Clash Royale Updates and Balance Changes
We collect every balance change and new season Supercell publishes. The stats and balance history in our card guides are refreshed after each update, and for the important ones we write an article explaining what they mean.
Update articles
- Clash Royale September 2026 Balance Changes: Every Buff and Nerf · September 23, 2026
Clash Royale September 2026 balance update: what changed for Wizard, Fireball, Freeze, Ice Golem, Zappies, Minion Giant and the heroes, and how it affects the meta. - Minion Academy Season: New Card Minion Giant and Hero Ice Wizard · September 7, 2026
Clash Royale September 2026 season: how the new Minion Giant works, its stats and how to unlock it, plus Hero Ice Wizard’s ability and the rest of the season. - Clash Royale August 2026 Balance Changes: Spirits, Single-Use Abilities and Reworks · August 4, 2026
Clash Royale August 2026 balance update: Spirits lost hitpoints, Hero and Champion abilities became single-use and Void costs 5 Elixir. Every change and its impact.
All changes
Every card change in Supercell’s official notes since September 2025 (values at Level 11):
September 2026 balance changes
September 23, 2026 · Full article
Goblinstein- ⬇ Ability duration: 4 s → 3.5 s (−13%)
Minion Giant- ⬇ Damage: 189 → 168 (−11%)
Fire Spirit- ⬆ Damage: 207 → 215 (+4%)
Elite Barbarians Evolution- ⬇ Spear range: 3.5–5 tiles → 3–4.5 tiles
- ⬇ Rage duration: 2.5 s → 2 s (−20%)
Freeze- ⬇ Duration: 4 s → 3.5 s (−13%)
Fireball- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 172 → 159 (−8%)
Ice Golem- ⬇ Hitpoints: 1315 → 1228 (−7%)
- ⬆ Slow duration: 2 s → 2.5 s (+25%)
Zappies- ⬇ Hit speed: 2.2 s → 2.3 s (+5%)
Ronin- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.4 s → 1.3 s (−7%)
Spirit Empress- ⬆ Damage: 309 → 320 (+4%)
Goblin Cage- ⬆ Hitpoints (Goblin Brawler): 1080 → 1121 (+4%)
Mega Minion Hero- 🔄 Now warps back to his original position after taking out his target or after 3.5 seconds.
- 🔄 Warp damage: 399 → 422 (+6%)
- 🔄 Crown Tower damage reduction: 75% → 0%
Wizard- 🔄 Damage: 281 → 304 (+8%)
- 🔄 First hit: 0.4 s → 0.5 s (+25%)
Bomber- 🔄 Damage: 225 → 212 (−6%)
Battle Ram- 🔄 Sight range: 5.5 tiles → 6.5 tiles (+18%)
Golem- 🔄 Sight range: 7 tiles → 7.5 tiles (+7%)
Minion Academy season: Minion Giant and Hero Ice Wizard
September 7, 2026 · Full article
- Minion Giant
- ✨ New card: a 4-Elixir Rare flying win condition that targets buildings and spits toxin from range.
- Ice Wizard Hero
- ✨ Hero form added (ability: Frosty Fella). It spawns a snowman behind the nearest slowed troop and freezes nearby troops until the snowman is destroyed.
August 2026 balance changes
August 4, 2026 · Full article
Berserker Hero- ⬇ Ability duration: 4 s → 3.5 s (−13%)
- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- Goblinstein
- ⬇ Hitpoints (Monster): 2385 → 2240 (−6%)
- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- 🔄 Damage (Doctor): 92 → 135 (+47%)
- 🔄 Ability damage per second: 214 → 188 (−12%)
Electro Spirit- ⬇ Chain range: 4 tiles → 3 tiles (−25%)
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 230 → 215 (−7%)
- ⬇ No longer connects with Crown Towers on its own; Archers, Archer Queen, Bomber, Musketeer and Tesla now take it out in one shot.
