Top 10 WORST Balance Changes in Clash Royale History

[@LeonelMedina-j4j]

Furnace: 30% win rate Supercell: looks broken to me

[@gamilith]

@@TheRavishingOne "nurf it that shit" stop talking

[@Linkin_Park_Fan01]

Omg it is used NERF IT!

[@iamghostorami]

Supercell used nerf It's not very effective...

[@Blue_Kiwi2]

@@gamilithlol

[@zirotsero6951]

Phoenix And Monk: Exists Supercell: Looks balanced to me

[@cmac6345]

On the contrary of this video, One of the best reworks I've ever seen was the rg rework. A card that was hated from the very beginning that became a mid ladder menace. When the changes were first announced. Everyone was terrified because of the damage increase but I remember being excited. When they went live. I rarely saw anyone complain anymore.

[@VMan776]

This is probably my contender for the best balance change in CR history. The fact that they managed to take a card so oppressive in midladder and so useless at top level and rework it in such a way that it was balanced in both areas while also being less frustrating to fight was impressive. The fact that it didn't require any further changes on top of that for years is nothing short of incredible. The balance team cooked with that rework.

[@aidanhammans9337]

What was the change again?

[@VMan776]

@@aidanhammans9337 Range: 6.5 -> 5 tiles Damage: +60%

[@jedisnotfunny]

⁠@@aidanhammans9337Range from 6.5 to 5 made it not outrange any defensive buildings anymore but it got a massive damage increase

[@N12015]

... You forgot the -november- december 2016 Elite barbarian buff. You know, the buff who made the card a mid ladder menace for 3 years or so.

[@azophi]

Ebarbs not even being an honorable mention is insane

[@Bardocks_Fig_Collection]

​@azophi ill always hate them even if i can counter them easily

[@azophi]

@@Bardocks_Fig_Collection HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[@whoisthisnoyes]

Cant believe a 0.2 second difference made such a big difference

[@bradypohlman8307]

Arguably should be #1. I firmly believe that balance killed the exponential growth the game had. I remember being in school and almost everyone I knew quit the game because of ebarbs

[@ryanasaurasisgood]

Void nerf was very unnecessary, despite it being a popular spell, its single target damage was already fine. I don’t think it was needed

[@GratzClash]

Totally agree. They’ve been overnerfing all the new cards.

[@ethanlehtinen5108]

@@GratzClashnow Void is unusable and it’s annoying

[@venator_draw7053]

@@ethanlehtinen5108 I maxed it because it fit so well in the Lavahound deck and now its a lot worse than fireball, why bringing a new card just to make it disappear with nerfs? like the Goblin Machine and even Goblin curse.

[@finaliest]

​​@@GratzClash you should've mentioned the goblin machine that thing was very op yes but it got like 6 nerfs (all were Feb 2018 mega knight levels of harsh) in like less than 2 weeks and even after like 2 or 3 buffs it's still a bottom 10 card in clash royale even something like the witch or regular wizard pre evo or August 2024 buff

[@jedisnotfunny]

Demolisher didn't really need its nerf either that card only saw play in drill decks

[@RCCH]

Oh wow I’m in this video for some reason

[@Dontknowmyhandlename]

I feel bad that u only have 5 like, here is one

[@highlighter2909]

no way it’s plants vs zombies challenge guy

[@lucyan8790]

Do you still play Clash Royale ?

[@matthew46058]

gratz is the type of guy to tugg on his ________ a) miner b) suspicious bush c) speedman d) ken

[@aniska_enjoyer]

ALL OF THE ABOVE 🗣️🗣️💯🔥

[@NotKagura]

Tugspeedman solos goku

[@AakashKumar-tn6yh]

b)

[@natepolidoro4565]

Dick

[@krelium2717]

C!!!

[@samuelmaguire6281]

goblin machine not even getting a mention is a warcrime

[@funkymachine]

Recency bias

[@Kylobenmon]

+ goblin curse

[@kondesrades9405]

The nerf was definitely necessary. It being too strong on release had nothing to do with a balance change, it was just the way the card was released. So I really don't know what you're talking about. Granted the nerf was a little harsh, but it definitely needed one.

