Clash royale

Links

Wiki, general

• https://clashroyale.fandom.com/wiki/Clash_Royale_Wiki

• https://pixelcrux.com/Clash_Royale/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashRoyale/

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashRoyale/wiki/index

Statistics, analysis, deck builders

• https://royaleapi.com/

Best to find good decks, and find active clans (look at war history and accumulated medals/# participants/participation rate there, and also weekly donation).

• https://statsroyale.com/ — Get statistics for any player.
• Also provides a graph of clan trophees... might be interesting to see if clan is regularly winning (however royale.api provides logs as well).
• https://www.deckshop.pro/

• https://www.deckshop.pro/deck/new-meta

• https://pixelcrux.com/Clash_Royale/Battles/ — Battle calculator, e.g. showing which card we lose or win against the most...

Player's stats

• Clashical - Pixelcruz (Fandom wiki analyzer)
• Minushcule ;-) - Pixelcruz (Fandom wiki analyzer)

Tips

• https://www.deckshop.pro/guide/beginner-tips

Tutorials

• Bailey OP - Clash Royale Strategy
• CLASHwithSHANE Clash Royale (Lava + elitebarbarians)
• Rich Slaton
• Clash with Ash (creator code CWA)

• Nobody can beat the world's BEST xbow player! — General tips on xbow. watch again.

• sk (xbow player)
• Master Diddy San - Clash Royale — this guy explains a bit more what he is doing...
• Ouah Leouff

Channel

• Carl The Legend — Twitch YouTube YouTube (ENG) (YT1 YT2)
• RemiEli CR — YouTube
• YersonCz — YouTube []

Clans

• Best Belgian clans
• Team Belgique (1300 trophees, >50k medals) — my current clan. 55750 medals in last war, and on our way to beat that! Mandatory to use the chat before any trade, which is strict, but gives a very active clan.

Found through royaleapi.com, looking for top #1000 Belgian clan, starting from last one and up. It always scored lot of medals (>40k), and had >8k donation at the end of the week. Joined on 2021-11-13.

• Bring the W — First clan I joined (ignoring the very first one ^^). Was quite active in clan wars, and donation. Leader Slick_Nick (8GRRPCL0). Players Skully (#PJ8VQ2P2), RNG_Childsplays (#P2YU9UYPU), Agent gg (#82P98GG0G), Natan (#YVV009CL).
• Zio can (~600 war trophees, 30k to 50k medals, 45 members) - The clan that beat "Bring the W".
• CLAN ROYALE S.A (40k-50k medals) — Clan that almost won against Team Belgique.

Todo

• Read all Fandom wiki pages on troops / building / spells, and summarizes tips.
• Lava deck: Watch EA Rakan (love) Lava videos, and analyze the game play.
• 2.6 deck: Watch video on that deck, learn gameplay.

Tips

General

• Tap the screen immediately after starting a game to skip animation. This helps playing as soon as possible the first card.
• Request card every day (eg. card from deck), and give also card every day (to gain gold and fame that increases king level). However it is not recommended to give card below king level 10, since extra xp will prevent leveling the card while keeping a low king level.
• Clash Royale | How to Pull/Lure/Aggro Units - Advanced Tech

• On aggro: how troop are choosing which unit to target.
• Exclamation mark indicates which ennemy troops you aggro.
• xbow aggro can be reset with zap.
• Use pull to increase distance an ennemy unit has to do before reaching tower.
• Pull: standard pull, chained pull, u-turn.
• Pull can also split an ennemy push over two tower.

• Don't play the Royal Tournament on the first days. Better wait for all big players to get higher in wins, to have better chance to meet standard players.
• Pass royale

• Best value for money, but wait king level 7.
• Don't open season chests in early arena's. It's insanely bad value

• stack trade token: make dummy request in the clan to go below 10, then collect the new tokens, and cancel the trades.
• To get money from trade: request a maxed card (or a card lvl 13 but enough cards to go max), and give away a non-maxed card [1]:

• Gain 1250 gold for common (5 each).
• Gain 2.5K gold for rare (50 each).
• Gain 5K gold for epic (500 each).
• Gain 20K gold for legendary.

• Best value for gems: 500 gems for royal tournament (if reaching at least 10 wins, to get the most valuable chest).

Strategy

• Defend for positive elixir trade!

• Make sure to spend less elixir, and ideally all defending units must survive to build a counter push (even better if we can drop a tank in front after successful defense)!
• Don't put one unit at time, build defense or attacks. One unit at a time only make elixir inbalance worse!

• Count elixir, at elixir delta's.

• Like when opp plays valkyrie, and we play minion, we are 1 up elixir. Then we play say bomber, we are 1 down, etc. Try also to take into account overflow, like if we are behind, but our elixir reaches 10 again, then we are back ex-aequo.

• Learn to play blank.
• Don't be too low on elixir, like play fast card after card.

• Having some spare elixir allows for reacting quickier, for better elixir trade thanks to better placement (force ennemy to make long distance).

• Cycle card when no defense in hand.
• Learn card placement, so that to escape:

• Area damage spell that would kill / freeze all troops and/or tower.
• Think of freeze, fireball, Marcher, executioner, firecracker/hunter.

• Learn card placement for better defense:

• Put distraction troop far of MELEE attacker (eg. knight, valkyrie).
• Put attacker troop on RANGE attacker (eg. musketeer...). megaknight a bit special, aim mid-range to avoid jump damage.

• Play rather defensively than aggressively.

• Find the right time to build a counter push.

• Try to estimate the elixir of the opponent (did he play lot of cards, etc).
• Try to estimate the hand of the opponent (what cards does he play, what did he play, etc).
• Don't waste elixir, like putting a single troop at the bridge that will be killed by tower.
• Make sure that when defending, troops are still alive after defending.
• Wait to reach 10 elixir before playing a troop at the bottom of the map.
• Play cards fast, and together, so that they can all attack at the same time.

• Typically, do not play one card, then wait for elixir, then play a second card. Better wait for elixir to play both at the same time.

• Play card at the right spot, like:

• musketeer on the side of towers so that they can shoot but are not shot at.
• Use giant to protect weak but powerful troops (like bomber or musketeer).

• Always play fireball with value, like against an enemy tower + enemy troop.
• Don't play the goblinhut too close to river, but close enough to our tower so that tower can shoot.
• When defending, play card at the right spot to aim at the correct enemy troop (like play megaminion on babydragon).
• Against prince:

• play knight at the last sec to prevent opponent to play a spell (like fireball or arrows).
• or play knight before the prince is charging.

• Typical counter-push:

• Play a giant in front, then musketeer / bomber behind. If musketeer is alive after a defense, add the giant at the front for the counter push.

• Against goblinbarrel:

• Can play arrows, fireball, barbarianbarrel, skeletonarmy, babydragon.

• Defend against giantskeleton:

• Eg: A valkyrie at bridge junction (square right below the bridge) when Skeleton giant passed that line, and a bomber at 5th square from river, and 5 to 6 square away from valkyrie.

• aim correctly fireball:

• Eg. against wizard close to a tower, that we attack with a lavahound + Mega-Minion: don't aim the wizard but slightly above, so that when fireball explodes, the blow pushes the wizard towards our Mega-minion, killing the wizard (otherwise, the wizard would have killed the Mega-minion likely). Because the tower spotted the lavahound, our Mega-minion still alive can deal a lot of damage to the tower.

• Against witch:

• thelog / elitebarbarians / arrows / zap to remove all skeletons. If played correctly elitebarbarians can also make 2 hits to tower.

• Activate our K tower:

• Using tornado, bring opp troop close to K tower so that they connect.
• Against firecracker, put a building/troop close to K tower so that bullet touches K tower (location: leave 2 squares between troop and tower/K tower).

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• Against electro-spirit, play skeleton between K tower and tower so that electro arc touches the K tower.

• SirTag graveyard + witch deck Opp has to use poison on both graveyard and witch, which is not possible.

• witch pulverizes megaminion.
• Play graveyard when opp is down on elixir.
• megaknight super utility card when opp is over-committing (note: megaknight does damage on drop).
• Against player with darkprince / prince / hogrider, just keep cycling cheap card so that to have the goblin's hut in hand.

• Starting hand play:

• Play according to starting hand. Eg. if play pekka at bridge, make sure you have arrows/zap in 1st 5 cards to counter skel army, etc.

• Opp should not attack on the same lane as where I played lavahound bottom of the map. Because if I can counter, and keep defense troop alive, then this build up a powerfull counter push.

• So, if playing against lavahound, better attack on the opposite lane. Also make sure to defend against lavahound.

• When playing Lava-balloon, and lavahound+balloon kills first tower, put guards top middle to take spot from P tower, to protect balloon.
• E-Barbs:

• Play them middle, right in front of K tower -> handy when darkprince + prince on both lanes.

• giant, battleram... can also be used to counter ennemy tanks.

• Put them at bridge, behind ennemy to pull them back from tower, back to where they came from.

• When to play in the pocket:

• When opp tower is down, it can be good move to play a tank unit, or offensive unit in the pocket. When doing so, that unit will immediately distract the 2nd P tower, and possible also K tower.
• It is good move if the push on the first tower contains many small troops, ideally behind some tank troop. Eg. a balloon followed by Lava's puppies, or a valkyrie, followed by witchs skeleton. In that case, playing in the pocket allows these extra units to survive since K tower will target the main tank and 2nd P tower will target the unit in the pocket, and hence these secondary units will make deadly damage to K tower. If there is no main tank, playing in the pocket may distract both tower, but it requires a very strong tank (like lava or such).

• When having support troops, and opp adds a troop that would "escape" those troops, often good play to add a troop that would block the course of that new ennemy, so that support troop can help defeating him, with minor HP loss on our own new troop (positive trade).
• Bait techniques: force a move from opponent, to then get a better advantage afterwards.

• Eg. We need to play skeletondragons on a lane to defend, but opp has fireball. We play barbarians on the other lane to force the fireball.

• To target K tower when one tower down: play troop 2-sq from the pocket!
• In 1x elixir time, 2 elixir difference is huge. Use that advantage to build big push.

How to start

What to do if other player doesn't play:

• They refer to "investment card". But what are they?
• miner on tower.
• lavahound is usually risky. Because reduce possibility of defense.

Quick push counter:

• Opp plays lumberjack+balloon at bridge (first lumberjack, then balloon).

• Usual defense is infernodragon, well on the course of the balloon, but don't aggro the lumberjack (usually this is hard).
• Game: played instead elitebarbarians behind lumberjack, then babydragon on the course of the balloon. Opp plays Horde at tower, I play fireball on tower + horde, babydragon kills the remaining horde and takes the tower. 1 tower for one tower, and hit K tower twice. Same elixir, slightly more damage.

Deck advises

• Keep deck speed < 4.
• Keep two spells in deck (like arrow and fireball).

Things I learned

• Don't activate K tower (with arrows, fireball). Note that opponent may play cards to trigger his K tower (eg. tornado, fisherman that brings our troop close to K tower and start attacking it).
• Against furnace + tesla:

• Opp was playing furnace + tesla on one side, couldn't go through with lavahound. On second push, played lavahound bottom left, then after he play furnace + tesla, played Inferno D bottom right, then miner before P tower spotted the dragon. Opp played skel army, killing miner, but could counter with arrows, hence Inferno D could take the tower.

• React to elixir used by opponent. If opp uses 4 elixir, and we could defend, then put a 4 elixir offensive troop to counter push.
• witch + balloon is deadly. The skeleton distracts the tower, and balloon makes lot of damage.
• Counterpush: Opponent attack with hogrider, and then goblinbarrel. I put Skel Army on rider, and minions on goblin. Then on push back, I add minipekka in the middle of army for protection (note: this could be arrows / fireball bait). This takes the tower and K tower (against low level 7)!
• Playing against a lavahound+balloon + FB/Log + electrodragon/valkyrie/minions/electrowizard deck. Things started badly, but went better when playing elitebarbarians on the other lane, defending them a bit with zap. Morale: when you cannot do your normal push, go the other one.

Card synergy

• electrowizard + magicarcher: electrowizard in front of tower, magicarcher middle (even other side) that does horizontal shot.
• witch (in the back), then balloon at bridge. witchs skels protect the balloon (they take the shot).
• icegolem + hogrider at bridge, at same time!
• (seen on tv royale) zappies in the back, then at bridge at royalrecruits so that both zappies and recruits are in a same group (so 2 groups).

• Good counter is first icespirit in the back, then executioner left of tower but close to it (square W2 or E2), so that its axe is well in group axe.

• (tv royale) balloon at bridge (A14), then 2s later, Skel drag (C14). This kills opp's minions.

• Reaction was Barbarian on other bridge, then 4s later, balloon. When balloon killed tower, send asap a miner on K tower (N3) to take the spot. But Opp. replied with zap on balloon.

• miner + zap (+lavahound): miner on tower, then zap tower to re-target tower on the miner. zap can also be used eg. against witch, put miner on witch, zap, this kills the skeletons, miner then target the witch, and witch retarget on lavahound.
• lavahound + miner: Play miner in the back of the tower, so that when pups appear, miner tanks the damage from the tower, but then when King's tower activates, miner is still tanking the damage as well.
• lavahound: Always play with a Skeleton Dragon behind, or babydragon behind, or balloon. Get more value for the tank!
• icespirit + goblinbarrel: lot of damage apparently...
• rascals + wallbreakers: they push the big rascal to the tower faster!

Card advices

(w) means fandom wiki data included.

