Clash Royale weekly meta report: November 7, 2026
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This report compares 4,629 battles (9,188 decks) collected from the latest battles of the top 200 players on the global Ranked leaderboard with the data from a week earlier (October 31, 2026). Below you’ll see which decks climbed, which cards were dropped and how the share of each deck type changed. Data from November 7, 2026.
This week’s highlights
- The most played deck is now Hog Rider deck, up from #6 last week (win rate 57.1%).
- New in the top 10: Goblin Drill deck, X-Bow deck, Hog Rider deck · Giant Skeleton.
- Biggest riser: Giant Snowball, from 8.4% to 14.2% of decks.
- Biggest faller: Barbarian Barrel, from 39.5% to 28.5% of decks.
- Among deck types, Heavy beatdown (+5.5 pts) gained ground while Lava Hound / air (−5.8 pts) lost it.
- Among decks with at least 50 battles, the best win rate belongs to Royal Giant deck (80.7% in 57 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. Hog Rider deck        | 57.1% | 361 | 6. ▲ |
2. Graveyard + Giant deck        | 47.5% | 257 | 4. ▲ |
3. Minion Giant deck     | 63.5% | 222 | 1. ▼ |
4. Goblin Barrel + Wall Breakers deck      | 62.5% | 208 | 7. ▲ |
5. Royal Hogs deck    | 53.6% | 207 | = |
6. Goblin Drill deck     | 65.4% | 159 | new |
7. X-Bow deck   | 67.5% | 154 | new |
8. Hog Rider deck · Mighty Miner  | 67.1% | 146 | 3. ▼ |
9. Goblin Barrel deck | 52.9% | 138 | 8. ▼ |
10. Hog Rider deck · Giant Skeleton    | 41.7% | 132 | new |
Most popular deck of the week: Hog Rider deck
Average elixir 2.6 · 4-card cycle 6 · Similar classic deck: Hog 2.6 Cycle
361 battles · win rate 57.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Snowball | 14.2% | 8.4% | +5.8 pts |
| X-Bow | 4.9% | 0.5% | +4.4 pts |
| Tesla | 11.5% | 7.4% | +4.1 pts |
| The Log | 21.5% | 17.4% | +4.1 pts |
| Musketeer | 7.5% | 3.3% | +4.1 pts |
Falling
| Card | This week | Last week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbarian Barrel | 28.5% | 39.5% | −10.9 pts |
 Goblin Hut | 4.9% | 11.5% | −6.6 pts |
| Minion Giant | 5.6% | 11.6% | −6.0 pts |
 Heal Spirit | 9.1% | 14.7% | −5.6 pts |
 Electro Wizard | 9.5% | 14.8% | −5.3 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 | 26.4% | +5.5 pts | 46.7% |
| Hog Rider / fast cycle | 17.3% | −1.9 pts | 51.1% |
| Bait (Log Bait) | 13.8% | +3.0 pts | 54.3% |
| Bridge spam | 12.9% | −4.7 pts | 44.6% |
| Lava Hound / air | 9.2% | −5.8 pts | 54% |
| Siege (X-Bow / Mortar) | 6.8% | +3.1 pts | 53% |
| Miner / Graveyard control | 4.7% | −2.2 pts | 53.4% |
| Balloon / Lumberjack | 4.5% | +3.6 pts | 48.3% |
| Royal Giant | 2.4% | −0.1 pts | 61.9% |
| Mega Knight / P.E.K.K.A | 0.8% | −0.4 pts | 40.8% |
Highest win rate decks
Decks played in at least 50 battles:
| Deck | Win rate | Battles |
|---|---|---|
Royal Giant deck    | 80.7% | 57 |
X-Bow deck | 71.8% | 71 |
Graveyard + Giant deck  | 67.9% | 78 |
| X-Bow deck | 67.5% | 154 |
| Hog Rider deck · Mighty Miner | 67.1% | 146 |
Highest win rate deck of the week: Royal Giant deck
Average elixir 3.9 · 4-card cycle 12
57 battles · win rate 80.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cannon | 13.6% | 18.5% |
| Giant Snowball | 12.9% | 6.9% |
 Zap | 12.3% | 12.3% |
 Elite Barbarians | 9.8% | 13.8% |
| Tesla | 8.4% | 5.9% |
Heroes
| Card | This week | Last week |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Wizard | 13.6% | 17.5% |
| Knight | 10.9% | 6% |
| Bowler | 8.7% | 7.8% |
| Mini P.E.K.K.A | 7.4% | 5.2% |
| Electro Wizard | 6% | 9.1% |
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.