Top Ladder Stats (2026-03)

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Last updated: 2026-04-10
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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.

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 78: 64 uses
- Season 79: 41 uses
- Season 80: 45 uses
- Season 81: 81 uses (this season)
Unusual decks had a moderate decrease this season, and the most popular deck had a big drop.

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.
The other options are not popular, but still seem viable in some decks.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Evolutions
Royal Ghost keeps increasing in usage, and is almost 3x as popular as the runner-up.
Despite being one of the least popular evolutions, Ice Spirit got the best average rank (only 2 players used it).
Top 3 evolutions:
- Royal Giant
- Valkyrie
- Giant Snowball
| 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, but we'll look at aggregate stats later.
The 2 new Heroes jump to the top of the section.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Evos VS Heroes
Until last season, players had 4 special slots: 2 for Evos and 2 for Heroes (or Champions). This is the first season in which the amount of slots was reduced, and a Wild Slot was added, in which Evos and Champions compete head to head.
Leaving aside the game mechanics, the Wild Slot provides a very unique opportunity for those interested in stats. It allows us to directly compare the strength and appeal of Evolutions and Heroes. Players will dedicate this slot to the best option, giving us a clear view of their preferences.
So... which option do they prefer?

This chart shows a summary of the most relevant options available. The usage deltas are a bit messy for now due to the recent transition; many players used to have 2 Evos and 2 Heroes.
After the change, more than 90% of players chose to use 2 Evolutions instead of 2 Heroes. Some of this difference could be due to players not having unlocked the Heroes they need, but such a huge gap is makes it more likely that Evos are simply a better fit for most decks.
There's a slight advantage for Heroes in terms of average rank, but not enough to support the idea of "strong cards behind a paywall".
And the clear losers in this comparison aren't Heroes, but Champions. Proof of this is the 88.5% of players who chose to ignore them completely. Should they be buffed to contend with Heroes?
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.

Special form stats: Evos, Heroes & Champions
| 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
- Firecracker
- Archers
- Battle Ram
- Goblin Barrel
- Goblin Giant
- Electro Dragon
- 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:
- Dart Goblin
- Ice Spirit
- Hunter
