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1.6% of metaOpen deck file
Balloon
Hero Balloon· Hero form
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Balloon is a 5-elixir Epic Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Balloon), played in 11.7% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Balloon and Hero Balloon from live ladder data, what counters Balloon, what Balloon beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Balloon is fielded as the Hero variant of Balloon. Ladder decks below include both forms — ranked by real play rate, not the win-chance model.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Balloon, not win-chance model scores. To score a full 8-card list with the machine-learning model and search automatic upgrades, open the Deck Lab. Open the Deck Lab
Card stats
- Elixir
- 5
- Rarity
- Epic
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 11.7%
- Win rate
- 53.0%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 946 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Balloon & Hero Balloon decks
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1.0% of metaOpen deck file
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0.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.4% of metaOpen deck file
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0.3% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Balloon or Hero Balloon, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Balloon
- Minion HordeHard counter — Shreds it before the tower unless pre-spelled
- HunterHard counter
- MinionsSolid counter
- Mega MinionSolid counter
- MusketeerSolid counter
- TeslaSolid counter
- Inferno TowerSolid counter
- Inferno DragonSolid counter
- Archer QueenSolid counter
- WizardSolid counter
- ExecutionerSolid counter
- BatsSolid counter
- ArchersSolid counter
- Electro WizardSolid counter
- PhoenixSolid counter
- RocketSolid counter
- ZappiesSolid counter
- FireballSoft counter
- Skeleton DragonsSoft counter
- FirecrackerSoft counter
- TornadoSoft counter — Drag away from tower
- FishermanSoft counter — Hook into King range
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Balloon counters
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
Best synergies
- Lava Hound28% of its decks
- Freeze37% of its decks
- Inferno Dragon40% of its decks
- Miner26% of its decks
- Skeleton Dragons16% of its decks
- Lumberjack27% of its decks
- Tombstone14% of its decks
- Mega Minion16% of its decks
Cards played alongside Balloon far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Balloon?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Balloon or Hero Balloon right now is Balloon, Barbarian Barrel, Bomb Tower, Giant Snowball, Ice Golem, Miner, Musketeer, Skeletons, at 1.6% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Balloon in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Balloon are Minion Horde, Hunter, Minions, Mega Minion.
- What cards go well with Balloon?
- In the current ranked meta Balloon is played most often alongside Lava Hound, Freeze, Inferno Dragon, Miner.
- How popular is Balloon right now?
- Balloon appears in 11.7% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Balloon?
- Decks running Balloon win 53.0% of the 946 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Balloon
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Balloon does not fit the deck.