Archer Queen- ⬆ Damage: 225 → 232 (+3%)
- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
Little Prince- ⬆ Ability damage (Royal Rescue): 256 → 320 (+25%)
- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- ⬆ Now keeps his charged-up hit speed for up to 0.3 seconds while moving.
- ⬆ Damage (Guardienne): 217 → 232 (+7%)
Electro Giant- ⬆ Damage: 163 → 184 (+13%)
Void- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.2 s → 1 s (−17%)
- 🔄 Elixir cost: 3 → 5 (+67%)
- 🔄 Hit speed: 1 s → 1.2 s (+20%)
- 🔄 Single-target damage: 340 → 696 (+105%)
- 🔄 Damage to 2–4 targets: 161 → 294 (+83%)
- 🔄 Damage to 5+ targets: 76 → 153 (+101%)
- 🔄 Single-target Crown Tower damage: 48 → 97 (+102%)
Poison- 🛠 Now deals the correct damage to Crown Towers.
Magic Archer Hero- 🛠 Triple Shot now deals the correct damage.
- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- Fire Spirit
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 230 → 215 (−7%)
- ⬇ No longer connects with Crown Towers on its own; Archers, Archer Queen, Bomber, Musketeer and Tesla now take it out in one shot.
Ice Spirit- ⬇ Hitpoints: 230 → 215 (−7%)
- ⬇ No longer connects with Crown Towers on its own; Archers, Archer Queen, Bomber, Musketeer and Tesla now take it out in one shot.
Heal Spirit- ⬇ Hitpoints: 230 → 215 (−7%)
- ⬇ No longer connects with Crown Towers on its own; Archers, Archer Queen, Bomber, Musketeer and Tesla now take it out in one shot.
Golden Knight- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
Skeleton King- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
Mighty Miner- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- ⬆ Base damage (stage 1): 40 → 43 (+8%)
Monk- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
Goblins Hero- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- ⬇ Banner Brigade Goblins: 3 → 2 (−33%)
- ⬆ Deploy time: 1.3 s → 1 s (−23%)
- Mega Minion Hero
- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- 🔄 Crown Tower damage reduction: 50% → 75%
- 🔄 Warp damage: 373 → 399 (+7%)
Ice Golem Hero- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- 🔄 The 3rd blast now slows instead of freezing.
- 🔄 Damage per blast: 38 → 69 (+82%)
Barbarian Barrel Hero- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
Tombstone Hero- 🔄 The ability no longer has a cooldown: it can now be used once per deployment.
- ⬆ Damage: 320 → 422 (+32%)
- ⬆ Sight range: 5.5 tiles → 7 tiles (+27%)
- ⬆ Hitpoints: 4044 → 4224 (+4%)
- Ronin
- 🛠 First hit: 0.3 s → 0.4 s (+33%)
X-Bow- 🛠 Hit speed: 0.3 s → 0.4 s (+33%)
- 🛠 Damage: 43 → 58 (+35%)
- 🛠 Projectile speed: 1400 → 1600 (+14%)
Witch Evolution- 🔄 Heal per Skeleton: 53 → 153 (+189%)
- 🔄 Max hitpoints: 1040 → 1451 (+40%)
- 🔄 Now only heals from her first Skeleton wave.
Battle Healer- 🔄 Damage: 148 → 268 (+81%)
- 🔄 Hit speed: 1.5 s → 2 s (+33%)
- 🔄 Hitpoints: 1717 → 1920 (+12%)
- 🔄 Heal radius: 4 tiles → 3 tiles (−25%)
- 🔄 No longer heals herself.
Goblin Curse- 🔄 Slowdown: 0% → 15%
Goblin Machine- 🔄 Rocket speed: 250 → 350 (+40%)
- 🔄 Rocket hit speed: 3.5 s → 5 s (+43%)
- 🔄 Melee damage: 212 → 232 (+9%)
- 🔄 Hitpoints: 2150 → 2265 (+5%)
Rune Giant- 🔄 Hitpoints: 2662 → 2816 (+6%)
- 🔄 No longer stops to enchant (cast time 1s → 0s) and no longer enchants self-destructing troops.