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Spells
Fireball nearly doubles its usage and becomes the most popular spell.
Evolved Giant Snowball had the best average rank.
| Card Name | Usage | Rank | HIM | U/M |
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Buildings
There were 42.5% of decks without any buildings at all, slightly less than last season (47.5%).
Goblin Hut jumps upwards and replaces Evolved Cannon as the most popular building.
| 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.
Evolved Royal Giant had the best average rank, which isn't surprising after seeing the top 10 decks.
Evolved Royal Hogs had the biggest increase in usage.
Top 3 Win Conditions:
- Evolved Royal Giant
- Hero Giant
- Evolved Wall Breakers
| 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,94.5%,0.1%,501
2,Fireball,fireball,51.4%,22.5%,492
3,Skeletons,skeletons,36.9%,21.7%,484
4,Evolved Royal Ghost,royal-ghost-ev1,34.8%,7.3%,488
5,Hero Magic Archer,magic-archer-hero,31.0%,31.0%,492
6,Electro Spirit,electro-spirit,29.5%,7.9%,461
7,The Log,the-log,29.3%,-5.0%,531
8,Barbarian Barrel,barbarian-barrel,22.5%,-6.2%,497
9,Tornado,tornado,12.6%,-5.5%,514
10,Evolved Royal Hogs,royal-hogs-ev1,12.6%,4.1%,511
11,Hero Barbarian Barrel,barbarian-barrel-hero,11.9%,11.9%,452
12,Goblin Hut,goblin-hut,11.8%,7.7%,471
13,Evolved Zap,zap-ev1,11.8%,3.8%,493
14,Hero Knight,knight-hero,11.8%,-6.8%,489
15,Hero Goblins,goblins-hero,11.7%,-28.3%,542
16,Hero Mega Minion,mega-minion-hero,11.3%,0.5%,444
17,Berserker,berserker,10.7%,9.8%,424
18,Fire Spirit,fire-spirit,10.6%,-0.1%,460
19,Dark Prince,dark-prince,10.1%,-0.4%,537
20,Evolved Cannon,cannon-ev1,9.9%,-3.0%,566
21,Ice Spirit,ice-spirit,9.8%,-0.9%,540
22,Zap,zap,9.4%,6.8%,521
23,Giant Skeleton,giant-skeleton,9.3%,-2.1%,524
24,Hog Rider,hog-rider,9.3%,-2.5%,554
25,Fisherman,fisherman,9.3%,0.6%,428
26,Evolved Royal Giant,royal-giant-ev1,9.2%,0.6%,424
27,Arrows,arrows,8.5%,-0.8%,507
28,Hunter,hunter,8.4%,1.2%,411
29,Balloon,balloon,8.0%,-0.9%,535
30,Minions,minions,7.9%,2.4%,494
31,Evolved Battle Ram,battle-ram-ev1,7.9%,0.2%,527
32,Spirit Empress,spirit-empress,7.9%,7.3%,507
33,Evolved Tesla,tesla-ev1,7.7%,-2.1%,478
34,Evolved Skeleton Barrel,skeleton-barrel-ev1,7.7%,-3.7%,532
35,Evolved Valkyrie,valkyrie-ev1,7.6%,-2.6%,438
36,Cannon,cannon,7.3%,5.1%,449
37,Suspicious Bush,suspicious-bush,7.2%,-0.8%,557
38,Bomber,bomber,7.1%,0.8%,443
39,Miner,miner,6.8%,1.1%,467
40,Evolved Skeletons,skeletons-ev1,6.8%,0.3%,508
41,Evolved Wall Breakers,wall-breakers-ev1,6.8%,4.2%,459
42,Rascals,rascals,6.7%,0.6%,549
43,Evolved Giant Snowball,giant-snowball-ev1,6.5%,1.3%,438
44,Lava Hound,lava-hound,6.4%,1.7%,455
45,Hero Giant,giant-hero,6.3%,0.1%,445
46,X-Bow,x-bow,6.0%,-0.3%,458
47,Lightning,lightning,5.6%,-9.3%,552
