Final Balance Changes for January 2025 (Season 67)

25 cards are getting balanced in January. They will tentatively go live on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

What’s changed from the WIP version:

• Added Spear Goblins nerf
• Added Evolved Electro Dragon nerf
• Changed Royal Recruits rework into a nerf
• Removed Dagger Duchess’s dagger amount buff
• Buffed Lumberjack’s damage slightly more. He will now one-shot Guard shields

Table of Contents

• Archer Queen (Nerf)
• Cannon Cart (Nerf)
• Fisherman (Nerf)
• Goblinstein (Nerf)
• Ram Rider (Nerf)
• Evolved Bomber (Nerf)
• Evolved Goblin Barrel (Nerf)
• Evolved Ice Spirit (Rework)
• Evolved P.E.K.K.A (Rework)
• Evolved Royal Recruits (Rework)
• Evolved Skeletons (Nerf)
• Baby Dragon (Buff)
• Witch (Buff)
• Dark Prince (Buff)
• Electro Giant (Buff)
• Goblin Demolisher (Buff)
• Goblin Machine (Rework)
• Mighty Miner (Buff)
• Mini P.E.K.K.A (Buff)
• Evolved Cannon (Buff)
• Evolved Wall Breakers (Buff)
• Dagger Duchess (Buff)
• Lumberjack (Rework)
• Spear Goblins (Nerf)
• Evolved Electro Dragon (Nerf)
• Zoomed in versions
• Feedback

Archer Queen (Nerf)

	Before	After
Ability Cooldown +13%	15 Seconds	17 Seconds

Cannon Cart (Nerf)

	Before	After
Shield HP -8%	892 Hit Points	824 Hit Points
HP +0%	820 Hit Points	824 Hit Points

Fisherman (Nerf)

	Before	After
Slowdown Duration -40%	2.50 Seconds	1.50 Seconds

Goblinstein (Nerf)

Doctor will now be destroyed by Poison

	Before	After
Doctor HP -19%	885 Hit Points	721 Hit Points

Ram Rider (Nerf)

	Before	After
HP -4%	1,767 Hit Points	1,696 Hit Points

Evolved Bomber (Nerf)

• Already implemented (live) in the December 2024 Q4 update.

	Before	After
One attack can’t damage an enemy twice	-	-

Evolved Goblin Barrel (Nerf)

The Decoy Barrel will look different for about 1 second after deploy.

	Before	After
Visual Indicator	-	1 second

Evolved Ice Spirit (Rework)

	Before	After
Ice Blast Count -33%	3	2
Ice Blast Damage +48%	110 Hit Points	163 Hit Points

Evolved P.E.K.K.A (Rework)

Pekka Evolution will now heal different amount based on the maximum HP of the troop it destroys. There are three different values of healing.

• Small: 0 - 990 HP at Level 11
• Medium: 991 - 1989 HP at Level 11
• Large: 1990 or more HP at Level 11

	Before	After
Heal per Small Kill -50%	282 Hit Points	142 Hit Points
Heal per Medium Kill 0%	282 Hit Points	282 Hit Points
Heal per Large Kill +100%	282 Hit Points	565 Hit Points

Evolved Royal Recruits (Rework)

	Before	After
Charge Distance +33%	1.5 Tiles	2.0 Tiles
Charge Damage +1%	273 Hit Points	276 Hit Points

Evolved Skeletons (Nerf)

	Before	After
Unit Count -25%	4	3

Baby Dragon (Buff)

	Before	After
Splash Radius +25%	1.2 Tiles	1.5 Tiles

Witch (Buff)

	Before	After
Splash Radius +50%	1.0 Tiles	1.5 Tiles

Dark Prince (Buff)

	Before	After
Charge Distance -14%	3.5 Tiles	3.0 Tiles

Electro Giant (Buff)

Electro Giant will behave consistently with other win conditions and not attack buildings that are placed too far away.

	Before	After
Sight Clip	0 Tiles	2 Tiles

Goblin Demolisher (Buff)

	Before	After
Lifetime +14%	7 Seconds	8 Seconds

Goblin Machine (Rework)

Now one-shot Goblins with melee attack.

	Before	After
Damage +57%	135.0 Hit Points	212.0 Hit Points
Hit Speed -25%	1.1 Hits / Second	0.833 Hits / Second
Damage Per Second (DPS) +17%	Hits / Second	Hits / Second

Mighty Miner (Buff)

	Before	After
Damage Increase Time -11%	2.3 Seconds	2.0 Seconds

Mini P.E.K.K.A (Buff)

	Before	After
Damage +5%	720 Hit Points	754 Hit Points

Evolved Cannon (Buff)

	Before	After
Barrage Damage +10%	320 Hit Points	353 Hit Points

Evolved Wall Breakers (Buff)

Doesn’t affect crown towers.

	Before	After
Death Damage +50%	195 Hit Points	292 Hit Points

Dagger Duchess (Buff)

Increasing the projectile speed fixes a niche bug where Dagger Duchess would switch targets before destroying cards with damage reduction (Evo Kngiht, Monk with ability).

	Before	After
Projectile Speed +67%	600	1,000

Lumberjack (Rework)

	Before	After
Rage Duration -8%	6 Seconds	5.5 Seconds
Damage +6%	242 Hit Points	256 Hit Points

Spear Goblins (Nerf)

	Before	After
First Hit Time +33%	0.3 Seconds	0.4 Seconds

Evolved Electro Dragon (Nerf)

	Before	After
Extra Chain Damage -33%	192 Hit Points	128 Hit Points

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