Minion Giant is a 4-elixir flying win condition that only targets buildings and attacks them from range. Ground troops and ground-only spells can’t touch it, so you need air-targeting cards. Because it never attacks troops, anything that can shoot air can fight it safely.

Quick answer: the most efficient counters to Minion Giant are Inferno Dragon, Minion Horde, Musketeer, Inferno Tower.

Best counters to Minion Giant

These cards deal with it safely and for little elixir. Tap a card’s name to open its own guide.

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  Inferno Dragon 4 elixir
  Inferno Dragon’s beam ramps up on its large hit points and melts it, and Minion Giant never fights back against troops.
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  Minion Horde 5 elixir
  Minion Horde shreds it quickly; the only danger for the Horde is a spell from the opponent, not the Giant.
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  Musketeer 4 elixir
  Musketeer shoots it from behind your tower and deals steady damage while it focuses on buildings.
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  Inferno Tower 5 elixir
  Inferno Tower pulls it away from your princess tower thanks to its short sight range, then melts it with the ramping beam.

How to defend

• Place a defensive building in the middle of your side: Minion Giant has a short sight range and goes for the closest building, so it’s easy to pull.
• Keep your air defense alive. Opponents often try to spell your Musketeer or Minion Horde before sending the Giant.
• Play your air swarm only after the opponent has used Arrows, Fireball or Zap.
• It often comes with a ground troop such as Ice Golem or Miner. Answer that one with a cheap ground card so your air defense stays on the Giant.

Common mistakes

• Answering with ground-only troops: Mini P.E.K.K.A, Valkyrie or Knight can’t hit it at all.
• Waiting until it reaches the tower: it attacks from range, so it starts damaging before it touches the tower.
• Placing your air defender where the opponent can hit it together with your tower with one spell.

After defending: the counterattack

Minion Giant decks are fairly light. Once it’s down, your surviving air defenders plus a win condition make a good counterpush in the same lane.

Which spells kill it on their own?

At equal levels, whether a single spell takes this troop out without help from towers or other cards:

• Minion Giant (HP 1817): no single spell kills it

* Poison and Earthquake only kill it if the troop stays in the area for the whole duration. Values assume equal levels; level differences change the outcome.

Best decks against Minion Giant

Decks ElixirDeck’s deck builder makes against Minion Giant: each one is scored on both deck balance and its matchup against this card (all cards at the same level, evolutions and heroes unlocked). Every deck uses a different win condition; if your cards differ, you can adapt any deck to your collection.

Classic decks with a good matchup against Minion Giant

Each guide explains step by step how the deck is played.

• Rune Giant Lumberjack · Great matchup
• Log Bait · Great matchup
• Goblin Giant Sparky · Good matchup
• Skeleton King Graveyard · Good matchup

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best counter to Minion Giant?

The most efficient counters to Minion Giant are Inferno Dragon, Minion Horde, Musketeer, Inferno Tower. Inferno Dragon’s beam ramps up on its large hit points and melts it, and Minion Giant never fights back against troops.

What deck is good against Minion Giant?

Among the classic decks, Rune Giant Lumberjack, Log Bait, Goblin Giant Sparky match up well against it. The best counter deck ElixirDeck builds is a X-Bow deck: Tesla, Knight, Hunter, X-Bow, Ice Spirit, The Log, Fireball, Minion Horde.

How do you get a positive elixir trade against Minion Giant?

The answers to Minion Giant (4 elixir) cost about the same; the real gain is counterattacking with the cards that survive your defense.

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