The Only Card In Clash Royale To Never Be Good

This video covers the history of one of the most infamously bad cards in Clash Royale. The Wizard. This card has consistently had a win rate below 30% for years, when a healthy win rate is around 45-55%. Wizard currently has the lowest win rate in the game. When looking at this card purely from a statistical basis, it's the number one card in need of a buff, but there's more to the Wizard's story which keeps him in his place...
Music:
Attack On Tarir - Guild Wars 2
The Coastlands - Octopath Traveler
Taswell - C418
Rozen - Children of Termina
Dreiton - C418
Mouth of Mordremoth - Guild Wars 2
Amber Ale - Divinity Original Sin 2
Aria Math - C418
Alpha - C418

[@altrucid]

Wizard's a really unique card, it's so bad for a 5 elixir cost, yet can still give insane value when played right..

[@ariesomega2487]

More like if the other player leaves him alone

[@Meninx.]

*can only give value if it's 4 levels above your oponent and he doesn't know what he is doing

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@Meninx. Idk man, Wizard pretty damn dangerous against a Skeleton King Graveyard deck, especially when you don't have Poison in rotation

[@zero1188]

Wizard is a good card, people just dont use it right. At best they should give it spawn damage

[@AnkleGremlin]

@@zero1188 it's not a legendary

[@MainEvie]

i loved the part when the wizard said "it's show time" and wizarded all over mid ladder what a great man

[@PeruvianPotato]

🤖

[@user-kg2cl1mm6u]

one of the most overused and cringiest comments just to get top comment and likes.

[@yourdarknessawaits3895]

Why hello fellow Evie main.

[@zerefoex]

@@dortemos cope

[@wintergreen9949]

@@zerefoex easy to cope when the joke is at the top of the comment section, what makes you think you arent caught up in your own copage?

[@agenti4734]

I think one of the main reasons Wizard is used so much is because of the fact that better options like executioner or firecracker are too high up on ladder.

[@Loldino897]

Firecracker comes so fucking late it's funny

[@harristsang2]

Or the fact that the Wizard is very easy to use thus making it very appealing

[@agenti4734]

@@harristsang2 that's also true but that's also due to early game counters. For example, some new players may not be comfortable with using inferno tower so Goblins, Minions, Minion Horde and Skeleton army are all viable tank killers. So, using Wizard is an easy to use solution to all of these as valkyrie is weak to air troops and wizard can cover both air and splash.

[@Quilquala]

@@agenti4734 as tank killers matter down there any more, all you get is giant, but when I was down there in a new account every single battle was just spawned spam, giant can never do anything there

[@agenti4734]

@@Quilquala there's also pekka, mini pekka, prince. These are cards that have swarm counters.

[@kaljaa]

Small rework idea: instead of locking to a target the wizard would always shoot at the nearest target, thus making him more unique and survivable

[@haroldisaacreyes262]

Yeah I like this one, is very interesting

[@haroldisaacreyes262]

I was thinking on getting it to 4 exilir but the man in the video had a point that there are so much 4 exilir cards

[@randomgem8087]

great idea, that way the wizard will attack a knight on top of him instead of supporting the tank getting destroyed by swarms 👍

[@Obedthian-UK]

That's what the zap, log is for

[@Quilquala]

@@Obedthian-UK those rely on your opponent though

[@Hi-vv5jj]

I love that moment in mid-ladder when a level 14 wizard fireballs the heck out of your level 11 cards

[@S2pidMedia]

And then BMs you...

[@ZiggyNext]

Lolol I hit 7k trophies about 2 yrs ago and call it a day for that infernile mode called ladder. Can't imagine having to max out even more cards to keep up with the RPS GTs and CCs are better use of your time in terms of rewards and good vibes. No overleveled shit since everything is boosted or capped at L11.

[@box1875]

To I don’t wanna hear that shit I’m at 3k trophies getting fucked on by level 14 triple gold star wizard

[@slashine1071]

This is why you should play valk.

[@thehost3891]

I have a level 14 pekka

[@TheReaIKai]

I like the idea of the wizard charging up an extra fireball when idle, that takes maybe 4 seconds to charge up, this way when not killed with a spell or left alone for too long, he’ll do 2x the damage in rapid succession, I believe this leaves room for a lot more strategical gameplays and thus redeem his 5 elixir cost.

[@Frederatorr]

yeah thats actually a good idea. Maybe a slight damage reduction than what your saying, but honestly so much better than everyone saying to just "mAke It A Win ConDitIon"

[@59master60]

I think this is a great idea, it’s just like the prince and dark prince (difference being that wizard is a range troop), and once it uses its charge attack that he’ll use his regular fireballs. And since the wizard has many counters this won’t break the game and will make wizard balanced.

[@Frederatorr]

@@User-zh8rp it utilises the fact that it dies to spells so easily, because if you don't spell it, it could do a serious number on you. Could possibly be used in some sort of royal hog deck as a bait card.

[@cheesecake1255]

Yes, buuuut it's such a common card for such a special ability, therefore, that would be better to be saved for a legendary card (edit: 20:42 i guess it doesn't matter, i shouldn't be talking since I am a really old player)

[@bobfred4410]

Or he throws a rabbit periodically like in that one animation

[@FunAnimator]

I would love for you to talk about the Heal Spell. Supercell literally gave up on balancing it and outright removed it, being an iconic moment in Clash Royale history. It could be in a video paired along with the Heal Spirit, which as far as I'm concerned also has abysmal win and usage rates

[@battleboxer555]

Heal spirit is actually goated. I use it and it has made me win many games because my troops were given a few extra seconds.

[@keith45ultra45]

Video is out

[@justaguy1738]

No heal spirit is fine

[@AlessandroPioltelli]

@@justaguy1738 yeah the HS is doing fine in both ladder and competitive play

[@patlov]

it was removed? damn

[@failedwhisper9673]

I think a good balance change for wizard would be to give him some sort of spell resistance, that way his low health is easy to deal with by placing a troop right on top of him. I think it also fits thematically since his knowledge of the arcane might help him counter spells in the arena.

