The Best Mortar Cycle Deck for Arena 8+
Hello, clashers! I’m 210577 with a brand-new, post-update Mortar cycle deck for all you f2ps.
I’ve been trying this deck out on ladder and challenges and so far I’ve only lost 1 out of every 5 matches or so.
I’ve also used this to get the “Play x commons in ladder” quests on my 2nd account done in just one game! If you’re an F2P pusher or just want a deck for completing quests quickly, please give my deck a try!
Mortar Tesla Cycle Deck
Mortar: Hard to have a Mortar deck without a Mortar, right?
A lot of Mortar players use the Mortar on defense when facing heavy decks like Lavaloon and Royal Giant. Although the Mortar is pretty good on defense, though, it’s your only win condition in this deck and using it on defense means you’ve got to cycle another 4 cards until you can push again. Use this card only on offence!
Replacements: X-Bow
Tip: Below are the best placements for you to put down your Mortar. The one next to the river should only be used if you’ve lost a Tower or if there’s another Mortar down on the popular position.
Tesla
Your true defense against building seekers. Also effective at guarding your Mortar from enemy attacks.
With its recent buff, the Tesla deals approximately the same damage as the Night Witch. Use it in the center to defend yourself from Golems, Giants, Lava Hounds and Hog Riders. You can also use the Tesla to kill Giant Skeletons- it’ll hide before the bomb explodes!
Replacements: Inferno Tower
Tip: When you’re countering a push with Tesla, try to put it so that it defends your Mortar if it survives the attack.
Knight: Even when you’re defending, you still need a tank.
Only costing 3 Elixir, the Knight provides cheap but effective tanking for your Mortar while ranged defenders like the Tesla and Archers clean up the mess.
Although you could swap him for the cheaper Ice Golem, his sword can come in handy against glass cannons or other mini-tanks like the Battle Ram and Valkyrie.
Replacements: Ice Golem
Archers: These ranged sharpshooters pick off Mortar crushers from a safe distance.
Archers are effective when paired with Knight- they pick off air troops and swarms while the Knight distracts melee tanks.
Their range also allows them to shoot from behind the Mortar, and because they come in pairs they can be split evenly behind your King Tower.
They’re also unloggable, but only if you keep them levelled up!
Replacements: Minions, Goblins, Bats
Tip: Apart from your Tesla, Archers are the only troop/building in this deck that can attack air troops without committing suicide. If you’re facing Lava Hound decks, consider saving them for the Hound.
Skeletons: Does practically nothing but allows you to cycle to your next card.
Skeletons are great at distracting Inferno Towers/Dragons and PEKKAs.
They can absorb Bandit dashes and surround Sparky, too. They’re also helpful against building chasers like the Giant, Hog and Battle Ram but that’s just about it.
Use them to cycle to a more powerful defense or to your Mortar while providing a momentary distraction.
Replacements: Goblins
Tornado: When this card meets Mortar you’ve got more options than ever.
Most of the time, Tornado is used to pull troops like Gob Barrel and Hog to the King or to stall a Lavaloon/Mega Knight push for a couple of seconds.
In this deck, though, the Tornado can be used to pull enemy troops towards their own Tower so that your Mortar can wipe them both with splash damage.
It can also be paired with Ice Spirit to easily Freeze an entire push, too.
Replacements: Fireball
Tip: For more info on the Tornado’s various uses, see this guide!
The Log: Great for thinning out swarms and fighting Spell Bait
Not much to say here, I’m quite sure you guys all know how to use Log. If you’re facing something other than Log Bait, use it for chip damage and stalling.
Replacements: Zap
Ice Spirit: This 1-Elixir card shines on defense, freezing entire pushes while your Knight, Archers and Tesla safely eliminate enemies.
It also serves as a soft counter to Minion Horde and Mega Knight. If you’re worried about its low HP, predict placing it beside your Mortar may be a good idea- whatever troops your enemy places will be frozen before they finish deploying!
Replacements: Fire Spirits
Tip: Ice Spirit and Skeletons can send a Mega Knight jumping right at your King Tower for a whopping +5 Elixir trade!
General Gameplay
Early Game (3:00~2:30)
Placing your Mortar right at the start of a battle is a risky move because you don’t know what your opponent has in store for you.
Try to start with a passive move (e.g. split Archers) or a chip attack (e.g. Skeletons + Ice Spirit) to force your opponent to make their move first. Start placing your Mortar once you have a good idea of your opponent’s deck.
Midgame (2:30~1:00)
Unless you’re facing a troll, use your Mortar conservatively, putting it down only when there are already a lot of support units to protect it.
Think of your Mortar like an X-Bow- if you overspend even one Elixir, you might lose both your Mortar and your Tower, and that’s not good.
