New Meta Hog Rocket Deck for Arena 8+

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October 18, 2017

Hey guys, what’s up! It’s cow (known as Cow FTW in the comments) here for my first deck guide!

I have been a fan of Clash Royale Arena for a while but have struggled to convince myself to write a guide. I first stumbled upon this deck while I was on Stats Royale, gave it try, and crushed my opponent. So because you probably don’t care about my history with Clash.World, here’s the deck!

The Deck

Hog Rider – You main Win Condition and main damage dealer.

You use him to deal damage to the tower, whether he is paired with a spell or left-over troops. However, keep in mind that with a Hog Rider you need to constantly push with him to slowly chipping away the opponents tower.

It is very important that while playing this deck you understand that you MUST counter push in order to deal some real damage.

Because this isn’t a cycle deck (Sitting at 3.3 Elixir Average) counter pushing is a more reliable way of deal damage then just out cycling.

Now I am not saying at ALL that you should not send in a Hog Rider alone, I am merely suggesting you should try not to over-defend so you have enough elixir to place a Hog.

Ice Wizard – He is your all time defensive card.

Use him to slow down big pushes and then count push, slowing down any threats that might kill your Hog Rider.

Although he is a great card for defending low HP troop, he is not very good at dealing damage so it’s usually best to pair him up with other cards.

He is a very defensive card, allowing him to count many cards when played on defense.

Because he lacks DPS that would be needed to support a Hog Rider, I would not recommend using him offensively for a push.

Tornado – All time awesome defensive spell counters tons of cards!

Pair this card with Ice Wizard to deal with pushes easily or simply pull away other cards. Plus you can pull Miners, Hog Riders, and Goblin Barrels to your King Tower, makes facing them a lot less intimidating and allowing you to spend less elixir to counter them!

Like I said before, pair this card with the Ice Wizard for an amazing defensive combo! For even more information click here.

Rocket – This card is a staple of this deck, allowing you to get massive value on colossal pushes.

Due to Lightning getting nerf and Sparky becoming viable, this card has seen a bit of an increase in use rate.

Don’t hesitate to get value on a troop next to the tower if it’s 5+ Elixir or Rocketing that tower that’s two rockets away from winning.

You can rocket Elite Barbarians for a neutral trade but they are hard to hit so if you have poor aim with the rocket, or little experience with it, then I wouldn’t recommend taking the risk.

If your opponent drops a pump, try to rocket it as soon as you can unless you are facing Three Musketeers or x-bow. In this case you will want to save your rocket, and punish with the Hog Rider instead.

Mega Minion – Your main anti-splash DPS unit.

Mega minion is primarily used for defending and secondarily, counter pushing.

While he is good for pushes, I would not play him offensively in, say, a Hog Rider push.

Although he might get some get damage in, he is relied on for defending those pesky troops that Goblins and Ice Wizards can’t deal with.

Even though he is pretty good at taking down a Hog Rider, I would not use him because you have many other options for defending one (Tombstone, Tornado, ect.)

Goblin – Cheap defensive option.

Goblins are self-explanatory.

Use them to defend against that Mini P.E.K.K.A. or Prince, surround that Musketeer, kite that Baby Dragon and the list goes on.

Overall, use them defensively to tank some hit, deal that DPS the Ice Wizard never could, or throw them in with the Hog Rider for a pig push.

Tombstone – Your Defensive Building

This is hands down my favorite building and probably one of the best. It is great at defense, being able to deal with many tanks/threats but also drawing them away from your towers. If you are playing against a Hog Rider with this deck, it is important that you Tornado it to the King Tower in order to activate it. Then, when he plays his Hog Rider again, you can play the tombstone a little deeper allowing the King Tower to shoot at it. This way the Hog Rider won’t touch your tower!

Zap – Simple, take out swarms that will kill your Hog Rider, weaken Minions to be “one shotable”, or to finish low hp troops.

Gameplay

3:00-2:00

Early on, you should not go very aggressive, but start quick, tiny pushes to try to do some chip damage. However, if your opponent plays a heavy card in the back, (Like Golem, P.E.K.K.A., ect.) you should try to punish hard.

A good starting move would be to place Ice Wizard, Goblins in the back or tombstone in the middle. I would not recommend placing a Mega Minion, unless you have Ice Wizard and Tornado, because he is your main air DPS unit.

Unlike beatdown, your games are most likely going to end 1-0 or 2-1 so you must defend as best as you can, taking as little damage as you can. Because this is single elixir time, you should not rocket the tower unless you can get value, like hitting a 5+ elixir troop plus tower.

2:00-1:00

By now you have probably done a few Hog pushes and have done some damage. Keep attacking, but now, start adjusting to the way your opponent counters your Hog Rider. He/she uses Skeleton Army to kill your Hog? Keep zap for your next push. Ideally, you would want to keep your Hog Rider and Zap to be in the same cycle but stress too much about that.

By now you will probably know what deck you are against, so you should try to keep a card to counter their win condition. For an example, since my opponent is using the balloon, I should keep my Mega Minion in hand to counter it.

1:00-End Of Overtime

This deck is very defensive so put those defensive cards to use and try to take as little damage as possible during overtime.

Keep pushing with Hog + Goblins + Zap, next, defend with Mega Minion, Ice Wizard, Tornado, and Tombstone and, then, counter push with surviving troops. Don’t be afraid to use rocket on the tower if the tower is low, just make sure you can defend any threats that your opponent will throw at you.

Continuously chip at the opponent’s tower till you claim the win!

Matchups

Giant Beatdown

Make them waste Elixir!

When going against Giant decks, push on the opposite lane lightly whenever they place a Giant so that they are forced to waste elixir on the other lane. Then, defend from there.

If their Giant deck has a Elixir Pump, you should immediately rocket their Pump. If you don’t have the Rocket in your hand, then try to punish hard.

Golem Beatdown

Punish them!

Similar to Giant Beatdown, you are going to want to punish them when they place a Golem and Rocket their Elixir Pump.

