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3.3% of metaOpen deck file
Skeleton Barrel
Evo Skeleton Barrel· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Skeleton Barrel is a 3-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Skeleton Barrel), played in 10.3% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Skeleton Barrel and Evo Skeleton Barrel from live ladder data, what counters Skeleton Barrel, what Skeleton Barrel beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Skeleton Barrel is the Evolution of Skeleton Barrel. 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 Skeleton Barrel, 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
- 10.3%
- Win rate
- 59.5%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 966 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Skeleton Barrel & Evo Skeleton Barrel decks
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0.4% of metaOpen deck file
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0.2% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
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0.1% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Skeleton Barrel or Evo Skeleton Barrel, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Skeleton Barrel
- ArrowsSolid counter
- WizardSolid counter
- Baby DragonSolid counter
- ExecutionerSolid counter
- ZapSoft counter
- Giant SnowballSoft counter
- FirecrackerSoft counter
- TeslaSoft counter
- MusketeerSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Skeleton Barrel counters
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
Best synergies
- Suspicious Bush7% of its decks
- Rascals65% of its decks
- Mortar63% of its decks
- Cannon Cart53% of its decks
- Goblins61% of its decks
- Minions61% of its decks
- Clone3% of its decks
- Dart Goblin29% of its decks
Cards played alongside Skeleton Barrel far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Skeleton Barrel?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Skeleton Barrel or Evo Skeleton Barrel right now is Barbarian Barrel, Cannon Cart, Fireball, Goblins, Minions, Mortar, Rascals, Skeleton Barrel, at 3.3% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Skeleton Barrel in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Skeleton Barrel are Arrows, Wizard, Baby Dragon, Executioner.
- What cards go well with Skeleton Barrel?
- In the current ranked meta Skeleton Barrel is played most often alongside Suspicious Bush, Rascals, Mortar, Cannon Cart.
- How popular is Skeleton Barrel right now?
- Skeleton Barrel appears in 10.3% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Skeleton Barrel?
- Decks running Skeleton Barrel win 59.5% of the 966 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Skeleton Barrel
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Skeleton Barrel does not fit the deck.