[@superluigi6423]

The overabundance of the 4 elixir cards is I think a problem in the game but probably now impossible to fix :/ we can only hope that in the future we get more non-4 elixir cards :)

[@HELLRAISER02]

I wonder if super cell just thinks 4 elixir is a magic number, they should be funny and add a new 9 elixir card instead

[@digiorno1142]

@@BullyGarfield. it wouldn’t work at all unless you completely rework wizard. Making wizard in its current state 4 elixir would make it by far one of the most broken cards in the game due to it having higher dmg and hp than every other card in its rank. It would be better than musketeer, baby dragon, and every other card in literally every way. On the other hand, making it 4 elixir and nerfing it’s stats would make it easily the worst card in the game. Like I said, the only way to make wizard work is to completely rework the cards design

[@destructoid5939]

Or the first permanent 10 elixir card

[@HELLRAISER02]

@@destructoid5939 *for 10 elixir, you summon a new princess tower, now you can get 4 crowned*

[@bakes1324]

They need to change the price of cards like the valk and hog rider. Maybe even the musketeer. They all need to be more expensive. 5 elixir at least. The valk is once again in an overpowered state and even has a high usage and win rate but I strongly believe supercell won’t nerf it because it’s a crutch card for noobs.

[@theelastmelon]

A true tragedy. Wizard deserved so much more with his charisma alone

[@No-cc1fq]

Hes consistent to his plan in clash of rama episode

[@s.o.k.1393]

I think the solution is to make it more of an offensive card. The witch and executioner are almost exclusively defensive cards, so is ice wiz. Making it a card which could be used to defend pushes with lots of support and then counter attack would actually give it a niche. Maybe give it a little bit of knockback on its attacks or something so it could mess up the opponent's defense.

[@BackOff_xd]

Tbh, i would say that would just be a Fard.sfx for Mid-ladder. My personal rework is making its Health notably higher (around +25%), but decrease its First Hit from 0.4s to 0.9s. The first hit speed is something no one talks about being a problem.

[@Sexybustyoilyblacktallmuscular]

Balls 9:29

[@sakatahajime]

@@BackOff_xd Isn't %25 is too high though?

[@ArcanePower1]

@@sakatahajimeno because it really needs to get out of the hp range which can be countered by cards like fireball

[@sakatahajime]

@@ArcanePower1 Well we don't need to think about it since evolution wizard looks good for it

[@Obedthian-UK]

*1 month later* Supercell: WE ARE REMOVING ANOTHER CARD

[@leno4788]

I think wizard needs a brain, so he doesn't shoot at the first skeleton of the skarmy but in the middle for maximum casualties

[@filewr8515]

Give him a HP buff, DMG nerf, and IQ buff. To buff his IQ, make his fireball like mortar projectile - it explodes where it was originally sent. Also a little projectile speed decrease and he should be a much more viable card

[@vivelespatat2670]

​@@filewr8515 so, the executionner ?

[@filewr8515]

@@vivelespatat2670 No? More like Archer Queen without ability and with a big splash that is now utilised

[@MrLlama-dm5eh]

The problem with all popular games (whether deck builders, FPS games, etc.) is the inflation of certain categories/roles. Nowadays, we have loads of spells, counters, and ways to play. Back then, however, he was literally fireball thrower. For 1 extra elixir, you could throw hypothetically infinite fireballs at a troop. I like using the underdogs, but dang it is HARD to use a wizard properly with how good some alternatives are.

[@CatmunistCom]

are you talking about power creep or opportunity cost

[@polarisation]

@@CatmunistCom I think it’s about opportunity cost

[@ML-sc3pt]

Honestly all spells just need a nerf. Spell meta is broken and annoying as hell (looking at you princess, rocket, log, inferno cycle

[@nicolasbissonnette1010]

​@@ML-sc3pt yeah all spells are needing like 20% tower dmg nerf just to switch up the meta it would be nice to see

[@Callxm]

The fact that the wizard doesn't have an enter the arena effect like his ice and electro brothers really bugs me

[@klockenberg2299]

They're legendary so they're more unique like that

[@zhuyuchen8324]

Also the other two are made of their elements and wizard is a normal human so that also makes sense

[@CilantroSandro]

@@klockenberg2299battle healer has the spawn effect, so it’s not even special anymore

[@BenDover-kp9dp]

Who else is here after the wizard Evo announcement

[@CilantroSandro]

He needs a rework. They had. Rework ready, but never released it. Wizard is my favorite card, but he isn’t good.

[@sdvarietyshow8335]

I just wanted to thank you for getting me back into CR. I hadn't picked it up since 2018, but your videos have been so fun I've started playing again! Loved the 2.6 Hog Cycle video and would love to see other decks get analyzed.

[@justintian2650]

I wish I didn't watch this because now I'm addicted to cr.

[@jacobobos]

Time to analyze mortar and xbow cycle

[@c1nquedea47]

@@jacobobos even tho i play xbow, ive nevr been thinking about mortar's history

[@elia5578]

@@justintian2650 its fine youll get bored in 2-3 weeks max

[@DSPGP]

@@JamesGreen57447 Still playing but most my clans and friends abandoned this game around the CW2 launch time. Lvl14 sealed the deal for the few that stayed.

[@saltysalmoling8055]

What do you mean??? Wizard is great if it's 3 levels higher than your opponent's cards

[@Alan-di5kq]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andycash9143]

Every mid ladder game a max wizard obliterates my lvl 11-12 push lol

[@midnightbat344]

Executioner exist

[@Shooshawali]

@@andycash9143 have you considered things like “getting good” and “noot noot, scrub” ?

[@andycash9143]

@@Shooshawali in a fair match I'm good enough but in an unfair one I'd have to be extra careful with my elixer.