However Golem beatdown decks really shine in double elixir, so you should to push more aggressively in single elixir time and play more defensively in double elixir. In double elixir, you probably won’t be seeing an Elixir Pump, so you should use your Rocket on defense.

Hog Rider

Very easy match up.

Tornado the enemy Hog Rider to your King Tower and then from there you can use Tombstone in the center of the map. You can also Tornado the enemy Hog Rider to the center of the map, where all three towers can hit it, allowing 0 hits on the tower.

If it’s Hog P.E.K.K.A or Hog Mega Knight you should use Tornado on the Hog Rider and save the rest of the other cards to deal with the tanks while you slowly chip away at the enemy’s tower.

Miner

Like the Hog Rider, you should tornado the Miner to the King Tower.

Overall, it’s a very simple match up. Save your Tombstone for any threats that might come after the Miner, like Battle Ram, Bandit or E-Wiz and use your Mega Minion or Goblins to deal with the Miner.

Graveyard

I will keep it simple, use Ice Wizard or Goblins to defend the Graveyard and Mega Minion for the tank. Just be sure to counter push afterwards!

Well, that wraps up for this guide. Thanks for reading and if you have any questions or suggestions, share them in the comment section below!

– Cow FTW

10 Tips for Making Better Guides

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October 17, 2017

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Hey kiddos, Golem FTW aka Radius here with some kind of unique guide on Clash.World.

It won’t be about Clash Royale, it will be exactly about this website.

It’s mainly for new guys here, but who knows, maybe more experienced guide writers will find that useful, too?

Credits: ninjakimm

Disclaimer

Don’t make comments like “I have known all of those already, not useful”. I’m glad you’re so experienced, but maybe someone other doesn’t.
These tips are not in exact order, it’s not like 1st one is the most important and 10th is the less important.

Keeping Guide In Neatness!

As the title says, guide needs to be neat and clean, since it makes it better to read. Before you will writing, think about the flow of the guide, don’t write it as one big ragbag of text.

My personal topic’s schedule is:

Cards Breakdown
General Gameplan
Substitutions
Video Gameplay
Conclusion

Doing this helps people read the guide a lot easier, and overall making it a better guide.

Using Grammarly!

At the very first, this tip will probably won’t be useful for most of you.

It’s for guys like me, whose English is really bad.

A couple of weeks ago, I found Grammarly, a nice extension for Chrome which helps our writing skills a lot.

You need to make a free account, open it and you have a text editor, it will find out your mistakes!

It helps only at finding critic issues. To see advanced issues you need to buy Grammarly Premium.

Screenshots

Screenshots are very helpful at helping people understand how to use deck.

I think Lolman started to use it first, and I found that it’s a great idea and did it on my guides too.

Screenshots really help showing you unique game situations, what to do, how to defend, how to attack, how to counter specific cards etc.

At the moment, you can upload your screenshots via imgur.com then insert the image links right into your articles!

Otherwise, you can upload your screenshots in the comment section below then copypaste the image links from there (Not recommended)

Now, mark my words and remember this: You DON’T have to add any photo! Our guide editors (Will Potter, Norbysweg, Zigge and RohanReigns) will edit everything for you!

The thumbnail images and some pictures in the guides are all made by them.

The only situation when you want to add your own photos is adding gameplay screenshots.

Focusing on writing

Before you tart making your super cool guide, prepare some things which will help you.

Personally, I’m always getting a tea, listening to ma favorite songs (but quietly, loud music would only distract you), turn off my phone sounds for a while because I don’t want to get distracted every 5 seconds by annoying message ringtone.

I know it’s really easy to distract yourself (Starts with Clash.World notification, ends with watching the new episode of Oh Long Johnson’s funny moments). But really, while focusing, writing will be more enjoyable, and the most important thing is you can get it done faster!

Gameplay Videos

I think I’m the only one who actually does it, but in my opinion, it’s the better way to show how to play the deck alongside with the general gameplans.

All you need to make a good video with a screen recorder, I recommend DU Recorder. It makes really high quality records and automatically adds Rec Editor, where you can montage vids. After all of these stuff done, post it on YouTube and add a link to the guide. Try to add more than only one match.

More details at here.

Encouraging the readers

Here starts like the more journalistic aspect of the guide.

You should encourage the readers otherwise they will just ignore it as a next, boring guide.

What title would you click? Amazing Golem Deck for Trophy Pushing!” or “Golem Deck? I guess the first one.

Also, tell them why your deck is so good! For example: “I made multiple 12 wins with this deck, as well as pushed 500 Trophies”.

Make them interested!

Be yourself!

Really important part.

It’s not school essay, keep guide chill with some funny elements.

Of course, do it moderately, it can’t be like “if u good, u can do it XDDDD”

Keep rules of correct spellings, use punctuation marks and start sentences with big letters.

Find a guide checker!

If it’s your first or second guide, find a person who are willing to check this guide for you, correct some mistakes and add important elements.

It should be experienced guide maker with good English.

Of course, you can’t give him an empty file with words “Do it for me”.

Remember, those guide editors are only for correcting grammar, conjugation, and punctuation.

Checking it again after writing!

Self-explanatory tip.

Don’t submit it right after you stop writing. Read the entire guide again, maybe you did some typos or you can just simply not be happy with your work.

Broke every of these rules…

… if you’re feeling it’s making your guide worse, not better. Pure and simple, but so true!

Submit Your Guides

Cheers and cya, Kiddos!

Joven’s Royal Sparky Deck

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Clash World

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October 17, 2017

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We’ve all tried to make a Royal Sparky deck once in our Clash Royale lives, (if you haven’t, you probably started playing after E-wiz and Goblin Gang were released, because that was the point where Sparky started to suck real bad)

Some of those decks were good, but most of them weren’t.

I myself tried to do one of those decks but back then (before E-wiz, damn I’ve been playing for a while…) I didn’t understand synergies very well and Sparky was too slow;

Now that Sparky was buffed it was time to look again in that direction, and the results were just too good, both in ladder as in tournaments, to not be posted around.

