Top Ladder Stats (2026-04)

Last updated: 2026-05-05
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About Season Stats
The Ranked leaderboard is a great place to consistently find the best players and to see how they adapt to the meta. The first Monday of every month, the season ends and a new one begins. While players are competing to reach the top, we are tracking their results and deck choices.
With this blog, we present a summary and a few insights of all the data that we collected during the last days of the season, with a focus on the decks that players used to obtain their final rank.
Stats Format Basics
These stats are based on the decks and card collections of the best players, the ones who finished among the top 1,000 players in Ranked.
Over this blog, we'll look at card stats with tables that use the following format: 
- Usage refers to the share of players who used the card in their main deck. This stat is paired with a change %, which is the difference when compared to last season's usage.
- Average Rank is the mean of all the placements from players who used this card. The center point is 500, so if the value is below 500, it means the card is quite good.
- Have It Maxed (HIM) refers to the share of players who have that card at Level 15, which is the ideal level to compete in Ranked. The companion bar chart also shows the amount of players who have this card at Level 14 (in light blue).
- Usage/Maxed (U/M) shows the amount of players who use a card from those that have it maxed. Some cards can be harder to unlock and level up, so usage may not be a good indicator if it's being held down by other factors. It's also relevant to know that every season boosts a few cards, which allows players to use them without the need to level them up.
Win Rate VS Rank
Due to the nature of the ladder system, card win rates aren't truly useful to understand the strength of a card. We think a mix of the stats listed above can paint a more accurate picture of the state of each card.
Why does this happen? Ladder systems with score-based matchmaking aim to pair players with others of similar strength. If the amount of battles played is sufficient, the score of the player stabilises, leading to a win rate of ~50%.
Better players stabilise at higher scores than worse players, but in the long term, the winrate becomes similar. This causes this metric to be fairly irrelevant when compared to rank and usage.
Deck Meta
Top 10 Players
These were the main decks used by the Top 10 players of the season.
Best Players by Win Condition
This section is a list with the highest ranked player for each win condition, and all the decks are available below to copy into the game.
Some of the players run decks with dual win conditions, causing them to appear also multiple times in the leaderboard.

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Deck Variety
Across the top 1K leaderboard, there are many kinds of players. Some regularly use the same deck, regardless of the meta (one-tricks), others like to create their own for each meta, and others run with the most popular decks of the leaderboard.
This chart compares deck variety with previous seasons. In the first category, you find decks that are unique in the leaderboard.
Moving to the right, each group represents a different threshold of deck popularity. In the last category, you can see the amount of players using decks with more than 20 users.
Usage of the most popular deck in recent seasons:
- Season 79: 41 uses
- Season 80: 45 uses
- Season 81: 81 uses
- Season 82: 47 uses (this season)
Unusual decks had a moderate decrease this season, and the most popular deck had a big drop.

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Most Popular Decks
The 10 most popular decks of the leaderboard were:
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Tower Troops
Tower Princess is by far the most common Tower Troop. This month she has lost a bit of usage to Royal Chef and Cannoneer.
Dagger Duchess and Royal Chef had quite good average ranks, possibly showing that they are underused and have hidden potential.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Evolutions
Royal Ghost has an abysmal fall of 29%.
Tesla becomes the top evolution of the season after doubling in usage. It was featured in the most popular deck of the season.
Lumberjack had the biggest usage increase, from 2% to 11%.
Witch had the best average rank (#387), although only 25 uses.
Minion Horde has an underwhelming first season, with just 3% usage; the average rank is not bad though (#415).
Top 3 evolutions:
- Valkyrie
- Mortar
- Cannon
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Champions & Heroes
Champions and Heroes compete to fit in the Hero Slot, and also compete with Evolutions for the Wild Slot.
Since this constraint was implemented, Champions have suffered very low usage. They are generally balanced as normal cards, meaning that they are outclassed by the stronger card forms.
Champions are always an interesting category because they exclude each other in decks. But players don't always have a Champion in their deck, so that's why "No Champion" is listed as well.
Heroes are much more popular than Champions.
Balloon jumps to the top 4 in usage during its first season.
Magic Archer falls 27% in usage, putting him in the lower half of Heroes by usage.
