Well, with some more data, I can clearly say that minions don’t get the attack buff that their owner has. When considering the attack buff the data doesn’t fit with the rest.
When removing these attack buffs, the fit very well:
Also, Wu doesn’t work for the minions as my own Wu verified with Noor’s minions.
Neither does the extra HP boost work from Grevle (same should apply to CKasshrek and Heimdall).
The little data I have on thorn minions currently shows a good fit for 15% attack from the caster:
So what to expect from minions?
They get their HP and ATK from their caster, element and critical hit chance from their owner.
=> crit troops are better for minions
They act like shields, provide HP that help against direct damage and DoT, and do a little bit of damage.
How much damage can we expect from them? Depends on the target, of course. For a target with 1000 DEF the maximum damage should look like:
(please note that the defense debuffs have been reduced by 20% as this is my current best estimate on them)
And if you don’t have Athena, then Wilbur:
Or with one of the Ramming Pulverizers:
Can we apply this and make Minions a very effective tactic for raid and war?