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3.6% of metaOpen deck file
Ice Golem
Hero Ice Golem· Hero form
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Ice Golem is a 2-elixir Rare Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Ice Golem), played in 8.9% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Ice Golem and Hero Ice Golem from live ladder data, what counters Ice Golem, what Ice Golem beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Ice Golem is fielded as the Hero variant of Ice Golem. 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 Ice Golem, 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
- Rare
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 8.9%
- Win rate
- 58.0%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 635 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Ice Golem & Hero Ice Golem decks
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1.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Ice Golem or Hero Ice Golem, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Ice Golem
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
What Ice Golem counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Three Musketeers15% of its decks
- Musketeer70% of its decks
- Miner27% of its decks
- Hog Rider53% of its decks
- Bomb Tower21% of its decks
- Cannon47% of its decks
- Ice Spirit46% of its decks
- Elixir Collector13% of its decks
Cards played alongside Ice Golem far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Ice Golem?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Ice Golem or Hero Ice Golem right now is Cannon, Fireball, Hog Rider, Ice Golem, Ice Spirit, Musketeer, Skeletons, The Log, at 3.6% of the live ladder panel.
- What cards go well with Ice Golem?
- In the current ranked meta Ice Golem is played most often alongside Three Musketeers, Musketeer, Miner, Hog Rider.
- How popular is Ice Golem right now?
- Ice Golem appears in 8.9% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Ice Golem?
- Decks running Ice Golem win 58.0% of the 635 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Ice Golem
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Ice Golem does not fit the deck.