Why Don't Legendaries Feel "Legendary" Anymore?

You probably just sigh at this point when getting a legendary, but in 2016 it was the greatest thing in the world? What changed? This video takes a deep dive in how legendary cards went from being highly valued to almost worthless in Clash Royale since their launch.

[@reinhardt8880]

I remember getting ice wizard in 2016 as a kid. No money spent. I instantly became a celebrity in school. Friends pestered me to let them play. That's how special legendaries were.

[@callofbrokendreams]

i too got ice wizard as my 1st kegendary in golden chest or lan or tournament chest i forgot but it was gold

[@botynerd6747]

bro i got ice wizard and i was mad i thought it was so shit lmao now one of my fav

[@Honzik207]

I was on the other hand the unluckiest kid in the class, it was standard to get a legendary BEFORE arena 10(well, we kinda suck at the game so we had to play more games to climb meaning higher chances for legendary). I got my 1st legendary from arena 10 shop, but my actual drop was in arena 11.

[@xBintu]

for me it was the log or the graveyard i think

[@Op-op-nomi]

My first leg was a princes from the free chest rip free chest😢😢😢😢

[@mettum712]

people who played back then will never forget the feeling of getting their first legendary

[@ElValden]

funnily enough i didnt hype up that much since i didnt know they were hard to get and i got my first one in my very first arena 4 crown chest so i thought that was just normal (2017 btw) then i got sparky in a free wood chest and was hyped for like 2 days tho

[@layoramirez4993]

From a wooden chest 🙏🏼

[@toshinoriyagi5229]

i got electro on the morning of my bday, was my first legendary and i freaked out xD was from a gold chest

[@Gaurav-hi8wt]

yes bro mine was mega knight and i was so happy it was a hard grind and today my brother started the game 2 weeks ago and he have like 4 legendary game is trash now and full pay to win sad but true

[@Abyssable135]

When I first got one, I had no idea what it was lol

[@Wolf-Nyan]

I still remember getting a lava hound from a daily wood chest like 4 days after they came out. Carried me for like 3 arenas since nobody had any idea how to deal with it yet.

[@jovant1026]

My first also. Got it from silver chest

[@Wakeup-ff2qs]

Back then game was fun 😃 Now the game is fucked up

[@slliwa]

​@@Wakeup-ff2qs now it's fun too

[@Wakeup-ff2qs]

@@slliwa if you don't buy pass royale , offers etc. your match making will be with someone who uses exactly uses deck which can counter you easily Before you can upgrade cards easily buy know you have to wait fucking 1 year to max out deck

[@NootNoot17]

Lava hound was my first. It’s not very good but no one knew what to do against it

[@equinoxjoestar5370]

I remember back in 2016 when my family were not doing so well financially and things hasn't been well for my parents.I remember when me and my mom go to a cheap restaurant for a meal with little money we had and my mom asked me to order first and i asked her "why didnt u order too?" and she replied "im not that hungry for now" and i just nod at her not understanding the situation and while i was waiting for the food to arrive i open up my old tablet like real old(cracked screen some black spot on the screen) and i open clash royale to collect some crown and open a crown chest i cant forget the joy and happiness at that time when i got my first ever legendary which is an ice wizard where non of my friends has it.I was so happy when i got it and try to explain on how happy i feel for getting that card and how much it meant for me and in respond she smiles and hugs me and i saw her having a teary eyes. At that point i was too young to understand on why she reacted like that but as i grew older this particular moment grew on me more things are so rough back then but getting that legendary card cheers and lifts the mood up for both of us. And everytime i look at the ice wizard that moment instantly pops out in my head thats how special legendary back then

[@Salad_09Zel]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing this

[@sticcyniccy9509]

not readin all that 💀💀💀😭😭😭

[@SylvainJoseGautier-]

​@sticcyniccy9509 are you a toddler?

[@samuelivanderemanuelngantu7370]

I try to surf not to feel 😢😢

[@capsaicin938]

Beautiful

[@mummyyjuice5413]

Back when you’d screenshot your legendary drops and send it to friends

[@zapdos6906]

😭

[@user-tr2mb4xs7i]

I still do

[@Aegis4521]

@@user-tr2mb4xs7iok 12 year old

[@justs_]

@@Aegis4521 rude

[@June.6919]

Relatable

[@TobysClashRoyaleContent]

This makes me wanna go back in time and give my past self a financial lecture on how spending 2500 gems on 5 legendary chests will become the most regretful and stupid financial decision you will ever make… But thanks for the nostalgia trip anyway mate!

[@notaperson2543]

Love your vids

[@Blitz_maniac]

Love your videos Could we get some more evolution videos maybe?

[@Rikka_V1]

Bruh. What trophies are you at if you spent so much on a game. Would be a shame If you are anything less than a pro.

[@mchouseboat3405]

@@Rikka_V1 2500 gems can be earned for free… or are at most 15 bucks

[@walterwhite210]

@@Rikka_V1 it takes only a week to earn 2500 gems now

[@Wyss03]

Opening a chest and getting an epic as your second to last was so exciting. Knowing that you would almost definitely be getting a legendary was almost more exciting than actually seeing the animation

[@paupuig1716]

What a great video. As an OG Clash Royale player, it is sad to see how much this game changed throughout time, but life boils down to changes and different stages, so we must me happy to have lived this magic era of videogames❤

[@kiwimagistral2357]

We didn't watch the same video. 200$ for one legendary is truly better than now....