The 4 least used cards from this category are all Champions; Golden Knight is the best Champion by usage, at #8.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Evos VS Heroes
The Wild Slot provides a great environment to compare Evolutions, Heroes and Champions. Players can use this slot for any of the special forms, so their choice will show us what they prefer.
Double Evo is the most popular option by far, although its usage share hasn't changed from last season.
Double Hero stands out with a good average rank, so it could slightly rise in popularity soon.
Champions are the new Tower Troops? Only 15% of players used them.

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Full breakdown of options
This image shows all the available combinations of the current Special Slot system. The numbers in the tittles are abbreviations in which:
- E stands for Evolution
- H stands for Hero
- C stands for Champion
For example, "E2 -H1 - C0" means 2 Evolutions, 1 Hero and 0 Champions.

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Special form stats: Evos, Heroes & Champions
This table simply mixes together the categories of Evos, Heroes and Champions, which were already shown earlier.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Special Forms VS Normal Cards
Comparing special forms to their normal cards is a great way to see how relevant each Hero and Evolution ability actually is.
If we also look at the usage of the normal card, we can get a better sense of their place in the meta, helping us answer:
- Is the normal card strong and usable by itself?
- Is the Evolution / Hero necessary and what makes it strong?
Several special forms take this to an extreme, where the normal card is completely unused and only the Evolution or Hero has usage. We can identify these cases as balance issues, where the base card was nerfed excessively to balance a strong ability, instead of addressing the ability itself.
It seems incompatible to have both the normal card and the evolution in a balanced state, at least as long as the evolution provides a relevant advantage. But having balance between different Evolutions and Heroes can partially solve this issue; the limited amount of special slots gives a comparative advantage to the base forms.
In this section we compare the usage of a base card with the usage of its special forms. For this we use a metric called LUR, in short:
- If LUR is around 0 the card usage is well balanced among base and special forms
- If LUR is above +1 or below -1, these is a significant imbalance
What is LUR?
This chart introduces a new stat: Log-based Usage Ratio (LUR). This is a value that directly compares the usage of special forms with the usage of it's normal form.
The basic way to read it is:
- A positive value means that the special forms are more popular
- A negative value means that the normal form is more popular
The logarithm is simply used to translate this ratio into a simpler number that's easier to read. E.g.:
- LUR = -2: Normal is used 100x more
- LUR = -1: Normal is used 10x more
- LUR = 0: Usage is balance
- LUR = 1: Special is used 10x more
- LUR = 2: Special is used 100x more
Cards that have been completely overshadowed by their special forms (LUR = 3):
- Wizard
- Magic Archer
- Goblin Giant
- Witch
- Skeleton Barrel
And a few that very close to the complete replacement were Baby Dragon, Goblin Giant, Goblin Cage, Executioner and Goblin Barrel.
Most unappealing evolutions compared to their counterparts:
- Ice Spirit
- Dart Goblin
- Bomber
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Spells
Fireball falls 14% in usage, but was so far ahead that it's still twice as popular as the runner-up.
Hero Barbarian Barrel had the biggest usage increase.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Buildings
There were 41.5% of decks without any buildings at all, slightly less than last season (42.5).
The top 3 most popular buildings are evolutions.
Normal Mortar had only 4 uses, and an average rank of #232.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Win Conditions
Win Conditions are one of the best ways to look at archetype performance. Unlike support cards, which can fit in several archetypes, these are the core cards that define them.
- Hero Balloon becomes the most popular win condition of the season.
Top 3 Win Conditions:
- Hero Balloon
- Hero Giant
- Evolved Mortar
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Checks and Balances
Balance results
The start of last season introduced balance changes. Were the balances effective? The usage of nerfed cards should decrease, and buffed cards should become more popular.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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New changes
The balances for next season were already announced, so we can take a look at their current stats. Did they deserve the buffs and nerfs?
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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All Cards
Here is a recap of the full card collection, leaving aside all the card categories.
Top 10 Popular Cards
List of cards
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Unused Cards
List of cards
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Top 10 Trending Up
List of cards
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Top 10 Trending Down
List of cards
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Data Dump
This data can be used as long as we are properly credited as the source.
