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3.6% of metaOpen deck file
Musketeer
Hero Musketeer· Hero form
Evo Musketeer · Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Musketeer is a 4-elixir Rare Troop in Clash Royale with a Hero form (Hero Musketeer), played in 9.5% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Musketeer and Hero Musketeer from live ladder data, what counters Musketeer, what Musketeer beats, and its top synergies.
Hero Musketeer is fielded as the Hero variant of Musketeer. 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 Musketeer, 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
- Rare
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 9.5%
- Win rate
- 53.1%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 1,545 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Musketeer & Hero Musketeer decks
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1.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Musketeer or Hero Musketeer, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Musketeer
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Musketeer counters
- BalloonSolid counter
- Lava HoundSolid counter
- PhoenixSolid counter
- Skeleton BarrelSoft counter
- Inferno DragonSoft counter
- Electro DragonSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Ice Golem65% of its decks
- Hog Rider51% of its decks
- Bomb Tower21% of its decks
- Cannon47% of its decks
- Miner22% of its decks
- Giant Snowball28% of its decks
- Ice Spirit46% of its decks
- Skeletons68% of its decks
Cards played alongside Musketeer far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hero Musketeer?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Musketeer or Hero Musketeer right now is Cannon, Fireball, Hog Rider, Ice Golem, Ice Spirit, Musketeer, Skeletons, The Log, at 3.6% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Musketeer in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Musketeer are Lightning, Rocket, Fireball, Void.
- What cards go well with Musketeer?
- In the current ranked meta Musketeer is played most often alongside Ice Golem, Hog Rider, Bomb Tower, Cannon.
- How popular is Musketeer right now?
- Musketeer appears in 9.5% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Musketeer?
- Decks running Musketeer win 53.1% of the 1,545 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Musketeer
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Musketeer does not fit the deck.