Minions

How it plays

• •Cheap air DPS with strong defensive utility.
• •Useful for deleting mini-tanks, Balloons, and support units when spells are out of hand.
• •Can support tanks well, but often gets more dependable value on defense.
• •Loses a lot of value when the opponent still has clean anti-air splash or Arrows.

Counters to Minions

Cards that deal with Minions efficiently.

• •Zap plus tower support
• •Giant Snowball plus tower support
• •Rage plus tower support

Pairs with Minions

Cards commonly played alongside Minions.

• •Ground mini-tanks that protect from splash and absorb tower fire

Balance history

1. 29 February 2016—Sight range reduced from 6 to 5.5 tiles.
2. 3 May 2016—Range changed from 2.5 to 2 while effective reach stayed effectively the same.
3. 20 June 2018—Added 0.15 sec deploy delay between each Minion.
4. 1 July 2019—Range reduced from 2 to 1.6 tiles; classified as melee long.
5. 2 June 2020—Deploy delay reduced from 0.15 sec to 0.1 sec.
6. 7 December 2022—Damage increased by 15%.
7. 31 March 2025—Spawn formation mirrored correctly based on side of arena.
8. 4 August 2025—Hitpoints increased by 16%; range increased to 2.5 tiles from 1.6.
9. 7 August 2025—Hitpoints reduced by 14%.
10. 1 September 2025—Attack period increased to 1.1 sec from 1 sec.
11. 6 October 2025—Damage reduced by 9%.
12. 2 February 2026—Hit speed slowed from 1.1 sec to 1.2 sec.

Also unlocks in Training Camp

Cards that become available at the same point, which makes them rough contemporaries.

• 
  Archers3
• 
  Knight3
• 
  Arrows3
• 
  Mini PEKKA4
• 
  Musketeer4
• 
  Giant5

Elsewhere

• Current decks featuring MinionsDeck Shop Pro — community-maintained deck lists
• Full stats and matchups for MinionsDeck Shop Pro — detailed card breakdown

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Play it

Minions is in the pool for every mode here. Classic, Description, Rush and Memory all draw from the same 121 cards.