[@seams4186]

​@@kiwimagistral2357 ikr 😂

[@bikinibottom3864]

Not only the legendary, epic cards were also hard to get back then. I remember getting P.E.K.K.A for the first time in 2016, happy as heck😂

[@antch7913]

Dude I was Happy asf when I used to get the Big chests or Gold cheats😂 different times for Clash Royale

[@cartoon9163]

Fr!!! I got a prince and I used that bad boy in every single deck

[@szymon2109]

I was literally crying when I unlocked Prince on Arena 6 when almost everyone had him in deck since training camp.

[@slpreg8214]

i made it to og legendary arena before getting skeleton army

[@basti1844]

I remember unlocking baby dragon in arena 12

[@davidchristianlaguerta5952]

I remembered that time when I got an inferno dragon from a gold chest, I jumped and cried. Truly was a fantastic feeling.

[@Scongi]

I got the same thing in 2022 i was still happy but i cant even iamgine what would be my reaction back then.

[@Astrohavenn]

I think I got ice wiz from either a free or gold chest back in 2017 or 2018

[@wasthatthebiteof877]

Same i got my first legendary the ice wizard from a free super magical chest and my little brother got a lava hound from a gold chest

[@Mr_Astro-Vera]

I got a miner from a silver chest i took a screenshot of it😂. But i wasn’t excited about it:(.

[@notsloth2139]

i got one from one of the 2 free daily chest i was so happy

[@SuiuS1]

At around 2016 to 2017 I lost a friend because he was the only one in the group who had a legendary(the lava hound) and he decided to go hang out with the cool legendary card kids. These things were insane back then.

[@nunziosapio1225]

wdym

[@loveladii69]

@@nunziosapio1225 back ally he and his friend were no lengadary brokies but oncehis friend became rags to riches he left the rags and went to the riches

[@SammyPlayzRoblox]

@@loveladii69🤣🤣

[@mmmm-kn9gx]

@@loveladii69 translation on point bro 💀😔

[@fireycold0]

I remember I got ice Wizard very early and I was able to bully a lot of people because of him 😂

[@benprint7615]

One thing you also didn’t mention is the fact that some of the legendary card’s special abilities were later shared with similar cards of lower rarities eg: the electro wizard’s stun attack later given to the electro dragon, and the ram rider’s “double attack method” later given to goblin giant. Also you briefly hinted at the fact battle healer should’ve been a legendary since that card has a unique ability, and I think the same could be said for electro giant.

[@SylvainJoseGautier-]

I disagree about Electro Giant. While it is incredibly unique, it doesn't feel gimmicky enough. Battle Healer on the other hand 100% does

[@floor238]

Battle healer literally has 3 abilities now 😭 she has spawn healing, healing per attack and passive healing while walking, she legit is more legendary then 90% of legendary but shes a rare card

[@ridoxxx_0030]

@@floor238battle healer is a beast😂 I’m glad I got her maxed at 15 a couple weeks ago cause she’s great and underrated. She definitely deserves legendary status but I’m not complaining at all. People don’t really max her out anyway unless they have golem & e golem maxed usually with the e dragon

[@ArtsyAustin]

I played Clash Royale since release. My first legendary card was the Miner, but I always loved the Princess. I grinded to Legendary Arena just so Legendary cards could appear in my shop. Every single day, first thing in the morning, I would check if the Princess was in the shop, I still remember my disappointment every time she's not on sale. I waited for weeks and the day finally came that she showed up in the shop. I was really happy and even told my parents even though they have no idea what I'm talking about. Good old days. Now, Princess just gets crushed by a log.

[@ArtsyAustin]

@Extant Fellow Great points, and Princess seems replaceable most of the time now, but I suppose no other troop can shoot the tower from across the bridge so that's that.

[@schizoyandere]

😭 yeah, princess is just a log bait now...

[@kingping3555]

@@schizoyandere don't tell me your profile pic is what I think it is...

[@schizoyandere]

@@kingping3555 indeed

[@MonkeySaiyans]

@@kingping3555 What is it?

[@AlexTT666]

Another factor I want to mention is the addition of the glowing card that advertises you when there's a legendary in the chest. Even if it didn't devaluate Legendaries, after that update they just completely stopped feeling that "magical" to obtain as they were.

[@sgrp2706]

that and the spinning animation sucks

[@pfofe]

So so true! It removes the surprise factor and just spoils it. Same for the animation before revealing the card

[@xxsegaxx]

And then boom,the card you got sucks in comparison to the other ones,so much surprise for nothing

[@tremmery2116]

i dont think it "ruins" the surprise at all... instead of being surprised at the card you get surprised at the glow the same amount, and the glow builds anticipation as to what you get as opposed to just hitting you with the card

[@jokerfever2590]

was just about to comment this, the surprise of getting a legendary without any warning was so good

[@alphahex99]

07:05 aged like milk

[@Roblotic21]

Fr

[@jammaschan]

not really, they still ain't the greediest game company by a long shot

[@jbn.1234]

@@jammaschandosent mean they aren’t

[@jammaschan]

@@jbn.1234 tbh I really don't think they are that greedy, sure some of the stuff is a bit pay to win, but it's not to the point where you cannot play or enjoy the game without paying

[@NixDarkLord]

@@jammaschan The problem is how difficult it is to have a level 15 deck without paying, and how they hide all new evolutions behind the paywall of the pass or shop offers

[@disgracecentral]

My first legendary was a Sparky, from a legendary in chest in 2016 I might add. My first natural legendary was an ice wizard from either a wooden or silver chest. As special as those events were, I 100 percent prefer cards being easy to obtain because parity is more important for the health of the game.

