Clash Royale Balance Changes May 2026: All Buffs,…

Here's a look at all of May's balance changes that arrived in Clash Royale during May.

The balance changes for Season 83 of Clash Royale were deployed on May 4, 2026.

As usual, these balance changes are meant to adjust the playing field across the game's main modes by buffing, nerfing, or reworking cards. Some cards saw their stats and abilities weakened, while others saw theirs improved. Ultimately, Supercell implements changes based on the current meta.

That said, the final balance changes are currently available. Let's take a look at all of them.

Balance Changes are now live https://t.co/x23jrYXDmv
— Clash Royale (@ClashRoyale) May 4, 2026

All of May's Balance Changes in Clash Royale, Listed

Barbarian Barrel Hero Clash Royale — © Supercell

May's balance changes are a mix of buffs, nerfs, and reworks. In terms of nerfs, overpowered cards like the Hero Barbarian Barrel and Tesla Evolution, saw their power levels decreased.

Meanwhile, only one buff was applied, and that was to the Electro Giant.

Last but not least, the Giant Skeleton was the only card to receive a rework in May's balance changes.

Nerfs

Card	Nerfs
Hero Barbarian Barrel	Reroll range decreased from 4 tiles → 3 tiles
Hero Mega Minion	Warp damage decreased from 412 → 373
Giant Snowball Evolution	Slowdown duration decreased from 4 seconds → 3 seconds
Goblin Drill Evolution	Goblins spawned on the second submerge decreased from 2 units → 1 unit
Royal Hogs Evolution	Landing damage decreased from 84 → 43
Tesla Evolution	Pulse damage decreased from 174 → 148
Dark Prince	Hit speed decreased from 1 hit every 1.3 seconds → 1 hit every 1.4 seconds
Skeleton Dragons	Damage decreased from 161 → 151
Spirit Empress	Ground form HP decreased from 1,152 → 1,121 Ground form hit speed decreased from 1 hit every 1.1 seconds → 1 hit every 1.2 seconds Air form HP decreased from 1,177 → 1,121

Buffs

Card	Buffs
Electro Giant	Hit speed increased from 1 hit every 2.1 seconds → 1 hit every 1.8 seconds First hit time increased from 1.5 seconds → 1 second Reflected tower damage decreased from 50 → 38

Reworks

Card	Reworks
Giant Skeleton	HP decreased from 1,413 → 1,313 Collision radius decreased from 1 tile → 0.75 tiles Death bomb damage increased from 209 → 269 Death bomb damage to towers decreased from 418 → 269

The next round of balance changes will be introduced to Clash Royale in June 2026 (Season 84).

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Clash Royale Balance Changes May 2026: All Buffs, Nerfs And Reworks