How to build an unstoppable deck in Clash Royale: 5 Tips that you should definitely know!

Clash Royale is a free to play strategy game developed and published by Supercell.  The game combines the elements of collectible card games, tower defense, and online multiplayer battles.

Upon downloading and playing the game for the first time you will be provided with a basic starter deck. As you win matches and progress to higher arenas you will unlock new cards. Now cards are of 3 different types: 

• Troop
• Structure
• Spell

This guide will help you to design a balanced deck for arenas 1, 2 and 3 or higher

1. Keep a structure in your deck

    

Structures are really good at distracting enemy troops, they can distract them long enough for your princess towers to finish them off.

Cannon: The Cannon is a cheap, high damage card. With a range of 5.5 tiles it can distract and take out a lone Giant with ease. This card can be used to take out other tanks and mini-tanks like Giant Skeleton, Knight, Valkyrie, etc. The only drawbacks of this card is that it can't deal with swarms and it doesn't target air.

Bomb Tower:  The Bomb Tower has a slightly larger range than the cannon and does splash damage. This makes the card ideal for taking out large swarms of troops. But, like the cannon, it cannot target air troops.

X-Bow: The X-Bow is an epic card which has the largest attack radius than any other card in the game. This structure can be used for both attack and defense. It does a lot of damage and has a high rate of fire. This card can be used to snipe your opponents' tower from your side of the arena. It doesn't target air though.

Mortar: The mortar has a wide attack radius like the X-Bow card. It has a slow rate of fire and does splash damage. It can be used to snipe your opponents' tower if placed close to the river. However, the mortar does have a dead zone where it cannot target troops and is also vulnerable to flying troops.

Tesla: This structure zaps ground and air troops alike. It has the same as a cannon and when it's inactive is hidden underground. While underground the Tesla cannot be damaged.

Inferno Tower: The Inferno tower roasts targets for damage that increases over time. When facing tanks like Golem, Giant or Lavahound the inferno tower is the best defensive structure to go with. But, be wary of zap or electro-wizard as they can reset the tower's damage.

Tombstone: The Tombstone is another cheap structure, costing the same as the cannon. It's spawned skeletons can help distract troops like Prince, Mini P.E.K.K.A and Knight. The skeletons can also provide support during an attack.

Goblin Hut: This structure spawns spear goblins that can help deal with air troops from a distance. It can help deal with troops such as Balloon and Baby Dragon. The Spear Goblins can also chip away at your opponents' tower if left unchecked.

Furnace: The furnace spawns 2 fire spirits every 10 seconds. These little can do damage similar to that of a mini fireball. If left unchecked the fire spirits can slowly chip away a tower. The fire spirits can be used as support for large pushes.

Barbarian Hut: The Barbarian Hut spawns 2 Barbarians every few seconds. The barbarians can take out tanks and any ground support units behind them. Compared to other structures it's cost is relatively higher. The barbarians also can be used for support and counter-pushing.

2.Have a damaging spell ready just in case

Spells can have a significant effect on the outcome of a battle. Unlike troops or structures, they can be used anywhere in the arena. Spells can be used either to take out large swarms of troops or damage enemy structures. When using spells on your opponents' side the most effective method is to damage what you are targeting while chipping his/her tower. 

Arrows can help clear low HP troops, whereas Fireball can damage troops or structures within its the radius. Rocket and Lightning are high damage spells and need to be used strategically as using these spells can leave you open to counter attacks.

Zap is a cheap and very versatile card. It can be used to get rid of the skeleton army and spear goblins. It can reset the inferno tower, sparky and the inferno dragon. Its 0.5-second stun effect can allow your troops to get an extra shot in. All in all a very useful card.

Finally, poison, it's like a slow fireball but with a larger radius, it can be used to deal with swarm cards like a minion horde, barbarians, skeleton army, etc. It can be a reliable card when going up against spawn decks.

Normally a deck should have one spell card but carrying two spells is always better. 

3.Use tanks to push

Tanks are cards that are used to soak up damage. They are slow and have a lot of HP. Tanks are usually never alone and are supported by ranged units. 

Giant: The cheapest out of all the tanks this troop can soak up a decent amount of damage and can do a lot of damage to your tower if left unchecked.

P.E.K.K.A: Another deadly tank, it's swings can do massive damage to a tower. It can one-shot any low HP troop with ease so making it difficult to counter. Unfortunately, in-spite it's destructive nature the P.E.K.K.A is easily distracted.

Giant Skeleton: This troop doesn't a lot of damage itself, it's the bomb which the skeleton drops after it dies that does damage. It can also be used as a sacrificial card to take out a large group of troops. But, like the P.E.K.K.A it gets easily distracted.

