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Minion Horde
Evo Minion Horde· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Minion Horde is a 5-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Minion Horde), played in 2.4% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Minion Horde and Evo Minion Horde from live ladder data, what counters Minion Horde, what Minion Horde beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Minion Horde is the Evolution of Minion Horde. 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 Minion Horde, 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
- 5
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 2.4%
- Win rate
- 51.4%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 385 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Minion Horde & Evo Minion Horde decks
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Most-played ranked decks featuring Minion Horde or Evo Minion Horde, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Minion Horde
- FireballHard counter
- ArrowsHard counter
- PoisonSolid counter
- WizardSolid counter
- ExecutionerSolid counter
- Baby DragonSolid counter
- FirecrackerSolid counter
- Mother WitchSolid counter
- PhoenixSolid counter
- Skeleton DragonsSoft counter
- WitchSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Minion Horde counters
- BalloonHard counter — Shreds it before the tower unless pre-spelled
- RoninHard counter
- GiantSolid counter
- Electro GiantSolid counter
- P.E.K.K.ASolid counter
- GolemSolid counter
- Royal GiantSolid counter
- Goblin GiantSolid counter
- Lava HoundSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Sparky22% of its decks
- Three Musketeers14% of its decks
- Barbarians14% of its decks
- Giant23% of its decks
- Skeleton Army30% of its decks
- Elixir Collector17% of its decks
- Miner24% of its decks
- Bats18% of its decks
Cards played alongside Minion Horde far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Minion Horde?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Minion Horde or Evo Minion Horde right now is Arrows, Bats, Giant, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Minion Horde, Skeleton Army, Sparky, Zap, at 0.2% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Minion Horde in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Minion Horde are Fireball, Arrows, Poison, Wizard.
- What cards go well with Minion Horde?
- In the current ranked meta Minion Horde is played most often alongside Sparky, Three Musketeers, Barbarians, Giant.
- How popular is Minion Horde right now?
- Minion Horde appears in 2.4% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Minion Horde?
- Decks running Minion Horde win 51.4% of the 385 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Minion Horde
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Minion Horde does not fit the deck.