Magic Archer Draft Challenge – Best Tips and Tricks
Magic Archer is the new Legendary Troop Card which can be unlocked from Arena 11: Electro Valley (3400+).
He isn’t released yet but you can unlock him this weekend from the Magic Archer Draft Challenge.
Magic Archer Draft Challenge
Card Overview
Magic Archer is a fragile-medium HP troop with low damage (490 HP and 97 DMG per sec i.e. 97 DPS at Tournament Standards).
The thing that makes this guy worth being a legendary card is his Magical Arrow.
With range 7 tiles and projectile range 11 tiles he technically has the highest damage range of all troops. This breaks Princess’s long maintained record of almost 2 years of being the troop with highest range.
However, Princess still holds the record for highest attacking range while Magic Archer has highest range damage.
Magic Archer has two different range stats with Range as 7 tiles and Projectile Range 11 tiles.
In simple terms, Magic Archer will directly hit troops within 7 tiles, but due to his Special arrow that can pass through anything, he can indirectly damage troops up to 11 tiles!
Using this staggering range, he can be a great crowd controller and even a great defender as well strong offensive support behind a tank.
His projectile range is that of an X-bow, which means he can hit enemy towers from your side of the map, provided there is an enemy troop (or a building) within 7 tiles and falls in line with tower.
Magic Archer’s role can be closely described to that of Flying Machine in deck because of similar Cost-to-HP ratio and similar range.
Synergies
Tanks
Magic Archer has great synergies with tanks like Giant and Golem due to his DPS and super long attack range.
He can deal devastating amount of damage within no time and giving no chance for the opponent to take him out.
Quick Attackers
His quick speed works in harmony with their fast speed.
Same role as splash-support.
Tornado
Is there any splash troop which doesn’t work with the good ol’ Tornado? I guess not.
Very powerful with Tornado as you can pull troops near the Crown Tower and attack all of them and the tower together.
In 3 seconds, he deals 288 damage which is pretty decent.
Counters
Spells
Fireball is the best counter to MA right now. Poison is pretty good as well but gives MA the chance to attack.
Cheap Spells are not good enough to kill MA but do the work good enough for low elixir-low damage kinda trades.
Rocket and Lightning are not recommended as its -2 elixir trade but with another troop/building or Double Elixir time is good.
Mini-Tanks
Mini-Tanks like Knight, Valkyrie, Ice Golem are good counters to Magic Archer provided you get the Timing and Placement right.
As soon as the MA comes within tower range, drop your Mini-tank on top/besides him so that he has to target your mini-tank at an angle rather than hitting the mini-tank along with your Crown Tower.
Too soon or too late or wrong placement will result it you getting 4-5 shots from the magic arrow.
Swarms
Swarms like these are good counter to MA as even though he is a Splash damager, he is AoE is a straight line and not a circle.
So, if you surround him, you can counter him pretty well, especially since his damage is not that high.
You can even counter him with Skeletons or Bats for just 1-2 elixir!
Ranged Troops
Ranged troops with Medium Damage and decent HP are good counters to him as due to MA’s low damage and low HP he won’t survive much hits.
Best ranged troops would be Musketeer, eWiz and even Archers!
Ice Wizard is another great option but since he has low damage, it would be better if you could like place him right when he enters your tower range so that iWiz slows down MA and the tower takes care of him.
General Draft Tips:
Pick a Win Condition: This is very simply!
Picking a win condition is the most important thing when drafting, because it’s what allows you to take down your opponent’s towers.
Because Flying Machine will be around in every match, you’ll have to pick your win condition carefully. All tanks work great with the Flying Machine, so if you already have picked the Flying Machine, something like a Lava Hound would be much better than a Hog Rider.
The best win conditions in Draft Challenge:
These are the best win conditions in this challenge are Giant, Lava Hound and Golem if you have Flying Machine because they have great synergy together.
Pick card that counter the other: Another straight-forward tip!
For example, If you have the Minion Horde & Arrows Draft, go for Arrows.
Pay attention to what you are giving away: A bit more advanced tip!
Sometimes, the better choice is about making your opponent’s deck worse, not making your deck better.
For example, If you get the choice between Spear Goblins and Rage, go with Spear Goblins. Spear Goblins can’t make your deck better but Rage is definitely one of the worst cards in Draft Challenge.
Cards which are bad in the meta could be OP in the Draft Challenge:
For example, the Witch.
