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Most Popular Cards on Top Ladder in April Season 2022
We look at the last decks played by the Top 1000 players and find out what they have used most.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Best Cards Top 1000
- Best Cards Top 200
- Analysis: Win Conditions
- Analysis: Spells
- Data Top 1000
- Data Top 200
Introduction
Every month we log the decks that top ladder players use to finish their season. This is the data that we use for the Leaderboard Decks section, and it’s very useful to understand the Top Ladder meta. Now that balance changes happen every 2 months, these results have additional relevance.
On one side, players show off their decks and try their best to reach the top, allowing us to see which decks have the best performance in the meta. At the same time, these results are a great data point to decide the new balance changes; so it’s very likely that Supercell has a close eye on the card usage and win rates in the leaderboard.
By recording the exact last deck used by the players instead of aggregating card stats over an arbitrary period before the end of season, we can see what the players decided to use in their final and crucial battle that cemented their fate.
Originally, we were only going to provide the data for the Top 1000 players. But as always, we know that some of our users prefer looking at stats just for Top 200 players. So we have also included Top 200 charts for completeness. As you can see, the difference between the two are minimal, but with a larger sample size, some cards do tend to be played more in the Top 1000 than in the Top 200.
Besides providing the chart, we will share a short analysis as well as the raw data for you to download.
Also check out the exact decks played by the Top 200 players if you wish to get inspired!
Best Cards Top 1000
Best Cards Top 200
Analysis: Win Conditions
This month’s limelight was taken by the Goblin Drill; usually paired with Wall Breakers, but also played alone or with mortar. Close behind we see Hog Rider, Giant and Lavalloon.
The hottest version of Drill WB is a fast cycle that reminds us of Hog Cycle due to the Cannon and spell support:
Mortar is usually ranked high in these charts due to its versatility. It can be used with fast cycles, bait,, hog… Some highly ranked examples in these categories are: Fast cycle:
Bait:
Hog:
The last relevant win condition combo of this season is Lava Hound and Balloon. Both are played independently, but also together in the well known LavaLoon decks.
Lava Hound by itself was the winner of this season with this version:
Balloon cycle was played quite even more often than Lava Hound, although with not as good results. A popular version used by Pompeyo is:
The highest ranked LavaLoon deck was this one:
At the opposite side of the ranking, the least used win conditions were Elixir Golem and Electro Giant. The pink golem has barely been seen in recent seasons, and not just in ladder, his usage is quite low in other game modes as well; most players don’t miss him though. Electro Giant is a more recent addition to the bottom of the chart; he used to have a moderate usage, but his rework to 7 elixir made him a less reliable damage mirror.
Analysis: Spells
Spell stats are much more similar to live usages that we see through the season. Fireball is as always the most popular big spell, and The Log the most used small spell. These 2 cards are significantly ahead of all others in this meta.
