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2.2% of metaOpen deck file
Royal Giant
Evo Royal Giant· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Royal Giant is a 6-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Royal Giant), played in 4.3% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Royal Giant and Evo Royal Giant from live ladder data, what counters Royal Giant, what Royal Giant beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Royal Giant is the Evolution of Royal Giant. 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 Royal Giant, 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
- 6
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 4.3%
- Win rate
- 45.7%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 280 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Royal Giant & Evo Royal Giant decks
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Most-played ranked decks featuring Royal Giant or Evo Royal Giant, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Royal Giant
- Inferno TowerHard counter
- P.E.K.K.AHard counter
- HunterHard counter
- Mini P.E.K.K.ASolid counter
- Inferno DragonSolid counter
- BarbariansSolid counter
- Elite BarbariansSolid counter
- FishermanSolid counter — Pull off building lock
- Mighty MinerSolid counter
- MonkSolid counter — Reflects ranged hits
- TeslaSolid counter
- Bomb TowerSolid counter
- Goblin CageSolid counter
- Skeleton ArmySolid counter
- Minion HordeSolid counter
- CannonSoft counter
- VoidSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Royal Giant counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Fisherman78% of its decks
- Hunter71% of its decks
- Monk17% of its decks
- Electro Spirit87% of its decks
- Royal Ghost57% of its decks
- Phoenix9% of its decks
- Fireball81% of its decks
- Barbarian Barrel82% of its decks
Cards played alongside Royal Giant far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Royal Giant?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Royal Giant or Evo Royal Giant right now is Barbarian Barrel, Electro Spirit, Fireball, Fisherman, Hunter, Royal Ghost, Royal Giant, Skeletons, at 2.2% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Royal Giant in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Royal Giant are Inferno Tower, P.E.K.K.A, Hunter, Mini P.E.K.K.A.
- What cards go well with Royal Giant?
- In the current ranked meta Royal Giant is played most often alongside Fisherman, Hunter, Monk, Electro Spirit.
- How popular is Royal Giant right now?
- Royal Giant appears in 4.3% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Royal Giant?
- Decks running Royal Giant win 45.7% of the 280 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Royal Giant
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Royal Giant does not fit the deck.