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X-Bow
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
X-Bow is a 6-elixir Epic Building in Clash Royale, played in 3.4% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best X-Bow decks right now, what counters X-Bow, what X-Bow beats, and the cards it pairs with most.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for X-Bow, 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
- Epic
- Type
- Building
- Meta usage
- 3.4%
- Win rate
- 51.5%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 134 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best X-Bow decks
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The most-played ranked decks in the live meta panel featuring this card.
What counters X-Bow
- RocketHard counter
- EarthquakeHard counter
- LightningSolid counter
- Royal GiantSolid counter
- P.E.K.K.ASolid counter
- Mega KnightSolid counter
- FireballSolid counter
- GolemSolid counter
- GiantSolid counter
- KnightSolid counter — Tanks it for the tower
- MinerSolid counter
- Ice GolemSoft counter
- FreezeSoft counter
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What X-Bow counters
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
Best synergies
- Archers80% of its decks
- Tesla88% of its decks
- Knight90% of its decks
- Electro Spirit87% of its decks
- The Log93% of its decks
- Rocket23% of its decks
- Skeletons94% of its decks
- Fireball66% of its decks
Cards played alongside X-Bow far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with X-Bow?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring X-Bow right now is Archers, Electro Spirit, Fireball, Knight, Skeletons, Tesla, The Log, X-Bow, at 1.9% of the live meta panel.
- What counters X-Bow in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to X-Bow are Rocket, Earthquake, Lightning, Royal Giant.
- What cards go well with X-Bow?
- In the current ranked meta X-Bow is played most often alongside Archers, Tesla, Knight, Electro Spirit.
- How popular is X-Bow right now?
- X-Bow appears in 3.4% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of X-Bow?
- Decks running X-Bow win 51.5% of the 134 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like X-Bow
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when X-Bow does not fit the deck.