Mortar- ⬆ Hit speed: 5 s → 4.7 s (−6%)
Barbarians- ⬆ Hitpoints: 691 → 716 (+4%)
Goblins- ⬆ Damage: 120 → 125 (+4%)
Goblin Cage Evolution- ⬇ Evolution cycles: 1 → 2 (+100%)
- ⬇ Damage per second: 337 → 366 (+9%)
- ⬇ Capture cooldown: 0.5 s → 0.3 s (−40%)
Mega Knight Evolution- ⬇ Uppercut now on every other attack instead of every attack.
- ⬇ Heavy troop knockback: 2.5 tiles → 4 tiles (+60%)
Bowler- ⬇ Projectile range: 7.5 tiles → 7 tiles (−7%)
Executioner- ⬇ Projectile range: 7.5 tiles → 7 tiles (−7%)
Goblin Drill- ⬇ No longer damages Crown Towers when it surfaces; the Goblins it spawns deal 4% more damage instead.
Wall Breakers- ⬇ Damage: 350 → 281 (−20%)
Magic Archer- ⬇ Damage: 143 → 135 (−6%)
Royal Delivery- ⬇ Damage: 437 → 384 (−12%)
- Zappies
- ⬇ Hit speed: 2.1 s → 2.2 s (+5%)
Princess Evolution- ⬆ The slowing arrow now fires every other attack instead of every third.
- ⬆ Slow duration: 7 s → 5.5 s (−21%)
Spear Goblins- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.7 s → 1.6 s (−6%)
K.H.A.O.S season: Hero Valkyrie, Hero Berserker, Elite Barbarians Evolution
August 3, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
July 2026 balance changes
July 6, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
- Balloon Hero
- ⬇ Damage (Skeletrooper): 256 → 204 (−20%)
- ⬇ Hit speed (Skeletrooper): 0.9 s → 1.1 s (+22%)
- Magic Archer Hero
- ⬇ Decoy hitpoints: 627 → 271 (−57%)
- ⬇ Teleport range: 5 tiles → 3.5 tiles (−30%)
- ⬇ Triple Shot range: 15.5 tiles → 13.5 tiles (−13%)
Executioner Evolution- ⬇ Close-quarters damage: 268 → 240 (−10%)
- ⬇ Close-quarters range: 3.5 tiles → 2.5 tiles (−29%)
Miner- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 49 → 39 (−20%)
- Tombstone Hero
- ⬆ Ability cost (Elixir): 6 → 5 (−17%)
- ⬆ Tomb Queen no longer continuously spawns Skeletons (2 → 0); her power moved into being a standalone win condition.
- ⬆ Hitpoints: 3379 → 4044 (+20%)
Baby Dragon- ⬆ Damage: 161 → 168 (+4%)
- Electro Giant
- ⬆ Hitpoints: 3855 → 3952 (+3%)
P.E.K.K.A- ⬆ Damage: 816 → 842 (+3%)
Ram Rider- ⬆ Hitpoints: 1697 → 1766 (+4%)
Honor & Exile season: new Legendary card Ronin
July 6, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
- Ronin
- ✨ New card: a 5-Elixir Legendary swordsman who every few seconds parries a melee attack, reflecting more damage than he would have taken.
