Update

Musketeer gets buffed, Tombstone gets nerfed and more in Clash Royale balance update

Tweak in, tweak out

Musketeer gets buffed, Tombstone gets nerfed and more in Clash Royale balance update
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Clash Royale's global launch may be mere weeks away, but Supercell is still making tweaks to the game's overall balance.

An update just went live to make underused cards more powerful, and overpowered cards less unbalanced. Here's what you need to know:

Buffs
  • Mini P.E.K.K.A's Hitpoints increased by 3%
  • Valkyrie's Attack speed increased to 1.5 seconds
  • Giant's Hitpoints increased by 5%
  • Mortar's Lifetime increased to 30 seconds (from 20 seconds)
  • Bomb Tower's Attack speed increased to 1.6 seconds (from 1.7 seconds)
  • Tesla's Damage increased by 7%
  • Zap's Damage increased by 6%
Nerfs
  • Tombstone now Spawns four Skeletons when destroyed, instead of six
  • X-Bow's Deployment time increased to 5 seconds (from 3 seconds)
Both
  • Musketeer's Damage decreased by 25%, but Elixir cost reduced to 4 (from 5 Elixir)

We've updated our complete guide to every card in the game with the new stats. Check out our list of troop, spell, and building cards.

Also the chests in arenas three through seven now contain more cards and gold, but offer an overall better value.

You can read Supercell's reasons for all the changes over on the game's forum. You won't need to update the game to see these changes, they'll be there when you next log in.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer