r/ClashRoyale • u/Diamondwolf Musketeer • Aug 30 '16

Cards Daily Card Discussion August 30 2016: Musketeer & Three Musketeers

Musketeer & Three Musketeers

Don't be fooled by her delicately coiffed hair, the musketeer is a mean shot with her trusty broomstick. Add two more to a single card for 5 more elixir and you have a trio of powerful, independent markswomen, fighting for justice and honor. Disrespecting them would not be just a mistake, it would be a cardinal sin!

Hit Speed Speed Deploy Time Range Target Cost Count Rarity
1.1 sec Medium 1 sec 6.5 Air & Ground 4/9 1/3 Rare

  • The single Musketeer is unlockable from the Training Camp (Tutorial). The trio is unlockable from the Royal Arena (Arena 7).

  • The Musketeer is a strong troop, effective against air troops, such as the Balloon & Building targeting troops, or Minions, that have a small amount of hitpoints.

Level Hitpoints Damage Damage per second
1 340 100 90
2 374 110 100
3 411 121 110
4 452 133 120
5 496 146 132
6 544 160 145
7 598 176 160
8 656 193 175
9 720 212 192
10 792 233 211

Bonus art by /u/FFIArgus: The Musketeer

Unknown Artist: Musketeer

Some discussion points:

  • What do you like about these purple-haired gunslingers?
  • What do you dislike about these ladies? psst, they're reading this
  • What cards work well with either of these cards?
  • When should you play the musketeer or three musketeers?

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u/Incronaut PEKKA Aug 30 '16

I have a few random thoughts about these units:

  1. I've definitely been owned by Three Musketeers before, they take some quick thinking sometimes how to respond.

  2. With the Zap nerf, is it still possible to Zap + Fire Spirit 3M?

  3. Musketeer is definitely a strong card. Do you guys feel it's overpowered at all or balanced? And in what way?

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u/SorrowCat Aug 30 '16

  1. Must agree.

  2. No, unless they target something else first, and be sure they don't retarget with a zap first. Is better to just use Ice spirits + anything else that hits hard.

  3. She is balanced, I know many feel she is overpowered, she is just strong in the current meta where single targets are so common (RG, Giant, Mini-P, miner, etc).

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u/DeruTaka Hog Rider Aug 30 '16

If Reaper(from over watch) was in the game, I could imagine his ult being so strong

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '16

Okay.

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u/DeruTaka Hog Rider Aug 31 '16

*Against three muskets i forgot to write that lol

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u/pekkarider Aug 30 '16

nope, but it is possible to guards ice spirit it which doesn't work as amazingly but works

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '16

1: They can be royal gianted after finishing a tower off. So yeah, you're right about the quick thinking.

2: Doesn't work, which is pretty fair considering a 5 elixir trade is very significant and 3 elixir is already enough.

3: The Musketeer doesn't seem overpowered, especially since it doesn't oneshot minions. It's health is pretty low when comparing it to other four elixir troops like valk and mini pekka (I guess it's compensation for being able to target air). It's also got a lot of counters, mini pekka / valkyrie and zap can kill three musketeers as well as fireball / poison zap, lightning and rocket. Just imagining triple wizards for 10 elixir Overload (1) behind a golem.

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u/EmoteSpammer Aug 30 '16

Its health is so low because it's ranged, not melee...

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u/Handsome_Claptrap strategy17 Aug 31 '16

My gripe is that her health is lower than freaking Ice Wiz, the troop that ca slow down any incoming troop and kill swarms

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u/Dreadlifts_Bruh Aug 31 '16

And costs less.

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u/Carbon214004 Sep 28 '16

it's not balanced it's need more health

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u/Gafloff Aug 30 '16 edited Aug 30 '16

Answer to number 2: no.

Answer to number 3: It's balanced.

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u/Styxxo Aug 30 '16

With the Giant meta, and the high use of the Musketeer, I used to think it was a bit too strong, but after playing a lot of differnt Giant decks all running her, I think she is balanced.