How Royal Recruits Ruined Competitive Clash Royale

[@volosguidetomonsters3440]

There's Royal Recruits players, and there's people who play them as a vessel for Flying Machine

[@KATORI_EMPIRE]

I play evo reqruits:)

[@YoshizawaABC1180]

lol flying machine js such menancr

[@lukaslinhart9192]

I actually play them just for defence in my lumberloon deck. I counters pekka, megaknight (if used well) and a lot of other things. And if you get a counter push its even better. And you cant imagine how often I win just because someone forgets two guards on one side (just mudladder).

[@baha9887]

this card alone made me hate flying machine like these 2 cards a piece of puzzle that completes each other

[@4d1x86]

Real, for me flaming machine is the most annoying card and firecracker is top 2

[@nabiiii]

ikr. flying machine literally never dies and has insane range. it connects to the tower so fast you can't react.

[@KAACHOW]

@@4d1x86how hasn’t firecracker not gotten nerfed

[@dallas2586]

@@4d1x86firecracker can take out a pekka by itself with 0 issue, horrible excuse if a card

[@Deathmare235]

@@dallas2586the damage isn’t even a problem it’s that it moves back

[@vqgue3032]

the days when our worst fear was a card was unbalanced on release. now it’s an expectation

[@clang8649]

Be for real, new cards have been op since 2018

[@griffinheeg2998]

Every new card that releases now is broken off launch, then nerfed to shit status

[@azurelava7796]

@@griffinheeg2998Evo ice spirit? Evo musketeer?

[@Sardine_Sandwich]

Except evo musketeer, they desperate to get that to sell with how long the price cut has been lmao

[@steviejp1505]

I love how everyone hates recruits when they're good, but gets mad at supercell when they're bad

[@Mike-Al]

I hope SC nerfs them into the ground. They deserve to be bad like spawners and golem

[@Car-rp8dg]

Goomba fallacy

[@anubion42]

That’s what happens when you can’t please everyone

[@DemonLord-di3mi]

This card is a blessing for F2P players. Almost all my opponents have lvl 14-15 cards when I have lvl 12 cards. I used all my resources to bring recruits to level 15 amidst my lvl 12 deck. I can now actually play trophy range and push, only because of recruits

[@Champronsi82827]

Same fr fishermen with archers and recruits is something else

[@thymerhemann3230]

I wouldn't be proud that I use an absolutely brain dead card to beat P2W players

[@Mike-Al]

Braindead card, not something to be proud of

[@Mike-Al]

@@Champronsi82827fisherman is so broken

[@Wanderers19]

Get out ​@@Mike-Al

[@Highontomuchsuger]

Ngl they felt very balanced as a evo compared to others

[@Jersey-le1nk]

Theo are just annoying

[@Highontomuchsuger]

@Jersey-le1nk yup

[@demonetizedhell8005]

Not in the first minute of the match 😂

[@alvinipanda4955]

Except when the evo launch was way broken than now with it's nerfs

[@Komo1680]

Cause they are pretty sucks

[@riceballsmashpokemongamere1705]

I find it funny how they felt like adding a gang of guards would be underwhelming for a new card... and then they added the Goblin Gang which was 2 cards put into one of the same rarity lol

[@Jameswnwmkz93939]

You shouldn’t be surprised. They have added so many cards that they PROMISED they wouldn’t add

[@riceballsmashpokemongamere1705]

@Jameswnwmkz93939 It's not that I'm surprised, I just think it's really funny given their wording lol

[@miroculi]

Goblin gang had an amazing introduction song tho

[@darkstryller]

The goblin gang was launched the year before recruits. So they didn't have that philosophy back then

[@Vit-Pokorny]

To be fair goblin gang was kinda unique. Then they added rascals...

[@pocket1.593]

Funny to see how much SC hates defensive metas yet they just add meatwall after meatwall

[@lucyan8790]

I think SC is referring to buildings like X-bow.