[@etoiledechue1080]

​@@kondesrades9405I think you didn't get the point of the comment. Yeah, gobelin machine definitely needs a nerf. However, a nerf doesn't mean kill the card. Balance changes killed the goblin machine

[@juliobrando6367]

I think goblin machine was just a funny event card concept that they managed to remove after release. The idea is literally a knight throwing rockets, which is completely stupid. The 3 cards from that season were probably meant to be removed at first, but they changed their mind so they nerfed the least serious ideas to the ground (counting goblin curse)

[@AlessandroPioltelli]

Hell yeah Gratz uploaded! Gonna be a banger!

[@superturrican2181]

I really wanna see you making a video with the worst balance suggestions from the community. The stuff ive seen from the cr subreddit is just absolutely crazy like giving the cannoneer splash, making the hogrider 5 elixir or giving the dagger duchess a 3(!!!) seconds long reload time

[@omegacxv8344]

That video would be way over 24 hours long...

[@rinabegum-xh3wq]

@@omegacxv8344 10 years*

[@omegacxv8344]

@@rinabegum-xh3wq I just said 24 hours cause thats the max length youtube allows, I think

[@NyuVectors]

The problem is when mid ladder give their opinions. Mid ladder = anyone who cannot finish even top 10k (2200+ medals ultimate champion)

[@kdburner7356]

@@NyuVectorsmid ladder IS clash Royale, supercell would be stupid to ignore them. Midlander is where the creativity of the game lies, top ladder is just a battle of who can spend the most money to max out their cards first

[@azophi]

EBarbs not even being an honorable mention is a war crime. They made it a viable competitive strategy to Ebarbs > Mirror Ebarbs

[@cjleehaze]

Oh my god I will never fucking forget how they nerf the hell out of the Giant Skeleton death bomb was such a hard nerf to the card. He didnt need that type of nerf. Or all the times they kept nerfing the Barbarian Hut over and over and over WHEN IT DIDNT EVEN NEED A NERF. Yet they buff cards like Prince, Valk or give Firecracker a evo while she was annoying as hell and barely ever nerfing Hog Rider, Megaknight and Log.

[@uzziahlatour1052]

Thats because hogrider is the most balanced card in the game

[@Josiethegamingmew]

Log never needs a nerf. Same with Hog Rider.

[@Oliver-uz1fs]

Mega knight have never really needed a nerf past his prime and even then the nerf he got was clearly not it, hog is also not on a need for a nerf ever since 2018 or so, low key agree with log though

[@cjleehaze]

@@Josiethegamingmew Considering how overused as hell they are they should get a nerf.

[@Josiethegamingmew]

@@cjleehaze A 2 elixir spell and a 4 elixir win condition are just very reliable and expected at this point. They don't need nerfs.

[@DavidDoesClash]

im surpised the heal spirit wasnt included, it had a time where it did like 30 damage and couldnt kill skeletons

[@lucasjensen8757]

The executioner rework was probably my personal least favorite. Felt borderline unusable without tornado

[@TheBus_2]

0:03 "except electro spirit" was not expecting that

[@MaidenOfAir]

It’s true though

[@benjaminvago3302]

I really like these slow and chill paced videos, they are awsome to listen to. Keep up the good work👍

[@SandraGreen-sq6qq]

Your editing are on point, loved it!

[@matthewgaming5984]

The knight should be the next card that you make a video for. It's had 19 balance changes (including the evolution) and it's been a tough card to balance

[@Wreck1234]

mirror lv16 left the chat

[@parfait911]

I think the Pekka range increase in March of this year and the Evo Tesla rework give it a death shock are the worst

[@progamer7730]

Honestly surprising that when they changed ice wizard to die to fireball wasn't on here surprised me

[@howiecatslab4684]

I love how the mega knight nerf made it here and yet it is still heavily used.

