Grand Warden

"This veteran battle-scholar seeks out groups of friendly troops to fight behind and boost with his Life Aura, and assumes the form of a tower on defense. Attacking, he can walk over walls or fly high, and can make nearby troops immune to damage once his Eternal Tome ability is unlocked!"

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Skins
Grand Warden	Party Warden	Primal Warden	Clockwork Warden

Gladiator Warden	Pirate Warden	Warden of the North

Defensive Mode

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• Summary
  • The Grand Warden is a single target unit unlocked at Town Hall level 11. He is the third hero in the game, being weak in physical strength and self defense but extremely powerful in support.
  • He is automatically summoned once the Grand Warden Altar is constructed, which costs 6,000,000 Elixir and is available at Town Hall 11.
  • He can be set to Air or Ground mode; he flies in Air Mode and walks in Ground Mode.
    • He can bypass Walls regardless of the mode he is set to; however, he will attack a wall if the majority of your nearby housing space is doing so as well.
  • Like the other heroes, the Grand Warden only needs to be summoned once, but he will have to spend some time regenerating his health if he is damaged when attacking an enemy village. If you attack a village while its Grand Warden is still regenerating, the Altar will be empty and the Grand Warden will not defend.
    • Like other heroes, he is not upgraded in the Laboratory but rather upgraded with a Builder.
  • The Grand Warden's regeneration time after a battle depends on how much damage he took during the battle: if he survives the battle unscathed or with very little percentage damage taken, he will be ready to fight again immediately, but the more he is damaged, the more time he will need to regenerate. The more the Grand Warden is upgraded, the more time he will need in order to fully regenerate his health.
    • Hero regeneration after a Multiplayer Battle starts as soon as the player starts to search for a Multiplayer opponent. So, if the player spent some time searching for an opponent to attack before completing an attack, part of the regeneration will be completed by the time the player returns to his/her village. However, if the player cancels the attack by pressing "End Battle" before completing an attack, the regeneration will be reset. This effect is more noticeable in the highest leagues below legend where a significant amount of time can be spent searching for such opponents.
  • The Grand Warden initiates a range of his passive Life Aura upon deployment, which grants units additional health. Any unit that leaves this range will not benefit from the ability until they re-enter it.
    • The level of this passive ability is increased once every level, up to level 40.
  • The Grand Warden's active ability, Eternal Tome, renders all friendly troops within his aura invincible to damage for a short time.
    • Eternal Tome is upgraded every five levels that the Warden increases. The ability's duration increases by 0.5 seconds per level.
    • The Eternal Tome ability negates direct damage only. For example, a Spring Trap can still instantly kill troops, the Air Sweeper's pushback works as normal, while the Tornado Trap will still be able to pull troops in without dealing damage. Furthermore, lesser troops that endure the explosion of a Bomb or Giant Bomb will be hit by the resulting knockback.
    • The ability also does not prevent troops like the Wall Breaker from carrying out attacks that kill them or otherwise split them into sub troops. It also does not prevent Siege Barracks and Log Launchers from losing HP to their decay over time.
    • The ability affects only troops that are in the radius of the Grand Warden at the time that he activates it, and each affected troop is invincible for the full duration of the ability, even if they leave the Grand Warden's radius.
      • Any troops that are spawned inside the radius of the Grand Warden will not be made invincible if they are spawned after the ability has been activated.
    • If the ability has not been used before the Grand Warden is about to be defeated, it will by default automatically activate. However, this feature can be toggled off in the settings (by turning off "Automatically use Hero Abilities on KO").
      • This ability can still activate even if the Warden would be one-shot by an attack (such as by a Seeking Air Mine); the Warden will activate his ability and survive with 1 HP.
  • When defending an enemy attack, he will turn into a stone statue and act as any other defensive tower while using his Life Aura to provide a health boost to defending troops and Heroes. If he is damaged or defeated on defense, he does not need to regenerate health afterwards.
    • Since he is considered as a building, Poison Spells do nothing but Earthquake Spells will be able to damage him.
  • The Grand Warden will attack the building being attacked by the highest number/troop space troop and will continue to attack that building until it's destroyed.