Troops - 1 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Electro Spirit (w)	Attack up to 9 targets in 4 tiles range. ES can force easily retargeting (play close to frontmost unit). With help from P tower, Effective against most swarm (play middle river), except minionhorde. Add zap or giantsnowball to one-shot all swarms (except barbarians). ES + fireball may one-shot musketeer and wizard.	If crossing bridge w/o dmg, put a unit between P and K tower to trigger K Tower activation, very useful against e.g. graveyard. Because of this, do not play ES unless opp is low on elixir, or has defending troops. If ES is tanked, thelog or barbarianbarrel to one-shot it. Because of this, don't play ES behind the push, unless this is a way to bait those spells, and play goblinbarrel later.
Fire Spirit	tbc	tbc
Ice Spirit	Synergy with dartgoblin, against Minion (DG can then one-shot them).	tbc
Skeletons	Against babydragon: skeletons at 6-3. They'll split and attract baby on the other side, to be shot by both towers.	tbc
Heal Spirit	tbc	tbc

Troops - 2 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Bats	tbc	tbc
Bomber	tbc	tbc
Goblins	tbc	tbc
Spear Goblins	tbc	tbc
Ice Golem	tbc	tbc
Wall Breakers	tbc	tbc

Troops - 3 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Archers	tbc	tbc
Firecracker	tbc	tbc
Goblin Gang	tbc	tbc
Knight	tbc	tbc
Minions	tbc	tbc
Skeleton Barrel	tbc	tbc
Dart Goblin	tbc	tbc
Elixir Golem	tbc	tbc
Mega Minion	tbc	tbc
Guards	Against megaminion: 0-6! to kite it	tbc
Skeleton Army	tbc	+2 trade: icespirit at 0-2 when lead skeleton is entering 3rd row. +1 trade: zap, thelog (if close enough). even trade: arrows.
Bandit	tbc	skeletons: 2-5, perfect; or 7-2, also perfect.
Fisherman	Against royalgiant: 0-5 placement, can still attract RG and move it to other tower. hogrider: activation, play 9-4! electrogiant: activation, play 9-4! ramrider: activation, play 9-4!	tbc
Ice Wizard	tbc	tbc
Miner	miner placement for tanking damage is very important: Play one or two square away from tower to allow for attacking opp. defender if any (e.g Play 4-1 or 5-1 if opp. play defensive range mid-map, or 1 square behind tower if he plays often backward). Play in the back of tower, or e4 / 9-0 to quickly switch from P to K tower and tank damage. Play more on -- or +- column to tank damage from center or outside, in order to defend minions. Summary: if taking P tower, think where to put miner to tank damage during P->K transition. Or if miner to tank damage, think where defender will shoot from, and possibly don't connect miner to tower, but give some room and opportunity to target a defender instead.	tbc
Princess	tbc	+1 trade: thelog or barbarianbarrel. -2 trade, but value: ramrider. -1 trade: poison or infernodragon ok, but with value.
Royal Ghost	tbc	tbc

Troops - 4 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Skeleton Dragons	tbc	tbc
Battle Healer	tbc	tbc
Battle Ram	Note: Ram in the pocket doesn't connect, except if tanked by another troop.	tbc
Flying Machine	Note: FM not ok as 2nd air troop, but ok as 3rd one Carl.	tbc
Hog Rider	tbc	+1 trade: skeletonarmy. +1 trade (but 600-800 damage): minions. 0 trade: minipekka at 4+2. -1 trade: skeletons at 3+3 asap (if rider from 0+4) and fireball on tower when rider mid-way (perfect). -2 trade: hunter + thelog. cannon: must be at 3-2 or 4-2. 3-3 or 2-3 will NOT aggro! Other locations? tombstone: 3-3, 2-3 is ok, and best so that both tower shoot! Other locations? 4-3 no!
Mini P.E.K.K.A.	tbc	zap to force retarget. -2 trade (but w/ some value): If minipekka at tower, battleram then zap to reset minipekka.
Musketeer	Can snipe building at 3 squares from river.	+2 trade: thelog, or icegolem, or bats (see Rich Slaton). Log 2 tile in front tower, when musketeer reaches 2nd half of bridge. icegolem 7-0 placement (front-inside corner), also when musketeer reaches 2nd half of bridge. bats, wait musketeer cross the bridge, and drop there.
Valkyrie	tbc	tbc
Zappies	tbc	tbc
Baby Dragon	tbc	tbc
Dark Prince	tbc	tbc
Hunter	tbc	+1 trade: thelog + icespirit middle, close to river to distract + Tower
Electro Wizard	tbc	tbc
Inferno Dragon	Against valkyrie (bridge): 5+3!	even trade: electrowizard, that reset always infernodragon, and also force to retarget (so this can save a tower).
Lumberjack	tbc	tbc
Magic Archer	tbc	When defending tower, always put defensive troop sideways, so that Marcher cannot hit the the tower!
Mother Witch	tbc	tbc
Night Witch	tbc	tbc
Golden Knight	Can dash through low pv units and rush to low pv tower	KT activation: put a unit between P and K tower when he dashes (visible when he's flying), for instance guards at 11-0.
Skeleton King	tbc	valkyrie: play in FRONT of the king, so that no skeletons goes to the tower. Perfect defense.

Troops - 5 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Barbarians (w)	Strong defense against: prince, musketeer, hogrider, ramrider. Drop on them, then tank in front or glass-cannon behind for counter-push. -1 trade: Against barbarianbarrel, if placed early enough. Single push: Can take tower but only if opp. low on elixir. Synergy: rage.	+2 trade: skeletonarmy. +1 trade: fireball, charging darkprince, valkyrie. -1 trade: rocket. Weak against: jumping megaknight, poison Best defense: distant wizard or bomber.
Minion Horde	tbc	tbc
Rascals	tbc	tbc
Giant	tbc	tbc
Royal Hogs	tbc	When played on one tower: +2 trade: skeletonarmy. even trade: Spear goblins (tower north edge), and thelog timed right so that still being hit by goblins. -1 trade: babydragon (6-1 placement, but why not P tower corner?), then zap when Hogs in baby's range. From Inside the Play #7, LaPoKaTi vs Egor: Hogs + healspirit (6) <=> fireball + thelog (6). Hogs (5) <=> fireball + icespirit (5). Hogs + healspirit (6) <=> fireball + icespirit (earlier) + Skeleton at river (6) Hogs (5) <=> fireball + Skeleton (5) Hogs (5) <=> thelog + Skeleton (3) - taking 700 damage. Hogs (5) <=> fireball (4) - taking 200. When played 2-2 (mid-river): +1 trade: cannon (6-2 placement). When played 1-3 (offseted mid-river): tbc
Wizard	tbc	tbc
Balloon	Note: explosion damage makes also significant damage. If playing FB, make sure to push opp troop to that bomb. Against hunter: if we zap the hunter, balloon can always score a hit. CWA With icegolem: golem at 0+3, then very short after balloon at 0+4. When building at 4-2, play the balloon at 1+5!	-2 trade: megaminion seems to do the business (put also on path). -1 trade: infernodragon, but put it on the balloon path, middle. fireball, but must aim correctly to move balloon further from tower. If done perfectly, soon not take any shot. Easiest, balloon in front, aim 6+2 when balloon shadow is fully within 2-sq distance from FB blast circle, roughly same as when balloon touches the blast circle [2]. Or, aim 4+2, and release finger when top of balloon shadow is half-cell distance from river border (see 13:36) When balloon come sideways, 3+3 placement, release when balloon shadow touches the fireball zone border [3]. wizard and electrowizard work well. ramrider very good apparently... May need some extra to avoid any damage though (arrows or archers). Cage: when B at 1+4 (between 1+4 and 1+3, was played at 0+4), Cage at 0-2 still attracts the balloon! Building tombstone: If balloon 1+5, play 3-2. If balloon 0+4, play 4-2 instead. If balloon in the middle, play 7-3 (ie. on K tower, opposite lane). If tombstone already at 4-3, kite the balloon to the tombstone with a lateral fireball, no more defense needed (if both towers shoot).
Bowler	tbc	tbc
Cannon Cart	tbc	tbc
Electro Dragon	tbc	ACTIVATION: any troop at 11-0, or 8-1. if dragon more in the middle, ACTIVATION with eg. musketeer at 6-3 and icespirit at 8-3 (one sq. hop to K tower)
Executioner	tbc	tbc
Prince	tbc	+2 trade: tombstone, or skeletonarmy (but beware zap / Log).
Witch	tbc	-1 trade: fireball + zap. Never put one single unit in front of her. Let her come, and kill her the other side. Spawn skeletons must be dealt with. bomber: Play 2-7, and spotted, witch makes 2 hit and bomber dies. Play 3-7, not spotted, witch makes 3 hit but bomber survives. HOW TO COUNTER witch // Strategy to Overcoming Ladder's MOST Annoying Card // Clash Royale
Ram Rider	tbc	electrowizard destroys her very well.
Archer Queen	tbc	tbc

Troops - 6 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Elite Barbarians (w)	Strong defense against: musketeer. May counter megaknight perfectly if dropped on it so that they split. Synergy: valkyrie in front, pushed by barbarians, eliminating swarm. Fire spirit, place behind, to remove all swarm units, or deal great damage to crown tower. Single push: deadly if opp. is low on elixir. Prepare spell to react to defense! Against tombstone: prepare zap, hover 1 tile below tombstone, and trigger when tombstone destroyed.	+3 trade: guards play at 3-4, takes one hit [4]. +3 trade: skeletonarmy (but beware of zap, Log, arrows). +3 trade: tombstone, but beware of zap on destruction! +1 trade: barbarians. Time correctly to drop on 5-| so that they surround the one elitebarbarians that was weakened already a lot! +1 trade: icegolem + minions Splash valkyrie / darkprince, bomber in combination with distracting unit like Skeleton and/or icespirit, or icegolem. Same with glass cannon minipekka or lumberjack. even trade: rocket (or lightning, to cripple barbarians + 1 supporting troop). -1 trade: pekka, megaknight Even trade: E. barbs
Royal Giant	tbc	tbc
Giant Skeleton	tbc	skeletons (+support like bats): play at 0-3 when giant entering 3rd row.
Goblin Giant	tbc	tbc
Sparky	tbc	+2 trade: electrowizard if timed correctly and dropped on the sparky (doesn't take any damage because reset) Any air unit, in particular electrodragon that resets the sparky. tesla, if targetting the sparky. zap can reset it. This can prevent damage on the tower. For instance, zap at the same time as infernodragon attacks sparky is enough to kill it w/o damage. +1 trade: miner, then zap right before it's shooting.

Troops - 7 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Royal Recruits	tbc	tbc
P.E.K.K.A.	tbc	tbc
Lava Hound	☒  TODO: Watch again Strategy from Noc7urne (see also deck below): Drop place for lavahound: 13+5, 13+4 or 13-1 (against tornado), 7+5 (xbow/tesla) and 14-2 (exec). lavahound first play is good move with this deck. Against tornado: drop lavahound at 13+4 or 13+3, so that lavahound can tank for the flank when you drop the support unit closer to the side of the arena. Against executioner: drop 14-2 Against xbow or graveyard: play lavahound at 7+5 or 6+5, higher to time it correctly. When tesla comes, balloon behind lavahound, and miner on tesla (+also zap?). This will allow balloon to connect to tower. Against tornado: play lavahound at 13+4 (instead of 13+5). This allows to put unit more on the side, so that lavahound can tank for them. In opposite tower: drop behind King, lavahound will make a turn (good for not splitting troops too much and for building pushes). Typ. against giant decks in 1:1 opp. tower scenario. Don't over extend on defense. Use tower pv as resource to build elixir advantage. Top 500 lavahound miner gameplay (Da Juicy One) lavahound+balloon Pro - Carl the legend (cwa) Lava, balloon, tomb Some strategy against xbow: Try to go for a tower trade (ie. play other lane?) Split Barbs in middle to defend xbow, so they can tank for a long period. Do not play lava first (random win). Against golem: If golem 1st play in the back, normal time, balloon + minion at bridge is good. Then can defend the push with tombstone (4-3 placement) and megaminion on (support troop 1st). If no balloon or minion in hand, either lavahound same lane or tombstone, then try to cycle. When to play support troop first behind K tower, then by Lava at the bridge? When we know we gonna need to defend (eg. against giant). Can use Barbs to defend megaminion (against infernodragon). Against Lava, zap the puppies, to let the minions survive. Then play megaminion. If he fireball that, play balloon. Otherwise, just wait and play Lava again in the back. When to play lavahound+balloon: against deck like giant + double princes, but not against deck like tornado and buildings. Against hogrider / executioner: Don't give Ex lot of value. Play strong defense, and strip damage from lavahound and good fireball placement. On Ex at tower, fireball him + tower so that to bring him inside the pups. Play lavahound high (7+5) if feels opp is going to play hogrider, so that to protect minions. Play balloon at bridge to bait the rocket. Do not lavahound+balloon, or give to much value to rocket. Play tombstone to defend the other lane, and must protect it. Start: zapin hand is good start, then tombstone. Look for fireball value. On lane: If one tower down, better build push on other lane (to get defense from our tower). If opp tower low PV, don't kill it to quick, but attack other tower so that K tower is still inactive. fireball: Wait to get good value. balloon: Watch opp anti-aerial troop are out of cycle, then play it. Or lure them on the Lava, and play balloon right behind (very close). Synergies With balloon obviously ;-) miner: ideally send him before the lava pops, so that he can tank for the puppies.	+1 trade: musketeer almost at bridge and bats. lavahound made 0 damage to tower. Against Lava Pups: 3 elixir: royaldelivery. 4 elixir: tornado + icespirit.
Mega Knight	tbc	+2 trade: barbarians are effective counter if jump negated. 3 will survive, for a +2 elixir trade-off megaknight. tombstone can lure megaknight to activate King's Tower [5]. Put tombstone at I05 / H05 (7-2 placement), or more expensive, at I07 / H07 (5-2 placement), then troop (one that is one-shot by megaknight) next to King's tower after it's destruction. tombstone at I06 / H06 (6-2 placement) can have megaknight killed by both towers. skeletons: surround him so that the skullies surround him!

