Clash Royale Clan Wars Guide – The Ultimate Guide
What is Clash Royale Clan Wars?
Clan Wars is the new feature being released in the huge 2018 April update.
The Clan Wars event lasts for 5 days. The whole Clan (50 members) can participate in Clan Wars.
Battle with your Clanmates and gain lots of rewards against other Clans around the world.
What you need to do right now:
- Find an active Clan which has at least 10 members to participate in Clash Royale Clan Wars.
- Your King’s Towers need to be at least level 8.
- Only Leaders or Co-Leaders can start the Clan Wars.
- Once the Clan War has started, go to the Social tab to see the map below:
Clan Wars Day #1: Collection Day
On the first day of the Clan War, do your best to get as many Clan Cards as you can for your Clan.
What is Clan Cards?
Clan Cards are used to build up your War Decks in the Clan Wars. Players can collect the Clan Cards on the preparation day.
The whole Clan use a public Clan Card Collection for the Clan Wars. All of the Clan Cards collected by Clan members on the preparation day will be moved to this Clan Card Collection. Clan Cards and levels are the same for every member in the Clan.
Clan Cards will be level up automatically as more cards are collected, no gold required.
The Clan Card levels will be lowered to your own cards level if they are higher than yours.
Clan Cards Tips
- If your own card levels are too low, or usually lower than your Clan card levels, consider upgrading them.
- You should upgrade multiple cards at once, rather than upgrading just a few cards to maxed.
- Clan Wars in Bronze League usually have cards approximately at Tournament Standard so you don’t need to level up everything so soon. Upgrade your cards accordingly as your Clan claims to higher leagues.
- Wait until the War Day (second day) to upgrade your cards. You will know exact the cards you should upgrade.
- Always test and play the War Deck before the War Day. Test it either with your friends, Challenges or even Ladder matches.
What is Collection Day?
The first day of the Clash Royale Clan War is the Collection Day. During the first day, you have 3 matches to play in the War Map (screenshot above).
There are different game modes here for you to choose: 2v2 Ladder, Sudden Death, 2v2 Double Elixir, Draft Mode and Double Elixir. Once a game mode played, it will be replaced by a different game mode.
You use your own cards to play on the Collection day.
The number of Clan Cards you can get on the first day based on your Clan War League and your match results.
The winner will get more Clan Cards than the defeated one. The higher League your Clan is, the more Clan Cards your members can get.
Tips for the Collection Day
- You can easily see and change your deck right on the Collection Day screen.
- Play any game mode you want.
- The winner will have x2 more cards than the defeated one. It’s definitely worth doing your best to get the win. If all of your members have 3 wins on the first day, that’s such a huge opportunity for your Clan on the second day.
- Draft matches have the Tournament Standard. If your card levels are not great, it is always recommended to play Draft.
- If all of the 50 members in your Clan participate in the War, your Clan will be matched with other 50-member Clans.
Clan Wars Day #2: War Day
The second day of the Clash Royale Clan Wars is the War Day.
On the War Day, you have to build up a deck based on your Clan Cards.
You can’t use cards you haven’t unlocked yet, and your Clan Card levels can’t be higher higher than your own ones. So consider upgrading your own cards again at here.
Your Clan will get matched against 4 other Clans. Each Clan member has only 1 attack on the War Day using their own decks.
Tips for the War Day
- Don’t forget to share your Clan deck with other Clan members via the Clan deck building screen.
- Always test your Clan decks first before using it in the War.
- Some players might have more than 1 match to ensure all of the Clans have the same matches played.
- If you do not want to participate in the War, do not play in the Collection Day.
- If you get hard-countered in a match and you just can’t win it, do the best to get a crown to help your Clan.
- Win matters, play aggressive decks to win the match. Since the opponent Clans likely never get matches against you, there is no reason to take the tie.
- Tap on your Clan’s boat to see more details about your Clan.
- You can nudge players who haven’t used their attack yet.