Golem:   The golem probably has the highest HP in the game. It's very slow and does damage upon death and then splits into 2 golemites. It is also risky to play this card as it leaves you starved for the elixir.

Lavahound: It is a bit similar to the golem card. But unlike the Golem it isn't that easily distracted. The hound itself doesn't do that much damage, but when it dies it spawns lava pups. If supported by a mini-tank the pups can easily destroy a tower.

4. Don't want to use structures? Use swarm or high damage cards instead

If you don't like using structures in your deck then swarm can help you out. High damage cards like Mini-P.E.K.K.A, Knight, Musketeer, Mega Minion or Valkyrie also can help. But while using swarm cards be careful of splash troops as they can damage your troops. So if a tank is supported by a splash troop it's best you eliminate the support unit first before surrounding the tank or you can allow the support unit to lock onto your tower and then surround it with your troops.

Goblin gang, guards, minion horde and skeleton army are weak to arrows, whereas fireball or poison damages barbarians leaving them only with a sliver of health. In this case, it's advisable to switch the placement of your cards when dueling.

5. Ranged units can help support your tanks

A tank should never be sent in alone. Alone a tank can be easily distracted or surrounded. This is where a support unit comes in handy. It's even better if you use a ranged unit for support as they can help out your tank from a distance. Whether your tank is distracted by a structure or surrounded support troops can always help them out. Now your support troops can either be of two types:

• Single-Target: Troops that can only do point damage. Although these troops can't help with swarms they can do a lot of damage to the enemy tower or to a structure if they manage to lock on.  Archers, Musketeer, Spear goblins are some very useful single target units.   
• Splash: Splash units are very helpful in clearing out swarms. Troops like Executioner, Wizard, Witch or Bomber can deal swarms of troops that otherwise harm your tank.

But remember even with the help of ranged units, spells do come in handy.

• Read - 5 things you should keep in mind while building a deck

Do you have some more tips to share? Feel free to comment below to share with the community! 😊

Top 3 Balloon decks in Clash Royale to destroy your opponent quickly!

A few hours ago Supercell has started Balloon challenge in Clash Royale. For the pro Clash Royale players it will be easy like always, but for the average gamers, this might be a good challenge. The problem will arise if you are an average clasher and are not familiar with balloon decks. So, in this article, I'll talk about 3 incredible balloon decks which can give you an easy victory in the limited time balloon challenge.

1. Lava loon Night witch deck

This Lava hound - Balloon - Night witch deck is superpowered. If you are little bit familiar with the Lava hound and Night witch then playing this deck should be a piece of cake for you. This deck is also a very good counter against the regular decks that you'll face in the challenges.

How to play this deck?

Lava Hound + Night Witch + Mega Minion: your first target will be to create pressure upon the opponent by starting with Lava and Night witch and Mega minion at the back. Or you can also take baby dragon at the back of lava depending on your card rotation in your deck. The night witch will help a lot in countering the opponent ground troops who will be hitting your lava hound.

Lightning: The lightning is generally used for killing Inferno towers. But if your opponent is weird then maybe you can also face 3 Musketeers or Sparky at the final moment. In this case, lightning will help you. You can also face other buildings like Furnace and Goblin hut. 

Baby Dragon: The baby dragon at the back helps a lot in doing massive splash damage generally taking out Goblin gang, Minion horde which you'll face a lot especially in this balloon challenge. 

Clone Spell: Playing of clone spell is the tricky part. Wait for your troops to reach to the opponent tower and play this card and boom! see the magic! If you get the chance then play the clone spell on loon then taking down the tower will take secs!

Balloon: Playing loon in this deck is not very easy as lava hound will take 7 elixirs and playing loon will not allow you to take any support troops. So better wait for the double elixir time and then you can use the original lava - loon push with the rest of the cards on your deck.

Arrows: You already know when and how to play the arrows! 😉

Deck Synergy & final verdict

Deck synergy is pretty well for this deck. Your main cards can make a good combo with each other to deal good damage to the opponent tower. With this deck getting the 6 wins will not be very tough for you. However, if you want to play this deck for normal ladder then you might face problems against some Royal Giant or Golem decks. But in this limited time Balloon event, it will be very easy for you to complete the event.

2. Lava loon Electro Wiz Lumberjack deck

Here is another decent Lava Hound Balloon deck for the Clash Royale balloon challenge. If you are familiar with playing Lava hound then, like the previous deck, it will be very easy for you to understand the deck mechanics.

How to play this deck

Lava Hound + support: If you have the lava hound at the start of the game then start with lava hound. Depending on the card rotations you can play executioner/electro wizard or even balloon. But I'll not recommend playing balloon at the first two minutes of the game as this will not give you the chance to take anymore support troops.

