October Update: Balance Changes – Sparky Buff, Tesla Buff and Spell Nerfs
By Yes of course, every update always has a balance changes part. And finally, Supercell seems like have listened to us!
October Balance Changes
Sparky (buff):
Damage decreased by 15%, attack speed increased from 5s to 4s.
Electro Wizard:
Attack Speed decreased from 1.8s to 2s (first hit only). Damage reduced by 4%.
Lightning:
Radius -0.5 radius. Damage reduced by 3%
Valkyrie:
Damage increased by 5%. Valkyrie can now oneshot Princess and Dart Goblin.
Graveyard:
Duration +0.5s, which means there will be 1 more Skeleton in total. Radius decreased from 5 to 4 tiles.
Cannon Cart:
+5% HP and Shield Points. More reliable!
Spear Goblins:
Attack speed increased from 1.3s to 1.1s. Remember that this is an indirect buff to the Goblin Hut!
Tesla:
Attack speed decreased from 0.8s to 1.0s. Damage increased by 30%.
Tesla is a lot more viable card now. It is able to oneshot Golins now.
Fixes:
- Bandit, Mega Knight – FIXED: Bandit and Mega Knight dashing/jumping a shorter distance than they should.
- Cannon Cart – FIXED: Troops occasionally stopped targeting the Cannon Cart and very occasionally get stuck behind a broken Cannon Cart.
- Inferno Dragon, Inferno Tower – FIXED: Damage not resetting after breaking through a shield (e.g. Guards, Dark Prince, Cannon Cart).
- Troop Pathfinding – FIXED: Troops steering towards an unexpected lane. Behaviour should be more as expected now.
1st
I look forward to the update… but how about a rematch option?!
It’s only getting added in 2v2 with your teammate
yes
Overall, this balance is pretty good
2nd
3rd
Btw I think Lightning doesn’t need a nerf.
why, its op
You are absolutely correct!
No nerf to hog? Are you f***ing kidding me?
BUT I LOVE THE HOG
Don’t you live DOG
Love
i dont get what you are saying
you’re a little weird…
Hog absolutely needs a Nerf!
Hog doesnt need a nerf if it can’t get to the tower then no one is gonna use hog It is balanced
No he doesnt
how about no?
hog is balanced m8, just annoying
when will be update ?
Probably in Monday, kumplu 😀
Probs 9 october aka this monday
4th
TESLA IS GONNA BE OP YAY
Bye bye E wiz 🙂
5th
No
Who is then?
It’s not hard to count, and what is the point anyway?
It’s fun, we do this on crarena
It’s not fun
Yee i just beat u with sparky log bait
THAT WAS YOU??
Yea that was me
You played really well, good job. Was I hard opponent? :p
Thanx and yea you played really well too, my defense also kinda hard-countered your offense cuz i had princess sparky tornado and rocket
Thx 😀 Yea, it’s damn tough to beat Spell-Bait with PEKKA MK.
6th
We only go up to 5 : )
Ok
It’s okay
Hey are we friends?
Idk, do you think we are?
Not now I also don’t didn’t know about you
Then y do you ask
Bcoz I want to make some friends
Oh okay
Now are we?
Sure
Thanx brother
Lmao weird chat
Yea i know xD
Lol
Are we friends?
What do you mean
Don’t you know
Do i know you?
Don’t you know the meaning of ‘are we friends’
i do know the meaning xD
Would decreasing graveyards radius be a buff since it is harder to activiate the king tower and the skeletons dont have to walk as far to the tower.
Yea it’s a buff
Yes.
Hey anyone?
Stop spamming.
Who can join my clan
Not me
sparky buffed, lightning and electro wiz nerfed = more sparkys which also means there is gonna be more cannons carts because of the buff and since it can take 2 hits from sparky along with probably seeing more guards.
Remember that Airfecta Deck that I modified? It has Guards, which should be comin’ back! Check it out for sure!