Card Breakdown

For this part we are going to split the deck in three sections, the first one being:

Royal Giant (duh)

This big guy is our win condition, and surprisingly enough you won’t even have to think of overleveling him because this deck is made around his strengths and weaknesses.

Because of that, your opponent will have an actual tough time defending him, not like with any other Royal GG deck (looking at you Elite Barbarians + Royal GG players).

The Royal Giant counters can be split into three groups: ground anti-tanks, swarms and infernos, and that’s where the next section comes into hand.

Side note: If your Royal Giant is overlevelled and you intend to use this deck, shame on you.

Royal Giant’s Support

Sparky: Let’s begin with one important rule: If you are playing Sparky like a win condition, you are playing him (her?) wrong. I’ll just call him ‘it’ :v.

Its massive damage per hit will be extremely helpful for your Giant, since it can one shot or severely wound a number of his counters, like Barbarians, Mini P.E.K.K.A., Elite Barbarians, Lumberjack, and more.

Also don’t worry about its fragility, we’ll get to that later.

Ground Anti-Tanks: Check.

Electro Wizard: Inferno Tower used to be extremely popular a very long time ago, and then this guy came into the arena and turned defenses upside down :v.

When your Giant is defended with an Inferno Tower or Inferno Dragon, this stunning guy (pun city!) will render those cards useless.

Even when your opponent doesn’t have those cards he is a very valuable asset on defense.

Infernos: Check.

Arrows: When your opponent is playing Zap bait, Log bait or Fireball bait (with Minion Horde) the Arrows will help you GG them.

Unless it’s the meta decks, the matchups shouldn’t be so hard (be creative people, damnit!).

This slot could be replaced by other spells but none will be as good as the Arrows; Log? No air. Zap? Not enough damage. Fireball? Too expensive/not enough radius. You get the point.

Swarms: Check

Now that all three possible counters are covered, that brings us to the next section:

Royal Giant Support’s Supports

No, that is not a typo. Even though it is word play, it is very true since these cards will synergize with the three cards in the section above so they can be more effective and get those wins.

Ice Golem: The cheap tank.

This card has a lot of uses, but one of the most important ones will be tanking offensively.

If your opponent tries to defend your Giant-Sparky push with E-wiz, you can summon an Ice Golem to tank the split attack of the E-wiz and allow Sparky to shred him to pieces.

He can also tank for Musketeers, Skarmies, etc. And cycle when you need another card.

Goblin Gang: The swarm. Without this card some split pushes would be too hard to defend, or some glass cannons would cause a bit too much trouble for your own good.

They also help to bait Zap so they don’t reset Sparky, or have a wide variety of uses beyond the ones mentioned.

Also, do yourself a favor and don’t defend a Hog with the Gang since the Goblins are too fragile, use Mega Minion or E-wiz instead.

Mega Minion: The ol’ reliable air defense.

You need a card just like him when the deck looks weak against air, since the E-wiz alone isn’t strong enough or is too expensive for the situation.

Most Lava Hound decks would counter this one deck if it weren’t for the wonders that the Mega Minion does for it.

Elixir Collector: This card is the difference maker for this deck.

Its overall cost is 4.1 so it helps a lot Elixir-wise, but it also helps bait two of the hardest Sparky counters: Rocket and Lightning.

With this building, you force your opponent to make a decision, either they destroy your Collector, leaving them without their best counter for your most dangerous support card or they destroy your Sparky, thus allowing you to have a huge Elixir advantage and spam more and more troops until you overwhelm your opponent and, ultimately, win the match.

Replacements

This part is for those who don’t have one of the cards above or don’t have it in a proper level to play. But overall, I don’t recommend any of the swaps i will mention, if you can use it with the original cards, please do.

Royal Giant: Maybe Giant? Please don’t.
Sparky: Cannon Cart or Elite Barbarians, but this severely changes the deck. You could even use Three Musketeers because of the Collector synergy.
Electro Wizard: Minions or Ice Spirit. Something that can reset or distract Infernos.
Arrows: Any other cheap spell, but not recommended at all.
Ice Golem: Knight or Valkyrie.
Goblin Gang: Skeleton Army or Guards, but don’t.
Mega Minion: Flying Machine maybe? It’d have to be an air targeting troop with high DPS.
Elixir Collector: Any high damage spell, but you are ruining the synergy if you remove this card.

General Gameplan

This deck is not very hard to play (or at least I think that, I don’t really know for everyone else), but you have to remember some key points to not lose the match.

Always play the Elixir Collector first, this makes your opponent react, and further reveal how they are going to play and/or their deck type.

Early in the match (3:00 to 1:00), you can only perform a Royal Giant + Sparky + else combo as a counterpush since it is very expensive to send a proper Tower-wrecking combo*.

This being said, during this part of the game you are going to focus heavily on defending and pumping up, investing towards the true havoc that this deck can create.

Pretty much you will only get Tower damage early if the opponent plays recklessly or makes mistakes.

If you have 2 Elixir Collectors on early in the match you can send a combo out of the blue since 2 pumps give you a crazy Elixir advantage.

2x Elixir is when you can truly go crazy, as you can defend one last time and unleash hell for your opponent since.

With enough pumps and Elixir advantage, you will be able to send combos on steroids and cycle towards even more cards, extinguishing their defenses and shredding through the towers life points or even send a split push to make them decide which Tower will go down as you play your way to victory.

Usually, I make a common matchups section to go along with the guide and help understand better how to counter everything, but I won’t in this guide since it doesn’t differ that much how you play everything.

Just about one or two decks will give you true trouble, like Golem decks with Lightning, but for that just spread your troops around. Since it was nerfed, it really helps the Lightning not counter this deck (lul).

Maybe also a really cheap Hog deck but for that just defend the Hog with anything but the Goblin Gang, as stated above.

That’s it for this guide!

Remember, if you lose a couple of matches with this deck, don’t get discouraged. That’s natural when trying something new; you just have to get used to it.

Or if you can’t snap off that losing streak, maybe this deck is not for you :v.

Who knows? Please write what you thought of this deck in the comments.