In the normal meta games, people can easily counter Witch with meta cards such as Bowler, Executioner, Knight, Lightning, Baby Dragon etc. However, in Draft Challenges, having those cards is not guaranteed.
Try to pick cards which require specific counters:
Here are some of those cards:
For example, Sparky!
If you have Sparky in your hand while the opponent doesn’t have any Zap effect or swarm card, he will find it extremely hard to deal with the Sparky. This is even worse If you have a good Sparky combo such as Giant Sparky.
Don’t forget spell!
Always pick one of these: Rocket, Lightning, Fireball and Poison.
In case you don’t have any win condition, or your win condition gets countered, you still have something to deal damage.
Last but not least, getting positive Elixir trade with spells is not hard!
Ensure your deck makes scene
Example:
- First pick: Graveyard vs Mega Minion
- Second pick: Baby Dragon vs Musketeer
Although Musketeer can solo kill Baby Dragon, pick Baby Dragon because it is a hard counter to your Graveyard. Also, If you are lucky, you can combo it with Tornado later on.
Let’s share your results below!
1st
yeet
Stop it’s annoying as hell
Stop saying ‘yeet’? That was the first time I said yeet on this site. Can u not take a joke. I lightheartedly was happy and joked about getting first
2nd
Why did I get the notification for this page only 15 seconds ago smh
got 12 wins on the first try. The trick is to pick magic archer and play smart 🙂
What about your other choices?
depends.
You have to decide if you want to give up a card to get a better counter, or get a card because its stronger in general. If i had to choose between poison or lightning, i would go with poison as it provides a lot more uses and can be useful in more situations
I know that was a joke
Guess I’ll pick arrows over minion horde
Can’t wait to buy him!
That’s how I get my legends… save up 40k and wait
Can’t wait to unlock him!
3rd!
i could claim 4th but i am not going to.
Did 1000 damage to the opponent’s tower with a defensive Magic Archer!
Lol
But magic archer does 96 dmg/hit not 97
I havnt seen you before welcome
same thing
i don’t like the magic archer already
I’ll claim 4th then… thx @hybrid_ftw:disqus
Anytime bruh
The worst challenge player got 3-3 in this challenge….
Btw i think magic archer needs a little buff
He shouldnt die to fireball, give him ewiz buff
Do you have good connection?
I’m just bad…
Na I am the worst challenge player with 2-3
I GOT HIM!! Started trolling people on ladder with Sparky, Battle Ram, Princess, Magic Archer, Dart Goblin, Tornado, Zap, and Goblin Gang. It was hilarious watching people try to counter cards with such a large range. Maybe I should add Flying Machine…
noice i got him on my noob acc. gonna start making peoplw jealous on ladder
I agree with pretty much everything you said here
yay
Magic Archer has surprisingly good synergy with Bowler, Battle Ram, Princess, and Ice Wizard, based on my experiments on the ladder. If you can keep MA alive, he can wreck opponents. I feel like he will excel most in faster-paced decks utilizing Hog, Battle Ram, or Giant Cycle decks rather than heavier beatdown decks
we shoud call him MA from now on new nickname!
Got 3-3 got him 3 times but the choices were awful and in one battle my opponent gave me 3 tanks ( golem , rg and lava) and look pekka and loon
The choices were-
Rg vs ebarbs
Gskel vs lava
Gskel?
Giant Skeleton
Giant skel
you should have picked GS and RG
I picked and lost both
ouch. I’m sorry
same! 12-2
I went 10-3:( would try again but i dont have the gems
5-3 because hotel WiFi is trash
Tis. I played ladder on hotel wifi like 5 months ago and lost 200 trophies:(
sucks
2-3 cuz I probably went up against 3 smurf accounts
Waz dat mean
A smurf acct basically means an alternate account, I have 2 accts and my lvl 11 is my main acct, which would mean my lvl 9 acct is my smurf acct
Oh. How do u know when playing challenges that they are Smurf’s
It depends on the skill set, if they have a high skill set and yet they’re in arena 8 or something, then it is likely that it is a smurf acct of a dude who is in a higher arena
nah dont can wait 13 days
Yea i dont even think the ma is good anyways
oh well it is high risk high reward all goes down to placement
Pro Tip: Chose Dart Goblin!
Definitely
yeah and NEVER choose princess over dart goblin
i always choose princess over dart gob bc of value
Dart Goblin is just such a beast on defense along with offence because he can do great chip damage if you don’t have a win condition. He’s very good in draft challenges because he need a specific counter.
