The new Clan Chest is a shared Crown Chest which the entire Clan can contribute Crowns to. It is very similar to the regular Crown Chest!

Clash Royale Clan Chest

To contribute the Clan Chest, you can only gain Crowns on ladder (normal matchmaking system), not on Challenges, Tournaments or Friendly Battles.

The crowns you earn on the ladder contribute to both your regular Crown Chest and the Clan Chest. For example, when you get 3 Crowns, they will be added to both chests.

★ ★ ★ January 13th Update ★ ★ ★

Supercell is changing the Clan Chest to a weekly 3-day event, starting from January 16th (Monday). Below are the major changes:

1. The Clan chest event starts every Monday.
2. It lasts for 3 days.
3. It now needs 1600 Crowns to unlock the tier 10 Chest (of course you need to do this in 3 days instead of 7 days like before).

After 3 days, you can collect the Clan chest rewards. Clan Chest can be opened immediately without any cooldown.

You will be put on a cooldown period If you move to a new Clan during these three days. You will not earn any reward from the Clan Chest until the next week. In addition, when you are on the cooldown, your earned crowns don’t contribute to the Clan Chest.

So The best time to join the new Clan are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

There are 10 tiers of chests. You need to collect 100 Crowns to unlock the first chest tier. After completing the first tier, you can unlock the second tier and so on.

Note: This section is being updated. Only Tier 10 Chest information is ready at the moment.

This is the Legendary Drop-rates of the Clan Chest

This section is still being updated

Read more about drop-rate at here.

There is a Chest Tab in each Clan. In this tab, you can see exactly who contributed and how much. If you contribute 0 crown, you will not receive any reward from the Clan Chest. However, If you contribute only 1 Crown (YES ONLY ONE), you will get the full contents of the Clan Chest earned by other members.

Being in Arena 1 or Arena 10 does not affect the amount of cards you can get from the Clan Chest but it does limit what cards you can earn. For example, If you are in Arena 3, you can’t get Bowler from the Clan Chest. It takes 3250 crowns to unlock the final chest, which means If your Clan has 50 members, each member just has to get under 10 crowns per day, in 7 days.

Update 12/20/2016

Seems like a lot of clans have achieved the tier chest! This is such an insane speed guys! I can also see loads of players dropping from 4000 trophies down to 3000 to farm crowns.

Below is the screenshot of a Tier 10 Chest shared by HORICAN

All of the information Clash.World uses in this page is from Yarn’s video. You can watch the video below for more details:

Do you like the new Clan Chest?

Hey, Nitrome95 here coming at you guys with another guide (comment below if you want to see decks for a specific archetype).

I figured that since I taught you guys how to play different archetypes in this guide, I decided that I would talk about how to counter them. Even though decks vary from one to the other, countering the opponent’s playstyle is the same.

I will also cover how to counter very popular combos (such as Golem Graveyard). Keep in mind that I will assume that you will have all of the cards in the game (I also will offer substitutions).

The Definitive Guide to Counter Deck Archetypes

Cycle Deck

If you are using a cheap deck as well, good luck because it’s going to be likely a tiring match. You will just have to just defend and counter push constantly until one opponent out-chips the other. If you have a high damage spell, make sure to always use it on the tower when possible. It will be either a spell battle or whoever makes a mistake first.

If you’re using a heavy deck, this is where it gets really tricky. Your opponent will constantly be pushing you with low elixir cards, forcing you to defend and not be able to build up elixir. You have to defend with as little elixir as possible, probably taking tower damage.

For example, if your opponent sends a Hog Rider Goblin Barrel push, put a Bowler in the back. Don’t be afraid to take some damage, as you will make a big, overwhelming push in the end.

Please take a look at here to see the best Cycle Decks on Clash.World.

Spell Bait

I can not stress this enough; only use your spells offensively! Unless it is an emergency, playing spells defensively is what your opponent wants you to do. They will slowly chip at your tower, and defend with swarmy troops easily. Especially if you have a big tank, save your Zap for the Inferno Tower that they will probably use. Once you save your spells for an offensive push, get good value out of them by hitting the horde troop and the Inferno Tower.