[@aayushattri3238]

Hog 2.6 has to be the most annoying defensive meta and its been so for years yet sc has gone out of their way to give every card buffs and evos.

[@wheresthebeef1761]

Not meta ​@@aayushattri3238

[@ANanoMoose]

@@aayushattri3238recently they buffed half the cards of hog 2.6

[@dallas2586]

Firecracker and 2.6 are the most unskilled cards and you get one or the other every match, why I stopped playing

[@lukasg4807]

Idk what people are complaining about with "no placement skill". Like what about a golem or rg or normal giant is a skillfull placement? How much thought goes into where you place your balloon? Half the cards in this game require no "skill" on where to place them, it's knowing when to use them thats difficult.

[@etoiledechue1080]

Maybe because you are very exposed when you place a golem to the back. You can " punish " your opponent. But not with royal recruits

[@mihajlo6489]

When placing a giant you might wanna consider whether you wanna place the giant in the back and build the push behind it, or build your push from the back and place the giant in front. Placing it in the back allows you to cycle back to it faster and use it when your opponent is out of counters but placing the support troops first allows you to cycle back to them first and have a more supported giant. When it comes to the balloon you wanna consider if your opponent has a building or not, as you can place the balloon at the very edge of the arena so it avoids buildings better, but that would make it further away from the tower. Placing it at the bridge makes it closer to the tower but easier to kite as well

[@theoverseer393]

@@mihajlo6489yeah, huge difference is, giant cannot cover both lanes

[@Silv3rleaf213]

It’s purely because of defense. Clash royale and a large part of the fanbase hate highly defensive cards. This is why barbarian hut has been killed by supercell, it was a very defensive card that would easily defend pushes with basically any placement, and recruits are the same.

[@raph7070]

No one likes golem or rg players just as much brother, you are fighting ghosts

[@zacharydegraeve5264]

What I’ve learned watching gratz videos is that balance changes will never be based on healthy usage and win rate stats bringing creativity, skill, and variety into the game. Balance changes are based on one of two things: 1. The opinions of the top few content creators and top few players in the world (justifiably so I have no problems with this they understand the game better than the devs I think) 2. And unfortunately this is the more used reason. The opinions of low ladder players who react like a toddler every time a card is a half decent counter to pekka, mk, e barbs, hog rider, or firecracker

[@2lazyt378]

To be fair, the devs likely want a card to not be terribly annoying across all ladders, and as far as I know low to mid ladder makes up around the majority, plus an online multyplayer gain always wants to appeal to new players to suststain its growth. But yea the nerfs for recruits felt kinda weird becausr they were more a synergizer and not the direct problem, but from what it seems once a card gets a bad rep its more likely to get nerfed even if objectively its balance. Plus I gotta consider that mid ladder is probably gonna be running same to similar decks for a while (assuming they are F2P or investing in only a few cards to save money), so if your setup gets hard countered by a popular card then its gonna suck for as long as that card it popular, which only increases frustration. Though I realize I might contradict myself since the same mid ladder players might also not have the resources to swap to whats meta, so maybe this is more of an issue for higher mid ladder, though im not really sure about anything I havnt played in a while.

[@tomphantomlebg]

I feel like every expensive card is hated: mega knight, sparky, pekka, recruits…

[@AlexanderBelov-r1n]

not 3m tho

[@tomphantomlebg]

@ oh no, I know a bunch of people that hate on 3m

[@adamaserb4807]

no one hates pekka

[@aidenvega6306]

Searching my mind for examples of ANY expensive card that hasn't made me a little salty at one point. Usually it's pekka because I just love her but these days it feels different. Honestly I completely agree despite me personally not minding xbow, I think lightning is like "yeah, fair." When I get hit by it

[@thepotassiumgamer2137]

Golem?

[@yesssint7243]

I can’t hate them like so many other seem to do for one reason: they are adorable in the clash royale card and teaser videos

[@poorfellows6664]

They are silly little guys❤

[@CJ0611]

Royal Recruits + 3M is a crazy combo

[@ChicknSandwich]

It's how I hit 7950 trophies...