[@matthewchi5292]

I remember back in middle school, everyone was playing CR, and I was so mad and jealous because all my friends were getting their first legendaries of either princess or ice wizard while I still got nothing. I even got desperate that I spent money on gems to buy a super magical chest, and STILL didn't get one, I raged so hard. Legit the day the update for the miner and sparky was released, I got the miner from a free chest. I remember screaming for like an hour in school and everyone staring at me. Definitely the highlight of my CR life

[@christian1499]

My first legendary was Ice Wiz in like May 2016. Even in late 2016 it was exciting getting a legendary. I remember getting the Electro Wizard the day it came out from a crown chest.

[@beartheconfused6798]

My sister was introducing me to the game and she was talking to me about legendaries. Yeah I got one right in front of her. She screamed that she had been playing for months and got nothing yet I got one on day 2!

[@hehehehaw8346]

Middle school for me too. Also I remember there were irl trading cards sold in packs. Good old days

[@dareka1006]

Hearing that story is honest just sad. You as a child were baited into spending money on a game because of gambling addiction mechanics and predatory tactics

[@ingolfreydis]

I remeber getting inferno dragon from a silver chest and it felt like a dream. I sent the screenshot to my friends and they thought it was a google image because of how impossible it seemed back then.

[@andin.5657]

I once got 2 princesses back to back on a silver and a free chest, back when there were only 2 legendaries. One of my best memories

[@j0h044]

Got an ice wizard from a silver chest and my first legendary was the Sparky (the worst it could have been 😅) from a golden chest. I sat in a library with a friend and oh my god I was about to scream the obtaining of my first legendary into the whole library 😅 That were good times

[@gonzalobecerra4973]

False

[@LeonardoStupidKenway]

@@gonzalobecerra4973did you got any proof ni-

[@botynerd6747]

wtf thats lucky asf

[@cyberdemon6517]

@@j0h044 sparky was my fav tho

[@rhondaleal2777]

I remember in 2016 getting a Legendary and taking 10,000 screen shots

[@agustin5650]

lol relatable

[@Franklamerde]

I've recently been watching your videos and other clash royale content despite not having played this game in years, and it makes me wanna come back to it. Other than that great video !

[@jackshirak5418]

This man is very underrated.insane effort on every video *respect*

[@jacemcfarland8803]

Man has picked up 5k subs since his last video, that’s awesome to me

[@cheeseman9008]

Im glad i lve been here since the beginning

[@Top-G12]

@@jacemcfarland8803 1 hour ago he had 9,66k subs and now he has 10,1k. Holy shit

[@moe_lester823]

Fr

[@LetsTaIk]

not really, he’a gaining subs VERY fast

[@burnypython8230]

I find it funny how Night Witch’s legendary status was questioned and justifiably so, but was also taking over the game when released on Summer 2017.

[@viaquabee]

Yeah, I remember when it could take out a tower by itself on release.

[@SammyPlayzRoblox]

It sucks now and only spawns one bat when she dies

[@shadowstorm1111]

Bro, that feeling of getting a legenday in a common chest was a high i will never get anymore.

[@cryaboutit1980]

This video only popped up now but man if I enjoyed it, love your content bro keep it up

[@FlashKillerX]

Honestly, I’ve played a lot of mobile games, and it’s nice to see a developer actually make things easier as time goes on instead of harder. You would be amazed how many slowly make things harder and harder to do/get or cost a little more or whatever. It’s rare to see things get easier to obtain

[@Zdv0rz]

FAXX! Another Game that does this is Idle Heroes

[@ML-sc3pt]

It's because they add new rarer rarities instead

[@ivanpratama6857]

​@reality8793nah east Asian dev something can be like this, cookie run kingdom while event and freebies is getting frequent, the fact that they keep adding more cookies especially legend and ancient rarity, is getting longer and longer to get them if you didn't get lucky, and uh my guilty pleasure vanguard zero stuff when playable, to pay to win fast, like the community quit in drove because they can't keep up with all the new cards is getting harder harder to get while also getting stronger

[@consumerofbepsi5254]

Well this aged well 💀

[@anjanakundu2782]

This comment didnt age well

[@adalwolf8328]

I miss the times when not everyone had every card. It made getting new ones exiting and made deck experimenting interesting.

[@terradon852]

Yea it’s almost like it’s the whole FUCKING point of a deck builder game lmao. If they wanted balance they should’ve just added a completely secondary “ranked” game mode where all cards are unlocked and max level for the wannabe pros and then leave the core “deck builder” game in tact cuz that shit used to be so much fun.

[@drbladerz5530]

I remember I had almost every card except the log and e wiz back in 2016-17, and was in legendary arena which was arena 12 at the time. Coming back to the game in 2023 I see legendary arena has been moved 11 arenas up and now almost everyone has every card 💀

[@drbladerz5530]

I also had like 300k coins and 400 gems so that's nice, apparently they're harder to get now

[@7.65x21mm]

@@terradon852yes and in most deck building online games you have most of the cards by the end

[@franciscoOrellana29]

Isn't that a good thing? That everyone has the same opportunities with the same cards?

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

Evolutions are the new Legendaries

[@oni1373]

I remember when i first started playing clash royale in 2017 and it was the lavahound in a silver chest,literal happiness were filling me it felt special it had the presence it had this feeling of "you finally got a legendary" the way you earned it felt special knowing how hard and rare it was Now adays it's easier for anyone to get it and to level up

[@oksowhat]

for me getting my first legendr was better then my first time.

