Bowler

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"This big blue dude digs the simple things in life - Dark Elixir drinks and throwing rocks. His massive boulders bounce off of their target and hit again behind it for a double strike!"

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Level 1 & 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7

Level 8

Summary

• The Bowler is the seventh Dark Elixir troop that throws a large boulder that bounces; dealing splash damage on the initial bounce and dealing splash damage again when it lands. He is unlocked at Dark Barracks level 7, which is unlocked at Town Hall level 10.
• The Bowler is the first ground troop unlocked that can damage multiple buildings in a straight line.
• The Bowler's boulder will only roll far enough to hit two targets.
• Bowlers have no preferred target when attacking; they will simply attack the closest building. However, if they become aware of enemy Clan Castle troops, Heroes, or Skeleton Trap skeletons (either by being attacked themselves or by being near another friendly troop under attack), and can fight back against them, they will leave their previously targeted building and instead engage the enemy troops. Once all of the nearby enemy troops are defeated, the Bowlers will proceed to attack the nearest structure.

Strategies

Offensive Strategy

• The Bowler does not have a lot of hitpoints, so he can be easily destroyed when not protected. Be sure he is behind tanks like Golems, Ice Golems or P.E.K.K.As.
  • Using many Bowlers can be a very strong strategy, as they can take out multiple buildings quickly.
    • However, this strategy becomes progressively ineffective at higher Town Hall levels, because defenses gain more health and damage at these levels.
• The Bowler can be a great unit for funneling due to his ability to hit 2 structures with one attack. This allows better funneling compared to using Wizards.
• The Bowler can also snipe structures that are located around the edge of the base. For example, a bowler can snipe a Wizard Tower or Bomb Tower on the second bounce, without taking any damage.
• The most common strategy that includes Bowlers is the BoWitch, a TH10 and 11 attack strategy that uses Bowlers and Witches together in great synergy. Paired with Golems, it makes the GoWiBo (Golems, Witches and Bowlers), a powerful strategy at Town Halls 10-12 that synergizes with each other.

Defensive Strategy

• The Eagle Artillery can deal great damage to multiple Bowlers at once. Two shots from a volley can wipe out a whole group of Bowlers.
• Bowlers have relatively low hitpoints for their housing space, so placing 2 Giant Bombs together in places where Bowlers are more likely to be placed will entirely wipe out a large group of Bowlers. Spring Traps also work well on them.
• Spreading out your defenses will make it so that the Bowlers cannot hit all of them at once.
• Isolate your Town Hall from other buildings so the Bowlers cannot hit it as part of their boulders' second bounces.

Upgrade Differences

The Bowler undergoes minor visual changes at levels 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.

• Initially, the Bowler is a blue muscular humanoid creature that wears a loincloth around his waist bound to him with rope and carries a large boulder in the shape of a bowling ball. He has pointed ears and red, sunken eyes. His hands and feet resemble those of a Giant. He also has a yellow band on both arms.
  • At level 3, the Bowler becomes slightly darker, and his boulder gains pink, Elixir-colored crystals sticking out of it, similar to the level 5 Golem.
  • At level 4, the boulder's crystals turn reddish-orange.
  • At level 5, the crystals on the boulder turn into a sky blue color to match the winter theme.
  • At level 6, the crystals on the boulder turn into a greenish color to match the jungle theme.
  • At level 7, the crystals are now white, with a light blue glow around them.
  • At level 8, the boulder is now strangled with a curling vine, and the Bowler's loincloth is now darker in color. The yellow bands are now replaced with large golden wristbands.

Statistics

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Preferred Target	Attack Type	Housing Space	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Dark Barracks Level Required	Range
None	Area Splash	6	14	2.2s	7	3 tiles from first target - can hit more

Training Time of Bowlers
Dark Barracks available	Dark Barracks upgrading
1m	2m

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Hitpoints	Research Cost	Research Time	Laboratory Level Required
1	60	132	325	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	72	158.4	375	65,000	3d	8
3	84	184.8	420	88,000	3d 12h	9
4	96	211.2	470	125,000	5d	10
5	102	224.4	505	170,000	7d	11
6	108	237.6	530	220,000	9d	12
7	114	250.8	565	290,000	10d	13
8	126	277.2	600	350,000	15d	14