Electro Wizard and Executioner: Both of these cards are mainly used as support troops in this deck. While the Electro wizard works great to deal with opponent inferno tower, the executioner easily clears out the spam troops like minion horde or even skeleton army if you face them in the battle. 

Minion Horde: The minion horde is used mainly in the defensive purpose but it also supports the lava hound very well in case the opponent doesn't have cards like arrows, executioner or tornado.

Lumberjack: Lumberjack makes a good pair with the loon because of the rage it leaves after dying. In this deck, lumberjack is used for the defensive purpose as well as in offensive purpose. The rage works really well with the other troops to destroy opponent towers quickly.

Balloon: Use the balloon only if you have elixir advantage during the first two minutes of the game. Otherwise, wait for the double elixir period to make the lava loon combo.

Tornado: Tornado is mainly used with the executioner. However, tornado can also save you many times from tower loss by moving the direction of the opponent troops.

Arrows: Arrows are used for taking our opponent minion horde and ground spam troops if you face during the game.

Deck synergy and final verdict

Card combos in this deck are pretty good. You have many choices to make the card pair and make the push or defend. If you can play this well, then it will be very easy for you to get the 6 win the limited time balloon event. This deck is event good for ladder push too. If you're looking for a lava hound deck for the ladder then feel free to give this deck a try.

3. Giant Balloon deck

Giant balloon deck is very much popular from the beginning of the game. But with the introduction of too many cards, Giant balloon decks are not regular in the ladder. However, in challenges, some people still use this combo. Though the Giant balloon combo has lots of variations, this one I'm going to share is a decent one to give you a 6 win in the challenge.

How to play this deck

Giant + Balloon: Giant balloon is the main push for you. This is your actual win condition. If you can make your combo survive then the opponent tower will be down in few seconds.

Archers: Archers are mainly used at the back of giants as a support troop but they are very useful in defense too. The tiny archers has good dps to kill any low to medium hitpoint troops before they can touch your tower. So archers are very much versatile and can be used anywhere you want!

Bomber: Bomber is high splash damage dealing troop. This is a glass cannon and can deal heavy damage if it is at the back of giant and when the giant is taking all the damages.

Ice spirit: The tiny 1 elixir ice spirit is very handy to support your Giant Balloon push. This can also in defending when necessary.

Arrows: Arrows are used for taking out spam troops like minion horde. goblin gang or skeleton army. It can also be useful in doing the last few damages to the opponent tower.

Inferno tower: As you all know, the inferno tower is used for a total defensive purpose. It will be very hard for opponents to touch your tower if you have placed inferno tower and have another support troop.

Knight: Knight is like the castle guard even though we don't have any castles in this game. With high hitpoints, the knight has the ability to stop most of the high damage troops. Knight can also be useful with the giant.

Deck synergy & final verdict

As you can see, the cards make a very good combo with each other so it will be pretty easy for you to build a push or defend anytime. If you can play proper cards in time then winning will be very easy. As the average cost is only 3.5 so you can have the Giant loon cycle back to back which will prove to be a headache for the opponent.

Additional tip - While playing the Lava loon decks, make sure your support troops stay at the behind of the lava hound so that they can deal massive damage to the opponent troops or buildings. for using lightning, be patient with using it. Because one wrong move can make you lose your one arena tower.

• Read - How to counter Giant-balloon deck in Clash Royale

photo credits - deckshop.pro

Clash Royale India community event: 2nd 2v2 draft challenge tournament

Clash Royale India, a popular Facebook group is organising their 3rd tournament. Previously Clash royale India community and iClashRoyale.in has collaborated together to host a massive 10,000 Gem tournament. Unlike that massive tournament, this tournament is different and based on 2v2 competition which is an immensly popular feature of Clash royale. 3 days back they hosted one tournament on the same pattern which was quite successful and due to the requests the group is hosting another Clash Royale tournament. The details of the tournament are given below:

Tournament details and rules: 

• The tournament will be a knockout tournament based on 2v2 draft battle.
• The tournament will start from 10 pm (IST), Sunday (July 9, 2017) and likely to run for 2 hours maximum. So this will be a lot of fun for sure!
• participants need to fill out the form to register for the tournament. 
• Everyone must get a partner for their 2v2 team. Without a partner, the registration form will be rejected. Fancy team names are appreciated.
• On the tournament roster, your team names will stand for you. So you're requested to pick a good team name for you and your partner.
• Only one from each team needs to fill out the form. No need of double application from both of the participants.
• All the tournament details will be posted on Clash Royale India Facebook group and this article will be updated timely. So you can check this articles regularly for more info.
•  you can sign up for the tournament by clicking here. Once you fill up the form, don't forget to comment on this post "registered"

Here are some photos of the recent tournament that Clash Royale India Facebook group hosted. It feels amazing to have 10+ spectators in a single match! and it is even better when you see confetti are coming every second 😍

Tournament team selection process

Entries with incomplete info will be rejected straight. Last tournament participants who followed everything properly will be given the first choice in the team selection. 