Troops - 8 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Electro Giant (w)	Better play on Elixir x2. Can be used to pressure the other lane. Synergy with motherwitch, by turning defender into hogs, that in turn will attack the tower. Synergy with fisherman, that bring defender in EG stun range.	freeze + swarm ok since freeze disable dmg reflection. infernodragon or infernotower. infernodragon must be played as far as possible on the side, such that to never come close to EG. infernotower at 4-3 placement from defending tower. But Opp can use spell (giantsnowball, FB...) to bring infernodragon closer, in stun range. If Opp uses tornado to bring defense close to EG, play defense close to K tower, to increase chance that tornado activates the K tower. barbarianhut in the middle. Better defend with troop with high DPS but low attack speed (eg. pekka, minipekka or hunter). So rage is not recommended. TV royale: Play fisherman in 6-2 (but other lane) when EG is 2 square distance from river, it will attract EG to K tower and activate it. A tesla is enough?!?
Golem	tbc	tbc

Troops - 9 elixir

Troop	How to play	How to counter
Three Musketeers	tbc	tbc

Spell

Troop	How to play	How to counter
1 elixir
Mirror	tbc	tbc
2 elixir
Giant Snowball	Good to push some ennemy. If air unit, put at 3-square distance (so 4th square away) from shadow (ie shadow outside of circle).	tbc
Zap tbc	tbc
Barbarian Barrel	With babydragon: launch barrel when baby's shadow is 2 square away from river.	tbc
Rage	tbc	tbc
The Log	tbc	tbc
3 elixir
Arrows	tbc	tbc
Royal Delivery	tbc	tbc
Earthquake	tbc	tbc
Clone	tbc	tbc
Goblin Barrel	How to Use & Counter Tricky Barrel - OrangeJuice (Guess placement) Basic synergy: barrel + tank (knight...). If opp doesn't have good counter, focus on defense and chip with the barrel! Against arrows: Use skeletonarmy to bait the arrows, or punish with skeletonarmy. NEVER barrel into a darkprince. Tricky barrel: first identify opp's counters to know which trick to play. Also, always TANK (eg. icegolem) the tricky barrel since it is dealing less damage otherwise. Tricky barrel is a MIND game. DEEP barrel at 11+2 (hard to spot). DEEPER barrel at 12+2 (easy to spot). OUTER barrel at 8+5 or 10+5 (easy to spot). INNER barrel at 8+1 (so INSIDE tower), usually much better than OUTER, and NOT in RANGE of 2nd tower. Beware of icespirit! ANTI-knight barrel at 9+1, good against knight/valkyrie/guards. ANTI-SWARM barrel at 7+2, good against gang in the back. PUMP barrel at 13+5, good against elixircollector if opp doesn't have log in rotation. Against lonely king: play INSIDE FRONT of king (eg. 10-3), reaches faster and usually opp's play counter in the back!	Tower hit order for centered barrel: first INNER, then OUTER, then REAR goblin. So put the TANK at 8+4. thelog, barbarianbarrel (+1): ! tricky barrel. giantsnowball (+1): when shadow at 3+1! goblins: play at 10+2 (play fast!) arrows (0). tornado (0): play at 7-2. goblingang (0): play at 10+2/code>. archer + skeletons (0): play archers at 6+2 and skullies at 10+2. skeleton + zap (0): play skullies at 9+4 then zap. guards (0, one hit): play FAST at 9+4 (or 8+4 seems ok too?). valkyrie (-1, perfect if timed correctly): 10+2 perfect (valkyrie must land when shadow is crossing our river side). Otherwise, easiest 6+2, or 9+4, before shadow crosses river. hunter (-1): best 10+2. electrowizard (-1, one hit): best 10+2, when shadow on 1st, 2nd or 3rd row. But Opp may counter with barrel one square up. bowler (-2): play at 10+2. megaknight (-4): play at 10+2 when shadow touches the river. electrospirit, firespirit: ??? (!zap) Bait deck (eg. barrel + princess): do NOT log the princess! Prediction
Tornado	tbc	tbc
4 elixir
Fireball	tbc	tbc
Freeze	tbc	tbc
Poison	tbc	tbc
5 elixir
Graveyard	tbc	+2 trade: skeletonarmy. +2 trade: Spear goblins (any damage ?).
6 elixir
Rocket	tbc	tbc
Lightning	tbc	tbc

Building

Troop	How to play	How to counter
3 elixir
Cannon	From YersonCz gameplay: hogrider: 0-3 is earthquake safe distance. Otherwise 3-3. royalgiant: 4-3 (from anywhere). Perfect with skeletons + musketeer.	tbc
Tombstone	Pro seems to play frequently at (4-2). Play at 4-2 (or symm. 4-3) 3-4: Against troop that targets building, if opp plays them on the middle. Eg. Ideal against electrogiant. 5-2: Against dartgoblin (because dartgoblin can snipe at 4-2 or 4-3 from bridge...). Best tips (Carl the Legend) hogrider: 3-3 placement when expecting hogrider. When not, play 2+4 (is 2+3 / 2+2 ok ? At least TS must be IN THE WAY). electrospirit: 10+1 placement, when tower shoots first arrow (spirit at 3rd square). Only early in game, if tower still has lot hp. GY: 10+3 placement, on tower with much less hp (don't play if they are even because opp would choose other tower). electrogiant: wait EG (eg. lavahound in back opp lane), then play 4-4 when EG at bridge if EG from the middle, or 4-3 if EG from the outside. goblinbarrel: 10+3 placement (to also avoid opp cycling his Log). balloon: If balloon 1+5, play 3-2. If balloon 0+4, play 4-2 instead. If balloon in the middle, play 7-3 (ie. on K tower, opposite lane). If tombstone already at 4-3, kite the balloon to the tombstone with a lateral fireball, no more defense needed (if both towers shoot). If balloon after lava, put tombstone, then fireball balloon when it comes back (eg. aim 4+1, ie. blast circle at level of balloons cell shadow and touching that cell shadow, this should also touch the lava), then zap. Alternatively, can we push the balloon to the other lane with fireball? ramrider: Don't play in the middle, because rider will charge and destroy in one hit. Play instead 3+4 (skellies will spawn). skeletonarmy: Play 6-2. Predict this move when eg. playing Lava in the back. elitebarbarians: Play 5-2. More (from Carl videos) earthquake: Play 0-3. Against giant+skeletonarmy in the pocket: play at 6-0, then fireball [6]. megaknight / fisherman: tombstone 6-2. royalghost: tombstone 6-2 or 7-2. RG in the pocket: tombstone 3-2! This pushes the RG. golem: Play 4-3 early, then lava same lane (to tank while we defend the golem) (see golem tip video). golem: play same lane, such that skeleton piles up. In which video this was? pekka: also must play so that skeletons go to the pekka. But where? lumberjack+elitebarbarians bridge: skeletondragons 7+4 (outer), and tombstone 3-3 (for elitebarbarians kite, also out of arrows range). valkyrie: deep tombstone 5-2 flawless. More (from me) RG: 4-3 still attract RG, but 2 shots kill it. ramrider: 4-4 (!) when coming from center, 4-3 if from front / outer.
4 elixir
Mortar	tbc	tombstone: play at 6-2 (usually opp will fireball)
Tesla	tbc	tbc
Bomb Tower	tbc	tbc
Furnace	tbc	tbc
Goblin Cage	giant (middle): 4-4!	tbc
Goblin Drill	tbc	tbc
5 elixir
Goblin Hut	tbc	tbc
Inferno Tower	tbc	tbc
6 elixir
Elixir Collector	tbc	tbc
X-Bow	Against golem/electrogiant, if opp plays 4-elixir card, play xbow opposite lane [7]. Typ. placement is 1+5 (side), or 1+3 (front tower). ie leave one square from river, to allow defense by troop or another building.	infernodragon if xbow is high.
7 elixir
Barbarian Hut	tbc	tbc

King's activation

• Against firecracker: when Fc at N14, and babydragon at K07/K08 when shooting.

Unit/building placement

Around P tower:       Around K tower:        Full coordinate for the whole map:                                           y-x placement for the whole map:
                                             ========###^^^^^###============= river =============###^^^^^###========      ========###^^^^^###============= river =============###^^^^^###========
                                                 B14 C14 D14 E14 F14 G14 H14 I14|J14 K14 L14 M14 N14 O14 P14 Q14              0+4 0+3 0+2 0+1 0-0 0-1 0-2 0-3|0-3 0-2 0-1 0-0 0+1 0+2 0+3 0+4    
 n1 n2 n3 n4 n5       N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6      A13 B13 C13 D13 E13 F13 G13 H13 I13|J13 K13 L13 M13 N13 O13 P13 Q13 R13      1+5 1+4 1+3 1+2 1+1 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-3|1-3 1-2 1-1 1-0 1+1 1+2 1+3 1+4 1+5
 w2          e2       W2             E2      A12 B12 C12 D12 E12 F12 G12 H12 I12|J12 K12 L12 M12 N12 O12 P12 Q12 R12      2+5 2+4 2+3 2+2 2+1 2-0 2-1 2-2 2-3|2-3 2-2 2-1 2-0 2+1 2+2 2+3 2+4 2+5
 w3          e3       W3             E3      A11 B11 C11 D11 E11 F11 G11 H11 I11|J11 K11 L11 M11 N11 O11 P11 Q11 R11      3+5 3+4 3+3 3+2 3+1 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-3|3-3 3-2 3-1 3-0 3+1 3+2 3+3 3+4 3+5
 w4          e4       W4             E4      A10 B10 C10 D10 E10 F10 G10 H10 I10|J10 K10 L10 M10 N10 O10 P10 Q10 R10      4+5 4+4 4+3 4+2 4+1 4-0 4-1 4-2 4-3|4-3 4-2 4-1 4-0 4+1 4+2 4+3 4+4 4+5
 s1 s2 s3 s4 s5       W5             E5      A09 B09 C09 D09 E09 F09 G09 H09 I09|J09 K09 L09 M09 N09 O09 P09 Q09 R09      5+5 5+4 5+3 5+2 5+1 5-0 5-1 5-2 5-3|5-3 5-2 5-1 5-0 5+1 5+2 5+3 5+4 5+5
                      S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6      A08 B08 C08 D08 E08 F08 G08 H08 I08|J08 K08 L08 M08 N08 O08 P08 Q08 R08      6+5 6+4 6+3 6+2 6+1 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-3|6-3 6-2 6-1 6-0 6+1 6+2 6+3 6+4 6+5
                                             A07 B07 ... ... ... F07 G07 H07 I07|J07 K07 L07 M07 ... ... ... Q07 R07      7+5 7+4 ... ... ... 7-0 7-1 7-2 7-3|7-3 7-2 7-1 7-0 ... ... ... 7+4 7+5
                                             A06 B06 ... ... ... F06 G06 H06 I06|J06 K06 L06 M06 ... ... ... Q06 R06      8+5 8+4 ... ... ... 8-0 8-1 8-2 8-3|8-3 8-2 8-1 8-0 ... ... ... 8+4 8+5
                                             A05 B05 ... ... ... F05 G05 H05 I05|J05 K05 L05 M05 ... ... ... Q05 R05      9+5 9+4 ... ... ... 9-0 9-1 9-2 9-3|9-3 9-2 9-1 9-0 ... ... ... 9+4 9+5
                                             A04 B04 C04 D04 E04 F04 G04 ... ...|... ... L04 M04 N04 O04 P04 Q04 R04     10+5 y+0 y++ y-+ y-- y-0 y-1 ... ...|... ... y-1 y-0 y-- y-+ y++ y+0 y+1
                                             A03 B03 C03 D03 E03 F03 G03 ... ...|... ... L03 M03 N03 O03 P03 Q03 R03     11+5 y+0 y++ y-+ y-- y-0 y-1 ... ...|... ... y-1 y-0 y-- y-+ y++ y+0 y+1
                                             A02 B02 C02 D02 E02 F02 G02 ... ...|... ... L02 M02 N02 O02 P02 Q02 R02     12+5 y+0 y++ y-+ y-- y-0 y-1 ... ...|... ... y-1 y-0 y-- y-+ y++ y+0 y+1
                                             A01 B01 C01 D01 E01 F01 G01 ... ...|... ... L01 M01 N01 O01 P01 Q01 R01     13+5 y+0 y++ y-+ y-- y-0 y-1 ... ...|... ... y-1 y-0 y-- y-+ y++ y+0 y+1
                                                                     G00 H00 I00|J00 K00 L00                                                     14-1 y-2 y-3|y-3 y-2 y-1

Fandom "y-x placement"

• Used on Fandom wiki.
• Principle is (distance from River)-(distance from P tower).

• So 7-2 for tombstone would mean I05 or H05, 5-2 would mean I07 or H07.
• 7-0 for a troop would mean next to tower, right behind north edge.

• In case of building, we take the distance between the building edge, not the bottom left corner.

• When building is in front of P tower, we still use the same edge as reference. Eg 2+4 placement for tombstone would mean putting it on 2+4 to 4+2 square. Alternatively we can say 2-(-4).

Extended "y-x placement"

• An extension I'm using for more precision.
• y-x has same meaning as above, but for inside placement, ie. zone between both P towers.
• y+x works the same, but for outside placement, and above P towers.

Full coordinate system

• Something I made up.
• For buildings, we use bottom left tile as reference.
• Corners have several equiv coordinates (eg. n1 same as w1).

Terminology

• Some naming I hear here and there.
• Front inside corner: w2 or e2 (ie. 7-0).
• In the pocket: in the corner in opp's field, when one tower is down.

Commented game

Against DIOS (lvl 8, challenge)

• Opponent play first card badly, 7 elixir, next to K tower. Should play it really bottom of the map, and behind the K tower.
• We play a Zappy, really bottom. They'll meet at bridge on our side. When ennemy at bridge, play dragon to freeze it (to protect Zappy, making sure it takes no damage).
• Opponent plays a sorcerer and some giant, we play a mega pekka like giant, still to protect Zappy. Then a miner, to kill the sorcerer.
• We have lot of elixir still alive, when opponent has nothing.
• We play a fire archer, to protect against aerial stuff if any.

Commented game - Against Dinho (lvl 5, arena 4, battle)

• I play musketeer as first card, ok.
• Opponent play goblinbarrel, we kill with arrows, ok (but could we have let the musketeer do the kill?)
• We play giant at bridge, not good. Should have let musketeer continue. Now we spent lot of elixir, and are weak against counter push.
• Opp. play pekka behind giant, and knight.
• We play minions, but too far. Should have waited for ennemy to come closer to tower.

Commented game - Against Aldobaglio (lvl 10)

• Was playing with witch, balloon, electrowizard, ramrider, bats, goblingang, giantsnowball, tesla.
• witch + balloon ok, but must play balloon as close as possible to bridge (or Opp has more time to react).
• giantsnowball against megaknight was useless. Lose 2 elixir, and megaknight only loses 1 hit.
• Use electrowizard damage when it spawns.
• ramrider against princess very good.

TV Royale

Miscellaneous

• bomber: Play in front on K tower, in particular when other building in the middle. Very effective to defend.
• tornado: to break apart some defensive troop (eg. disconnect a infernodragon), or to concentrate troop when there is bomber that can attack.
• X-Arc:

• how to counter? a icegolem to distract then a barbarianbarrel. hunter can also attack. thelog + earthquake + eg. bomber.

• 3 musketeer: countered by a tesla in the middle, shot by P tower and 3 skeletons on them to distract.
• P tower finish cycle: royalhogs, earthquake, log, skel, hogs, earthquake, bomber, log,
• Against mortar: miner in middle our tower, start moving, and mortar always miss it.
• Against cannon cart: guards are good counter (2 stay alive).
• Push with lavahound: Play miner against tower before lavahound explodes, so that tower spots the miner and puppies are free to attack.

• Can be played with lavahound: flyingmachine, babydragon.

