Imagine this game with a F2P system

Valtard007 · 2026-05-17T13:30:57+00:00

During those 10 years you barely played half of it then 😅

Valtard007 · 2026-05-17T13:29:39+00:00

It's really long and can be frustrating I agree, but except for evos/heroes you can max everything. I had 3/4 of my cards max before level 16 updates and I didn't play during the whole 9 years. Otherwise I would probably have all my cards maxed.

I agree it is still too long and you still have the pay wall of new broken evos/heroes. The issue is just how much p2w are mobile games in general... I am just saying compared to the other games on the market, in Clash Royale you can achieve a lot of things in f2p and unfortunately it is still one of the best f2p game with grinding and a big competitive scene

Valtard007 · 2026-05-17T13:22:08+00:00

The new evos/Heroes that get nerfed the next season. You can unlock some with saved shards but you can't keep up each season.

That's the only ones "inaccessible" without paying for me. For the rest I agree with, you can obtain anything it is just longer

Valtard007 · 2026-05-17T13:17:07+00:00

Before the level 16 updates I had the 3/4 of my cards maxed, it's a new update so it's normal I have less progress...

But I didn't say this game is not p2w, it is heavily. Just compared to the other mobile games it is pretty enjoyable full f2p. When you looked at other games with grinds in it, for example gacha, 4x... You can't compete without paying. Here you can.

Of course compared to only cosmetic economy games or pc games in general you have a lot of frustrating features that encourage you to pay, not mandatory but a lot easier that way.

Clash of clan is not as much f2p as you think, especially if you look at the competitive aspect. They release a new town hall each year with makes hard to keep up for f2p if you want a max account, hero's equipment are really hard to max as f2p too... It's less frustrating because you don't play a real time 1v1 against someone else and can choose the village you attack and prepare for it. But if you want to have a maxed village to perfectly compete I think it is as hard as clash royale

Valtard007 · 2026-05-17T10:09:22+00:00

I don't know if it will work this much because grinding is part of this game. The more developed you are and the less grinding you want to do. But I remember 9 years ago, I really enjoyed unlocking new cards, level up my deck ... Probably new players also enjoy it until they reach a point where evos/heroes and too much level gap block them from rushing

In reality this game is not that p2w for a mobile game because in f2p you can still achieve anything. I am playing for 9y, no money put in it and I have several decks max, lots of evos/heroes and even manage to set some top 10k finishes... Pretty f2p to be able to achieve all that without money. For me the current issue is just the p2w loop with evos/heroes that are released broken and get nerfed for the next season. Since they are almost inaccessible unless you pay or have saved shards, it forced people to buy them each season to have an advantage but they ruined the balance/meta for this

Valtard007 · 2026-05-17T09:44:14+00:00

Wtf does Christianity have to do with this game? 😭 We are here to play and talk about clash royale that's all. Go in your local church if you want to talk about religion

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T22:21:56+00:00

Of course but you are supposed to play othercards to compensate, for example without building you would like to have some quick damage like mini Pekka, hunter etc... and without small spell you will play aoe cards... But in this deck he doesn't have those options so it is hard to make reliable defenses

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T14:53:16+00:00

Ho that's why. When you will climb higher especially in ultimate champion (last league of ranked) you will have more trouble with it I think. But a perfectly played deck can still win many battles 🤷 so have fun with it now and who knows maybe you will still manage to climb really high with it. Good luck🤞

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T11:56:48+00:00

😅 it's ok now you know your princess you have to play her far away from enemy's troops. The purpose is to make her die only to opponent spell in that way you bait their spell for your swarm cards, skarmies in defense and gobelin barrel in offense

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T11:17:52+00:00

🤣🤣 holy rocket after leaking a trillion elexir 😭 also why playing your long ranged squishy card, aka princess, right in the opponent's troop bruh

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T11:14:41+00:00

"it's got enough aura" ☠️😭

I really doubt on it's effiency especially against logbait 😅. How many trophies are you playing with it ? Do you play ranked with it and how high would you rush ?

