Clash Royale Card Discussion: Elite Barbarians - Use At Your Discretion!

Card Discussion: Elite Barbarians - Use At Your Discretion!
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Card Discussion: Elite Barbarians - Use At Your Discretion!

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:28 PM PDT

The Strength and Viability of Elite Barbarians in the Current Meta

"Spawns a pair of leveled up Barbarians. They're like regular Barbarians, only harder, better, faster and stronger."

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Stats and History:

Attributes:

Cost	Hitspeed	Speed	Range	Targets	Rarity
6	1.4sec	Very Fast	Melee: Medium	Ground	Common

Base Stats:

Level	Damage	Hitpoints
1	150	524
9	318	1110
10	349	1220
11	384	1341
12	421	1472
13	463	1619

History:

On 15/12/16, a Balance Update increased the Elite Barbarians' hitpoints by 19%, damage by 14% and increased their hit speed to 1.4 sec (from 1.5 sec).
On 23/1/17, a Balance Update decreased the Elite Barbarians' hitpoints by 4.4%, damage by 4% and decreased their hit speed to 1.5 sec (from 1.4 sec).
On 19/4/17, a Balance Update decreased the Elite Barbarians' hitpoints by 4%, and delayed their initial attacks by 0.1 seconds.
On 3/6/19, a Balance Update increased the Elite Barbarians' damage by 18%, but decreased their hit speed to 1.7sec (from 1.5sec).
On 1/7/19, a 'Rulebook' Update increased the Elite Barbarians' range from 1 to 1.2 (now classified as Melee: Medium).
On 3/11/20, a Balance Update decreased the Elite Barbarians' speed from Very Fast to Fast, decreased their hit speed to 1.5 sec (from 1.7 sec), increased their hitpoints by 14%, and increased their damage by 5.5% (resulting in an approximate 20% increase in DPS). Their first attack speed was also reduced to 0.5 seconds (from 0.7 seconds)

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Discussion Questions:

What do you like/dislike about Elite Barbarians?
- Do you think they make a positive/negative contribution to the meta?
- What qualities separate them from similar units in the game?
  - Card synergies? Playstyle?
- Which cards work well with Elite Barbarians?
- What Elite Barbarian decks have given you the most amount of success?
  - Off-Meta is encouraged!
Where would you rank them based on their strength and viability in the current meta?
- From Worst to Best, label your rank as one of the following: F, D, C, B, A, S, SS
  - What is your reasoning behind this rank?
  - Do you think it would be an optimal course of action to buff/nerf this card? How would you change them?

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Elite Barbarians' Impact Post-Update

Ever since the Magic Items update went live Ebarbs have become quite a hot topic within the clash royale community. With their buff and the nerfs to some of Ebarbs biggest checks (Giant Skeleton and Bomb Tower), this ferocious duo are undoubtedly the big winners of the past balance changes.

From residing in obscurity with other gimmicks such as Witch and Mirror, Ebarbs have instantly surged to becoming not just one of the best cards in the game, but the single BEST, most defining card in the meta, once the update went live. They've been able to slot themselves into almost every single archetype while being a major threat that must be accounted for in every battle.

Their use/win rates reflect their versatility and threat level, hitting a whopping 42/58 use/win rate that even rivals Witch's stats back in October 2019. Because of these incredibly alarming stats and community feedback, the CR team decided to emergency nerf Ebarbs in today's maintenance break, reverting their first attack buff. While a much needed change, much of the community is concerned that this change isn't enough, while others commend the CR team's restraint and diligence. So, I leave it up to you, will Ebarbs remain a dominant force or will they settle into a healthy place?

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When you nerf a card so hard it even sucks on the preview animation

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 06:46 AM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:42 PM PDT

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Prince but he is poorly recreated...

Posted: 06 Apr 2021 10:20 PM PDT

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This guy joined my clan after beating me (on ladder) to trash talk, then left. Then 2 hours later I happened to run into him on ramp up. He joined my clan AGAIN just to say the same thing. What a douche. (ID#PPR28C9J9)

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 05:01 PM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2021 07:08 AM PDT

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3.5 X-bow vs Mortar Bait tutorial

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 06:19 PM PDT

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Olympic Spirit

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:14 PM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:28 AM PDT

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Nice!

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 08:29 AM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2021 09:21 AM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2021 04:54 AM PDT

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Posted: 07 Apr 2021 01:40 PM PDT

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Big list about everything wrong with CW2.

Posted: 07 Apr 2021 07:45 AM PDT

Deck reset times are unfair
Losing a duel with one match won doesn't give the right amount of gold
Clan war league list-button doesn't look like a button at all
Boatyard is useless, battling and giving up benefits more than using boatyard.
Winning boat battles gives too little fame
Boat battles are not worth using in any scenario
Boat defense AI sometimes miss-aims spells completely
Only one person can battle at a time
You face up the same clans entire clan war season, this can get really unfair
Clans that now start from bronze league have no way of getting to the top list, EVER. Clan trophy system needs a revamp
Clan trophies are useless
You can't edit war decks on cooldown
Colosseum is not as exciting as it should be
When a clan war season ends, you receive NOTHING, only thing that happens is that the clan wars resets back to week one.
Clan Wars 2 is mostly 1v1 battles that has no difference from ladder battles
Matchups can get unfair, since you are forced to use more than your highest level cards.
You can still get over 50 players to a single war
Sometimes the visuals show your boat at the end of the river before actually finishing the race
You can use a card in one war deck only, this is unnecessary and makes it hard to build a good 4 decks
Once you have built 4 decks, there's no need to change them ever again. Battles become repetetive. (Yes, you can change them if you want, but there's no reason to do so)
What's the point of clan shield?
There's no special arena for duels or any other clan war mode than colosseum, unlike in CW1
Four battles per day can be too much
The gamemode doesn't feel like a war, it feels like an unfair race
Battles are unexciting and don't feel meaningful
Once river race is finished, there's nothing to do until next week
Most clan wars (at least for my clan) take only 2 days to finish
You are forced to play in a war if you're in a clan, otherwise you clan has no chance of winning
You don't even battle against the opponent clans, how is this "war" in any way?
Most importantly: aside from boat battles, there is no new content. It's just regular 1v1 battles or challenge battles.