Clash Royale: Best Hunter Decks

How to Play Hunter

Hunter is one of the best cards in Clash Royale for countering tanks, and it’s not even close. When he’s at close range where all of the pellets from his shotgun land, the damage he deals is absurd. And while this makes him an obviously good counter for tanks and other high-HP troops, he’s also strong at defending against most other threats too. I recommend using Hunter exclusively to counter threats, not even really for support until you have the evo ready. He’s so explosive that you have to play around it.

Hunter doesn’t really favor any type of deck over another. As long as there are high-HP troops to kill and/or snare, he’s happy. For that reason, there are a million decks Hunter fits into, and very few that are truly “Hunter decks” at their core. He’s a perfect defender though, so that’s the role he’ll play to perfection here.

Hunter + Royal Giant Evo

Cards:

• Royal Giant (Evo)
• Hunter (Evo)
• Fisherman
• Fireball
• Skeletons
• Electro Spirit
• Barbarian Barrel
• Mega Knight

This is probably the deck I’ve seen Hunter in the most often. Maybe not this exact version, but there’s always some variant of Royal Giant deck that uses Hunter. The reason for this is simple. Royal Giant is a purely offensive troop with no real defense other than the knock-back from his evo. Hunter, on the other hand, is pure defense with little offensive capabilities other than some low buckshot damage to towers. This means that what one can’t do, the other probably can. They’re a great pair that have proven their strength alongside each other for years now, even before evolutions were a factor.

The rest of this deck just focuses on keeping Royal Giant alive. Fisherman can pull threats away from him or just slow down enemy win cons like Hog Rider or any other charging troop. Mega Knight is an efficient flying troop for low elixir, so I really like him for just helping keep the skies clear. Then we have quite a few cheap cards that can be for cycling or actually affect the game. Barbarian Barrel is the best of them, but Skeletons and Electro Spirit are also important. Then Fireball rounds the deck out, as it’s one of the best spells in the game and probably always will be.

As you might expect, this is by far a more aggressive deck. Royal Giant just does too much damage to take a passive role. This whole deck is perfect for trying to end games as fast as possible… hopefully with a win.