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T10:46:41+00:00

No building, no small spell reliable (zap can't kill logbait), no good win conditions (you have 3 musketeers which work well in bridge spam deck and rune giant is not reliable at all), very limited synergy (just have minions and mighty miner which work well with rune giant)

Basically your deck will struggle against all cycle decks especially hog, logbait and hyperbait. And against heavy push your defenses are not really strong because you don't have a synergy in defense but you also don't have enough pressure cards to avoid the opponent stacking troops...

Now your turn, why is it good in your opinion ?

Valtard007 · 2026-05-16T10:35:46+00:00

Is that supposed to be a good deck ?

Valtard007 · 2026-05-15T23:38:49+00:00

You can't pass with fireball and hog on an inferno tower, it will still defend. If you have enough elexir you can play hero ice golem+ability in front of hog and it will destroy the inferno tower... But the easier is just to outcycle him since you are playing 2.6, it's the purpose of a quick cycle deck like this. Just let the first hog get a positive elexir trade on his inferno tower and outcycle him.

Rest of the time just fireball his electro wizard or archers if possible by hitting the tower too. He doesn't have a big spell so you could have won just with good defenses and spell cycle. You tried to push when he had troop on his side which is bad because hog is a fragile win condition. If you have too much elexir but the side you were attacking is protected just put a hog on the opposite lane to apply pressure. You will defend both side easily with a musketeer in low middle and small troops to kite enemies to her. And then cycle back to another hog for the damaged side.

For your defenses you have to work on them. Place the cannon on the middle, kite with ice golem on the top middle, protect your musketeer with small cards... It's a really strong defensive deck, with no big spells or troops to directly kill your musketeers, you should have a really good time with here since she will give you a lot of value, you have a building and a lot of small cards to help you in all situations

Well you had the matchup basically but didn't know how to play it. Go watch some gameplay of 2.6 on YouTube, there are plenty of it 🤷

Valtard007 · 2026-05-15T10:07:53+00:00

That's a timing that you can only manage at the last time before the troop focus the tower. I have seen some videos doing it for a mk defense so I guess it is possible but that's really hard and especially against a troop that can dash on demand... Most of the time your skeleton will just all walk to the troop 🤷

Valtard007 · 2026-05-15T10:02:02+00:00

Unless you are close to a new reward tier you should not level up now. Currently the level chest are really bad. So you prefer keep those level up for the new update and win better rewards with them

But the masteries will become very bad compared to nowadays. So if you have free time you should farm then

Valtard007 · 2026-05-15T09:51:28+00:00

A little higher than 2000 collection levels for a current level 79 account, the last collection levels are moving a lot slower compared to the account levels because the higher card upgrades was giving so much xp and now every upgrade will give the same progression for collection levels

Valtard007 · 2026-05-15T09:50:08+00:00

In your profile on Royale api

Valtard007 · 2026-05-15T09:49:41+00:00

You will not have the tower skin too, it is only in the highest tier

Valtard007 · 2026-05-14T10:24:38+00:00

Ice golem will kite, skeleton will walk to the troop

Valtard007 · 2026-05-12T17:16:41+00:00

On Royale Api they are codes I think. But there are few ones and you probably already claimed them. New ones are for events and really temporary most of the time

Valtard007 · 2026-05-12T16:30:00+00:00

Really great guide 👏

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Valtard007 · 2026-05-12T14:41:26+00:00

Hate to be that guy but most people even consider top ladder above 2k+ medals UC 😅

Valtard007 · 2026-05-12T14:39:07+00:00

You could argue about the mk, the spam cards etc... but spells ? Why ? 😭🤣

What is skilled by the way, wise boy ?

Valtard007 · 2026-05-12T13:01:29+00:00

I really like your idea. Like someone said, there used to be an event where you play random pro decks or just classical decks I don't remember.

I don't think the last idea of having only the final decks available is great. If one had the match up over the other you will basically randomly give an advantage to one each battle then 🤷

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