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Clash Royale Has No Idea What To Do With Goblins...

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Goblins have been a staple troop in the Clash Universe for as long as its existed. They're a simple, straightforward troop, but they've had a very complicated history in Clash Royale which has led to the balancing team making exceptions to balancing rules that had been set in stone since Day 1. They may not seem that exciting, but they've had an exceptional journey.

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History Of Clash Royale Cards

Chapters:
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00:00 Intro
00:58 A Bumpy Launch (2016)
04:38 Goblins Gang Up (Jan.2017-Nov.2017)
08:39 Goblins' First Unnecessary Balance Change (Dec.2017-Dec.2019)
12:16 Goblins Somehow Rise Again... Then Get Nerfed Again (2020)
16:32 Clash Royale Tries Some New Ways To Buff Them (Jan.2021-Oct.2022)
20:12 Goblins Are Unstoppable (Oct.2022-Dec.2023)
23:44 The Meta Shifts Away From Goblins (Jan.2024-Mar.2025)
27:05 The "Rework" That Broke The Biggest Balancing Rule
30:01 Goblins Are Useless (Apr.2025-Jan.2026)
32:57 Goblins Become Heroes!
37:09 Hero Goblins BREAK The Meta (Feb.2026-Apr.2026)
40:48 Outro

Music List:
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VHS Video - Evening Telecast
Taswell - C418
An Ordinary Day - Kumi Tanioka
Valak Mountain (Night) - XC
Chrysopoeia - Lena Raine
Quarry Theme - Slime Rancher
Battle Theme "How To Evolve Your Dragon" - Clash Royale
Josef Suk, Serenade, Op 6 - A Far Cry
Knitty Knotty Windmill - YWW
Auric Wilds - Guild Wars 2
Chocolava Lake (Freezer Layer) - DK Bananza
Aria Math - C418
German Dances No 10 for Orchestra in A major - Mozart

20 Comments

@JustinY. 3 months ago

He's talking about Goblins. He's one step closer to covering the Goblin Machine at it's release.

@NickyYey 3 months ago

Of course they do! They run supercell.

@SapidBasil 3 months ago

Hero goblins don't rise out of the ground, they drop in from above because they're doing an ambush

@MarioLuigiWarioWaluigi 3 months ago

Goblins are probably the balancing teams testing card, they've had so many stats changed for specifically them that is probably useful for new balance changes or cards to come.

@Jonathan-gn8uu 3 months ago

I don't think any heroes "have their place" tbh. Heroes really upset the balance of the game and should never have been added.

@Teh_Chozen_One 3 months ago

34:28 It is not some sort of revival, they're not the same goblins if you pay attention to their visuals, it is more of "calling for backup" type of concept

@carmi7042 3 months ago

As an OG player I will forever miss the times when they were one shottable with an equal level zap

@adirr5482 3 months ago

Thrown out of 109 arenas, never their fault

@TobyXof 3 months ago

10:44 did that goblin just walk across the river?

@NoobMaster-wq9ys 3 months ago

Im so danm excited for when he talks about cards like giant since he has a alot of history expecially with the giant poison meta and when they ocer buffed him again during the dagger dutchess meta AND when he got his own hero form. Im pretty sure that video will be a bit over a hour long cuz of all the history.

@mipho5899 3 months ago

I think it's fair to assume giving troops that are shared across different cards the Musketeer treatment.

We got Musketeer and Elite Musketeer.

So maybe we get different kinds of Goblin variants, who are essentially the same interaction wise but have slight tweaks to them.

Let's say the Goblins in Goblin gang look a bit different and are called Rogue Goblins (because I still associate that card with all the Jungle themed cards like Bandit and Magic Archer).
Goblin Curse Goblins could be Cursed Goblins, Barrel Goblins could be Assassin Goblins, Drill Goblins could be Golddigger Golbins and Goblins in evolutions could be Backup Goblins. The same could be done to Spear Goblins, Skeletons and whatever else.

It's probably not too much work, as it would only mean separating all Goblins, give them a visual difference and then you're ready to adjust their stats as much as you want. But I guess this wouldn't be worth it for Supercell because they can't generate any money with them.

@Uri9TheCat 3 months ago

34:44 even Gratz is hating on hyperbait now

@MaximusWhalen 3 months ago

Our goat diddy cage will get his vid soon

@lunacynz 3 months ago

i dont think an evo goblins could ever happen but i think a goblin gang evo would be really cute, switching out the melee weapons for something bigger and the spear goblins getting molotovs to throw like the demo or something lol

@marsjawa9805 3 months ago

Goblins will always be most known for their emotes

@TheSustem 3 months ago

honestly if they were already breaking consistency idk why they didn’t just nerf the goblin gang goblins

@talkativeumbrella 2 months ago

I'd really like to see a similar solution than for the three musketeers rework. We could consider a "special type" of goblins and spear goblins for their respective cards, and for the goblins gang for the sake of consistency. That way, we keep the current goblins solely for other cards (barrel, drill, goblin giants evo), and same for spear goblins (hut, goblins giant). I am not sure how it would interact with the hero though, but I guess it could remain the same ability, but well, with the new goblins. This creativity they have shown for the musketeers have opened the way to another solution than straight up burying their head under the sand, or create confusing inconsistencies.

@HomeboyWabush 3 months ago (edited)

Easy solution for goblins being in multiple different cards.....make them different goblins. No reason why the melee goblins in goblin barrel, drill, gang, and goblins, cant all be given different stats.