Goblins are a single housing space troop with very high

speed. They are the 4th troop available to you in the

Barracks. Goblins attack any building that contains loot inside

of it and do double damage to those structures. After the

December 2015 Update the Goblins deal 2X damage on

Town Hall and the Clan Castle and

 will target those structures if they are the closest loot

bearing building. Goblins will also attacks walls if they are

in between

them and their beloved booty.

       Goblins have fairly low Hit Points so any defense

that deals out splash damage will be extremely effective and kill all Goblins in their blast radius in one shot. With that being said planning a Goblin raid takes alot of planning and practice but, once mastered they are a force to be reckoned with. Goblins are best used in smaller groups of 4-6 and are deployed in what called a

surgical strike. This means they are deployed next to a specific target, once dropped into play they will all run to that specific target 1st, eliminate it and then move as a group onto

the nearest possible loot building. Using this tactic

instead of deploying them in larger groups will help

insure their longevity against the splash damage

defenses and traps like the Giant Bombs. Once all of

the resource type of buildings are destroyed the

Goblins will begin attacking the nearest structure with

intense speed.

       Goblins will NOT defend themselves on offense

until all of the Resource Buildings are wiped off the map

so be prepared to either back them up with other troops or spells like the Poison Spell (which can kill enemy troops) or the Haste Spell. (which will speed the Goblins up so much that no one will catch them)

       Goblins have a few other notable attributes. They are so fast that if they trigger a Spring Trap, they will not get sprung by it. They have also been known to outrun small Bombs as well. This being said the Goblins are a useful troop to trigger these traps if you are using other sensitive, low hit point troops like the Witch. Players have incorporated the Goblins in with the famed Gowiwi (Golem/Wizard/Witch) attack for the purpose of clearing the traps. At one time the Witch's spawned skeletons would easily trigger all of the traps for the Witch but changes in the game have taken that ability away from the skeletons, leaving the Witch extremely vulnerable to the Giant Bombs. Deploying several Goblins one second after the Witch is deployed gives the Goblin plenty of time to race out in front of the other troops and trigger any trap in their patch!

       Overall the Goblin is a delicate specialty troop that can be highly effective in a number of areas of the game once you have mastered them. Until that time comes get ready for a bunch of attacks ending with one Wizard Tower of one well placed Giant Bomb ghosting your entire horde of Goblins.