• A new Treehouse Arena
• A new Treehouse Tower Skin
• Emotes:
  • Magic Archer
  • Bandit
  • Hunter
• More gold than any other season
• Season Bank increased from 10,000 to 25,000 gold for the season
• Legendaray’s Infinite Elixir Challenge will make an appearance in Party Mode!

We have 4 interesting changes this month, each designed to rebalance a card that was particularly overused or underused in the meta. Let’s break them down:

• Heal Spirit (NEW CARD)
  • Heal Spell → Heal Spirit
  • Healing: +181%

  The Heal Spell was an extremely underused card, meaning that a rework was definitely in store for the card. Now, the heal spirit will bounce into the arena, jumping on opposing units and casting a heal spell on yours. At a tournament standard, the spirit heals 366 damage, which is more than enough to completely neutralize arrows! All interactions will be the same as the Ice Spirit, so the card’s mechanics will be rather similar. Also note that all copies of your Heal Spell will be transferred over to the Heal Spirit. If you have a Level 12 Heal Spell, for example, your Heal Spirit will instantly be Level 12. Finally, The heal Spirit will be the Card Level Boost for the season, so it will be automatically leveled up to your king tower level for the duration of the season.

• Magic Archer
  • Targeting Range 7 → 6

  Overall a good change. The Magic Archer will have to walk one extra tile to lock onto anything now, giving players that extra bit of time to react to him. In addition, a shorter range means that he will be much weaker on defense, having to be that much closer to the line of fire. However, his arrow still travels the same distance, so you will still be able to snipe at your opponents tower using geometry!

• Goblin Hut
  • Lifetime decreased 20%
  • Death Spawns: 3 Spear Goblins

  The dev team seemed to really like the change to the Barbarian Hut, so they’re doing the same with the Goblin Hut. By decreasing the lifetime from 50 to 40 seconds, the goblin hut will be less annoying on the opponent's side, but it will provide much more defensive value with the three death spawns. Overall, the hut still spawns 12 spear goblins like before, but the last three spear goblins will not be grouped together.

• Skeleton Barrel
  • Speed: Medium → Fast
  • Hitpoints: -15%

  The Skeleton Barrel buff was meant to give players a bit of a substitute for the popular Wall Breakers. By changing their speed to fast and decreasing their hitpoints, the barrel can still reach the tower when ignored, but it will definitely require more of an immediate reaction from your opponents.

Future Changes to Look For:

These changes have been teased by the dev team, but are not coming in this upcoming season, if at all.

• Clash Royale’s Next Major Update is still in the works, no set release date
• Battle Healer and Royal Ghost will be receiving a hover mechanic in the next update, meaning that they will still be ground units, but can travel over the bridge.
• A New Building Card should be coming in mid to late summer, as teased by Drew on reddit!
• Clash Royale will be hitting their 100th Card this year, and may do something special for its release!

CRL East

The Clash Royale League East season begins on April 4th, with 8 stacked teams competing for the championship! Since CRL West will likely be delayed until mid May, this will be a great source of high quality gameplay. There is also a fantasy royale for the season, where players can have a change to win up to 1000 gems! Just head to the News Royale tab, and pick a team of 4 players that you think will earn the most crowns!

Here’s a funny clip by reddit user u/b5leazy, with a perfectly timed king tower activation:

Lightning scared the crap outta him from r/ClashRoyale

We also have a stunning Electro Dragon Fanart by u/Schneiderpox. Amazing work, keep it up!

My Baby Electro Dragon Fanart from r/ClashRoyale

Since the balance changes will be coming into effect next Tuesday, lets break down which decks will be the most viable in April!

• Graveyard: With all the splashers packed in most Graveyard decks, Graveyard shines in a swarm heavy meta. In addition, since there was almost no nerf to Graveyard decks whatsoever, it will still continue to shine in this meta. Popular decks:
  • Splashyard
  • Graveyard Barb Hut
  • Graveyard Furnace
• Bridgespam: Although the Magic Archer nerf will have a slight effect on its popularity, the high pressure nature of the Bridgespam deck means that it will still be a force to be reckoned with in April. If the opponent makes one mistake or overcommitment, you can be sure that a Bridgespam deck will punish it heavily. Popular decks:
  • Ram Rider Healer Bridgespam
  • Royal Hogs
  • 3 Musketeers Royal Hogs
• Control: Control decks are always the safe decks to run in any meta. Their focus on clean defense, then intense counterpush and pressure make it the perfect balance between a slow and fast deck. Popular decks:
  • P.E.K.K.A. Bridgespam
  • Miner Wall Breakers
  • Miner Balloon Cycle
  • Lava Hound Control
  • Mega Knight Wall Breakers