Epic cards are some of the most coveted cards in Clash Royale and today we are going to rank the best epic cards in Clash Royale 1-21! I’ve done this post before where there were only 17 epic cards which you can view here. Lets start the new 2017 rankings!
How the Epic Cards are Ranked
When ranking these cards we put a lot of thought and effort into what makes the best epic card the best. We are considering a variety of different ways to rank which are order in importance as follows:
- Versatility
- Cost/Damage Ratio (is the card worth it?)
- Strength on defense and offense
So now that you know what we are judging on, lets go ahead and get into the rankings, starting with number 21!
Epic Card Rankings
#21- Clone
Let’s all agree right now, the clone is basically the worst card in Clash Royale. When it first was released, it was worried that it was going to be OP, but due to splash units, the clone is so weak because the cloned cards can be taken out so easily. It got a bit better with the recent buff, but it still remains at the bottom of the epic cards.
#20- X-Bow
Some x-bow users have a TON of skill, but for the most part, the x-bow is difficult to use and almost impossible to win with against a halfway decent player. The x-bow just has too long of a deploy time which makes it easy for your opponent to counter. However, you can still win with it, which is why it is ranked above the clone spell.
#19- Mirror
The mirror only really has one good use, for sending multiple goblin barrels. For the most part, the mirror just doesn’t provide enough value or ease of use to be a great card within Clash Royale. While it is one of the staples of the Clash Royale cards, it needs a little bit more in order to really make it a quality card.
#18- Giant Skeleton
Once one of the great defensive units in Clash Royale, the giant skeleton has really dropped off after its bomb’s deploy time was increased. Now, the giant skeleton is mostly a poor tank, being distracted and taken down more easily for than a P.E.K.K.A. Something has to be done with the giant skeleton soon!
#17- Guards
It’s not that guards are that poor of a card, but they just get overshadowed often by more popular and better counters. The best thing about the guards is their shield which prevents them being killed, making them pretty handy as a counter to the miner, elite barbarians or hog rider. However, this prevents them being part of zap/log bait decks.
#16- Rage
Ever since the rage’s cost was lowered to 2 elixir, it has seen a huge increase in play time. While the rage still isn’t a great card, since it can be used for nothing sometimes, it is definitely viable to use in some giant and hog decks. For the most part though, the rage is a risky 2 elixir card that may provide you with almost no value.
#15- Lightning
The lightning is the best friend of golem and lava hound decks! Honestly, the lightning can provide some of the best elixir trades in the game, giving a 3 elixir bonus plus damage on your opponent’s tower. However, its high cost is really a killer, since often you won’t have 6 elixir to play after placing a card. Also, it is usually overshadowed by the rocket, since it doesn’t do as much damage.
#14- Dark Prince
The dark prince is overall a pretty decent card, but it just doesn’t have any real defensive value which often hurts it when in competition with other cards for deck space. Still, when you have a fast moving, quick cycle deck, the dark prince isn’t a bad card to improve since he can clear the way of splash units.
#13- P.E.K.KA.
Besides the golem, the P.E.K.K.A. has been the go to “BIG” tank in Clash Royale. For 7 elixir you get a ton of HP, but the issue with the P.E.K.K.A. is its tendency to be distracted easily by cheap units. However, when you get a few units in behind her, the P.E.K.K.A. can deal massive damage on an opposing arena tower.
#12- Freeze
There are two main issues with the freeze, but other than these it is a very strong card. First off, the freeze has to be paired with another card and isn’t a direct damage dealer. Second, the freeze helps your opponent build up a massive counter push since they have a few more seconds to gather elixir while you just wasted 4. Besides that though, the freeze can be devastating if played at the correct time.
#11- Prince
I always like to think of the prince as a faster, cheaper, weaker P.E.K.K.A. He gets distracted way too easily to be send in alone, but with some support cards, the prince can wreck havoc upon an opposing player. Once you get his charge in, the prince can decimate any defending troops and the tower!
#10- Witch
Like a lot of these epic cards, the witch has been on the rise over the last couple months, due to her ability to spawn skeletons plus her splash damage to both air and ground units. The witch really is one of the best support cards to pop behind a slow moving tank; her synergy with giant and golem is off the charts!
#9- Goblin Barrel
Despite the popularity of the log, the goblin barrel is still used across all arenas and for good reason! Those three goblins can do so much damage if not countered, leaving it as one of the most dangerous cards in the game. Popular lately has been tank+goblin barrel, taking out the tower if you don’t get rid of those goblins.
#8- Poison
With all of the ups and the downs of the poison, it finally has returned to the top of the meta game! Even though it no longer slows troops, its damage over time is devastating to troops that remain in the circle. It also one shots skeletons and two shots minions of equal level, which makes it popular combined with graveyard and miner.