I’d like to see it. I love airfecta
Lightning nerfed = more rockets – alot of ewizzes = more sparky’s but not A LOT more, this is what i am thinking
More sparkys = MORE Ewiz even though he is nerfed as well as more zap and lightning since they can shut it down pretty good, More sparkies = More Guards, DP, air units and more cannon carts. (More swarm units as well)
more rockets due to more sparkys and lightning nerf
Oh you have knowledge about cr virgiro
Hey I want somebody who can join my clan
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d4fde6901e25505984c1d7427774ef9c2e78b9c644d5665054a820457adba6dc.gif
It be changing
It’s Meta within meta!
meta, then another one, then another one, another one. (they are changing upon balance changes)
When you find out the image above is actually a deck https://media.giphy.com/media/DowKEtWnLZcru/giphy.gif
And it’s a deck with potential! 😀
Oh wow. Btw PLZ POST MY LOGBAIT GUIDE!
The average cost is so high…
Will post my miner poison deck 🙁 plz plz I’ve been waiting a few days now
I. HAVE. BEEN. WAITING. FOR. MINE. FOR. TWO. MONTHS.
They’re always decks.
Inferno gets nerf? 2 biggest counters, Lightning and EWiz are nerfed!
Sparky Buff+eWiz nerf=Sparky Meta?!?
looks like i need to make some changes to my deck lol
Guess I’m gonna see more Tesla now 🙁
My poor baby Battle Ram will suffer
except in touchdown mode!!
Holy Cow, Tesla is gonna be super strong now. And sparky, with the ewiz nerf along with her buff, she is gonna be strong as well. But, I will still use ewiz, And maybe goblin hut will start to replace furnace and tombstone due to its buff, who knows?
Lightning nerfed=rocket more used-ewiz= ???
1st, Spear gobs hut will do at least 200 more damage. 2nd,tesla will be not too major used. 3rd, More sparky = More Ewiz, zap, lightning.
I wish e wiz wasn’t nerfed. He’s my only lvl 3 leggie *cry*
One last thing, maybe Rocket will become even more popular with the Lightning nerf.
Idk… Rocket has a tiny radius.
But does 1330 damage or so
And Rocket will still one-shot Dparky.
dparky.
I know right?
I’m not sure if I’m running on old news, but I thought Tesla had some weird pull-not pull stuff with the Hog Rider? Also, I’m glad that the Valkyrie is receiving a buff. She becomes a lot more viable as a splash card.
it’s an across the river thing
I didn’t see an inferno nerf… Seems like they just fixed something that needed to be, which will be a good thing for infernos. Oh nevermind I misunderstood. That is a slight nerf, but one that was needed. My inferno dragon will just have to work a bit harder to stop princes.
What about meta now? :O
I feel like meta will shift towards giant grave again xd
wait no
I feel like the meta will actually be trifecta tbh. Valk hard counters gy which the balance changes don’t effect xd
The WORST balance changes TILL DATE.
Ewiz was pretty much balanced. Lightning was VERY much balanced imo. Sparky……well, who cares? I’ll easily defeat her. And now her damage is reduced too! The others are not that big changes.
I agree with you (apart from the gy rework).
Both shielded units are not in meta
really bad changes, lightning is completely balanced, only ones i agree on are sparky, ewiz, and graveyard
also knight and mega knight need nerfs
don’t nerf the knight and the mega knight please
the ice golem still lets the Ebarbs get 2 shots if they aren’t overleveled at all, at a say they were timed perfectly, and on the ladder they are overleveled, so nerfing the knight and the mega knight means a buff to Ebarbs in the ladder and nobody wants that
there are plenty of other counters like bowler, skarmy, and rocket
Mega Knight is fine as it is due to the mass amounts of counterplay avalible. Knight needs to be nerfed to increase ice golem viability
I think mega knight is balanced but lightning is stupidly annoying and gives way too much value
Lightning was pretty strong
Ewiz was fine, but i don’t really mind nerfing him
Really happy with the GY and Valkyrie changes
Idk about the sparky change, i really like the 1 sec charge reduction, but the damage decrease was a bit too harsh wasn’t it, i would nerf it to 1200 instead too 1100, so i can still one-shot itself, which it should imo
The other changes also are really good, only annoyed about the indirect gob hut buff
FINALLY THIS DAY COMES
I’M SO HAPPY
By the way I agree with every thing except for the GY and the Gob hut opinions (why nerf GY so much it’s so cool it isn’t just another tank like the giant which is the same as the golem but doesn’t have death damage, and the GY wasn’t that good after the nerf anyways)
The gy got a rework, which made the gy better
true, sparky damage was a little overboard
Yeah, but we’ll see
It’s not the sparky against sparky. The damage needed to be nerfed that much because now it’s already a counterpush monster. Increase its damage and it’ll be 1 shotting everything.
