Balance Changes and more - 2022 Q3 Update

This is the last blog covering the biggest update of 2022. In the first one, we dove into many relevant changes like:

• King Level Rework
• Ladder and Trophy Road changes
• Path of Legends, the new ranked mode

We later got to know details of the 2 new cards that will be added into the game:

• Phoenix (Legendary)
• Monk (Champion)

But this update is bringing us much more! So let’s take a look at what else is coming to Clash Royale.

Table of Contents

• Balance Changes
• Knight (Buff)
• Goblins (Rework)
• Goblin Gang, Goblin Barrel and Goblin Drill (Nerf)
• Mirror (Nerf)
• Daily Tasks
• New Magic Items
• Champion Chest
• Champion Wild Card
• Hoggy Bank
• New 3rd Mastery Task Sets
• Flying Machine
• Hog Rider
• Valkyrie
• Mini Pekka
• Baby Dragon
• Dart Goblin
• Firecracker
• Bowler
• Graveyard
• Fire Spirit
• Deck Explorer
• Challenges
• Phoenix Launch Party (Oct 26 - Nov 2)
• Chain 1: Casual
• Chain 2: Regular
• Champions Celebration Draft (Nov 2 - Nov 12)
• Miscellaneous Improvements

Balance Changes

If you follow the regular balance changes you might be expecting this one. Last season we announced that a few of the expected changes had been postponed because a client update was needed to add them into the game, so here they are:

Knight (Buff)

Knight’s usage has been a bit low lately, so he will get an HP boost next season — even better stats for his cost!

	Before	After
HP +3%	651	670
HP Level 11	1666	1715
HP Level 14	2206	2271

Goblins (Rework)

Goblins will deploy 4 units instead of 3. This is a big change — Goblins have always had 3 units since the very beginning. It‘s being adjusted now likely because their usage rate has been low recently. With such stats bump, Goblins will be a more swarmy unit that could make them very popular given their elixir cost.

But it’s not all good news for the green gold seekers, their first hit will be half as fast as before.

	Before	After
Count +33%	3	4
First Hit Time +100%	0.2 sec	0.4 sec

Goblin Gang, Goblin Barrel and Goblin Drill (Nerf)

The first attack speed nerf is also affecting all the other cards that spawn Goblins. For cards that are meant to directly target the opponent’s towers, this could become a significant reduction in chip damage.

	Before	After
First Hit Time +100%	0.2 sec	0.4 sec

	Before	After
First Hit Time +100%	0.2 sec	0.4 sec

	Before	After
First Hit Time +100%	0.2 sec	0.4 sec

Mirror (Nerf)

Technically a bug fix, Mirror won’t be playable and will be greyed out after playing a Champion.

	Before	After
After Champion	playable	unplayable

Daily Tasks

Every day you’ll have 3 tasks to complete in exchange for small rewards. Additionally, you can get a Daily Bonus reward each day for completing all 3 tasks. By doing this 7 days in a row you’ll unlock the Weekly Bonus, which has the best rewards; but be careful not to miss a day, or you’ll have to start again from scratch.

Some tasks you can expect to find are:

New Magic Items

Champions were added to the game after Magic Items, but other than the Book of Books and Magic Coins there were no items to help you level up cards with this rarity. With the addition of Monk as the 5th champion, these items arrive at a very fitting time:

Champion Chest

Champion Chests can be found 4 times on the Trophy Road, after reaching 5675, 6100, 6675 and 7100 trophies. Similar to the Legendary chest, it just contains one card, but this one is a Champion!

Champion Wild Card

Champion Wild Cards can be found 2 times in the Path of Legends, on the Master I and Grand Champion leagues. Depending on your King Level, you can have up to 20 Champion Wild Cards in your inventory.

Hoggy Bank

Hoggy Bank is a new premium feature that will cost IRL money to unlock. It will appear on the home screen from time to time and will hold either Gems or Gold.

After purchasing the Hoggy Bank, the bank will enable you to receive additional Gold or Gems (depending on the type that you have purchased) that will be stored in the Hoggy Bank.

Additionally, during the time period that the Hoggy Bank is active, there will be additional milestones that you can complete and then be able to smash the bank to empty the bank and reap the reward!

Unfortunately, we don’t have any more information about this other than what is described as this feature is not available in the dev build and we could only explain this feature to you as it was explained to us.

New 3rd Mastery Task Sets

There are lots of cosmetics coming out each season to customize your Battle Banner, so we all need lots of Banner Tokens to collect them. With this update there are 10 more cards that will now have a 3rd set of Mastery Tasks, that adds up to a total of 3750 extra Banner Tokens that you can earn!

Flying Machine

Attack 8 times / deploy

Hog Rider

Deal 10 tower hits / battle

Valkyrie

Hit units 15 times / deploy

Mini Pekka

Deal full damage

Baby Dragon

Hit 12 units / deploy

Dart Goblin

Attack 10 times / deploy

Firecracker

Attack 8 times / deploy

Bowler

Knockback 10 units / deploy

Graveyard

Deal 30 tower hits / battle

Fire Spirit

Hit 5 Troops with a single deploy

Deck Explorer

This new feature is available in the Card Collection tab and can help you find decks that include or exclude specific cards. It can be convenient because of how well it’s integrated into the deck UI, but we hope you’ll keep trusting and using RoyaleAPI to find the best decks with our advanced search tools.

Challenges

In the Season 40 sneak peek post, we’ve mentioned that there are two upcoming “Super Secret” challenges. We can now reveal what they are!

Note 1: Although these two new cards will have launch party challenges, they will be immediately available in the chests when the update is live — if you meet the requirements to unlock them.

• Phoenix: Arena 12 (3800 trophies, King Level 21)
• Monk: Arena 18 (6500 trophies, King Level 39)

Note 2: None of these challenges give you the new cards. They simply allow you to play with them. Unlock the new cards in your chests.

Phoenix Launch Party (Oct 26 - Nov 2)

Chain 1: Casual

The Phoenix rises! Build a deck with Phoenix, a flying troop that revives itself. No losses! Play to the final reward.

Chain 2: Regular

The Phoenix rises! Build a deck with Phoenix, a flying troop that revives itself. 3 losses and you’re out, but you will have a chance to reset your losses and keep your progress.

• 25 Gems to continue
• Win the Phoenix Egg Crown emote when you complete the challenge

Champions Celebration Draft (Nov 2 - Nov 12)

Pick 4 cards and receive 4 from your opponent; one of you will get to play with the Monk! 3 losses and you’re out, but you still have a chance to reset your losses and continue to play.

• 25 Gems to continue
• Draft challenge with Champion cards (guaranteed Monk for one of the players)

Miscellaneous Improvements

Bugs:

• Drag Glitch has been fixed!
• Removed card usage numbers that appeared in the Ban Pick Duel screen
• Fixed crashes and other issues

Troop interactions:

• Fixed: Royal Recruits could be deployed on the opponent’s side
• Fixed: Golden Knight dashes into no targets
• Fixed: Sparky wasn’t reset by Electro Spirit while being fished

Quality of life improvements:

• Fixed active event prompts that made it difficult to access Supercell ID
• Champions won’t be unselected when they can’t be placed on a deck that already has a champion

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