Balance Changes - Summer (2021 Q2) Game Client Update (Season 24)

This post comes in 3 parts:

• 1. 2021 Q2 Balance Changes
• 2. 2021 Q2 Game Client Update
• 3. Season 24 Content

Along with the second client update comes the second balance changes of the year! There are lots of changes, and we expect to see a shift in the meta. Unlike previous balances which are applied when the season changes, these balances will go live when the game client is updated.

Table of Contents

• Fire Spirit (Rework)
• Furnace (Rework)
• Rascals (Buff)
• Cannon (Buff)
• Cannon Cart (Buff)
• Giant Skeleton (Buff)
• Elite Barbarians (Nerf)
• Golem (Nerf)
• Ice Wizard (Nerf)
• Related

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Fire Spirit (Rework)

	Before	After
Elixir Cost	2	1
Unit Count	3	1
Damage +6%	178	188
Hitpoints +109%	91	190
Range +25%	2	2.5
Damage Radius +47%	1.7	2.5

• Fire Spirits — and in turn, Furnace — are weak and underused at the moment.
• Through this rework — by having it cost the same as all the spirit cards as well as making it viable viable with a larger Fireball-like splash damage — the Clash Royale team hopes that more players will try them out.
• As the unit count got changed, the name of the card has been changed to Fire Spirit without the S.

Furnace (Rework)

	Before	After
Each Wave	2 spirits	1 spirit
Time per Wave	9 sec	7 sec
Wave Count +2	5	7
Lifetime -2%	50 sec	49 sec

• Alongside the rework of Fire Spirits, Furnace will get a rework as well.
• It will now spawn 1 Fire Spirit every wave, with each wave having 7-second intervals (as opposed to 9 seconds right now).

Rascals (Buff)

	Before	After
First Hit +0.2 sec faster	1 sec	0.8 sec

• Rascals are mostly used in Log Bait decks, but are rarely seen in other archetypes.
• Supercell hopes that giving the Rascal Girls a small buff will make players want to include this trio with bubble-gum slings into more decks.

Cannon (Buff)

	Before	After
Hit Time -10%	1 sec	0.9 sec
DPS +11%

• Usage for Cannon and Cannon Cart are both low at the moment, so Supercell is hoping to give both of these cards a small buff.

Cannon Cart (Buff)

	Before	After
Hit Time in destroyed state -10%	1 sec	0.9 sec
DPS +11%

• Note that this Buff applies to the Cannon Cart in its destroyed / broken state only.
• The Hit Time for the Cart before it is broken remains the same as right now.

Giant Skeleton (Buff)

	Before	After
Death Damage to Towers	444	888

• Giant Skeleton has been completely removed after his most recent nerf.
• By doubling his Death Damage to towers, he now deals a LOT of damages.
• When we had playtested this during a balance test session, we were quite surprised by how much death damage there was.

It’s like a mini-game of clearing his way to the tower and then getting a high reward if succeeded.

— Pavel, Clash Royale Balance Team

Elite Barbarians (Nerf)

	Before	After
Sight Range +9%	5.5	6

• Although on paper it would appear that EBarbs are getting a buff, this is in fact intended to be a nerf — and more specifically, to take care of one key issue with Elite Barbarians right now.
• Very often, when troops are deployed in the center of the battle field, one EBarb will ignore those troops and go straight onto the towers.
• By extending their sight range, they will be more easily distracted once the balance is live.

Golem (Nerf)

	Before	After
Death Damage -28%	259	186

• Supercell feels that Golem decks are overly strong.
• With this change, Golem’s death damage will not be enough to eliminate Archers / Minion Hordes — thus making them viable options for defense.

Ice Wizard (Nerf)

	Before	After
Hitpoints -3%	590	570

• The Clash Royale balance team felt that Ice Wizard gives too much value for a 3-cost unti that doesn’t die to a 4-cost spell.
• After this change, Ice Wizard will die to Fireball.
• We foresee a heavy Fireball-bait meta next season.

Related

• 1. 2021 Q2 Balance Changes
• 2. 2021 Q2 Game Client Update
• 3. Season 24 Content

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