At the moment, it's impossible to gift henchmen. Henchmen can't be bought for gold.
Some battles are just way too hard for some people to solo, but if they don't have crowns (and a lot of kids can't get crowns because their parents will not buy them for them), they can't buy henchmen.
So they can't complete the battle.
I'm requesting that KI make it possible to gift henchmen.
This could be done by implementing a ticket system. here's how it would work.
Person A gifts a ticket for a level (but not type) of henchmen to Person B.
Person B gets into battle, and redeems the ticket. The level of henchman that could be bought was set when the ticket was bought, but the type of henchman is chosen when the ticket is redeemed.
multiple tickets can be gifted at one time, and multiple tickets can be redeemed at one time