June 2026 balance changes
June 1, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
- Dark Prince Hero
- ⬇ Deploy time: 2 s → 1 s (−50%)
- ⬇ Distance needed for first charge: 0 tiles → 2.5 tiles
- ⬇ Rhino spawn damage to Crown Towers: 307 → 0 (−100%)
Furnace- ⬇ Range: 6 tiles → 5.5 tiles (−8%)
Graveyard- ⬇ Skeleton count: 13 → 12 (−8%)
Rascals- ⬇ Hitpoints (Rascal Boy): 1940 → 1832 (−6%)
Tesla- ⬇ Lifetime: 30 s → 25 s (−17%)
- ⬆ Hitpoints: 1152 → 1182 (+3%)
Arrows- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 93 → 75 (−19%)
Earthquake- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 159 → 147 (−8%)
- Fireball
- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 207 → 172 (−17%)
- Freeze
- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 45 → 37 (−18%)
Giant Snowball- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 54 → 45 (−17%)
Lightning- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 286 → 265 (−7%)
- Poison
- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 184 → 168 (−9%)
Rage- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 54 → 45 (−17%)
Rocket- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 371 → 342 (−8%)
The Log- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 41 → 35 (−15%)
Vines- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 76 → 70 (−8%)
Zap- ⬇ Crown Tower damage: 58 → 48 (−17%)
Dart Goblin Evolution- ⬆ Poison damage (stage 1): 51 → 64 (+25%)
- ⬆ Poison damage (stage 2): 115 → 128 (+11%)
Electro Dragon- ⬆ Hitpoints: 998 → 1049 (+5%)
Goblin Giant- ⬆ Hitpoints: 3020 → 3110 (+3%)
- Rune Giant
- ⬆ Damage: 120 → 153 (+28%)
Stone Cold season: Princess Evolution and Hero Tombstone
June 1, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
May 2026 balance changes
May 4, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
Dark Prince- ⬇ Hit speed: 1.3 s → 1.4 s (+8%)
Skeleton Dragons- ⬇ Damage: 161 → 151 (−6%)
- Spirit Empress
- ⬇ Hit speed (Ground form): 1.1 s → 1.2 s (+9%)
- ⬇ Hitpoints (Ground form): 1152 → 1121 (−3%)
- ⬇ Hitpoints (Air form): 1177 → 1121 (−5%)
- Electro Giant
- ⬆ Hit speed: 2.1 s → 1.8 s (−14%)
- ⬆ First hit: 1.5 s → 1 s (−33%)
- ⬆ Reflected damage to towers: 50 → 38 (−24%)
Giant Skeleton- 🔄 Hitpoints: 3617 → 3361 (−7%)
- 🔄 Collision radius: 1 tiles → 0.75 tiles (−25%)
- 🔄 Death damage: 535 → 688 (+29%)
- 🔄 Crown Tower death damage: 1070 → 688 (−36%)
Siege & Swish season: Hero Dark Prince and Hero Bowler
May 4, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
April 2026 balance changes
April 7, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
Cannon- ⬇ Damage: 212 → 202 (−5%)
Fisherman- ⬇ His slowing effect was removed.
Goblin Hut- ⬇ Spawn speed: 2.1 s → 2.2 s (+5%)
Suspicious Bush- ⬇ Bush range changed from Short to Long so Bush Goblins spawn more predictably.
- Spear Goblins
- ⬆ Now spawn further apart, making them less vulnerable to splash damage.
Firecracker- 🔄 Increased projectile speed so her shots miss less often.
- Skeleton Dragons
- 🔄 Splash radius: 0.8 tiles → 1.5 tiles (+87%)
- 🔄 Hit speed: 1.9 s → 2 s (+5%)
- Rune Giant
- 🛠 Bonus damage no longer applies to Hero Magic Archer's Triple Shot.