This is an example of a lost battle caused by overspending.
When my opponent pumped up, I assumed he was running a heavy deck and tried to punish him with my Mortar. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to prepare for the following P.E.K.K.A-Graveyard push and lost my Tower.
Endgame (1:00~Overtime)
This is where you start showing off your spectacular cycle power.
It’s OK to lose a Mortar once in a while because you can outcycle them and get another one before your opponent plays their counter again, so try to keep up a constant barrage of artillery on the opponent’s Tower!
If your opponent saves up enough Elixir for a heavy push, don’t be afraid- you’ve got twice as much Elixir to defend, too.
Matchups
Hog Cycle (Difficulty 2/10)
If you meet this deck archetype, you’ve already won. Because most Hog Cycle decks nowadays use Rocket, your deck is going to be a lot cheaper. If you keep out cycling them and stopping their Hogs with Tesla, the game is going to be pretty hard to lose.
Spell Bait (Difficulty 3/10)
Spell Bait is also pretty easy because you’re able to cycle Log faster than they can get to their Gob Barrel or Gang. If you put down your Mortars in the first position mentioned above, it’s going to be pretty hard getting an Inferno locked on your Mortar.
Mortar decks (Difficulty 3/10)
Tesla effectively counters Mortar for an even trade. Knight and Ice Spirit are both very good at distracting Mortar, and Archers can pick it off easily. Use your opponent’s minitank to counterpush.
Miner Poison (Difficulty 3/10)
Easy matchup, just drag the Miner to the King Tower once and defense is almost over. Don’t be afraid to place Archers inside Poison Spells- they’re a lot tougher than they look.
P.E.K.K.A, Mega Knight, Giant (Difficulty 4/10)
All three of these win conditions are slow and heavy cards.
Easily distracted by Skeletons, Ice Spirit and Knight, you can count on these cards to stall your units while you gather Elixir for a protected Mortar counterattack.
Bridge Spam (Difficulty 5/10)
Bridge Spam decks are less common than they used to be, but each and every one of a Bridge Spam deck’s cards are a threat to your Mortar.
You’ll be safe as long as you don’t make big mistakes while defending.
Lavaloon (DIfficulty 5/10)
Although countering air decks can be a tricky job with this deck, your Tesla can usually survive one hit from both Lava Hound and Balloon.
Luckily for you, though, there are less distractions for your Mortar, too.
Golem Beatdown (Difficulty 6/10)
Here’s where things start getting tricky. Stay calm and trust your Tesla to take out the Golem while you use your Knight, Tornado and Ice Spirit to stall the support.
Use their deck’s heaviness to your advantage by spamming Mortars.
P.E.K.K.A Graveyard (Difficulty 8/10)
Since Graveyard completely ignores your defensive troops, it may end up giving you trouble if the P.E.K.K.A isn’t dealt with first.
Luck usually determines whether you win or not.
Three Musketeers (Difficulty 9/10)
A skilled 3M player will realize that you don’t have any heavy spells and try to make short work of you with a grouped 3M beatdown.
To prevent their Musketeers from wreaking havoc, rapidly cycle all your splash attackers (Log, Ice Spirit, Tornado, and defensive Mortar) to kill them.
Your chance for victory will come only if you cycle like hell.
Tip: Mastering 3M decks is a pretty good idea if you want to counter them.
Mega Knight P.E.K.K.A Beatdown (Difficulty 10/10)
These decks are rare, but if you meet them you’re in for a bad time.
Since the P.E.K.K.A deals with high-HP defences like Knight and the Mega Knight kills swarms, your only hope is getting a Tower down before your opponent musters up the Elixir for a push with both of them.
Sample Replay
Thank you all for taking the time to read this 1,547-word guide. Good luck with your quests and trophies!
1st
lol how am I first? and good deck! I prefer the original mortar cycle though.
Ayy video gameplays! First person to take care of my guide…
I hate uploading videos, it’s just a huge nuisance. If you want, though, I’ll upload one more.
nuisance? it’s the best way to show how to use the deck…
True but that doesn’t change the fact that it takes at least 15 minutes to screen record and upload one of my replays onto YouTube. If I really put my mind to it, I could add some form of commentary or explanations for some of my moves but that would double the amount of time it would take for me to write this guide.
2nd
hmmm this deck seems good, gonna try it thanks!
3rd
hey 210577, is that your own video at the end?
Yeah it’s his own
Yup. I’m not a youtuber so I don’t bother editing my replays.
nice guide too! see my comments above. Do u agree?