Data Top 1000
| card | count | ratio | pc | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the-log | 416 | 0.416 | 41.60% | 1000 |
| fireball | 324 | 0.324 | 32.40% | 1000 |
| skeletons | 233 | 0.233 | 23.30% | 1000 |
| zap | 224 | 0.224 | 22.40% | 1000 |
| tornado | 195 | 0.195 | 19.50% | 1000 |
| miner | 175 | 0.175 | 17.50% | 1000 |
| arrows | 162 | 0.162 | 16.20% | 1000 |
| barbarian-barrel | 155 | 0.155 | 15.50% | 1000 |
| skeleton-army | 155 | 0.155 | 15.50% | 1000 |
| bats | 149 | 0.149 | 14.90% | 1000 |
| royal-ghost | 146 | 0.146 | 14.60% | 1000 |
| electro-wizard | 146 | 0.146 | 14.60% | 1000 |
| electro-spirit | 137 | 0.137 | 13.70% | 1000 |
| golden-knight | 136 | 0.136 | 13.60% | 1000 |
| valkyrie | 125 | 0.125 | 12.50% | 1000 |
| archer-queen | 120 | 0.12 | 12.00% | 1000 |
| fire-spirit | 118 | 0.118 | 11.80% | 1000 |
| ice-golem | 115 | 0.115 | 11.50% | 1000 |
| goblin-drill | 114 | 0.114 | 11.40% | 1000 |
| rocket | 111 | 0.111 | 11.10% | 1000 |
| cannon | 110 | 0.11 | 11.00% | 1000 |
| guards | 109 | 0.109 | 10.90% | 1000 |
| dark-prince | 108 | 0.108 | 10.80% | 1000 |
| mega-minion | 105 | 0.105 | 10.50% | 1000 |
| baby-dragon | 104 | 0.104 | 10.40% | 1000 |
| skeleton-king | 103 | 0.103 | 10.30% | 1000 |
| mighty-miner | 100 | 0.1 | 10.00% | 1000 |
| giant | 98 | 0.098 | 9.80% | 1000 |
| balloon | 97 | 0.097 | 9.70% | 1000 |
| hog-rider | 94 | 0.094 | 9.40% | 1000 |
| inferno-dragon | 88 | 0.088 | 8.80% | 1000 |
| musketeer | 88 | 0.088 | 8.80% | 1000 |
| bandit | 87 | 0.087 | 8.70% | 1000 |
| fisherman | 83 | 0.083 | 8.30% | 1000 |
| royal-giant | 83 | 0.083 | 8.30% | 1000 |
| magic-archer | 82 | 0.082 | 8.20% | 1000 |
| princess | 82 | 0.082 | 8.20% | 1000 |
| graveyard | 80 | 0.08 | 8.00% | 1000 |
| goblin-barrel | 79 | 0.079 | 7.90% | 1000 |
| giant-snowball | 77 | 0.077 | 7.70% | 1000 |
| tombstone | 76 | 0.076 | 7.60% | 1000 |
| hunter | 75 | 0.075 | 7.50% | 1000 |
| lightning | 74 | 0.074 | 7.40% | 1000 |
| wall-breakers | 72 | 0.072 | 7.20% | 1000 |
| inferno-tower | 72 | 0.072 | 7.20% | 1000 |
| sparky | 72 | 0.072 | 7.20% | 1000 |
| ice-spirit | 72 | 0.072 | 7.20% | 1000 |
| mortar | 71 | 0.071 | 7.10% | 1000 |
| cannon-cart | 71 | 0.071 | 7.10% | 1000 |
| mini-pekka | 71 | 0.071 | 7.10% | 1000 |
| tesla | 69 | 0.069 | 6.90% | 1000 |
| poison | 69 | 0.069 | 6.90% | 1000 |
| lava-hound | 68 | 0.068 | 6.80% | 1000 |
| heal-spirit | 68 | 0.068 | 6.80% | 1000 |
| lumberjack | 68 | 0.068 | 6.80% | 1000 |
| minion-horde | 68 | 0.068 | 6.80% | 1000 |
| elite-barbarians | 60 | 0.06 | 6.00% | 1000 |
| bomber | 55 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 1000 |
| dart-goblin | 55 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 1000 |
| royal-hogs | 53 | 0.053 | 5.30% | 1000 |
| spear-goblins | 52 | 0.052 | 5.20% | 1000 |
| minions | 50 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 1000 |
| three-musketeers | 50 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 1000 |
| knight | 49 | 0.049 | 4.90% | 1000 |
| skeleton-dragons | 48 | 0.048 | 4.80% | 1000 |
| freeze | 48 | 0.048 | 4.80% | 1000 |
| golem | 46 | 0.046 | 4.60% | 1000 |
| elixir-collector | 46 | 0.046 | 4.60% | 1000 |
| x-bow | 45 | 0.045 | 4.50% | 1000 |
| royal-delivery | 44 | 0.044 | 4.40% | 1000 |
| pekka | 44 | 0.044 | 4.40% | 1000 |
| ice-wizard | 44 | 0.044 | 4.40% | 1000 |
| night-witch | 42 | 0.042 | 4.20% | 1000 |
| mirror | 42 | 0.042 | 4.20% | 1000 |
| zappies | 39 | 0.039 | 3.90% | 1000 |
