Merge Tactics (2025 Q2 Update, Season 73, July 2025)

Table of Contents

• Brief history
• Merge Tactics isn’t Clash Mini
• Merge Tactics Summary
• Battle Phases
• Deploy Phase
• Battle Phase
• Levels & Mode Progression
• Troop Cards
• Rulers
• Leagues and Rank
• Mode Rewards
• Mode Integration
• Advanced Stats
• Troops
• Troop Summary
• Traits
• Rulers
• Modifiers
• Final Note
• Feedback

Brief history

In April of 2021, Supercell first announced 3 new games for their Clash IP: Clash Quest, Clash Mini & Clash Heroes. Several months later, in November of that year, the beta for Clash Mini would start in selected countries.

The game was an auto battler with Clash characters. In this genre, players draft and deploy units that later fight autonomously against opponents, over several rounds.

After years of big tests and changes, in March of 2024, Supercell announced "Clash Mini Ending Development". This was the end of the beta for this game.

In that announcement, Supercell also committed to "bring the Clash Mini experience to Clash Royale".

The next stages of the adaptation were conducted away from the public. We knew that the idea hadn’t been abandoned, but not much more.

The next development of this story happened towards the end of the year, during RovioCon 2024. In this event, Aleksandar Markovic (Clash ROyale’s General Manager) shared some plans for the future of the game, and a vision for "Royale as a strategy hub experience".

This hub would host different games instead of just Clash Royale traditional battles, and adding Clash Mini is the first step in this direction. Aleksandar also stated that the plan was for this to happen in June 2025.

So here we are, the last day of June and ready to fulfil this goal!

Merge Tactics isn’t Clash Mini

Merge Tactics is an adaptation of the auto battler genre to fit Clash Royale.

It has some similarities with Clash Mini and was developed mainly by the same team, but it’s a new game. Both share core goals, such as making this genre more accessible, casual and appealing to a broader audience.

There are a lot of significant changes, from art style to grid layout. But enough of looking back, let’s find out more about this new mode!

Merge Tactics Summary

In Merge Tactics, 4 players compete against each other. They pick Clash Royale troops, deploy them and let them fight.

Battles are based on several rounds, each of which has:

• Deploy Phase: buy/sell troops, merge them and place them in the arena.

• Battle Phase: troops fight automatically until all the troops of a team are defeated.

When the round is over, the defeated team loses some HP and a new round begins. If a player loses all their HP, they are eliminated.

This round loop repeats itself until only one player remains, the winner of the battle. Overall, this takes an average of 5-8 minutes, slightly longer than normal Clash Royale battles.

Battle Phases

Strengthen your team, defeat your opponents and survive until the end!

Deploy Phase

Gain Elixir each turn and spend it by tapping or dragging one of the three Troops to summon them to the Arena.

Drag Troops back to the shop to sell them.

When a battle starts, you’ll see an almost empty arena. You have 1 cheap troop, already deployed, and the shop at the bottom.

The shop always features 3 troops, each with their own elixir cost. Your available elixir is displayed to the right, in the big yellow drop.

You can buy troops by tapping or dragging them to your arena/bench. After you buy a troop, the shop is refreshed and 3 new options are displayed.

You can sell troops by dragging them back to the shop, or tapping in the sell button from the troop stats window. The sell price is the total buy value minus 1 elixir.

The amount of troops you can buy is limited by the team size + bench size. The bench size always has 5 slots, and the team size increases from 2 to 6 as rounds progress.

Two Troops of the same Merge Level will automatically merge into a stronger one!

Summon Troops with the same Traits to activate powerful bonuses!

Merge Levels are displayed with stars, from 1 to 4:

• 1-star (bronze): 1x base Damage and HP
• 2-star (silver): 2x base Damage and HP
• 3-star (gold): 4x base Damage and HP
• 4-star (chromatic): 8x base Damage and HP

Given that each merge requires 2 troops, the aggregated power is equivalent to the sum of all the merged units.

Merging a troop gives a bonus 1 elixir. This can be used to get something out of bad troop purchases even if you aren’t planning to deploy them.

During battles, you can tap on troops to see their stats. This opens a window that displays:

• Troop name, cost, collection level and merge level

• 2 Traits

• Basic stats such as HP, Damage, hit time, Critical chance and range

• Ability description and ability levels

• Sell button with sell price

Battle Phase

This is a mostly passive stage in which your deployed team fights against an opponent.

When all the troops of a player are destroyed, that player loses the round and their Ruler receives damage. This damage is equal to the amount of remaining troops plus 1.

