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Level 1-9 |
Summary
- The Skeleton Barrel is a temporary Halloween troop added with Giant Skeleton in the Halloween 2018 season. It was subsequently made available again for the Halloween 2020 season.
- When deployed, it moves towards the nearest building, and attempts to attack it. If it is successful, the Skeleton Barrel will deal an initial blow before spawning several Skeletons. However, if the barrel is destroyed by defenses, it will still spawn its Skeletons.
- The Skeleton Barrel can't be upgraded in the Laboratory. Instead, their DPH and HP are equal to Balloons of the same level. However, starting from level 7, they are unlocked one Town Hall level earlier than Balloons.
- Skeleton Barrels 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 Skeleton Barrels will proceed to attack the nearest structure.
Statistics
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Preferred Target | Attack Type | Housing Space | Movement Speed | Barracks Level Required | Range |
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None | Area Splash 1.2 Tile Radius (Ground Only) | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0.5 tiles |
Training Time of Skeleton Barrels | |||
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1 Barracks | 2 Barracks | 3 Barracks | 4 Barracks |
2m | 1m | 40s | 30s |
Tier * | Level * | Damage | Spawned Skeletons | Hitpoints | Town Hall Level Required |
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1 | 2 | 96 | 8 | 180 | 4 |
2 | 3 | 144 | 9 | 216 | 6 |
3 | 4 | 216 | 10 | 280 | 7 |
4 | 5 | 324 | 11 | 390 | 8 |
5 | 6 | 486 | 12 | 505 | 9 |
6 | 7 | 594 | 13 | 690 | 10 |
7 | 8 | 708 | 14 | 840 | 11 |
8 | 9 | 768 | 15 | 940 | 12 |
*The "level" column is the numeral level shown in-game, while the "tier" column is for purposes of clarity between different Town Hall levels, which have different statistics. Tier counts from the lowest usable level.
Trivia
- You can have a maximum of 60 Skeleton Barrels at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps. On the battlefield, you can clone an additional 18 Skeleton Barrels with three fully upgraded Clone Spells for a total of 78 Skeleton Barrels.
- The Skeleton Barrel in battle look exactly the same as the opponent Skeleton Barrel in Clash Royale. This is the same as the Giant Skeleton and Ice Wizard.
- The description of the barrel claims that the skeletons are Harry, Larry, Terry, and a dozen friends. When the Skeleton Barrel was initially introduced, the highest-level Skeleton Barrel spawned 14 skeletons, as opposed to the 15 implied by the description. This discrepancy appears to have been rectified when a 9th level was added in 2020 (which spawned 15 Skeletons).
- It is also the same amount spawned by Clash Royale's Skeleton Army.
- In addition to this, the names of the skeletons both end/rhyme with -erry/-arry.
- The Skeleton Barrel resembles Air Bombs and its projectiles. The barrel itself is also styled similarly to level 6 and 7 Balloons.
- In Clash Royale, the Skeleton Barrel is a building-targeting troop, unlike in Clash of Clans.
- Note: as of May 2, 2022, the Clan Capital variant targets defensive structures.
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Medal Events | Mashup Madness • Cookie Rumble • Dragon Festival • Super Troop Spotlight • Clash with Haaland • Anime Clash • Mashup Mania |
Other Events | Work for Hire! • Streak Event • Treasure Hunt • Community Events |
Temporary Troops | Ice Wizard • Battle Ram • Pumpkin Barbarian • Giant Skeleton • Skeleton Barrel • El Primo • Party Wizard • Royal Ghost • Ram Rider • Barcher • Hog Wizard • Lavaloon (Lavaloon Pup) • Witch Golem (Skeleton • Big Boy) • C.O.O.K.I.E • Firecracker • Azure Dragon • Barbarian Kicker • Giant Thrower • M.E.C.H.A • Broom Witch (Witch Spirit) • Ice Minion |
Temporary Spells | Santa's Surprise • Birthday Boom • Bag of Frostmites • Yellow Card |
Temporary Traps | Pumpkin Bomb • Santa Strike • Freeze Trap • Shrink Trap |
Temporary Resource Buildings | Sour Elixir Cauldron • Gingerbread Bakery • Dragon Pinata • Super Ice Bath • Football Camp • Wizard Vendor • Hydra Headstone |
Other Temporary Contents | Arcade Cabinet |
Level 1-5
Summary
- Skeleton Barrels are troops available in the Clan Capital, available when the Skeleton Barrel Barracks is constructed (this requires the Balloon Lagoon district to be unlocked, and consequently requires the Capital Hall to be upgraded to level 4).