[@Dougthickadome]

Even as an experienced player that is semi competitive, the wizard holds a special place in my heart and I use him in high ladder games just because. It still works out for me because I know how to play and use him well

[@gamersreactions9267]

How many Trophies are you at? I feel like Wizard never stays on the field bcs it just gets outspelled instantly. Even if you drop it in middle-front, i would be able to either hit other units or the tower for advantage

[@peterromanos5994]

​@@gamersreactions9267bait their spell

[@christopherbanks8562]

Same, most people do use counters for him and if you pair him with a strong win condition and a high single target dmg card, he gets his worth easily.

[@Ggjcoutcbk]

I'm at 6.5k and my level 13 wizard is a life saver for me

[@nehalallstar9735]

Im 6k and wizard is the best for me

[@thequirksandworks]

The issue here is that wizard was put in a situation as the baseline for all range splash cards. Its the original and the most basic. The firecracker, executioner and many more serve the same role it with unique twists. The witch spawns in troops and has its own attacks. Firecracker has a very long range for the splash and deals tons of chip damage if left alone and is much cheaper. The executioner allows for chip damage and easy swarm removal. The wizard simply lacks anything making it worth the cost. My suggestion would be giving it something special like a charged up ability similar to the prince, lingering damage similar to a posion spell or something like a temporary magic sheild. This allows it to get even just a few extra hits and notnto die so quickly. Obviously theyd need heavy reworks on damage and range for these but each of these provide a unique and viable gimmic that makes the wizard stand out amongst its peers while not shoving it into broken territory if done right

[@tflego98]

“Temporary magic shield” bro predicted the new evolution

[@jonathanunova2856]

Your videos are such a treat every time, it honestly doesn't feel appropriate to use them as background noise while doing something else because they deserve my full attention!

[@shieldbug]

he's turning into the SunnyV2 of Clash Royale

[@FLYNTL]

The CW2 one was a banger. Waiting for Gratz to do one about the journey to max out, especially for F2P. How long did SC design the grind so F2P can fully max out.

[@superkid5mini937]

@@shieldbug yeah, I also remembered when he had 900 subs then I joined him

[@warnertesla8297]

What's the point of using videos as background noise? Do you just play videos just to play them?

[@shieldbug]

@@warnertesla8297 yup this usually happens when you're addicted to KZbin

[@ya_boi_is_sussy8082]

Babe, wake up! New Gratz video just dropped!

[@capedcluckles]

Why is this comment always on a new Gratz video?

[@jokerforce9753]

Shut up

[@viper9272]

@@capedcluckles Because it's a new video

[@MedvediImasa]

I am blind and autistic

[@brentithecutiejkidk6116]

No

[@domiko1504]

For a 5 elixir card, at least give it more health to compete with the executioner. If not, then make it 4 elixir. Although, that would mean it's going to overshadow the musketeer again. Yeah it's pretty complicated Edit: this is a chaotic idea, but imagine the wizard has a self-heal mechanic, a slow one (not like the battle healer). It adds to the wizard's survivability. That'd be cool.

[@nithraliabrawlstars6541]

That doesnt make sense

[@matthewquan9083]

Wizard needs to be better than Executioner at something. I’m just not sure what that should be.

[@ohyeahjuice]

The wizard healing up after I fireball it would be so annoying.

[@gab_7746]

​@@ohyeahjuiceor the Wizard could stop walking and then start healing himself using fire, but it would be like 7 seconds to heal, I don't think it's op

[@hondurasen3632]

​@@matthewquan9083wizard has more dps than executioner. I would make him shoot faster like musk

[@fireballftw-]

Really a testament to how well your videos are made that I keep rewatching them, thinking "man, now I really want to try out strategies in Clash Royale" and then I reinstall the game and am immediately reminded of what a complete nightmare playing this game is.

[@enjoyingchezzz9315]

Maybe you could give it a DoT (Damage over Time) so that when it hits a card, it sets it on fire and thus adding more damage, that could be something very unique and you can play around with the other stats to balance it out

[@tutorial9322]

I really like this idea👍🏻

[@alexanderboyy]

Longevity isn't the problem, he just gets countered to easily, which is why no one uses it

[@daltondebusk]

@@alexanderboyyBy "no one" you mean no-skill players in mid ladder who put him behind PEKKA

[@sectorforall1760]

@@alexanderboyy yeah but with this mecanic it could have more strategy and counter attacks

[@kehtonhultquist5075]

Why use an abbreviation (abv) if youre going to spell out the whole thing anyways, and never use the abv again.

[@jacobobos]

It's a great card to bridge people into higher skill arenas and teach them the importance of a GOOD deck. People are not drawn to change and wizard being underpowered in higher arenas forces people to adapt and improve

[@jacobobos]

@@BullyGarfield. i think he would be in most over-leveled ladder decks and wouldn't even die to a rocket

[@ultimatechad8738]

@@BullyGarfield. it would be a nightmare, currently I'm running a max level logbait deck and almost every other deck I play against have wizard in it. Fucking. Nightmare. It's absolute no skill and it's already bad enough that some players don't play spells that counter him but it gets even worse when people just run MK wizard zap and spells to simply counter everything you throw at them

[@staringgasmask]

@@ultimatechad8738 logbait is just a dumbass deck if the enemy is using literally anything outside the holy meta™. But wizard? Wizard? It's basically a Skill Razor. If you lose against wizard then you're bad or your deck is bad. MK/Wiz/Zap can be literally destroyed by a decoy against wiz, a mini pekka executioner (+3 trade for you), and even ebarbs alone if you feel like being a decent human being is overrated. Pekka and MK also counter the deck pretty hard, and if they have spam you have log/arrows/zap. But of course, if you're running logbait because you couldn't see that coming, you're in for an ass clapping time.