During this stage players can also engage in limited activity, such as:

• Buying troops from the shop

• Selling troops from the bench

Levels & Mode Progression

Merge Tactics is integrated into Clash Royale, which means it doesn’t have an entirely separate progression system.

Troop Cards

The core progression of the game, card/troop levels, are shared with your main CR collection. However, in this mode levels are much less relevant, as stats scale by just +2% per level; in normal Clash Royale they scale by +10%.

MT has a card pool of 20 cards, so not all the CR collection is available here. This card pool may change in the future, if the mode returns with a new season.

Rulers

The other side of progression in MT is with Rulers, analogous to Tower Troops in some ways. These rulers have special abilities and are a permanent part of your team during battles.

Merge Tactics launches with 2 Rulers:

• Royale King: losing grants you +4 Elixir

• Spirit Empress: every merge grants you +1 bonus Elixir

Each Ruler has Levels, Ruler Skins and Ruler Confetti. All of these are cosmetic changes for now. Basically, levelling up unlocks new Ruler Skins and Ruler Confetti to customise your Ruler.

Leagues and Rank

Merge Tactics has 10 leagues for players to climb based on Merge Trophies. These leagues unlock badges, modifiers and a few one-time rewards.

The main road is based on ±30 Merge Trophies, as usual, and the last league is at 3,500 trophies. The full league distribution is:

• Bronze I: 0 - 199 trophies
• Bronze II: 200 - 399 trophies
• Bronze III: 400 - 699 trophies
• Silver I: 700 - 999 trophies
• Silver II: 1,000 - 1,399 trophies
• Silver III: 1,400 - 1,799 trophies
• Gold I: 1,800 - 2,299 trophies
• Gold II: 2,300 - 2,799 trophies
• Gold III: 2,800 - 3,499 trophies
• Diamond: 3,500+ trophies

After reaching Diamond, the last league, player can compete to reach the top of the leaderboard.

The final rank won’t be displayed on the badge when the season ends, but players do earn a badge for the league they reached.

Mode Rewards

The incentives to play this mode aren’t very strong, mainly because Supercell wants this test to be organic and not to force players into it. Aside from having fun, these are the main reasons to play it:

• Earn a Badge for reaching higher leagues. This badge won’t have a final rank.

• Collect 1-time rewards from the Merge Tactics trail. These are mostly random cards in small quantities.

• Crowns for Events and Pass Royale progress. Players get a Crown for every round they win.

• Daily Rewards can also be obtained by playing MT. For a battle to be considered a win, players must finish 1st or 2nd out of the 4 players.

Mode Integration

Although this mode is quite complex overall, integration within Clash Royale isn’t complete. It’s likely that this will change in the future once the appeal for this mode is better understood, but for now, it’s worth mentioning the missing features:

• No battle logs or ways to see your results over time

• No way to find MT stats from other players, aside from their current league

• No API integration, meaning that we won’t be able to provide live content and stats for this mode

• No friendly battles, the only way to play this mode is through the main ranked matchmaking

Advanced Stats

We encourage you to try this mode yourself, and slowly discover all the available with this mode. But if you want to take a quick look now, this section has a summary of all the Troops, Rulers, Traits and Modifiers.

Troops

There are 20 different troops:

• Archer

  • Elixir: 2
  • HP: 480
  • DPS: 84
  • Traits: Clan & Ranger
  • Description: Who needs all that armor when you’ve got a wicked range and hot pink hair?

• Archer Queen

  • Elixir: 5
  • HP: 849
  • DPS: 72
  • Traits: Clan & Avenger
  • Description: Fires multiple arrows at her closest enemies. When her HP drops below 50%, she’ll turn invisible and deal bonus Damage

• Bandit

  • Elixir: 4
  • HP: 828
  • DPS: 72.0720720720721
  • Traits: Ace & Avenger
  • Description: Dashes to the farthest enemy in 3 Hexes after certain hits, dealing bonus Damage and stunning all in her path for 1s

• Barbarian

  • Elixir: 2
  • HP: 840
  • DPS: 96
  • Traits: Clan & Brawler
  • Description: An all-round melee attacker with a mean mustache

• Bomber

  • Elixir: 2
  • HP: 480
  • DPS: 67.6056338028169
  • Traits: Undead & Thrower
  • Description: Throws a bomb at the nearest enemy, dealing Damage in a 2-Hex Radius

• Goblin

  • Elixir: 2
  • HP: 540
  • DPS: 135.211267605634
  • Traits: Goblin & Assassin
  • Description: Goblin speed and melee skills eliminate the need for that pesky armor

• Dart Goblin

  • Elixir: 3
  • HP: 634
  • DPS: 96.3855421686747
  • Traits: Goblin & Ranger
  • Description: An unarmored ranged attacker who runs fast, shoots far, and chews gum