- Skeleton Barrels are similar to their Home Village counterpart; they move towards the nearest defense and attempts to attack it, doing damage if it succeeds. Regardless, the barrel will be destroyed, releasing a large number of Skeletons. In the Clan Capital, Skeleton Barrels can only be deployed in squads of three.
- Skeleton Barrels prioritize defensive structures above all other targets, and will bypass all other types of enemy buildings and troops while any defenses remain on the battlefield. This is true even if they are under attack by enemy troops stationed in defense posts (Super Giant, Raid Cart, and Super Dragon Posts). Note that the defense posts themselves are not considered defensive buildings, regardless of whether or not their stationed troops are still alive.
Once all defenses are destroyed, Skeleton Barrels 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 and can fight back against them.
Strategy
Offensive
- Skeleton Barrels can be used to bypass Walls and take down single-targeting defenses by the swarms of Skeletons they release. They can also safely take on air-only defenses (like Air Defenses) that are defended only by defenses that are weak to swarms, such as Cannons or Hidden Mega Teslas, allowing passage for other air units.
- However, using these to pass bodies of water is not advised, as if the barrel is destroyed, the skeletons will not spawn on water, wasting the key purpose of using barrels. Rocket Balloons are better for this purpose.
- They can also be used to distract key defenses if needed.
- Rage Spells can be used to increase the damage done by Skeleton Barrels and speed them up, allowing them to more easily reach targeted defenses.
- Released Skeletons should be aided by high-hitpointed troops when near splash defenses.
- Skeleton Barrels can create excellent distractions for Graveyard Spell-based strategies, since the Graveyard's skeletons spawn as soon as the barrel pops. For example, a popular strategy against the Dragon Cliffs district is to use them alongside Inferno Dragons; the Skeletons can easily distract Super Dragons from Super Dragon Posts allowing Inferno Dragons to lock onto and kill them.
Defensive
- Splash defenses are unquestionably effective against the spawned Skeletons as almost any defense will one-shot Skeletons. Super Wizard Towers can destroy ten Skeletons with each hit and are similarly effective. Inferno Towers when upgraded to level 3 or higher are surprisingly strong as well, as they will one-shot Skeletons even in its first stage of damage (this is not the case with level 1 or 2 Inferno Towers, since they require two ticks of damage instead).
- One can hide Mines among a group of single-target defenses, which can entice attackers into attacking the defenses with Skeleton Barrels. When the Mines are triggered, they will destroy the mass of spawned Skeletons and spoil the attack.
- Another good combo is the air mine with the Log Trap: the air mine destroy the barrels, and the log trap will kill the spawned skeletons. Slight usage of terrain might be needed for the log to get all skeletons.
Statistics
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Squad Housing Space |
Units Deployed |
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15 | Skeleton Barrel x3 |
Skeleton Barrel
"Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, just Harry, Larry, Terry and a dozen friends, heading for the nearest building in a barrel of bones!"
Preferred Target |
Attack Type |
Housing Space |
Movement Speed |
Range |
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Defenses | Melee (Ground Only) Splash - ? tiles |
5 | 8 | ? |
Level |
Damage |
Spawned Skeletons |
Hitpoints |
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1 | 324 | 8 | 700 |
2 | 486 | 9 | 800 |
3 | 594 | 10 | 850 |
4 | 708 | 11 | 1,050 |
5 | 768 | 12 | 1,200 |
History
- The Skeleton Barrels squad was added on May 2, 2022 with the launch of the Clan Capital.
Gallery
Trivia
- You can have a maximum of 16 groups of Skeleton Barrels at one time in a complete set of fully upgraded Army Camps.
Clan Capital Army | |
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Troops | Super Barbarian • Sneaky Archers • Super Giant • Battle Ram (Barbarian) • Minion Horde • Super Wizard • Rocket Balloons • Skeleton Barrels (Skeleton) • Flying Fortress (Skeleton Glider • Skeleton) • Raid Cart (Siege Cart • Barbarian) • Power P.E.K.K.A • Hog Raiders • Super Dragon • Mountain Golem • Inferno Dragon • Super Miner • Mega Sparky |
Spells | Healing Spell • Jump Spell • Lightning Spell • Frost Spell • Rage Spell • Graveyard Spell • Endless Haste Spell |