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The Controversial History of Levels in Clash Royale

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Every couple of years for the past 5 years, Clash Royale has been adding a new level. This has kept players grinding to keep up with the new maximum level, but the problem is that these new levels don't change the way clash is played, making it effectively a waste of time.

Chapters:
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00:00 Intro
01:28 Level 13
05:44 Level Simplification
08:24 Level 14
11:28 Level 15
20:26 Level 16
23:27 The Effect of Level 16
27:09 Outro

Music List:
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Game Over - Evening Telecast
Stickerbush Symphony - DKC2
Persistence - Mottram
Between The Spaces - The Soundlings
Rubedo - Lena Raine
Battle Theme (How To Evolve Your Dragon) - Clash Royale
Stake Out - Alex + Xander Jones
Beaky Thicket (Forest Layer) - DK Bananza
Alpha - C418

20 Comments

@Kuvantor 2 months ago

Supercell formula:
>Create a problem
>Sell the solution

@gwabafett 2 months ago

Level 16 is the final level forever until the investors get antsy again and then its not.

@Canodiablo 2 months ago

Cant wait for the next way to halt progression

@frontliner1224 2 months ago

The compensation after the lvl 16 debacle was a joke. Sure, some people got very good stuff, but they hyped it up like nothing else before only to give around 98% to 99% of active players a handful of gems was bs. And the grand finale, the big reveal at the end was... something that made absolute no difference to anyone and should have been done years ago.
That was a real 100% clash royal move. Absolutely brainless.

@Pmn-rn7zs 2 months ago (edited)

Level 16 was the most disgusting, shameless cash grab of a move I’ve ever seen from a large developer. Level 14 was hated, level 15 was somehow even worse, and at the height of the games popularity (and revenue), they decide to trade all their popularity and hype to squeeze as much money as possible from players. Not to mention the horrible addition of heroes along with it.
The spike in revenue should have meant they could focus entirely on making the game better

@actck 2 months ago

You didn't talk about how after few days of the June 2026 event, they got rid of the "no" button when asked if we are satisfied with our reward. So much greed and ego

@NightmareKingGrimm9710 2 months ago

New card coming to Clash Royal confirmed. The Level 17 Card

@whilskii4079 2 months ago

The fact that Berserker can get to level 18 has greatly upset some parts of the clash community.

@icegod4849 2 months ago

5:40 "disparities of the rarities" spit your shit king 🔥🔥🔥

@ZaneAnimationsOfficial 2 months ago

It makes me happy that content creators that cover this game in detail like you are still around, great work!

@werehusky 2 months ago

ah yes, let's forget the yes or yes.

@progamer7730 2 months ago

Honestly level 16 is when I officially quit the game after playing it since 2020, I wasn't too mad at the level 14 Vs level 15 interactions but when they released level 16 my level 14 cards just couldn't compete and I was a f2p my whole journey and I new the more heroes and evolutions released the further I'll fall behind and I was sick of heroes and under leveled troops

@kyler32346 2 months ago

It won’t be forgotten

@WitherGaming465 2 months ago

The combination of level 16 and heroes was enough to make me quit the game, despite having a near-maxed main deck before level 16. It felt like reaching the point where I could try to become truly skilled at the game was near-impossible without spending insane amounts of money due to how underleveled my cards were on ladder.

@liamsawyer8193 2 months ago

1:00 Literally me. I hope they stick to their word of "no more levels" because I am 6 cards away from maxing out my account. I just want to be able to play Clash Royale without having to worry about levels.

@Jirachi548 2 months ago

Removing elite wild cards pissed me off so much because of how much they cost and the time it took to collect them. And then they removed magic books when going back to the original system where they’d be most useful. Hated that the most.

@KLIXORthe 2 months ago

So painfully ironic that they decided it was time to add another level right as the game was begging to flourish just off of its uniqueness and gameplay depth. They had so many new players that had basically no reason to distrust SC, and they instantly pull the greediest conceivable move with the flimsy excuse that "players love progression". (If thats why people played, they'd switch to Eve online or WoW. CR's playerbase is there to play CR, and broken level interactions completely ruin that.)

@Kelvin-br9mi 2 months ago

23:19 it is because squad busters is dying and supercell wants to earn the expected revenue coming from squad busters, thus the p2w features

@VbLongNeck4110 2 months ago

They should’ve just said every 3 years we’ll add another max level. At least that way people will know what to expect and can plan around it. Instead of wasting a lot of time and money of people who somehow care about the game

@Beleggen1999-ez1lu 2 months ago

When level 14 was introduced, I quit Clash Royale. It had taken me a year of grinding to get my Mortar cycle deck to max level. I was almost there, and then all that work felt like it was for nothing.

Before the announcement, I was proud of my deck and the progress I had made. But after the update, I felt betrayed. On top of that, they increased the rewards and progression speed, meaning that newer players could achieve in a much shorter time what had taken me so long to accomplish.

It felt like I had to start all over again