So you may be wondering how to defend against spell bait troops (Skeleton Army, Minion Horde, Goblin Barrel) without spells. Well, here’s a few tips that might help:

1. A Valkyrie in front of the arena tower has enough range to hit 2 Goblins from the barrel at the same time.
2. Ice Wizard and witch are not good against Skeleton Army and Minion Horde. They don’t do enough damage to one shot a Skeleton.
3. A Bowler behind the tower can hit all three Goblins from a barrel with one shot.
4. Ice Golem one shots Skeletons and severely weakens minions with its death damage.
5. When placing an Ice Spirit to hit all of the Minion Horde, let the Ice Spirit tank one shot from the minion in the front, allowing all of the Minions to clump up near the Ice Spirit.
6. Skeleton in the opposite lane kites Minion Horde.
7. Tornado (I know it’s a spell but this trick is so cool) can drag the Miner and the Minion Horde together so that a splash unit can hit them all at once.
8. (Only in the most extreme emergency) Golem’s death damage kills minions.
9. Minions+Zap counters Minion Horde.
10. Skeleton Army counters the Miner incoming, and goes on to severely weaken the enemy Skeleton Army.

Want to try some great spell decks? Here you go!

Beatdown

If you are playing a cheap deck, you will want to pressure the other lane with a Hog Rider or something like that when your opponent plays a tank in the back. You will not want to commit too little, or else your opponent can just ignore the push or counter it for a positive elixir trade. On the other hand, you do not want to commit too much or else you will be punished severely. Your pressure should cost between 4-7 elixir, depending on how much elixir you have.

If you are playing a heavy deck, you have to overwhelm your opponent. Play tons of positive elixir trades so that when your opponent does a push, you can defend, and then counter push hard. Never play a tank in the back when your opponent plays a tank in the back; it’s too risky with not much reward.

Golem Graveyard

So why is this not a 3 crown strategy? Graveyard loses its capabilities with one 2 towers shooting. This is a tricky combo to play against; the Golem tanks all of the damage while Graveyard takes down all of the troops. The only counter that shuts down Graveyard in the meta is Archers (and maybe Goblins), but is shot down by fireball. If you pressure the other lane with a cheap combo, they will shut it down with a Mini P.E.K.K.A or Mega Minion.

Your best bet to countering this deck is to include tons of Graveyard counters. That is why Ice Golem Hog Rider became so popular; Ice Golem and Ice Spirit do an okay job against Graveyard, and Archers do an amazing job. With the Golem, you have to play your Mega Minion (Yeah, I know you probably have one in your deck) to take down the support troops, while having enough health to pound at the Golem. Apply cheap pressure often when their counters are out of rotation to win.

For more details, please read the Golem Graveyard guide on Clash.World!

Lava Hound

Another tricky beatdown deck to play against. Like I said before, use the mega minion! If If you haven’t unlocked it yet, Archers are also a good counter. You will want to kill all of the support troops, and then go in for an all out push on the other lane. Don’t even worry about the Lava Hound, if you defended correctly with the mega minion, the mega minion will go on to kill the lava pups with maybe the help of a Zap.

See the best Lava Hound decks at here!

Three Crowns

Use the same techniques as the beatdown archetype.

Spawners

Easy. Once they put down their Barbarian Hut, go for an all out push. They will not have any elixir to defend your push.

Barbarian Hut 3 Musketeers

This is a hybrid spawner deck that is really hard to go against with its split lane capabilities. Never try to lightning the 3 Musketeers if they are placed near the Barbarian Hut because the lightning will just hit the barbarians and the hut. The only weakness is that this deck is slightly expensive, so constantly apply pressure to your opponent. If they go for a split lane push, decide how much elixir you should commit to defend each lane.

Control Decks

A very annoying deck to play against because of its defensive capabilities. However, there is a saving grace that not many players know about.