[@AramaruGS]

To be fair the Pheonix feels like a legendary status card cause of that revival mechanic.

[@sucharitaroy9028]

Yeah but again I obtained it easily, worst part is I could have gotten it from the trader, that's the special feeling of the legendary dropped

[@rohinthb9942]

@@sucharitaroy9028 I got it from the trader lol

[@ravvsdsa5602]

But they nerfed phoenix so much that his main unique ability comes too rare in action which makes no sense.

[@eater9494]

@@ravvsdsa5602 at least it isn't broken, plus the phoenix troop alone is super good

[@limitless_valley]

im sorry the WHAT CARD?

[@raider7790]

Although the legendary feeling is gone now, I feel like it was for the better.

[@Josh-ig1ve]

Yea

[@Brawlnana]

Yep, hated the fact that I couldn’t even get level 10 legendaries back in the day because of how difficult it was.

[@mornan5795]

True

[@FilthyFrankenjoyer]

I remember a friend of mine getting super excited at school for getting Graveyard and some classmates were cheering for him while others were jealous. It was like seeing Goku turn super saiyan for the first time. Nowadays it's so natural that nobody cares😂

[@raider7790]

@@FilthyFrankenjoyer True, but if we look at it, the game's nature is meant to be competitive skill based and not some EA type pay to win crap. But I too remember the time when I had like 2 legendaries and my friend who played all day had none. It was kinda like a flex of superiority

[@tribalmentang]

you make me want to play Astroneer with your music choices, good video

[@jordyhernandez3097]

Nah back then if u lost u would tell your friend “they had a legendary” and your loss was completely justified

[@lava_suroi]

I'm halfway through the vid, just want to leave a comment saying that I appreciate the work you put into this video to make it extremely informative but also entertaining. early congrats on 10k, hope you keep growing man.

[@dando541]

For me he still shows as 9.99k subs

[@moe_lester823]

Frfr

[@thyguy1568]

@@dando541 that’s why its *early*

[@ryanvanderveer4263]

@@dando541 now he has 11500 subs

[@arcycatten]

o/

[@favianguerra8954]

I was actually frustrated on never getting a legendary back in 2016, until 2017 after a whole year of almost 2 hours a day put into that game, my first legendary being The Log. And I was super excited.

[@williammitchell6254]

Oh God I'm sorry

[@Eyebrowguy420]

I had the same experience except mine was inferno dragon

[@SuacyFUG]

Same i was sad since I wanted lava hound

[@Eliel_Piano]

Same, I started playing since release date, and my first legendary was the log. Back then the log was the worst card ever.

[@naptotal1651]

That's must've felt lame but it's like the best one lmao

[@tsarulfhednar5691]

i remember playing clash royale when i was in elementary school. since i got my first "gaming device" (a tablet) very late i started playing clash royale quite late compared to other kids (and with quite late i mean just 1 year, it was probably 2017). everyone had at least 4 or 5 legendaries at that time, but i got none even if i was in Arena 7. i was very frustrated by the fact that i didn't have any legendary card, but one day i was at my grandparents house playing with my tablet: i was there, sitting outside on a chair when i opened my two free chests of the day. the first one had nothing, but when i opened the second one (i usually just quick tapped on the screen without even watching which cards i obtained) the legendary card animation appeared. i screamed so loud that my grandmother got very scared and thought i got hurt, i then immediately ran inside the house to show the legendary card (it was the cemetery) to my brother and my cousin and it was such a beautiful moment that i started crying. i remember i couldn't stop crying by the fact that i got a legendary.

[@DeoGrande]

I started playing the game again after 2 or 3 years. The changes are so big. The game became easier and fairier but the feeling of legendary cards was lost

[@edoggo1887]

I thought I’d say that chest keys also may have played a part. I can say from experience that having to wait a day for a chest was a good thing - just imagine the excitement when you get the chest and then you have to wait until after school the next day to get the princess you couldn’t get irl

[@gehadsheha4775]

Bro why you gotta do me like that.

[@kentran1242]

@@gehadsheha4775 😢

[@TorrentStudios]

Lmao I got a Super Magical Chest back when those existed, and I had to wait from one day after school to the next day after school to open it (I think it was guaranteed legendary?) Everyone at the back of my school bus was leaning over to see what I got, which was an Ice Wizard (my first legendary lmao)

[@SM-be5dh]

Bruh 🗿

[@nix6074]

@@TorrentStudios “when those existed”? wait its not in the game anymore? 😮

[@illocandierebob8730]

this video gave me an absurd level of nostalgia, when I was just starting to play I was still in elementary school, and it would be a dream to be able to go back to it, no worries, no kind of stress, the only thing I had to think about was multiplication and divisions, and when I came home, I turned on my little tablet and started playing clash royale, the last memory of that tablet was when I found a legendary one, and from the euphoria I fell by breaking it ... how much I miss all that

[@Chicken42069]

Bro ur like 14😂

[@viaquabee]

yeah, i remember being in frozen peak and being too scared to play in fear of losing trophies. back when legendary arena was hog mountain

[@salutcava9841]

Still bro chill you're way too young to be able to feel nostalgic about anything yet

[@viaquabee]

@@salutcava9841 ..what

[@viaquabee]

@@salutcava9841 being around 14 doesn’t mean you can’t have nostalgia, like I’m in high school and have nostalgia from Poptropica

[@Velocity1401_]

Gratz: “Contrary to popular opinion, supercell is not a greedy company and there goal is genuinely make a good game that attracts players” Also supercell: Adds Level 15*

[@dylpickle6123]

I remember getting a legendary from one of those purple chests, and gold ones during the time. It always excited me

[@theunderpaidSCPdude]

I feel like everything this man is describing is a good thing. Because it made the game more f2p friendly and allowed regular people to get these legendary cards.