Rewards!
- The rewards will be determined based on your Clan Trophies.
- Gain more Clan Trophies to progress through the Clan Leagues.
- You will get the War Chest at the end of the Clan War Season (2 weeks).
- The War Chest is based on your Clan League and the highest ranked war you participated in during the season.
- Better rank + higher league = bigger chest.
Clan League
Here are all of the information you need to know about Clan League.
Clan League | Clan Trophy Requirement | Collection Day Victory Gold | War Day Victory Gold | War Day King Level Cap |
Bronze I | 0 | 100 | 200 | 9 |
Bronze II | 200 | 100 | 200 | |
Bronze III | 400 | 100 | 200 | |
Silver I | 600 | 150 | 300 | 10 |
Silver II | 900 | 150 | 300 | |
Silver III | 1,200 | 150 | 300 | |
Gold I | 1,500 | 200 | 400 | 11 |
Gold II | 2,000 | 200 | 400 | |
Gold III | 2,500 | 200 | 400 | |
Legend | 3,000 | 250 | 500 | 12 |
War Chest
Total Cards = (Clan League Base Value) + (Rank Bonus)
Gold = 7 x Total Cards
Rares = (Total Cards)/4; Epics = (Total Cards)/15
Clan League | Base Value |
Bronze I | 90 |
Bronze II | Updating… |
Bronze III | Updating… |
Silver I | 210 |
Silver II | Updating… |
Silver III | Updating… |
Gold I | 330 |
Gold II | Updating… |
Gold III | Updating… |
Legend | 450 |
Rank | 4th-5th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st |
Bonus | N/A | 60 | 120 | 180 |
Instant Guide to Building Clan War Decks
First, you need to pick a win condition based on your favorite archetype.
Pick something you are interested in playing or you are confident that you are good with.
However, before picking the exact win condition, you need to pick out the archetype you want to play!
- Beatdown
- Siege
- Control
- Hybrid
Beatdown
You will have a tank in general for your main damage output!
You will need to sacrifice tower HP for elixir leads, place and protect a Collector to further this elixir lead (in some decks)!
If you do decide this is the archetype you want to play, here are some notable win conditions for you:
Pros | Cons |
Great vs Siege decks! | Weaker vs fast cycle decks. |
During 2x Elixir, you have the advantage vs cheaper decks. | Cards like P.E.K.K.A need you to make specific adjustments to take down. |
Amazing counterpush potential | Get struggled vs hard counters like Exenado or Giant NW decks. |
Lots of 3 Crown wins. | 1 misplay tank could cost you the game |
Siege
Using Siege decks, you typically want to have a fairly cheap cycle.
You can easily take care of their units within the range of their towers! This can pose many advantages.
The win condition buildings are fairly tanky and can be used on defense as well!
Typically you have more than 1 win condition in this archetype.
Pros | Cons |
Works great vs faster cycle decks. | Weak vs beatdown pushes. |
Cheap cost allows you to out cycle counters | Multiple tanks and heavy spells can be very annoying. |
Only need 1 tower then defend. | Weaker in 2x elixir |
Almost always can get a draw. | Once lost a Tower, you will be in a tough situation. |
Control
You will want to control the pace and the tempo of the game.
Make sure your opponent follows your cycle. And like siege, have a deck that can defend really well at mitigating damage and giving up the least amount of damage possible.
Typically cheap to mid-range average elixir decks.
There are two other sub-archetypes in this section are: Cycle and Bait.
Pros | Cons |
Fast cycle. | Some decks here have hard counters. |
Great vs beatdown decks! | P.E.K.K.A and Siege counters most of these decks. |
Great on defence to avoid damage. | Usually doesn’t have enough damage to get more than 1 Tower. |
Most of the time, stronger than siege. |
Hybrid
Here are some types of Hybrid decks you would want to know about.
- Beatdown + Control: Giant Miner, Giant Graveyard, Golem Graveyard etc.