• Executioner

  • Elixir: 3
  • HP: 763
  • DPS: 65
  • Traits: Ace & Thrower
  • Description: Throws his boomerang axe at the nearest target across several Hexes

• Giant Skeleton

  • Elixir: 3
  • HP: 981
  • DPS: 32.5301204819277
  • Traits: Undead & Brawler
  • Description: Upon defeat, he drops a bomb that explodes after 1.5s, dealing Damage and stunning enemies in his Hex Radius for 2s

• Goblin Machine

  • Elixir: 4
  • HP: 1137
  • DPS: 82
  • Traits: Goblin & Juggernaut
  • Description: Fires a rocket at the farthest enemy after certain hits, dealing 50% bonus Damage and stunning them for 1.5s

• Golden Knight

  • Elixir: 5
  • HP: 1200
  • DPS: 112
  • Traits: Noble & Assassin
  • Description: Dashes to the lowest HP enemy after defeating an enemy and deals bonus Damage

• Knight

  • Elixir: 2
  • HP: 1200
  • DPS: 42.2535211267606
  • Traits: Noble & Juggernaut
  • Description: One of the toughest melee fighters in the kingdom

• Mega Knight

  • Elixir: 4
  • HP: 1551
  • DPS: 43.3734939759036
  • Traits: Ace & Brawler
  • Description: Jumps and strikes the largest group of enemies every few seconds, dealing Damage and stunning enemies in its Hex Radius for 2s

• P.E.K.K.A

  • Elixir: 3
  • HP: 1309
  • DPS: 152.4
  • Traits: Ace & Juggernaut
  • Description: A slow, but heavily armored melee fighter. Nothing gets past her...

• Prince

  • Elixir: 3
  • HP: 872
  • DPS: 96
  • Traits: Noble & Brawler
  • Description: Combat Start: Charges at the nearest target, dealing double Damage, pushing back enemies and stunning them for 2s

• Princess

  • Elixir: 4
  • HP: 620
  • DPS: 82.5
  • Traits: Noble & Ranger
  • Description: Fires flaming arrows at the farthest enemy, dealing Damage in a 2-Hex Radius

• Royal Ghost

  • Elixir: 4
  • HP: 879
  • DPS: 134
  • Traits: Undead & Assassin
  • Description: Becomes invisible for a short time after 3 hits

• Skeleton King

  • Elixir: 5
  • HP: 1400
  • DPS: 84.3373493975904
  • Traits: Undead & Juggernaut
  • Description: Deals Damage to enemies in a cone radius and summons a Skeleton for every enemy he defeats

• Spear Goblin

  • Elixir: 2
  • HP: 360
  • DPS: 79.5180722891566
  • Traits: Goblin & Thrower
  • Description: Spears that slice through wind at such a wide range that he doesn’t even need armor

• Valkyrie

  • Elixir: 3
  • HP: 1269
  • DPS: 80.9859154929578
  • Traits: Clan & Avenger
  • Description: A melee master who channels her rage into area Damage

Troop Summary

Traits

Traits are basically troop types. Creating a team in which Traits are shared among multiple troops will unlock special boosts and abilities.

During battles, you can easily see the troop count for each Trait on the left side of the screen. By tapping on each of them, you can see the Trait details, as well as the troops that are a part of it.

On release, Troops have a total of 11 different traits. Each troop has 2.

• Ace

  • Combat Start: Your highest Merge Level Troop is the Captain. When the Captain defeats enemy Troops, your team gains +20% Hit Speed (4s)
  • 2 Troops: Captain gains 30% bonus Damage
  • 4 Troops: Captain gains 60% bonus Damage and gains +30% HP of Damage dealt

• Assassin

  • Combat Start: Assassins will leap to the enemy’s backline Troops
  • 3 Troops: +35% Critical Chance and Critical Damage

• Avenger

  • Avengers gain bonus Damage, with the last woman standing gaining double Damage
  • 3 Troops: +30% bonus Damage

• Brawler

  • Brawlers gain bonus max HP
  • 2 Troops: +30% bonus HP
  • 4 Troops: +60% for Brawlers, +30% for the team

• Clan

  • Once per round, Clans rapidly heal and gain bonus Hit Speed at 50% HP
  • 2 Troops: +30% of max HP and Hit Speed
  • 4 Troops: +60% of max HP and Hit Speed for Clans, +30% for team

• Goblin

  • You’ll get an extra random Goblin for free next round
  • 2 Troops: Gain a 2-Elixir Goblin
  • 4 Troops: +60% chance of gaining a 3 or 4-Elixir Goblin