[@austing6854]

Watching the Royal Giant attack from the bridge at 2:48 gave me ptsd

[@Slushea]

A video on electro spirit would be so mundane because it's literally never been changed.

[@thetisor24]

I’ve always thought it would be a good April fools prank for Gratz to post “history of e-spirit” on April 1st and the video is like 30 seconds long

[@genio2509]

​@@thetisor24deck history though. Although most of it is probably getting swapped with ice fire and Skellies on cycle decks

[@AdityaSharma-rg2wt]

I need one for ice wiz tho

[@yoshi_923]

I would love to see you cover Zappies;. They've always seemed like a card that wouldve be a midladder menace but are forgotten and never used

[@KXTGaming]

zappies do not seem like a midladder menace card to me. maybe that's jst simply cuz they aren't, but they aren't on the same lvl of annoying as mk or firecracker

[@yoshi_923]

@KXTGaming a 4 cost unit that can stun and be split sounds like a card that would be at least viable in some decks idk

[@nathan_thorn6906]

They’re not bad but the only place they’ll really shine is in a deck with A: a solid tank to hide behind and B: bonus elixir support. Which boils down to either stalling till 2x elixir or running the collector in the back. 3 of them is a really solid support unit for a tank like PEKKA or MK. 6 of them though, that’s a hard counter to things existing. They’re almost permastunned.

[@inumari3703]

I did not see this video pop up in my notifications, just randomly saw it while scrolling through the Home Screen. Thanks for the video brother!

[@MythicShroudGaming]

Honestly I never had a problem with the royal recruits. It’s that damn ceiling fan that pisses me off.

[@Canodiablo]

its a good day when Gratz post

[@MrChainChomp]

​@@pastorlul2384what

[@imu1st]

no

[@KitKat290-zo6us]

​@@imu1st care to expand on that?

[@cjleehaze]

This card was a nightmare when it got an evo.

[@Usbest23A]

omg fr

[@tobiasbayer4866]

I like recruits because they have almost singlehandedly birthed a new deck archetype, the split lane deck. I play them with archers, hogs, skeleton dragons and its very fun.

[@PlasieVanDiePlaas]

The only CR channel that I am still subscribed to. I have cut this game out of my life like cancer after evolutions. Have been playing since global as f2p and evolution just broke the game for me. So glad I found this channel before quitting. A bit of nostalgia in every video. Thanks for the great video

[@mrchickenz7493]

Once the card got an evo it felt like you could just mindlessly cycle recruits in the back and get free value

[@wiktorpawlikowski756]

That's because evolutions are pay to win and broken, especially royal recruits and mega knight

[@thirstyboi7706]

​@@wiktorpawlikowski756 Evo Recruits are a Joke without their launch Stats

[@Mike-Al]

@@thirstyboi7706They have a high use rate in Grand Challenges what are you on 💀

[@Leon.K69]

​@@wiktorpawlikowski756 Evo Mk is a joke. Gets countered by barbarians, recruits and some other cards that's it's supposed to counter.

[@wiktorpawlikowski756]

@Leon.K69 well he wouldn't be so annoying if I didn't play against him in every damn match, like 80% of players I play against have him and it's super annoying when I don't have any Evolutions at all

[@adelia-m6x]

Each time you post, I'm excited!

[@PandaJerk007]

Great video! and also 23:08 I love that Donkey Kong Country music in the background :)

[@phantom.7311]

Recruits is perfectly balanced, they take skill and the skill ceiling is pretty high as well

[@_Abdulziz506]

“Royal Recruits walk into a bar, there is no counter” ✍️✍️✍️🔥🔥🔥

[@DeadEye42069]

When I returned to clash royale, the royal recruits shrekked me

[@aceprolific9381]

I picked this card up the second it dropped maxed a deck around it haven’t stopped using it since.