- Beatdown+ Bait: Giant Sparky, Giant 3 Muskets, Giant Goblin Barrel etc.
- Siege+ Bait: Mortar Bait – Hog Rider or Miner, X-Bow with Elixir Collector, etc.
- Siege + Control: X-Bow P.E.K.K.A, Mortar P.E.K.K.A, etc.
Pros | Cons |
Typically can’t be hard countered. | More skills based so you need to make decisions on the fly. |
Harder to predict with a more diverse playstyle. | 2nd win condition will take up 1 slot. Sometimes can be tedious. |
Building Deck Around The Win Condition!
Before we get further, I want to explain some terminologies I will be using in the guide
- Win condition – Card that gets you the most damage output.
- Heavy spell – Spell that does typically above 200 damage.
- Light spell – Cheap spell, less than 4 Elixir, for clearing swarms.
- Glass cannon – Low-mid HP troop with high damage-per-second (DPS). Typically die to spell (or survive with just a little of HP). Examples: Witches, Wizard, Musketeer etc.
- Mini tank- Mid HP unit. Medium DPS. Used for sponging damage but not too reliable vs heavy pushes on their own. Examples: Ice Golem, Knight etc.
- Splank – Tank + Splash damage dealer. Examples: Baby dragon, Valkyrie, Bowler etc.
- Tank – Heavy card with 3000+ HP.
Beatdown
I will address 3 Musketeers separately because though beatdown you would typically play it different to a regular Giant or Golem deck + deck would build differently too!
Consider replacing the #7 or #8 cards with a Collector if your deck is too expensive.
Slot #1: Win condition
Slot #2: Heavy spell
Typically to clear away medium-low HP troops, getting value in the process.
Slot #3: Light Spell
For clearing swarms.
Slot #4: Main Support Card
Cheap cards that typically almost always paired up with the Giant.
It can either be a ground troop, or air troop. Should be below 5 Elixir, cheap and have splash damage and.
Slot #5: Ranged attacker
Typically would be able to deal damage from far away!
Slot #6: Glass Cannon/Tank Killer!
This will be your main way of dealing with your opponents heavy cards and their win conditions.
Slot #7: Ground Swarm+ Cycle
Something that can tank hits from dangerous troops like P.E.K.K.A, Prince etc so your Mini Tank won’t die or your own tank won’t get hit.
Also these guys could be your secondary source of getting damage!
Slot #6: Air Swarm or Cycle Card
These guys are similar, maybe a slight spell bait but in the air.
I prefer having a cycle but defensive card in my decks that fit this criteria.
That being said you can put in a cycle card here instead of the air swarmy card.
Siege
Slot #1: Win Condition
Slot #2: Heavy Spell
Secondary win condition
Slot #3: Light Spell
For clearing swams
Slot #4: Mini Tank
Soak up damage while you whittle down their troops HP with your own or the X-Bow or Mortar
Slot #5: Defensive Building or Tank Killer
Mainly for dealing with tanks in beatdown decks
Slot #6: Ranged defensive troop
Typically for dealing with air threats. Also able to cycle and kill troops from the safety of your side, protecting your X-Bow.
Slot #7: DPS Troop / Cycle Card
This isn’t the same as your defensive building.
This should be mainly a cycle card but all the same a card that does good DPS and transform into a counterpush.
Slot #8: Cycle Card
Mainly to just cycle while giving defensive utility.
Control
Slot #1: Win Condition
The main damage dealer.
Slot #2: Heavy Spell
Slot #3: Light Spell
Slot #4: Mini Tank
Slot #5: 2nd Mini Tank/Ranged Attacked
Slot #6: Tank Killer
Slot #7: Ground Swarm
Slot #8: Cycle Card
Hybrid
Slot #1: Main Win Condition
Slot #2: Win Condition #2
Slot #3: Heavy Spell
Slot #4: Light Spell
Slot #5: Support
This is the support for the main Win Condition. For example, If you want to build Giant Miner Deck, use NW for Giant.