| flying-machine | 38 | 0.038 | 3.80% | 1000 |
| earthquake | 38 | 0.038 | 3.80% | 1000 |
| rage | 34 | 0.034 | 3.40% | 1000 |
| giant-skeleton | 34 | 0.034 | 3.40% | 1000 |
| prince | 33 | 0.033 | 3.30% | 1000 |
| bowler | 32 | 0.032 | 3.20% | 1000 |
| battle-ram | 32 | 0.032 | 3.20% | 1000 |
| archers | 31 | 0.031 | 3.10% | 1000 |
| mega-knight | 31 | 0.031 | 3.10% | 1000 |
| goblin-giant | 30 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 1000 |
| goblin-cage | 30 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 1000 |
| electro-dragon | 29 | 0.029 | 2.90% | 1000 |
| bomb-tower | 27 | 0.027 | 2.70% | 1000 |
| mother-witch | 23 | 0.023 | 2.30% | 1000 |
| barbarians | 22 | 0.022 | 2.20% | 1000 |
| rascals | 18 | 0.018 | 1.80% | 1000 |
| witch | 17 | 0.017 | 1.70% | 1000 |
| royal-recruits | 17 | 0.017 | 1.70% | 1000 |
| ram-rider | 16 | 0.016 | 1.60% | 1000 |
| clone | 16 | 0.016 | 1.60% | 1000 |
| skeleton-barrel | 16 | 0.016 | 1.60% | 1000 |
| executioner | 15 | 0.015 | 1.50% | 1000 |
| goblin-gang | 14 | 0.014 | 1.40% | 1000 |
| elixir-golem | 8 | 0.008 | 0.80% | 1000 |
| goblins | 8 | 0.008 | 0.80% | 1000 |
| electro-giant | 7 | 0.007 | 0.70% | 1000 |
| battle-healer | 7 | 0.007 | 0.70% | 1000 |
| furnace | 5 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 1000 |
| firecracker | 5 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 1000 |
| wizard | 4 | 0.004 | 0.40% | 1000 |
| barbarian-hut | 2 | 0.002 | 0.20% | 1000 |
| goblin-hut | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00% | 1000 |
Data Top 200
| card | count | ratio | pc | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the-log | 100 | 0.5 | 50.00% | 200 |
| fireball | 79 | 0.395 | 39.50% | 200 |
| skeletons | 54 | 0.27 | 27.00% | 200 |
| miner | 49 | 0.245 | 24.50% | 200 |
| zap | 40 | 0.2 | 20.00% | 200 |
| tornado | 40 | 0.2 | 20.00% | 200 |
| fire-spirit | 36 | 0.18 | 18.00% | 200 |
| valkyrie | 34 | 0.17 | 17.00% | 200 |
| bats | 34 | 0.17 | 17.00% | 200 |
| goblin-drill | 32 | 0.16 | 16.00% | 200 |
| golden-knight | 31 | 0.155 | 15.50% | 200 |
| archer-queen | 30 | 0.15 | 15.00% | 200 |
| skeleton-army | 30 | 0.15 | 15.00% | 200 |
| cannon | 28 | 0.14 | 14.00% | 200 |
| guards | 28 | 0.14 | 14.00% | 200 |
| royal-ghost | 27 | 0.135 | 13.50% | 200 |
| wall-breakers | 27 | 0.135 | 13.50% | 200 |
| rocket | 25 | 0.125 | 12.50% | 200 |
| arrows | 24 | 0.12 | 12.00% | 200 |
| electro-spirit | 24 | 0.12 | 12.00% | 200 |
| mighty-miner | 24 | 0.12 | 12.00% | 200 |
| electro-wizard | 24 | 0.12 | 12.00% | 200 |
| hog-rider | 24 | 0.12 | 12.00% | 200 |
| barbarian-barrel | 22 | 0.11 | 11.00% | 200 |
| magic-archer | 22 | 0.11 | 11.00% | 200 |
| spear-goblins | 22 | 0.11 | 11.00% | 200 |
| skeleton-king | 21 | 0.105 | 10.50% | 200 |
| ice-golem | 20 | 0.1 | 10.00% | 200 |
| dark-prince | 20 | 0.1 | 10.00% | 200 |
| mega-minion | 19 | 0.095 | 9.50% | 200 |
| mortar | 19 | 0.095 | 9.50% | 200 |
| balloon | 19 | 0.095 | 9.50% | 200 |
| inferno-tower | 19 | 0.095 | 9.50% | 200 |
| inferno-dragon | 17 | 0.085 | 8.50% | 200 |
| ice-spirit | 17 | 0.085 | 8.50% | 200 |
| baby-dragon | 16 | 0.08 | 8.00% | 200 |
| giant-snowball | 16 | 0.08 | 8.00% | 200 |
| giant | 16 | 0.08 | 8.00% | 200 |
| lava-hound | 15 | 0.075 | 7.50% | 200 |
| musketeer | 15 | 0.075 | 7.50% | 200 |
| minion-horde | 15 | 0.075 | 7.50% | 200 |
| tombstone | 14 | 0.07 | 7.00% | 200 |
| graveyard | 14 | 0.07 | 7.00% | 200 |
| royal-giant | 13 | 0.065 | 6.50% | 200 |
| minions | 13 | 0.065 | 6.50% | 200 |