Complete list of cards
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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CSV format dump
rank,card_name,card_key,usage,usage_delta,average_rank
1,Tower Princess,tower-princess,92.9%,-1.6%,506
2,Fireball,fireball,37.4%,-14.0%,504
3,Skeletons,skeletons,28.6%,-8.3%,481
4,The Log,the-log,20.8%,-8.5%,532
5,Electro Spirit,electro-spirit,18.5%,-11.0%,490
6,Hero Barbarian Barrel,barbarian-barrel-hero,18.4%,6.5%,488
7,Tornado,tornado,17.1%,4.5%,567
8,Dark Prince,dark-prince,15.2%,5.1%,505
9,Barbarian Barrel,barbarian-barrel,14.9%,-7.6%,493
10,Skeleton Dragons,skeleton-dragons,14.2%,13.9%,482
11,Hero Knight,knight-hero,14.2%,2.4%,478
12,Ice Spirit,ice-spirit,14.0%,4.2%,477
13,Evolved Tesla,tesla-ev1,13.5%,5.8%,479
14,Hero Goblins,goblins-hero,12.3%,0.6%,487
15,Poison,poison,11.6%,6.1%,482
16,Hero Balloon,balloon-hero,11.4%,11.4%,446
17,Evolved Zap,zap-ev1,11.0%,-0.8%,471
18,Evolved Lumberjack,lumberjack-ev1,10.9%,8.5%,498
19,Arrows,arrows,10.8%,2.3%,501
20,Graveyard,graveyard,10.8%,5.7%,495
21,Evolved Giant Snowball,giant-snowball-ev1,10.6%,4.1%,471
22,Giant Skeleton,giant-skeleton,10.3%,1.0%,489
23,Miner,miner,9.8%,3.0%,475
24,Minions,minions,9.8%,1.9%,424
25,Hog Rider,hog-rider,9.4%,0.1%,537
26,Evolved Executioner,executioner-ev1,9.1%,5.4%,580
27,Zap,zap,8.9%,-0.5%,472
28,Evolved Valkyrie,valkyrie-ev1,8.9%,1.3%,449
29,Bomber,bomber,8.7%,1.6%,456
30,Fire Spirit,fire-spirit,8.6%,-2.0%,478
31,Rascals,rascals,8.6%,1.9%,480
32,Hero Mega Minion,mega-minion-hero,7.9%,-3.4%,489
33,Spirit Empress,spirit-empress,7.8%,-0.1%,453
34,Bowler,bowler,7.7%,2.5%,537
35,Cannon Cart,cannon-cart,7.3%,4.7%,450
36,Freeze,freeze,7.2%,3.4%,549
37,Evolved Goblin Drill,goblin-drill-ev1,7.2%,1.9%,540
38,Hero Giant,giant-hero,7.2%,0.9%,431
39,Evolved Cannon,cannon-ev1,7.1%,-2.8%,468
40,Lightning,lightning,7.0%,1.4%,545
41,Zappies,zappies,7.0%,4.5%,558
42,Evolved Inferno Dragon,inferno-dragon-ev1,6.7%,2.2%,556
43,Evolved Skeleton Barrel,skeleton-barrel-ev1,6.6%,-1.1%,480
44,Evolved Archers,archers-ev1,6.4%,1.6%,470
45,Evolved Royal Hogs,royal-hogs-ev1,6.4%,-6.2%,540
46,Tombstone,tombstone,6.3%,0.7%,470
47,Evolved Mortar,mortar-ev1,6.3%,2.6%,437
48,Evolved Battle Ram,battle-ram-ev1,6.3%,-1.6%,475
49,Lava Hound,lava-hound,6.2%,-0.2%,438
50,Evolved Skeletons,skeletons-ev1,6.1%,-0.7%,540
51,X-Bow,x-bow,6.0%,0.0%,478
52,Evolved Royal Ghost,royal-ghost-ev1,5.9%,-28.9%,508
53,Rocket,rocket,5.8%,1.1%,442
54,Evolved Furnace,furnace-ev1,5.8%,2.5%,472
55,Vines,vines,5.7%,2.9%,492
56,Hero Ice Golem,ice-golem-hero,5.7%,2.2%,599
57,Golden Knight,golden-knight,5.3%,3.0%,548
58,Tesla,tesla,5.2%,4.1%,483
59,Fisherman,fisherman,5.1%,-4.2%,491
60,Evolved Goblin Cage,goblin-cage-ev1,4.9%,2.7%,647
61,Prince,prince,4.7%,1.2%,451