Slot #6: Ranged Troop/Cycle Card
If the slot #5 is a ranged card, use a Cycle card here.
Slot #7: Ground Swarm
Slot #8: Air Troop
Can be single or swarm, depending on the win conditions and the idea of the deck.
Give it a test run!
Now that you’ve built your deck, you will want to give it a test go. Perhaps a challenge, tournament or friendly battle.
When I was testing some decks above, I created a few of them on my own.
I am not saying they will be perfect! Playing a game or two with them will show you where to improve the deck, what to change etc. Know what cards might be better.
Trial and error before you finalize a deck!
Lastly, you will need to make sure you’ve undergone several cycles of trial and error before you finalize your deck.
When you’ve finally finished the deck, just grind away with it. Get used to it’s cards, when to play what etc!
Once you got a good grasp of the deck, winning with it will not be too challenging of a thing to do!
With the help from darchangels13 and lolman
Just can’t wait to see it.
first
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almost
xD
XDD
Nice
Oh look Will Potter…
whut whut whut whut
I look forward to it. And hope that it makes the game more fun and motivate us to participate, different than tournaments and clan chest.
This should be their gamechanging update
Not trying to be negative, but they said touchdown was gonna be gamechanging
It was… For a few weeks xD
well yeah agree on that…in COC clan wars were the game changing update too and one of still it is the MOST attractive aspect of the game for most players
3 players from your clan to take on another 3 players from another clan. The clan to get 2 or more wins out of the 3 games get’s the win! Clan battle wins allow your clan to progress you up a clan ladder and climb to different islands (instead of arenas). Cap clan battles per member or make the battles cost gems and earn prizes for wins
TBH it’s kinda boring If it’s pure crown racing.
I don’t really know how can they force Clans to fight against each other
This sounds pretty good to me except the last sentence
Dude I can’t just think about any thing it’s huge .Cool and awesome
Just bring it super cell I can’t wait any longer
OK……
2nd
3rd, also I cannot wait for this update
They said that there will be better prizes than in the clan chest. So it will be better. BUT if Will Potter is true (that it will be only crown racing) it will be shitty.
true i have a feeling they listned to CWA XD
Alright alright alright
There better be a new sort of gameplay, if it’s just a race for crowns then screw you Supercell and thanks for making us wait 2 years just for a tournament with two teams.
I am simply happy that Lightning’s radius is being changed back 😀
yay lightning
I really hope it’s not a crown race, but organizing real-time battles between clan members might be hard… ah jeez
This looks okay to me, I hope it’s gonna be good. I have no idea how it’s gonna work out though.
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lol
#fingerscrossed #ClanWarsHype
Down with Dark Prince ! WOOHOO!!!
noooooooo
never gonna let you down…
never gonna round around…
it’s actually my school bell
and desert you!
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you!
i am scared for this it is a double edged sword and i am scared as heck apparently updates like these are usually released on balance change days so tuesday. I just wonder how they gonna do it and considering this aint clash of clans ir boom beach how is it gonna work. I have a feeling it is head to head with whoever is online and there are like rewards you can earn if you win a battle against someone. It will be scored on a win/loss ratio and whoever has the highest wins. Just like COC you can clan war whenever you like so maybe a new feature added when creating clans i.e. clan wars every week. I have a feeling you can only battle with people who are online and is arranged according to trophies. these are my thoughts
Screw being scared for Clan Wars (jk)! Hog Rida is GON BE AMAZEBALLS!!!
no
i swear if this is a crown race i will throw this game away
I hope not. It would be boring af
Imagine how difficult that would be if there was also a Gold or Gem Rush event at the same time…
Wohoo!