48,Tombstone,tombstone,5.6%,2.3%,473
49,Poison,poison,5.5%,-1.4%,471
50,Evolved Goblin Drill,goblin-drill-ev1,5.3%,-1.5%,500
51,Bowler,bowler,5.2%,-2.7%,489
52,Evolved Baby Dragon,baby-dragon-ev1,5.2%,-3.4%,531
53,Electro Wizard,electro-wizard,5.1%,2.5%,572
54,Graveyard,graveyard,5.1%,1.1%,448
55,Evolved Mega Knight,mega-knight-ev1,5.1%,3.1%,562
56,Rage,rage,4.9%,1.1%,442
57,Evolved Archers,archers-ev1,4.8%,-0.6%,472
58,Knight,knight,4.7%,2.9%,517
59,Rocket,rocket,4.7%,-4.3%,510
60,Bomb Tower,bomb-tower,4.5%,1.3%,536
61,Evolved Inferno Dragon,inferno-dragon-ev1,4.5%,-3.2%,468
62,Dart Goblin,dart-goblin,4.2%,-7.6%,546
63,Evolved Bats,bats-ev1,4.0%,2.5%,505
64,Freeze,freeze,3.8%,-1.6%,523
65,Night Witch,night-witch,3.8%,1.9%,546
66,Evolved Mortar,mortar-ev1,3.7%,0.8%,487
67,Dagger Duchess,dagger-duchess,3.7%,-0.3%,430
68,Evolved Executioner,executioner-ev1,3.7%,-1.9%,497
69,Earthquake,earthquake,3.6%,1.1%,642
70,Bandit,bandit,3.5%,2.2%,510
71,Prince,prince,3.5%,0.5%,407
72,Hero Ice Golem,ice-golem-hero,3.5%,-3.5%,563
73,Golem,golem,3.4%,-0.3%,556
74,Guards,guards,3.3%,1.6%,493
75,Evolved Furnace,furnace-ev1,3.3%,-3.3%,498
76,P.E.K.K.A,pekka,3.0%,1.3%,534
77,Royal Delivery,royal-delivery,3.0%,0.2%,569
78,Mighty Miner,mighty-miner,3.0%,-1.5%,618
79,Goblin Demolisher,goblin-demolisher,3.0%,-1.2%,461
80,Evolved Musketeer,musketeer-ev1,3.0%,0.1%,560
81,Mother Witch,mother-witch,2.8%,-5.4%,496
82,Vines,vines,2.8%,-14.0%,530
83,Archer Queen,archer-queen,2.7%,-0.3%,597
84,Cannon Cart,cannon-cart,2.6%,1.5%,508
85,Sparky,sparky,2.5%,0.2%,608
86,Zappies,zappies,2.5%,-5.0%,626
87,Evolved Skeleton Army,skeleton-army-ev1,2.5%,-4.3%,640
88,Evolved Lumberjack,lumberjack-ev1,2.4%,-0.1%,554
89,Ram Rider,ram-rider,2.3%,0.6%,608
90,Golden Knight,golden-knight,2.3%,-5.9%,387
91,Evolved Goblin Barrel,goblin-barrel-ev1,2.2%,0.4%,411
92,Evolved Goblin Cage,goblin-cage-ev1,2.2%,-4.9%,610
93,Hero Mini Pekka,mini-pekka-hero,2.2%,-3.7%,604
94,Giant Snowball,giant-snowball,2.0%,-1.0%,568
95,Mini P.E.K.K.A,mini-pekka,2.0%,1.1%,455
96,Inferno Tower,inferno-tower,1.9%,0.3%,588
97,Furnace,furnace,1.8%,0.9%,660
98,Evolved Knight,knight-ev1,1.8%,0.9%,539
99,Elite Barbarians,elite-barbarians,1.7%,1.0%,601
100,Heal Spirit,heal-spirit,1.6%,-1.1%,552
101,Skeleton King,skeleton-king,1.6%,-4.7%,595
102,Valkyrie,valkyrie,1.5%,0.7%,272
103,Monk,monk,1.4%,0.0%,606
104,Evolved Barbarians,barbarians-ev1,1.4%,0.6%,519
105,Royal Chef,royal-chef,1.4%,0.9%,594
106,Evolved Witch,witch-ev1,1.4%,0.1%,369
107,Goblins,goblins,1.3%,1.2%,520
108,Evolved Firecracker,firecracker-ev1,1.3%,0.3%,612
109,Hero Musketeer,musketeer-hero,1.3%,-3.0%,597
110,Barbarians,barbarians,1.2%,1.1%,609
111,Bats,bats,1.2%,0.4%,553
112,Minion Horde,minion-horde,1.2%,-0.3%,499
113,Princess,princess,1.2%,-1.1%,616
114,Elixir Golem,elixir-golem,1.2%,0.5%,586
