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3.6% of metaOpen deck file
Skeletons
Evo Skeletons· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Skeletons is a 1-elixir Common Troop in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Skeletons), played in 28.2% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Skeletons and Evo Skeletons from live ladder data, what counters Skeletons, what Skeletons beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Skeletons is the Evolution of Skeletons. 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 Skeletons, 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
- 1
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 28.2%
- Win rate
- 51.7%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 1,724 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Skeletons & Evo Skeletons decks
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2.2% of metaOpen deck file
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1.9% of metaOpen deck file
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1.6% of metaOpen deck file
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1.4% of metaOpen deck file
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0.7% of metaOpen deck file
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0.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.6% of metaOpen deck file
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0.6% of metaOpen deck file
Most-played ranked decks featuring Skeletons or Evo Skeletons, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Skeletons
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Skeletons counters
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- X-Bow11% of its decks
- Earthquake18% of its decks
- Goblin Drill11% of its decks
- Goblin Demolisher5% of its decks
- Tesla24% of its decks
- Mighty Miner14% of its decks
- Cannon37% of its decks
- Archers14% of its decks
Cards played alongside Skeletons far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Skeletons?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Skeletons or Evo Skeletons 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 Skeletons in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Skeletons are Zap, The Log, Giant Snowball, Barbarian Barrel.
- What cards go well with Skeletons?
- In the current ranked meta Skeletons is played most often alongside X-Bow, Earthquake, Goblin Drill, Goblin Demolisher.
- How popular is Skeletons right now?
- Skeletons appears in 28.2% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Skeletons?
- Decks running Skeletons win 51.7% of the 1,724 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Skeletons
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Skeletons does not fit the deck.