| tesla | 13 | 0.065 | 6.50% | 200 |
| cannon-cart | 13 | 0.065 | 6.50% | 200 |
| fisherman | 12 | 0.06 | 6.00% | 200 |
| goblin-barrel | 12 | 0.06 | 6.00% | 200 |
| poison | 12 | 0.06 | 6.00% | 200 |
| lightning | 11 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 200 |
| x-bow | 11 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 200 |
| bomb-tower | 11 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 200 |
| dart-goblin | 11 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 200 |
| princess | 11 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 200 |
| earthquake | 11 | 0.055 | 5.50% | 200 |
| bomber | 10 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 200 |
| heal-spirit | 10 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 200 |
| bandit | 10 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 200 |
| knight | 10 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 200 |
| royal-delivery | 10 | 0.05 | 5.00% | 200 |
| sparky | 9 | 0.045 | 4.50% | 200 |
| mini-pekka | 9 | 0.045 | 4.50% | 200 |
| prince | 9 | 0.045 | 4.50% | 200 |
| skeleton-dragons | 8 | 0.04 | 4.00% | 200 |
| hunter | 8 | 0.04 | 4.00% | 200 |
| lumberjack | 8 | 0.04 | 4.00% | 200 |
| goblin-giant | 8 | 0.04 | 4.00% | 200 |
| elite-barbarians | 8 | 0.04 | 4.00% | 200 |
| three-musketeers | 7 | 0.035 | 3.50% | 200 |
| freeze | 7 | 0.035 | 3.50% | 200 |
| giant-skeleton | 7 | 0.035 | 3.50% | 200 |
| archers | 6 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 200 |
| royal-hogs | 6 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 200 |
| goblin-cage | 6 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 200 |
| executioner | 6 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 200 |
| elixir-collector | 6 | 0.03 | 3.00% | 200 |
| bowler | 5 | 0.025 | 2.50% | 200 |
| zappies | 5 | 0.025 | 2.50% | 200 |
| pekka | 5 | 0.025 | 2.50% | 200 |
| ice-wizard | 5 | 0.025 | 2.50% | 200 |
| flying-machine | 4 | 0.02 | 2.00% | 200 |
| mirror | 4 | 0.02 | 2.00% | 200 |
| barbarians | 4 | 0.02 | 2.00% | 200 |
| goblin-gang | 4 | 0.02 | 2.00% | 200 |
| ram-rider | 3 | 0.015 | 1.50% | 200 |
| golem | 3 | 0.015 | 1.50% | 200 |
| battle-ram | 3 | 0.015 | 1.50% | 200 |
| mother-witch | 3 | 0.015 | 1.50% | 200 |
| mega-knight | 3 | 0.015 | 1.50% | 200 |
| night-witch | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| rage | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| electro-dragon | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| furnace | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| rascals | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| goblins | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| witch | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| wizard | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| royal-recruits | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| skeleton-barrel | 2 | 0.01 | 1.00% | 200 |
| electro-giant | 1 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 200 |
| barbarian-hut | 1 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 200 |
| battle-healer | 1 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 200 |
| elixir-golem | 1 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 200 |
| clone | 1 | 0.005 | 0.50% | 200 |
| firecracker | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00% | 200 |
| goblin-hut | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00% | 200 |
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