In-depth tournament structure and details

Depending on the number of participants the knockout tournament fixtures be fixed. Basically, all the rounds will be 1 game knockout tournament until semi-finals. Then it will be best of 3. The tournament clan will open from 7 pm. The clan will be closed at 9 pm, then the final fixtures will be available. During this 2 hours who can't reach the mentioned tournament clan will be considered as out! Getting into the tournament clan during this time is important because in the last tournament we saw some teams didn't show up on time. 

Rewards

At this moment we can only offer honour and fun as rewards. We can't offer any type of monetary rewards for now. But who needs monetary rewards when you can enjoy

Selected teams and fixtures

We have received huge number of responses, among them many are rejected because of incomplete info and same guy are pairing up with different guy. Due to the limited slots, we can offer 24 teams at the first place. The rest of the teams will be in sub. But if youre in sub, dont lose hope, i'll call your team if any of the first 24 teams fail to appear in time.

Here is the list for the first 24 selected teams. (12 pair of teams)

1. 1 Indian 1 English man (lj smith + leslie)
vs Beast Mode (Beast + Rajat)

2. Tag Team (Abhi + google)
vs KingSlayerUnited ( Evil tanmoy + tombstone)

3. Mumbai Warriors 1 (Inkheart + akash)
vs Team Vinians (Aladin + Bhola)

4. C-Bros (Zahham+ Zain the devil)
vs Dark Lord (Satyam+Sagar 2)

5. Ami KKR (KKR + Akash)
vs Losers (Daddy + Messi)

6. Ultimate Defenders (Temod + Temod_Youtube)
vs Freakish Monk (Vicious gamer + Dragon Rider izz)

7. Brothers (Munna + esad)
vs Nightmares (Sandy + Shadow)

8. Mumbai Warriors 2 ( Aditya + SCAR)
vs Team Royales ( John Medly + Godfather)

9. SIlent Yash (Chief yash + silent boy)
vs DSK (dk + SK)

10. Ball Busters ( sahin + Subrata)
vs Team Splash ( Rolston suvo + Shahzaib)

11. Pro Kings (King Pawan + MonmoyKohli)
vs Team rising Unicorns ( King Ayush + Micky Jain)

12. Get Wrecked (Swagger + Shivang)
vs Hammer Baaj (MacHammer + Braveheart)


The substitute teams are the following -
1. Mighty Studs ( Taher + Wizard)
2. Super Heroes ( JackieChan_yt + Agraj)
3. Dembani (Deepak + Mohit)
4. Doombringers ( FiredemonUtbe + DannySaxxo)
5. Hell Razors (Babu + DeViLiZzHere)
6. Rangers (Harish Reddy+Goutham)
7. The Daciots ( F0rest k + Death Hawk)

P.S. - Due to two "Mumbai Warriors" Ive to make Mumbai warriors 1 and Mumbai warriors 2. So please be careful on your team.

First 12 pair teams can get into the tournament clan - CR India Events.

Clash Royale Heal Spell : New META Incoming?

The long waited Heal Spell finally released today. With the Heal Draft Challenge Supercell let the gamers to get a jump start with heal spell. Heal spell is one arena 10 (Hog Mountain) card, rare in genre and cost only 3 elixirs, which I think is very good in value. Proper use of heal spell can bring a massive destruction to the opponent player in the arena!

Lets take a look at the description -

Heal your troops to keep them in the fight! Friendly troops are healed over time while in the target area. Doesn't affect buildings.

We already have a good concept of heal from Clash of Clans and seeing it on Clash Royale will surely bring some smiles in our faces. Today in this article we will talk about how heal spell can change the current meta in Clash Royale. Probably we will be seeing some heavy troops paired with  newly launched heal spell.

 Important info about Heal 

• Comparing with Poison, Heal will always be a positive elixir trade, because it will quickly heal more hp than the damage of poison. But equivalent level of poison will do more damage over time.
• Heal spell is very effective against the fireball, only if the troop survives the hit.
• Heal will not do anything to a troop that has been destroyed completely. Then on that moment heal will be totally useless.

Which cards are good to pair with Heal?

Basically the troops which we use to push are good to pair only if the troop has good Hp. Troops like Giant, Prince, Loons, 3 Musketeers, Royal Giant, Elite Barbs, Inferno Dragon etc can do massive hits if they are healed properly. I'll be writing more detailed usage of Heal Spell in next articles.

How this new card will affect the current META?

