Rage Looning 101

Why Rage-Loon:

Balloons are powerful troops, held back by their slow speed. This is why Rage pairs so nicely with balloons, but it’s not because of the extra power Rage gives (though it is a bonus), but the speed boost that it offers.

Objective of this course:

The objective is to teach you to be able to cause as much defensive building destruction, as fast and efficient as possible.

Theory:

They key is to drop the Rage FIRST, then deploy loons within the Rage radius.  This will allow your loons to start off at full speed, saving precious seconds of travel time. The seconds you save, will mean the difference between destroying a lot of defensive buildings, or destroying only a few or none at all.

Because of this, you should take a few seconds to initially recognize where you can drop a Rage to maximize its radius, and where to drop your balloons so that they can cause as much destruction as possible.

Qualifying your target:

This is a prime example of what to look for, when Rage-Looning:

Notice the 3 anti-air defenses, all in a row.

Notice that the buildings in front of the walls is tucked in tight? This means the balloons have a shorter amount of travel to get to their targets.

This is the BEST CASE scenario for a Rage-Loon. So we will use this as our main learning example.

Instructions:

Now that you’ve identified WHAT you want to destroy, the next step is to figure out the best way to destroy it.

Drop a Rage. Drop some balloons. Easy right?

Well, the WHERE and HOW make a significant difference, as to how many balloons are needed to destroy these 3 buildings.

First the WHERE:

When you drop a Rage, think of it as dropping it on the CENTER SQUARE of a tic-tac-toe grid. For all intents and purposes, we shall assume radius of a Rage can cover nine 3x3 buildings.

You want to reach the Rage to reach the top squares (defensive buildings), and the bottom squares (where you will deploy the balloons).

First drop the Rage on the Purple X. Then drop the balloons on the black dots. Each drop point of a balloon should make the balloon travel up to the corresponding defensive building. This covers the WHERE.

Second is the HOW.  How many balloons in which dot?

In general, a total of 6 balloons should do the trick, but how you deploy them makes a BIG difference.
If you send 2 to the Archer Tower, then 2 to the Wizard Tower, then 2 to the Air Defense, IN THAT ORDER, they WILL all be destroyed.  
On the other hand, if you reverse the order, and send 2 to the Air Defense first, then there is a good chance the AD will survive. 
BUT IF you send 3 balloons to the Air Defense, then 2 Balloons to the Wizard Tower, and 1 balloon to the Archer Tower, they will all likely be destroyed.
The reasoning is: the first balloons you send, will likely be be destroyed before it can drop a bomb. So you either send more to the Air Defense initially, or you send the first ones away from the Air Defense as a distraction.

Here is the finished product:

http://youtu.be/cOveXrd8gPg

Final Notes:

When dropping the rage, erring on the side of “closer to the defenses” is better than erring on “dropping farther from defenses”.
The Rage spells stays for quite a while. In my example video, you can see that I dropped a 3rd balloon toward the Air Defense fairly late. The long Rage time gives you an opportunity to add more balloons if you think you did not deploy enough. You just have to pay attention, and send more balloons as soon as possible. Do NOT trickle in the balloons.
Dropping balloons in a small line (instead of tapping on the exact spots) is possible, but the results can be erratic.
Initially deploying 2 more balloons than necessary, is far better than initially deploying 2 less balloons than necessary. Err on the side of overkill.