Do I need a player tag or an account?

No. You set each card’s level with the − and + buttons, or paste a list of names and levels. Nothing is sent anywhere: the deck and levels stay in this browser and in the link’s # part.

Where do the average elixir and the 4-card cycle come from?

Card costs come from the official card list (122 cards with a fixed cost, read Oct 24, 2026). Average elixir is the eight costs divided by 8; the 4-card cycle is the elixir of your four cheapest cards. The starter deck here averages 2.6 with a cycle of 6.

Is the score a win-rate prediction?

No. The score is role coverage and conflicts — a GamGem calculation from a visible role table (Oct 24, 2026). Win and use rates are counted separately from top-ladder battles, shown only for the deck’s archetype (on the archetype pages too), with their sample and window.

Does it know my real card levels?

Only what you type or import: each card takes levels from its first level up to 16, the current cap. Until you do, every card starts at level 11 and the page says so.

Which slots can hold an Evolution, a Hero or a Wild card?

A deck can hold 1 Evolution slot, 1 Hero slot and 1 Wild slot (either an Evolution or a Hero). (checked Mar 16, 2026).

How are replacements chosen?

A row reads “replace this card with that one”: it shows the level gap and the coverage score before and after the swap. Only cards you own, never one already in the deck and never a locked slot; the table shows the best six and sorts by level gap or by score after.

How do I open my deck in Clash Royale?

Fill all eight slots, then press “Copy to Clash Royale” (or “Open in Clash Royale”). It makes the game’s own deck link, link.clashroyale.com/deck/en?deck= followed by the eight official card ids; open it on a device with the game installed. Levels and Evolution or Hero marks are not part of that link.

Can I paste a deck from Clash Royale?

Yes. Open “Import from collection”, paste the game’s deck link and press “Use as deck”: the eight cards fill the slots, each at the starting level until you type your real ones. Nothing is sent anywhere.

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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 29 Oct 2026

What changed:Balance notes (official, Oct 19, 2026): Cannon Cart, Dart Goblin, Minion Giant, Rune Giant, Electro Wizard, Electro Dragon, Flying Machine, Void, Skeleton Barrel and Skeletons changed. New season Shocktober: Hero Electro Wizard and the Electro Giant Evolution. (Oct 5, 2026) Official balance notes Official season notes

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Unofficial tool · Deck builder · Checked Oct 24, 2026

Clash Royale Deck Builder and Checker

Build from your own cards. Levels are typed by you — no player tag, no account.

This deck: 2.6 average elixir, 4-card cycle 6 (fast), win condition Hog Rider, thinnest job air defense (2/3), so weak vs Balloon, Lava Hound and Minion Horde. Decks of this style (Hog 2.6 Cycle) won 50.7% of 4,019 counted battles by top Path of Legends players, 1 Sep – 24 Oct 2026: the style's figure, not a prediction for these exact cards.

2.6 avg elixir4-card cycle 6 (Fast)Lowest level 11 · spread 0Deck complete

SkeletonsLv 11

MusketeerLv 11

Hog RiderLv 11

Ice SpiritLv 11

Ice GolemLv 11

CannonLv 11

FireballLv 11

The LogLv 11

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Hero replacement

Your input

Knight — Clash Royale card art (Supercell Fan Kit)

KnightLv 11

Best spot: replace Skeletons (coverage 90 → 90).

Deck summary

Rules and counted

Deck score90Good

Win rate50.7%+0.7 pp vs even · ±1.5

Crown rate0.98Sample+0.06

Matches4,0191 Sep – 24 Oct 2026

Elixir cycle6Fast

Arena range14 – 22Sampletrophy road

Role coverage

GamGem rules

Win condition

Air defense

Building / tank answer

Big spell

Small spell

Cycle

Splash

Reset / stun

Green strong · yellow adequate · grey weak

Bait class and skill floor

GamGem rules

Light bait

Low

Skill floor: friendly

ArchetypeHog 2.6 Cycle

DifficultyEasy

Meta fitEven

Exact-card weakness chain

GamGem rules

Skeletonsremove

No job lost90→90

Air defense is thin. Only Musketeer covers it (2/3) — weak vs Balloon, Lava Hound and Minion Horde.

Biggest weaknessAir defense

Impact on deck score−5 pts

Conflict map

Cycle

Overlap

Overall conflict levelLow

Two-click repair

GamGem rules

Replace Skeletons → Witch

Fixes Air defense + Splash

+10 coverage · lvl 11

Replace Ice Spirit → Electro Dragon

Fixes Air defense + Splash

+10 coverage · lvl 11

Evidence chips

Counted

Matches analysed4,019

Rank bandtop Path of Legends players

Counted window1 Sep – 24 Oct 2026

Latest balance updateOct 19, 2026

Win-rate delta+0.7 pp

Replacement ladder for Skeletons

GamGem rules

Card to replace

Showing legal replacements only · Best = optimal · Learnable = easier to play · click a row to swap

CardLevelArchetype driftBeforeWhy this works

Lv 110Low9095Adds Air defense, keeps Cycle.

Lv 110Low9095Adds Splash, keeps Cycle.

Lv 110Low9095Adds Air defense, keeps Cycle.