Balloon Festival season: Minion Horde Evolution and Hero Balloon
April 6, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
March 2026 balance changes
March 4, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
Dart Goblin- ⬇ Sight range: 7.5 tiles → 7 tiles (−7%)
Royal Ghost- ⬇ Invisibility delay: 1.8 s → 2 s (+11%)
Royal Giant- ⬇ Hit speed: 1.7 s → 1.8 s (+6%)
- Vines
- ⬇ Deploy time: 0.4 s → 0.9 s (+125%)
Bats- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.3 s → 1.2 s (−8%)
Phoenix- ⬆ Egg hitpoints: 240 → 317 (+32%)
- ⬆ Egg hatch time: 4.3 s → 3.8 s (−12%)
- Electro Dragon
- 🔄 Hitpoints: 949 → 998 (+5%)
- Executioner
- 🔄 Damage: 168 → 179 (+7%)
- Barbarians
- 🔄 Hitpoints: 670 → 691 (+3%)
- 🔄 Hit speed: 1.3 s → 1.4 s (+8%)
- Spirit Empress
- 🔄 Hitpoints (Ground form): 1244 → 1152 (−7%)
- 🔄 Speed (ground form): Medium → Fast
- 🔄 Hitpoints (Air form): 1192 → 1177 (−1%)
10th Anniversary season: Hero Barbarian Barrel and Hero Magic Archer
March 2, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
February 2026 balance changes
February 2, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
- Wizard Hero
- 🛠 Tornado Crown Tower damage: 120 → 43 (−64%)
- ⬆ Stronger Tornado pull, grouping troops more reliably.
Giant- ⬇ Hitpoints: 4090 → 3968 (−3%)
- Graveyard
- ⬇ Skeletons now rise further from the center of the spell, giving more time to prepare a defense.
Minions- ⬇ Hit speed: 1.1 s → 1.2 s (+9%)
Three Musketeers- ⬇ Hit speed: 1.2 s → 1.3 s (+8%)
P.E.K.K.A Evolution- ⬆ Heal from small troops: 409 → 430 (+5%)
- ⬆ Heal from medium troops: 778 → 819 (+5%)
- ⬆ Heal from large troops: 1477 → 1551 (+5%)
Balloon- 🛠 Hitpoints: 1679 → 1676
Barbarian Barrel- 🛠 Damage: 230 → 232 (+1%)
Midnight Mischief season: Hero Goblins and Hero Mega Minion
February 2, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
January 2026 balance changes
January 12, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
Mini P.E.K.K.A- ⬇ Hitpoints: 1433 → 1390 (−3%)
Boss Bandit- ⬇ Damage: 268 → 245 (−9%)
- ⬇ Dash damage: 537 → 491 (−9%)
- ⬇ Hit speed: 1.2 s → 1.1 s (−8%)
- Golden Knight
- ⬇ Ability cooldown: 8 s → 12 s (+50%)
- Dart Goblin
- ⬇ Damage: 156 → 151 (−3%)
- Little Prince
- ⬆ Damage: 99 → 104 (+5%)
- Furnace
- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.8 s → 1.7 s (−6%)
- Giant Skeleton
- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.4 s → 1.3 s (−7%)
- Ram Rider
- ⬆ Ram hit speed: 1.8 s → 1.7 s (−6%)
- Graveyard
- 🔄 Skeleton count: 13 → 14 (+8%)
- 🔄 Skeletons now spawn in a fixed pattern instead of randomly.
Fire & Ice season: Hero Wizard and Hero Ice Golem
January 5, 2026 · Supercell’s official notes
December 2025 balance changes
December 1, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
- Barbarian Barrel
- ⬇ Damage: 240 → 230 (−4%)
- ⬇ Deploy time (Barbarians): 0.5 s → 1 s (+100%)
- Electro Spirit
- ⬇ Chain speed: 0.2 s → 0.25 s (+25%)
Goblin Demolisher- ⬆ Hit speed: 1.2 s → 1.1 s (−8%)
- Magic Archer
- ⬆ Damage: 133 → 143 (+8%)
- Freeze
- ⬆ Damage: 115 → 148 (+29%)
- Void
- ⬆ Single-target damage: 320 → 340 (+6%)
Lava Hound- 🛠 Hitpoints (Lava Pup): 217 → 215 (−1%)
- Three Musketeers
- 🛠 Smarter targeting.
