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Barbarians
Evo Barbarians· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Barbarians is a 5-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Barbarians), played in 2.6% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Barbarians and Evo Barbarians from live ladder data, what counters Barbarians, what Barbarians beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Barbarians is the Evolution of Barbarians. 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 Barbarians, 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
- Common
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 2.6%
- Win rate
- 50.0%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 336 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Barbarians & Evo Barbarians decks
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Most-played ranked decks featuring Barbarians or Evo Barbarians, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Barbarians
- FireballSolid counter
- BowlerSolid counter
- ValkyrieSolid counter
- Dark PrinceSolid counter
- BomberSolid counter
- PoisonSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Barbarians counters
- Hog RiderSolid counter
- Royal GiantSolid counter
- GiantSolid counter
- Battle RamSolid counter
- Elite BarbariansSolid counter
- Ram RiderSolid counter
- Goblin GiantSolid counter
- GolemSolid counter
- Royal HogsSolid counter
- Electro GiantSolid counter
- Mega KnightSolid counter
- P.E.K.K.ASolid counter
- Rune GiantSolid counter
- Boss BanditSolid counter
- RoninSolid counter
- MonkSoft counter
- Golden KnightSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Lava Hound36% of its decks
- Minion Horde13% of its decks
- Skeleton Dragons14% of its decks
- Battle Healer8% of its decks
- Tombstone12% of its decks
- Mega Minion17% of its decks
- Balloon32% of its decks
- Electro Dragon9% of its decks
Cards played alongside Barbarians far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Barbarians?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Barbarians or Evo Barbarians right now is Archers, Arrows, Barbarians, Bowler, Giant, Giant Snowball, Graveyard, Minions, at 0.1% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Barbarians in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Barbarians are Fireball, Bowler, Valkyrie, Dark Prince.
- What cards go well with Barbarians?
- In the current ranked meta Barbarians is played most often alongside Lava Hound, Minion Horde, Skeleton Dragons, Battle Healer.
- How popular is Barbarians right now?
- Barbarians appears in 2.6% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Barbarians?
- Decks running Barbarians win 50.0% of the 336 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Barbarians
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Barbarians does not fit the deck.