[@jacobmorrison838]

RIGHT!!! But he says it like its a bad thing because its not "special"

[@theunderpaidSCPdude]

@@jacobmorrison838 yeah. tbh the feeling of it not being "special" isn't as bad as having to spend thousands to max legendaries.

[@konradr7590]

I also agree with you, now at least you have the chance to get a legendary at all. You don't have to suffer endlessly anymore to get a legendary

[@alexo_pog]

very very early the game wasnt pay to win, he even described, youd have to spend thousands, noone did that, legendaries were just really rare later on there was a time when it was easy to pay to win, and i feel like as a response, they made it really easy to level up so everyone can get up to par

[@killingtime8652]

Ye I see plenty of gacha gamers try say making stuff super rare in lootboxes is a good thing

[@ethanandrews7228]

Epic underrated man uploads🎉

[@lucalemay9997]

Yes

[@therealdiwash]

Yesss

[@Aspect-47]

Facts tho

[@neevrei2292]

why? he actually started a month ago😐

[@davequinn8801]

@@neevrei2292 someone can still be underrated if their channel only started uploading a month ago

[@pflaumehafen2787]

it is very surprising. because i was always rlly hyped for a higher chance for a legendary in a new update. I still remember how we talked in school always about the cool updates where u could legendarys easier but somehow now legendarys are rlly not more worth then epics

[@joshyycute5823]

I'd never feel the same satisfaction of finally getting the legendary you want I was so happy i got the electro wizard that time. It felt soooo dope to use. It got me so hooked. Now, getting legendary just feels like getting a rare card

[@hillefoozy]

Admittedly my first legendary was from a legendary chest I bought in the shop ($5 in middle school felt like a lot), but the joy I felt getting my second one, Graveyard from a free chest, was unforgettable.

[@manalmacwan8458]

I still remember my first legendary...the GRAVEYARD, I STILL REMEMBER MY DECK IT WAS JUST UNSTOPPABLE

[@Chestnut-xm2pv]

I remember when I got my first legendary, Ice Wizard. I got it in late 2016. The SCREAM I SCRAM made even my mom empathise with my happiness. Unfortunately, it was only for my second account, which I hardly used, but STILL! I remember for my main account, I was simply extremely unlucky. My clanmates all had legendaries, but I couldn't even get ONE! And I was basically as high as them on the ladder. Gone are the days of excitement, but I'm grateful and don't find this much of a problem. Even if now, I got the champions rather easily.

[@Chestnut-xm2pv]

I wanted them so much that I even had DREAMS about them.

[@ninetyseven7939]

I remember being in 4th grade on vacation and freaking out over getting the lava hound as my first legendary. I’ll always remember the excitement I had over that feeling of getting a legendary after grinding clan chests.

[@rogercampos726]

Facts man I would freak out back then & my friends I remember saving my magical chest just for school to I click it in front of all my friends

[@johnnyboi290]

@@rogercampos726 Yeah In grade 3 me and my brother both opened a wooden chest and got princess it was insane luck I we were jumping in the air crazy. I don't play the game anymore and I'm in grade 8 time flies

[@mak3126]

Thank you for throwing me back to 2016 man, I missed that.

[@floyd3197]

You're the Clash Royale content creator i was looking for !

[@user-fh3fh1hv7n]

6:56 i feel like it was less pay to win back in the early days because in general cards were hard to get and there were only a few people who would spend thousands of dollars to max out their account. Now days due to pass royale and good deals, a huge portion of the player base is level 14. It just feels like previously you would rarely play with someone who absolutely demolishs you with their card levels. Btw thank you for making these high quality videos!

[@thenextgeneration9030]

basically, pass royale, while cheap, gives a massive boost to progression, and players who dont buy pass royale will have a much harder time facing against these playes

[@user-fh3fh1hv7n]

@@thenextgeneration9030 exactly

[@shlimey04]

Yes but cards are easier to upgrade now even when your f2p, it was impossible to max out a legendary back in 2016 if you were f2p, now a days you can max it out

[@user-fh3fh1hv7n]

@@shlimey04 to have a playable deck, you need to grind for each card to level 14. Its not like you can beat other people when you have one maxed out card. You cannot have under leveled cards because you will lose basic interactions which leads to you overcommiting, eventually losing the game. Also, when the card you spent days grinding on gets nerfed to the point that it is unusable, you are basically hopeless(my cannon😭). This is why i only watch clash royal but stoped playing it.

[@DemiCape]

Nah man as a old time player who has played this game since feburary 2016, it is way less pay 2 win than it ever was, the mastery rewards is insane and there is tons of players these days that are free to play that can max a card for a couple of months, meanwhile it could take 2 whole years as a free to play to max a single card back in like 2016-2018. It is way more free to play friendly now than it ever was in its history thanks to masteries and tons of new chests added. You also dont need to spend much cash on thousands of gems enymore, so If you decide to pay something in the game you will get way more value than in early 2016 when magical chests was the best chest…

[@johnzoulias6]

For real getting a legendary was so special. I remember back in middle school my friends and I all having different legendaries and building decks and play styles around them. Just having fun. Thanks for the awesome video!

