Clash Royale: Best Lumberjack Decks

How to Play Lumberjack (and Lumberjack Evolution)

Lumberjack is a 4-elixir troop that only targets troops/buildings on the ground. It does high DPS with its attacks, but the real appeal is the Rage pool he drops on the ground upon death. The standard version of Lumberjack is already strong, as it works well to clear the way for an offensive troop which then benefits from the Rage after Lumberjack dies. The Rage pool damages enemies in it when it lands, so it helps protect against low-HP troops and swarms as well.

The best troops to pair with Lumberjack are ones which most benefit from an attack/movement speed boost. Slower tanks benefit since it lets them take enemies by surprise and rush a tower quickly, while faster threats like Hog Rider or Prince benefit since it basically amplifies what they’re already good at. Right now it’s more popular to play him with large tanks and/or slow-moving threats like Balloon, but you never know how quickly that might change.

Lumberjack’s evolution doesn’t change anything about how he functions at first. He’s still a brawler on the ground that leaves behind a Rage pool, but now his ghost also stays behind to fight. The Lumberjack’s ghost is limited to the area of the Rage pool, but he does tons of damage to compensate for his limited range. If you can get him close to a tower before dying, he can even attack them to do some unstoppable damage since he can’t be targeted or affected by spells in this state.

Lumberjack Deck 1

Cards:

• Lumberjack (Evo)
• Baby Dragon (Evo)
• Balloon
• P.E.K.K.A.
• Ice Wizard
• Barbarian Barrel
• Tornado
• Vines

This is a top meta deck right now, as it can handle just about anything even at the highest levels of the ladder. It features two win cons, both of which get a massive boost from Lumberjack’s Rage. Balloon and P.E.K.K.A. are both super dangerous threats that you can build an entire deck around, and with Lumberjack and Baby Dragon evolutions, this deck is able to support both equally.

The key to this deck is to generally focus on one win con at a time. Both Balloon and P.E.K.K.A. are strong in tandem, but at least until double elixir, you’ll want to focus on one at a time. Either one with support from Baby Dragon and/or Ice Wizard makes a great push, and if you time it right you’ll have the other one ready as soon as the previous push is finishing up. Tornado is also really helpful since we have Ice Wizard and Baby Dragon, both of which do AOE attacks. It can also pull in troops so they all get hit by your Balloon’s post-death explosion.

This deck plays best if you’re really aggressive. You don’t want to over-commit, but as long as you’re able to quickly identify your opponent’s threat(s) you should be able to use one of your threats while having a way to always counter theirs.