Clash Royale: Best Royal Recruits Decks

What are Royal Recruits and How to Play Them

Royal Recruits are a pretty simple card, and so is their evolution. The non-evolved version simply spawns six Recruits in a line across the battlefield. You can position them so they split 4-2 across the bridge, or you can go 3-3. They each have a shield similar to that of the Guards, which allows them to absorb the first hit they take without taking damage. This is strong against one-shot spells like the Log and Fireball, and against troops that take a while to attack. Evolved Royal Recruits function the same way, except they do a Prince-like charge forward after their shields have been broken. This makes them even better against spells, so it limits your opponent’s options further.

When it comes to how to play Royal Recruits, there’s a clear way to do so. They excel at countering tanks which don’t have enough damage output to get through their shields and kill them quick enough. Even Mega Knight can be beaten by them, even though he does splash damage. As a group, they’re extremely deadly. Especially if you’re able to lure five onto one side (six is extremely rare). Against something like Mega Knight it’s important to split them on both sides so they don’t all take damage together, and the same is true against most threats as a precaution. Then they make a really strong counter push since at least two of them tend to survive most interactions.

Royal Recruits Log Bait

Cards:

• Firecracker (Evolution)
• Royal Recruits (Evolution)
• Knight
• Goblin Barrel
• Goblin Gang
• The Log
• Tombstone
• Golden Knight

As with any Log Bait deck, the goal here is to bait your opponent into using their Log or Barbarian Barrel on either Royal Recruits or Goblin Gang. Then, Goblin Barrel is open to reign terror on your opponent’s towers. This deck doesn’t go as all in on this aspect as some more traditional versions, though. Royal Recruits can’t be hard countered with the Log, as their shield absorbs the impact and they’re split across the arena. But opponents often still use it on them anyway, especially if one side is already covered by a troop. Royal Recruits are also just generally really strong as defense troops, and they can counter almost every tank in the game. Everything from Goblin Giant to Mega Knight gets countered by Royal Recruits.

Another thing I really like in this deck is the double Knights. The standard Knight is my favorite cheap tank, as he can distract troops for a really long time for only 3 elixir. Golden Knight accomplishes the same thing, but he’s better offensively. His legendary effect allows him to also counter swarms and do increased damage, so he’s great in counter pushes. I also have evolved Firecracker in this deck since it’s so strong in pretty much every way, and Tombstone is here since it’s the cheapest building that actually does a good job at defense.

This deck is more defensive than anything, so you want to wait for your opponent to give you a chance to build up a counter push. Royal Recruits, Golden Knight, and Firecracker all make a killer push, and Goblin Barrel is great for creating offensive pressure elsewhere.