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• Offensive Strategy
  • Use the Grand Warden in Air Mode if you are using an air attack so he does not take damage from ground defenses (as they are not distracted by other troops) and Ground Mode when using a ground army as he will not be targeted by the Air Defenses.
    • Only set him to Air Mode if you are using an air attack, as, without distraction troops, he can easily be killed or otherwise heavily damaged by Air Defenses and Seeking Air Mines.
    • Try to put Balloons near the Warden to distract any Seeking Air Mines.
  • Use the Eternal Tome ability near the core so your troops can get through the core, where the most damage usually is. Against a level 5 Giga Tesla or a Giga Inferno, it may be useful to save the ability specifically for the explosion when the Town Hall is destroyed, as it does severe damage.
    • Alternatively, it can be better to use it early, such as if high damaging defenses are situated nearer the outside of a base.
  • The Grand Warden goes where other troops go, so he does not need funneling.
    • However, the other troops need to be funneled.
  • He will follow the troop with the highest housing space or the largest mass of troops, so bunching up troops with the Grand Warden is crucial to getting the most out of his abilities.
    • However, do not bunch them up too tightly, as the Life Aura is big and the troops will take a lot of splash damage from other defenses if they are too bunched up.
    • This also risks them being targeted by Eagle Artillery.
  • His Life Aura is most effective on troops with moderate amounts of health, such as the Balloon or Miner. He will be able to grant a sizable health increase to these troops that is close to the maximum increase allowed by his ability (or if this increase is the maximum allowed, then the health increase is still significant on these troops). The Life Aura is significantly less effective on low-hitpoint Troops such as Minions, as they only gain a tiny proportion of health from his Life Aura. It is also somewhat limiting to high-hitpoint troops such as the Golem, as its health increase is well over the maximum allowed. Additionally, since they already have high hitpoints themselves, the extra hitpoints are usually not necessary.
  • The Grand Warden has the longest range of any troop in the game. He can outrange the Wizard Tower, Bomb Tower, Archer Tower on Fast Attack mode, or Hidden Tesla (If it wasn't triggered).
    • The Super Archer has a projectile range of 12, but its targeting range is only 6.
  • If the Grand Warden is positioned correctly, he can defeat an enemy Barbarian King and even an Archer Queen without being attacked. In the case of an Archer Queen, it is substantially harder to pull off, as she has a larger attack radius, has a faster movement speed, and can attack from far away unlike the King.
  • When upgraded to a high level, the Grand Warden can be used with Healers to perform a Warden Walk, which is similar to a Queen Walk in terms of utility. Compared to a Queen Walk, his longer range allows him to snipe buildings from a longer distance, meaning that the Warden Walk is generally safer, but his lower damage output means it will take longer to create an effective funnel or destroy the targeted buildings.
    • His AI (which makes him follow troops if they are close enough) can be exploited to help funnel him in a particular direction, which can be useful for the objectives of the Warden Walk. You can also do this to convert a Warden Walk into a smash-style attack (which will be supported by the Warden and Healers) by simply deploying your main force in the path of the walk.
• Defensive Strategy
  • He creates a buff to boost defensive Troops, Heroes, and skeletons. It is recommended to place his altar near structures that will receive the benefit such as the Clan Castle, or other Heroes.
  • To defend against an enemy Grand Wardens, make sure you set your Inferno Towers to Multi-Target, as he is often behind other troops so few defenses can hit him.
  • Placing the Grand Warden near the other heroes and the Clan Castle will be quite beneficial for defense, as the heroes and Clan Castle troops will have a great hit point increase.
  • The Grand Warden in defense mode will not be targeted by a Headhunter, due to him being considered a Defensive Building.

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• Trivia
  • The Grand Warden was initially revealed as the new hero for Town Hall 11 at Clash-Con 2015. However, only a silhouette of him was shown.
    • In the sneak peeks showcasing him, his hitpoints at level 20 was 2,000; however it was changed to 1,500 in its release.
    • His beta ability color was orange, but was later changed to yellow when released.
  • He is the only hero who has 50 levels, unlike 75 levels for both the Barbarian King and Archer Queen, 25 levels for the TH13-exclusive Royal Champion, and 30 levels for the Battle Machine.
  • He is the only troop in the game that can be changed as an air or ground unit.
  • He is also the only unit in the entire game that can behave as both a troop (attacking) and a building (defending). Thus, it's only possible to destroy his altar with a Lightning spell only if he is not guarding (and thus his altar will be empty.)
  • He is the only hero to have two abilities.
  • He is the only hero that can be killed in one hit by a trap (When in air mode via a Seeking Air Mine, due to his low amount of hitpoints and the high damage from the trap).
  • The Grand Warden's Eternal Tome Ability is the only hero ability that does not heal the hero itself when activated. As a result, he is also the only hero to not activate his ability if it is unused at the end of a battle.
  • He is the only hero in the Home Village available to be purchased and upgraded with Elixir and one of the two in the whole game, the other one being the Battle Machine, although with Builder Elixir.
  • The Grand Warden's upgrades cost less than the initial cost of the Grand Warden, up to level 8.
  • He is the only hero that appears to be based on more than one unit, particularly the Healer and the Wizard, because of his use of magic and ability to heal friendly units.
  • The Grand Warden is one of the units that can be healed by a Healer while attacking an Air Defense without the Air Defense being able to attack the Healer. The others units capable of doing this are the Archer Queen and the Super Archer.
  • He is the only hero to turn into a form of defensive structure when defending. Consequently, he is the only hero to be damaged by Earthquake Spells and not by Poison Spells when defending.
  • Like with the Barbarian King's sword, the Grand Warden's book and staff switch arms when he turns.
    • However, when the Grand Warden falls in battle, he drops his staff but holds on to his book.
  • Each successive upgrade of the Grand Warden adds anywhere between 2% to 2.3% health and anywhere between 3.4% to 5.1% damage, but every fifth level also adds a constant two minutes to his total regeneration time. As a consequence, the Grand Warden's regeneration rate changes as he levels up.