BestLv 110Medium9090Same job: Building / tank answer + Cycle.

Lv 110Low9090Same job: Cycle.

Deck options

Methodology and weighting

Role coverage. Each card gives 0–2 points to each job it does (GamGem role table, Oct 24, 2026). A job is covered when its points reach the need: win condition 2, air defense 3, building / tank answer 2, big spell 2, small spell 2, cycle 2, splash 2, reset / stun 1. Coverage score = weighted share of needs met.

Bait class. Counts distinct cheap targets for the same spell: swarm targets for small spells, plus buildings. 3+ swarm targets = spell bait; 2+ buildings and a ground win condition = building bait. Fewer targets = “not enough to call it bait”.

Skill floor. 0–100 from: average card difficulty, a fast cycle (average elixir under 3.0), timing-sensitive cards, cards doing 2+ jobs at once, and many cards needing exact placement. Under 40 = friendly, 40–64 = medium, 65+ = high.

Level readiness. 100 minus 8 per level of spread, minus 4 per level the median sits under 14. The lowest card 2+ levels below the median is flagged as the fragile link.

Legal replacements. Only cards you own at the levels you entered, never a card already in the deck, never a locked slot. Ranking depends on the mode: fewest changed jobs, highest level, or biggest coverage gain.

What we don’t claim. No live win rates. The one meta number shown is a counted archetype row and is kept separate from the deck scores. AI may only re-word these rows.

Start from a meta deck

Log BaitUse5.5%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Golem BeatdownUse4.7%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Electro GiantUse4.3%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Mortar SiegeUse4.1%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Giant BeatdownUse3.8%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Bridge SpamUse3.7%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
PEKKA Bridge SpamUse3.6%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Royal HogsUse3.2%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Graveyard ControlUse2.7%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Hog EarthquakeUse2.0%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Royal RecruitsUse1.9%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Minion Giant ControlUse1.9%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Goblin DrillUse1.9%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Hog 2.6 CycleUse1.9%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Giant GraveyardUse1.7%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Hog CycleUse1.6%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
X-Bow 3.0Use1.6%±0.1 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Balloon FreezeUse1.4%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Royal GiantUse1.2%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Three MusketeersUse1.1%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Elixir GolemUse1.1%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Lava Hound AirUse1.0%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Spell BaitUse0.9%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
LoonMinerUse0.9%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Sparky BeatdownUse0.9%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
LavaLoonUse0.8%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Miner ControlUse0.7%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Lava MinerUse0.6%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Ram ControlUse0.5%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Balloon CycleUse0.2%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
Giant Skeleton BeatdownUse0.1%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder
PEKKA ControlUse0.1%±0.0 ppn 216,6721 Sep – 24 Oct 2026 · counted from top Path of Legends playersOpen in the builder

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Quick answers

Do I need a player tag or an account?: No. You set each card’s level with the − and + buttons, or paste a list of names and levels. Nothing is sent anywhere: the deck and levels stay in this browser and in the link’s # part.
Where do the average elixir and the 4-card cycle come from?: Card costs come from the official card list (122 cards with a fixed cost, read Oct 24, 2026). Average elixir is the eight costs divided by 8; the 4-card cycle is the elixir of your four cheapest cards. The starter deck here averages 2.6 with a cycle of 6.
Is the score a win-rate prediction?: No. The score is role coverage and conflicts — a GamGem calculation from a visible role table (Oct 24, 2026). Win and use rates are counted separately from top-ladder battles, shown only for the deck’s archetype (on the archetype pages too), with their sample and window.
Does it know my real card levels?: Only what you type or import: each card takes levels from its first level up to 16, the current cap. Until you do, every card starts at level 11 and the page says so.
Which slots can hold an Evolution, a Hero or a Wild card?: A deck can hold 1 Evolution slot, 1 Hero slot and 1 Wild slot (either an Evolution or a Hero). (checked Mar 16, 2026).
How are replacements chosen?: A row reads “replace this card with that one”: it shows the level gap and the coverage score before and after the swap. Only cards you own, never one already in the deck and never a locked slot; the table shows the best six and sorts by level gap or by score after.
How do I open my deck in Clash Royale?: Fill all eight slots, then press “Copy to Clash Royale” (or “Open in Clash Royale”). It makes the game’s own deck link, link.clashroyale.com/deck/en?deck= followed by the eight official card ids; open it on a device with the game installed. Levels and Evolution or Hero marks are not part of that link.
Can I paste a deck from Clash Royale?: Yes. Open “Import from collection”, paste the game’s deck link and press “Use as deck”: the eight cards fill the slots, each at the starting level until you type your real ones. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Counted by GamGem from 108,336 ranked 1v1 battles of top Path of Legends players, 1 Sep – 24 Oct 2026. A sample, ± is the 95 % interval in percentage points — not official Supercell statistics.

Card statistics and mechanics: Clash Royale Wiki, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Figures reformatted, wording ours.

Card, arena and character art: Supercell Fan Kit (fankit.supercell.com), shown unchanged. Fan Kit · Fan Content Policy

Deck scores are GamGem calculations from your hand-entered cards and visible role rules — not official game facts. Fan-made; not affiliated with or endorsed by Supercell.