[@connornobbs3487]

@@ultimatechad8738 clearly you’re not a master baiter like me, youve got much to learn

[@ultimatechad8738]

@@connornobbs3487 who lied to you that you're a master baiter lmaooo, stfu

[@Lugiamaster075]

this is a clash video, and you choose some of the most diverse, amazing music tracks for it. Makes it an amazing audio experience man

[@Garjor]

Informative video :) it would be neat to see a rework that allows the wizard to perhaps re-target and throw smaller radius fireballs with each hand

[@tylerfisher553]

Kinda wild that Magic Archer wasn't mentioned once in this video, given he's basically a reworked wizard. I really don't know what they could do to him now that Magic Archer exists. Perhaps make him a champion, and give him some sort of passive spell shield?

[@snopdogg2x]

MA is just exe but more skill based. Exe is slightly dead for a reason

[@vivelespatat2670]

Half-archer, half-*wizard*

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

@@vivelespatat2670 and full daddy material

[@snopdogg2x]

@@melvinthendra2254 thats not saying much

[@snopdogg2x]

@@melvinthendra2254 midladder.

[@notapairofjeans1076]

Alternate buff idea I think what wizard needs more than anything is to be more useful to skilled players. The way I think you do that is to give him a very long sight range (equal to or greater than the dart goblin) but not touch his actual range. This way you could place him in the center of your side and he could defend well and then counter-push. Basically, give him a dart goblin brain but not his range or speed. Using him right now is extra frustrating because you place him near the center to stop two-lane aggression and he very easily ignores the second lane (especially if they have some spell with knockback) when a dart goblin wouldn't and saves you 2 exilir. The main fear I have for this setup is that he would stall on your side and you could bank wizards, but with how many big spells are in the meta I think this would only really come up in like a log bait match-up. This separates it from the other 5 exilir cards because you aren't paying for great stats but a "smart" card that gets value by moving itself to the right places and not charging to the other side when other cards at the same price would.

[@r.a.g.3428]

That’s a super cool idea, I think it could make for a really cool new card concept. I don’t feel like would work on the Wizard, however. The Wizard is meant to teach new players about crowd control, no more, no less.

[@bakes1324]

No dude this kind of card would be insufferable to play against. If you do this to wizard you need to make him die to fireball at the very least. Splash damage cards overall are too OP and none of them really need to be buffed rn.

[@notapairofjeans1076]

@@bakes1324 Well the reason I am advocating for this change is actually to keep the card from being insufferable. The Wizard isn't statically any better with this change and would still be generally bad at fighting as opposed to just a stat buff. For instance, with this change if you want to counter it you literally just have to wait for it to walk to the bridge and play a current counter to it. In a megaknight deck or a deck like it (which is what I assume you find annoying about wizard) on offense this change is basically meaningless. All it does is give it some niche role on defense to justify using it in the higher areas and add a 5-elixir card that can punish multi-lane bridge spam without derping out.

[@bakes1324]

@@notapairofjeans1076 no I find the wizard annoying to face. It’s not a good card but you have to have a counter for it. Your change would also make it impossible to ignore cause it could destroy a push on Both sides.

[@notapairofjeans1076]

That certainly is the case right now but I don't see a reason why that has to stay that way. In fact, having a card that is to "teach new players" but is really bad once players get gud is honestly pretty toxic for the game because it makes players feel that they over-invested in a bad card and makes people stop playing or play less. I think the musketeer is a good example of a basic card that has a higher skill cap. You get it early on and it teaches you about high dps support cards but it never becomes outright bad, and in some decks gives the archer queen a run for her money. And musk needed a rework to get there and I think Wizard should have a similar treatment too (just not an elixir change cause I am sick of 4 elixir cards).

[@smalldude1877]

The ending got me, knowing the state of this card will probably never even see the light of competitive play

[@aniruddhvasishta8334]

I honestly think a fair buff would be to kind of go the dart goblin route where we keep its HP to the point where it still dies to spells (maybe even nerf its health) and make it hit faster, BUT also make it so that when it attacks, it aims its fireball half a tile or so BEHIND the troop it's targeting (aka make the center of its splash radius more like the center of the swarm). This would be a good buff in my opinion because it would distinguish it from the executioner, make it good at taking out swarms, but it would still die easily. I don't think this would warrant reducing its elixir cost because then it becomes another 4 elixir card or a copy of the bomber if it's reduced to 3. If you buff its health and make it 6 elixir and maybe increase its sight and/or splash radius then I could see it being a good legendary.

[@patrickschott265]

Supercell should treat the Wizard the same way they treated the Royal Giant. Give it a big buff so that it moves up the competitive ranks and stops being useful only in over-leveled mid-ladder

[@boredsage8746]

I actually work at supercell and the reason why we buffed the witch but not the wizard was to make Manuel's deck more viable

[@PurpleBugs]

dont think it worked

[@crashburn2938]

If u actually work at supercell might wanna start checking the comments on FB. The game has become trash. Literally just had a match earlier and had my opponent drop 24 elix before I could drop 8. All I could drop was valk and hog and enemy dropped golem, electric dragon, baby dragon, tornado, prince. It has become a rigged game and it pathetic. Y'all don't even listen to ur player base. Tried to contact support and I was told there's nothing they can help with. Pathetic

[@crashburn2938]

@@battleboxer555 I'm sure he doesn't. Just trolling. What's the point in ur dumbass comment? U wanted attention I guess.

[@crashburn2938]

@@battleboxer555 ur daddy not returned with the milk yet. 🤡🤖

[@rakijarokeee8471]

@@crashburn2938 maybe stop wasting elixir and giving your oponents positive elixir trades and you'll have less of those experiences

[@TrainmasterGT]

When I played this game, I used to use the wizard all the time. It always felt like a card that required a lot of skill to win with, because it could do a lot of damage and deal with swarms pretty well, but it was fragile enough that you had to worry about placement and protecting it more than some other cards.

[@Wickerd]

The wizard should hit the longest distance card. The ice wizard hits the nearest, the electro wizard hits the first two nearest cards, and the wizard should shoot cards in the back. This would make it easily deal with swarm by hitting the card in the middle of it.