There isn’t enough damage dealers in this deck, mortar just isn’t enough i feel. I would probably replace Tesla w/ miner. The tesla doesn’t really synergize, it’s sorta awkward. There’s no medium/high dmg spell either, so it’s hard to get damage. Other than that, well done on your first guide! V well written!
I’d rather use rocket instead of tesla, and gobs instead of skeletons. but that would make it too bland..
yh then that would just be normal mortar rocket xD
When I first created this deck on my 2nd acc I swore it included Fireball in there somewhere. Apparently I messed up a bit somewhere but bevause you’re gonna have tons of mortars down anyway, secondary win conditions aren’t a must have. If you’re more comfortable with another win coniotion, though, then feel free.
hmmm…I prefer having miner in this deck. And bats not skellies. It just synergizes better. I feel mortar is more of a secondary win condition, for extra damage. It does slow trickle damage. Like miner.
This deck is v weak to 3m..
Here’s my revamped version: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9e1a37ca6e54f09291675a77882d43c73c6cff3154033c8e1e76efddd3336b4a.png
Yeah imo bats r better than skellies
How d’you like the new vers?
bats better than skellies atm
sparknado claim 4th!
lol just realized
5th???
nope ur 4th
I officially declare myself as 0th. XD
lol
sparknado didn’t claim 4th yet
4th
hehe
4th no one claimed
Oops
claim 5th instead
5th the
theeere we go
Supermarine did
Sparknado didn’t claim fifth lol
GUYS NO MORE TRYING TO CLAIM, 5TH HAS ALREADY BEEN CLAIMED!
Btw this is not my first guide, I originally invented the first 3M Ram deck ever on CRA but it got replaced by the night witch version. 🙁
sad 🙁
i’d have liked to see ur 3m ram deck. But it got replaced
hey did u see my 4 guides? 🙂
I did but I’m not sure if it was your latest guide. Better check it out when I get access to my laptop 🙂
My latest guide was sparky zap bait.
Link: http://216.194.165.92/~clashroyalearena/deck-building/sparky-zap-bait
Oh yeah I remember that one. I wanted to give it a try but unfortunately my gob barrel is lv 4 XD
What’s ur trophy range?
3800~4100. Never tried hardcore pushing beyond that. This deck was tested at around 3900ish.
I’m guessing 3800-ish?
I’ll try out this deck for sure. But with hog not archers
mine is lvl 5 and i constantly face lvl 11+ zap
tuf luk
Yeah we usually replace old articles with the newer and better ones 😀
I didn’t edit it buddy. It’s what you submitted
Welp XD
How come it said you ‘posted this crap’ when usually it says ‘Clash Royale Arena’ and then the caption below ‘Want to have an author box? COntact us when u have 5 guides posted’
What? XD
nvm idk
@windmm:disqus look at what @disqus_aCywKD6Ifn:disqus said above. He deserves to be banned. Targeted harrasment!
I have banned him. Last time If you see anything like that, just downvote and the system will automatically remove it 😀
lol
any ideas on a good pekka/hog or graveyard deck? im in hog mountian
PE.K.K.A., Hog Rider, Goblins, Ice Golem, E wiz, Poison, Graveyard, Log.
If you run a mortar deck, just go ahead and kill yourself now. Go ahead, no worries. I’ll wait.
what???…
Mortar decks are pure shit. Liquified.
Justify please?
Just because you hate mortar doesn’t mean other people can’t write guides about it.
I didn’t say he couldn’t. I would never try to silence someone’s opinion… like you’re trying to do to me. LoL It’s simply an opinion, and I’m expressing it. 🙂
why are u insulting me over this then xD
You didnt have to say Mortar was shit didn’t you? You’re asking for trouble.
I’m silencing your opinion because I have a reputation at CRA. You’ve literally just joined to insult people. So go away. xD
@disqus_aCywKD6Ifn:disqus too scared to reply? :O
Heh, what is there to fear? You’re an excitable one, aren’t you?
Do u have a reputation on this site?
Nah. My reputation is in the game itself, not some chatty website with occasionally good guides. And even in the game, my reputation is tiny. You wouldn’t know who I am.
Did u just insult CRA? lol
Why are you on this site if it’s not good?
why are you one the website then looking at mortar decks……
Fair point hahahahahahahahaha
Popped up in my feed. Honestly, I used to have trouble versus Mortar decks. Now I trounce them about 4 out 5 times; but I still despise the style of play. So I called them poop. I really don’t think it’s such a big deal.
But like….why did you click then
Because mortar decks still prompt a visceral reaction in me. It’s silly, I know. LoL
I can see that happening with me and the X-Bow. So I can see ur logic.
If you can beat mortar decks why are you calling them shit…
what decks do you run to destroy mortar players
You don’t have to go talking like an arrogant bastard with your first comment here on CRA. Start off on a good foot with people, or else everybody will hate you. Is that clear?
