Clash Royale weekly meta report: November 14, 2026
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This report compares 4,050 battles (7,871 decks) collected from the latest battles of the top 200 players on the global Ranked leaderboard with the data from a week earlier (November 7, 2026). Below you’ll see which decks climbed, which cards were dropped and how the share of each deck type changed. Data from November 14, 2026.
This week’s highlights
- The most played deck is now Battle Ram deck, up from #14 last week (win rate 49.4%).
- New in the top 10: Graveyard deck, Balloon + Miner deck.
- Biggest riser: Barbarian Barrel, from 28.5% to 33.6% of decks.
- Biggest faller: Tesla, from 11.5% to 6.8% of decks.
- Among deck types, Lava Hound / air (+5.6 pts) gained ground while Heavy beatdown (−4.5 pts) lost it.
- Among decks with at least 50 battles, the best win rate belongs to Lava Hound + Balloon deck (64.4% in 87 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. Battle Ram deck        | 49.4% | 326 | 14. ▲ |
2. Minion Giant deck        | 53.9% | 323 | 3. ▲ |
3. Graveyard + Giant deck       | 51% | 306 | 2. ▼ |
4. Graveyard deck  | 58.8% | 250 | 23. ▲ |
5. Goblin Barrel + Wall Breakers deck       | 61% | 205 | 4. ▼ |
6. Lava Hound + Balloon deck        | 53% | 200 | 11. ▲ |
7. Royal Hogs deck     | 49.4% | 168 | 5. ▼ |
8. Giant deck     | 56% | 159 | 15. ▲ |
9. Hog Rider deck   | 42.6% | 148 | 1. ▼ |
10. Balloon + Miner deck  | 58.9% | 124 | new |
Most popular deck of the week: Battle Ram deck
Average elixir 3.6 · 4-card cycle 11
326 battles · win rate 49.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbarian Barrel | 33.6% | 28.5% | +5.1 pts |
| Furnace | 13.7% | 8.8% | +4.9 pts |
| Goblin Hut | 8.9% | 4.9% | +4.0 pts |
| Battle Ram | 9.2% | 5.3% | +3.9 pts |
| Bats | 11.4% | 8% | +3.3 pts |
Falling
| Card | This week | Last week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tesla | 6.8% | 11.5% | −4.7 pts |
| The Log | 16.9% | 21.5% | −4.6 pts |
 Phoenix | 1.7% | 4.9% | −3.3 pts |
| Mini P.E.K.K.A | 8.5% | 11.7% | −3.2 pts |
 Skeleton Barrel | 2.5% | 5.4% | −2.9 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 | 21.9% | −4.5 pts | 49% |
| Hog Rider / fast cycle | 16.1% | −1.2 pts | 45.3% |
| Bridge spam | 15% | +2.1 pts | 49.9% |
| Lava Hound / air | 14.8% | +5.6 pts | 53.7% |
| Bait (Log Bait) | 13.3% | −0.4 pts | 53.3% |
| Miner / Graveyard control | 6.7% | +1.9 pts | 53% |
| Balloon / Lumberjack | 4.9% | +0.4 pts | 50.9% |
| Siege (X-Bow / Mortar) | 4% | −2.8 pts | 50.3% |
| Royal Giant | 2.1% | −0.3 pts | 46.4% |
| Mega Knight / P.E.K.K.A | 0.8% | −0.1 pts | 36.7% |
Highest win rate decks
Decks played in at least 50 battles:
| Deck | Win rate | Battles |
|---|---|---|
Lava Hound + Balloon deck | 64.4% | 87 |
Battle Ram deck   | 62.5% | 64 |
Golem deck     | 61.5% | 52 |
Lava Hound deck   | 61.3% | 75 |
Goblin Drill deck   | 61.3% | 80 |
Highest win rate deck of the week: Lava Hound + Balloon deck
Average elixir 4.1 · 4-card cycle 12 · Similar classic deck: LavaLoon
87 battles · win rate 64.4%
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 | 15.9% | 13.6% |
| Zap | 12.6% | 12.3% |
| Giant Snowball | 11.7% | 12.9% |
| Bats | 9.6% | 7.1% |
| Battle Ram | 9.2% | 5.2% |
Heroes
| Card | This week | Last week |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Wizard | 16.2% | 13.6% |
| Bowler | 10.5% | 8.7% |
| Knight | 8.3% | 10.9% |
| Electro Wizard | 8.2% | 6% |
| Mega Minion | 6% | 4.1% |
Which of these decks can you play?
Meta decks come from players whose cards are all maxed. The ElixirDeck deck builder takes your player tag and builds the most balanced decks for your own cards and levels.
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.