• Defend with tesla:

• Nice to attract troop.
• Add defense, like goblingang close to it, so they can attack troops coming from both side. princess is also a nice one.

• princess:

• Usually a bait for miner. miner can be countered with skeletonarmy, or goblingang. Be ready to play either one as soon as miner is launched.

• Against infernodragon:

• Spam unit very good to distract (eg. Skel army).

• hogrider at bridge (in fact, one square outside the lane, so that HR jumps).

• Response is tombstone next to tower, on HR path. HR put one hit, then killed by Skel.

• Push with Lava + I Dragon.

• Counter by fireball so that to kill lavahound + almost infernodragon. Add a wizard (middle, but so that he moves to other lane) to distract infernodragon.
• When pups are being killed, add balloon + minions behind. This killed the tower.

• With 2.6 deck:

• Against princess, cannon at I14 or J14 (or H14, K14).
• Against goblinbarrel, thelog.
• Keep troops well separated, to avoid FB bait.
• Against valkyrie, icespirit when she's shot by tower. Skel also good distract but not on her, she must not kill them in one shot.
• Cycle the hogrider, use FB to kill defender (prepare for it, this will eat tower too!).

• If infernotower, foresee a icespirit, so that hogrider can kill it (this also allows cycling HR faster then).
• If infernotower too close of river, use skel to distract her, then hogrider.
• (Maybe infernotower can be FB too?)
• Change HR push: sometimes with icegolem, sometimes with Skel. Sometimes add musketeer as support.

• icespirit at bridge may hit tower.
• Against infernodragon, icegolem on n1-n5 tower side good to distract.

skully - playing with goblinbarrel, tesla, princess, goblingang, icespirit, valkyrie, thelog, rocket

• Play goblinbarrel regularly (eg. as first card) to take damage.
• Against megaknight: play tesla in middle, then valkyrie at bridge, behind megaknight to slow it down (it is killed by tower, tesla and valkyrie).
• Against minipekka: goblingang close to tesla to attract minipekka.
• rocket against tower, witch and elixirgolem (hitting all three of them).

iosama - playing fireball, zappies, flyingmachine, cage, hogs, e-spirit, B barrel, recruits.

• Always play zappies between tower (so they split), or behind K tower.

• To defend, drop when ennemy on bridge.

• Play recruits in the back.
• FB against motherwitch.
• Cage against hogs. Add zappies if needed, close to K tower.

• Note that Goblin bowler hits very hard! (279 @ level 9)

• Play hogs in middle, close to river.
• e-spirit to distract (eg. against megaknight).

saed - playing with lavahound/miner/inferno D, barbarian, skel D, zap, arrows.

• Direct push balloon then lavahound.
• Push Inferno D in the back, then add barbarian at bridge.
• Skel D to defend.

Decks

Clashical's decks

Ladder deck (2021-12-06 onwards, arena 15)	Played a bit in arena 14 (2021-09-13), Was a bit easier to play than Boris' deck below, but difficult to manage the skeletondragons, who are very fragile. (2021-11-10) Played by CMG Asuna. (2021-11-21) Played by Carl The Legend (see 2021-11 twich royal tournament) hogrider: play tombstone in lane. play lava opp. lane. play mega to defend lava. after fb on lava, balloon + guards opp lane. on exec in the back: balloon spam opp lane. If electrowizard / tornado: guards. On Ex, megaminion. Against lumberjack+balloon spam: skeletondragons 5+3 On ex middle, fireball sideways (on him + tower) to push him further. Mostly play tombstone at 4-2 or 4-3. against megaknight, tombstone at 7-2 Against elixirgolem, tombstone 4-4 still attracts it! Against witch: balloon on opp lane. Then on witch, megaminion on her. Against spawners: seems best to go opp lane first, for tower trade. Possibly slow down spawn with tombstone (best if deep one?). Then we to get 2nd tower, go with skullies / valkyrie as support. Tips: balloon + guard bridge spam. Against mortar: tombstone at 6-2 (will fireball, hence we can play skullies). Against princess + bats + rocket: always fireball the princess. Never balloon same lane as lava. Wait princess and bats to be out of cycle, then balloon opposite lane to force +1 elixir trade. Hard-counters: What can we do against xbow, tesla, rocket, thelog, archerqueen, valkyrie, electrospirit, tornado electrospirit + rocket annihilates balloon (it seems) Some interactions: lavahound+balloon: if undefended, 3-crown the opponent in 45s after lava first play in the corner (at least against lvl 12 opp). So indep. of opp play in other lane, this is guaranteed win if we can defend long enough. Hard-counters (when playing valkyrie + arrows): skeletonarmy, zap, icegolem, princess, hogrider, infernotower, minionhorde, rocket (golem blocks our support troop, tower / horde tear down our lava / balloon)
main: mid-ladder variant:
Ladder deck 4.3 (2021-11-01 onwards, arena 15)	Variant from Rakan love Lava, where fireball replaces arrows. Played the whole Nov 21 season with this deck, reached 5634 trophees.
Ladder deck 4.1 (2021-10-01 onwards, arena 14 and arena 15)	Deck from CLASHwithSHANE, used to reach Legendary arena (arena 15). fireball to one-shot some defenders, zap to reset infernodragon / infernotower, or to reset targetting some troops (like minipekka, etc) or finish some troop quickly, or also zap + fireball to one-shot lots of troop. zap+fb is expensive, so do it with value (aim several troops, or cover tower). Better zap first, then FB, but sometimes FB can be used to bring closer some troop, then zap them. elitebarbarians for defense mainly, but also as quick punishment at bridge if opponent over commit (he is at 0 elixir). lavahound as main tank. Use it to build a push, or as a shield to protect P tower. Make sure enemy troop is stopped after the bridge so that they are shot by our tower (this requires timing). Make sure to add a second troop to get more value (like baby or infernodragon), or before lavahound pops, send miner to tank the damage and get value from puppies. miner to snipe some defending troop, or as a tank for puppies. Also effective against megaknight, combined with infernodragon. skeletonarmy effective against electrowizard, pekka and minipekka, knight, hogrider, royalhogs, goblinbarrel... NOT EFFECTIVE against darkprince, princess if far, wizard, witch. Don't: If opp has cannon, don't play elitebarbarians, at least if both towers are up. They'll be attracted, and most likely killed for no gain. Some Counters: Xbox: best counter is infernodragon. If with tesla, fireball and/or babydragon. Played the whole Oct 21 season, reached ~5400 trophees. Challenge: Won 4 times.
Ladder deck (since 2021-09-14)	Very offensive deck (4.1 avg). tombstone against prince. Q?: Can we put tombstone close to K tower so that to force activation of K tower (eg. if opponent uses fireball or executioner?). miner: Use miner before lavahound split in puppies, to get spot from tower, and tank damage for puppies. miner can be used in a lot of mini-counter push to tank damage before defending troop gets to towers. Can also be used to defend in emergencies. arrows: Ideally to destroy distracting troop in a push / counter push. Better not use it against arrow baits (like goblinbarrel). For these, use dragons or barbarians. Skeleton dragon: lot of damage, but very weak. DO NOT USE Skel D AGAINST wizard OR executioner AND ALIKE. infernodragon: can be used as first card. Ideal if opp put a big troop on same side. If possible then a lavahound on front to distract all units that could attack Inferno D. WHAT THE FUCK CAN I DO AGAINST THE witch? Answers: let it come to the bridge, use lavahound as a shield to distract her. Skeleton will be shot by tower (if not too many), or foresee a small defense troop that will then follow lavahound as support.
Ladder deck (played until 2021-09-12)	zap against Inferno D or T. However requires another offensive aerial troop (like Minion). Was a bit hard to play. Played by CHN | Boris (8PQRQG90C, reached #37 in TV).
Ladder deck (played since 2021-09-01)	My first lavahound deck, made by my coach ;-). Was very effective and fun to play. Goal is to build a push. lavahound must be at front, tanking the damage. Behind, a balloon to deal damage to tower, and/or other troops to defend against wizard, etc. Be able to take damage on our tower to build a counter push (eg. wait the lavahound to reach our tower before putting a defensive troop, like megaminion, to defend our tower). The idea is that our defensive troop must stay alive, behind the lavahound. Push / counter-push Main push: lavahound and balloon behind. bomber + mega-minion or bomber + valkyrie may also do lot of damage. lavahound + minions also deadly. minions could be used to defend then catch up lavahound for counter-push.
Ladder deck (played since 2021-08-21)	Play mainly defensively. Goal is to distract ennemy, making sure ennemy towers are aiming at eg. giantskeleton, then throw goblinbarrel on same tower (who will then do lot of damage until giant is killed). Watch what kind of defense any has against goblinbarrel.
Ladder deck (last played 2021-08-19)	Play mainly defensively. Put a giant at the bottom of the map. giant may slow down an ennemy attack by taking damage, and/or build a counter-push by putting behind a musketeer. Against barbarianbarrel: bomber, arrows, minions, skeletonarmy. skeletonarmy ideal against knight. But it opponent plays knight a mass area defender (eg. valkyrie or babydragon), play first minions to get the spot, then the army on the knight.
Ladder deck (last played 2021-08-13)	First deck.

Clashical's war decks

Deck 1	Deck 2	Deck 3	Deck 4	Comments
				Played from 2021-11-15, consistent 2 or 3 wins. 3rd deck: [8] (from royaleapi.com) Next: replace 3rd with elixirgolem deck? W52/21: ...., v--v, vv-v, vv-v, v--v, v---, --vv W01/22: v--v, v--v, vv--, v-v-, vv-v, v-vv, vvv- W02/22: vvv-, vvvv, vvv-, v---, vv--, vvvv, vv-- W03/22: vv--, v---, v--v, vv--, vvvv, vvvv, v--- W04/22: v--v, vv-v, vv--, vvv-, vv-v, vv--, vvv- W05/22: vv--, vvvv, v---, vvv-, vvv-, vvvv, vvvv W06/22: v---, v-vv, vvv-, vvvv, vv-v, vv--, v--v W07/22: v--v, vvv-, v-v-, vv-v, vv--, vvv-, vv-- W08/22: vv-v, v--v, ...., ...., ...., ...., ....
				Played from Third deck really bad.
				Deck 4: Using 2.6 cycle deck
				Updated decks...
				Player from Sept 26, 2021. Updated deck following few tips from Isma. Played once.
				Played until 20210918. Deck 1 was best deck on ladder. Mostly lose. In duel, start with 4 (aka "worst"), then 1 then 3. Won twice during training days.

Minushcule ;-)'s decks

Ladder deck (2021-12-21, played from arena 10 to 14)	hogrider 2.6 cycle, well-known meta deck (mid-jan 2022) Played whole arena 10, and reached 11 with hogrider 9, musketeer 10, golem 9, spirit 9, skel 9, cannon 10, fb 10, log 10 (king 8). Was very though. (mid-jan 2022) Reached arena 12 with same level. Best with level above in arena 12 was around 4050 trophies. (beg-feb 2022) Reached arena 13 and 14 with hogrider 11, musketeer 11, golem 10, spirit 10, skel 10, cannon 12, fb 12, log 12 (king 9). Was quite easy with that card level. Currently: hogrider 11, musketeer 12, golem 10, spirit 10, skel 11, cannon 12, fb 12, log 12 (king 9). fb+log+fb: 552 hp (14 elix); log+fb+log: 420 hp (12 elix); hogrider: 318 hp (4 elix).
Ladder deck (2021-12-14, played in arena 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9)	Best deck for arena 5, but needs the prince (12 wins, 4 lose from 1380 trophees to 1613 trophees). Reached arena 6 with king level 6 or 7, and cards overall level 6 to 7. Also worked ok in arena 6, up to 1865 trophees easily, then much harder to reach arena 7. Very important to manage elixir. 75% win rate on the last 17 matches. Reach arena 7 with king level 7, skeletonarmy 7, prince 8, witch 8, minipekka 7, valkyrie 7, babydragon 9, zap 6, fireball 8. Most opp were level 8 with 1/2 lvl higher card average. Also worked ok in arena 7 (same level as above). Also ok in arena 8 and 9. But had some difficulty because I upgraded king level 8, so had to upgrade some cards to match opponents. Did 11 victories in a row in arena 8, the whole arena with king level 8, skeletonarmy 8, prince 9, witch 9, minipekka 8, valkyrie 8, babydragon 9, zap 6, fireball 9. More tough in arena 10, switch to hogrider 2.6 cycle deck. Synergies Push with valkyrie + prince, like add prince when valkyrie at the bridge. Or push with valkyrie + minipekka, or babydragon instead of valkyrie (better put baby a bit behind). If prince alone, prepare zap. Usually this doesn't work as well as with valkyrie. What may help is double lane push, add minipekka at bridge on second lane. Start valkyrie or witch behind the K tower. Beware if opp cycles his FB, then put in front of K tower. Usually not good to start with prince or minipekka. Better wait for opp first move. Typically if barrel on tower, best is skeletonarmy or valkyrie in the bottom corner (this kills two goblins instant). Otherwise zap is good also, for 1 elixir less). First play: witch in the back always good, because she spawns skeletons. valkyrie also ok. Think however how to defend hogrider, goblinbarrel, breakers... (keep a good hand). General minipekka to remove mini tank, or to insta kill support troop (like wizard), before defending with skeletonarmy. Count the elixir difference. DO NOT BE TOO LOW. Against infernotower: witch seems to work best. If cannot push, use something different. Wait for skeletonarmy or swarm unit out of cycle, and spam prince or minipekka. If area killer out of cycle, spam skeletonarmy at bridge. This can also be used to bait a response. Against princess, usually good to fireball her asap, but *on the tower* to get value. Otherwise get rid of her at the bridge, and/or tank the damage with valkyrie or prince.
Ladder deck (2021-12-16, played in arena 6)	Played in arena 6, deck from Orange Juice Gaming. Honestly, it sucks. Super though to play, have to count elixir very tightly to make a successful push. Replacing giant with hogrider doesn't work much better...
Ladder deck (2021-12-14, played in arena 5)	Some other decks I trided in arena 5, but not as good as deck above. First deck is the one I used with Clashical. Was quite ok, but it seems to be less effective than other decks used in lower arenas. 2nd deck is best arena 4 deck from Orange Juice Gaming (see starter deck tips). 3rd deck is some counter deck I met in the ladder.
Ladder deck (2021-12-10, played in arena 3 and 4)	A deck that somebody beaten me hard with. Played in arena 3 and arena 4 (until arena 5), seems to work quite good (5 victories in a row, 6 cards lvl 7, 6 lvl 2). Think synergy: put valkyrie along with prince, so that valkyrie get rid of swarm. Defend the musketeer, eg if opp plays baby, play musketeer, then Baby on his baby to distract. Punish with minipekka if opp over commits (I guess in particular in x1). Against goblinbarrel, better defend with valkyrie or army (keep arrows to counter opp defense). Always send a ground troop with support against aerial. Time defense correctly. Eg. If opp plays prince and Baby, wait for Baby to connect to tower, before playing skeletonarmy out of baby attack zone but still to aggro the prince.
Ladder deck (2021-12-10, played from arena 3)	Changed minions against babydragon, for a bit more swarm counter. Played from arena 3. fireball not so strong in lower arena (arena 3 or 4). It usually costs too much, area is too small, and cannot get rid of bigger troops anyway.
Ladder deck (2021-12-10, played in arena 1 and 2)	Deck used early, when got the prince. Maybe a bit missing swarm counter. Also spear goblins and minions are both vulnerable to arrows. Played until arena 3.