Wanna know the secret? It’s predicting your opponent’s next move. As a control deck player, the defense you set up for each push is about the same; defense building in the middle, with support killer in the back. The problem is that control deck players often do the same thing so much that they are extremely predictable.

Once you know your opponent’s defense, place a prediction spell where you think they will place their defending troops. Watch as they scramble helplessly while you take the W.

Ice Golem Hog Rider

If your opponent is very good, chances are that they will be able to successfully defend most of the pushes you send at them. That is why you have to commit a ton of elixir when they make a misplay. For example, say they misplace their cannon for your Giant. Immediately support your Giant as much as possible, and wait for the support troops for a reactive spell.

More: Supreme Hog Freeze Deck for Arena 8+

Siege Decks

A rage inducing deck to lose to. Your opponent will constantly be trying to predict your next move, so you have to out-think them.

For example, say you defend their X-Bow with a Mega Minion. Your opponent will get ready with their own Mega Minion to counter it. If you know that they have a Mega Minion, you can think a step ahead of your opponent and instead, counter it with your Royal Giant.

Constantly mix up your defense to make sure your opponent can’t predict you. You have to really try to continually apply pressure. Once your opponent has their rhythm, it will be near impossible to stop them. It is much easier to beat siege once you got one of their towers down. You can use Zap to re-target the towers, and Royal Giant is the best counter to siege with its long range, defense targeting, and high health.

Rocket

The most rage infuriating deck to play against. If you are playing against a good Rocket player, they will find the perfect times to Rocket your tower when you have no elixir, and defend your pushes like it’s no big deal. If so, I have one tip; don’t try to win, just try not to lose. What I mean is that you shouldn’t be making risky plays on offense because your opponent’s defense will most likely be rock solid.

However, if you play well and gain positive Elixir trades, you can eventually overwhelm your opponent when they have no Elixir. The other way you could play against Rocket is to constantly apply pressure to the opponent so that they can’t Rocket. This will mostly end in a draw, but Rocket players are so uncommon that this isn’t a big deal.

Please visit this page to see the best Rocket Siege Decks on Clash Royale Arena!

Conclusion

A good way to practice these strategies is to find a good clan with members that play different archetypes. You can always friendly battle a deck you want, and you don’t risk any trophies. Just remember that you have to always switch up your playstyle against different decks. Other than that, good luck and clash on!

Elite Barbarians are our new common card which is going to be added into Clash Royale in the next week. Let’s take a look to see more details about these young, handsome and strong Barbarians!

Elite Barbarians and Everything about them

• The Elite Barbarians are unlockable from Arena 7 (or Royal Arena).
• This card spawns two elite Barbarians, which are melee, single-target. They are stronger than the normal Barbarians, having better damage and HP.
• This card takes 6 Elixir to deploy.

Changelogs

• 15/12/2016: HP increased by 19%, Damage increased by 14%, Attack Speed increased from 1.5s to 1.4s
• 23/01/2017: HP decreased by 4%, damage by 4% and hit speed to 1.5 sec (from 1.4 sec).
• 19/4/2017: HP decreased by 4%, initial attack speed decreased by 0.1s

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Hi guys and gals Galbers Gaming here bringing to you a synopsis of the Elite Barbarians.

The Elite Barbarians are, using SuperCell’s words, “like regular Barbarians, only harder, better, faster and stronger”. On a one to one basis SuperCell ain’t wrong but Barbarians beat Elite Barbarians due to their superior numbers, for one less Elixir I may add.

The speed of the Elite Barbarians, very fast, reduces the reaction speed of the player trying to defend against them. A solid strategy which I show in my video is the Elite Barbarians coupled with the Miner.

Elite Barbarians although they don’t do as much damage as Barbarians, they still kill tanks very quickly and due to their speed they are very good in counter attack especially like I said above, when paired with the Miner.

Against Barbarians I like to drop Minions down which if timed right can take out all of them before reaching your tower. This strategy does not work against Elite Barbarians, their speed will carry them through to the tower where they will get a few hits off.

