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Skeleton King
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Skeleton King is a 4-elixir Champion Troop in Clash Royale, played in 2.5% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best Skeleton King decks right now, what counters Skeleton King, what Skeleton King beats, and the cards it pairs with most.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Skeleton King, 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
- Champion
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 2.5%
- Win rate
- 48.7%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 316 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Skeleton King decks
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The most-played ranked decks in the live meta panel featuring this card.
What counters Skeleton King
- P.E.K.K.ASolid counter
- Mini P.E.K.K.ASoft counter
- LightningSoft counter
- Inferno TowerSoft counter
- PoisonSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Skeleton King counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Void20% of its decks
- Goblin Curse16% of its decks
- Elixir Golem42% of its decks
- Rage36% of its decks
- Night Witch47% of its decks
- Skeleton Army65% of its decks
- Witch16% of its decks
- Golem21% of its decks
Cards played alongside Skeleton King far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Skeleton King?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Skeleton King right now is Arrows, Balloon, Bats, Freeze, Giant Skeleton, Inferno Dragon, Skeleton Army, Skeleton King, at 0.2% of the live meta panel.
- What counters Skeleton King in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Skeleton King are P.E.K.K.A, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Lightning, Inferno Tower.
- What cards go well with Skeleton King?
- In the current ranked meta Skeleton King is played most often alongside Void, Goblin Curse, Elixir Golem, Rage.
- How popular is Skeleton King right now?
- Skeleton King appears in 2.5% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Skeleton King?
- Decks running Skeleton King win 48.7% of the 316 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Skeleton King
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Skeleton King does not fit the deck.