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1.4% of metaOpen deck file
Royal Hogs
Evo Royal Hogs· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Royal Hogs is a 5-elixir Rare Troop in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Royal Hogs), played in 8.5% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Royal Hogs and Evo Royal Hogs from live ladder data, what counters Royal Hogs, what Royal Hogs beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Royal Hogs is the Evolution of Royal Hogs. 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 Hogs, 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
- Rare
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 8.5%
- Win rate
- 56.3%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 709 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Royal Hogs & Evo Royal Hogs decks
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1.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.8% of metaOpen deck file
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0.3% of metaOpen deck file
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0.3% of metaOpen deck file
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0.3% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Royal Hogs or Evo Royal Hogs, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Royal Hogs
- Bomb TowerHard counter
- ValkyrieSolid counter
- Dark PrinceSolid counter
- Mega KnightSolid counter
- FireballSolid counter
- Mother WitchSolid counter
- BowlerSolid counter
- ExecutionerSolid counter
- Royal DeliverySolid counter
- Skeleton KingSolid counter
- BarbariansSolid counter
- Royal RecruitsSolid counter
- Baby DragonSoft counter
- TornadoSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Royal Hogs counters
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
Best synergies
- Flying Machine41% of its decks
- Royal Recruits45% of its decks
- Archer Queen23% of its decks
- Royal Delivery25% of its decks
- Goblin Cage44% of its decks
- Zappies47% of its decks
- Earthquake24% of its decks
- Goblin Hut5% of its decks
Cards played alongside Royal Hogs far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Royal Hogs?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Royal Hogs or Evo Royal Hogs right now is Archer Queen, Cannon, Earthquake, Ice Spirit, Royal Delivery, Royal Hogs, Skeletons, The Log, at 1.4% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Royal Hogs in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Royal Hogs are Bomb Tower, Valkyrie, Dark Prince, Mega Knight.
- What cards go well with Royal Hogs?
- In the current ranked meta Royal Hogs is played most often alongside Flying Machine, Royal Recruits, Archer Queen, Royal Delivery.
- How popular is Royal Hogs right now?
- Royal Hogs appears in 8.5% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Royal Hogs?
- Decks running Royal Hogs win 56.3% of the 709 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Royal Hogs
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Royal Hogs does not fit the deck.