62,Evolved Bats,bats-ev1,4.6%,0.6%,546
63,Earthquake,earthquake,4.5%,0.9%,474
64,Evolved Royal Giant,royal-giant-ev1,4.5%,-4.7%,479
65,Princess,princess,4.4%,3.2%,440
66,Evolved Knight,knight-ev1,4.4%,2.6%,549
67,Knight,knight,4.3%,-0.4%,462
68,Hero Magic Archer,magic-archer-hero,4.3%,-26.7%,563
69,Evolved Wall Breakers,wall-breakers-ev1,4.2%,-2.6%,595
70,Berserker,berserker,4.2%,-6.5%,562
71,Evolved Goblin Barrel,goblin-barrel-ev1,4.1%,1.9%,442
72,Golem,golem,4.0%,0.6%,467
73,Bomb Tower,bomb-tower,3.9%,-0.6%,579
74,Evolved Baby Dragon,baby-dragon-ev1,3.9%,-1.3%,572
75,Dagger Duchess,dagger-duchess,3.8%,0.1%,389
76,Evolved Musketeer,musketeer-ev1,3.8%,0.8%,549
77,Bandit,bandit,3.7%,0.2%,492
78,Dart Goblin,dart-goblin,3.7%,-0.5%,507
79,Electro Wizard,electro-wizard,3.7%,-1.4%,552
80,Hunter,hunter,3.7%,-4.7%,452
81,Royal Delivery,royal-delivery,3.7%,0.7%,438
82,Guards,guards,3.6%,0.3%,514
83,Rage,rage,3.5%,-1.4%,427
84,Evolved Mega Knight,mega-knight-ev1,3.5%,-1.6%,502
85,Mighty Miner,mighty-miner,3.4%,0.4%,531
86,Archer Queen,archer-queen,3.2%,0.5%,460
87,Giant Snowball,giant-snowball,3.0%,1.0%,466
88,Mother Witch,mother-witch,2.9%,0.1%,387
89,Evolved Skeleton Army,skeleton-army-ev1,2.9%,0.4%,508
90,Hero Wizard,wizard-hero,2.9%,1.7%,471
91,Inferno Tower,inferno-tower,2.8%,0.9%,575
92,Ice Golem,ice-golem,2.7%,1.8%,473
93,Heal Spirit,heal-spirit,2.7%,1.1%,541
94,Evolved Minion Horde,minion-horde-ev1,2.7%,2.7%,415
95,Goblin Hut,goblin-hut,2.5%,-9.3%,489
96,Goblin Demolisher,goblin-demolisher,2.5%,-0.5%,520
97,Evolved Witch,witch-ev1,2.5%,1.1%,387
98,Cannon,cannon,2.4%,-4.9%,616
99,Mini P.E.K.K.A,mini-pekka,2.4%,0.4%,477
100,Goblin Gang,goblin-gang,2.3%,1.2%,607
101,Musketeer,musketeer,2.3%,1.3%,501
102,Ram Rider,ram-rider,2.3%,0.0%,472
103,Royal Chef,royal-chef,2.3%,0.9%,394
104,Balloon,balloon,2.2%,-5.8%,557
105,Furnace,furnace,2.2%,0.4%,454
106,Sparky,sparky,2.2%,-0.3%,548
107,Evolved Firecracker,firecracker-ev1,2.2%,0.9%,487
108,Spear Goblins,spear-goblins,2.1%,1.7%,603
109,Electro Giant,electro-giant,2.1%,0.9%,624
110,Night Witch,night-witch,2.0%,-1.8%,567
111,Elixir Collector,elixir-collector,1.8%,0.9%,519
112,Evolved Wizard,wizard-ev1,1.8%,0.9%,421
113,Hero Mini Pekka,mini-pekka-hero,1.8%,-0.4%,621
114,Baby Dragon,baby-dragon,1.7%,0.9%,641
115,Ice Wizard,ice-wizard,1.7%,0.8%,549
116,P.E.K.K.A,pekka,1.7%,-1.3%,416
117,Phoenix,phoenix,1.7%,0.7%,501
118,Battle Healer,battle-healer,1.6%,0.6%,599
119,Skeleton King,skeleton-king,1.6%,0.0%,626
120,Barbarians,barbarians,1.5%,0.3%,483
121,Evolved Barbarians,barbarians-ev1,1.5%,0.1%,569
122,Evolved Electro Dragon,electro-dragon-ev1,1.5%,0.4%,632
123,Wall Breakers,wall-breakers,1.4%,1.2%,456
124,Evolved Bomber,bomber-ev1,1.4%,0.4%,452
125,Royal Ghost,royal-ghost,1.3%,1.0%,619
