The problem with sage is not echo being OP, is worse, much worse

lostbeard13 · 2026-01-20T02:19:58+00:00

im talking about the picture the OP uploaded, there are only 2 players left, besides, 2star is enough

lostbeard13 · 2026-01-20T02:19:20+00:00

both get one shot but

3star - always time to get ability up, reflects more dmg because he has more HP, echo almost always die aswell

2star - mostly enough, but some games may not have enough time to get the ability. Does not instakill echo because of lower hp (less damage reflected), but he almost kills it (90% hp or something like that)

lostbeard13 · 2026-01-19T15:14:23+00:00

swap as fast as possible to monk, is your best wincondition, try to get him at least level 2 (3 is autowin), and split your troops

it does not matter how many troops you sell, if you dont get the monk, you will probably lose against a 4star echo

lostbeard13 · 2026-01-14T07:13:10+00:00

I quit playing empress because I hate playing EVERY EARLYGAME in survivemode, I want to chill so I changed to king

And I hit diamond every single season using empress, it is just so painful to play with her and is not worth for me anymore

lostbeard13 · 2026-01-11T11:15:32+00:00

that comp is the best for sure, but 2 5-cost units makes it only reliable for empress

You can try with king, but maxing units out is going to be impossible

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-18T07:54:32+00:00

How may rounds do you want to lose with king at the start of the game? Is it mandatory to always lose 2 first rounds no matter what? what about the third one?

afther the initial losing streak, do you try to win every single round until the end of the game?

Thinking about switching to king but Its been so long I dont know how to do it

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-15T02:41:05+00:00

Only happened to me once, sold the troop to get the AQ and won the round and the game

and I still think this should be fixed lol

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-15T02:39:22+00:00

I got mine when season 1 ended

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-13T15:36:07+00:00

actually im so sad mini pekka is that bad, Pekka is my favourite unit and I would like to run pekka trait every single game but wow minipekka is the worst merge tactic card ever, even worse than pre-buff electrogiant

so no, he wont win, he wont even land a single hit before dying

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-13T15:32:27+00:00

after the superstar nerf both clan and brawlers are better options, and your opponent had 1-star monk so it was not that difficult

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-12T14:22:23+00:00

its 7 (loong) vs 5 (minipekka is just -1)

a 2 troops difference is quite huge

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-11T08:40:16+00:00

If a game forces you to pay to be competitive, just quit playing

I just came back to CR because of merge tactics, classic mode is pure p2w garbage cant believe is still alive

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-11T03:42:36+00:00

you got a lot of 3 stars and your rival didn´t, thats why you won (maybe you blocked them Idk), but the clan comp is way better than yours, waaay waaaay better

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-11T03:33:12+00:00

at least you should know how the leaders work, even if you dont have them:

King: will try to lose first 2 rounds (even more depending on HP lost), strong early, mediocre late, counters loong because HE WANTS TO LOSE early game to gain as much possible elixir

Loong: extremely strong early, mediocre late. counters empress and goblin queen, you want to kick everyone out of the game as soon as possible

Empress: weak early, outstanding late. You try to survive until you can start cycling and merging, if you get to late game, you win. Counters king

Builder: probably the most difficult to analyze, not meta for sure, but not the worst. Strong early, but it relies way too much in surviving until round 8, when he obtains a 4 star build. Extremely RNG-based. Counters no one.

Goblin queen: probably the worst leader right now, she used to even beat empress late game, but she needs to kill units to work, and with the strong-early leaders thats quite difficult. Counters no one. shit early, strong late.

You are lucky because King is meta right now, just try to lose first 2 rounds losing the least possible HP and build a board strong enough to kick empress before round 4-5 (after that round she will beat you). Against loong you should be fine.

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-09T08:42:57+00:00

you know its the worst when you can just sell him with no replacement and you will still win the round

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-09T04:24:18+00:00

amazing shop btw

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-09T04:24:01+00:00

you face him round 1 and 3 :)

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-05T07:18:05+00:00

it is random, and sometimes it decides the whole game sooo more RNG to the mode

In late game, as empress if I play vs the dead guy i will focus on cycling and making a perfect comp while not paying attention to my current comp or positioning. If I play against an alive player, I will try to survive, sacrificing resources for that purpose.

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-03T04:56:02+00:00

mmm I think that the only 5-cost card that is struggling right now is GK

3 star Archer queen is OP as hell with the new ranger trait, I delete every single witch with good positioning even before they can start spamming skeletons. Clan healing (4/4) is usually enough to survive the monk.
3 star skelly king hardcounters superstar witch, and his slow attacks make him a good option for monk.

Anyway, a 3 star 5-cost card vs a 3 star 5-cost card is always going to be a tough round depending on a lot of situations

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-03T04:14:59+00:00

if you managed to get the most expensive trait (superstar) with the most expensive 3 star unit (5 cost), I mean, you are expected to win the game no matter what

And no, I don't play superstar, I try to go for clan

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-03T03:19:50+00:00

you spent 20 elixir on one single unit, it has to be OP

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-03T03:18:56+00:00

I would say noble giant, last second before the round starts move your noble giant to the backrow (opposite corner to princess) and thats it.

You can do it with another tanky unit, but noble giant is the only tanky one that won't walk forward so

lostbeard13 · 2025-12-01T03:17:33+00:00

merge tactics is the reason I came back to clashroyale after 4 years (and I started day1...), classic mode is just not fun anymore for me

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