Also, I was thinking about doing a guide on my own version of Bridge Spam which I have been using for quite some time now (believe me, it’s nothing like any other Bridge Spam deck), but this one deck fit the meta a lot better.

Please write in the comments how do you feel about this too :v. See you in the next guide!

12-Win Hut Spam Deck – Old But Gold

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Clash World

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October 16, 2017

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Hey guys, my name is crykz, and today I’m going to be showcasing a wonderful off-meta Hut spam deck.

If anyone of you played back in the beta, and even in the early days of global release, you’ll know that hut spamming used to be a big thing in the lower arenas.

Heck, it was even used by top players on the ladder (thorburn, for example), and I’m talking top 200 not someone who just hit legendary arena.

hether you love it, or hate it, this Hut spam deck has hit 12 wins in a Grand challenge, so it is a very viable deck.

This deck was created by TMD Aaron, a top ladder player who actually won CCGS Asia, so it’s no joke. It’s relatively simple to learn, and it can be very lethal in many situations. It practically does the work for you, and that’s really the best part about this deck.

Pros

This deck is easy to learn
This deck counters most of the popular meta
This is a solid 12 win GC deck
If you’re looking to make your opponent rage, you’ve found the right deck
It is F2P friendly
It constantly pressures your opponent, and builds up elixir advantages

Cons

You rely heavily on the spawned units to build a push
Spell cycling is often a must when using this deck
Can be countered by heavy splash if you aren’t careful
If you don’t get the spawners down early enough, you can be overwhelmed.

Cards Breakdown

Barbarian Hut

Barbarian Hut is one of the two cards in this deck that can considered a sort of win condition.

If you have it in your starting hand, you’ll usually want to place it down, as it provides an ideal amount of pressure throughout the game, as well as providing units that can help on defense.

The Barbarians help you form a push as well, so this card is an essential in this deck. In my opinion, it’s one of the worst cards to deal with, because it demands constant answers, unless you wish to take heavy tower damage.

Minions

Minions are a very important defensive card in this deck, because they have very high DPS for a 3 Elixir card, and they are your main air defense.

They are not zappable either, so they are ideal for most defenses.

They can hard counter Graveyard as well, which is important because after the Graveyard rework, it is rising in the meta.

Minions can also be used as a high DPS support unit on offense.

Poison

One of the three spells in this deck, Poison is an aoe spell, and is used for spell cycling and taking out cards your opponent has planted at the back of their crown Tower.

It can be used in Elixir pumps to prevent your opponent from gaining an Elixir lead, and can be used on a Minion Horde, or another expensive swarm unit for a positive Elixir trade.

It can also be used on buildings, but I don’t recommend that unless you are in a Mirror matchup – more on that later.

Zap

Zap is the card in this deck used for taking out small swarm units for an even or positive Elixir trade.

It takes out Bats, the recently buffed Spear Goblins, and takes Minions and Goblins down to one hit from a Tower.

You can also use Log in the place of Zap, but they both have advantages and disadvantages (Zap hits air and ground but has a smaller radius and doesn’t fully take out Minions or Goblins, Log hits only ground but has a bigger radius and does more damage).

It’s really down to personal preference. If air cards like Bats and Minions are being used more in the meta, use Zap. If high DPS ground cards are being used more, use Log.

Goblin Hut

Goblin Hut is the second spawned card in this deck and is more of a chip card.

The Spear Goblins can accumulate if your opponent has a massive air or ground push coming down your lane, and they can do considerable work due to their recent buff.

Goblin Hut does demand a bit of an answer and the Spear Goblins spawned are very useful on defense. It also helps provide air attacking support units for your pushes with this deck.

I strongly recommend you read this guide for more details!

Ice Wizard

One of my favorite cards in this game, the Ice Wizard is a very versatile card in this meta, especially with its recent buff.

It is a splash support unit, helping to slow down beatdown pushes so you can easily take them out, and it can take out Minions, Minion Horde, Bats, Skeletons, and Skeleton Army.

Ice Wizard can help you take out swarms with a positive Elixir trade, and buys you time to destroy the bigger pushes.

Lightning

Lightning is the third of the three spells in this deck, and can be used to counter Elixir pumps, support troops that are accumulating around the enemy’s crown Tower, and it can take out spawners in a Mirror matchup.

It is a very versatile card, especially because it stuns your opponent’s cards, and can be used when you are spell cycling the Tower , or simply making it easier to take down the push coming your way.

Even though its radius was nerfed, it is still a very strong card, and can be used to create Elixir advantages.

Knight

Knight is hands down my favorite common card in this game.

It is the most versatile card in this deck, and can distract support units, take out support units, tank for your support units, and even deal decent damage to the Tower.

It does all of this with an even or positive Elixir trade. It’s one of the best utilities to have in any deck, and in this deck it is an essential. It can turn defense into offense, and this deck wouldn’t be complete without it!

Substitutions

Gameplan

3:00 – 2:00

At the start of the game, you’ll want to play any spawner you have in your starting hand.

If you have both, play the Barbarian Hut first as it provides more pressure and defensive capability.

Continue through your card cycle, so that you are able to begin stacking spawners.

Counter anything they try to attack with, but don’t be afraid to take a hit or two from, say a bat or a minion.

The spawners should pull any defense targeting units they have and you can deploy Minions and the Knight to kill off the supporting units.

The first phase of the game is all about building up that Elixir advantage so make positive Elixir trade, defend well, and constantly use your spells to damage their towers and kill their troops.

Remember, don’t be shy with your spells, you have three.

If they are playing passively, pressure them a bit so you can chip away at their Tower. If they place a Pump down, Poison it or Lightning it so you can cut down their profit.

You can use this stage to also figure out what deck they’re playing and how you can counter it.

2:00-1:00

At this stage, you’ll what to be more aggressive with your plays, because you are nearing Double Elixir, and this deck can really shine during that time.

Constantly pressure the opponent, and manage your Elixir wisely in order to take out dual lane pushes and such.

It’s all about getting chip damage, because it adds up. Counter their cards and keep making those positive Elixir trades.