Be wary of dropping range units (or non spawning buildings) in the middle of the field to kite the Elite Barbarians, you will find that only one will go to the middle whereas the other will go straight for your tower and every shot he gets off is the equivalent damage to a fireball.

Something should also be said for dropping your Elite Barbarians down when your opponent drops down an expensive unit at the back like a Golem, Pekka or even a Lava Hound. Your opponent will have to respond to your attack stopping them getting their ideal push off.

In summary, Elite Barbarians are scary units if allowed to reach a tower. If attacking with them build up an Elixir advantage and push in with them or counter attack with the Miner. To defend against them, make sure you do not allow them to hit your tower. The Elite Barbarians is an expensive card at six Elixir so don’t be afraid of using the same amount to stop them but if you are on equal Elixir standing you should be able to relatively easily make a positive Elixir trade by distracting them.

Top Tip:  If you get yourself a Giant Chest, make sure you save it and open it once the card has been released – you’ll be almost guaranteed to get a whole bucket load of the Elite Barbarians helping you to level them up quicker than anyone else.

• • At relative levels, Elite Barbarians can easily solo kill a Tower.
  • When the opponent’s Giant is about to cross the bridge, place your Elite Barbarians down. They can completely shut down the Giant before it hits your Tower.
  • Like Barbarians, Elite Barbarians can take out a Sparky with ease.

• • Mega Minion is not very good against Elite Barbarians due to their different movement speeds.
  • Not like Barbarians, Elite Barbarians do pretty well against Ice Wizard, Princess, Mega Minion

• Tombstone, Barbarians, Archers, Skeleton Army, Musketeer are especially very good at dealing with Elite Barbarians.

Elite Barbarians – A First Look

Elite Barbarians are the new Clash Royale card due to be released in just over a week. They are going to be a mainly offensive card due to reduced defensive capabilities compared to normal barbarians but they should prove useful in both attack and defense if needs be.

Early estimations would place the Elite Barbarians at somewhere between the mini pekka and barbarians. Whilst there are only two elite barbs compared to the four barbarians, the extra strength and life will make a different against spells like the Fireball. But MOST crucially of all, the elite barbarians have very fast move speed, similar to that of the Lumberjack, so we can expect them to cause a lot of damage should they get to the enemy tower quick enough.

Below is a video giving a more in depth look at what the Elite Barbarians might be able to do and how they should be used:

So you can see that this card will mostly be used in offense. Let’s take a closer look at why this will be so by analysing the stats of the card.

What we are really interested in here is the tournament level stats, i.e. level 9 Elite Barbarians. There are several things to look at here. Firstly the DPS will be 155 (as opposed to the normal barbs 106). It’s important to distinguish between speed and hit speed. Whilst the Elite barbs have a very fast movement speed, their hit speed is still 1.5 seconds which is the same as barbarians. Thus, their DPS is only about 50% higher.

You can also see that their health is at 890 compared to the barbs 636 giving them a decent boost. What’s important to recognize here is that this means a Level 4 P.E.K.K.A will still take as many shots to kill the Elite barbarians as it would the normal barbarians as it would one shot a normal barbarians but take two shots to kill an Elite barbarian. Thus, in defense, these units will be useful.

However, ideally, unlike the barbarians which is one of the best defensive cards in the game, we won’t want to use the elite barbarians for defense. The reason for this is that firstly the card costs 6 elixir which is an awful lot to spend on a defensive play that can’t even do damage to air. But secondly, and this brings me on to the greatest perk of the elite barbarians, they have a very fast speed.

If you have ever seen the lumberjack charging at your base you’ll know just how fast “very fast” actually is. It’s dangerous. And with the amount of health the elite barbs are going to have, they will be able to get off some serious damage on enemy towers if not successfully stopped. This is where my comparison to the mini pekka comes in. While the mini pekka only has “fast” speed, the combined damage and life of two elite barbarians will make it roughly the same with the exception of being much more difficult to take down. You can expect to see this card being used in much the same way as a miner is used after a decoy has been set up and I wouldn’t be surprised if the elite barbarian will be capable of taking down entire towers by themselves.

