Clash Royale Balance Changes December 2025: All Buffs, Nerfs & Bug Fixes

We'll dive into all the key details about December's balance changes for Clash Royale.

Clash Royale December 2025 Balance Changes
© Supercell

Clash Royale will undergo a lot of changes as we head to the end of 2025. A massive update will be launched at the end of November, where new mechanics, such as Heroes and Level 16, will be introduced, and old ones, such as Elite Wild Cards, will be removed from the game.

Merge Tactics will also undergo a bit of a shake-up in December, as Supercell will add new troops, modifiers, traits, and more in the next update for this PvP game mode.

All in all, Clash Royale will be going through quite the transformation in the final month of 2025. On top of all that, a new season is set to begin, and you already know what that means — a new set of balance changes.

These balance changes will be implemented in the game on Season 78, which kicks off on December 1st, 2025. We've seen the work-in-progress list, so we have an idea of what to expect. However, as these changes are provisional, the list may be different from the final list.

All of December's Balance Changes for Clash Royale

Barbarian Barrel Clash Royale
© Supercell

A series of buffs and nerfs has been included in December's balance changes. No reworks have been noted, except for a minor bug fix affecting the Three Musketeers.

Out of all the nerfs, the debuff affecting the Barbarian Barrel will be the one most players will be glad about. This Spell has been dominating the meta lately, and it was only a matter of time before Supercell lasered in on its overpowered-ness. For buffs, past deck staples, such as the Magic Archer and Freeze, will be receiving an upgrade.

Nerfs

CardNerf

Baby Dragon Evolution

  • Allies' speedup bonus decreased from 50% → 40%
Royal Ghost Evolution
  • Souldier damage decreased from 130 → 102
  • Souldier spawn damage decreased from 261 → 204

Barbarian Barrel

  • Damage decreased from 240 → 230
  • Barbarian deployment time increased from 0.5 seconds → 1 second
Electro Spirit
  • Shock chain speed decreased from 1 hit every 0.2 seconds → 1 hit every 0.25 seconds

Buffs

CardBuff
Freeze
  • Damage increased from 115 → 148
Goblin Demolisher
  • Hit speed increased from 1 hit every 1.2 seconds → 1 hit every 1.1 seconds
Magic Archer
  • Damage increased from 133 → 143
Void
  • 1-target damage increased from 320 → 340

Besides all these changes, a bug fix will be applied to the freshly reworked Three Musketeers, wherein they will get smarter targeting. This should hopefully improve the way they choose the enemies they attack.

The next batch of balance changes will be released at the start of Season 79 in January 2026.


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