#7- Bowler
The bowler is one of the most popular non-defensive-targeting tank troops, which makes him extremely popular as both support and a tank himself. Bowler and graveyard is a killer combo that can decimate most cards played against it. The pushback from the bowler’s rock makes it so powerful for offense, but also defense.
#6- Balloon
A lot of players within Clash Royale complain about the balloon, but honestly, its not as great as everyone claims. Sure, it can do a ton of damage if it locks on the tower, but it is very weak and can be countered with basically any air targeting troop. Still, the balloon is completely devastating as an offensive unit, especially behind the lava hound.
#5- Baby Dragon
Similarly to the bowler, the baby dragon has gained big popularity due to its ability to tank and support, all while doing splash damage. The baby dragon is great in any deck, especially golem decks. The splash aspect of the baby dragon is so powerful, allowing it to clear minions and goblins with ease, making way for your tank.
#4- Skeleton Army
The best defensive card in Clash Royale. Period. The skeleton army does insane damage for countering troops and is so big that you can surround splash dealing cards and still defend! The only weakness to the skeleton army is the zap and log, but for the most part, it is a counter card that you should bring in most decks.
#3- Tornado
What a rise in power from the tornado. As recent as a few months ago, no one at all used the tornado. Then came the introduction of the executioner and with it, the rise of the tornado. The tornado is just so great at grouping units as well as doing as much damage as a zap spell. Definitely one of the best crowd control cards in Clash Royale.
#2- Executioner
The second part of the combo mentioned above, the executioner can do more than just clear troops from the tornado. He is the ideal support unit, dealing splash damage to both air and ground units. The best part about the executioner is his health. He isn’t as weak as witch, e-wiz, or wizard which often makes him a popular card.
#1- Golem
And finally, we get to our number 1 epic card, the golem! The golem is the BEST tank in Clash Royale, hands down. He is just so great at having high HPs! Something a lot of people don’t realize is that the golem actually does a ton of damage on the tower. Also, he can destroy weak troops when he explodes… I mean come on!
So that is going to wrap it up for our epic card rankings for June of 2017! Stay tuned soon to see our legendary card rankings soon. Thanks for reading and comment below what you think of the rankings!
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To be honest I think PEKKA is better than the Knight
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Noooo way! Knight is way too valuable at 3 elixir
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Also I know PEKKA is expensive, but he’s the most reliable defensive troop
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That’s just my opinion, though, she can shut down something Knight can’t
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Is the Dark Prince balanced nowadays?
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He is about as balanced as you can get. Not too OP but not too weak either
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Giant Skeleton, although too easy to stop, is not the worst tank for me. He offers a lot of defensive value in 2v2, and he can kill troops that deal area damage. He can also drop his bomb to the inferno tower, allowing the hog rider to deal a lot more hits, but I think his bomb should explode 1 second faster
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I think we can all agree that the giant skeleton is a lot better in 2v2 than 1v1!
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Watch out, X-Bow became a lot better
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Turns out Guards isn’t as bad as we expected
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So true….
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But do you think Dark Prince is better than the Guards?
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I don’t know, they are pretty even in my book
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How about if we compare Guards with cannon Cart?
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Cannon cart has been on the rise since the update
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I mean is the Guards better than cannon Cart?
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Honestly, after playing the cannon cart for the King’s Cup, I’ll have to give the edge to the cannon cart!
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True! It just take more skills than Dark Prince and Guards
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But is the Dark Prince better than the Cannon Cart?
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Right now, my least favorite epic card is the lightning
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Least favorite to play or least favorite to play against?
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Both
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What’s your least favourite epic card?
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To play against is probably the executioner but least favorite concept is clone
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Cannon Cart is still terrible, I think the reason behind is because the Guards took away its defensive value. Guards might be weak, but they counter a lot of dangerous troops like PEKKA a lot better than Cannon Cart. After all, guards aren’t underpowered.
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Strange……. somehow Skeleton Army is falling off
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Too easily countered…
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Better than it was before, Skeleton Army is so terrible until October last year
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Yeah, it used to cost 4 elixir which made it such as negative elixir trade against zap
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And too weak against spear goblins
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Right now the best epics are no doubt Executioner, definitely Baby Dragon, for sure the PEKKA and not to forget the Golem. The 2 biggest and strongest brutes are extremely dangerous offensive and defensive cards, Baby Dragon has been an OP support for long, better than Wizard thanks to his much higher HP and cheaper cost, a lot more versatile, and please nerf the Executioner …….. he’s too deadly, too much HP, good damage, and new bugs (If he missed, he can still hit troops which are 1 tile in front of his axe)
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Yep, definitely agree with you! Executioner is probably #1 in my book.