[@juanurena87]

You're overreacting

[@delgadom0777]

@@juanurena87 he is right tho

[@neztech.]

i can definitely relate with the building decks around legendaries, my friends had nearly all the legendaries at the time while every single one I rolled was an inferno dragon (i had a level 3 inferno dragon) so all of my decks incorporated it in some way

[@silverdemon1530]

@@juanurena87 keep crying

[@juanurena87]

@@delgadom0777 not really

[@ritas1977]

I remember getting electro wizard just after introducing it into the game from crown chest. Truly amazing feeling

[@armokil]

back in school when i got a princess card and the game was all the hype, everyone wanted to battle everyone who owned even a single legendary. it was insane

[@iguessthisismyworkaccountl8437]

as someone who only really uses lumberjack this video was very informative, i think i came back into the game after the beta when hog mountain was the last arena, and only recently re re joined last year, it was indeed shocking to see how easier these cards were to get.

[@yetti07]

Fr same i also played in that era and started recently again . Hog mountain was hard to get to in that time i was always stuck in jungle arena at that time but the new level system is bit stupid because it was so hard to upgrade cards so much more time spent on those cards and we did not even get refunded in a way spent so much time to level up a card and now it is fast to upgrade cards

[@Emptysoda.]

Same i left when hog mountain was the last arena was so suprised how much the whole game changed

[@masierity2917]

when i first played, royal arena was the highest and legendaries were insanely hard to get. it's honestly laughable how easy they are to get now

[@thelegalmexican9860]

@@yetti07 SAME

[@A.BHISHE.K]

@@yetti07 it's not stupid, it's now easier for f2p to get rewards

[@dinosore_rs]

As an F2P, the negative connotation of Legendaries dropping in value has the opposite effect on me, I’m grateful they’re so much more common in modern Clash Royale.

[@Brawlnana]

I can’t believe people fr believe that legandries being more common is a bad thing. They’re so hung up on nostalgia it’s insane.

[@Jesus_saves77786]

@@Brawlnana fr tho it’s not 2016 anymore they need to move on it’s 2022 yall

[@VincentViolin]

I disagree because I just like the feeling of being lucky getting a legendary but good point it makes my life easier to get légendaires.

[@VincentViolin]

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[@AvocadoManager]

Champions have replaced the old legendary. IMO they should make Champions have a new roll mechanic. Champion drop chance is doubled. If you don’t have a type of champion, there’s a 50% chance it drops a new type, and a 50% chance to drop one you have. If it drops one you have, it has a 100% chance to drop champion at lvl 11 with no extra cards in the stack. If you have 2 of each champion that you own, then it has a 50% chance to drop for the highest stack champion. Otherwise, it drops a random champion you own. This essentially doubles the champion drop rates and gives you a 50% chance of getting a new champion and a 25%-50% chance of getting a champion desired for upgrade. This makes champion dropping more fun since you won’t have to always use a book of books on level 13 and have a quicker time getting lvl 12 and new ones.

[@groudonfanatic9146]

I remember getting The Ice Wizard, and the LumberJack. The game was still pretty new, and I was so excited.

[@Q_z_]

Man this video took me back. I think past me would not have minded legendaries being more common. The reason why I quit playing clash is because I found myself consistently being matched against players with town halls (castles?) two levels above mine. Seeing my princesses/minions die to a zap and enemy princesses surviving logs was a wake up call for me that I had reached skill heights but hit a paywall ceiling. My first legendary was hype for sure, but it was easily overshadowed by a crushing reality check that unless I coughed up money, I'd have to spend lifetimes getting to higher mmrs. Props to supercell for "fixing" it, but I still despise that pay to win model being implemented in the first place

[@kadersossah4486]

You can go back now there is a new system that allow you to play with the same level of card ,only skill and it's mad fun !

[@hehehehaw8346]

​@@kadersossah4486 it's literally harder than before. I'm 12lvl and I'm always facing 13/14lvl with overleveled cards. It's just exhausting at this point

[@kadersossah4486]

@@hehehehaw8346 I'm talking about the path of legends

[@diccschtuccr590]

@@hehehehaw8346 the problem now is that people will max out there cards at the arena supercell locked them at. Hence why at arena 11-13 there are smurfs who essentially linger on the same arena on purpose

[@muhammadfazlurrahman4929]

you must be suprise knowing that there's player out there already reaching legendary arena without leveling any card/tower

[@sztrlb123]

Progression made easier, more players are maxing out, so when you are near max out, legendaries doesn't matter. FYI Champions took legendaries place, but when they are maxed too, people will forget them too. Its just when you were new player, getting legendary was awesome. That time even epic seemed awesome, prince as first epic was everyone's dream.

[@Wickerd]

Remember, this is before level 15.

[@venusplanet2]

I remember getting Sparky in 2018. That was my favorite card in the game. The next one is Mega Knight, I used it to arena 5 until 10. It is easy to counter it now. Getting both of this legendaries for free is crazyyy.