The nerf of Royal Giants, Elite Barbs may bring smiles to some face but now it will vanish again! Pairing with heal, troops like Royal Giant, Hog Rider, 3 Musketeers will do massive damage. Well in some cases, one push will destroy one arena tower. I've personally faced 3 musketeers with heal, even though I had fireballed it, the heal spell brought the HP back, and guess what? I was doomed! During the heal draft challenge, I used heal with Giant, it worked great. I have also experienced Poison vs Heal on 3 Musketeers. So, in the tournament level, heal spell will be very useful. Now, expect to face Heal with Royal Giant/3 Musketeers/Balloon etc more often.

Let us know in the comments section what do you think about this awesome new card!

• Read - All You Need to Know About Clash Royale Clan Battles

All You Need to Know About the Future of Clash Royale Clan Battles

About one month ago Supercell introduced the Clan Battle feature in Clash Royale. Unlike the tournaments, the Clan Battle is a massive success. From the very first time to the current time, the clan got a huge response. At the launch of this feature, we have noticed that SuperCell had to add more servers for it because of the huge response the feature has got. day by day they are implementing more improvements in Clash Royale and we can hope for more cool features in the game. Today in this article, we will talk about the future of Clash Royale Clan Battles.

So what can we expect from Supercell about this feature? Can we expect this to be a permanent feature? or maybe some clan exclusive stuff with this team battle? wee, for your info, a few days back, in a Dev Q&A session, Supercell has hinted us about some good future of Clan battle or team battle.

Submitted by jhove5010 from reddit: With everyone loving clan battles, is there a good chance they will completely replace the normal clan chests?

We've talked about that, but I wouldn't say there's a "good chance" of it happening. We'd like to try and always run a special Challenge over the Clan Chest weekend, so ideally it becomes more fun and a bit easier to contribute towards. On the other hand, the Clan Battle Chest is awesome and we're exploring ways to make it a bigger part of the game.

What we can get from this, that Supercell is working hard for making this team battle better in the near future. We can take the "Good Chance" as YES. Not only this, but they are also working on it for more engagement from the Clash Royale gamers.

Additionally, I would also like to add that, in the future Supercell may add more players in the Clan battles. Take a look on the April fool prank that Supercell posted.

SNEAK PEEK: The Future of Clan Battles pic.twitter.com/qlv1HMdHoK

— Clash Royale (@ClashRoyale) April 1, 2017

According to some people, this april fool prank by Supercell is totally useless, but is it really useless? Well, this is just their experiment, probably they are working on larger team battles. We will be able to see that in time! Lets hope, the future of Clash Royale is going to be awesome with the clan abttle feature! What do you guys think? let me know in the comments below!

• Read - Why Emotes are important in Clash Royale

Why Emotes are very Important in Clash Royale?

Emotes are one of the unique features of Clash Royale. There are lots of players who are greatly addicted to these emotes while some hates using these emotes. But of course these emote are important in a game like Clash Royale. Currently, there are 4 emotes in Clash Royale evoking different emotions. These are - 

• Thumbs Up Emote - This one generally means you are doing good and the game is going good. It also signifies good luck.
• The Crying Emote - While some people use it for proper use, some use it ironically. When you are destroying your opponent, if your opponent uses it then it will be proper use, like he/she has nothing to stop you. But after destroying your opponent if you use this opponent then that will be the ironic use of this emote.
• The Angry Emote -  Like the title says, it generally evokes the anger emotion, if you are angry with your opponent you can use it. Normally people use it for the right purpose.
• The Laughing Emote - This is the most irritating emote if you are losing a game. This is also used to piss off the opponents.

There are also additional comments that a player can additionally use to complement or to piss off his/her opponent. The fact is, these emotes, emotes really important for this game. According to supercell - 

Adding an option to mute, or delete, emotes is a highly requested change. However, we have no plans to implement this feature, and we want to explain why.

One of our core design principles is: Cards that evoke strong emotions are the best thing for Clash Royale. Cards such as Sparky, the Royal Giant and the X-Bow are great examples. They evoke strong positive and strong negative emotions from people. We don't want cards that are just "good" or "OK." We want cards that people will love - and inevitably when someone loves a card, someone else will hate it. These are the cards that create the most interesting conversations and will keep Clash Royale fun and fresh for years to come!

The same principle - evoking strong emotions - is at the heart of why we're not planning to implement a mute option. Emotes are loved by some and hated by others - even within the Clash Royale team! We believe these strong emotions are integral to the core of the game.

Clash Royale is not a single player game and shouldn't feel like one. Emotes are an important reminder that you're facing another human being - maybe they're a nice guy, maybe they're not - but there's a person at the other end of the Arena and not a robot. You can communicate with them and they can respond, regardless of language or cultural barriers.