Some decks that was hard match up (potentially good decks):

Ladder deck (2021-12-10, faced in arena 4)	Lost against this in arena 4, but maybe lacking some aerial defense... And FB might not be best choice.

Minushcule ;-)'s war decks

Deck 1	Deck 2	Deck 3	Deck 4	Comments
				4th deck: try to bait arrows with skeletonarmy, then play goblinbarrel. Use 2 legendaries in 2nd deck to boost level. W52/21: ...., v..v, -..-, -..v, -..v, v..v, -..- w01/22: -..v, v..-| v.v-, v.-v, v.vv, -.-v, -.v- w02/22: v.v-, v.vv, v.-v, v.--, -.-v, v.vv, v.v- w03/22: -.v-, v.vv, -.--| vvvv, --vv, ---v, --v- W04/22: v-v-, v-vv, ----, ----, v-vv, vvvv, ---- W05/22: vvvv, vvv-, vvvv, vvvv, vv--, vv--, vvvv W06/22: ---v, ---v, vv-v, v--v, vvv-, vvv-, v--- W07/22: vv-v, ----, v-v-, vv--, vv-v, -vv-, --v- W08/22: vv-v, ---v, ...., ...., ...., ...., ....
				Use 2 legendaries in 3rd deck to boost level. W52/21: ...., .v.., .v.., .-.., .-.., .v.., .v.. w01/22: .v.., .v..| .-.., .-.., .-.., .v.., .v.. w02/22: .-.., .-.., .v.., .-.., .-.., .v.., .v.. w03/22: .-.., .-.., .-..|
				Deck 1 as hogrider 2.6. Deck 4 moved to pos 2. Using double princes for deck 4 W52/21: ...., ..v., ..-., ..-., ..v., ..-., ..-. w01/22: ..-., ..-.|
				W50/21: ---v, vvvv
				2021-12-15: 4/4 (lvl 7).
				Played from 2021-12-12 (level 6, arena 4). Only 3 decks. 1st deck is main deck. 2nd deck is good deck with remaining cards. 3rd deck was improved on second iteration, when getting more cards. Won twice the duel with these two decks (while in arena 3 and 4, king level 6).

Lava decks to try

Ladder deck - Lava	Best lava deck last season played by EA Rakan Lava (#9, L9P08G82U, YouTube). Played this season by FRANK ALICIA (#13, 8U00VQRLC), <c3>Kou<c4>bele (#106, YQJL8PPG) balloon: Played in front of Skdrag, it is pushed forward faster! balloon can also be used as mini-tank, eg. to protect the puppies, or to protect minions / horde behind. miner: When playing for tank, don't play on tower but play at 5-2 inside placement (front of K) to tank damage of troop first (eg. if opp plays a defending troop low enough in front of K tower) Alternative: infernodragon <-> Horde, SkDrag <-> minions. Deck with horde is super aggressive: usually go for trade. Against golem: Play Barbarian @ bridge, then miner on tower (5-1 inside placement, not sure why) -> tower down. Replay [9]: Replay [10]: Replay [11]: Replay 8000 top8 (15min): Replay 8000k top3 (7min): 1st game, opening with lavahound, ignore miner, defend knight with barbarians. Use skeletondragonsAgainst darkprince at 3-0 placement and if possible miner at same spot to tank damage. Otherwise miner to tank damage for Lava Pups. arrows to weaken electrowizard. Against tank (like giant), infernodragon bottom when giant leaving tower behind, and if giant defended by megaminion, use balloon at river to distract it. 2nd game, 2 spells, infernodragon/barbs in hand, so zap on tower. Against elitebarbarians + spirit, barbarians dropped on them then ignore if surviver. On giant + sparky, infernodragon on giant, then skeletondragons on sparky, but was countered by electrowizard + tornado. Later barbarians on sparky to remove it. miner on King's tower to tank damage for puppies and also protect barbarians coming up. Later opp still very aggressive, balloon on King's and zap to reset the sparky. 3rd game: lavahound, balloon, zap, miner in hand, play lavahound as 1st card. Opp with sparky and goblingiant, countered with skeletondragons bottom (when giant on last tile before bridge), then zap and barbarians on sparky to reset/kill it. Add a balloon on group, and later miner between K and P tower to tank damage. 2nd round of elitebarbarians + healspirit, defended with skeletondragons. Opp defend with electrowizard + rage, Rakan plays barbarians very high center, then arrows to weaken electrowizard. Replay with Horde [12]: Replay with Horde [13]: Replay with Horde top1 7896 (22min): 1st game (Horde): both spells, miner, minion in hand, play zap on opp's goblins. Now Barbs in hand. Wait. At 1'20, miner on tower, countered with valkyrie, which is then defended with minions at bridge. Opp. plays MArcher and Breakers and miner, Breakers killed with arrows (I guess here the logic is to counter V with M for +1 trade, and -1 trade against Breakers to avoid too much damage). lavahound opposite lane, while on other lane wait for miner + (new) goblins, Marcher killed by tower, to play Horde against a new valkyrie. On lava lane, balloon right behind at bridge, then minions and zap to kill Spear goblins. Then miner and Horde on same lane. Finally a 2nd lavahound, and balloon, because in fact opp cannot make deadly attack anyway. 2nd game (Horde): Lava, Barbs, minions, arrows in hand, play lavahound. Opp plays miner and guards opposite lane, countered at 5+2 with Barbs. Opp plays a dartgoblin center, weakened by Barbs, and finished with zap. On Lava lane, send Horde at bridge, against bats and cannoncart, and a miner in time to tank damage. Keep pushing lavahound on the same lane, while defending with minions, Horde, miner on the other lane to avoid massive damage, and when possible send a balloon on the opposite lane so that opp has no option to defend Lava, which takes tower. 3rd game (Horde): arrows, Horde, Lava, miner in hand, play Horde at tower against a hogrider. lavahound played same lane, opp defend with musketeer and cannon. Play miner against musketeer, and arrows to finish it. Then play balloon to tank damage, opp. kills everything with musketeer and fireball, now low on elixir. Wait for 2nd round of hogrider, countered with Barbs (note, musketeer was Zapped), then play lavahound low. Note opp cycle is: hogrider, then Skeleton mid river, and Log on bridge. When Lava crosses, minions and balloon behind (not in hand), and miner in the back of P tower. Opp defends with skel, cannon, icegolem, all nice, and manage to activate it's K tower. Opp sends hogrider and Ice golem, defended with Barbs, which are fireballed, which is immediat ely countered with minions. On last attempt, solitary hogrider countered with miner at tower, and arrows. 4th game (Horde): arrows, Lava, balloon, Horde in hand, opp plays bandit, play lavahound opposite lane. bandit and then Breakers not countered, but miner and Spear goblins on lava lane countered with arrows. bats on Lava, defended with minions. Opp plays musketeer and zap in that lane. Play Horde at 4+5, and immediately balloon at 1 +0 on opposite lane. In general, bandit never defended unless troop available (I guess she dies too quickly after she connects). lavahound played low, then minions played very low when Lava shadow is touching 3rd row from river (I guess for opportunity of defense?), and a balloon right behind lavahound on river, then miner and arrows as support. Last push with balloon, had zap in hand to defend against bats. 5th game (Horde): Lava, arrows, balloon, Barbs in hand, play lavahound low. Opp. plays knight opposite lane, then firecracker low on Lava's lane, and finally hogrider on knights lane. hogrider and knight not defended, but arrows on firecracker, and balloon behind Lava. This trades tower. Opp plays bombtower, Snow Ball on balloon, and firecracker low. Play miner on firecracker, countered immediately by knight (predicted, good play). Play lavahound opposite lane, while knight + firecracker and a new hogrider countered by Barbs, dropped on knight. firecracker countered with arrows, and balloon center high right on bombtower. Finish with Horde center high, and miner on K tower, zap and arrows on new firecracker. 6th game (Horde): Lava, zap, Horde and miner in hand. Opp plays miner, play lavahound same lane (miner ignored). Opp plays MArcher low, play Minion (but next to Lava, but why not more on the side? To avoid being distracted?), and balloon then asap miner. Opp plays valkyrie and Breaker, countered with arrows. Opp plays Marcher then miner to tank damage, countered by Barbs dropped on Marcher. Next lavahound low on P tower lane, defending Marcher countered with miner, then balloon, Horde (in meantime, Breakers + valkyrie had to be ignored opp lane). At each opp reaction, add a troop. 7th game (Horde): Barbs, Lava, miner, arrows in hand. Opp plays bandit low, play miner low same lane. Then lavahound opp lane, opp plays electrowizard low same lane. Play Barbs at bridge to take electrowizard, while opp plays ramrider low same lane, and later babydragon against Barbs. Play balloon at bridge, opp counters with electrowizard, so play Horde at bridge as well (outside, to avoid distraction), this kills a bandit at bridge! Opp plays ramrider, immediately countered with Barbs played very high. Opp plays babydragon and pekka. This is countered with Minion low, and miner in the back of baby, then Horde on pekka. Finally ramrider countered with Barbs while Baby is shot down by tower. lavahound played center low, but same side as Baby to distract, while playing Horde against Baby. 8th game (Horde): both spells, miner, balloon in hand. Opp plays bandit low, play miner low same lane. Opp plays goblindrill opp lane, countered with Barbs. lavahound played low, while on opp lane bandit and MArcher not defended. Opp plays infernodragon on Lava, at same time drop balloon at bridge, and miner in the back (-+ column), while zap infernodragon to keep Lava tank while balloon connects. Opp plays is ignored, while Pups take down the infernodragon, miner tanks damage for balloon, and play Horde center high to take P tower as well. arrows on last opp attack to get rid of swarm. Replay with Horde 4th place again (9min): 1st game (Horde): both minions, barbs and miner, miner on tower to harass. Opp plays electrogiant high, opposite lane, so minions (5-0 placement), then balloon such that it is pushed by minions. Drop barbarians on electrogiant, then Horde on darkprince, on the left to avoid electrogiant attack. When Horde push back, miner at 5-2 placement to tank damage in prediction of icewizard! 2nd lavahound on same lane, although other tower had lower HP (prob. to allow counter attack on that weaker tower, or because opp will play electrogiant on same lane again). Opp. builds a mega push, with darkknight, babydragon, tornado, only defended with barbarians on knight. Then miner on 2nd tower, minions played high center, and finally balloon on K tower. 2nd game (infernodragon deck): Lava, infernodragon, zap, barbarians, play lavahound. Opp. plays elitebarbarians, countered with Barbs dropped on 5+2 timed correctly. speargoblins on Lava, countered with zap. bomber on opposite lane, opp. sends also miner to tank... countered by Skel drag to kill bomber (but strangely they miss the miner). balloon on the other side, opp. plays elitebarbarians, countered with miner to reduce damage. arrows to clean last elitebarbarians, royaldelivery and speargoblins. Opp. makes several pushes with elitebarbarians + spirit or Ebars + bomber, always drop Barbs on the splash first to cancel it! 3rd game (infernodragon deck): miner, arrows, skeletondragons, Barbs in hand, miner to harass tower. Opp plays royalghost, defended with skeletondragons. Lot of defensive play against royalghost, RG, Fisher using Skel Drag, Barbs. First offensive with balloon alone, countered by tesla (in 4-2), then another balloon behind a miner (used as defense), against countered with tesla. Finally 1st lavahound when opp plays Fisher at bridge opposite lane, defended with Barbs on tower, then opp plays royalghost same lane as Lava, countered with infernodragon. tesla countered with miner on it, to let balloon connect. When offensive goes on, Barbs played center high, a balloon on tower center high, then arrows to weaken tesla. Replay with ??? Attacks top 20 (12min): Replay with ??? Access to 7000 cups at lvl12 (12min): Opening: zap often played on a tower if in starting hand. (I guess to cycle in another card?) Personal record with Horde: Royal Tournament: 7 wins. Classic Challenge: 4 wins.
Ladder deck (around 2021-09-04, arena 14)	(arrow version) Deck from Da Juicy One #34 (Rich Slaton), played a bit in Arena 14, but could not score win regularly. Tips from the video: Tip 1: Get on Offense Fast. You wanna play offense because there is no much defense in the deck, no high damage spell, no building, but 3 winning conditions, so you wanna play offense the entire game. If you spend your time being more passive, cycling your cards, you have less time to deal damage. Usually play Lava is the right move, except if your opponent play very aggressive too first, then you may want to play Inferno first, or if they play hogrider, you play guards, minions (or if you don't have those, infernodragon). Tip 2: Use lavahound as a defensive Shield. Beat down deck they try to overwhelm you, and overwhelm your infernodragon, and kill your infernodragon before it kills their tank. So you need lavahound to block their support units, then Lava Pups can help killing their units. Same or opposite lane? Usually same lane, eg. when opp plays golem, to have infernodragon kill the golem, and Lava shield damage from witches, etc. Other deck, like 2.6 they always go opposite lane. Against xbow, best is to go for tower trade, because it's easier to kill the xbow by dropping a unit on it. Tip 3: Track air counter cycle. In particular to when and how to play balloon. Tip 4: miner is a tool first, win-con second. Use miner as a precision strike. Use spell to kill swarmy unit. And second use it to serve as tank, so that lava pups, minions or balloons get good value. Tip 5: Identify matchup as soon as possible. Eg. because you don't want to play infernodragon high to kill a giant, then they pull out a electrowizard. Things I learned: guards may do a lot of damage if they reach the tower, even more if tanked by lavahound. (arrow or fireball version) Deck also played by No7urne #1 last year #1 in the WORLD! LAVA GOD vs. WORLD'S BEST PLAYERS! (CWA) (2021-03-23) Mostly use miner on P tower, almost never in defense or as a snip (could happen on say magicarcher or defend graveyard). Against golem: if all air troops are out-of-cycle, play lavahound in the back to force opp to play ground unit, then play infernodragon to kill them. Against graveyard: play lavahound a bit higher so that it can tank for the infernodragon, which in turn is responsible to kill all mini-tank of the opp that he needs to get value from graveyard. Against hunter: balloon can always score a hit if we zap the hunter. Against hogs: Keep guards in hand to defend! Against xbow (+tesla): Play lavahound 7+5, then balloon behind at the bridge. Then on tesla, zap and miner. In general, keep ground unit for defense. Played a few times in Classic Challenges.
Ladder deck - Lava (video 2021-01-13)	An easy deck with consistent results with very few bad matchups Boss_CR (video 2021-01-13)

Meta decks

See Clash Royale meta decks.

