Clash Royale Balance Changes (January 2025): All Buffs, Nerfs & Reworks

January 9, 2025 by Ray Dalio

2025 sees Clash Royale introducing a fresh wave of significant adjustments to its balance, promising an exciting shift in the Arena landscape. These alterations range from toning down overpowered Card Evolutions to subtle enhancements for underperforming cards, affecting almost every facet of the current meta.

The adjustments in balance were implemented on January 8th, following a short period of game maintenance. This announcement coincides with the start of Season 67 and the introduction of a fresh card, the Rune Giant.

All January Balance Changes in Clash Royale, Listed

This month’s adjustments feature multiple enhancements, reductions, and one major overhaul. A summary of each modification can be found below.

Buffs

Card	Changes
Baby Dragon	Attack splash radius increased from 1.2 tile → 1.5 tiles
Cannon Evolution	Barrage damage increased from 320 → 353
Dagger Duchess	Projectile speed increased from 600 → 1,000
Dark Prince	Charge range decreased from 3.5 tiles → 3 tiles
Electro Giant	Added Sight Clipping (this means they will now behave more consistently and attack nearby buildings instead of far away ones)
Goblin Demolisher	Lifetime after 50% HP increased from 7 seconds → 8 seconds
Goblin Machine	Damage increased from 135 → 212 Damage per second increased from 150 → 176 Hit speed increased from 0.9 seconds → 1.2 seconds
Mighty Miner	Damage increase time decreased from 2.25 seconds → 2 seconds
Mini P.E.K.K.A	Damage increased from 720 → 754
Wall Breakers Evolution	Death damage to troops and buildings increased from 195 → 292
Witch	Attack splash radius increased from 1 tile → 1.5 tiles

Nerfs

Card	Changes
Archer Queen	Cloaking Cape cooldown increased from 15 seconds → 17 seconds
Bomber Evolution	One attack cannot damage the same enemy twice
Cannon Cart	Shield HP decreased from 892 → 824 HP increased from 820 → 824
Electro Dragon Evolution	Extra chain damage decreased from 192 → 128
Fisherman	Slow duration from Anchor decreased from 2.5 seconds → 1.5 seconds
Goblinstein	Doctor HP decreased from 885 → 721
Goblin Barrel Evolution	An additional visual indicator has been added onto the Decoy Barrel
Ice Spirit Evolution	Ice blasts counts decreased from 3 times → 2 times Ice blast damage increased from 110 → 163
P.E.K.K.A Evolution	Healing value for destroying small troops (less than 990 max HP) decreased from 282 → 142 Healing value for destroying medium troops (between 991 and 1,989 max HP) stays the same Healing value for destroying large troops (more than 1,990 max HP) increased from 282 → 565
Royal Recruits Evolution	Charge range increased from 1.5 tiles → 2 tiles Charge damage decreased from 273 → 266
Ram Rider	HP decreased from 1,767 → 1,696
Skeletons Evolution	Skeletons on deploy decreased from 4 → 3
Spear Goblins	First hit speed increased from 3 seconds → 4 seconds

Reworks

Card	Changes
Lumberjack	Rage duration decreased from 6 seconds → 5.5 seconds Damage increased from 242 → 256

In simple terms, the upcoming adjustments to the game balance will be introduced at the beginning of Season 68, which typically starts around early February.

Read More

2025-01-09 11:30