Mmmmm. Beer. I like beer.
I understand where you are coming from nebula but you aren’t mod xD He can post what he wants, its up to the mods to decide wether or not he should be banned
He can only post what he wants if it’s appropriate..
Ik and its up to will/mods to decide wether or not its appropriate or not. You dont have to start an argument with this guy, it wont solve anything
Why are they shit? Because you don’t know how to counter Mortar? xD
You have the right to remain silent cuz whatever u say will probably be stupid anyway xD
Ditto sweetmeat. LoL
come on man….think of your own comebacks
its spam stop
I’m gonna stop if he stops
Oh wait… this is a last word competition to you? My bad! I’ll stop replying to you then. Go ahead, post the “last word” here. It’s yours Honey Bunches of Oats. Hahahaha
ohhh my gawd i lowkey love honey bunches of oats!
Ok it’s time to stop
imma go give this dude (mr t) a warning, next time he does this, im banning him
Out of curiosity, which part was ban-able? Honestly, I’m asking so I don’t do it next time.
Is it expressing my opinion that mortar decks are garbage? Is it that I used a bad word to express that opinion? Or is it that I exploited a weakness in NebulaNoodle’s personality to twist his/her panties up soooooo tight?
I’ll pull back on whichever one or two it was next time.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f3c6447cd05d0558cf0b50a8843d577664629bc47275cb5dd562f61fe622e86e.gif
the fact that you were spamming and really heavy criticism
this was such a serious conversation that i am reading in class might i add then i see this and lost it
What’s the weakness in my personality? Do you like pissing people off?
yo stop its not worth it, dont argue with this dude
May be youre the pure s.h.i.t
OHHHHH BABY
I nearly ran out of popcorn reading that entire argument
Lol u must have a lot of popcorn
How about you do it youre self
Ok. Let’s stop this argument for once and for all:
Mr. T- I don’t run a mortar deck. I’m better off with 3M Ram. I only use this deck for quests.
NebulaNoodle- I know exactly how you feel (I’ve talked to more clan griefers than the average CR player) but I suggest you just leave this guy alone. Some ppl just don’t listen to others; other people do.
I really really really hate these kind of people who think they know everything and can insult people about it
All I know is that I don’t know nothing. And that’s fine. 🙂
Oh except that mortar decks are horse shit. LoL Don’t get your panties all twisted, I’m just talking shit. 😀
Flagged!
I’ve been flagged. What ever shall I do? You’re cute when you’re angry. 😀
You’re asking to be banned. Would u be talking like this if i was a mod?
Dude….stop its not worth it
stop feeding the troll!!!
All 3 of you need to chill
I shall indeed chill. NebulaNoodle just made it too fun, I feel… a little guilty, but only a little! 😉
You just had to say that didn’t you?
HAHA blocked!!! now you can’t trash talk me you piece of dog shit
U like pissing ppl off don’t u
Umm…
Hey look! A Fire Spirit in the pic!
look at what mr t said lol
Did u notice the Fire Spirit?
yh lol
I tested a version of Fire Spirits instead of Ice Spirit 😀
@disqus_aCywKD6Ifn:disqus good luck with your future at CRA
You’ll need it xD
I have no idea what happened since 6:35 in the morning, when I last logged in.
Mr T was going around talking bull
Is it true there will be lvl caps in the next update?
Not in the next update, but it is being pushed by many pro players as well as some youtubers
and some of us as well
Including me
and me, i really dread ladder cuz all you see are overleveled commons and rares
Lvl caps will be good. Bye bye royal cancer and elite cancer!
So I have this Lavaloon deck which I got from Unstoppable’s replays It has: Lavahound, Balloon, Mega Minion, Minions, Gob Gang, Pump, Zap, Fireball. Should I make a guide on it? Or try to find another deck because this is just classic LavaLoon but with a pump.
Make a different lavaloon deck, i’d say it’s too similar to the original.
ayy another korean. 안녕!
Ayy!! 님 대표한테 제 유저네임 대시고 저희클랜 들어오시면 환영해드리겠습니다 ^^
on a plein de langues dans clashroyalarena c’est trop drole XD
ja inderdaad, het is best grappig om het te zien zo xD
is that german?
No, that’s dutch
Generally i like cycle decks but this is too much cycle!!!!!geez basiccaly beatdown can destroy it.
With the last buff, a lone Tesla can wipe out a Golem one level higher (e.g. lv9 vs lv5) with minor tower damage (caused by the Golemites). You’ve also got more elixir to spend against the support troops.
@disqus_aCywKD6Ifn:disqus you got banned! Congratulations! You got your panties a little too wet this time 😉