So there is no chance that Supercell will be removing this feature in the future. Additionally, we can get some more emotes which will be pretty cool for sure.

• Read -  The Log: Is It Really a Legendary Card?

How to Counter Giant Balloon Combo in Clash Royale

Both the Giant and Ballon were the hot favorite cards from the beginning of Clash Royale. Though this Giant Ballon battle deck was not very much famous earlier, but now, with the recent updates this deck has become massively popular and players are using it for an easy 3 crown wins. I have noticed most of the Clash Royale gamers face problems to counter this bulky Giant Ballon combo. However, there are few tactics which will help you to counter this easily and give you a huge elixir advantage.

Lets first analyze, what makes this Giant Ballon strategy unstoppable? 

• This deck is so bulky to stop unless you have proper counters.
• This deck is very aggressive that generally targets 3 crown victory.
• This deck is almost unstoppable once the attacker gets a good card shuffling.

But don't worry, in this article, I'll explain you the detailed process on how you can counter the deck without any big damage. One bonus thing here is, The Giant Ballon combo is of 10 elixirs, so probably you'll surely get some elixir advantage.

How can you counter this deadly Giant-Balloon combo?

The best option of countering the Giant Ballon is, the Inferno tower. One Inferno tower can possibly stop the whole 10 elixirs Giant Balloon push if it is placed properly. So now might be wondering what's the proper place? Lets say the opponent is attacking on your right side lane with the Giant-Ballon strategy, so you just have to place the Inferno Tower 2 tiles distance from the left side and 2 tiles above the left side. This will perfectly counter the Giant Ballon combo. The Best part about it is, This will give 5 elixir advantage!

The placement is very necessary. Though if you have freeze then it can help you to counter the combo even if you have misplaced your inferno tower. One thing to remember here, if opponent zaps your inferno tower then your inferno may not be able to destroy the balloon completely after killing Giant as the zap will reset the inferno damage.

Other good ways to counter Giant-Balloon combo

Well, there are more ways you can counter it. Some of them are -

• Mini Pekka/Barbarian + Wizard/Minion/Minion Horde - Though these combos are not that cheap but still it will give you some elixir advantage unless you use Barbarian and Wizard to counter it. However, most important thing is the proper placement otherwise all your troops will target the Giant while the Ballon will deal massive damage to your tower.

These days, this deck is an easy approach for the players who wants to reach Legendary arena. Without having a legendary card, players are entering in Legendary arena with this popular combo. However, if you follow these tips, you'll surely stop your opponent and deal damage in return!

• Read - How to Counter Sparky

If you want to see the strategy, you can watch it here -

Poison or Fireball: How to Choose Pick the Best Card For Your Deck

Both the Poison and Fireball are very popular spell cards in Clash Royale. Fireball unlocks at the very beginning of the game whereas Poison unlocks at the Spell Valley. There are many people who are confused which is the proper card for their deck, is it Fireball? or the Poison? In this article, I'm going to explain to you the merits and demits of having Fireball or Poison in your deck and how that single card can affect your winning chances in multiplayer battles.

First, let us take a look at the poison card -

Poison

Like the description says - 

Covers the target area in a sticky toxin, damaging and slowing down troops and buildings. Yet somehow leaves the grass green and healthy. Go figure

Poison does damage over time which makes the main difference from Fireball. We can look at this as a good and bad point too.

Merits -

• Deals damage over time which makes sure that your opponent will refrain from spawning small elixir troops. Not only that, the most annoying Horde won't be spawned by your opponent because he knows that his total 5 elixirs will go to waste.
• Slows down your enemy troops which helps your troops to do better damage.
• Covers a larger area in comparison with Fireball, so batter protection of course.

Demerits -

• The poison is only effective if you use the tank type of troops but if you use fast-paced troops then fireball will be better option there.
• Sometimes troops move out of your Poisoned area, in those cases the spell in go in waste.
• Poison is an epic card, so there is no way you can ask for this card for upgrading. You have to be happy with what you have.

Here is the statistics of poison spell 

Fireball

The description says -

Annnnnd... Fireball. Incinerates a small area, dealing high damage. Reduced damage to Crown Towers.

