X-Bow

Building Cards By Clash Royal 2016-02-25 20:14:15

“Nice towers you got there. Would be a shame if this X-Bow whittled it down from this side of the arena…”

• This card is unlockable from the Barbarian Bowl (Arena 3).

• The X-Bow is an excellent defensive building due to its ability to take down large numbers of small and .
• It can also be used offensively due to its range, being able to out shoot the Crown Tower, making for some extremely humorous battles (13 vs. 8.5 tile range).
  • Note that the can do the same thing to Crown Towers, but dealing very little DPS, & distributing Area Damage.
• The is an effective counter to the X-Bow. Its high damage and its capability to be placed anywhere can easily take out a large portion of the X-Bow’s hitpoints.
• In addition, you will have ample time to prepare for the X-Bow, as it takes 5 seconds to deploy. Overpower it with building-targeting troops, like Giants and Hog Riders, and back them up with Archers or Spear . Together, they will take down the X-Bow quickly, before it can target your Crown Tower.
• An X-Bow backed up with some support troops, such as Spear , can effectively destroy a Crown Tower.
• High hitpoint troops, such as Giants, can distract enemy troops/Buildings, allowing an X-Bow to safely target, and attack the opposing Crown Tower or enemy troops, while the “tank” takes all the damage.
• When dealing with an offensively placed X-Bow, it’s quite effective to deploy a behind the river/chasm while the X-Bow loads, taking out a large portion of it’s hitpoints before it’s ready
• Placing a spell on a X-Bow will increase its hit speed, rapidly damaging the the target.
  • Note that this strategy works best on crown towers, since they are defenseless.

• On 2/2/16, the February Update decreased the X-Bow’s hitpoints by 15% and now only target ground (from air & ground).
• On 9/2/16, the Chest Rewards & Card Balance Update increased its deployment time to 5 sec (from 3 sec).
• An upgraded is able to destroy an X-Bow completely, or deal immense damage.
• If the X-Bow is placed on the enemy half, it is able to target the King’s Tower, inflicting an immense amount of damage and reducing the Tower’s hitpoints.
• The X-Bow has the longest deployment time of all in the game, 5 seconds.
• The X-Bow has the shortest hit speed of all in the game at 0.3 seconds.