[@harryvpn1462]

Fire asf idea

[@X_Zangetsu_X]

Wizard is literally the backbone of my team, and if anything else, he DESPERATLY needs a buff

[@PurpleBugs]

you should change your deck then

[@Spamus21]

I agree he needs a buff

[@asmou2171]

@@gofglida4155 what could I use instead?

[@pikminz]

​@@gofglida4155no to replace him it HAS to be a splasher and a ranger

[@vivelespatat2670]

​@@pikminzExecutionner.

[@ktpt7158]

I don't even play CR or any Supercell game for that matter, but I find your content entertaining and informative. So keep up the great work, Gratz!

[@dlp6567]

@@BLET_55artem55 The one and only Supecell game that did not die for me yet. Brawl Stars and CR just lost this unique and cozy new game vibe, they are not the same anymore...

[@orereo2328]

@@dlp6567 yep

[@modder853]

​@Студия DLP brawl stars is getting better at every update, even though its not the same as it is its still a really fun game

[@JustAsh001]

​@@dlp6567brawl stars changed alot but is becoming better and better every update so much new stuff every update it's really fresh

[@joeyjohnsonson4341]

Wizard is rumored to get an evolution soon, so fingers crossed lol

[@TJ-hg6op]

Wizard is so bad that his evolution was balanced and good for the game

[@tobytragen4363]

He needs an Evo tbh that could save him

[@Jarvy2007]

Well, look at the recent community post of Clash Royale

[@broccoliboy9673]

It’s probably not

[@hungryhotdog103]

I love these videos. They’re a wonderful combination of history and fun, keep it up Gratz!

[@Kells064]

Wizard Evo coming in HOTTTTTT🔥🔥

[@omegaswordbeam6459]

Maybe an evolution could give him a chance nowadays. Make him either burn people after using fireball and do something similar to poison or evo firecracker. Maybe he builds up firepower the longer he goes without hitting a unit so if you place him at the back you are forcing the enemy to use all their spells to kill him so they won’t get one shotted. The spawn damage is a little boring but it’s better than nothing, same with the elixir cost.

[@bruschetta7711]

I would buff the damage, it's the one thing he should be good at and doing so would make me choose him over musket which cost less and has better range and over Exe which is slower but has more health One other possibility is giving him even more splash radious and slower fire rate, so it has less dps but can have his clutch moments where he can hit a tower, building and far away troops

[@ShinTh0r]

My idea for buffing the wizard is giving him damage over time. Makes him a little better against tanks, which is his biggest weakness. This keeps his strength against swarm the same while his ability to kill tanks not dogwater like it is today.

[@digiorno1142]

Why does wizard need to be good against tanks?? Other more specific cards already exist for that purpose

[@ShinTh0r]

Never said he should be good against tanks, just better than what he does right now. He is absolutely shit at killing tanks, so to make him slightly more versatile and a more compelling choice, he should have more damage overall. Damage overtime is one of the ways to increase his overall damage other than just increasing his main attack.

[@digiorno1142]

@@ShinTh0r you pointed out that he sucks at killing tanks implying he should at the very least be decent at it, for whatever reason.

[@diegoadrian1530]

No one is probably reading this, but here's my idea: -Make the wizard's atack cooldown be much slower -Give it 3 times as much damage -The splash damage area would do just enough damage to kill goblins, so it's much better at single target -Increase his splash area by a teeny tiny bit -Give it the spawn damage so it fits with the other 2 wizards, i would also change the ice wizard's spawn area much bigger, the electro wizard would be the same, and the regular wizard would be very small but decently powerful, so you can defend things like royal hogs easier. This might sound way too complex for a troop unlocked so early on, and that's the point, this way, it would be less appealing for midladder, while also separating it from other splash damage cards, i think it would revive it without making it unfair for low-midladder, as well as keeping it to die to fireball so it's easier to defend, at the same time it could be better for baiting fireball and poison😊 Edit: now that i think about it, this just sounds like another Phoenix, a much stronger version of a card for 1 elixir more, which would be the case for the musketeer, my solution is to give the wizard a terrible initial attack cooldown, and make the musketeer shoot a little faster, also improving her terrible win rate despite high usage rate, so you can react quickly to things like balloon, and wizard for things like royal hogs

[@Vuyrix]

Now that we have card evolution I think they could give the wizard an evolution that would definitely give it a better use

[@BigZ69]

Make it survive a fireball zap/poison and give it a 1 tile splash bonus. Or maybe make it shoot mini fireballs that have knockback like the fireball but to a lesser degree so its not busted

[@donkbonktj5773]

I think an evolved wizard would almost be the same as evolved firecracker.

[@itsmejeff9357]

Since Wizard is quite similar to Bomber and Witch in terms of attacking, I think some reworks in terms of how it attacks may be necessary (e.g where the fireball it spawns lands). This could help to differentiate it and create new strategies and playstyles

[@bra1nwave172]

I agree with summoned(weaker or normal) fireballs that could have knockback and/or maybe the wizard could change to a 6 elixir support troop.

[@huangreymin6162]

Agree, it would be a lot more effective if a wizard could target the centre of a skeleton army, rather than the front of it. That being said, how do you program that?

[@vivelespatat2670]

It already exist, it's called the Executioneer

[@carlostoledovillanueva661]

I think i could also go the fire spirti route, copy the ice variant but without the slow and a bigger enphasis on damage. The 3 elixir competition (Obviously with less stats) actually has room for the wizard. Having more consistent splash and damage than the firecracker and princess but with less range, less damage than the dart gobling but with splash and not dying to log, and mostly being the "balanced" option along side with archers with the splash and dual line as the difference between the two. It even would work with the bomber, having the option for similar damage for cheaper but not being able to target air. The 3 elixir range would also make the lack luster stas feel better since is less elixir to commit. Idk the fire spirit change work, i could see the wizard doing the same to work as well

[@ShineKami666]

Only played the game a few times casually but really loved watching this, nice content!