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    Regeneration rate for each level; click to enlarge

    The Grand Warden's regeneration rate fluctuates, decreasing every fifth level and increasing at every other level. From an initial regeneration rate of 50 HP per minute at level 1, it increases up to 53.2 HP per minute at level 4 before eventually dropping to 49.36 HP per minute at level 5, the lowest regeneration rate of any level; however, the regeneration rate shows a slow upward trend as the levels increase, eventually reaching a maximum of 64.59 HP per minute at level 39. Beyond level 39, the low amounts of HP increase mean that the decrease in regeneration rate every fifth level outweigh the increases from every other level, and the rate starts to trend downwards, falling back to 61 HP per minute at level 50.
  • Before he had a 3D skin, his book resembled a Book of Everything.
  • The Grand Warden of the versions before the update of June 2019 bore a great resemblance to the late television host, Li Yong.
    • Because of this, he is commonly called "(Li) Yong King" among Chinese players.
    • In January 2016, shortly after the Town Hall 11 Update, a show "Clash of Clans Players' Ceremony" was held in Beijing, China, with Li Yong as the main host due to this resemblance.
  • The Gladiator Warden skin looks to be based off of the Greek/Roman king of the gods and god of lightning, Zeus/Jupiter.
  • The pirate warden skin is based of off the Barbary Pirates according to a post by Darian, the Supercell community manager.
  • If the Grand Warden is defeated while wearing the Pirate skin, there will be parrots spinning on his head instead of stars like other heroes.
  • The Grand Warden is the last Hero to have a Winter Themed skin which is the Warden of the North skin.
  • The Warden of the North skin is the only Hero skin which its Hero name (Warden) is on the front but not on the back (like "Ice Queen").
  • Before Hero Skins were added, the Grand Warden had a different appearance as well as an upgrade difference. He had less facial hair, antlers and a different book cover.
    • Initially, he has purple facial hair. He wears white and purple robes along with a short cape. His eyes are of different color, one is white with a little pupil and the other is a normal one with a blue iris. There is a gold trim on his collar at the neck and he wears a white crown-like decoration on his head. He also holds a thick book and a long wooden staff with a magical crystal held on top.
    • At level 10, his white antler crown becomes golden.

Level 1-9	Level 10-30

Statistic Modifiers

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Preferred Target	Attack Type	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Range	Search Radius
Any	Ranged (Ground & Air)	16	1.8s	7	10