Fireball unlocks at the very beginning of the game which gives access to most of the players to use and learn about this spell from the start. Fireball is being used in most of the player decks as it is a last minute game changer, just like few Hp of a tower left and you can just fireball tower to bring the last minute victory. Let us take a look at its merits and demerits -

Merits - 

• Unlike Poison, Fireball gives an instant result which makes people use this card very much, especially to change the game at the last minute. For example, Your opponent has destroyed one of your towers, you have also damaged his tower almost but couldn't destroy it completely. In this cases, Fireball is used at its best. Just throw one fireball and make it equal and you'll have an opportunity to change the game!
• Fireball is very good to stop a push instantly. Sometimes, your enemy troops forcefully enter your side and you cant do anything. As Fireball deals a huge damage in a particular area, so you can stop the push instantly to bring peace on your side.
• Fireball is useful to push back troops like Barbarians, Valkyrie which give your troops time to kill them easily.
• You can upgrade fireball as you want as you can request for this card.
• Fireball is useful to damage hutters instantly.
• The 3 Musketeer threat can only be destroyed instantly with few troops and Fireball is one of them.

Demerits -

• In some cases, the fireball goes to waste. For example, you threw Fireball assuming the enemy will spawn troops, but those actually showed up just after the fireball damage, so your 4 elixirs went to waste. 

Here is the statistics of Fireball

Final Verdict, Both of the cards are very useful but yeah it depends on the deck types for best use. If you are using tank type decks then I'll say Poison will be your best option as it can deal damage over time so poison will make sure your troops are protected. If you use High DPS instant hitting troops like Prince, Mini Pekka so here I'll say that Fireball will be a better option as these troops are easily distracted. So using the fireball to clear the path will be much better in comparison with Poison. If you are using a Hut spamming deck then Poison will be a better choice for you too as it deals damage over time. 

Now it is your turn to take a look at your deck to evaluate it yourself!

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How To Counter Hog Decks: 5 Best Ways to Kill Hog Rider

The Hog Rider is one of the powerful cards in the game and probably one of the most used cards in this game. After crossing level 5 the hog becomes little bulky and it becomes hard to stop him. The direct hitting to defence buildings is making the Hog Card so much popular. I see many of the players are getting in trouble because of this hog rider. The Hog-Freeze deck used to be one of the most powerful combos in this game, but SuperCell just nerfed Freeze card but I guess nerfing 1 second is not enough so it will still be used, but maybe the percentage will fall a little. There are lots of Hog combos that can drive you crazy. In this article, I'll explain you the tactics about how you can stop the Hog Rider

1. Hog + Zap : The Hog+zap combo is generally paired with Goblins. So put a canon at the centre of the map, just 3,4 tiles away from the arena tower just after the hog is deployed. If you have zap then put it on the Goblin+hog combo, it will kill the goblins. Hopefully, the hog will die too before it hits your arena tower.

2. Hog+Freeze : In this case, you cant follow the steps like the above. So just put the canon near the bridge, so that the freeze cant stop the canon and use any cheap elixir troops to finish the hog. Though in this way the hog will be bale to hit your tower one or two times.

3. Hog + Mini Pekka : This combo is quite popular too. This is generally used to make advantage of the canon placing. But you have to distract the mini pekka with your troops, otherwise, the any of the Mini pekka or Hog will surely reach to your arena tower and do a heavy damage if you fail to stop. So what you have to do is place the canon in the middle but distract the mini pekka with low elixir troops. Beware of zaps in this time.

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4. Hog + Fireball : If you already know that your opponent is using fireball then do not place the barbarians in front of the tower, so that the opponent can hit both your tower and barbarians. Place the barbarians near the bridge. Let your tower take one or two shots from the hog. Using canon to distract won't help much in this case because of fireball.

5. Hog + Baby Dragon : In this case the Barbarians are the best. Don't focus on the Baby dragon, focus on killing the hog rider first. The arena tower will kill the baby dragon. However, if you have archers or spear goblins you can use from another side to do damage to the Baby Dragon.

However, keep in mind that the Barbarians, Minion Horde, Bomb Tower, Canon, Skeleton army, Guards are the best counters for hog.

• Read - How to Push Trophies Effectively

How to Push Trophies Effectively in Clash Royale: Know The Simple Matchmaking System

Pushing trophies is the main concern for the Clash Royale players. Like getting better decks, better cards there are another important thing you should know about. Just like the dealing with Lose Streak, there's an effective way to push trophies in Clash Royale. In this article, I'll explain to you how you can push your trophies effectively.

Have you read my article about Dealing with Lose Streak? The mechanism here is almost same. When you win 3 or 4 battles in a row at a time, you are generally get matched with tougher or stronger opponents with the cards that are generally can easily counter yours. Even though you win the game, on next game you will be matched with another tough opponent than you. The fact behind this is, when you win a couple of games in a row in a single session of playing, the game meta shifts and because of that, you get matched with those stronger opponents. The only way not to make this happen is to play the game in a regular interval. For example, If you want to play a total of 20 games, then play the game in 3 or 4 sessions. If you play 20 games at a time then there are more chances that you'll lose more games than if you had played in 3 or 4 sessions. This total concept might sound awkward to you, but I've realized this. Not only me, I've asked my clan mates to confirm this and gladly they agreed with me that playing the game in a regular interval helped them to push trophies much better. I've even asked few friends on other clans, some of them agreed and some didn't. Well, if you want you can try it yourself. I'm quite sure, you'll get better pushing after using these simple tactics.

