Clash Royale: Top 5 Tips to Win More Arena Matches

I have been following Chief Pat since his Clash of Clans days, and I am glad to see him reach the top in the world rankings of Clash Royale. He has given us these top 5 tips on how to win more matches to climb the arena in Clash Royale.

Tip 1: Fight on Your Side of the Map!

I made this mistake while still in the game’s beginning stages. When the battle started, I would start dropping any troop card. I got close to the bridge and forced an attack. Chief Pat recommends you always use the crown towers to your advantage. If 2 Baby Dragons were to fight at the bridge, it would be an equal trade.

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However, if you can get the enemy Baby Dragon to crown tower attack range, you gain an advantage as your Baby Dragon will reach the opponent’s tower and deal some damage to it. This applies to almost any troop card! You will also gain an elixir advantage if the enemy chooses to defend the towers using another card!

Tip 2: It’s Okay to Let Towers Take Some Damage

Wait…what!? How is that a good thing? Now, let’s take a look at this situation. Your opponent drops a spear goblin card or goblin hut on the right side of the map. I used to make the same mistake by immediately dropping skeletons or goblins to counter it. The thing is, they don’t do that much damage to the tower on their own.

Sure, they will take 100-200 damage over time if you leave them alone; it doesn’t warrant using an elixir. Plus, your opponent will know what other cards you have, and they will counter accordingly. Instead, you can save the elixir to do a counterattack on the left side of the map.

Tip 3: Build an Elixir Advantage – Make Positive Trades

Initially, this concept was quite alien to me, but as I climbed to about Arena 3 and higher, this became incredibly important. You need to use your cards effectively against your opponent to come out on top by using less elixir to either counter their cards or damage their tower. For example, here are some plays that you would come out ahead of if your opponent plays certain cards:

• Mini PEKKA(4 Elixir) – Counter with Skeletons(1 Elixir) and play it on your side of the map. (a positive +3 elixir trade)
  
• Prince(5 Elixir) – Counter with Tombstone(3 Elixir) and play it on your side of the map. (a positive +2 elixir trade)
  
• Goblin Hut(5 Elixir) – Counter with Tesla(4 Elixir) and place it on your side in the middle of the map. (a positive +1 elixir trade)
  
• Minion Horde(5 Elixir) – Counter with Arrows(3 Elixir), provided you hit all of them. (a positive +2 elixir trade)
  
• Hog Rider(4 Elixir) – Counter with Cannon(3 Elixir) and place it close to your crown tower. (a positive +1 elixir trade)

These are just a few on top of my head, but you see how you can gain an elixir advantage and use those to start your push toward the enemy crown towers. The more elixir advantage you get, the higher your chances to start a strong push and take down your opponent’s tower. Elixir wins games! Out of the top 5 tips in this Clash Royale guide, this one is one of the most important.

Tip 4: Watch Your Replays!

This is something I just recently started doing.  I wasn’t sure why I was stuck in Arena 3 for a while. I went and looked at my replay and found out I was always rushing to use my elixir and spam troops to overwhelm my opponents. I lost a lot of battles where I rushed small troops such as goblins, spear goblins, skeletons, and archers against the enemy. They always had Arrows to counter all that elixir I used.

I switch my battle plan to use a mix of medium troops, such as Knights and Musketeers, to avoid getting hard countered by Arrows. I also switched out some cards to counter commonly used cards, such as Goblin Huts and Goblin Barrels, to ensure I could defend against them. This allowed me to climb to Arena 4 since watching my replays. By the way, you can watch them at 1/2 speed if you want a more detailed analysis.

Watching replays will spot your mistakes and see where you lost elixir trades!

Tip 5: Try New Decks

I know firsthand it’s very easy just to play a certain style and stick to it. I don’t disagree with that, as you don’t want to fix something that isn’t broken. If it can help you climb up the rankings in the arena, then you should keep using it.

However, you still want to explore other options and see what is effective besides your original deck. You will also find other combos that fit your play style. Initially, I was a huge fan of the Barbarian/Goblin Hut spawner deck. However, I realized that it is easily countered by having a Bomb Tower card. I then experimented with other devastating combos:

• Hog Rider + Freeze Spell
• Valkyrie or Dark Prince + Prince
• Baby Dragon + Prince
• X-bow + Tombstone

I then implemented Valkyrie + Prince into another combo I use to destroy towers since it was effective for my deck. Also, you find out what card combos get defeated by another combo, which improves your knowledge of the game.

Bonus Tip: Watch High-Level Players!

I also suggest you watch high-level players battle. See what they do. Notice where they drop their troops and how they try and gain an elixir advantage. Below are some good Clash Royale YouTube channels to follow aside from Chief Pat:

• Gaming with Molt
• Clash with Cam
• Clash with Ash

I hope these top 5 tips help you enjoy Clash Royale!