[@yung_shmoney2558]

My proposed change to wizard is a two handed throw, with 2 different fireballs, splitting the damage between 2 fireballs that still hit at the same rate the normal fireball hits at, but redistributes the aggro at which he can hit swarms, making him much more viable in his expected role. For example, Wizard would be useful against graveyard, instead of taking centuries to lock and attack, he'd throw one fireball and throw another .3 seconds after, then wait his current attack rate to throw again. Wizard's biggest problem is inferiority to spells, the damage split for quicker aggro lock makes him much more useful in todays meta where we might see more units deployed in the arena then ever before.

[@favianguerra8954]

I would like to see a video discussing the changes of when people earned cards, cause that change actually helped me when I got back, I had the prince and was able to push up ladder cause no one else had that card. But then megaknight shows up and forced me to rework my deck.

[@pumpkin6112]

Would love to see the history on either the bomb tower or the giant skeleton since I feel like they had a very interesting history after all this time

[@cosminonisoru1145]

Today wizard make exactly 5 years without any buff or rework on june 4 2023😢

[@suprimegamer8292]

Get this card a deserved buff 💪🏼

[@royal_n]

Even if no one uses wizard, I would use wizard just for his magnificent hair.

[@RaheemRollair]

I’m SO glad you’re talking about Wizard! He needs serious help! Keep up the good work!

[@witchyboy8147]

I aware to God if they touch wizard I'm quitting this godforsaken game for good. Get your grubby little hands away from the wizard and back away nice and slow

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@witchyboy8147 BUFF WIZARD

[@belitterman]

@@witchyboy8147 I shall touch the wizard

[@StatisticEverything]

@@witchyboy8147 bro think he tough 💀

[@hondurasen3632]

I would make it 4 elixir to be a competition to musketeer but in the same time making it worse in some scenarios to be a reason to use musk instead of wizard. Sure for 4 elixif it needs a nerf after an elixir cost decrease

[@Ace-ep7in]

I don't get why game developers are so fucking afraid to even attempt making changes to certain aspects of their game. They act as if they can't ever roll back the change

[@jalfire]

Out of the changes mentioned, the spawn damage is the one I want to see tried out. I don't see it as copying the other wizard cards, but by making it a consistency that wizards have spawn damage. The only way to make such a simple card compete with the other three that fill its role in top ladder is to make more ways to use it and I think this approach is much more interesting than just more buffs

[@SomeCowguy]

But its rare, not legendary. Legendaries have unique things like spawn damage

[@Jonathan-ff8tl]

I think they should rework by decreasing the radius, decreasing the damage, but increasing the hitspeed. They should also allow the wizard to charge up an extra fireball when idle, so he can shoot 2x in rapid succession. It will maken him a card where you have to time properly to get a double fireball, thus adding a level of skill. This will make him more interesting, while serving a different role from executioner.

[@1mol831]

Decrease the damage and lower elixir cost to 3 instead.

[@MMYpvzh]

6 tile range / more dph so it 2 shots fireballies / more aoe / 1.3~4 hit speed

[@ameliabaroni2650]

I feel like reducing the damage anf lowering hit speed and first attack time might be good So that he keeps his DpS(or maybe gets an even better one) and the card's role doesn't get changed At least it will provide more value if it manages to stay alive

[@munchiemunchie5226]

Mirror is such an interesting card allowing you to virtually out cycle your opponents counters which contributes to the defense heavy cycle deck meta oh crl

[@shen8976]

If I would change the Wizard. I would like if they could experiment him work similar to inferno dragon, with a 3 tier damage increase, while locked to an enemy. With the first fireball hit having a small radius and around 40% less damage, then the second and third attack would have a medium radius, with a slightly better damage than the current wizard today, and finally, after the 4th attack and beyond, he'll have a massive damage increase and a radius as big as the one today. Or maybe the radius could work the opposite, starting bigger, but less damage, to endup more concetrated (smaller) with its highest damage locked to the tank.

[@Aabuturab]

personally i think combining two of the ideas you mentioned, buffing its health, deacreasing its damage and radius for an increase in hit speed is the best move Wizard is just in such an awkward spot

[@fredthesmilingpineapple9856]

I used to use the wizard in a pekka deck but then swapped it out for executioner which I feel is probably one of the more underrated cards in the game

[@chubbyninja3147]

Id like to see a damage buff Make wizard more of a glass cannon Id prefer if it wasnt just contending with exe and musk Make it more like a sparky

[@theforsakenlich861]

Glass canon definitely seems to the the role that fits the wizard. Probably AoE that's, slow but evenly damages, but maybe less damage to large units? Or a little knockback for medium units? I think this would have the musketeer and wizard be complementary rather than direct contenders.

[@willggos]

great idea. lingering flame like the flame flinger from clash of clans

[@NICOCLASH]

Now that i think about, it would be cool if they give some alterative, crowd control abilities on the wizard. What about making the wizard having a little stun effect when he connects to a target, some sort of "burn effects" that scales higher depending on the bigger amount of health enemies have, or even inflict a debuff like the opponent either deal 20% less daamge or take more damage from any other sources

[@regalgrit]

As someone who has used wizard since I started playing on clash royale launch, completely agree with your health change

[@clashgamer2519]

Maybe next video should be about history of meta decks, also love your videos!

[@metalsnake262]

Thanks for the amazing content 🎉

[@yorozuyagin-chan6584]

Alternate title: How a 7% nerf DESTROYED a card FOREVER

[@wiilli4471]

Lol no. Wizard is by design a noob card. It was never good and was always meant to be a bad card that little children could easily use. Wizard is literally the card for 12 year olds and those that are REALLY bad at clash royale. If you use wizard, I can automatically tell you haven't won a grand challenge and are dogshit. Its main problem is its weakness to fireball, which NEVER changed.

[@R0LT]

You earned my sub, amazing editing and explaining.