The bad news…

The bad news is quite simply that this card costs a very hefty 6 elixir. The only other common card to cost that much is the Royale Giant – a card which is almost guaranteed to do damage to enemy tower. This means that the elite barbarians will HAVE to be used wisely – if you mess up with them, it will cost you dearly and your opponent will have a huge elixir advantage. So be careful how and where you deploy them. Best recommendations would be to use them when you know your opponent is low on elixir or if you’ve got enough cover on a push to make sure they get to the enemy tower.

The other slight bit of bad news for players further down the ladder is that you will need to be in Royal Arena to be eligible for this card so get climbing if you aren’t already there.

Hope you guys enjoyed this guide and are looking forward to all the new cards coming out as much as me – let me know your thoughts on the card itself and we’ll look forward to discussing it again after release.

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Note: This page is still being updated.

Okay guys so what do you think about the Elite Barbarians? Will you use them once released? Hopefully there will be a 1000 card pack in the shop!

Ice Wizard is one of the first Legendary Cards and hands down one of the best cards in Clash Royale. We can see him almost everywhere above Arena 5. People love using him because of not only his special slow ability but also his awesome appearance.

Let’s take about the chill caster today!

Ultimate Guide to Ice Wizard

• You can unlock the Ice Wizard from Arena 5.
• His special ability slows down the enemy movement speed and attack speed by 35%. This slow effect doesn’t stack.
• He is pretty cool. LOL.

Defensive Strategy

I was extremely lucky enough to get the Ice Wizard on the day it was released so I have had a decent amount of time to find the best uses for him!

The Ice Wizard is primarily defensive troop. I have broken down the best ways to use him on defense below. I am also going to show you how to use him situationally, instead of against some specific decks before the meta always shifts pretty fast.

Defending Large Pushes:

Large pushes usually use a tank such as Golem, Giant or Royal Giant in front of supports to soak damage, protecting the support troops behind. While dealing with this deck archetype, separating the supports and the tank is extremely important!

Defending against Giant

I will use the Giant + Musketeer + Minions push for example. While dealing with this push, I usually use the Inferno Tower to separate Giant and Musketeer, I also use Ice Wizard to distract the Minions from my placed Inferno Tower.

Then, I use the Ice Spirit to stop the Musketeer from damaging the Inferno Tower.

Defending against Golem

While dealing with Golem Witch beatdown deck, I usually use only Ice Wizard and Inferno Tower to shut down this push entirely. First, I use the Inferno Tower to pull the Golem to the opposite lane, allowing me to deal with the Minion Horde a lot easier!

Then, I use the Ice Wizard and Zap to take out Minion Horde. After taking out the horde, Witch shouldn’t be a big deal at all.

Defending against small pushes

When defending against small pushes, the opponents usually use fast paced cards like Mini P.E.K.K.A, Hog Rider or Lumberjack. Using Ice wizard can be super useful to slow the entire push, making it a lot easier to counter.

Although it may be a negative Elixir trade when using the Ice Wizard + a defensive building/troop to deal with a small push, you can use them all for the counterpush afterward!

Defending against Hog Rider

Yea this is probably one of the most popular pushes in Clash Royale. Hog Rider pushes are usually pretty cheap, which can catch you off guard. Using Ice Wizard can slow down Hog pushes and stop the supports from dealing tons of damage to your building.

For example, I use Ice Wizard to distract the Mega Minion from hitting the Inferno Tower

I also use Inferno Tower to directly counter the Hog and distract the low damage Archers behind. After taking out the Mega Minion, Ice Wizard starts hitting the Archers, allowing me to make a great counterpush with the survived Ice Wizard.

Defending against fast attacks

Dealing with small and fast attacks can be very hard sometimes because you don’t know what you should play for a while. Using the Ice Wizard in those situations can slow them down a bit, giving you more time to defend better.

For example, my opponent places the Miner to protect the Minion Horde coming towards my Tower. I use Ice Wizard + Zap to distract and then kill the Minion Horde. Then, I use the Lumberjack to take the Miner out.