[@azophi]

Bro is definitely in mid ladder 💀

[@bradygendron]

@@azophiI made it to 9000 trophies with using mega knight in every deck since 4000

[@lucishere1359]

@bradygendron i'd easily beat you

[@Humandefect]

1:19 um Seth,how are we supposed to protect spawners from a spell (earthquake) that even Monk can't repel? Of course we would put at the middle area since otherwise spells and some troops can just do collateral damage on the tower while dealing with the building. Buildings that generate value over time and not for wall purposes just have to go there by default since the area where you can put stuff is small in this game

[@foxinaboxy12]

16:46 I like how sadly he talked about the witch being nerfed here, like the devs really hurt her feelings. She just wanted to fit in!

[@hiatusxhiatus]

I like this shorter video format I no longer play clash royale (neither did I when I started watching your channel) so it makes it more appealing to watch shorter content than longer

[@tomphantomlebg]

« Furnace players were confused » Oh because there are furnace players?

[@azophi]

EBarbs and Goblin Machine not even being an honorable mention is a war crime. They made it a viable competitive strategy to Ebarbs > Mirror Ebarbs

[@freshspringroll1610]

Gratz, please make more “state of the game” videos, similar to what you made during the update for losers and level 15 update. I personally am interested in your thoughts

[@Mrmimeman7]

I really appreciate these videos. It’s hard to find good clash content nowadays and your is 👌

[@tennis9000]

balance these nuts 🔥🔥

[@amauryantoine418]

Imagine having balance changes -Electro Spirit

[@steviejp1505]

I think the goblin machine nerd was equally harsh as recruits, both went from the most broken cards of their times to literally the worst

[@Rosssssssssssssss]

It's very recent, but the needs to the void and demolished were completely unreasonable

[@MeargleSchmeargle]

Yeah, that mighty miner speed buff has got to be one of the most head-scratching decisions ever. That just about turned him into a one-man wrecking crew.

[@blackstormgaming3779]

We want giant skeleton bomb buff back it's really good with that bomb bomb is the heart of that card 😢😢😢

[@kaloian2931]

You should make a video about x-bow 3.0. It will be fun. Thank you for the amazing, fun and informative videos. I play since 2017 but I was 8 back then and didn't know what meta means, mid ladder....

[@Arizalia]

What if the barbarian hut was reworked to become like the goblin cage instead of a spawner. Reduced cost to 4 elixir, and spawns 3 barbarians when hp runs out. That way it can be a better distraction for troops than goblin cage, but exerts less offensive pressure.

[@johnathanvelasquez6283]

Why even call it a barbarian hut though? A different name and design is necessary.

[@Arizalia]

@johnathanvelasquez6283 Heal spell was renamed to heal spirit when reworked, right? Easy

[@johnathanvelasquez6283]

@@Arizalia Barbarian hut idea should stay though. Just needs the buffs.

[@Canodiablo]

it's a great day when Gratz upload

[@PhilomenaMerritt-e5e]

You are incredible, don't stop creating videos!

[@you0tuber6]

Executioner was brutally executed with that change lol I recall people being free wins because they didn’t read patch notes 😂

[@Aegis4521]

Nobody cares how early you are

[@Kotrix1221]

For me its late

[@wardaddy944]

First

[@Jack_Aghdam]

W ocelot

[@JustARandomGuy219]

Real

[@OsherBS]

baby wake up gratz has uploaded a new video

[@OmarShtaiwi_]

Binging this channel like crazy these last couple of days, good timing lol.

[@Asurataer]

I'd like to mention the Phoenix nerf given how dominant is was alongside Monk for awhile. Not only was the HP for the egg reduced, but I think the Phoenix itself even had an HP reduction among other changes

[@firestarwaca8336]

Ngl...being on a balance team, especially on multiplayer games, must be exhausting, balancing for different skill levels is hard and ontop of that your social media is probably filled with some nasty stuff from people complaining (probably some death threats too)

[@littlestarboy459]

In my opinion goblin machine nerd was way too harsh, they shouldn't have decreased rocket normal damage this much.

[@BK0660]

1:46 Is that RCCH who I'm seing?

[@VERGIL...-]

Crazy , it is RCCH!

