Work-in-progress Balance Changes for October 2022 (Season 40)

Similar to the previous balance changes, we’ll be having work-in-progress balance changes before they get finalized. From now until Sunday September 25th, you are encouraged to leave your feedback in the Comment section below.

We will read all of your comments on our blog post and on social media to see if there is a strong consensus among players — and will send your feedback to the balance team. Supercell will then make their final adjustments before locking them for October.

Seasonal content will be released later, likely some time next week.

Table of Contents

• Barbarian Hut (Rework)
• FAQ: Why is the total spawn 8 and not 7 (3-3-1)?
• Goblins (Buff)
• Goblin Gang (Buff)
• Knight (Buff)
• Elixir Golem (Buff)
• Cannon (Nerf)
• Cannon Cart (Nerf)
• Royal Hogs (Nerf)
• Mortar (Nerf)
• Mighty Miner (Nerf)
• Feedback

Barbarian Hut (Rework)

When Barbaian Hut is strong, it tends to lead to an oppressive and defensive meta. But when it doesn’t dominate, it’s hard to justify its 7-elixir costs. So how do you balance it? Supercell thinks that it can be reworked thoroughly by changing its stats significantly. The reworked Barb Hut will cost less, longer time between waves, and less spawned troops overall — but each wave will spawn 3 instead of 2 Barbarians.

	Before	After
Elixir Cost	7	6
Spawn Time	10 sec	14 sec
Spawn Count	2	3
Life Time	40 sec	30 sec
Death Spawn	2	1
Total Spawned	10	8

FAQ: Why is the total spawn 8 and not 7 (3-3-1)?

Barbarian Hut will spawn 2 full waves (3) followed by 1/3 wave (1), and an additional 1 unit from death spawn. So altogether:

• 1st wave: 3
• 2nd wave: 3
• 3rd wave: 1
• Death spawn: 1

I was told that the balance team has timed everything just right so that the 3rd wave will spawn exactly 1 unit!

Goblins (Buff)

Goblins will have 4 instead of 3 units in each group. This is a big change — Goblins have always had 3 units since the very beginning. It‘s being adjusted now likely because their usage rate has been low recently. With such stats bump, Goblins will give some serious competitions when players consider putting the popular Skeletons in their decks!

	Before	After
Count	3	4

Goblin Gang (Buff)

Goblins will have 1 more Spear Goblins, thus going back to the composition at launch, with 3 Goblins and 3 Spear Goblins.

	Before	After
Count	2	3

Knight (Buff)

Knight’s usage has been a bit low lately, so he will get an HP boost next season — even better stats for his cost!

	Before	After
HP +3%	651	670
HP Level 11	1666	1715
HP Level 14	2206	2271

Elixir Golem (Buff)

After the latest rework, Elixir Golem is still a bit on the weak side, so his hit time will be decreased in all forms — -15% to be exact — giving a faster hit speed overall.

	Before	After
EGolem 1 Hit Time -15% (Faster)	1.3 sec	1.1 sec
EGolem 2 Hit Time -15% (Faster)	1.3 sec	1.1 sec
EGolem 3 Hit Time -15% (Faster)	1.3 sec	1.1 sec

Cannon (Nerf)

Cannon has seen a huge resurgence in recent seasons, making it the IT card for many cycle decks. It will get an HP nerf (-14%) so players will consider playing some other defensive buildings.

	Before	After
HP -14%	350	300
HP Level 11	896	768
HP Level 14	1186	1017

Cannon Cart (Nerf)

To coincide Cannon’s nerf, Cannon Cart will also be getting a nerf in its destroyed form.

	Before	After
Destroyed HP -14%	558	475
Destroyed HP Level 11	892	760
Destroyed HP Level 14	1182	1007

Royal Hogs (Nerf)

I don’t think that Royal Hogs are that strong, but Supercell feels otherwise (must be those Hoggies decks… you know what they are!) so they will be getting a first hit nerf and become 60% slower (+0.15 sec).

	Before	After
First Hit Time +60%	0.25 sec	0.4 sec

Mortar (Nerf)

Mortar has been a on the strong side for a while now — even the top pro players have commented about it. Supercell will finally give it a fairly significant HP nerf (-13%).

	Before	After
HP -13%	575	500
HP Level 11	1472	1280
HP Level 14	1949	1695

Mighty Miner (Nerf)

When you see Mighty Miner in almost all meta decks, you know that he is a bit OP. It‘s true that not all the players can pull off his bomb drop, but if you can play this card as well as Carl the Legend does with his LavaLoon Mighty Miner, then you know that the card is strong! Supercell seems to agree with this and he will be getting an HP nerf (-8%).

	Before	After
HP -8%	2400	2200
HP Level 11	2400	2200
HP Level 14	3192	2926

Feedback

What do you think about these balances?

Join in the discusion in the comments section before September 25 so that those feedback will be considered before they are finalized.