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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 26 Oct 2026

For Lightning Spell: no balance change in the official notes reviewed (9 Jul balance, 30 Aug update).

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Lightning Spell

Spells

Strikes a small area. Unlocks at Town Hall 5 (Spell Factory level 1).

RoleDamagecontrolled vocabulary

Space1 spell spacecommunity wiki

TargetsAreacommunity wiki

Unlock buildingSpell Factory level 1community wiki

Town Hall unlockTH5community wiki

Your level

Max at TH149game max 13 · wiki rows

Next upgradeMaxed for TH14Next level needs TH15.

Current maximumTown Hall 18official · no TH19 Source buildCommunity wiki · 15 Oct 2026level rows Last verified26 Oct 2026facts vs 30 Aug 2026 update Latest balance for this unitNot changed on 9 Jul 2026official balance notes SeasonPortal Panic, 1–31 Octofficial · temporary content separate

Start from a situation:

Your Town Hall

Show only levels available to me

TH18 is the current maximum. Greyed Town Halls are below this unit's unlock.

Should I upgrade?

rule of thumb: 8% or more

Nothing to upgrade at TH14

Your level is the cap for TH14. Next level needs TH15.

Impact: No change until the next Town Hall.

Armies affected while it upgrades

Lightning Spell in a ground pushstill usable (lab only blocks this research)

Lightning Spell with two heroesstill usable (lab only blocks this research)

Compare two levels

Damage480600+25%

Cost to reach4.2M10M

Time to reach3.5d6d

Town HallTH11TH15

What each level gives9 of 13 levels · available at TH14

Level table: community wiki rows, read 15 Oct 2026 (https://clashofclans.fandom.com/wiki/Lightning_Spell/Home_Village). Armies and counters further down are editorial.

LvlDamage—CostTimeTHΔ Damage

▌ your level▌ next upgradegreyed = needs a higher Town Hallcost = elixir at the Laboratory

What it's for

community reference

Battlefield jobDestroy buildings: the main source of damage.

DeployWhere the troops will be, a moment before they get there.

Bad atWasted if it is dropped early or away from the troops.

TargetsArea

Space1 spell space

✓ Farming✓ WarRankedClan Castle✓ BeginnerSupport

Armies that use it

Lightning Spell in a ground push

Learnable

TH6+WarMediumGroundNo hero

Giant ×8tank
Wizard ×12damage
Lightning Spell ×40spell
Wall Breaker ×4wall opening

Why it's here: Lightning Spell is dropped as the push reaches the area it answers.

Sample composition · GamGem editorial · not a usage statistic

Lightning Spell with two heroes

Optimal

TH8+WarHardGroundHeroes

Barbarian King ×1tank
Archer Queen ×1damage
Hog Rider ×20damage
Lightning Spell ×40spell

Why it's here: The heroes lead while Lightning Spell covers the moment the push is most exposed.

Sample composition · GamGem editorial · not a usage statistic

What stops it

community reference · mechanics, not usage stats

Direct counters

Giant Bomb · trapWipes a clumped group in one blast.Fails when: Units are deployed in a line, not a clump.
Inferno Tower · single-targetDamage ramps up on a single high-hitpoint target.Fails when: Inferno is frozen, or the unit is not what it locks onto.

Soft counters

Wizard Tower · splashSplash hits a whole group at once.Fails when: Units spread out or arrive behind a tank.

Counterplay conditions

Clan Castle troops · defending troopsDefenders pull units off the buildings.Fails when: Defending troops are lured out and killed first.

Which bases it struggles on

Counter conditions: A counter works only when the target is inside its range and unsupported. Tap a base type for the condition built from the rows above.

splash / threatother buildingsair defense

What the last balance changed

Official notes · 9 Jul 2026

Date: 9 Jul 2026
Old value: —
New value: —
Source: Official balance notes

For your army: Lightning Spell is not in the 9 Jul 2026 change list, so guides written since the TH18 release still apply to its stats.

The 9 Jul 2026 update changed Dragon Duke, Dragon Rider, Logger, Electro Dragon, Meteor Golem and Druid. Supercell's stated goal was to reduce Dragon-heavy TH18 armies: Dragon armies were roughly 20% of TH18-vs-TH18 war attacks, and Dragon plus Thrower-Healer armies roughly 40%.

Patch history (3 entries)

15 Oct 2026Level table read from the Clash of Clans community wiki. [community]
30 Aug 2026August update: no change to this unit listed in the release notes. [official]
9 Jul 2026July balance update: not in the changed list. [official]

Ask about this unit

Answers use only the rows on this page and cite them.

How much to trust this page

Town Hall maximum (TH18)official
Balance statusofficial
Unlock and spacecommunity wiki
Level tablecommunity wiki
Armieseditorial sample
Counterseditorial

Watchdog: no official post since the 9 Jul 2026 balance update changes this unit; level rows follow the wiki.

Where sources disagree: None recorded. The level rows come from one source, the community wiki (15 Oct 2026); the official posts publish no per-level table to compare them with.

Community opinion (dated, not evidence): No dated community opinion is held for this unit.

Event check: No Portal Panic interaction recorded for this unit. Totem Thrower is temporary and separate.

Send to a teammate

Lightning Spell · Damage · 1 spell space (GamGem)
TH14: level 9 / max 9
Use when: The push is about to meet the threat this spell answers
Avoid when: Dropping it before the troops arrive
Armies: Lightning Spell in a ground push; Lightning Spell with two heroes
Counters: Giant Bomb, Inferno Tower, Wizard Tower
Balance: not changed 9 Jul 2026 · TH18 is the max