Supercell has tons of big little changes coming to Clash Royale in the new year, and players will finally see some of the overpowered cards losing a little bit of their magic. So, get ready for a change in meta too!
For January 2025, Supercell considers nerfs on Ram Rider, Fisherman, Bomber, and a couple of other cards, but overall, the number of buffs and reworks is more than nerfs, which means stronger cards overall.
The List of changes here has been finalized and is already live in the game.
- Ram Rider (nerf)
- HP: 1,767 -> 1,696
- Goblinstein’s Doctor (nerf)
- HP: 885 -> 721
- Cannon Cart (nerf)
- Shield HP: 892 -> 824
- HP: 820 -> 824
- Spear Goblins (nerf)
- First Hit Speed: 3s -> 4s
- Archer Queen (nerf)
- Ability Cooldown: 15s -> 17s
- Fisherman (nerf)
- Slowdown Duration: 2.5s -> 1.5s
- Electro Dragon Evolution (nerf)
- Extra Chain Damage: 192 -> 128
- Bomber Evolution (nerf)
- One attack can’t damage an enemy twice. (Bounced bombs will damage unique enemies each time)
- Goblin Barrel Evolution (nerf)
- Decoy barrel will look different one second after deployment.
- Skeletons Evolution (nerf)
- Unit counts at spawn: 4 -> 3
- Royal Recruits Evolution (nerf)
- Charge Distance: 1.5 Tiles -> 2 Tiles
- Charge Damage: 273 -> 266
- Ice Spirit Evolution (rework)
- Blast Counts: 3 -> 2
- Blast Damage: 110 -> 163
- Pekka Evolution (rework)
- Heal per small kill (0-999 HP): 282 -> 142
- Heal per large kill (1990+ HP): 282 -> 565
- Goblin Machine (rework)
- Damage: 135 -> 212
- Hits Speed: 0.9s -> 1.2s
- DPS: 150 -> 176
- Lumberjack (rework)
- Rage Duration: 6s -> 5.5s
- Damage: 242 -> 256
- Recruits (buff)
- Damage: 133 -> 138
- Cannon Evolution (buff)
- Barrage Damage: 320 -> 353
- Goblin Demolisher (buff)
- Lifetime: 7s -> 8s
- Mighty Miner (buff)
- Damage Increase Time: 2.25s -> 2s
- Baby Dragon (buff)
- Splash Radius: 1.2 Tiles -> 1.5 Tiles
- Witch (buff)
- Splash Radius: 1 Tile -> 1.5 Tiles
- Mini Pekka (buff)
- Damage: 720 -> 754
- Electro Giant (buff)
- Sight Clip: 0 -> 2 Tiles
- Dark Prince (buff)
- Charge Distance: 3.5 Tiles -> 3 Tiles
- Wall Breakers Evolution (buff)
- Death Damage For Troops: 195 -> 292
- Death Damage for towers remains unchanged.
- Dagger Duchess (buff)
- Projectile Speed: 600 -> 1,000
The new changes will surely not seem welcoming to Bomber Evolution and Skeletons Evolution fans, as they both have received big nerfs.
On the other hand, the Pekka Evolution will now be more vulnerable against spam units like Skeleton Army or Goblins.
This patch also finally gives some buff to Dagger Duchess, which has been extremely underpowered recently. It’s yet to be seen how higher projectile speed will change Dagger Duchess, but it could definitely help with her awful pick rate in the game.
