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1.9% of metaOpen deck file
Knight
Hero Knight· Hero form
Evo Knight · Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Knight is a 3-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Knight), played in 16.0% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Knight and Hero Knight from live ladder data, what counters Knight, what Knight beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Knight is fielded as the Hero variant of Knight. 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 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
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 16.0%
- Win rate
- 55.0%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 2,020 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Knight & Hero Knight decks
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1.0% of metaOpen deck file
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1.0% of metaOpen deck file
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0.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.5% of metaOpen deck file
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0.5% of metaOpen deck file
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0.5% of metaOpen deck file
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0.4% of metaOpen deck file
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0.3% of metaOpen deck file
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0.3% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Knight or Hero Knight, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Knight
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
What Knight counters
- X-BowSolid counter — Tanks it for the tower
- MortarSolid counter
- Hog RiderSoft counter
- GraveyardSoft counter
- MinerSoft counter
- SparkySoft counter
- Elite BarbariansSoft counter
- Goblin DemolisherSoft counter
- Boss BanditSoft counter
- BerserkerSoft counter
- Goblin BarrelSoft counter
- Mega 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
- X-Bow19% of its decks
- Goblin Demolisher10% of its decks
- Goblin Drill17% of its decks
- Inferno Tower15% of its decks
- Archers20% of its decks
- Princess20% of its decks
- Poison23% of its decks
- Tesla30% of its decks
Cards played alongside Knight far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Knight?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Knight or Hero Knight right now is Archers, Electro Spirit, Fireball, Knight, Skeletons, Tesla, The Log, X-Bow, at 1.9% of the live ladder panel.
- What cards go well with Knight?
- In the current ranked meta Knight is played most often alongside X-Bow, Goblin Demolisher, Goblin Drill, Inferno Tower.
- How popular is Knight right now?
- Knight appears in 16.0% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Knight?
- Decks running Knight win 55.0% of the 2,020 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Knight
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Knight does not fit the deck.