This would be a bit expensive but it allows me to build up a big counterpush which could take out the opponent’s Tower entirely.

Please note that these are just plain examples of some familiar situations and how to use the Ice Wizard in those. You can use these strategies to deal with all deck archetypes.

Use Ice Wizard as a distraction

Because of the Ice Wizard’s cheap cost and his special ability, he can be great at distracting the opposing troops from dealing damage. He is also very useful even when you have expensive cards in your hands or no cheap defensive card.

Using him to pull opponent’s troops to the kill zone, where both of your Towers can lock on to them can be very useful. I am going to show you how to pull units with the Ice Wizard.

You can use Ice Wizard to pull these cards

All of the cards above should be pulled by your Ice Wizard. However If you are in a bad situation, using him to pull other units would still work! Just wouldn’t be effective as the ones above.

How to Distract

In order to deal with very fast or fast units, you will want to place your Ice Wizard like below when the unit is crossing the bridge:

In order to deal with slow or medium units, place your Ice Wizard like below:

Counter Pushing with the Ice Wizard

The Ice Wizard is very valuable in making counterpushes after your opponent’s attacks. He slows down the enemies, giving you more time to strengthen your push

1. To counterpush with him, place him anywhere behind or next to your Tower, as long as he is able to hit the opponent’s troops.
2. Place other medium cost troops down, which has good attacking capabilities.
3. After defending successfully, make sure you have enough troops on the field to perform the counterpush. Place your tank or win condition in front of the survived troops.

Baiting with Ice Wizard

Please note that you shouldn’t use this technique as a win condition in your deck since not every deck has Fireball.

The Ice Wizard can be so good at baiting out your opponent’s Fireball. However, I strongly believe that it is not that good at baiting out other spells because it’s not valuable enough for expensive spells and other spell spells can’t take him out!

1. If your opponent has Fireball and you have Barbarians, Minion Horde and Ice Wizard in your deck, it is very effective to bait out his Fireball.
2. Make sure that your opponent has the Fireball in his hand! Place your Ice Wizard behind your King’s Tower on the side of your more weakened Tower.
3. He will most likely Fireball your Ice Wizard and the weakened Tower. You are now free to aggressively use your Minion Horde and Barbarians on offense. However, If he doesn’t use the Fireball, don’t try to do this again, your opponent is a smartass.

Unfortunately, this is the only way you can use the Ice Wizard to bait out spell, I believe.

Counters

It is fairly easy to counter the Ice Wizard, unless he is protected by other troop. Truly he is not the type of unit you want to protect because he is literally a support card and does a little damage.

Anyway If you want to protect the Ice Wizard, place him in a hard to reach position, fairly far behind your tank/Tower.

Below is the list of cards which can take out the Ice Wizard without taking much damage:

Knight and Mega Minion should be the best counters because they cost only 3 Elixir.

The second best counters to the Ice Wizard should be Mini P.E.K.K.A, Valkyrie and Lumberjack. Although they cost 1 more Elixir but they are the better options for counterpush.

Swarm units, high cost cards and buildings are really bard at countering the Ice Wizard!

Popular Decks containing Ice Wizards

Because the Ice Wizard is one of the most versatile troops in Clash Royale, he fits into nearly any deck due to his useful ability. Below are some popular decks which utilize the Ice Wizard a lot!

• Hog Cycle Decks: This kind of deck usually focuses on getting the Hog Rider

• to the opponent’s Tower to do chip damage. Cheap supports are used to get positive Elixir trades and to

cycle through the deck

• quickly. It relies on the Ice Wizard a lot to shutdown opponent’s pushes.

• Giant Beatdown Decks: This kind of deck uses the Ice Wizard along with other defensively capable and offensive units such as Witch, Musketeers, Wizard… to play defense. After defending, use Giant and survived troops to do the counterpush.
• Bait Decks: This deck archetype usually tries to out-cycle out bait out opponent’s spells so that you can punish them with high DPS swarms. The Ice Wizard is usually used in these decks as the sole defensive unit (instead of a defensive building).

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