting splash defences, positioned so they cover the approaches rather than only the core. Because Minions are fast, defences that need time to acquire targets get less value; because Minions are fragile, anything that lands an area hit gets a great deal.

Stats by level

Minion stats by level
Level	Hitpoints	DPS	Research cost	Research time	Town Hall
1	58	38	—	—	7
2	63	41	1,000 Dark Elixir	6 h	7
3	68	44	2,500 Dark Elixir	8 h	8
4	73	47	5,000 Dark Elixir	12 h	8
5	78	50	10,000 Dark Elixir	1 d	9
6	84	54	15,000 Dark Elixir	1 d 12 h	10
7	90	58	31,500 Dark Elixir	1 d 18 h	11
8	96	62	47,500 Dark Elixir	2 d	12
9	102	66	75,000 Dark Elixir	3 d	13
10	108	70	100,000 Dark Elixir	4 d	14
11	114	74	115,000 Dark Elixir	4 d 12 h	15
12	120	78	160,000 Dark Elixir	5 d	16
13	130	84	220,000 Dark Elixir	9 d	17
14	140	92	335,000 Dark Elixir	14 d	18

Where these numbers come from. Read from Clash of Clans' own game files, client build 18.600.3. They are exact for that build and do not reflect anything released after it, so verify in game before committing an upgrade.

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Frequently asked

Are Minions good on their own?

No. Their hitpoints are too low to survive contact with air defences, so a pure Minion army evaporates. They perform well behind something durable, most commonly a Lava Hound, which absorbs the air defence fire while the Minions deal the damage.

Why do all my Minions die at once?

Because they were deployed in a stack within range of an air-targeting splash defence. Spread them along a line so a single area hit cannot remove the whole group.

Goblins Farm is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or specifically approved by Supercell. Clash of Clans is a trademark of Supercell Oy. This material is unofficial fan content produced under Supercell's Fan Content Policy. Game values change with every update; always verify in-game before committing an upgrade.