Clash Royale weekly meta report: October 17, 2026
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This report compares 4,339 battles (8,654 decks) collected from the latest battles of the top 200 players on the global Ranked leaderboard with the data from a week earlier (October 10, 2026). Below you’ll see which decks climbed, which cards were dropped and how the share of each deck type changed. Data from October 17, 2026.
This week’s highlights
- The most played deck is Minion Giant deck, which wasn’t even in last week’s top 25 (win rate 55.1%).
- New in the top 10: Giant + Graveyard deck, Lava Hound + Minion Giant deck, Giant deck.
- Biggest riser: Mega Minion, from 2.9% to 9% of decks.
- Biggest faller: Wall Breakers, from 10.6% to 5.8% of decks.
- Among deck types, Heavy beatdown (+5.2 pts) gained ground while Bait (Log Bait) (−3.7 pts) lost it.
- Among decks with at least 50 battles, the best win rate belongs to Graveyard deck (73.8% in 80 battles).
- No balance changes were released this week, so the shifts above come from players’ deck choices, not from card stat changes.
Top 10 decks
This week’s most played decks and their rank last week (“new”: not in last week’s top 25). Decks that differ by a single card count as the same deck.
| Deck | Win rate | Battles | Last week |
|---|---|---|---|
1. Minion Giant deck        | 55.1% | 314 | new |
2. Giant + Graveyard deck        | 48.9% | 274 | new |
3. Royal Hogs deck      | 51.9% | 258 | 1. ▼ |
4. Hog Rider deck   | 45.8% | 240 | 3. ▼ |
5. Goblinstein + Mortar deck      | 57.8% | 237 | 12. ▲ |
6. Rune Giant + Miner deck    | 50.7% | 227 | 5. ▼ |
7. Goblin Barrel + Wall Breakers deck      | 52.2% | 180 | 4. ▼ |
8. Lava Hound + Minion Giant deck      | 46.8% | 173 | new |
9. Giant deck      | 64.6% | 158 | 21. ▲ |
10. Golem deck     | 56.1% | 148 | = |
Most popular deck of the week: Minion Giant deck
Average elixir 2.8 · 4-card cycle 8
314 battles · win rate 55.1%
Rising and falling cards
The share of top players’ decks that include the card; cards above 2% in at least one of the two weeks.
Rising
| Card | This week | Last week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Minion | 9% | 2.9% | +6.1 pts |
| Giant | 13.8% | 7.9% | +5.9 pts |
| Fireball | 26.6% | 21.2% | +5.5 pts |
| Minion Giant | 15.9% | 10.7% | +5.1 pts |
| Witch | 7.9% | 3.1% | +4.9 pts |
Falling
| Card | This week | Last week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall Breakers | 5.8% | 10.6% | −4.8 pts |
| Ice Spirit | 12.4% | 16.8% | −4.4 pts |
 Bandit | 5.5% | 9.9% | −4.4 pts |
| Princess | 8.1% | 12.3% | −4.2 pts |
| Tornado | 12.4% | 16.3% | −3.9 pts |
Deck types
Grouping decks by their win conditions, here are each type’s share and win rate:
| Deck type | Share | Change | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy beatdown | 30.8% | +5.2 pts | 51.6% |
| Lava Hound / air | 16.7% | +4.2 pts | 51.7% |
| Bridge spam | 13.3% | −2.0 pts | 45.8% |
| Hog Rider / fast cycle | 11.6% | −2.2 pts | 48% |
| Bait (Log Bait) | 9.5% | −3.7 pts | 50.3% |
| Siege (X-Bow / Mortar) | 7.7% | +0.6 pts | 49.3% |
| Miner / Graveyard control | 4.6% | +0.7 pts | 59.1% |
| Balloon / Lumberjack | 2.3% | −0.9 pts | 36.7% |
| Royal Giant | 1.5% | −1.0 pts | 51.1% |
| Mega Knight / P.E.K.K.A | 0.3% | −1.9 pts | 40% |
Highest win rate decks
Decks played in at least 50 battles:
| Deck | Win rate | Battles |
|---|---|---|
Graveyard deck    | 73.8% | 80 |
Rune Giant + Minion Giant deck  | 65.9% | 82 |
Minion Giant deck  | 65.1% | 83 |
| Giant deck | 64.6% | 158 |
Elixir Golem deck   | 64.1% | 64 |
Highest win rate deck of the week: Graveyard deck
Average elixir 4.3 · 4-card cycle 15
80 battles · win rate 73.8%
Evolutions and heroes
The forms played most in the special slots; the percentage is the share of decks that play the card in that form.
Evolutions
| Card | This week | Last week |
|---|---|---|
| Zap | 17.3% | 11.9% |
| Cannon | 15% | 11.3% |
| Bats | 10.2% | 6.4% |
| Elite Barbarians | 9.5% | 6.7% |
| Giant Snowball | 9.3% | 6% |
Heroes
| Card | This week | Last week |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Wizard | 10.8% | 9.5% |
| Mini P.E.K.K.A | 8.9% | 7.3% |
| Giant | 7.5% | 5.5% |
| Bowler | 6.8% | 6.9% |
| Mega Minion | 5.8% | 2.3% |
Which of these decks can you play?
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How this report is made
- Data comes from the official Clash Royale API: the latest battle logs of the top 200 players on the Ranked leaderboard. Only Ranked battles count, both sides’ decks are included, and each battle is counted once.
- Each week the data, collected the same way, is compared with the week before. The report is published automatically every week; the daily list lives on the meta decks page.
- Win rates over few battles can be luck; check the battle count too. Player names and tags are never published.