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Hitpoints	Regen Time	Ability Levels		Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Town Hall Level Required
					Life Aura	Eternal Tome
1	50	90	1,000	20m	1	N/A	6,000,000	N/A	11
2	52	93.6	1,021	20m	2	N/A	2,500,000	12h	11
3	54	97.2	1,042	20m	3	N/A	3,000,000	1d	11
4	56	100.8	1,064	20m	4	N/A	3,500,000	1d 12h	11
5	58	104.4	1,086	22m	5	1	4,000,000	2d	11
6	60	108	1,108	22m	6	1	4,500,000	2d 12h	11
7	63	113.4	1,131	22m	7	1	5,000,000	3d	11
8	66	118.8	1,155	22m	8	1	5,500,000	3d 12h	11
9	69	124.2	1,180	22m	9	1	6,000,000	4d	11
10	72	129.6	1,206	24m	10	2	6,500,000	4d 12h	11
11	75	135	1,233	24m	11	2	7,000,000	5d	11
12	78	140.4	1,261	24m	12	2	7,500,000	5d 12h	11
13	82	147.6	1,290	24m	13	2	8,000,000	6d	11
14	86	154.8	1,320	24m	14	2	8,400,000	6d 12h	11
15	90	162	1,350	26m	15	3	8,800,000	7d	11
16	94	169.2	1,380	26m	16	3	9,100,000	7d	11
17	98	176.4	1,410	26m	17	3	9,400,000	7d	11
18	102	183.6	1,440	26m	18	3	9,600,000	7d	11
19	106	190.8	1,470	26m	19	3	9,800,000	7d	11
20	110	198	1,500	28m	20	4	10,000,000	7d	11
21	115	207	1,530	28m	21	4	10,000,000	7d	12
22	120	216	1,561	28m	22	4	10,200,000	7d	12
23	125	225	1,593	28m	23	4	10,400,000	7d	12
24	130	234	1,625	28m	24	4	10,600,000	7d	12
25	136	244.8	1,658	30m	25	5	10,800,000	7d	12
26	142	255.6	1,692	30m	26	5	11,000,000	7d	12
27	148	266.4	1,726	30m	27	5	11,200,000	7d	12
28	154	277.2	1,761	30m	28	5	11,400,000	7d	12
29	161	289.8	1,797	30m	29	5	11,600,000	7d	12
30	168	302.4	1,833	32m	30	6	11,800,000	7d	12
31	175	315	1,870	32m	31	6	12,000,000	7d	12
32	182	327.6	1,908	32m	32	6	12,000,000	7d	12
33	190	342	1,947	32m	33	6	12,000,000	7d	12
34	198	356.4	1,986	32m	34	6	12,000,000	7d	12
35	206	370.8	2,026	34m	35	7	12,000,000	7d	12
36	215	387	2,067	34m	36	7	12,000,000	7d	12
37	224	403.2	2,109	34m	37	7	12,000,000	7d	12
38	233	419.4	2,152	34m	38	7	12,000,000	7d	12
39	243	437.4	2,196	34m	39	7	12,000,000	7d	12
40	253	455.4	2,240	36m	40	8	12,000,000	7d	12
41	260	468	2,260	36m	40	8	12,000,000	7d 12h	13
42	266	478.8	2,280	36m	40	8	12,500,000	7d 12h	13
43	271	487.8	2,300	36m	40	8	13,000,000	7d 12h	13
44	275	495	2,320	36m	40	8	13,500,000	7d 12h	13
45	279	502.2	2,340	38m	40	9	14,000,000	7d 12h	13
46	283	509.4	2,360	38m	40	9	14,500,000	8d	13
47	287	516.6	2,380	38m	40	9	15,000,000	8d	13
48	291	523.8	2,400	38m	40	9	15,500,000	8d	13
49	295	531	2,420	38m	40	9	16,000,000	8d	13
50	299	538.2	2,440	40m	40	10	16,500,000	8d	13

Life Aura Ability (Passive)

Ability Level	% HP Increase	Max HP Increase
1	20.0%	70
2	21.1%	76
3	22.2%	82
4	23.3%	88
5	24.4%	94
6	25.6%	101
7	26.8%	108
8	28.1%	116
9	29.5%	125
10	31.0%	135
11	32.6%	146
12	34.3%	158
13	36.1%	171
14	38.0%	185
15	40.0%	200
16	42.0%	215
17	44.0%	230
18	46.0%	245
19	48.0%	260
20	50.0%	275
21	52.0%	290
22	54.0%	305
23	56.0%	320
24	58.0%	335
25	60.0%	350
26	62.0%	365
27	64.0%	380
28	66.0%	395
29	68.0%	410
30	70.0%	425
31	72.0%	440
32	74.0%	455
33	76.0%	470
34	78.0%	485
35	80.0%	500
36	82.0%	515
37	84.0%	530
38	86.0%	545
39	88.0%	560
40	90.0%	575

Eternal Tome Ability (Active)

Ability Level	Ability Time
1	3.5s
2	4.0s
3	4.5s
4	5.0s
5	5.5s
6	6.0s
7	6.5s
8	7.0s
9	7.5s
10	8.0s

Skin Availability

The below table denotes the months in which Grand Warden skins were available. They typically could only be obtained by reaching a predetermined tier of Season Challenges after purchasing that season's corresponding Gold Pass.

Skins that are still available from an ongoing season are highlighted in yellow. Skins that are purchasable through Gems are highlighted in green.

Skin	Season Available	Gem Cost
Party Warden*	August 2019	1500
Primal Warden	January 2020	- - - - - - - -
Clockwork Warden	April 2020	- - - - - - - -
Gladiator Warden	July 2020	- - - - - - - -
Pirate Warden	October 2020	- - - - - - - -
Warden of the North	January 2021	- - - - - - - -

*The Party Warden skin was available as the first tier of the Gold Pass, rather than the last. This was likely to allow Gold Pass players to obtain the skin in time for the 7th anniversary of Clash of Clans (which was early in that season).