[@MonochromaticPrism]

Hey, I just want to open by saying I'm a huge fan of these videos. That said (dun dun DUN) would you consider displaying both the current playdate data for the time point you are covering and a time vs rate rate & win rate line graph? It would be more intuitive for viewers understand the play rate trends (many people aren't good with numbers so they might not remember the last 2-3 play percentage data points you presented).

[@NS-pz8nb]

Presuming I'm understanding what you're getting at, I've thought the same. But I tend to listen to gratz videos when I cook or do dishes, so I'd appreciate a verbal version instead, added into the script (maybe not instead, but as well). Like, "Its use rate was a bit low, falling by 6% to a 9% usage rate"

[@yoboijordan5012]

Not going to lie I'm an evo recruit player, so obviously I like them but I do think that they are a pretty balanced car especially with their evolution. There's so many counters it's honestly kind of hard to get value out of them especially if somebody's running executioner or mega night

[@borahbros1664]

These videos are always so interesting and simple to comprehend! I’d love to see one for the goblin cage!

[@lowceyn2875]

One thing that i LOVE about Gratz videos is that he makes you feel what at time the community was feeling rather than as of today. Rare skill 🔥

[@veget4evolve]

I hate the Evo, the normal ones are easy to counter

[@davis7428]

Evo ones are not really that good tho. If they charged with their shield up they’d by good but and area damage card just wipes them out

[@leleeleeee-p4z]

​@@davis7428That... that removes the entire idea.. unless you mean they stop charging without their shield which doesnt make sense because shields are heavy and it would be hard for new players to react to 7 cards charging at them after 1.5 tiles!

[@MoniDaGoober]

Finally early to a Gratz post, been bingewatching a lot of Gratz video.

[@Bander_gaming]

I have an idea for a video for you to make that i very much think people watching every single video of yours would love: cover the cards history after your video (beacuse most of these cards had some balance changes and big shifts in the meta or evolutions added)

[@R34whaaa]

I love my evo recruits. I use them in a home made bait deck with evo mortar and it pushes me to top 10k every season.

[@Mike-Al]

what's the deck? i wanna use a recruits mortar bait deck soon, sounds easy to use

[@felixfeder7106]

i made a royal recruit deck with archer queen and fisherman its booty

[@myss1102]

Love seeing videos about a small part of a thing i do not care about and just clicking on them. I think I have like 3 hours total playtime on this game years ago lol

[@TheAngelRaven]

I don't play CR, but I enjoy these videos. I genuinely believe it's healthier to release underpowered things in a competitive game, rather than an overpowered/overtuned card.

[@Noobtastic247]

It’s weird because I both love and hate this card

[@jackiethomas6578]

People hate my dopey boys, but i can't. There's something so doofy about them that i love

[@ionutnarcisradu778]

Just silly boys

[@phillipjones1536]

Do you just have a friend you battle constantly to get footage for these videos? Also can you please do a video on graveyard, it seems like it would have an interesting history.

[@slowcookedquinoa3104]

I don’t even play clash anymore but you already know I’m sitting down and watching Gratz

[@zoey_atxl3484]

Great video! If I may, I would like to propose a video idea: evolution of skeletons (or some of their variables)

[@meisstupid1831]

we need a video about smth like the normal musketeer

[@SYRCX]

Finally u posted

[@surferrdudee]

Just liked and subbed ❤

[@AgentOoferton]

Dawg I LOVE watching ur vids they are always TOP TIER. And i think the best Video should Be Abt the knight since the Evo knight is my fav card 🤑

[@cursedhawkins1305]