As a rule of thumb, you always want to Poison and Lightning the Elixir pumps. At this point, you’re setting up for the Double Elixir boost.

1:00 – Overtime

During this time, you want to stack up your spawners as fast as you can without wasting Elixir, and you want to be incredibly aggressive with your plays, constantly putting a Knight in front of those Barbarians, Spear gobs, and Ice Wizard you just defended with.

Always build a counter push when you have the Elixir and troops for it, and spell cycle the enemy’s Tower and troops for positive Elixir trades.

The spawned troops will start stacking, and your opponent will find it increasingly hard to be aggressive as your troops destroy his push and move on to his Tower.

You want to be cycling fairly quickly during this phase.

Matchups

Golem Beatdown

This deck does really well against Golem beatdown, because your spawners pull the Golem every which way, and the spawned units kill the Golem faster than you can spam the “Thanks” emote!

If they have enough support units though, this won’t work, so you’ll want to distract and kill the ground support units with a Knight, and kill the air units with Minions and/or Ice Wizard.

If they start the game off with a Golem in the back, you’ll want to do a quick Knight-Ice Wizard or Knight-Minions push because if left ignored it can take the Tower.

Your opponent will be forced to respond, and you can counter the Golem with a spawner and a troop. If they choose to ignore it, their push won’t be as big anyways, and it is still possible to counter with a spawner and a few troops.

You will want to constantly pressure the opponent, just so they can’t accumulate a big Elixir lead.

Giant Beatdown

This is easier than the Golem beatdown because the Giant has less health, and the push is easier to take out.

If they start off with a Giant push in the beginning, place a spawner and plant support troops to take out their push and counter push.

Constantly Poison and Lightning their pumps and support troops, as this takes away the core essentials of the archetype.

Pressure them a lot, and always use your spells.

This is a relatively easy matchup to win, so don’t screw it up.

Spell Bait

Spell bait is a medium matchup, but you usually want to defend the swarmy cards, and save your Zap for the Goblin Gang.

The Goblin Barrel can be taken out with Minions, and the Princess will be taken out by your spawner units.

As long as you constantly keep the pressure up, and outcycle them, you should be okay.

If you are against a good spell bait player, you may have to spell cycle to win, because the Inferno is a fairly good answer to your pushes.

Siege

Siege is another easy matchup, whether it be a Princess, Mortar, or X-bow, because your spawned units will distract the siege cards, and you can easily take out the card with a Knight or Minions.

Constantly pressure, and you don’t have to answer the siege card immediately – obviously don’t let it sit for 10 seconds just killing everything, but you can start building a counterpush while you counter the siege card.

Control

This is another easy matchup, because your spawned units can usually deal with the common control win conditions such as the Hog Rider, Miner, and Balloon (well, with Balloon you’ll counter it with Minions).

Building targeting cards will be pulled by your spawners, and your spawned units and Tower will take them out.

You can take out cycle and support cards with your Knight and Ice Wizard as well. You can use spells on their cards too.

P.E.K.K.A

Against the P.E.K.K.A, your spawned units will distract the P.E.K.K.A and her support units, allowing you to kill them with a Knight and Minions or Ice Wizard.

You will usually want to deal the P.E.K.K.A at the bride, and you want to keep up the pressure with constant counterpushes.

Again, you will use your spells on the supporting troops they place near their Tower.

Mega Knight

This is another easy matchup, as the Mega Knight will jump from spawned troop to spawned troop, allowing you to kill him easily with Knight and/or Minions.

Once he’s down, which will be fairly fast, his support units will drop like stones.

Of course, like all other beat down matchups, pressure, pressure, pressure!

Three Musketeers

This is probably the easiest matchup you can get. To counter the Three Musketeers, Poison-Zap them, or Lightning them. It’s that simple. If they split them your spawner side will take care of one side, and your troops will easily take care of the other. Remember to constantly Poison or Lightning their pumps as well, and always keep either a Poison or Lightning in hand for the Three Musketeers. This should be an easy win.

Graveyard

Even with the Graveyard rework, your Minions hard counter the Graveyard, so make sure you always have them in hand for the opponent’s Graveyard.

If they attack on the spawned side, your spawned troops will take care of any support troops they out down, and if they don’t, the spawned troops will threaten their Tower, and you can distract and kill the support units with a Knight and an Ice Wizard.

You won’t usually have to spell cycle, but if the situation calls for it, do it. This is another simple matchup, and you should win.

Sparky

Sparky shouldn’t be a problem, because she will waste her shots on your spawned units, while you kill her with Knight or Minions.

The Knight can distract the supporting troops, and the Minions can kill the Sparky, then the support units.

You’ll want to pressure constantly, so they don’t get enough Elixir to place a Sparky, because although it is simple to counter it, a mistake could cost you a spawner, or a Tower if you aren’t careful. This is because the Sparky buff made Sparky recharge and shoot insanely fast.

Lava Hound

With Lava Hound decks, you’ll want to place Minions to kill the Lava Hound, and Knight to distract support units. The Minions will soon move on to the support units.

You’ll want to constantly pressure, because Lava Hound pushes usually have Air support, and this deck has a bit of a weakness to that.

Never let them get enough Elixir to push, and constantly use your Poison and Lightning on their pumps and troops.

Zap will also come in handy against swarmy units.

Against Lavaloon, you’ll want to focus on killing the Balloon first. Both units will be pulled to the spawners, so use that time to place Minions on the Balloon and a Knight to distract support units.

They may take out a spawner, but you should take little to no damage on your crown Tower.

However, if they constantly push with Lavaloon, you’ll want to pressure more and more, because if they catch you without Minions, it’ll be bye bye Tower for you.

Conclusion

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading about this throwback spawner deck, created by TMD Aaron.

It really brings back memories of the times doesn’t it?

And it’s a viable 12 win deck, which is really amazing too. Hope you liked this guide, crykz out.

Clash Royale Quests – List of all Quests and Rewards

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Clash World

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October 10, 2017

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Clash Royale Quests are the new feature, which requires players to complete various tasks in game.