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Sadly, Mirror And Clone are yet still the worst epics
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Clone for sure, I don’t know about mirror. It’s at the bottom but probably not bottom two.
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I take it back, the worst epics are Clone and Cannon Cart
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The craziest part about the Goblin Barrel:
2v2
You and your partner used Goblin Barrel + Mirror + Rage + clone to the king, and watches the king gets destroyed as they have nothing to defend
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Oh my gosh, one of the most amazing things about the game right there!
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Hate it when my E-Wiz is doing a great job and then just got striked by the Lightning
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At least it can’t get fireballed anymore!
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My Re Rank
22. Clone
21. Cannon Cart
20. Mirror
19. Guards
18. Giant Skeleton
17. Freeze
16. Rage
15. Prince
14. Bowler
13. Poison
12. X-Bow
11. Witch
10. Goblin Barrel
9. Lightning
8. Balloon
7. Dark Prince
6. Skeleton Army
5. Tornado
4. PEKKA
3. Golem
2. Baby Dragon
1. Executioner
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This is nearly perfect to me. Executioner has to be #1, with the baby dragon at 2. I’d probably put PEKKA ahead of golem, but that’s about it!
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Yeah, I had a hard time deciding since I love both PEKKA and Golem
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By the way, do you think Executioner is better than wizard?
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For SURE! Executioner is one of the best cards in Clash Royale
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How about when comparing Wizard with Baby Dragon? Do you think Baby Dragon’s better than Wizard?
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It’s tough say right now, because they are both work so well in DIFFERENT decks and they are both at the top of the meta but I’d probably say wizard has the edge right now. More versatile and better on defense!
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Bowler is pretty bad nowadays, Executioner is much better
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True, the introduction of the executioner moved the bowler out of the meta!
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Bowler used to be so good (Maybe even OP), but ever since Night Witch dominates the meta, I almost never see him since Executioner is the best counter to her.
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I really want executioner to be nerfed honestly, too strong even without his bugs
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I know; it can shut down almost everything!
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My favourite epic cards are Dark Prince and Baby Dragon
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Mine is the golem!
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My least favourite epic is the balloon
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Yeah, I don’t like the balloon much either
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Actually, it wasn’t my least favourite, it’s my most hated
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Do you think dark prince deserves some respect?
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YES! Watch my new video today, I’ll be discussing buffs to the dark prince!
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Lightning deserves to b higher, as it can easily kill Supports (Night witch, E-Wiz, Musketeer, and they’re all popular cards)
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You forget to mention: Tornado trolls around all arenas since it pulls troops to activate your kings tower
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So true and so annoying!
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Wow, I didn’t realised that Dark Prince really can work very well in quick cycle decks until you say it, he’s really better than I thought! Also, I actually think he Barely have some defensive potential, especially against Elite Barbarians, Witch, Goblin Gang etc. (Especially the first 2 since it gives a positive elixir trade if used correctly)
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I think Giant Larry should be higher than Guards, Giant Skeleton is definitely one of the best card in 2v2, especially if there’s tons of glass cannon hiding behind a tank, his bomb can kill them all, he’s much better than skeleton army in 2v2
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What happened with the guards? rThey used to be overused and maybe OP! But now they’re underused!
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Balloon needs a HP nerf!
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Are you a X bow hater? 😏
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Not really, but it’s definitely not my favorite card!
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This is my rank (Not including mirror)
20. Clone
19. Guards
18. Rage
17. X-Bow
16. Giant Larry (That’s how I call giant skeleton)
15. Freeze
14. Dark prince (Too bad he’s my favourite card 😦
13. Poison
12. PEKKA
11. Lightning (Why do I even say it’s the #1 worst card before?)
10. Prince
9. Barrel
8. Witch
7. Bowler
6. Balloon (even if I hate it so much)
5. Tornado
4. Golem
3. Executioner
2. Skeleton army
1. Baby dragon
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Very strong list; I agree with basically every ranking on there!
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STLCardinalFan2 you really like the Golem, don’t you? Since the last list golem is also 1st place
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Its a great tank card to use and one of the best win conditions in Clash Royale!
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Well do you think golem’s better than giant?
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Definitely! Giant is still a great card though.
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Yeah, I think the PEKKA can be a bit higher, as it improved a lot since the deploy time decrease and executioner’s arrival, the same goes with the prince, he also improved a lot!
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You know, I don’t even consider mirror as a card, because it’s just copying!
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“A lot of players within Clash Royale complain about the balloon” LoL yeah, I’m one of the person complaining the balloon
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Hahaha, bring the minion horde!
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Arrows…….
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Positive elixir trade, so why not mega minion?
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Any air troop honestly!
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Golem is still number 1
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If only my executioner level was higher, I would actually use it.
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