Battle decks to try

Ladder deck - From Flav (Team belgique clan, lvl 10, 5600 trophees!) - 2021-12-19	Some deck he says he says he wins often
Ladder deck - From Sylanawiskon (Team belgique clan) - 2021-11-19	Some deck he says he loses rarely with.
Ladder deck - From Skully (Bring the W clan) - 2021-09-01	TBC
Ladder deck - Some opponent - 2021-09-01	Attack cycle: ideal to start like this: icespirit at bridge, then same time goblinbarrel on tower. This makes -1000. Then firecracker behind tower to defend, and goblingang in bridge corner if needed. Then recycle. rocket again elitebarbarians. infernotower against big boss. Earth quake to chip damage at tower.
Ladder deck - From Skully (Bring the W) - 2021-09-01	Start with goblinbarrel. Against balloon or elitebarbarians, rocket. Against minionhorde, goblingang and/or icespirit. princess also very good. valkyrie very good to distract, eg. against megaknight. thelog to chip damage at tower. tesla in middle to attract megaknight. Placement 3-3.
Ladder deck - Some opponent - 2021-09-01	Typical play: wizard in the back, then add minipekka in front at the bridge. Or when defending with skeletonarmy, add hogrider Ridger in the middle for protection.
Deck - Played by Théo - 2021-11-28	Deck played by Theo, and tried by Isma Chip damage with WB and drill. Put drill on side external, or in front of bridge. bomber as defense behind valkyrie. fire spirit against swarm or to distract.
War 2 deck - Unbreakable best MK deck (video 2021-01-13)	SirTag (found on royaleapi.com) Defense summary: megaknight to bounce everything back (opp cannot build a big push). electrowizard to stun all opp. units. giantsnowball to push them back. Cage to attract all winning conditions go into the center of the map. Offense summar: bandit, Hogs to make break trough, and healspirit to keep them alive longer. If can't break through, Marcher to finish off tower. Opening: Hogs at river on one tower to see. healspirit on top of the bats, to heal hogs. electrowizard splash damage on small units (spear goblins). Build pushes: megaknight in the back, to build big pushes against structures like tesla / mortar. On mortar, healspirit on the other lane to distract mortar. Use Marcher to lock on mortar and tower behind. Predict goblingang, so prepare giantsnowball Hogs behind megaknight. Tactics: Play megaknight as tank to keep Marcher alive. Against icegolem in the back, send hogs in the other lane, wait for fireball, and play Marcher at bridge to lock on the golem and tower to get value. Against valkyrie with 50% life at tower, Marcher to lock on her and tower to score 4 hits at tower. Keep megaknight alive with the healspirit, this allows to have multiple megaknight on map, with more jump possibilities. Defaut cage placement is 4-2. If too much defense on one side, hogs on the other side. If megaknight tank from both tower, we can hogs on any tower. Play bandit in the back always good (can leapfrog across river). Counters: Against infernotower, requires hogs + bandit. Against hogrider at bridge: cage at 2+2 placement. W/o spell, this prevents any hit. megaknight at 4+3 placement, rider only get one hit. electrowizard can also stun a bit the rider. Against fireball + thelog: very though, this counters perfectly hogs + healspirit. Don't play spirit when log is in cycle. Split the hogs at river to reduce fireball value.
Deck - Opponent on Ladder, legendary arena, king level 8 !	Played by Toni Crocs, #J8LRLQRQR, in legendary arena, king level 8, 5151 trophy! megaknight 11, log 11, fb 10, dragon 10, army 10, barrel 10, musketeer 9, valkyrie 9
Log bait, #1 ladder 2022	Played by Ryley, who did #1 February 2022 See video from Boss_CR Played also some variants (cannon iso tower).

Mini-challenge decks

Sudden death

Schtroumpf, sudden death challenge

• balloon, lumberjack, elitebarbarians, freeze, darkprince, goblincage, skeletonking, icewizard.

Sudden death (2021-10-01)	Shared by Natan (Bring the W). Goal: play lumberjack at bridge, then balloon. Hopefully opponent will play a big troop killing lumberjack, balloon will then rush to tower, and we use freeze on tower + any defensive air troop. Played a bit Clan Wards sudden challenge.
Sudden death (2021-12-03)	Recommended by Boss_CR Cycle cards (in the back): often royalghost, or goldenknight. Try to use GK dash ability to connect to tower. Think counter to balloon, and think freeze. Eg if lumberjack+balloon, ramrider 7-0, but electrowizard or infernodragon at 1+5! barbarianbarrel to distract, or against building, or against goblinbarrel. Try to get value from fireball. History 2021-12-04 4 wins (3 losses) in sudden death challenge.
Sudden death (2021-12-03)	Recommended by Carl The Legend History 2021-12-03: 2 wins - 2 losses in sudden death royal tournament (played first with another deck).
Sudden death (2021-12-03)	Recommended by Morten SK ... seems like hard to play. History Not played yet
Sudden Death deck (around 2021-09-20)	Deck recommended by Skully (Bring the W). Goal: lumberjack at bridge, then 1s later, balloon. When balloon on tower, freeze on tower + defending troop.

Double elixir

Double-elixir (2022-01-01)	Classic lavahound+balloon deck from Carl the Legend. He did 20-0 in the tournament! 2022-01-01: did 2-5 then 9-5.
Double-elixir (2020-05-24)	Deck from Orange Juice Gaming (May 2020) Also good for triple elixir. Not tried yet.

Triple elixir

Triple-elixir (2021-11-17)	Another deck that beated me. Idea it seems is to have always sparky behind a tower, and push back any attacks with megaknight, while chiping damage with rocket...
Triple-elixir (2021-11-17)	Some deck that beated me even harder Start with elixirgolem, electrodragon, then add healer and exec. On attack, use tornado.
Triple-elixir (2021-11-17)	Some deck that beated me hard
Triple-elixir (2021-10-23)	Deck selected by Isma for this mode. Usual play is build push from the bottom, with either pekka, ramrider or bandit. Played with this deck during challenge 2021-11-07.
Triple-elixir (2020-05-24)	Deck from Orange Juice Gaming (May 2020) Also good for double elixir Not tried yet.

Other challenges

• Touchdown draft:

• Winning condition: battleram, royalghost, royahrecruits, elixirgolem, ramrider (esp. with mirror, better than hogrider thanks to snare), royalhogs (>motherwitch), balloon + lightning/fireball (to destroy buildings), skeletonking + ultimate.

Triple-Draft Mini-challenge (2021-08-21)	Rationale: pick mainly legendary to have at least lvl 9 cards, and have two cards against aerial attacks. princess: very handy to attack towers from a long distance (tower can't reach her). MUST BE DEFENDED because dies quickly, so play her very far. Also very good against skeletonarmy. Usually start with a sparky at the bottom of the map, and protect it with a megaknight before it reaches the bridge. Use tornado to group/attract ennemy troop, and one-shoot them. Play Electro-Dragon by spotting the correct troop. Very useful to slow down an ennemy, making sure it is shot by towers, or to reset a ennemy infernotower.
Mega-touchdown - deck 1 (2021-09-17)	Pick fast troop, like prince, darkprince. Spam unit also interesting: skeletonarmy, minionhorde. motherwitch insta-win. barbarianbarrel very interesting, esp. if can be played high. witch good to spam as well. skeletonbarrel because fast, and not distracted. Drop Skeleton. Play on both sides. Tanks like electrogiant very good to kill small troop and must be stopped. 2nd deck 1st deck
Skeleton King tournament (2021-10-30)	Deck from CLASHwithSHANE [14] Strategy: build push with giant and/or skeletonking front, and sparky behind, then rage the whole thing on tower. Usually, we can build a push with skeletonking + goblingiant. rage can also be used to defend. minipekka against hogrider. defense: electrowizard centre front k, to defend but be out of attack, or drop on small units. But centre usually very effective to slow down units. minions against tank. minipekka or minions against hogrider. giant middle to pull pekka the other side. build push: sparky behind k tower. at bridge add giant, then rage. or complete with champ and/or minions. champion ability: when no spam killer. Can also be used to tank for the sparky behind.
Skeleton King tournament (2021-10-30)	Deck from CLASHwithSHANE [15], with double spawner. Not played with.
Skeleton King tournament (2021-10-30)	Deck played by Isma, after someone beated him up with ;-)
Archer Queen tournament (2021-11-03)	Deck played by Shane, but also reported as best deck in top 100 (https://royaleapi.com/card/archer-queen, played by SK Morten, 8540 trophee ) lightning because this kills the archerqueen (and we know we'll face her). Push build: royalghost in the back, or archerqueen in the back (but beware of lightning, if so play rather middle). Against hogrider: bandit at 5-3, then immediately after electrospirit in front of tower, and barbarianbarrel on tower. This means, one hogrider shot, and barbarianbarrel is in front, tanking for bandit for a small push. Otherwise megaknight. Against barbarianbarrel: royalghost. Use of electrospirit: to force retarget on another troop, to avoid tower damage. If opp plays too much card next to tower (or eg building), lightning. AG Bait: Sometimes shane play royalghost or ramrider at bridge when building is there, is that to force opp to play another card, then lightning it Against megaknight: Play megaknight on outside then bandit centre. Or archerqueen (invisible). Can also play ramrider to distract and tank a bit (and slow down). Also barbarianbarrel more distraction. Play barbarianbarrel: as mini Log, but also as mini-tank (eg for bandit). Against golem: bandit + megaknight + royalghost. Push opposite lane ramrider + bandit (slightly behind). Usually finish in three-crown race (golem makes slow damage). When small push, ramrider map border at bridge. Against archerqueen: bandit in the back, and megaknight on the queen. Against goblinbarrel: electrospirit on outer corner, and bandit other side inside corner.
Golden Knight tournament (2021-11-10)	ClashWithSHANE: Play defensively, build value throughout the battle, then punish opponent during double elixir. Start: zappies in the back, or cage middle. Powerful deck. Try to match elixir expense on opponent (ie. keep recruits for megaknight or pekka...). When countering a push with elixir gain, maybe add a unit to build a bigger counter push. GK: not used often his ability. Maybe handy to connect tower rapidly, or against many low health units (eg. goblins). Not clear how to use it so far...
Rage challenge (2021-12-18)	Win by playing tombstone behind the P tower, and lava in same lane. Opp tower will lock on lava, and be swarmed by skeletons. If cycling fast enough, can play two or even three tombstones. Try to put them in corner to limit fireball value. Use skullies and megaminion to attack troop that are swarmed by skeletons (especially splashy ones like valkyrie). skeletons are very distractive, so even getting rid of distracted air unit will be easy. balloon less useful (because units go to fast to put lavahound+balloon), but could be send along with skullies, or with skeleton swarm.
Mega-deck challenge (2021-12-27)	Deck from OJ (dec 2021) Started badly (1-3), then won 7-1 in retry. Note we are x2. Start push as usual (valkyrie, electrogiant...). Try to anticipate use of each card in deck (eg. motherwitch, wait for swarm to be there). This deck sucks badly.
Mega-deck challenge (2021-12-27)	Deck from random bloke that just exploded me like many others. Make sure to play toxically. lumberjack+balloon at bridge in the first sec, megaknight and freeze as usual...
Infinite elixir (2020-05-24)	Deck from Orange Juice Gaming (May 2020) Goal is to stack the battlehealer with mirror (up to 5) so that they survive giantskeleton explosion. Stacking firecracker also good if opp has no counter. Make sure to get rid of opp's firecracker with arrows though. Not tried yet.
Rage ramrider (2022-01-06)	Deck Isma proposed to me. Goal: build a push with 1st rider behind K tower, then mirrored at bridge asap (at 10 elixir, only need 1 elix more). If undefended, or even defended too lightly (because raged riders would tear through light defenses), this will 3-crown very fast. Wait for a push, and defend it with electrowizard / megaknight / giantsnowball as main counters against rider, and use other card to cycle. Then usually our megaknight survive, and ideal scenario is when opp overcommits (like 5 elix or more) against megaknight (usually do because megaknight is threatening to jump). Then go for the mirrored push in the other lane. Use earthquake against building. In 2x, push can be built when at 9 elix, or even less. If one tower down, usually start the push at the top. Change when needed, eg. use megaknight as tank to build the push.
Ram rider 2v2 Rush (2022-02-03)	Synergy: freeze + bombtower, or freeze in offense. If not bowler / electrodragon, use valkyrie + zappies. Cheaper is bomber. Probably not the best deck...