According to SuperCell, the matchmaking system is solely based on your total trophies. From the official statement -

 Although they haven't confirmed any other info about it but there are some hidden secrets. Take look at this Reddit discussion -

According to the post creator, being a level 5, He's getting matched with higher level opponents but in every 10 games, he is getting matched with the same level. What does that mean? That means there are players like you who are having the same amount of trophies at a low level but Super Cell is not making the match. Because they don't want you to push trophies so easily. That's the hidden fact behind their Simple statement!

Just use the way I mentioned and you'll be able to recognize the difference!

Push From Arena 1 to 7 with Simple Amazing Deck

There are many decks out there that will help you to push your trophies but there are only few decks that almost remains the same. This deck I am talking about will remain almost same from the very beginning from Royal arena. For the players who are haven't yet reached Royal Arena, is a dream for them. I know it very well cause before reaching to Royal Arena I struggled for few days and finally this deck helped me to reach.

Push Up to Arena 5

Lets start from the beginning. You only need to change your deck on Arena 5 cause you'll have better options available then.

With this deck above shown, is very simple and elegant. The cards are all available in training period. Now you may think what if you  dont have any of Prince or witch. Well for them, i'll say, you can replace it with Baby Dragon. Among, Prince, Witch and Baby Dragon, Super Cell provides us any 2 at the start. So this is not really a big deal. But remember, Witch is very important here and Giant is the main Card. This deck is very hard to stop and will smoothly help you to reach to Spell Valley. If you are wondering about the deck strategy, Im writing it down there.

Push up to Arena 7

You see what are the changes from the first deck? I've just replaced Musketeer with Wizard and our loving Prince with most wanted Hog Rider. The Elixir cost remains the same but now your deck is much better. This is a simple amazing deck that will make you to Royal Arena without much losses. 

Deck Strategy: Now lets talk about this deck strategy. In this deck, the key card is the Giant, which will be your Shield for you high damage troops that will be on the back side. First, Spawn the Giant at thr back of the king tower, until it reaches to the bridge, you will have full elixirs again, now its time to reinforce your shield with high damage troops. You can pick the troops you want. But it is better if you keep either Witch or Wizard and Bomber there. They wont let anyone stop your Giant.

Always get prepared for Barbarian from the opponent cause that is the only troop can counter your Giant so make sure you spawn the wizard at a specific distance that can protect your Giant from the opponent Barbarian. Generally nothing stops this push unless opponent places bomb tower. This is why the Hog Rider is in the deck. So clear out your path and make your enemy destroy to the ground!

Prince would do the same.

Generally this deck works very smooth. The success rate of this deck is fairly well and most importantly, you dont have to change your deck over and over again. Have faith on this deck and make it to the Royal Arena!

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How Clash Royale is Affecting Our Lives?

Its not very long, Clash Royale has gone global. Like their other superhit game Clash of Clans, this game has also got massive popularity. But there are certain things that are different between the two games. Not only the gameplay, Im talking about the effect that Clash Royale puts on us.

No doubt the game is fun but this game effect our mind heavily specially when we face a losing streak and I think everyone has faced that already. You might me thinking what Im talking about, but after reading this article completely you'll atleast agree with me at some points.

• Just when you get win streak and feel confident about your skill just then you start getting loss streak. Demoralized!
• People say you need to stop playing because your anger changes your judgement, but what about getting a loss streak being so calm? demoralized!
• You are having a nice beautiful day, just when your notification arrives about Crown chest. Now you started pvp and strted getting loss streak. Your beautiful day shattered instantly. Demoralized!
• You entered top 200 local with full chests. You posted about that on your social profiles, good comments from people made you feel really nice. Now chest slots are free and you have to fight, but u started getting loss streak! you are out of top 200 now. Demoralized!
• You are dreaming of wonderful things at night. Notification arrives for chest is ready to open. You only need 1 crown to unlock Crown chest but then you are getting loss streak. Now you can not sleep at the middle of the night. Demoralized!
• You are working at your office and feeling really productive at work. Notification arrives for crown chest. Loss streak started! Now your mood is shattered. Your productivity at work is affected. Demoralized!

The fact is, not every point will happen together but at some point you have already faced any of the mentioned points. Though this is just a game and meant to give us fun but Clash Royale gives us both. Literally, this equals both the happiness and sadness cycle. Don't you think so?

Credit to Pedro Lee for making this awesome post on Forum.