115,Electro Giant,electro-giant,1.2%,-2.6%,662
116,Goblin Drill,goblin-drill,1.2%,-0.2%,488
117,Hero Wizard,wizard-hero,1.2%,-8.7%,452
118,Goblin Gang,goblin-gang,1.1%,0.4%,600
119,Tesla,tesla,1.1%,-0.9%,529
120,Evolved Electro Dragon,electro-dragon-ev1,1.1%,0.5%,610
121,Musketeer,musketeer,1.0%,0.6%,470
122,Battle Healer,battle-healer,1.0%,0.0%,578
123,Phoenix,phoenix,1.0%,0.7%,600
124,Evolved Bomber,bomber-ev1,1.0%,-2.2%,564
125,Elixir Collector,elixir-collector,0.9%,-1.5%,528
126,Ice Golem,ice-golem,0.9%,-0.3%,602
127,Ice Wizard,ice-wizard,0.9%,-1.3%,591
128,Evolved Wizard,wizard-ev1,0.9%,-0.7%,416
129,Baby Dragon,baby-dragon,0.8%,0.3%,590
130,Evolved Goblin Giant,goblin-giant-ev1,0.8%,0.7%,590
131,Skeleton Army,skeleton-army,0.7%,-0.1%,561
132,Goblin Cage,goblin-cage,0.6%,0.2%,199
133,Evolved Royal Recruits,royal-recruits-ev1,0.6%,-0.1%,679
134,Void,void,0.6%,-0.3%,438
135,Rune Giant,rune-giant,0.6%,0.5%,116
136,Lumberjack,lumberjack,0.5%,-0.4%,530
137,Royal Hogs,royal-hogs,0.5%,0.1%,570
138,Evolved Hunter,hunter-ev1,0.5%,-0.5%,792
139,Flying Machine,flying-machine,0.4%,-0.8%,505
140,Inferno Dragon,inferno-dragon,0.4%,0.0%,452
141,Royal Recruits,royal-recruits,0.4%,-0.5%,737
142,Spear Goblins,spear-goblins,0.4%,-0.1%,554
143,Cannoneer,cannoneer,0.4%,-0.7%,730
144,Goblin Curse,goblin-curse,0.4%,-0.3%,650
145,Boss Bandit,boss-bandit,0.4%,-0.5%,506
146,Royal Ghost,royal-ghost,0.3%,0.1%,687
147,Skeleton Dragons,skeleton-dragons,0.3%,-0.4%,442
148,Evolved P.E.K.K.A,pekka-ev1,0.3%,0.3%,464
149,Goblinstein,goblinstein,0.3%,-0.6%,571
150,Giant,giant,0.2%,0.0%,580
151,Mega Knight,mega-knight,0.2%,-0.7%,596
152,Mega Minion,mega-minion,0.2%,-0.3%,699
153,Royal Giant,royal-giant,0.2%,0.0%,359
154,Wall Breakers,wall-breakers,0.2%,-0.5%,422
155,Evolved Ice Spirit,ice-spirit-ev1,0.2%,-0.5%,191
156,Executioner,executioner,0.1%,0.1%,241
157,Mirror,mirror,0.1%,0.0%,683
158,Mortar,mortar,0.1%,-0.2%,153
159,Three Musketeers,three-musketeers,0.1%,-1.1%,794
160,Archers,archers,0.0%,0.0%,0
161,Barbarian Hut,barbarian-hut,0.0%,0.0%,0
162,Battle Ram,battle-ram,0.0%,0.0%,0
163,Clone,clone,0.0%,-0.3%,0
164,Electro Dragon,electro-dragon,0.0%,0.0%,0
165,Goblin Barrel,goblin-barrel,0.0%,0.0%,0
166,Goblin Giant,goblin-giant,0.0%,0.0%,0
167,Magic Archer,magic-archer,0.0%,-4.1%,0
168,Skeleton Barrel,skeleton-barrel,0.0%,0.0%,0
169,Witch,witch,0.0%,0.0%,0
170,Wizard,wizard,0.0%,0.0%,0
171,Firecracker,firecracker,0.0%,-0.1%,0
172,Little Prince,little-prince,0.0%,-0.3%,0
173,Goblin Machine,goblin-machine,0.0%,0.0%,0
174,Evolved Dart Goblin,dart-goblin-ev1,0.0%,-0.1%,0
175,Evolved Minion Horde,minion-horde-ev1,0.0%,0.0%,0
176,Hero Balloon,balloon-hero,0.0%,0.0%,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.

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