[@fates-reward]

I have never played this game in my life and probably never will, but each new upload from this channel is an instant must-watch for me

[@gamerpro_980]

​​​@@BLET_55artem55 it's not pay to win, its just that everyone uses their resources on cards they will use never again and then complain that it is ptw because they don't have any high level cards.

[@DSPGP]

What led you to this channel btw?

[@DSPGP]

@@BLET_55artem55 When it takes anywhere from 5 to 15 years to max all your shit out, yea it's pretty P2W. Anyways, it's pretty common knowledge the game is Rock Paper Scissors mostly and just a bit of skill on the same level.

[@enzopereira3774]

@@BLET_55artem55 yeah start playing nowadays is basicaly this, to make real progress while being f2p takes literall years

[@punkydesu5110]

@@BLET_55artem55 my ballon is at level 13, started my account not even a month

[@thorveim1174]

The Wizard used to have purpose for a long while as the only splash damage troop that was able to hit air with significant damage (the witch beign low DPS and with a tiny AoE), making him for a long while the single best support troop for tanks, especially the Pekka that could get rid of high hp troops for the wizard. But that very useful niche was anihilated the second the executioner showed up, a card with the same role and cost but MUCH harder to get rid of than the wizard and enough damage output to easily deal with anything vulnerable to arrows, meaning the wizard's only edge was in fighting tankier flying troops that the executioner struggles against; not worth the vulnerability to fireball.

[@pringlesxp8421]

I'd love to see a video about the giant skeleton. He's my favorite card. I actually have an all skeleton deck, GS, witch, Skel army, Skel drag, tombstone spawner, lighting, wall breakers, and the only exception bats. This team has been crushing it's way through the ladder. Though I like wars more than ladder

[@TheStartMenu]

“Only exception is bats” Lightning: 💀💀

[@lkjkhfggd]

I see no problem with some cards being good for beginners and then bad at the top level. Skeleton Army had been a good example of this. Awesome card when I first started, but eventually I got better at the game and could do most things skarmy does with just skeletons.

[@JBJMMA]

I'm at 6k trophies yet I use skarmy and wizard 😭

[@lkjkhfggd]

@@JBJMMA I havent played CR for like 3 years. Back when I was playing, no pros were ever using those two cards. No idea what it's like nowadays.

[@kkaaiserrr]

@@lkjkhfggd Well, no pro uses skarmy nor wizard, but the boy on top mentionned 6k trophies wich is basically what is called mid-ladder. Two cards probably used with MK no Krut?

[@mauw1e]

@@JBJMMA 6k is bad

[@noahgodzillabreath2931]

give wizard an evo

[@simonsstuff6759]

So true 😂 I witnessed unforgivable crimes in 2004

[@_MOHAMMAD_Junaid_]

Coming I guess

[@skyblock64]

Yep, that’s happening

[@noahgodzillabreath2931]

@@skyblock64 no way i predicted that

[@god_banana_1834]

Well well well

[@ashishjain518]

The best way to give this card a unique identity is to give it a mechanic similar to poison. Whenever the wizard shoots something and the target doesn't die, it should receive burn damage for 2-3 seconds equal to 20% of the wizard's main damage. This mechanic is so unique and also follows the logic of the wizards: E-Wiz stuns and resets its target with each attack, Ice-Wiz slows down enemies because it freezes them. Then the wizard should have burn damage after each attack. This would not only make him more viable, but will help reduce the flooding of minitanks in the meta.

[@user-xk4yd9bl6d]

Nice video, great backward music while I frantically searched my room for my phone I had been missing for over a day

[@firstwaddledee9182]

I think it’d be interesting for the wizard to become the high damage 5 elixir splash card. It always struck me as a card that should do good damage and I think it could be better. How would I go about doing this? No clue. Either way, I think a history on the other mid ladder menace, Mega Knight, to have a video like this.

[@jacobzacchary]

This man is the most experienced wizard he should be using 2 hands separately by now👀 give him a charge-up or something, lower the fire rate, up the dmg.

[@cabelob8378]

What if they reworked it so that if the wizard was targeting one card over and over it does slightly more damage each cast like a inferno tower (he already throws fire). This way it can still kill the swarms, but has use against bigger cards if it’s kept alive.

[@o9_lemonade795]

Idea: make I get knocked backward like a firecracker. And then if any troop is between the Wizard and his target troop, it would instead hit that target. Or you can just make it always retarget on the closest troop except when it is on the tower. Also, instead of doing single hit normal splash damage, make it spawn mini poisons like evo firecracker. Nerf him in other aspects but I think the best thing the wizard can get are complete changes as raw stats hasn’t really helped him. I get you have to nerf him a lot in other areas but it would make him somewhat niche but viable in some decks

[@toast1612]

my yt glitched and i clicked a video called "better to be a pig than a fascist" and i was so confused when i heard "wizard is a long-range 5 elixer

[@honorzzz]

I’ve always thought of like a burning effect to go with each blast of fire from the wizard. A small continuous damage for like 2 ticks

[@abdkkdbsjs8459]

I think they should buff it by when it gets deployed it comes down with a fire ball or a small fire splash knocking enemy troops back. Just like the other wizards

[@MouldMadeMind]

That's a bad idea. The other wizards are legendary.

[@JtaroKujo]

Rework concept: Now fireballs deal direct and splash damage - 1)direct damage is dealt to troop that wizard is focused on 2)splash damage dealt to units that are in touch with fireball radius. Direct damage deals a lot more damage than splash one like maybe 130% of musketeer dps. Splash damage should be reduced to not one shot minions and spirits. Also increase splash radius so wizard could be useful to counter pushes like egolem and night witch I think splitting fireball damage to direct and splash could help wizard to be useful as good distant damage dealer and additional splash to prevent trash like bats, skellys and so on. The wizard rn is more like swarm exterminator, though swarmies are anyways getting easily countered by any other card. So giving wizard a chance as dps card could raise him at least to too 50 cards

[@michelecafagna1755]

I think doubleing the damage of the targeted troupe/building (not tower) should be a good idea, maybe decreasing the damage or the hitting speed. For example don't make him able to one-shot minions (with damage area) should be a good deal for lower arenas/mid ladder. This would make him a very versatile and unic card.