This is why I'm of the opinion that people SHOULDN'T give a rats ass about what's meta or not! Developers WILL see that data spike and they WILL react to it; Team Fortress 2 had several balance changes to weapons that just like Clash Royale, some people in the TF2 community felt were harsher than others all the while weapons (or in the case cards in Clash Royale) that were viewed as under-performing either get very minor to situational changes or outright go completely unchanged thus leaving them still to be viewed as under-performing. Here's even one such example of a change that to this day people that used this weapon combo STILL wish for its return. Sandman + Flying Guillotine combo. The Sandman when it was first added to the game all the way back on February 24th, 2009 (practically around the period when unlocks were being first introduced to the game) it was capable of completely stunning someone if the baseball were to hit someone even when they were under the effects of an Ubercharge (that's invulnerability for anyone that hasn't played Team Fortress 2) and this stat was one that stuck with the Sandman for months then on August 2nd, 2012 the Flying Guillotine was added to the game and with it came with stats that while innocent by themselves, they were extremely synergetic with not just the stats of the Sandman but also another weapon though the Sandman was what it was seen the majority of the time paired with. "Crits on stunned targets" "Applied mini-crits on long range" "Applies bleed for five seconds" On October 20th, 2017 (also known as the Jungle Inferno update) both of these weapons were hit the hardest in the balance department as the Sandman's ability to stun was completely stripped away from it and the Flying Guillotine had both its crits and mini crit stats removed as well making the Sandman and Flying Guillotine combo be basically nullified as people complained about how "low skill" the combo was (ignoring the fact that the user needed to learn the arcs of both projectiles thus needed to do some math to get the most out of the combo) as once the Sandman's baseball stunned someone (which if I remember correctly was like three seconds) you pretty much knew the Guillotine was coming right after and because it did crits on stunned targets AND applied bleed for those five seconds, players pretty much found themselves being sent straight back to the spawn room within seconds.

[@stick5067]

I always loved Royal recruits and since I've got them i always used them My deck: -Royal recruits (evo) -Bombers (evo) -Bandit -Prince -Little Prince -Log -Electric dragon -Princess -Dutchess I swear, just some days ago after i got the elite princess I'm on 8000 trophies and i don't know how far i can go Edit: Also, my deck borns thanks to the bandit and i needed a good distraction/defense/attack so Royal recruits are perfect

[@dr.prnushueger222]

babe wake up gratz posted

[@perseusbolt3591]

I haven’t played CR since probably mid 2019. I liked playing these guys but I’ve never played a meta deck like that so I didn’t get to use them much, but this is interesting to listen to.

[@Yes-Bean]

This reminds me of how me and my friend just give random names to cards. For example: Royal recruits: Seven men (because my dumbass thought they were 7 and not 6) Three Musketeers: three women Dagger Duchess: Fast Woman Princess tower: Normal Woman Royal Hogs: Hog Riders without the riders Princess: Sniper Wizard: Mage Any spirit: the classic (because I would always put a spirit as a first play so it became tradition for both of us to do it) Barbarians: Naked men (because they're topless)

[@bakes1324]

“I didn’t know a six elixir card could be so powerful” bro it spawns units across the entire width of the screen

[@riptideanomy1024]

Royal recruits and 3 musketeer surprise so many players i encounter. They play mega knight in the middle, and with the elixir pump, i lay them down.

[@LindikDoge]

i haven't played Clash Royale since late 2018, but i love your vids on the history of the cards

[@limecoveredbrick]

clash royale players when asked what constitues skill in an rts with uncontrollable units

[@visthj]

28:55 am i just insane or is there a random Toriel typervoice in left ear?

[@gaidencastro9706]

Looking at how it was initially mediocre at 7-elixir, I understand why the devs tried releasing it at 6.

[@benp_4264]

i was 24 minutes in of listening and watching endless royal recruits clips when i realized all of them have different dominant hands

[@Epic-tete]

Wait! Was I supposed to please someone choosing my cards? Been using recruits during all the phases.

[@voidlion5500]

Bro i never knew how hated they were, they've been my favorite card since they're release

[@breadboiyt35]

Babe wake up Gratz uploaded 🤩

[@TheTrueDoomSlayer]

"the biggest Nerf in clash Royale history" Witch: am I a joke to you?

[@HenryChen-vs8cc]

Guys heads up, Gratz posted!! 🔥

[@donpablitojuarez4640]

I love them in my evo goblin barrel evo recruits deck, such a good card

[@MelonBoi]

can you maybe do the history of either Lavahound or bomber. Lavahound is one of the most consistent wincons ever and never really seems to fall off. And Bomber had a wild ride during its lifetime.

