Headhunter

"Headhunter has just one job: taking out enemy heroes. As her other job, she works at the village apothecary. She's lightweight enough to jump over walls and her poisoned weapons make her targets move and attack slower."


Level 1	Level 2	Level 3

Summary
- The Headhunter is a troop unlocked once the Dark Barracks is upgraded to level 9.
- Headhunters prioritize Heroes above all other targets, and will bypass all other types of enemy buildings and troops while any enemy Heroes remain on the battlefield. This is true even if they are under attack by enemy Clan Castle troops or Skeleton Trap skeletons. Note that the defending Grand Warden is considered a defense and not as a Hero.
  Once all enemy Heroes are knocked out, Headhunters become like any other troop with no preferred target; they will attack the nearest building to them regardless of type, and will turn and attack enemy units if they become aware of any nearby.
- The Headhunter's attacks have a Poison Spell effect, which slows down troops and heroes that are hit. The poison has no effect on buildings.
- Interestingly, Headhunters do not target the defending Grand Warden (nor do their weapons poison or do extra damage to him). It may be due to the fact that the defending Grand Warden is considered a defensive building.
- The Headhunter runs as fast as the Goblin, Minion, and Miner.

Offensive Strategy
- Since Headhunters can jump over walls, you can send them with the main army of a hybrid, as they can take out the enemy heroes instead of something else.
- If you are worried about the Clan Castle coming too late, send a headhunter. They will jump over walls and to the nearest hero, which is probably in the range of the trigger radius.
- If all heroes are down, they can poison Clan Castle troops, making them a good asset if you manage to knock out the 3 or 2 heroes.
- Sneaking in a Headhunter during a Queen charge can gain massive value as long as it doesn't get targeted by defenses, saving poison or freeze spells used against heroes.
  - You can also sneak one in during a Sui hero, where the planned objectives are near or include an enemy hero to save some health.

Defensive Strategy
- As defending Clan Castle troops, Headhunters are effective against attackers' Heroes, including the Grand Warden, regardless of whether he is set to Ground or Air mode. Even if no heroes are present, its ability to poison attacking troops make it a valuable unit on defense.
- Headhunters are amazing troops to defend against a queen charge. Their extremely high damage forces and slowing poison the Archer Queen's ability every time, even while under poison spells. If the attacker doesn't respond fast enough with spells such as lightning and freeze, Headhunters can easily take out the Archer Queen, even with the ability.
- Headhunters will jump over walls and dive straight for the hero. Putting them closer to the core of your base will force the headhunters to go away from most possible tanks and get targeted themselves.

Upgrade Differences
- At level 1, the Headhunter has a purple-and-black robe covering her whole body. Her face is covered in darkness, except for the eyes which are black with a yellow-orange sclera.
- At level 2, the part of the robe covering the face gains a silver trim. She also gains a poison symbol on her robe's back.
- At level 3, the trim turns to gold, as well as appearing on the start of her gloves. Her symbol on the back of her robe also turns gold.

Trivia
- You can have a maximum of 46 Headhunters at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps. This number increases to 53 if you include the 7 that can fit into a fully upgraded Clan Castle. On the battlefield, you can clone an additional 15 Headhunters with three level 5 or higher Clone Spells.
- In the developer Livestream, the Headhunter was responsible for stalking for heroes, as stated by TV Royale, but the original suspects were the Bandit from Clash Royale and Tara from Brawl Stars.
- It may be assumed that players use Headhunters to brew Poison Spells, as stated in the description, despite being unlocked 4 THs after you unlock poison spells.
- In the trailer, her third card had the Clash of Clans Logo. The Headhunter in battle only has 2 cards. In the level nine barracks(The only other place where we can see the third one), it is another sword card.
- Headhunter's hood resembles Raven's from the Teen Titans series.

Preferred Target	Attack Type	Housing Space	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Dark Barracks Level Required	Range
Heroes (x4 Damage)	Single Target	6	24	0.6s	9	3 tiles

Training Time of Headhunters
Number of Dark Barracks available	Training Time
Number of Dark Barracks available	Normal Train Time	With 10% Boost	With 15% Boost	With 20% Boost
1	2m	1m 48s	1m 42s	1m 36s
2	1m	54s	51s	48s

Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Attack	DPS on Heroes	Speed Decrease	Attack Rate Decrease	Hitpoints	Training Cost	Research Cost	Laboratory Level Required	Research Time
1	108	64.8	432	40%	55%	360	100	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	120	72	480	42%	60%	400	120	180,000	10	14d
3	132	79.2	528	44%	65%	440	140	240,000	11	16d

Home Village Army
Elixir Troops	Barbarian • Archer • Giant • Goblin • Wall Breaker • Balloon • Wizard • Healer • Dragon • P.E.K.K.A • Baby Dragon • Miner • Electro Dragon • Yeti (Yetimite)
Dark Elixir Troops	Minion • Hog Rider • Valkyrie • Golem (Golemite) • Witch (Skeleton) • Lava Hound (Lava Pup) • Bowler • Ice Golem • Headhunter
Super Troops	Super Barbarian • Super Giant • Sneaky Goblin • Super Wall Breaker • Inferno Dragon • Super Witch (Big Boy)
Heroes	Barbarian King • Archer Queen • Grand Warden • Royal Champion
Elixir Spells	Lightning Spell • Healing Spell • Rage Spell • Jump Spell • Freeze Spell • Clone Spell
Dark Spells	Poison Spell • Earthquake Spell • Haste Spell • Skeleton Spell • Bat Spell
Siege Machines	Wall Wrecker • Battle Blimp • Stone Slammer • Siege Barracks

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