Welcome to this week’s Meta Snapshot — a quick breakdown of the Clash Royale ladder and tournament environment, based on top 200 ladder replays, community tourneys, and early CRL scrims.
🔥 Tier List Overview
- S-Tier
- Double Siege (X-Bow + Mortar) — benefiting from X-Bow deploy speed buff and Archers buff. Constant pressure wins games.
- Phoenix Miner Poison — even after Miner’s tower damage nerf, Poison synergy keeps this deck strong in control matchups.
- A-Tier
- Royal Giant Lightning — still a ladder staple; struggles vs. Double Siege if misplayed.
- Golem Beatdown — punishes players who overcycle Mortar. Still fragile vs. fast cycle decks.
- Lava Loon Miner — consistent in mid-ladder; high skill cap at top levels.
- B-Tier
- Log Bait — viable but weaker with Snowball tech rising.
- Hog EQ Cycle — effective, but struggles vs. decks with multiple cheap swarms (Bats, Skarmy).
- Bridge Spam (Bandit, Battle Ram, Magic Archer) — good pressure, but feels risky vs. Skarmy-heavy decks.
📈 Trending Up
- Mortar Variants — players are rediscovering Mortar as a cheap win condition. Its synergy with Archers and Snowball gives it answers to nearly everything.
- Skeleton Army — the Baby Dragon nerf means swarms survive longer. Skarmy is punishing overcommits.
- Poison over Fireball — Poison’s zone control is stronger against Archers and swarms in the current patch.
📉 Trending Down
- Miner Chip Decks — Miner nerf hurt chip win conditions on Crown Towers.
- Baby Dragon — splash radius nerf makes it less reliable as the universal answer.
- Electro Giant — without buffs, it feels clunky against rising Siege strategies.
🏆 Recommended Decks to Climb
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Double Siege (X-Bow + Mortar)
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Miner Poison Phoenix
- Royal Giant Lightning
💡 Pro Takeaways
- Expect siege decks to rise in mid-ladder over the next 2 weeks.
- Archers are quietly MVP: buff makes them cycle smoother and appear in multiple archetypes.
- If you’re struggling with Miner Poison, tech in Snowball or Tornado for swarms.
That’s this week’s meta snapshot!
Check back every Monday for an updated tier list and trending decks.