Season 31 special challenges (January 2021)

Arena challenge (2022-01-11)	Decks from Ouah Leouff (YT, twitch), and Carl The Legend(twitch) Build push with giant. Cage to cancel the giant. minipekka to cancel the musketeer. Played Carl's. Did 3-0 and 3-0.
Arena 1 (Ouah): Arena 1 (Carl):
Arena 2 (Ouah): Arena 2 (Carl):	(Ouaf) Same base (giant, minipekka, spells). tombstone a bit better than cage. Baby to counter small swarm troop. Skel to cycle. Baby + giant, will force opp to delay skeletonarmy! (Carl) A bit tough when opp plays tombstone (but may I should keep arrow for that, and delay giant). Did 3-0 and 3-2.
Arena 3 (Ouah): Arena 3 (Carl):	(Ouah) Did 3-1. Make sure to use cage to defend first. Then counter-push. (Carl) or use goblincage iso babydragon. A bit difficult to play, did 3-2.
Arena 4 (Ouah): Arena 4 (Carl):	(Ouah) or alternative (youtube): skeletonarmy + minions + goblinbarrel iso valkyrie + megaminion + skeletons. (Carl) Bait with barrel and miner, one at a time, unless opp is low. Use tower against pekka. Defend with deep wizard, and valkyrie on multi troops. Counter push with miner/barrel. Cycle with fire spirit at bridge. Aim elixir trade (skeletons on miner or skeletonarmy...). Did 3-0 and 3-2!
Arena 5 (Ouah): Arena 5 (twitch): Arena 5 (Carl):	(ouah) log bait (but with modification: fb iso rocket, firespirit iso icespirit, barrel iso thelog, skeletonarmy iso gang). But likely difficult to play. (ouah twitch) breakers + miner. Did 3-0 and 3-1. (carl) replaced skeletons with cannon (to counter hogrider). First deck was goblinbarrel-wizard-valkyrie-miner-skeletons-infernotower-arrows-zap (but lost)
Arena 6 (Ouah): Arena 6 (twitch): Arena 6 (Carl):	(ouah) Deck balloon cycle. Maybe zap iso barbarianbarrel to counter bats, but barbarianbarrel may counter goblinbarrel.. (twitch) Or use cannon iso infernotower, but seems harder against balloon and musketeer. Put xbow at 1-sq from river, usually more on the side than in front. Lost 0-2. Got countered by infernotower on xbow, or rocketed, or ... (carl) played arrows iso thelog and princess iso musketeer, but lost. Play miner and breakers as win condition, grind with miner, find best time with breakers. Tank miner with valkyrie, or cycle do send breakers (if necessary on other lane). Make sure to make positive trade on defense, and grind with miner or breakers, tanking as possible. Can also grind with log and fireball. Did 3-0 (although was actually 3-2 because lost twice with the other deck), and 3-2 (although 2nd would win had I not rushed on the end ^^). Excellent deck, lot of control.
Arena 7 (Ouah): Arena 7 (Carl):	(ouah) known deck (megaknight-miner-breakers). miner, then push prince, bats, breakers. prince very good to defend against mk, and also bats to kite. Combo: miner + bats. Did 3-1 and 3-4 (probably because over-commit). (carl) Tank balloon with miner... looks difficult to play.
Arena 8 (Ouah): Arena 8 (twitch): Arena 8 (Carl): Arena 8 (Carl2): Arena 8 (Carl2):	(ouah) giant, double prince but with the witch (note: better deck is with electrowizard instead of witch, to counter hogrider). Apparently good counter against 2.6: basic strategy is to always defend with either prince behind K tower, on lane that already took damage, then giant at bridge. Then when it tanks, miner on musketeer or on the tower. I don't know how to play this. Did 3-6. (ouah twitch) Build push with icegolem+balloon, or miner+balloon, can also add bats for extra damage or protection. Against megaknight, skeletons + bats, or infernotower (use skeletons to protect the tower). (carl) played against infernotower,xbow,golem,archers,skeletons,icespirit,thelog,fireball, very though. Carl lost twice with 1st deck, and three times with 2nd deck was not much better, though counters. 3rd deck seems better. ... Did 3-0 with hogrider cycle 2.6 ;-)
Arena 9 (Ouah): Arena 9 (Carl):	(ouah + twitch) hogrider cycle 2.6. Did 3-1 with hogrider cycle 2.6. (carl) tank balloon with golem. Against infernotower, deep mk, then balloon when mk at bridge, then zap when mk jumps. witch behind mk may be good combo also. Did 3-6 :-(
Arena 10 (Ouah): Arena 10 (Carl): Arena 10 (Carl2):	(ouah) lavahound+balloon with barbarbians. May bait fireball with barbarians. Did 3-1, lost against same deck but with minions. And again 3-1, lost against a deck with furnace, bats, megaminion, zap, log, valkyrie, elitebarbarians, skeletonarmy. (carl) lavahound+balloon with valkyrie, but he lost 1-3!!! so he played a variant of previous arena deck.
Arena 11 (Ouah): Arena 11 (Carl): Arena 11 (Carl2): Arena 11 (Carl3):	(ouah) Deck played by Azilys. Play like a log bait (playing all small troops), then surprise with megaknight. If royalgiant, keeps megaknight to defend against barbarians or alike. A bit weak against aerial though. Combo: megaknight + barrel + bats. bats can distract infernotower. Did 3-0, and 3-1 (lost against goblinbarrel gang, log, tesla, zap... did not play the royalgiant, prob I should have). Play log bait first, like dartgoblin / princess, and add megaknight at bridge, or defend with prince. When tower spot, add goblinbarrel if value. Use the royalgiant at last moment, as a surprise when opp is low elixir. (carl) 1st deck, lost twice; 2nd deck 1-1, 3rd deck 2-1...
Arena 12 (Ouah): Arena 12 (Twitch): Arena 12 (Carl):	(ouah) Lost against log-bait. Start with royalghost behind K tower, then infernodragon corner. Then possibly ramrider bridge, etc. Use spirit against swarm. (ouah twitch) start with witch K tower, then giant bridge, then graveyard. Against royalrecruits, arrows then fireball is ok. fireball on witch. Push also witch, then darkknight at bridge. Against furnace, giant, and when spot, graveyard. Against wizard, with which on our side, don't add giant. Instead either let wizard kill witch and we kill on our side, or fireball the wizard + tower, and let the witch kill wizard. Did 3-2. (carl) Against another lavahound+balloon, when opp sends lava, bait other lane with balloon. Against infernodragon then witch, lavahound+balloon ok, then fireball both infernodragon+witch, and zap witch. Against infernodragon, play lava same lane as tombstone. Against prince, either guards 7+4, or tombstone, 5-2. Against megaknight, infernodragon. If electrowizard, shield drag with minions. Against infernodragon, can fireball to move it closer to river, then minions. Against ramrider, if balloon locked, shield it with guards (between balloon and ramrider) to distract. Did 3-3.
Arena 13 (Ouah): Arena 13 (Carl):	(ouah) Deck from WoToP. Keep barrel and electrospirit for defense (esp. goblinbarrel), fireball princess, recruits in front of zappies (split them behind K tower). Against princess, split recruits, 4 on other lane. goblincage to defend, aim princess lane. Machine to shoot infernotower. Against megaknight, 4 recruits ok. Against 2.6, cage very high, ideally with zappies, so that goblin can hit the hogrider several times. Did 3-0. (carl) Against royalgiant + horde, play tombstone first, that will defend horde. Send lava + infernodragon. Against royalgiant (other lane), defend only with guards (killed by arrows). We tower trade, keep fireball against minions or horde. Then send balloon on K tower (leave two square from mid to make sure balloon goes to K tower). Then, when one tower down, tombstone 6-2. Then balloon on k tower (4-sq from mid separation), immediately minions, then zap horde. Did 3-2.
Arena 14 (Ouah): Arena 14 (Carl):	(ouah) pekka-bridge-spam, version poison/marcher (alternative fireball/minions). usually spam battleram at bridge, along with pekka. Start, royaleghost bridge (if pekka in hand?), or bottom corner, or bottom k tower, or marcher also ok. To defend, pekka (better sideway to avoid marcher), then electrowizard in support. Continuously protect electrowizard with other troop if needed. Against hogrider, electrowizard 2+5. Against hogs + recruits, don't play pekka. Defend with electrowizard center, royale royalghost close to toewr to counter hogs, etc. Did 3-3 (carl) Start, zap tower, then minions bridge. fireball naked dartgoblin. guards behind bowler. electrodragon on lava, fireball it. Did 3-1.
Arena 15 (Ouah): Arena 15 (Twitch): Arena 15 (Carl):	(ouah) Weak against log bait. tornado to activate tower (eg. balloon, bandit, hogrider), or to support graveyard. Start with bowler, then baby drag, before bowler comes (6-sq from river), graveyard, then tornado (6+3) when bowler is at 2-sq river, and finally freeze same spot. (ouah twitch) Install with tombstone, then icewizard k tower. Then baby corner. poison (on tower) against firecracker. tornado to protect babydragon. Cycle with barrel at bridge. Usually push with baby + icewiz. Use valkyrie + barrel as support troop. Ideally when spot graveyard, otherwise also graveyard to distract. poison to kill princess/firecracker... Against mortar, baby + barrel. Otherwise, start push with valkyrie, then ice + baby. Against rascal, poison on tower, then graveyard when big dude is alone, and our valkyrie is spotted. Did 3-10... great deck ^^ (carl) Against miner, minions, then agiaint drill, balloon. Against lavahound+balloon, tombstone at 3-2! Then infernodragon at 3+3 on lava, then fireball 2+4 when balloon on +0 column (to push it to the center, and be shot by both towers). 1st play tombstone, or minions. Did 3-2.
Ram rider 2v2 Rush (2022-02-03)	Synergy: freeze + bombtower, or freeze in offense. If not bowler / electrodragon, use valkyrie + zappies. Cheaper is bomber. Probably not the best deck...

Season 32 special challenges (February 2022)

Super Lava Hound Mini-challenge (2022-02-08)	1st Deck from Ouahleouff executioner + tornado to defend, or for king activation. skeletons useful to cycle rapidly, eg. to have two lava hounds. lumberjack, time correctly, so that when the 2 medium lava pop, it's going really fast. Always defend superlavahound from behind (because it spawns fireball in front of him on death). 2nd deck from Carl the Legend Use cycle card to cycle rapidly to super lava, and abuse the super lava (always play asap). Put electrodragon right behind lava, so that to reset infernodragon or infernotower, or to kill little troop. executioner to sustain lava from the back, or to defend pushes. Against super lava, always play defense BEHIND or on the SIDE of the super lava, to avoid super death bomb. Keep also electrospirit to reset ennemy, or against infernodragon/infernotower.
(Ouah) (Carl)
Love Conquers All challenge (2022-02-16)	Deck from Ouahleouff Add thelog and fireball to handle the princess and the marcher. TIP: Better play princess on the other lane of our push. This usually forces the OPP to deal with her, usually with more elixir than she costs. Try to keep princess alive (use log, skeletons to defend). Log: against goblinbarrel barrel, electrowizard, elitebarbarians (with skeletons). bats: against megaknight, pekka... Make sure to handle the princess and marcher asap, or they can be deadly. magicarcher: Play at 7+5 (defense), or 6-3 (eg. against lumberjack+balloon, with lumberjack centered or infernodragon), deep corner (invest). princess: Play at 8-3 or 7-3 (defense), behind K tower (invest), or 4+5 to defend bridge spam (but from other lane). hogrider: combine with bats at bridge. minipekka: against elitebarbarians, play at 4-2. Our main tank to defend. Against lavahound+balloon: bats at 4+2, skeletons at 1-3. Against arrows: always play princess in the other lane! Against RG: minipekka + thelog. VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAY.
(Ouah)

2v2 Decks

Ladder deck (2021-10-01 onwards)	Deck played by Ulrich (Team Belgique) when playing with Guido... seems to have given a very fast win. Synergy: balloon + hogrider.

Deck per arena

Tutorials

Arena 1 - Orange Juice Gaming

• Arena 1 deck: knight, speargoblins, archers, arrows, goblins, giant, musketeer, minipekka.

Arena 2 - Orange Juice Gaming

• No fireball value, use only arrows (everything dies to arrow except musketeer).
• Baby drag better than valkyrie.
• Put slow cheap units in the back.

• Arena 2 deck (before babydragon): valkyrie, bomber, archers, arrows, skeletonarmy, giant, musketeer, minipekka.

• minipekka to take down any tank, or giant; skeletonarmy against any single hit tank. But bomber is weak to arrows.

• Arena 2 deck (w/ babydragon): babydragon, speargoblins, archers, arrows, skeletonarmy, giant, musketeer, minipekka.

• minipekka to take down any tank, or giant; skeletonarmy against any single hit tank.

• Arena 2 deck: babydragon, speargoblins, archers, arrows, skeletons, giant, musketeer, minipekka.

• Faster deck, but rely on minipekka to take out tanks now.
• skeletons have a lot of value (although more difficult to play).

Arena 3 - Orange Juice Gaming

• Arena 3 deck: battleram, goblinbarrel, arrows, fireball, babydragon, megaminion, skeletonarmy, speargoblins

• 2 winning condition. battleram by itself is not good winning condition, need a secondary one (like goblinbarrel or giant).
• Bait deck are hard to play.

• Better arena 3 deck: battleram, goblinbarrel, arrows, fireball, babydragon, knight, skeletonarmy, speargoblins

• Rush: battleram at bridge, then goblinbarrel when connects.
• babydragon, then goblinbarrel timely so that babydragon is spotted first (launch when babydragon is 2 square away from river).
• knight has a lot of value.

• Arena 3 deck with barbarianbarrel: battleram, goblinbarrel, barbarianbarrel, fireball, babydragon, valkyrie, skeletonarmy, speargoblins.

• Counter knight: speargoblins at 4-3.
• barbarianbarrel can tank for goblinbarrel.

Arena 4 - Orange Juice Gaming

• Arena 4 deck: pekka, babydragon, firespirit, barbarianbarrel, wizard, skeletonarmy, goblinbarrel, fireball.

• skeletonarmy to counter infernotower (eg. put it on pekka, so that it protects).
• push with wizard behind.
• barbarianbarrel has tiny cheap tank when needed (eg. when giant dies, to protect wizard).
• variant: skeletongiant instead of pekka.

Arena 5 - Orange Juice Gaming

• Arena 5 deck: witch, hogrider, bats, fireball, valkyrie, barbarianbarrel, goblinbarrel, skeletonarmy.

• Faster Arena 5 deck: witch, hogrider, skeletons, fireball, valkyrie, barbarianbarrel, goblinbarrel, skeletonarmy.

• To counter babydragon: skeletons at 6-3. They'll split and attract baby on the other side, to be shot by both towers.
• Against balloon: switch skeletons to megaminion.

Arena 6 - Orange Juice Gaming

• Arena 6 deck: witch, balloon, megaminion, fireball, valkyrie, barbarianbarrel, goblinbarrel, skeletonarmy.

• Variant: mortar instead of balloon.

• Alternative arena 6 deck: witch, balloon, flyingmachine, fireball, speargoblins, barbarianbarrel, battleram, skeletons.

• Replace skeletonarmy with skeletons, to lower the cost; battleram instead of goblinbarrel for win condition; speargoblins instead of valkyrie, because valkyrie not so much needed here; flyingmachine instead of megaminion.
• Variants: giant instead of battleram, and valkyrie instead of skeletons.
• giant in the pocket very useful to tank for little troops.