Heroic Holidays season: Hero Mini P.E.K.K.A, Musketeer, Giant and Knight
December 1, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
November 2025 balance changes
November 3, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
- Goblin Hut
- ⬇ Spawn speed: 1.9 s → 2.1 s (+11%)
Elixir Collector- ⬇ Production speed: 12 s → 13 s (+8%)
- ⬇ Lifetime: 86 s → 93 s (+8%)
- Wall Breakers
- ⬇ Damage: 391 → 350 (−10%)
- Rascals
- ⬆ Damage (Rascal Boy): 204 → 217 (+6%)
- Phoenix
- ⬆ Reborn Phoenix hitpoints: 842 → 1052 (+25%)
- ⬆ Reborn Phoenix damage: 174 → 217 (+25%)
- Spirit Empress
- ⬆ Hitpoints (Ground form): 1134 → 1244 (+10%)
- Little Prince
- ⬆ Damage (Guardienne): 202 → 217 (+7%)
- Golden Knight
- 🛠 Dash delay: 0.2 s → 0.05 s (−75%)
When Hogs Fly season: Royal Hogs Evolution and Three Musketeers rework
November 3, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
- Three Musketeers
- 🔄 Bayonets added: they shoot from range and deal extra damage up close.
October 2025 balance changes
October 6, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
- Skeleton King
- ⬇ Ability radius: 4 tiles → 3.5 tiles (−13%)
Berserker- ⬇ Hit speed: 0.5 s → 0.6 s (+20%)
- Bomber
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 332 → 304 (−8%)
- Furnace
- ⬇ Speed: Slow → Medium
- Goblin Drill
- ⬇ First spawn: 0.8 s → 1 s (+25%)
- Goblin Hut
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 1228 → 1180 (−4%)
- Goblin Giant
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 3233 → 3020 (−7%)
- ⬇ Range (Spear Goblins): 5.5 tiles → 5 tiles (−9%)
- ⬇ Hit speed (Spear Goblin First): 0.4 s → 0.5 s (+25%)
- Goblin Machine
- ⬇ Rocket damage: 391 → 304 (−22%)
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 2304 → 2150 (−7%)
Guards- ⬇ First hit: 0.4 s → 0.5 s (+25%)
Ice Wizard- ⬇ Slowdown: 35% → 30%
- Minions
- ⬇ Damage: 117 → 107 (−9%)
Prince- ⬇ Charge distance: 2 tiles → 2.5 tiles (+25%)
- Rage
- ⬇ Boost: 35% → 30%
Skeletons- ⬇ Hit speed: 1 s → 1.1 s (+10%)
- Vines
- ⬇ Duration: 2.5 s → 2 s (−20%)
- ⬇ Total damage: 335 → 306 (−9%)
Rock & Rule season: Skeleton Army and Royal Ghost Evolutions
October 6, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
September 2025 balance changes
September 1, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
- Vines
- ⬇ Damage per second: 162 → 134 (−17%)
- Spirit Empress
- ⬇ Hitpoints: 1318 → 1192 (−10%)
- Minions
- ⬇ Hit speed: 1 s → 1.1 s (+10%)
- Little Prince
- ⬆ Ability knockback: 2 tiles → 2.5 tiles (+25%)
- ⬆ Ability damage (Royal Rescue): 230 → 256 (+11%)
- Goblinstein
- ⬆ Hitpoints (Monster): 2304 → 2385 (+4%)
- Dark Prince
- ⬆ Damage: 248 → 266 (+7%)
- ⬆ Charge damage: 496 → 532 (+7%)
- Goblin Curse
- 🔄 Damage amplification: 20% → 0%
- 🔄 Damage per second: 30 → 35 (+17%)
- 🔄 Crown Tower damage per second: 6 → 10 (+67%)
Back to Drool season: new spell Vines and Baby Dragon Evolution
September 1, 2025 · Supercell’s official notes
- Vines
- ✨ New card: a 3-Elixir Epic spell that grabs up to 3 of the highest-hitpoint targets, pulls them to the ground and damages them (it grounds air troops too).