Can’t wait to get online 🙂
This is dope
It’s beautiful… :’)
Yup xD
XD
Ditto!
i already tried it this morning it was awsome XD
are there any clans I can join because my clan is not active
I have 3.8k trophies
join my clan 3 towers 2 3.4k required america
You could join mine, it’s called Donate. but there are many of those so here are some filters you need:
It’s a green gem with black background as icon,
we have 39k trophies so bring the filter up
we currently have 50 so it’s a bit of a weight to join- but so worth it as we have a great time
International/any as nationality.
Rowland Royale, 10/10 chest every week
theres no more clan chest…
lmao clan chest is gone
please join my clan its called CRC i am a co leader my in game name is HiPeople MC and we just got #1 “WE ARE NUMBER ONE” (song here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ ) and yay (i didnt say which song)
you did join one of their clans right? if not I could let you join my clan, the clan points are above 41k
boring. but i got ice wizard. in the wooden chest idk if it added to my collection
It’s only added to your Clan Cards Collection.
Playing 3 battles in the first days is not enough. We want more!
Definitely. Make more like 8-10 if we want
Same dood!
Where is the legendary arena, is it in space because in the background of the arena it looks like it?
Now that clan wars is here, I am recruiting for some clanmates to help me on this war. I wanna try it out, and hope to win first try (but mostly try it out)
My clan isn’t very active, I am hoping that I can get enough recruits in my clan to start. Or I will have to wait for Supercell ID to come out and go to an FA clan so I can manage my clan occasionally.
Will I get rewards if I change clan in the clan war season?
This update is going to cause the good players to leave their clans and look for better ones, so they get bigger rewards. IMHO this update is a clan killer and bad for the casual players.
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that was fast
WOW
supercell shouldn’t have thrown your own levels to the mix… it forces people including me to only play in draft
It’s not that bad tho. Lots of players will find it interesting to collect cards again.
I think that it’s very interesting, and it’s one of those things that you can’t change so go with it. Cr isn’t about levels, it’s about strategy, so I try to let it go when I lose to the max rg.
Exactly, i too have been playing cr more casually
If you ain’t have fun, don’t play
This was probably a thought they had to force deck one-tricks off their decks.
yeah maybe
I just play Draft, 2X Elixir, and Sudden Death, but I typically do Drafts to get better at future Leggy Challenges! *cough cough* new card
new card?
soon… i hope
It’s not that bad, just play draft
the thing is draft isn’t always available
It rotates with sudden death and 2x elixir so you should get it pretty often
yeah but at least one of my matches are gonna be sudden death, and there is no guarantee I’ll win the rest
My cards are OP levels so I am not limited to just draft, but it is still my primary Clan War game mode.
because it’s fun?
So that way I can practice for other Draft Challenges that get me Legendary Cards! I got 0-3 in the Rascal Draft opponent had Rascals every time even tho I had good counters. :(.
don’t worry you’ll probably get tons of rascals after the release
Seems like i have a reason to play Cr again 😀
đy clan ended 4th with 24 wins. when war ended we got 14 trophies. for some reason we got -10 trophies but dont know why. it happened twice. anyone knows why please?
I would help you but to be honest, I don’t know! Perhaps you got more losses than wins and then that adds up to negative points
The reason is because your total clan crowns were lower than the amount of clan war trophies you automatically get for 4th/5th. Hence you end up with negative trophies.
it should be like coc.. a one on one clan war..where all battles are set in tourney standards and get 2 matches and only lasts a day
it would be hard to get a match if it’s one vs one
Wow
I guess so.
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xD
Will, after getting 5 guides, how do i contact you
The only problem is I’m so bad at advertising my clan, having the first war is impossible unless I movie to another clan, although I don’t plan to.
Your Clan should do a serious recruit.
What’s a “serious recruit”?
Recruiting seriously
Reiously secruiting
How am I supposed to take recruiting seriously?
Go all around and advertise? Have one ad here, one ad on another site?
Well how am I supposed to serious recruit? Advertise on forums like Reddit, and other sites where Clan recruitment is possible?