• hogrider cycle deck: valkyrie, minions, skeletonarmy, arrows, knight, cannon, wizard, hogrider.

Arena 7 - Orange Juice Gaming

• Arena 7 deck: royalhogs, royalrecruits, skeletondragons, bats, skeletons, goblincage, barbarianbarrel, fireball.

• Apparently, real deck would be to replace skeletondragons with zap.

• Counter to deck above: witch, babydragon, wizard, arrows, valkyrie, balloon, musketeer, skeletonarmy.

• ... played a bit, but doesn't seem to work really well.

• Arena 7, double prince deck: giant, prince, darkprince, megaminion, zap, fireball, musketeer, minipekka.

Arena 6

Arena 6+ deck	hogrider 2.6 cycle variant Played against this in arena 6, lost. But requires icegolem.

Arena 7

Arena 7+ deck	hogrider 2.6 cycle variant Played against this in arena 7, lost.

Identifying decks

Trophy range: 5617	Detection: princess, goblinbarrel, knight, infernodragon (?) Pay attention to rocket, especially if playing balloon, to avoid giving value to opponent.

Clan wars

Clan Wars decks

• https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashRoyale/comments/iivbbq/four_sets_of_decks_for_clan_wars_2/
• See Clash royale deck lists.ods.

• Skully:

• icespirit, goblingang, thelog, valkyrie, goblinbarrel, rocket, princess, tesla.
• firecracker, Skeleton, electrogiant, giantsnowball, healspirit, Goblin, tornado, infernotower.
• skeletonbarrel, Fire spirit, bomber, lumberjack, RG, Baby, MArcher, elitebarbarians.

• Skully's opponent:

• firecracker, royalghost, sparky, electrowizard, babydragon, minionhorde, arrows, skeletonarmy.
• bandit, lumberjack, balloon, Log, knight, wizard, elitebarbarians, executioner.

• Slick_Nick (touchdown):

• goblindrill, firecracker, Icewiz, freeze, pekka, princess, hogrider, executioner.
• goblinbarrel, megaknight, MArcher, electrowizard, motherwitch, clone, thelog, ramrider.

• Schtroumpf (Team Belgique):

• princess, wizard, barb barrel, minipekka, pekka, knight, Spear goblins, babydragon.

• MARTIN (shred me with):

• tesla, icespirit, bomber, skeleton, knight, firecracker, executioner, royalhogs.
• tesla 4-2, skeleton 3-3 (against megaknight, with bomber played early on front corner of K tower).
• Against megaknight: bomber front corner of K tower, then skeleton 3-3 when megaknight jumps, then tesla 0-4 (so bomber still in range).
• Against other troop: same, skeleton 3-3, then knight middle but other lane, so that to distract opp troop that are under fire of both towers.
• Play hogs regularly in the middle.
• firecracker, often play at 9-3 (ie. front of K tower). Use skeletons and icespirit to distract troop and protect firecracker.
• When tesla in middle, bomber to spam the troop attacking the tesla.

Deck 1	Deck 2	Deck 3	Deck 4	Comments
				Some opponent's deck
				Toxic decks
				Deck from Little Smurf, Team Belgique (2021-12-23) Score regularly 3 or 4.
				Deck from Schtroumpf, Team Belgique (2021-12-23) Score regularly 3 or 4.
				Latest deck from Schtroumpf

War deck against boat

• A deck I've seen that looked effective: witch - giant - electrodragon - firecracker - tesla - princess - lumberjack - ?. First push with giant front, sorcerer, E dragon, firecracker. Took a full tower down. tesla on the other side to protect.

Boat defense

	Used by Kaiser bier && skully. Resisted two attacks w/o losing a tower!

Statistics

Royal Tournament

Deck	Date: result
	2022-02-20: 5 wins, and 5 wins.
	2022-02-02: 6 wins and 4 wins.
	2021-12-16: 6 wins.

Classic Challenges

Deck	Date: result
	2022-02-18: 4 wins, 6 wins. 2022-02-19: 8 wins.
	2021-11-22: 3 wins, 4 wins. 2021-11-23: 3 wins, 6 wins (and 5-0!). 2021-12-16: 4 wins.
	2021-10-31: 0 wins
	2021-10-17: 2 wins
	2021-10-17: 0, then 3 wins 2021-10-10: 4 wins
	2021-10-17: 3 wins 2021-10-10: 4 wins

API

Official API

• https://developer.clashroyale.com/

Must create a dev account, and add an API key.

• https://github.com/gogaz/clashroyale.git (python client, fork).

Download CSV for wars from royaleapi.com

• Login to royaleapi.com
• Download cookies.txt from th site (using for instance add-on Get cookies.txt).

Only the following line is needed:

royaleapi.com	FALSE	/	FALSE	1642283924	__royaleapi_session	f0308add0cf845dc90cdf4b276faa333

• Get file with wget:

# Using clan tag YYVQ099G
wget -qO- --load-cookies royaleapi.com_cookies.txt https://royaleapi.com/clan/YYVQ099G/war/race/csv

Download card PNG from official API

#! /bin/python

import clashroyale as cr
cr_client = cr.OfficialAPI(get_cr_token())
cards     = cr_client.get_all_cards()
for card in cards:
    print(f"wget {card.iconUrls.medium} -O '{name}.png'")

General information

Spell damage

How to read the table

• Eg. fireball, level 9, we have (=) skeletondragons +2 (532). This means FB level 9 kills a skeletondragons level 11 (=9 +2), which has 532 health points. The equal says the elixir trade is balanced (4 elixir for 4 elixir, this assumes only one unit is hit).
• Units in bold are the one at level 14.

Fireball + Zap (6 elixir)
Level	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
Damage	731	801	881	967	1063	1167
Tower damage	220	242	265	291	320	351
One-shot	(-2) Mother Witch (~708) (-2) Skeleton Dragons (705) (-2) Zappies (702) (-2) Magic Archer (704) (-2) Flying Machine +3 (675) (-1) Barbarians +2 (670) (-2) Ice Wizard +2 (688) (-2) Electro-Wizard +2 (713) (-2) Musketeer +2 (720) (-1) Wizard +2 (720) (-2) Hunter = (696) (-1) Witch = (696)	- - - - (-2) Flying Machine +3 (742) (-1) Barbarians +2 (736) (-2) Ice Wizard +2 (756) (-2) Electro-Wizard +2 (784) (-2) Musketeer +2 (792) (-1) Wizard +2 (792) (-2) Hunter = (765) (-1) Witch = (765)	- - - - (-2) Flying Machine (~816) (-1) Barbarians +2 (809) (-2) Ice Wizard +2 (830) (-2) Electro-Wizard +2 (861) (-2) Musketeer +2 (870) (-1) Wizard +2 (870) (-2) Hunter = (838) (-1) Witch = (838)	- - - - - (-1) Barbarians (888) (-2) Ice Wizard (~913) (-2) Electro-Wizard (~947) (-2) Musketeer (955) (-1) Wizard (955) (-2) Hunter = (922) (-1) Witch = (922)	- - - - - - - - - - (-2) Hunter = (1011) (-1) Witch = (1011)	- - - - - - - - - - (-2) Hunter = (1110) (-1) Witch = (1110)
Fireball (4 elixir)
Level	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
Damage	572	627	689	757	832	913
Tower damage	172	189	207	228	250	274
One-shot	(=) Skeleton Dragons +2 (532) (=) Zappies +2 (530) (=) Magic Archer +2 (532) (=) Mother Witch +2 (532) (=) Flying Machine +1 (572) (+1) Barbarians = (555) (-1) Ice Wizard = (569) - (=) Musketeer -1 (544) (+1) Wizard -1 (544)	(=) Skeleton Dragons +2 (584) (=) Zappies +2 (582) (=) Magic Archer +2 (585) (=) Mother Witch +2 (~585) (=) Flying Machine +1 (614) (+1) Barbarians = (610) (-1) Ice Wizard = (625) (=) Electro-Wizard -1 (590) (=) Musketeer -1 (598) (+1) Wizard -1 (598)	(=) Skeleton Dragons +2 (642) (=) Zappies +2 (640) (=) Magic Archer +2 (642) (=) Mother Witch +2 (~642) (=) Flying Machine +1 (675) (+1) Barbarians = (670) (-1) Ice Wizard = (688) (=) Electro-Wizard -1 (649) (=) Musketeer -1 (656) (+1) Wizard -1 (656)	(=) Skeleton Dragons (705) (=) Zappies (702) (=) Magic Archer (704) (=) Mother Witch +2 (~708) (=) Flying Machine +1 (742) (+1) Barbarians = (736) (-1) Ice Wizard = (688) (=) Electro-Wizard -1 (649) (=) Musketeer -1 (656) (+1) Wizard -1 (656)	- - - - (=) Flying Machine +1 (~816) (+1) Barbarians = (809) (-1) Ice Wizard = (830) (=) Electro-Wizard -1 (649) (=) Musketeer -1 (656) (+1) Wizard -1 (656)	- - - - - (+1) Barbarians = (888) (-1) Ice Wizard = (~913) (=) Electro-Wizard -1 (649) (=) Musketeer -1 (656) (+1) Wizard -1 (656)
Arrows (3 elixir)
Level	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
Damage	303 (101x3)	333 (111x3)	366 (122x3)	402 (134x3)	444 (148x3)	486 (162x3)
Tower damage	93	102	111	123	135	144
One-shot	(=) Guards - Shield +4 (289) (=) Dart Goblin +3 (286) (=) Princess +3 (287) (=) Firecracker +1 (279) (=) Guards (199 + 67) (-1) Wall Breakers +1 (302) (-1) Bomber +1 (302)	(=) Guards - Shield +4 (318) (=) Dart Goblin +3 (314) (=) Princess +3 (315) (=) Firecracker +1 (304) (=) Guards (219 + 74) (-1) Wall Breakers +1 (331) (-1) Bomber +1 (332)	- (=) Dart Goblin +3 (345) (=) Princess +3 (345) (=) Firecracker +1 (334) (=) Guards (240 + 81) (-1) Wall Breakers +1 (364) (-1) Bomber +1 (365)	- - - (=) Firecracker +1 (367) (=) Guards (264 + 89) (-1) Wall Breakers +1 (399) (-1) Bomber +1 (401)	- - - (=) Firecracker +1 (~403) (=) Guards (289 + 98) (-1) Wall Breakers +1 (438) (-1) Bomber +1 (440)	- - - (=) Guards (318 + 108) - - -
Zap (2 elixir)
Level	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
Damage	159	174	192	210	231	254
Tower damage	48	53	58	63	70	77
One-shot	(+1) Skeleton Army (108) (=) Bats +5 (108) (=) Spear Goblins +3 (146) (=) Goblins -1 (152) (+1) Minions -2 (158)	- - (=) Spear Goblins +3 (160) (=) Goblins -1 (167) (+1) Minions -2 (173)	- - (=) Spear Goblins +3 (176) (=) Goblins -1 (184) (+1) Minions -2 (190)	- - - (=) Goblins -1 (202) (+1) Minions -2 (209)	- - - (=) Goblins -1 (222) (+1) Minions -2 (230)	- - - (=) Goblins -1 (244) (+1) Minions -2 (252)
The Log (2 elixir)
Level	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
Damage	240	264	290	319	350	384
Tower damage	72	80	87	96	105	115
One-shot	(-1) Skeletons (108) (=) Skeleton Army (108) (=) Spear Goblins +5 (176) (=) Goblins +3 (222) (=) Firecracker -1 (229) (=) Archers -1 (229) (-1) Bomber -2 (228)	- - - (=) Goblins +3 (244) (=) Firecracker -1 (252) (=) Archers -1 (252) (-1) Bomber -2 (250)	- - - (=) Goblins +3 (267) (=) Firecracker -1 (279) (=) Archers -1 (279) (-1) Bomber -2 (275)	- - - - (=) Firecracker -1 (304) (=) Archers -1 (304) (-1) Bomber -2 (302)	- - - - (=) Firecracker -1 (334) (=) Archers -1 (334) (-1) Bomber -2 (332)	- - - - (=) Firecracker -1 (367) (=) Archers -1 (367) (-1) Bomber -2 (365)

Card upgrade cost

Card upgrade (# cards / cost / +exp)
Type	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
Common	-	2 / 5 / +4	4 / 20 / +5	10 / 50 / +6	20 / 150 / +10	50 / 400 / +25	100 / 1K / +50	200 / 2K / +100	400 / 4K / +200	800 / 8K / +400	1K / 15K / +600	1.5K / 35K / +800	3K / 75K / +1.6K	5K / 100K / +2K
Rare	-	-	-	2 / 50 / +6	4 / 150 / +10	10 / 400 / +25	20 / 1K / +50	50 / 2K / +100	100 / 4K / +200	200 / 8K / +400	400 / 15K / +600	500 / 35K / +800	750 / 75K / +1.6K	1K / 100K / +2K
Epic	-	-	-	-	-	-	2 / 400 / +25	4 / 2K / +100	10 / 4K / +200	20 / 8K / +400	40 / 15K / +600	50 / 35K / +800	100 / 75K / +1.6K	200 / 100K / +2K
Legendary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2 / 5K / +250	4 / 15K / +600	6 / 35K / +800	10 / 75K / +1.6K	20 / 100K / +2K

• Star level 1: 5000
• Star level 2: 10000
• Star level 3: ???

King level

King level
Type	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 5	Level 6	Level 7	Level 8	Level 9	Level 10	Level 11	Level 12	Level 13	Level 14
exp	-	20	50	100	200	400	1000	2000	5K	10K	20K	35K	50K	80K
exp (cum)	-	20	70	170	370	770	1770	3770	8770	18770	38770	73770	123770	203770
P tower HP	1400	1512	1624	1750	1890	2030	2184	2352	2534	2786	3052	3346	3668	4032
K tower HP	2400	2568	2736	2904	3096	3312	3528	3768	4008	4392	4824	5304	5832	6408
damage	50	54	58	62	67	72	78	84	90	99	109	119	131	144

Clan Wars

• https://clashroyale.fandom.com/wiki/Clan_Wars

Battle medal rewards

Battle	Victory medals	Defeat medals
PvP battle	250	100
Duels (each battle)	250	100
Boat battle	125	75

Duels include special events (regular, double elixir, triple elixir...).

Battle gold reward

• Gold rewards depend on current Clan League (Bronze I, II or III...).

Miscellaneous

• A player profile tag may only contain the following characters: 0289CGJLPQRUVY.