[@invin_2940]

bro is never beating the TD mod

[@bane-cattlemaster]

He's pfp already tell everything tbh, GET OUR asian Diddy Royale Giant Cooking the TD mod Situations is crazy 😹

[@Muska327]

No Royal Giant or Ebarbs buffs mentioned? Those still give me PTSD

[@veljkokravic15]

i hope we get history of bandit tbh

[@eduardoenrique7152]

sc devs being salty midladder players is the best explanation as to the majority of balance changes. that or they get all of their feedback from reddit. which would be worse imo since they are listening to the type of people who go online whilst on the toilet right after losing a match just to cry about how "broken" a card is on their poop game.

[@ΓιώργοςΠαρασκευόπουλος-ω4τ]

When you are developing a game you need to cater both competitive and casual sides of it. Making it too competitive will kick away the bulk of the playerbase that is in the midladder. Another problem is that most of the testing is done in a vacuum, like in a vacuum the giant skeleton, barb hut and executioner are really good with those balance changes, but in a real game they suck as opponents have an easier time countering them.

[@noppanolla]

I know it would be a lot of work but video showing every cards weakest and strongest version would be awesome

[@abuahmed-c3e]

the mighty miner change reminds me of the shelly movement speed buff in brawl stars and she was op asf

[@Phosfit]

Was Bomb Tower mentioned in this video? It's death bomb won't touch units without spending extra elixir to draw in units or using a bad placement.

[@BuntarouMori]

Ice Wizard was one of the best cards in the game. Lowering his life was a fatal blow and almost no one used it from then on

[@aduckwalkeduptoalemonadestand]

1:47 RCCH is a PVZ KZbinr, who for whatever reason decided to use the Royale Giant as his pfp

[@retronubs8926]

You should do Skeltons next it's quite a resourceful card for 1 elixir. I remember playing back when you had 4 Larry's but 3 I still solid

[@1T5FR05T]

Destiny music in the background had me so confused because I opened the game with sound off

[@vanilllchen]

u forgot the drill "rework" from a few months ago making it super op

[@ALEXZANDER_YT]

super op wut? its useless 4 elixir building card which is easilly countered! Wtf are u crazies talking about?

[@navyblues1969]

it was op for a while, until people realized you could counter it by dropping a card next to the drill

[@szonig_pl3024]

Offense over defense in the meta is very justified, era of ties in Clash Royale was a pure disaster with the amount of defense that was thrown out of nowhere, especially in challenges. So some balances to spawners were explainable to knock them out to prevent the boring meta (which also is a factor towards the enjoyment of the game), but man, Furnace and Barbarian Hut were gutted too hard.

[@ALEXZANDER_YT]

So when op cheap cards or just offence decks dominate is fair but when building are playable same way = unfair, unballanced....WTF?

[@abdelrahmanaboelyoser7107]

The royal recruites nerf is still the harshest nerf I've ever seen that I thought it was a joke

[@theoverseer393]

Gotta give Witch credit because despite the 2019 rework being awful She still got a downright improved skeleton spawn. It somehow works better than her original spawn because of the disjoint’s resistance to splash

[@coley2032]

Mk was a prime example of supercell creating a busted creature at launch and then nerfing it once everyone's paid for it

[@The-ne9ut]

Never thought I'd hear gratz using destiny 2 music

[@raginginsanity3718]

New card idea: 2 elixir wall with a very quick 6-8 second life time BUT it has a massive amount of hit points. Basically functions like an ice golem but more of a temporary immovable object

[@jordansis0257]

The mirror buff when they increased the level of mirrored card should’ve been mentioned. Was way too strong and made certain cards completely broken like E giant

[@jshtng78]

The worst balance change is the buff to the speed at which players call any change overkill. I don't know whose idea it was but it needs to be reverted all the way back to what it was in beta.

[@zaksacc]

The exe patch was just stupid on soo many levels lol

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Hot take: Give big buffs to Witch and Barb Hut.

[@JerielAlmonteromero-k7b]

Pov your a card that surpassed the log usage rates

[@imu1st]

It’s fireuevasfed to that bananana gratz.