• Juggernaut

  • Combat Start: Troops behind Juggernauts gain an 8s Shield
  • 2 Troops: +15% bonus Shield, Juggernauts +30%
  • 4 Troops: +30% bonus Shield, Juggernauts +60%

• Noble

  • Frontline Troops take less Damage while backline Troops gain bonus Damage
  • 2 Troops: 20% less Damage and bonus Damage
  • 4 Troops: 40% less Damage and bonus Damage

• Ranger

  • Rangers gain Hit Speed per attack, stacking up to 15x
  • 3 Troops: +15% Hit Speed

• Thrower

  • Throwers gain +1 Attack Range and deal more Damage to distant targets
  • 3 Troops: +10% Damage per Hex

• Undead

  • Combat Start: The enemy with the highest HP is cursed, and your Undead gain 20% bonus Damage when that enemy is defeated.
  • 2 Troops: Curses 1 enemy, max HP cut by 25%
  • 4 Troops: Curses 2 enemies, max HP cut by 50%

Rulers

Merge Tactics releases with 2 Rulers. You can select it in the collection tab, and it cannot be changed during battles.

Each Ruler provides different abilities:

• Royale King: Losing a round grants you +4 Elixir

• Spirit Empress: Every merge grants you +1 bonus Elixir

Modifiers

Modifiers are chosen randomly at the start of each battle, and apply to all the players of the battle, creating unique scenarios that players have to consider while building their teams.

Reaching higher leagues unlocks new modifiers, 3 for each league. You can see all the unlocked modifiers in the Collection tab.

There are a total of 27 modifiers:

• Bronze I

  • No modifiers

• Bronze II

  • Big Bucks: All Rulers start with +5 Elixir
  • Bigger Team: Team Size +1
  • Legacy: Gain +5 Elixir when a Ruler is knocked out

• Bronze III

  • Party Time: Team Size is always 6
  • Rare Star: Start with a 2-Star 2-Elixir Troop
  • Epic Star: Start with a 2-Star 3-Elixir Troop

• Silver I

  • Legendary Star: Start with a 2-Star 4-Elixir Troop
  • Champion Star: Start with a random 5-Elixir Troop
  • Richer and Richer: Every 2 Elixir, you’ll gain +1 Elixir interest next round

• Silver II

  • Fighting Fever: Troops gain +100% Hit Speed for 6s when defeating an enemy
  • Less is More: Combat Start: If you have fewer Troops, your team will gain +20% HP and Hit Speed
  • Ouch! Combat Start: Frontline Troops will reflect 50% of Damage taken

• Silver III

  • Elixir Collector: Gain an Elixir Collector that generates 2 Elixir per round which will be stored until you decide to sell
  • You’re Mine: You will gain a 1-Star copy of the first enemy Troop you defeat
  • First Free: The first Troop bought each turn is free

• Gold I

  • Four Stars: Troop pool doubled with more available in the Shop
  • Echo Bench: Every round, gain a 1-Star copy of the Troops in your right-most Bench slot
  • Pandora’s Bench: Each round, Troop in your right-most Bench slot becomes a random Troop of the same cost

• Gold II

  • Just Keep Living: Start with a Dummy and gain +1 Elixir if it survives the round
  • Trait Dummy: Start with a Dummy that has 2 random Traits
  • Huddle Up! Every round, gain a Troop that suits your team

• Gold III

  • Lucky Discount: Every time the Shop resets, one random Troop will cost 1 Elixir less than normal
  • Clear Mind: If your Bench is empty, gain +2 Elixir next round
  • Promotion: Each round, the Troop in your right-most Bench slot transforms into a random Troop that costs + 1 Elixir

• Diamond

  • Smart Trade: For every Troop you sell, gain +1 Elixir next round
  • Ascension: In round 3, the Troop in your right-most Bench slot becomes a 3-Star powerhouse
  • First Choice: The first Troop bought each turn is a 2-Star

Final Note

The developers behind Merge Tactics shared the following message:

We want to give players new Game Modes that feel familiar, but are played completely differently! So stay tuned for your favourite characters to Battle in whole new styles in the future..

Merge Tactics is still in an experimental phase, and its future depends on how much you enjoy it. We’re exploring the possibility of new seasons, with different Troops, Modifiers, and Skins—so dive in, have fun, and most importantly, share your feedback!

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be listening closely to understand what’s next: Should Merge Tactics become a permanent, seasonal Mode? A special event? Or just a one-time experience?

That’s in your hands.

Feedback

Do you have any questions or feedback about this new game mode? Let us know in the comments.

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