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0.4% of metaOpen deck file
Dark Prince
Hero Dark Prince· Hero form
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Dark Prince is a 4-elixir Epic Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Dark Prince), played in 5.7% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Dark Prince and Hero Dark Prince from live ladder data, what counters Dark Prince, what Dark Prince beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Dark Prince is fielded as the Hero variant of Dark Prince. 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 Dark Prince, 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
- 4
- Rarity
- Epic
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 5.7%
- Win rate
- 47.2%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 390 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Dark Prince & Hero Dark Prince decks
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Dark Prince or Hero Dark Prince, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Dark Prince
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
What Dark Prince counters
- Royal HogsSolid counter
- Skeleton ArmySolid counter
- Goblin GangSolid counter
- GraveyardSolid counter
- Battle RamSolid counter
- BarbariansSolid counter
- MortarSoft counter
- Goblin DrillSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Goblin Giant7% of its decks
- Rage23% of its decks
- Prince20% of its decks
- Giant26% of its decks
- Sparky13% of its decks
- Bomber17% of its decks
- Mega Minion19% of its decks
- Electro Wizard19% of its decks
Cards played alongside Dark Prince far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Dark Prince?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Dark Prince or Hero Dark Prince right now is Bomber, Dark Prince, Fireball, Giant, Mega Minion, Prince, Rage, Zap, at 0.4% of the live ladder panel.
- What cards go well with Dark Prince?
- In the current ranked meta Dark Prince is played most often alongside Goblin Giant, Rage, Prince, Giant.
- How popular is Dark Prince right now?
- Dark Prince appears in 5.7% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Dark Prince?
- Decks running Dark Prince win 47.2% of the 390 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Dark Prince
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Dark Prince does not fit the deck.