[@jinklewenis-rr7ev]

We have to talk about the 2022 mirror buff and electro gain rework

[@MarvoloXvX]

13:08 d2 orbit music goes hard with cr

[@mohammedwalid2522]

I am surprised dagger duchess, little prince and void nerfs are not in the list. They all got nerfed on there main thing. Little prince barely knocks back anything with his ability for exmaple if a hog rider is connected to the tower if you used little prince ability it will knock him slightly but it will still hit the tower, dagger duches now is just a princess tower that runs out of aimmo , void they completely removed its ability to kill medium health trooos

[@purpl3d]

pls do "the history of spawners" that would by very interesting

[@Maldunes]

challenge: 40 minute video on why wizard is the worst card in clash

[@FIippers]

Seems random that the only card that’s been the exact same for its entire lifespan is electro spirit lol

[@lancifer_56709]

this video vindicated my decision to leave this game years ago. I got back into playing it like a month or so last year, after some recollection on it with a friend, but it didn't last 'cause stuff had changed so much from 2018-early '19. and watching this vid on how baffling the game devs treated balance changes, I know for a fact I'd have major sunk-cost feels if I continued. The constant Witch changes, Skele-Giant, Furnace, Executioner, legitimately what the hell were they thinking?

[@TristanCR]

What about the mirror buff to level 16? That buff almost made me quit 😢

[@filippopaolillo2006]

Ice wizard HP nerf deserves a spot, it was just a brutal nerf

[@TsupwePlayz]

Can you please do a video doing in depth descriptions of every unit in clash Royale plz I am I hospital

[@pmahcgop6693]

Wait did the e spirit never received a single balance change?! That’s insane!!

[@aduck9832]

Thats cool . But im still waiting for them to nerf miner.

[@dapeevi]

Now make a list with the best balance changes in CR History

[@mvppro4287]

What about the 2019 Fisherman rework? Where they reduced his elixir cost by one with only an 11% damage nerf or so

[@CAPNDill]

2 things. I saw the title and was thinking that witch October 2019 was guaranteed to be in this list and laughed when I saw it. Second, I feel as if June 2024 price and ram rider should be number 10 on the list personally because the buff made them the highlight of the season and also what about my boy dark prince??? He doesn’t deserve this treatment

[@mijkolsmith]

To be fair, it's good to shake the game and meta up sometimes. So I personally think it's more fun sometimes they go overboard and the whole meta changes instead of very tiny nerfs/buffs overtime.

[@geometryemperor]

Mighty Miner did not even need that buff. All he needed is simply a meta where Monk, his best counter and competitor, would be unviable. And guess what, with that Elixir cost increase, this would have happened anyways.

[@trickshotworld3369]

Goblin machine and little prince not being on here is criminal…

[@BuntarouMori]

3:05 You can do any rework buff or whatever nothing will change. This card has been dead since the game's release and the reason is that Supercell doesn't know what the real problem is Goblin Hut and Barbarian Hut should be 4 elixir both Nerf the card nerf life nerf generation and duration BUT IT HAS TO BE 4 ELIXIR The problem is the elixir. It's too expensive for anyone to throw a fireball, poison, earthquake and destroy the building 4 elixir would leave usable

[@climhazzardenjoyer5052]

but then there is 0 reason to use barbs over hut

[@Its_me_Stolas]

4 tower troops. Despite the fact that one is literally a princess tower reskin a'd available only in goblin path

[@greengreengreen5132]

Fire spirit barrel

[@josephelrakwe1147]

Bro forgot royal giant 1 tile range buff, almost having magic archer range that targets buildings 😅

[@RosemaryCemetery]

tugg speedman wouldnt have made these balance changes

[@Its_me_Stolas]

What do you mean no night witch nerfs? I mean, there was a lot of discussions about them in her own video, but it is an honorary mention

[@mountadict]

How broken do you want this card to be Supercell: Yes

[@Rizzlerishere]

Honorable mention: Void nerf Dagger ducthes reload buff(cuz it made her way too similar to princess from walmart) Elixir pump nerf

[@tailboi23]

The little princess update is one of the worst I've ever seen. I'm glad it was Nerf.

[@Demir-r4e]

Heal should of been first with just one nerf the card was dead really SUPERSELL

[@gidster192]

They should bring back the executioner 98% damage buff but this time keep his range and other mechanics the same

[@Suppernotsuper]

The 2021 miner buff where it healed towers officially😔 Nerf miner

[@GammoudiDhia-wf5yz]

Please do an episode about the dark prince please ❤