Clash Royale Balance Changes (January 2025): All Buffs, Nerfs & Reworks

Changes

• Attack splash radius increased from 1.2 tile → 1.5 tiles

• Barrage damage increased from 320 → 353

• Projectile speed increased from 600 → 1,000

• Charge range decreased from 3.5 tiles → 3 tiles

• Added Sight Clipping (this means they will now behave more consistently and attack nearby buildings instead of far away ones)

• Lifetime after 50% HP increased from 7 seconds → 8 seconds

• Damage increased from 135 → 212
• Damage per second increased from 150 → 176
• Hit speed increased from 0.9 seconds → 1.2 seconds

• Damage increase time decreased from 2.25 seconds → 2 seconds

• Damage increased from 720 → 754

• Death damage to troops and buildings increased from 195 → 292

• Attack splash radius increased from 1 tile → 1.5 tiles

• Cloaking Cape cooldown increased from 15 seconds → 17 seconds

• One attack cannot damage the same enemy twice

• Shield HP decreased from 892 → 824
• HP increased from 820 → 824

• Extra chain damage decreased from 192 → 128

• Slow duration from Anchor decreased from 2.5 seconds → 1.5 seconds

• Doctor HP decreased from 885 → 721

• An additional visual indicator has been added onto the Decoy Barrel

• Ice blasts counts decreased from 3 times → 2 times
• Ice blast damage increased from 110 → 163

• Healing value for destroying small troops (less than 990 max HP) decreased from 282 → 142
• Healing value for destroying medium troops (between 991 and 1,989 max HP) stays the same
• Healing value for destroying large troops (more than 1,990 max HP) increased from 282 → 565

• Charge range increased from 1.5 tiles → 2 tiles
• Charge damage decreased from 273 → 266

• HP decreased from 1,767 → 1,696

• Skeletons on deploy decreased from 4 → 3

• First hit speed increased from 3 seconds → 4 seconds

Lumberjack

• Rage duration decreased from 6 seconds → 5.5 seconds
• Damage increased from 242 → 256