[@5PctJuice]

I understand missing how rare they were, but with the increased number of legendaries and introduction of champions, I'm fine with how much more common they see now. I'm a mostly f2p player and trying to switch decks on that model feels next to impossible at a certain point because so many cars need to be at or near max level to be viable, and that can take months to years if you're not buying gems, gold, or chests. Making the game more accessible to f2p and casual players is better in the long run imo

[@stupidedgykid9563]

I've been playing the game since day 1 and I only have one deck worth of cards at lvl 14 💀

[@cartails]

​@@stupidedgykid9563legit same

[@spicrown]

I disagree. Backthen the most fun part was getting a legendary. Now when it doesn’t, the game fied

[@elcucuy640]

I still remember unlocking lumberjack like it was yesterday. 2016, me and my friends all just got out of class. My super magical chest finally unlocked after a painful 24 hours. As I opened it with all 7 of us huddled around my iPhone 6 the suspense only built up till we got to that 8th item. When we saw that it was the lumberjack it felt like winning the lottery and celebrated like a bunch of idiots lmao.

[@pohovanipatlidzan7365]

Same with me,my first two legendary cards was lumberjack,and i played giant 3 musk at the time i upgraded him,also the legendary trophys,the game was simple and realy good

[@Zlegotube]

I remember getting a legendary chest from rotation in 2017-18 ish. i freaked out because i got one without spending 500 gems. Truly a vibe.

[@derguteste3169]

my first and only legendary card I got was around christmas 2016 it was no joke one of the most joyful moments in my life so far😢

[@expiredtylernol]

I remember literally being so excited getting a magical or super magical chest and then going to sleep anticipating opening the chest. Oh man those days, 2016-2017

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

Man practices quality over quantity, and i'm all here for it

[@derguteste3169]

at 5:38 nostalgia hit really bad I remember saving as many gems as possible to buy one of these

[@crimsontheworld772]

I remember being frustrated because I could never get a legendary. My friends would have at least one while I was stuck without a single legendary.

[@evanreloadingbazookagaming1699]

Honestly you are an amazing KZbinr and definitely deserve more recognition. Every video seems to have your heart and soul poured into it. Also, love the Hollow Knight background music!

[@theseangle]

The Minecraft music as well! And not just Sweden, but some of the more obscure underrated pieces like Alpha

[@sweepyspud]

silksong when

[@c1nquedea47]

@@sweepyspud soon i hope

[@battlecatsubernoob1924]

I’m still never going to forget how special I thought I was in the early days of clash when I pulled lava hound and miner back in the day. I also remember the pure adrenaline when I beat the fisherman draft challenge and got to unlock him early

[@chefcox5552]

I remember that, season 1 of pass royale

[@-Rabit-]

I remember my first legendary was an Inferno Dragon from a Golden chest. The excitement was real, but now the only happiness i get from legendaries is when i get a bit happy everytime i get a Bandit because i wanna max her out. If i get any other Legendary i just go "Oh, alright.", however i do appreciate how much easier it is now, there isnt any thril in getting one.

[@Mortiusz]

I remember when I got my first Legendary from a Crown Chest (it was a Lava Hound). I was hyped as heck. Also I once got a Miner upgrade from a Daily Wood Chest. Nostalgic.

[@noahwennekes8568]

I think this is a good change The game now relies less on the dopamine of “you might get a legendary” to keep its players playing. Since cards are easier to get its relatively easy to max out a deck as a free to play. What this means is that the game becomes less of a collector simulator, and turns more into the game it wants to be Just like brawl stars removing boxes Also, i’m totally biassed because my first legendary was a lava hound and then i didn’t get another legendary for half a year

[@god6105]

I remember my first legendary was a miner lol. We used to look at the card patterns in chests to see if we would get legendaries. 😂

[@angryface1788]

I remember getting miner when builders arena was arena 6, from a crown chest i just speed clicked through so i didnt really get to see my moment but i remember it so vividly

[@therealslim420]

1 year later and this video is still relevant. I have the 7-year medal in Clash Royale as I registered for the beta. It's good to see how the game has evolved. I only ever bought Pass Royales; I never bought gems to speed up my progress, just like my friends. We are from South America, and this is not really an option here. But I always felt I had a chance to compete truly based on my abilities. Now, with evolutions that can only be obtained with money, the game has lost a bit of the "pay to progress quickly, but if you don't have skills, you will still lose" feeling. Nostalgia is both a bad and a good feeling; things will never be like they used to be, so now those good memories only exist in our minds. Thanks, Clash Royale, for making history as you did and still do for many people.

[@ownagenoobs1]

Oh man this takes me back to my HS days. Back then I had the most ice wizards compared to my friends, so they always watched me to see how cool he was. And then I remember when Sparky came out, my friend got her and I remember thinking how cool and OP she was because she could basically explode ground troops in 1 hit. What good times that was. I was so innocent back then and not a toxic, cynical player lmfao

[@nokrepkie]

Yes I remember when I got lava hound for the first time I freaked out especially when I opened one in a free chest in front of my friends

[@terradon852]

@@nokrepkie sad to think gaming will never feel like this again

[@tcjanni1259]

love your style of edtiting, explaining and commenting on all the different aspects that lead to legendaries being the way they are right now, keep it up!

[@Emawou]

I remember getting a legendary in 2016 that was so special but now the feeling is gone even for champions for me they must be more rare agian This brings for me the old legendary feelings back😢

[@dwashere4553]

I still remember getting ice wizard as my first legendary from one of the free chests. I barely play CR anymore but the feeling of getting legendaries back then was incredible. Now I play for two days and get 3-4 legendaries from trophy road rewards alone or just buying them for fairly cheap in the shop.

[@Infernos94]

I got my first legendary (miner) in 2017, and I remember how exited I was. The other say I got an Ice Wiz out of a crown chest and was like “oh cool” its kinda sad how common they’ve become.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

Hah. I see what ya did there.