[@monarch1410]

I didn't even know how powerful royal recruits could be till I started coming up with strats and got the evo, I love royal recruits since they came out with their trailer

[@monarch1410]

only thing i want is more royal recruit banners

[@PJ_Il]

Babe wake up, Gratz uploaded

[@IcycleBicycle]

8:53 Smartest Clash Royale player in all my 8 YEARS of playing RIGHT THERE (the joke was TOO GOOD) 🤣🤣

[@noobsworld4217]

I love to use royal recruits. I usually have to fight overleveled decks that include mega knight, pekka or golem. Recruits are a life saver man.

[@Unknown-001]

I love The Royal Recruits, they are so underrated, and they always save me when I play Mu main Deck I use: Evo Royal Recruits Evo Mega Knight Little Prince Lumberjack Electric Wizard Executioner Goblin gang And Log

[@meatdepartment8901]

This channel is the pure definition of quality over quantity

[@MacawHalo]

YES HE UPLOADED

[@reilysievers7822]

Babe wake up gratz just uploaded

[@معتز-ف2م]

Gratz is the best clashroyale youtuber ❤❤

[@thecoffeebadger5807]

I still use this card and it's still overpowered in stall decks. It's even more amazing on the defensive when fighting high level players.

[@puggy_.]

I haven’t played cr in a year but I still make time for these

[@josku5]

”Royal recruits walk into a bar. There is no counter.” 😂

[@Laxative_]

Have not watched but already know it's gonna be a w vid

[@garcello3398]

Take a shot every time Gratz says "In Clash Royale History".

[@Captain_Rex14]

Every time there was an update, it was a meme that Royal Recruits would get nerfed.

[@CommanderThumbs]

I play them just cause of the design, I like really like how they look and feel.

[@tresbilxareud]

I find Royal Recuits a bit more tedious to deal with compared to most other cards. But, with them being a 7 elixir swarm card that covers the arena I think it's quite fitting for them to be a little more annoying than the rest. They're also a currently very balanced card so I like their presence in the game.

[@harrisonbaylor1432]

I wanna see them have an April fools update that only last for April fools day. Just pick one card and make it absolutely broken. Like inferno tower and dragon start with full beam instead of building up, or three musketeers could be placed anywhere in the map.

[@Noble397]

So many mentions to bomber, no bomber video 😢

[@NefariousVigilante]

I quit this game a long time ago but this was my favorite card to make decks off of

[@ValkyRiver]

12:10 Also - First Past the Post problem. 66% of players didn’t choose the option that ended up winning.

[@r.a.g.3428]

A mirrored stagnation would be a fair change. Instead of staggering every individual recruit from left to right, it’s divided between outter, middle and inner.

[@deuriul3561]

I remember when my opponent used this for the first time. I've just quited the game

[@rouleslite5312]

They are the perfect pawn turning the game from defensive to offensive

[@AkaiMoonlight]

Everytime I just see RRs deploy I think "well, another no skill deck" and I don't want to play that game...

[@kentackett4631]

I'm tempted to watch this just to see how a pay-to-win mobile game was ever competitive.

[@DroBuilds]

Best game of all time. The amount of times they change a single card to make the whole game work good is amazing

[@JPB_JellyPeanutButter]

Haven't played this game in years, but I'm watching this video 😂😅

[@nurgleschosen8145]

Competitive crash? Competition to what? Who can get mom's credit card first? 😂

[@pyropuppy8519]

If it’s interesting, the history of graveyard would be fun, it seems like an interesting card to me

[@Eyebrowguy420]

Do A History Of Clone Or Furnace

[@Jagsjdt56]

Recruits are hated because they're very easy to use, and are extremely versatile. Amazing on defense, but can also add a lot of pressure on offense

[@CoolerStar-lz1jr]

Please make a video on Royal Hogs sometime.