It’s supposed to be a counterpush monster. That’s what makes Sparky viable. With less damage, it won’t be able to one shot Hog Riders, overleveled ebarbs, or knight. Besides, the extremely high damage is what makes Sparky unique. I don’t think Supercell needed to nerf her damage because even with her hit speed buff, she is still countered by all swarms, ewiz, zap, lightning, shielded troops, knight, pekka and rocket to name a few. Sparky was still going to be fragile, just a little bit more reliable. The damage nerf was unnecessary. Even when it’s damage was not nerfed, it still didn’t one shot knight. It only one shotted glass cannons, which were supposed to be fragile anyways
it was the same deal with ice wiz in the august changes, sure he also got a long needed buff, but the hit speed nerf made him weaker against swarms
Think about the pro players. If Sparky got a buff then it would be found in every deck amongst the top players.
Yea but sparky is a ”overkill machine” it even says that in her description
lol next patch:
Sparky: 0.0001 second charge
Everything else: -99.9999999999999% HP
i kinda agree, sparky’s description includes overkill after all…
Yea you’re right
rip lightning, it’s still good though, ewiz was okay, the rest I don’t care about XD
Better watch out for Sparky Meta
the tile radius is much smaller now tho for lightning. Doesn’t seem too viable anymore.
Does the spear gobs buff affect goblin gang too?
Pretty Sure it does.
cow ftw xdxdxd
Yes because Goblin Gang utilizes the base unit of a spear goblin.
I am wondering what that button is on the upper right corner of the thumbnail image…
Maybe a share deck button? I don’t really know
you can share decks to your friends and use decks from other websites
an in-game button I mean
that is what it does
ohhhhhhhh
IT’S ABOUT TIME SUPERCELL BUFFED SPARKY’S HIT SPEED!!!!
why did one of my comments have to be approved?
and it got rejected
Yeah! Go sparky!
BUt no fire spirits… Well, better than nothing I guess.
new poll : what do you think qill be the best legendary car in touchdown mode? i think it’s gonna be lumber.
I agree that lumberjack’s speed and rage will be really good on offense. I also believe that princess’s very long range will help on defense even after her indirect nerf.
lumberjack cuz of death rage and very fast speed
lumberjack or mega knight(if not banned)
na i think MK is banned
I hate to say this but Ithink lavahound is the worst legendary
I LOVE HOUNDDDD
Shut up (sorry if that’s rude to you) I love Lavahound
for touchdown
Yeah that’s true I tried it only hope is a lone pup making it to the end zone
Definitely Lumberjack. The rage will be crazy madness
Sparky: I guess a buff was unavoidable but hopefully this doesn’t make her too good (a sparky meta would be terrible)
Electro wizard: I expect him to still be popular so this shouldn’t change much
Lightning: This shouldn’t change much either.
Valkyrie: That was unexpected imo. I don’t think she needed this buff.
Graveyard: I’m not sure if a radius decrease is a nerf or a buff. It will allow it to not activate king tower and bring skellies closer to tower for more damage but will be easier to counter.
Cannon cart: I’m pretty happy about this since I thought it should have more hp.
Spear goblins: these guys needed a buff but I’m not sure it will do much. It will indirectly buff goblin gang tho.
