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3.3% of metaOpen deck file
Goblins
Hero Goblins· Hero form
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Goblins is a 2-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Goblins), played in 11.2% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Goblins and Hero Goblins from live ladder data, what counters Goblins, what Goblins beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Goblins is fielded as the Hero variant of Goblins. 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 Goblins, 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
- 2
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 11.2%
- Win rate
- 55.4%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 525 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Goblins & Hero Goblins decks
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1.0% of metaOpen deck file
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0.9% of metaOpen deck file
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0.7% of metaOpen deck file
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0.4% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Goblins or Hero Goblins, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Goblins
- The LogHard counter
- ZapSolid counter
- Barbarian BarrelSolid counter
- Giant SnowballSolid counter
- Mother WitchSolid counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Goblins counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Rascals54% of its decks
- Cannon Cart46% of its decks
- Suspicious Bush5% of its decks
- Mortar50% of its decks
- Skeleton Barrel57% of its decks
- Minions47% of its decks
- Rocket24% of its decks
- Dart Goblin23% of its decks
Cards played alongside Goblins far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Goblins?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Goblins or Hero Goblins right now is Barbarian Barrel, Cannon Cart, Fireball, Goblins, Minions, Mortar, Rascals, Skeleton Barrel, at 3.3% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Goblins in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Goblins are The Log, Zap, Barbarian Barrel, Giant Snowball.
- What cards go well with Goblins?
- In the current ranked meta Goblins is played most often alongside Rascals, Cannon Cart, Suspicious Bush, Mortar.
- How popular is Goblins right now?
- Goblins appears in 11.2% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Goblins?
- Decks running Goblins win 55.4% of the 525 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Goblins
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Goblins does not fit the deck.