Yeah why not? If you want a fun, active clan u need more members. If you’re desperate enough you’ll advert on forums.
Open your clan to anybody can join and pester any people or friends you know of to join to get the word out. This worked for me getting our clan from 10 active people to around 40 in a matter of a couple of weeks
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I hate clan wars so much. Now that my clan got into silver league, we get 10/8/5/2.5 clan cards, which is annoying, since I only have a few level 2 legendaries and only 4 level 5 epics. I don’t even have a single level 8 rare! Now, I’m forced into using a trash pekka graveyard miner poison deck unless I want to use some significantly underleveled cards, like level 6 wizard (not that wizard is good) or level 2 golem.
I believe the clan wars were made to solve ladder overleveling(e.g. level 13 mortar and everything else tourney standards), but yeah I don’t like how it forces the use of other cards. sure using other cards are refreshing but not this. still like the war though, if they add and edit more stuff I’m definitely loving it
thanks, my clanmates were recommending stupid decks they had won with by luck, which resulted in dicey matches and often a loss. now I can create a proper deck! GG
graveyard rocket control ftw
I made a P.E.K.K.A. Prince deck with miner and 3 crowns my opponent so easily
Can u tell me what it is?
101st
new poll : how have you done in clan wars so far? I haven’t played it, but you probably have.
Not me, my clan has 3 ppl
bruh join mine unless its your friend’s clan or something
It’s a friends clan lol
oh… shame
rip
Won every final battle, except today 😉
Wow..
I won every single battle except two, one because of my skill and the other due to me being inactive that day
i am doing aight innit
I have won every war day battle
Same. Never lost even one
What does nudging do?
Co-leaders and leaders can ‘nudge’ clanmates who haven’t played their collection day or war match yet, and they receive a notification in their royale inbox when nudged to go battle.
Want to do the collab series? Sally and Cow never got back to me yet. I’m already doing the first guide too.
Sure Supermarine. Do you have like a google doc or shared word doc?
I’m getting there
ok i’ll wait
For the guide?
If you want my help, please ask. If you don’t want my help, that’s fine too! Looking forward to seeing the guides
just submitted me golem hunter guide woooooo
I tried CR again right now and it was so disappointing. I played 3 matches going up against overleveled stuff each time, one was lvl 13 e barbs. Ladder is broken, tourneys are broken, 2v2 u only occasionly get a good teamate and when u do u go up against max lvl 12s or something, and challnegees supercell is stingy and hates giving free entries, there are so many better games to play instead, I wanted it to be better so badly but my hopes were crushed.
Lol, don’t give up, for ladder try lavaloon w/ arrows or pekka control against those e barbs, and there’s clan war.
how come i never won a single attack up till now and i,m lvl 10 nearly 11 and arena 11, this sucks
If you’re almost level 11 and you’re not even in Legendary Arena, you’re a noob, no offense. Unless you use a terrible deck or have extremely underleveled cards (e.g. you’re a level 11 with multiple level 6-7 rares, level 3-4 epics, etc. in your deck), there aren’t any exceptions. I got into Legendary Arena as a level 10 with 10/7/5/2 cards and 800 wins and I can’t even get a 10 win classic challenge.
That’s true. I got into legendary arena as a level 10 with levels 10/11 common, 6/7 rares (I rarely used them), 4 epics, and 1/2 legendary as a f2p
THERE’S A SECOND WILL NOW! HE’S A CLONE!
AHHHH!!!
Did will drink a clone spell???
Maybe he accidentally looked in the mirror
I got into challenger 1 in 3rd account as a level 9, trying to climb to challenger 2 is really damn hard with my king tower level. (Now it is 10). I use pekka miner posion.
Level 11 in Legendary Arena = Me.
Good job *claps
Because you are bad at building decks and using them correctly I suppose
same
im not sure if i should restart, i stopped during november do my deck will be bad
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Clan is open to all!
Bro you keep advertising but your clan is not that attractive looking
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