Tesla: Finally! Hopefully well see more of this electrick building!
drcreasing radius of GY is a great Buff because now GY can Surround tower without activate king tower and take damage to tower from every direction
Nah it is buffed
my reactions:
Sparky: yay she finally got that hit speed buff, damage shouldnt get reduced tho…
Ewiz: well at least it will PROBABLY make ice wiz a better option, pretty big interaction changes tho
Lightning: 1 word: pointless
Valkyrie: good buff, might get me to pull out my old trifecta deck (my first ever guide on CRA), however will still probably be overshadowed by knight
Graveyard: might be a great option again
Cannon Cart: mines lvl 1, not gonna use it yet
Spear Gobs: great change, although it does buff the goblin gang too
Tesla: probably will rise in usage, may or may not jump into the meta
the lighting nerf isn’t pointless…
Yes it’s very important to nerf the “lighting” 😀
As always
Lighting so pointless when I finally get good at lava loon with double minion and lightning
Lavahound(1)
Baloon(4)
Minions(9)
Minion horde(10)
Arrows(9)
Lightning(4)
Goblin gang (9)
Elixir Collector (6)
Uh, the Infernos weren’t supposed to stack up after shield was broken anyways… it was a glitch
My Opinions:
Sparky: Good job with hit speed buff, damage nerf unnecessary
Electro Wizard: When will Supercell learn that these minor nerfs to ewiz don’t do crap? If they truly want it to be used less often, buff its damage and hit speed back up but nerf its HP so that it dies to fireball
Lightning: Don’t understand why this happened. Won’t change much, just more difficult to get great value out of it
Valkyrie: I guess this was meant to decrease knight usage, as both cards have similar roles. Will make valk more viable
Graveyard: I don’t even know anymore, it was balanced two balance changes ago
Cannon Cart: This will make it seen a lot more to make CC less of a glass cannon(no pun intended)
Spear Goblins: Needed, as nobody uses these guys anymore. I think a fourth spear goblin would have been a better idea, but whatever
Tesla: YAY!!! Finally it won’t be the mediocre in-between of cannon and inferno tower
really agree with the ewiz part
It’s not unreasonable, but it’s unnecessary
Sparky – FINALLY supercell (mine’s lvl 3)
E Wiz – Makes sense its overused
Lightning – Kind of op, but so is bandit and mk (why didn’t they nerf those?)
Valkyrie – GREAT. EVEN MORE e barb decks.
Graveyard – My favorite wc before the nerf, i hope it makes graveyard great again
CC – still a pointless card
Spear Gobs – A buff to the most op deck in the game (logbait)
Tesla – 30% maybe a bit much? i already face too many max teslas already
lol i use a variant of log-bait
max teslas? : who uses MAX teslas anyway?
Sparky- YAY, i love sparky, i once used GS sparky deck to push lol, damage nerf for sparky is too much IMO
Ewiz- doesn’t change much i would say
Lightning- makes it more “skillful” to use
Spear gobs- YAY, now they kill skeletons! Before this buff, spear gobs basically don’t do any damage lol
Valkyrie- Umm, yay i guess?
Cannon cart- lol, what kind of buff is it, wont change much as long as it’s 5 elixir
Graveyard- well, i dont know what to say about this one, seems like a good buff, but maybe a little op
Tesla- this one is gold, my friends, no longer a hiding cannon everyone!
um… Sorry to burst your bubble but spear gobs have hit speed buff not damage buff. Although being able to kill skellies and bats would be good…
Also, I’m using GS Sparky right now lol
Oh right, nevertheless a good buff
True, true
So I was thinking about getting the E-Wiz from the shop, should I know longer get him? He stills seem viable.
Do it, he’s incredibly useful
Dude, I’m only saying this coz ur my all – time favourite CRA user – you should make deck guides coz u and Lightningmaster are incredibly good at explaining things!
I have two different Sparky decks that I’m going to write guides on when I have the chance… Thanks!
EDIT: I think Lightningmaster has written a couple guides too…
i got 6 of mine posted, however 2 of them got replaced
He does, and he’ll counter Sparky!
I have him,as my 2nd legendary luckily,sadly I rarely use him.
