To dominate the Clash Royale arenas and reach the Fighters competition, you need to be a great player. To do this, it’s not enough to have a good deck, you need to know how to use it to avoid making beginner mistakes. In this post, we’ll help you with some tips so you don’t lose a single game.
Supercell’s card game inspired by the Clash of Clans universe seems simple at first, but the difficulty increases proportionally as we increase our number of trophies. This means that reaching Fighters can be a relatively easy task, but once we manage to reach this arena, players will have a lot of experience behind them. Precisely for this reason, it is useful to know some basic notions to win.
The Deck Matters
Progressing in Clash Royale and moving up the arenas means unlocking new cards for your deck, which in some cases must be part of it in a mandatory way. Mainly, because on your way you will find so-called “meta†decks, which refer to the acronym Most Efficient Tactics Available or most effective tactics.
This typology will put you in serious trouble and that is why it is advisable to have an ideal deck prepared for any challenge. Before going deeper into the matter, it should be noted that there are applications such as Stats Royale that automatically create decks based on your preferences and even show interesting information such as the maximum number of cups reached.
Log Bait
This type of Clash Royale deck is a reference to the Legendary card known as The Log, which aims to neutralize low-health units, as well as delay them with a push. The best thing is that its cost is only 2 elixir, so it is ideal for cycling the deck quickly.
The purpose of this deck is to prevent the enemy from reaching the tower using successive troops that attract the enemies while you slowly accumulate them to reach the rival tower. There are many types of combinations for this deck, but one of the most recommended is the one that brings together the Skeletons (1 elixir) with the Goblin Barrel (3 elixir) and the Princess (3 elixir).
You can also complement it with a structure like a Tesla Tower (4 elixirs) to repel ground and air attacks. All that’s missing is a tank to take the hits like the Valkyrie (4 elixir) or the Knight (3 elixir).
The rest is up to you, but we recommend taking advantage of the Dart Goblin’s (3 elixir) ability to attack quickly and from a distance. It is worth noting that this is a complicated deck to use because most of the cards have very little health. So you have to play them coherently, that is, the Princess to damage towers or troops without being hit.
If the opponent decides to spend their Arrows or Log to neutralize her, it is time to mercilessly throw the barrel and prepare to defend. Be careful, because the Skeletons are very useful to defend troops like the PEKKA, while the Knight will resist an infinite number of hits. Knowing how to play with this deck guarantees victory since its low elixir cost of 2.5 is an advantage that you should use to your advantage.
The Hog Rider Always Delivers
There is no doubt that the Hog Rider (4 elixir) is one of the most dangerous cards in Clash Royale due to its high health and damage to structures. In addition, it has considerable speed that practically ensures a hit every time it is thrown onto the ground. If you want a more affordable and manageable deck, the ideal is to include the Hog Rider in your deck.
Of course, the possibilities here are almost endless, but in our opinion, including a Valkyrie (4 elixir) at his side considerably increases the chances of success. This has a logical explanation and it is that the Valkyrie has a very powerful area attack that is ideal for defending groups of enemies.
In this sense, you can place her right in front of the Hog Rider when you are going to carry out your attack so that she is the one who takes the hits thanks to her enormous health.
A perfect all-rounder is the Elite Barbarians (6 elixir), as they boast an attack power only comparable to that of the PEKKA. If one of these two soldiers reaches the enemy tower with a full health bar, it is quite likely that it will cause great damage.
A very effective technique is to throw the Hog Rider over one bridge and the Barbarians over another, so the opponent has to quickly decide what they want to defend.
This will leave you exposed and with zero elixir, so try to take advantage of this tip in the last minute of the game. The rest of the deck is up to you, but remember to include a spell-like Arrows (3 elixirs) or Lightning (2 elixirs), as well as an air force like Minions (3 elixirs) alongside Electro Wizard (4 elixirs) to momentarily paralyze enemies and ruin an enemy’s Sparky.
Clash Royale Combat Tips
Once you have your deck ready, it’s time to win in Clash Royale and for that, we have prepared a series of tips that you must obey if you don’t want to be defeated on numerous occasions. These have to do with both your deck and your way of playing, so pay attention so as not to miss a single detail.
Don’t Waste Elixir Like Crazy
Controlling elixir is the key to winning a Clash Royale match, so it’s important not to waste it willy-nilly. Try to gather as much as possible before throwing a card, otherwise you’ll be exposed to enemy troops if they outnumber you in elixir.
This is a real problem if you’re playing a deck with a high elixir average, but you shouldn’t overlook it just because your deck has a low elixir average. Being ahead of your opponent in terms of elixir is a lifeline for your game.
Be Careful with the Elixir Average of Your Deck
The average elixir in Clash Royale is very important, as you may have guessed from the previous paragraph. It is necessary to point out that there is no ideal figure for it since everything depends on your way of playing. Surely on more than one occasion, you have come across players with an excessively high average and who have surprisingly taken the victory.
However, if you’ve been playing with a 3-elixir deck since you started, switching to a 5-elixir deck or even higher can be a difficult task. That’s why you shouldn’t push your limits and always play with an average that makes you feel comfortable.
Be careful, because the higher the number, the more difficult it will be to defend yourself from troops because you won’t have enough elixir.Â
You Don’t Always Have to Go For The Three Crowns
Clash Royale matches are won by a crown difference, so don’t let your obsession guide you. Heed the saying “greed breaks the bag” and didn’t focus exclusively on taking down their King Tower. If you’re tied at one, you can start by attacking their main tower to make them think you want to end the match now.
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This is when you must find the right moment to surprise your enemy and gradually chip away at the health of his other tower. If you manage to reduce his life significantly, you may emerge victorious after the tiebreaker.
Keep in Mind the Level of Your Cards
All cards in Clash Royale have a level that can be increased by collecting the indicated number of cards and spending a specific amount of coins. The maximum level is currently 14 and the difference between one level or another can be significant for the outcome of the fight. This means that you should not venture out with a new deck full of low-tier cards if you want to move up in the arena.
If you decide to ignore our warning, you are very likely to lose many games and consequently, your number of trophies will decrease. Always play with cards that have a higher tier.
A Structure is Always a Good Option
There are times when you feel that your deck’s troops are not enough to defend against enemy attacks, and you find yourself defeated on multiple occasions. This may be a sign that your deck needs a structure that can hold off the enemies while you recover the elixir.
There are three that are perfect for defending, although each has its advantages and disadvantages, so we’ll leave it up to you. The first is the Bomb Tower (4 elixir), which deals ground damage in an area; the second worth noting is the Tesla Tower (4 elixir), which has a very high attack speed and also becomes invulnerable to almost all spells if it is underground.
Finally, a structure that causes nervousness in the enemy is the Inferno Tower (5 elixir), as its damage increases progressively and can annihilate a Golem in a matter of seconds, but an Electro Wizard will completely ruin the destructive power of this one.
Put Money in to Speed Up The Process?
We can call it a trick, a shortcut, or even ‘bad practices’ if it becomes a regular occurrence when playing Clash Royale, but, indeed, one of the tricks that in a certain way greatly speeds up the progress in the game and the improvement of the different cards we have in our decks is payment.
The famous ‘Pay to Win’ has been talked about so much in recent years both in mobile and console games – referring to games with loot boxes – as is the case with FIFA.
In this case, in Clash Royale, the purchase of gems not only speeds up the purchase of the different chests but also the elimination of waiting times when opening them, something that we could perhaps say would be ‘breaking’ the game due to the loss of equal conditions.
