Special thanks to Juuso14 for helping me a bit with the beatdown section

If i lose to it

what makes a deck high skill: I play it and I win most of the time
what makes a deck low skill: I lose to it more than once

how can we trust the information that comes from a goblin giant player

Clash Royale is a bad game with good gameplay

8:22 well well well

As a player with 70 years of expirience I just wanted to say that both beatdown and cycle are gay.

If the deck has mega knight=no skill

why am i even watching this i havent played clash royale ever since they added lvl 15

8:20 the rocket miss😂😂

no skill:
-card level is bigger than crown level
-rush monke style every rush card ever
-electro giant
-mega knight

If it's Mega Knight and E-barbs then it's 100% no skill

i think we all agree elixir golem is no skill

It takes skill to actually be good at both archetypes. A good beatdown player has to learn to be patient, how to partially defend, and when to actually make a push. Like most good lava players will play lava in the back and the typical response is their opponent spamming the opposite lane. An unskilled player will use their remaining elixir to defend, while a skilled player well determine “will their push take my tower?” If not then they keep investing elixir in their push, and if it WILL take your tower, then play a few elixir to defend while still having elixir to support your push.
        Cycle is more about knowing every interaction and precise placement to get the most out of your cards. That’s why people feel like their entire 30 elixir push being defended by cannon and musketeer is unfair, but in reality it’s kinda…. fair play. With cycle, 9/10 if you brainlessly spam your win con (whether it be hog, piggies, drill etc.) You will get some damage, but you will lose your tower due to overinvesting. For example, if I were playing piggies cycle and playing my pigs every time I have them, it would be very easy for my opponent to stack defending units and build up a bigger counterpush. Cycle is really about outcycling your opponents counters, while gaining an elixir advantage by defending with cheap cycle cards.
      There’s a lot more I could discuss, but I feel like I covered the difference in the two.

For your last remark I would actually say it’s the opposite. Cycle decks have less polar matchups so it’s more about your skill than your matchup. And beatdown decks most of the time are more reliant on matchups so you have some games you just can’t win and some you basically can’t lose.

8:24 boy do i have some news for you

honestly the most sane and unbiased CR opinion I've seen

8:14 best rocket ever!

8:18 perfect rocket

the delayed inferno tower at 10:00 was so funny for no reason