Get him
ewiz wont be that good but he will counter sparky who will b used more
tesla wil be op also because lightning is gonna b worse and log bait will b slightly better, exe and wiz will get a bit better
how will that make logbait better? i dont see the point
It makes spear gobs more viable, which can be used in more log bait decks
No it buffs gob gang
1. spear gobs would be able to bait log
2. buffs goblin gang
Can anyone suggest a good Sparky deck? I really want to use her, but she just doesn’t work against Ebarbs! Now, due to her hit speed buff, she’ll be more reliable
Try giant sparky. This is a very good deck. giant, sparky, prince or mini pekka, witch or any splash attacker, pump, zap,miner or goblin barrel and ice spirit
Try my Giant Sparky double minions:
Giant(8)
Sparky(2)
Minions(11)
Minion horde(11)
Goblins(11)
Pump(8)
Zap(11)
Arrows(11)
I’m at 3860 (was at 3920) and ready to push 4000+
I used this deck to push 600 trophies up to 4k:
Giant
Sparky
Ice Wizard
Musketeer
Bats
Fireball
Zap
Tornado
I thought there was going to be a Rocket nerf so it cant kill Sparky in tourney standards
Sparky buff i feel like this change is gonna make sparky op bc even with the dmg decrease it is still gonna be able to one shot most troops(i have 3/2 sparky cards so i am reasonably happy)
Ewiz nerf might be a big deal bc in those extra 0.2 sec the tank might be down much more hp by inferno
lightning nerf obviously meant to buff sparky
valkyrie meant to replace knight in the legendary arena
graveyard i think the radius decrease actually makes it more reliable bc it will be more concentrated on the target but poison will still wreck it
cannon cart not much difference
spear goblins meant to replace goblin gang
tesla finally getting a buff possibly replace cannon in the old hog cycle(when is the bomb tower buff coming??)
He means that Supercell wants Spear Goblins to take some of Goblin Gang’s usage percentage. It makes sense
thx for clarifying 😉
i was just expressing my opinion, not asking for others
(btw watch ur language, mods can ban you)
no i meant his language
i will thanks
My opinions:
Sparky: its about f****** time, now all we need is a rocket nerf or sparky hp buff to prevent sparky from getting one shotted by the rocket (rocket nerf would be preferable) and for sparky’s nuclear explosion to indirectly hit air (cuz you know, a ground based golem explosion can somehow reach air…). In my opinion the damage nerf was not needed but it sparky will still be able to one shot most cards so its meh…#MAKESPARKYGREATAGAIN
Ewiz: this is another elixir pump situation, give it all these meaningless nerfs and after 50 balances it will be ridiculously underpowered. If Supercell know what they are doing they will stop nerfing him here
Lightning: indirect buff to Sparky and also a nerf to beatdown, im not sure this was needed
Valk: meant to decrease knight usage, i like this change
GY: I dont even know anymore…
CC: Still not gonna be used, although this is conformation that mega knyte isn’t getting nerfed
SG: Sure why not? Although this is an indirect buff to the goblin gang, something im sure not to many people are in favour of.
Tesla: It doesn’t stun, but i like it, im not to sure how the hit speed decrease is going to come into play though
i think ewiz should die to equal-lvled fireball but then to make up for that his dps should be buffed back to where it was before (maybe even higher), that would make ewiz more balanced as he would do more damage, but dying to fireball is his weakness, that’ll make cards like ice wiz and musket stand out more into the meta and overall make the game more balanced. so basically what i was saying is that ewiz was actually more balanced when he was first released
i like it. i agree sparky has to survive rocket. ewiz will stop being balanced i think
New poll if you were a lava loon player with gob gang would you want the third spear gob back?
I would
im pretty sure that would be a yes from everyone…
obviously?
yes… obviously
on graveyard the duration is back to 10 the thing is the first skelly spawns 0.5 seconds slower
Hey thats pretty good
EXCEPT LIGHTNING NERF DARNIT
Can you buff sparky again?
(lol I’m a frequent sparky user)