What about log vs dart gob
You give your enemy the log and watch him moss the dg
he is a win con due to his insane dmg
Thanks and Congo!
I GOT 12-2 TOO!!!
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e85a4aed78a000716261ce69d25d97ff672a62fc68a711ef42645d51cdb093e5.png
I got 12-2 😀
you just have to place a troop next to the magic archer, to the side of your king tower when the magic archer is close, and it will activate the king tower!!!!
Mind showing us placement?
watch orange juice’s video about how to use and counter him
I actually think it needs a buff. A lot of pros like electr1fy and surgical goblin also thinks that MA is a bit underpowered.
Also think*
R.I.P… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b58c44a266f7e863bff4aa39fbffd878549efd0e5e75cdd47220c570204f08db.jpg
Did you win?
Won 12-1, pretty smooth, went from 0-1 to 12-1. One match was extremely close though, I won with RG against PEKKA loon. I only had Magic Archer and Ice Spirit to defend the Loon. Won 2-1 with my 2nd tower at 14 hp XD
Lol I’m not even level 8
New poll : how do you think the magic archer will fare in the meta?
I think he’ll be doing pretty good, will be kind of hated by F2P, and will eventually be nerfed, even though you just need the right card to counter him and it shouldn’t be too bad. I believe he dies to fireball? He seems to be quite the beast though. You let him lock onto your tower and you’re dead.
Little bit OP when it comes but it will get nerfed
I’ve used him a lot recently, and he isn’t OP at all. He is very balanced because of his fragility. I think Magic Archer will excel in faster paced decks or very specialized beatdown decks. He dies to fireball, and most cards can counter him if they hit him. The trick is keeping MA alive. Kind of like a princess, but also not in a way. He will find a role similar to that of hunter or princess, IMO. I see him not being affected by upcoming balance changes
Thanks for your opinion. I don’t exactly know what he does yet because I haven’t seen any gameplay as I can only play my account every six months or so. So he’s not that good?
I would say he won’t be affected directly in the next changes
Couldn’t get him in the challenge, but I know a deck that I will use him in when I get him. Should I make a guide on it, it’s a bait deck 😮
Might replace princess?
Nah
No
im gonna try dat with my deck if i unlock it
What’s the deck
I was away for 4 days because of a trip and this happens… gotta get him fast!!!
No he kinda sucks
still. I like collecting leggies
I have 5 wins and 3 losses!
Same
And 0 English lol
L0L
Why aren’t heal and clone getting buffed? I have literally not seen either in months in the ladder
Because they are specialized pocket cards. Make them too powerful, and the game would be in a bad spot. Supercell was very reluctant to include heal in the first place
true. but it kinda sucks. clone is powerful if used right
heal used to be really op
I really only see it in 2v2
tbh they should be removed
Yeah, or reworked somehow, maybe make heal last 2x longer, but heal at half the rate?
maybe?
I think that would work
No one has claimed fifth LOL
I managed to claim him 12-0. My drafts were awesome and for the last one I got graveyard, ice wiz, cannon cart AND poison. OP.
He’s kinda weak tbh. Works with tornado+arrows.
man I wish I could get your drafts too!
You guys have got a ton of ideas but I’m just gonna say they rereleased flying machine and reskinned him basically since the pierce ability usually doesn’t hit much.
dunno, he is WAYY more annoying than flying machine
Reskinned upgraded flying machine
Wait who are you? You changed your name.
that dude originally was ultimate
Oh ultimate. Yeah.
np!
did you get him?
I’m not claimin it
Hey guys do you know where the mods are (except blaze) like ligthningmaster and all those people
I’ve been a bit less active nowadays
It’s good to see all of you
right here
im always around lol just am active on discord not here
7-3, thought I could do better then that.
I went 2-3 cuz I got a bit too cocky
At least you got some gold though right?
Yea…
Maybe next time we’ll get it. Next time. . .
8-3. I hate challenges so much
Don’t feel bad I did a lot worse
i have never gotten a 12 win so dont feel bad…yet some how im at 4102 trophies
Yeah my best is 10 wins in cc and my pb is 4107 xD
I do much worse at 4-3 typically
0-0 didn’t start
I had 2 losses at 6 wins then won all the rest somehow when I gave up hope of winning the challenge..