By completing these tasks, you will receive rewards and quest points. Quest Points are used to open large chests like Super Magical Chest or Legendary Chest.

The New Clash Royale Quests System!

Achievements will be removed in the next update (the one after this, which is hopefully in December).

The new Quests button replaced the old Free Chests button. Thus, there will be no longer Free Chest every 4 hours in Clash Royale!

Daily Quests

There are a lot of Quests in the Quests Database right now but Supercell is still updating it every day.

Most of the quests are pretty easy to achieve in general so people can finish them and get the rewards every day.

If you do not like the Quest, you can replace it with a different one. A Quest slot will can be replaced once every day. There will be 2-3 Quests open for players at the same time.

Once finished, the slot will be filled up with another quest in the following day (18 hours and 21 minutes).

Each Quest comes up with its own rewards and Quests Points. Quest Points are used to open the main Quests Chest later:

It’s not always Super Magical Chest. It could be Gold Chest, Giant Chest, Magical Chest, Super Magical Chest or Legendary Chest.

Bigger chest requires more Quest Points.

Chests	Required
Gold Chest	50
Epic Chest	350
Giant Chest	300
Magical Chest	300
Super Magical	500
Legendary Chest	400

List of all Clash Royale Quests

Shared by jlee_0513

General Gameplay

Quest	Condition	Rewards
Battle Winner	Win 10 times in 1v1 Battles, 2v2 Battles or Challenges	10 + 20
Battle Winner	Win 10 times in 1v1 Battles, 2v2 Battles or Challenges	10 + 20
Let’s Battle	Play a 1v1 Arena Battle 10 times	10 + 20
Let’s Battle	Play a 1v1 Arena Battle 10 times	10 + 20
Win 2v2 Battles	Win a 2v2 Battle 5 times	1 + 20
Request a Card	Request Cards from your Clan	10 + 20
Open those Chests	Open 10 chests	100 + 20

Card Gameplay

Quest	Condition	Rewards
Play Spells	Play spell cards 50 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	370 + 20
Play Buildings	Play building cards 30 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	10 + 20
Play Troops	Play troop cards 80 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	9 + 20
Play Troops	Play troop cards 80 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	370 + 20
Play Common	Play cards with Common rarity 60 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	10 + 20
Play Common	Play cards with Common rarity 60 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	1 + 20
Play Rare	Play cards with Rare rarity 60 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	1 + 20
Play Epic	Play cards with Epic rarity 40 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	370 + 20
Play Cheap	Play cards that cost 2 Elixir or less 50 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	370 + 20
Play Cheap	Play cards that cost 2 Elixir or less 50 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	46 + 20
Play Expensive	Play cards that cost at least 6 Elixir 30 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	310 + 20
Play Expensive	Play cards that cost at least 6 Elixir 30 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	1 + 20
Play Expensive	Play cards that cost at least 6 Elixir 30 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	10 + 20
Play Witch	Play Witch 15 times in 1v1 Arena Battles	740 + 20
Combo Quest	Win a 1v1 Arena Battle 3 times with Balloon + Freeze in your Battle Deck	2 + 20
Combo Quest	Win a 1v1 Arena Battle 3 times with Mini P.E.K.K.A + Skeleton Army in your Battle Deck	740 + 20
Combo Quest	Win a 1v1 Arena Battle 3 times with Ice Golem + Goblins in your Battle Deck	740 + 20
Combo Quest	Win a 1v1 Arena Battle 3 times with Prince + Dark Prince in your Battle Deck	740 + 20
Combo Quest	Win a 1v1 Arena Battle 3 times with Balloon + Rage in your Battle Deck	2 + 20
Combo Quest	Win a 1v1 Arena Battle 3 times with Valkyrie + Giant Skeleton in your Battle Deck	20 + 20

Collection

Quest	Condition	Rewards
Card Collector	Collect 500 cards	370 + 20
Card Collector	Collect 200 cards	7 + 20

Events

Quest	Condition	Rewards
2v2 Touchdown Quest	Collect 40 crowns from 2v2 touchdown event	4 + 20

Free Chests!

Yes, Free Chests somehow survived guys!

They will randomly appear in your quest menu like this. You can claim one every 4 hours and get 5 from each chest.

Daily Gift

We will have a Daily Gift system inside the Quests menu. Every day, you can earn 5 Quest Points by just collecting these.

All you need to do is just to open the game and collect the gift every day. Do not skip any day or the rewards will be back to the Day 1.

The rotation of the Daily Gift will be changed every reset but you will get the same rewards after all. 5 days in total and you will be back to Day 1.

Miner Sparky aka STEAMPunk Is Back!

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Clash World

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October 9, 2017

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Howdy, my dear Clashers! Frisk here with another FRISKY deck guide! The deck I’m about to show you is just a fun type of deck, could be used in Challenges or even 2v2, but I don’t think it has any ladder potential.

And, like promised, it has CANNON CART! Let’s get right into it!

Miner Sparky Deck

The Cards

Miner: Your primary win condition and meatshield.

Deals insane amounts of chip damage to enemy towers.

Used to be a stronger card in the olden days, because most players would ignore a Miner, as it only deals “minor” damage (Get it?! Haha). Nowadays, people go crazy when they see an incoming Miner, because they know trouble looms ahead.

Sparky: She boasts a large iron coil and wheels of wood, dealing huge area damage after charging up for 3 seconds!

She is your threat card, NOT a win condition! I repeat, DO NOT use Sparky as a win condition. Doing so will cause you to lose the match.

Now, I don’t like this card, but as a former Sparky user, I believe that Sparky does need a slight buff to make her a better card. #MakeSparkyGreatAgain

Flying Machine: The Flying Machine is the Master Builder’s first gift to the arena!

It’s a decently fast, agile machine. Deals about as much damage as a Musketeer, but also very fragile.

What makes up for all its current defects, though, is its insane range, at this moment being the longest glass cannon range! It can snipe and take out various defensive buildings, especially Inferno Tower.

Elixir Collector: Self-explanatory.

Aids your elixir generation so you can build up monstrous pushes in no time at all!