[@Tax_Potato]

I feel that even if wizard's elixir was decreased by one and no stats were changed, he'd be balanced at BEST. He's just so useless. I literally have trouble finding cards that don't counter him. He even dies to skarmy if placed on top of him. Seriously, he needs some love. He's too much of a comittment and it's impossible to get any value. He doesn't do any meaningful damage to the tower, he has pretty much no health, and his splash is terrible since most of it is unused since he attacks the closest troop.

[@duckykitsune4005]

If wizard went to 4 elixir he would be broken af

[@vivelespatat2670]

The Musketeer currently sit at a 8% WR with a 45% WR, the most average a card can get in the eyes of Supercell. Are you *SURE* making Wizard, a card with SPLASH DAMAGE, the same cost as the Musketeer ?

[@harryvpn1462]

This mfer would replace the 4-5 elixir ranged card in every single deck in the game if they just changed his elixir without anything else being nerfed

[@fatmandoo]

If he becomes 4 elixir he’s just a better musketeer, and musketeer is decent, so no, I don’t think he’d be useless at 4 elixir.. actually he’d be overpowered.

[@tungstenratsimp3696]

As a person who always uses wizard (atleast for 2-3 years now) I always hoped my favorite card gets the attention it deserves

[@donovanfrankpapa4256]

Agreed

[@wiilli4471]

You should just get better at the game. Wizard is a crutch for bad players and keeps you bad.

[@namazu5976]

@@wiilli4471 maybe he just likes Wizard, jackass

[@JBJMMA]

@@wiilli4471 how many trophies you got?

[@wiilli4471]

@@JBJMMA im an ultimate champion player lmfao I have 7500 trophies

[@andrew8334]

I would love to see the wizard shoot 2 fireballs back to back. This will make it technically a faster firer rate but it a really cool flashy way.

[@arthurfung9857]

I have some weird idea about changing wizard. Although I don't think any card have experienced such a big change (except heal spell which just get deleted) , having a special case is worth for such a classic existence in the SuperCell universe. Anyway, what I want to say is that what if it is changed into a legendary card and give it a new, special mechanic ? For example, leaving a damaging area when wizard hit an enemy, maybe the damaging area will expand or having a higher damage depends on the size of enemy hit box or health, maybe leaving a fire track on the way the enemy walk; giving a debuff to the enemy of receiving more damage or recieve continues damage , maybe able to spread to nearby troops; having a damaging area circling around himself while the closer the enemy come, the greater the damage dealt; able to heal or giving buff to cards with fire (fire ball, infernal tower, lava hound, fire spirit, etc)when wizard is alive. Just imagine how many things can develope based on the properties of fire.

[@bwebbuva9785]

I don't know why I'm watching this. I've never played Clash Royale in my life, but for some reason your videos on these cards is very entertaining to watch.

[@Aitorgonzalez8814]

Man im the only person in the world that use a wizard level 14 on its deck 😢

[@habibi_sport312]

I have two ideas to balance the wizard, and the second can balance EVERY single card in the game. So the first route is to make him do damage like the evo firecracker, leaving an area on fire for like 2 seconds and 33 percent damage per second, even after he dies. This will be unique unlike copying the e-wiz and ice wizard and might make his death to fireball-zap not as bad. This, coupled with other stat changes can make him viable. My second idea is to make the top 4/5 arenas change card stats, like all cards have less health more damage or faster hit-speed past arena X. Or just change the stats of some cards after these higher arenas. Maybe the top arena can be where all 5 champions are unlocked with mirror, clone, elixer collector, and rage and all cards have some sort of change to make them all balanced past a certain point where skill is far higher. What do you guys think? Oh and btw they need to change what cards you unlock on what arena ASAP, make it based on card type like goblins, medieval, and barbs it will be really cool.

[@DavideEnricoAssandri]

I have got and idea for a wizard rework: slow hit Speed, fast first hit Speed, keep it 5 elixir but buff his healt to the point It survives fireball and zap, make him deal just enough damange to kill bats but make him unable to one-shot skeletons with Just a hit and make him able to set other troops on fire (something like evo firecraker). Hi will stil be able to kill swarms but It will be a fresh new card with good capabilities. It is a big rework but i think it is necessary. (Sorry if It Is written bad i'm not english😅)

[@youssefdz9709]

From a casual player point of view i never understood why he got so much hate I've been using him in almost all my decks from the day that i got him and he's the first card that i upgraded to lvl 14 for me he's just a reliable card especially in over time x2 elixir he takes care of a lot of annoying troops plus he deals a good amount of damage I'd say tho if they make him a 4 card elixir maybe it would be a huge buff for him, he's probably in my top 5 cards of all time

[@hondurasen3632]

If sc will make it 4 elixir he definitely will be nerfed in some way like damage nerf or idk

[@zacharyh5419]

One simple but good rework imo would be spawn in damage as well as death damage that lingers similar to a poison (but smaller and shorter).

[@theyumblat5420]

i remember climbing with my wizard balloon deck back in 2016 lmao, those were fun times

[@SAPANNow]

Dude please make more videos!! Your content is outstanding. These CR history mini-documentaries are such a treat!! Please keep releasing content!!

[@DSPGP]

Only thing missing is a graphic showing the historical rating of these cards over time.

[@MedvediImasa]

There are to many good alternatives to the wizard so unless they do a rework it will most likely never be good

[@MMYpvzh]

6 tile range / more dph so it 2 shots fireballies / more aoe / 1.3~4 hit speed

[@spark5558]

Make it a 4 elixir card though that could impact the musketeer but I think it's a good change