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Golden Knight
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Golden Knight is a 4-elixir Champion Troop in Clash Royale, played in 7.2% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best Golden Knight decks right now, what counters Golden Knight, what Golden Knight beats, and the cards it pairs with most.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Golden Knight, 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
- Champion
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 7.2%
- Win rate
- 50.7%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 657 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Golden Knight decks
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The most-played ranked decks in the live meta panel featuring this card.
What counters Golden Knight
- P.E.K.K.ASolid counter
- RoninSolid counter
- Mini P.E.K.K.ASoft counter
- Skeleton ArmySoft counter
- Inferno TowerSoft counter
- BarbariansSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Golden Knight counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Mother Witch27% of its decks
- Battle Ram36% of its decks
- Zappies44% of its decks
- Bandit27% of its decks
- Ronin16% of its decks
- Electro Wizard20% of its decks
- P.E.K.K.A13% of its decks
- Electro Giant8% of its decks
Cards played alongside Golden Knight far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Golden Knight?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Golden Knight right now is Arrows, Bandit, Battle Ram, Golden Knight, Mother Witch, Ronin, Royal Ghost, Zappies, at 0.8% of the live meta panel.
- What counters Golden Knight in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Golden Knight are P.E.K.K.A, Ronin, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Skeleton Army.
- What cards go well with Golden Knight?
- In the current ranked meta Golden Knight is played most often alongside Mother Witch, Battle Ram, Zappies, Bandit.
- How popular is Golden Knight right now?
- Golden Knight appears in 7.2% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Golden Knight?
- Decks running Golden Knight win 50.7% of the 657 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Golden Knight
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Golden Knight does not fit the deck.