Just remember, lots of risk is involved in playing the Elixir Collector.

Poison: Glass cannon demolisher, tower finisher, predictive spell- this card does it all.

Remember to always poison those pumps, and try to gain as much spell value as possible.

Can be a real game changer when facing that max level Royal Pain or P.E.K.K.A.

Cannon: Shoots cannonballs that deal a pretty good amount of damage per blast.

Can’t take out building exterminators on its own, but with the help of other troops, it can stop any push.

Like glass cannons, it’s fragile, and can die to most spells easily.

Overall, a great, cheap alternative to the popular Inferno Tower. Overleveling is actually recommended.

Electro Wizard: He lands with a POW, stunning all who dare to stand near.

Then he continues to impress by targeting TWO at a time! What a show off!

Since his introduction in the Electro Wizard Challenge, he has been a popular choice in many decks.

He is a great all around card that can adapt to almost any deck and fit in any situation.

His spawn Zap makes him a great utility card, and he can stall many cards, especially the Inferno Tower (a popular tank shredder).

Battle Ram: CHAAAARRRRGE!!

The Battle Ram consists of two Barbarians holding a large log, dealing significant damage if they connect to a building.

The fun doesn’t stop there though…the mean men keep it up by enhancing destruction with their swords!

It’s my favorite Rare card, as well the win condition of my deck, LumberRam!

Replacements

General Gameplan

Single Elixir Time:

Start the match with a lone Miner at your opponent’s tower.

Don’t use Poison right away, because you never know if they’ll Pump up or drop a Glass Cannon that could have scored you a value spell. Otherwise, it’s just a wasted Posion.

Defend enemy pushes with all that you have available (Sparky, Flying Machine, Cannon, etc.).

A little-known fact is that Battle Ram works great on defense, stalling many heavy hitters or as a distraction for high damage supports.

Halfway through this time, you should have a general idea of what your challenger’s deck is and how he plays.

Try to get as much Miner+Poison damage as possible, because the other cards in this deck aren’t guaranteed hits like the Miner.

Double Elixir:

Time to PUMP UP!

Because this is a Beatdown sort of deck, you will greatly benefit from the added elixir.

Now’s the time when things get real FRISKY!!!

Don’t be afraid to plop that Sparky down, so your foe will have double the trouble to worry about.

A Sparky on one lane, and a Miner+Poison/Battle Ram+Poison push on the other? You’ll have him panicking as he decides which one to counter, because both pushes are not to be ignored.

Keep on adding support to all your pushes, be it Flying Machine or Electro Wizard (the only two options, really).

Flying Machine can single handedly take out most defensive buildings if placed correctly, ensuring safe travels for your Battle Ram

Matchups:

Hog Rider:

Cannon to pull the Hog and E-wiz/Flying Machine to help take it out. Opposing Electro Wizards are gonna be a big problem here, and Rockets are no good for Sparky. Be prepared to counter whatever comes your way

Golem:

Sadly, you’ll have to rely on Sparky if you have the hopes of stopping this big fella. Use Cannon to distract as long as you can, and pretty much whatever’s available for defense for the support. Mega Minion or Baby Dragon will be a pain to deal with.

Giant:

See Golem (though not as common in the current meta)

P.E.K.K.A:

See Golem. You’ll most likely be going for the draw, unless you can pressure them so bad that they lose focus.

Bait:

You’re going to struggle. Though it uses cheap units for defense, a quick elixir cycle (meaning your opponent can have a constant stream of these units ready) makes up for it. Inferno Tower’s going to be a massive pain to deal with. Try to find a way to outcycle it. Rocket will be a problem, too.

Graveyard:

Flying Machine will be your best friend. Destroy their tanks with Sparky. Just watch out for Poison….

Elite Barbarians:

Sparky will clean em up like Clorox kills germs…or Battle Ram could do the trick as well.

Well everyone, that sure was fun! This is the end of my 3rd deck guide! I hope you’ll give this deck a whirl in the arena, and have lots of fun while doing so.

This is Frisk Dreemurr, saying Good Luck and Clash On!

Stay Determined!

Frisk <3

ElecTr1fy’s 2.8 Miner Poison – Punish and Destroy!

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Clash World

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October 9, 2017

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Hey guys, what’s up! It’s NebulaNoodle (formerly Mortar Rocket FTW) back at it with another deck guide.

I haven’t posted a guide in a while due to school, but now I have some time! Today I’m going to show you a popular Miner deck among many YouTubers that ElecTrify got 20 wins on the 20 win challenge with a while back.

This Miner Poison variant is extremely fast, extremely punishing, and extremely fun to play! Without further ado, let’s get right into the deck.

ElecTr1fy’s 2.8 Miner Poison

Pros	Cons
Easy to play Cheap in elixir Punishing against beatdown Zap-baity Good in counter-pushing	Weak vs Mega Knight Relies heavily on Inferno Dragon vs air decks Overcommiting can cost you the game Legendary-heavy

Card Breakdown:

Ice Golem: Defensive beast.

The Ice Golem is such a good card, especially against PEKKAs and Mega Knights. For 2 elixir this frosty dude offers so much value. If your opponent is out of counters, Ice Golem + Bats= Mega Knight DEAD!

Kiting is his forte, and you can make so many positive trades out of him. Also, it’s dead funny seeing a PEKKA walk his lonely walk to doom following the Ice Golem.

Bats: What’s purple, flies, and comes in five?

BATS! These purple critters have insane DPS, and are amazing against any high DPS troop. Paired with the Miner they form an amazing push as it forces your opponent to split their troops or suffer massive damage from either Bats or Miner. AND that mini-push only costs 5 elixir! Acts as zap bait so your Inferno Dragon can do its job.

Miner: This deck revolves around this chip master!

The miner is my absolute favorite card. He’s just so good as a mini tank for anything: Balloon, Goblins, whatever! And, paired with poison you’re guaranteed 300+ damage.

Just keep chipping away. Only use him in clutch defensive situations, if you’re out of counters, but you need him or else you’ll struggle with getting tower damage!