126,Royal Recruits,royal-recruits,1.3%,0.9%,624
127,Hero Musketeer,musketeer-hero,1.3%,0.0%,591
128,Elixir Golem,elixir-golem,1.2%,0.0%,655
129,Royal Giant,royal-giant,1.0%,0.8%,584
130,Firecracker,firecracker,1.0%,1.0%,684
131,Cannoneer,cannoneer,1.0%,0.6%,637
132,Bats,bats,0.9%,-0.3%,644
133,Goblins,goblins,0.9%,-0.4%,537
134,Lumberjack,lumberjack,0.9%,0.4%,638
135,Three Musketeers,three-musketeers,0.9%,0.8%,547
136,Goblin Drill,goblin-drill,0.9%,-0.3%,580
137,Monk,monk,0.9%,-0.5%,353
138,Evolved Royal Recruits,royal-recruits-ev1,0.9%,0.3%,474
139,Evolved Hunter,hunter-ev1,0.9%,0.4%,450
140,Elite Barbarians,elite-barbarians,0.8%,-0.9%,348
141,Giant,giant,0.8%,0.6%,415
142,Mega Minion,mega-minion,0.8%,0.6%,746
143,Goblin Cage,goblin-cage,0.8%,0.2%,550
144,Evolved P.E.K.K.A,pekka-ev1,0.8%,0.5%,612
145,Void,void,0.7%,0.1%,582
146,Suspicious Bush,suspicious-bush,0.7%,-6.5%,708
147,Flying Machine,flying-machine,0.6%,0.2%,563
148,Mirror,mirror,0.6%,0.5%,613
149,Inferno Dragon,inferno-dragon,0.5%,0.1%,508
150,Royal Hogs,royal-hogs,0.5%,0.0%,546
151,Evolved Goblin Giant,goblin-giant-ev1,0.5%,-0.3%,722
152,Clone,clone,0.4%,0.4%,656
153,Mortar,mortar,0.4%,0.3%,232
154,Skeleton Army,skeleton-army,0.4%,-0.3%,727
155,Goblin Curse,goblin-curse,0.4%,0.0%,747
156,Goblinstein,goblinstein,0.4%,0.1%,511
157,Boss Bandit,boss-bandit,0.4%,0.0%,308
158,Minion Horde,minion-horde,0.3%,-0.9%,710
159,Barbarian Hut,barbarian-hut,0.2%,0.2%,668
160,Goblin Barrel,goblin-barrel,0.2%,0.2%,390
161,Mega Knight,mega-knight,0.2%,0.0%,788
162,Valkyrie,valkyrie,0.2%,-1.3%,354
163,Evolved Dart Goblin,dart-goblin-ev1,0.2%,0.2%,546
164,Archers,archers,0.1%,0.1%,114
165,Battle Ram,battle-ram,0.1%,0.1%,988
166,Electro Dragon,electro-dragon,0.1%,0.1%,680
167,Executioner,executioner,0.1%,0.0%,516
168,Little Prince,little-prince,0.1%,0.1%,156
169,Goblin Giant,goblin-giant,0.0%,0.0%,0
170,Magic Archer,magic-archer,0.0%,0.0%,0
171,Skeleton Barrel,skeleton-barrel,0.0%,0.0%,0
172,Witch,witch,0.0%,0.0%,0
173,Wizard,wizard,0.0%,0.0%,0
174,Evolved Ice Spirit,ice-spirit-ev1,0.0%,-0.2%,0
175,Goblin Machine,goblin-machine,0.0%,0.0%,0
176,Rune Giant,rune-giant,0.0%,-0.6%,0Top 20 Countries
This leaderboard sorts countries based on the amount of players in the Top 1,000.
The amount of players for each country is displayed in the "Count" column; to the right, you can see a ±value, which is the change compared to last season.
Signature Cards are cards which were disproportionately used in the region when compared to the global average. The 5 displayed cards are sorted, meaning that the first card is the Top 1 signature card. Usually signature cards hint towards a specific archetype that is unusually popular in the country.

Top 21-40 Countries

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