Super Troop Boost

Super Troop	Boost Cost	Bowler Level Required
Super Bowler	25,000	4

History

Patch	Type	Description
March 21, 2016	Update	The Bowler was added with 3 levels.
May 4, 2016	Balance Update	The Bowler's first attack gets faster, similar to the Balloon and Valkyrie buffs. The same update also decreased the Bowler's training time from 8 minutes to 5 minutes.
May 24, 2016	Update	Reduced the Bowler's housing space from 8 to 6.
October 12, 2016	Update	Slightly reduced the Bowler's HP.
June 11, 2018	Update	Added the level 4 Bowler. Reduced Bowler's damage per second at all levels.
June 26, 2018	Balance Changes	Reduced Bowler's upgrade time at level 1 by 15%.
October 23, 2018	Update	Reduced the Bowler's training cost at all levels. Reduced the Bowler's Gem donation cost from 8 to 5. Level 1 reduced from 130 to 110. Level 2 reduced from 150 to 130. Level 3 reduced from 170 to 150. Level 4 reduced from 190 to 170.
April 2, 2019	Update	Reduced the Bowler's research time at level 3 from 14d to 12d.
December 9, 2019	Update	Added the level 5 Bowler.
October 12, 2020	Update	Reduced research costs and times for the Bowler across lower levels (mostly up to TH11).
September 27, 2021	Update	Added the level 6 Bowler.
December 9, 2021	Update	Reduced upgrade times for level 2-5 Bowlers.
June 27, 2022	Update	Increased hitpoints from level 1 to 5. Level 1: 290 -> 325 Level 2: 310 -> 350 Level 3: 350 -> 385 Level 4: 390 -> 420 Level 5: 430 -> 455
June 12, 2023	Update	Added the level 7 Bowler. Reduced upgrade times for levels 4 and 5. Level 4: 8d 12h -> 7d 12h Level 5: 11d -> 9d Reduced upgrade costs for levels 6 and 7. Level 4: 140,000 -> 125,000 Level 5: 210,000 -> 170,000
February 27, 2024	Update	Added the level 8 Bowler.
June 3, 2024	Balance Changes	Increased Bowler's damage at level 2-6. Level 2: 70 → 72 Level 3: 80 → 84 Level 4: 90 → 96 Level 5: 96 → 102 Level 6: 102 → 108 Increased Bowler's hitpoints at level 2-7. Level 2: 350 → 375 Level 3: 385 → 420 Level 4: 420 → 470 Level 5: 455 → 505 Level 6: 500 → 530 Level 7: 550 → 565

Gallery

Bowler icon

Old Bowler's pose

In-game render

Promotional image of Bowler added in the update

Trivia

• You can have a maximum of 53 Bowlers at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 61 if you include 8 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle. On the battlefield, you can clone an additional 28 Bowlers with four fully upgraded Clone Spells (three from the regular spell inventory and one from a level 10 or higher Clan Castle), for a total of 89 Bowlers.
• When clicking on the Army Camp, the Bowler turns away from the screen, same as the Lava Hound does.
• The Bowler's death sound is not unique, as he shares a similar death sound with the Wizard.
• The Bowler was originally a troop idea for Clash Royale, but being scrapped, he was transferred to Clash of Clans.
  • His description in Clash Royale is similar to the one in Clash of Clans. The second sentence of his description is changed to "His massive boulders roll through their target, hitting everything behind for a strike!" This may refer to how the Bowler hits every ground unit in range in Clash Royale, while he only attacks two buildings at a time in Clash of Clans. There is also a loading screen hint in Clash Royale that is similar to its card description.
    • Despite mentioning Dark Elixir in its Clash Royale description, Dark Elixir does not exist in the game.
  • In Clash Royale, the Bowler's bowling action resembles a more conventional underhand style of bowling, like that seen in ten-pin bowling, for example, as opposed to in Clash of Clans, where he hurls his boulder overhand, resembling that of a bowler in cricket.
  • In Clash Royale, the Bowler's 3D render above the card info screen is taken from his Clash of Clans counterpart's old render.
• The Bowler is one of seven troops to be featured as a monster in the game Squad Busters. The others are the Wall Breaker, Baby Dragon, Yeti, Skeleton, Golem, and Ice Golem.
  • The Bowler in Squad Busters resembles the level 1-2 Bowler in Clash of Clans.
• Some fans speculate that Bowlers are Goblins due to having pointy ears like Goblins, but it is not confirmed by Supercell up until Clash Mini Update 8 was released, putting Bowler in the Goblin Class.
• According to Vlad Perge, the Community Manager of Clash Mini, the Bowler is his favorite troop, as stated on Pocket Gamer.
• Despite being big and muscular, the Bowler seems to have low hitpoints, unlike his Clash Royale counterpart.