He’s also extremely good in counterpushing- just plop him on the tower to tank for half-dead troops!

Inferno Dragon : Tank killer!

Doesn’t need much explaining, does it? Melts Golems, Giants, etc., etc., etc.

Miner + Inferno Dragon is a threatening push, especially if your opponent pumps up, and you can punish him.

Just make to poison that minion horde, zap those bats, because if your inferno dragon doesn’t heat you’re screwed against heavy beatdown because you rely on him.

Goblins: Mean green machines!

Goblins are amazing. They offer strong DPS, and don’t die to zap of same level. Many people zap Goblins but all you’re doing is momentarily stunning them.

When a Miner is tanking for them and people Zap them that’s a waste of 2 elixir because the Princess tower is on the Miner!

Bandit: Threatening thief!

Ok I said Bandit was overrated on my post ‘Top 5 Overrated Cards in Clash Royale‘ which got mixed reviews but since I got Bandit (a week ago from Crown Chest) I found out she wasn’t too bad.

She takes care of glass cannons and Miner+ Bandit is one of the strongest quick pushes. I like using bandit to force my opponent to overspend which is what a lot of people tend to do, if I know they’re out of their usual counters.

In this deck, Bandit acts a distraction and punisher.

Poison: SYNERGYY!

Poison was meant to be used with Miner from the beginning, and it complements him so well.

It prevents swarms from attacking your Miner and chips the tower as well. Use on minion hordes, glass cannons, whatever comes your way. Bandit+Miner+Poison is a beast 10 elixir push if you have a big elixir lead.

Build up elixir leads by poisoning big pushes, and your zap will finish most things off. E.g. poison+zap= 3 musketeers dead.

Zap: Swarms=dead!

Try not to zap goblins/minions if they are on defense because they will just keep doing their job. Only zap them in moments where you have, say, bats to finish them off. Zapping goblins/minions are OK if they are on your side of the arena though.

Just don’t zap a Golem. You never know who might be that stupid- lol!

Replacements:

Gameplay:

The best starting moves would be Miner in the anti-tornado position, Bats in the back, or Ice Golem in the back.

If you don’t know what the anti-tornado position is it’s the bottom left corner of the left tower or vice versa on the right tower.

Don’t use Miner Poison as your first move as he might punish you with Miner+Minion Horde and that would be BAD! If your opponent pumps up just go with Miner. You have so many responses vs the pump. If your opponent pumps up to start go with miner poison. Miner on tower and Poison on tower and pump. Easy!

Try to play cautiously and try not to show your inferno dragon too early or else they will start figuring it out and if you’re playing a Golem user they can easily Lightning out your defensive troops.

Play your bandit offensively only on the counterattack and after your opponent has used his counters or else your opponent will easily counter her.

In the mid-game, keep cycling miner poisons and chip away slowly at the tower. This deck is meant to be a 1-0 victory deck so NEVER overcommit and don’t play too aggressively as you need the elixir to defend against beatdown decks.

If tower trading is needed, minimally defend the tower which is going to down and push hard on the 2nd tower, because this deck is cheap and your only real reliable tank killer is Inferno Dragon.

In overtime, if this game goes into overtime, hopefully you will have gotten your opponent’s tower down to 800 HP or so. Cycle more miner poison, and support your miner with threat troops like Inferno Dragon, Bandit, or Bats.

If you keep attacking continually, your opponent will have to keep spending elixir to defend and he won’t have enough elixir to attack. And because this deck is so cheap you will be able to keep attacking.

Matchups:

P.E.K.K.A: Hard matchup.

You have Inferno Dragon for P.E.K.K.A, but watch out for Lightning. If your opponent has E-wiz, try pulling the E-wiz with your Miner to stall their offense.

Often these decks might have miner or hog, but you have a nice counter in Bats, which can mitigate a lot of damage. If they zap, it might be hard for you because they might also have lightning for your inferno dragon. Just try to bait out their spells.

If they play their PEKKA punish with something like Miner+Bandit because you can easily cycle back to them in a defensive position because the PEKKA is slow.

Try to hold them to a draw if you’re finding attacking too hard.

Golem: Medium matchup.

Basically same thing as Pekka, but if they are playing something like Golem Mini Pekka or Golem Lumberjack, it might be hard to stop because those two melee unit tank killers can easily shred a lot of cards in this deck.

They have a lot of hard counters to this deck (Lightning for Inferno Dragon or Goblins for Miner) but don’t be disheartened. Punish the pump with quick Miner pushes.

Log bait: Easy matchup.

Just try to keep away as much damage as possible from the goblin barrel (overleveled zap helps so you can kill the goblins). and don’t give them rocket value. For princess you have stuff like miner.

Zap helps so much in this deck. They won’t be able to get much damage off if you follow the first two rules!

3M: Easy matchup.

Easy! Poison+Zap kills 3M.

Poison the pump because you’ll be cycling back to another poison in no time. Dealing with the ram or ice golem is fine (goblins) too. Rush attack if they play their pump at all costs, because gaining an elixir advantage with this deck isn’t as significant as if you were using a beatdown deck.

Hog Cycle: Medium matchup.

You are most likely to get a tie in this matchup due to the similar playstyles between the two decks.

Keeping up with the cycle is easy. Use cheap defense like Goblins and Bats then go in for the counterattack with Miner. Don’t use Miner Poison in early game as this 7 elixir is too expendable and they could easily counter with something like Knight. Only use this combo in 2x elixir.

Balloon: Easy matchup.

Bait out zap or something with Inferno Dragon then use bats on balloon. Easy +3 elixir advantage!

They will probably have ice golem or something tanking, so place bats high to deal with balloon first, and the bats are fast enough to keep up with the balloon.

Lavaloon: Hard matchup.

They will almost inevitably have lightning for your inferno dragon and your bats can easily get demolished by arrows or Baby Dragon or something like that.

Defend minimally because you will almost always take quite a hefty amount of damage. Instead, attack, attack, attack and try to get 2 crowns before they 3 crown you! Take advantage of your towers’ help.

That’s it guys, hope you enjoyed this deck! PCE <3