[@bodhithomas5684]

I started playing in February of this year and I got a mega knight out of a silver chest in arena 7 and my friend was shocked and I didn’t understand why, now it makes sense why lmao

[@jasygamer]

Hey my legendary was miner too!

[@Rikka_V1]

You sould like p2w if it's sad.

[@Infernos94]

@@Rikka_V1 what

[@st0kkke]

This was more of a memory trip back then than a goodbye to the rare legendary

[@duskgleam4634]

we all had that feeling of crying out for joy and jumping up and down when we got that legendary. 😢good times

[@kostaspoumpouridhs7597]

True man. I remember that my late best friend back in Jan 2017 when we were 4th grade(we are not friends now we just know each other and speak sometimes), he came to school with crazy happiness we all asked him what's up and he told us he got ice wizard from a wooden chest at arena 5-6 I think at that time. Man I'm in 11th grade now and I still remember it. This kids in 2023 will never understand how it really felt like, back then...

[@ianhoneycutt3858]

My first legendary was the night witch. I got her when she first came out. It was in a legendary chest, and I popped off so hard when I got it in a battle. Tbh, I was hoping for sparky (I was like 9 at the time), but Night Witch carried me through frozen peak.

[@abubakr8824]

Rares becoming harder to max than legendaries also devalued them ,making rares easier to get and adding more common cards would definitely restore some value

[@nintendoshark]

I will never forget the feeling when I got the Ice Wizard from a free chest in early July of 2016. Truly magical, and that feeling alone associated with the card made it my favorite legendary ever since. I miss that feeling a lot, and it saddens me in a weird nostalgic way that I will never feel it again. Thank you for a very well made video. Definitely worth a sub

[@berkmustafaoglu9020]

I remember the day I got my first legendary in 3 grade. I got the Sparky and was quite disappointed until I learned how to use it and it helped a lot. That was 7 years ago

[@Hack_sta]

Legendary chest used to come every sunday and me and my friends used to unlock it when we were together so we could see what worse we could get like log in that time because we were new to the game

[@Glitcher19]

I remember getting a Lava Hound back in 2016 from a silver chest, I couldn't sleep all night, such good times man

[@swrudy]

I've been binge watching a couple of your videos and I used to play a lot back in 2016-2020, but since left the game alone for the most part, occasionally logging in to see a big new change. I played two games, got 5 crowns and opened one of the season pass chests and got a graveyard, and just like you say, I felt literally, nothing.

[@mrgars5180]

My first clash royale account wich is lost (4000), didnt even had a single legendary. I was so annoyed by it because almost all of my friends had one. All of our school was hyped when we all heard supercell was making a new game called "Clash Royale", we were calling it the "Clash of clans with towers" before it become available, good times.

[@Kazejin03]

Clan chests were so awesome. I remember when players just grinded the heck out of it in one day and people freaked out when pulling a legendary out of it every time.

[@collinVG]

Keep it up man. If this is the quality of your early videos, I'm very excited to see how much you grow over the next few years if you stick around💪congrats on 10k!

[@bmtgaming5025]

I’ve been playing since global launch and this video took me down memory lane. Well done!

[@JFratellu]

I’ve played Clash Royale since elementary (yes I really did), after I switched to IPhone in middle school I reset my progress from when I had great luck like when I got 2 legendaries in wooden chests. I took a break after a bit due to finding new interests and so my account sat idle for about 2 years where I had every legendary except one. In October of last year for some reason my whole legendary collection was wiped clean. I had even spent 25 dollars previously so I was a bit mad and it was never corrected. By March I already had every legendary at the time. I managed to re-achieve it 3 times and each time it seemed easier and easier. At this point Clash Royale has become a game where everyone I played with only hops on for nostalgia for a few days every couple of months

[@prasoonraj4003]

I still remember my first legendary was princess and I was so happy cause that and Sparky were the 2 cards I really really wanted. I then remember hoping to get Sparky and well that didn't happen anytime soon.. but once I did get it... The feeling was ethereal.

[@nonamenone4540]

23:18 He just predicted the Monk to be added. (Yes this was uploaded before the reveal of the Monk)

[@JakeDaaSnakeYT]

💀💀💀 bro it’s from clash mini, that is where the monk came from

[@garfield1516]

When I first started playing, back when the legendary arena was the highest (9) and everyone was using 2.6, getting a legendary felt special. I still remembering getting my first log and feeling so happy. After a few years, I decided to give the game a try once more. I also instantly pushed a fresh account to the copper league with all legendary cards in like 2-3 weeks. Getting legendaries never felt special again.

[@thelogxd8812]

Damn.. I still remember getting an Ice wizard from a free chest and then a miner from a magical chest in like 2 days in between, I was the happiest child alive. I remember watching tons of box openings and be excited with the youtuber when they got a random graveyard or smth. Even legendary boxes were really exciting. Nowadays I dont even react whenever I get a legendary since they are so common now...

[@nikocantu8279]

The time i get my first legendary which is the miner was the most memorable thing that I experienced at Clash of Royale,and it’s around 9 to 11 midnight of 2016 so I didn’t sleep because of excitement

[@JakeRaymanVideoProductions]

How does this man not have 200K+ subscribers…AT LEAST! I look forward to all future videos! Don’t worry about what we want to see, focus on what you want to share! I love the format in how you showcase this history!

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

He started less than 2 months ago