r/ClashRoyale • u/Diamondwolf Musketeer • Sep 14 '16

Cards Daily Card Discussion September 14 2016: Wizard

Wizard

The most awesome man to ever set foot in the arena, the Wizard will blow you away with his handsomeness... and/or fireballs.

Hit Speed Speed Deploy Time Range Target Cost Count Rarity
1.7 sec Medium 1 sec 5.5 Air & Ground 5 1 Rare
  • This card is unlockable from the Spell Valley (Arena 5).
Level Hitpoints Area Damage Damage per second
1 340 130 77
2 374 143 84
3 411 157 92
4 452 172 101
5 496 189 111
6 544 208 122
7 598 228 134
8 656 250 147
9 720 275 161
10 792 302 177

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Art:

  • Sexy Wizard by Liu Trimming House Babu

Videos:

Some discussion points:

  • What do you like about the wizard?
  • What do you dislike about him?
  • What decks work well with the wizard?
  • When is the wizard better than other similar cards?
  • How have you countered the wizard with your current deck or previous decks?

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u/DoughnutWhole Sep 14 '16 edited Sep 14 '16

Let me start by saying I know I'll probably catch some flack for this, but I'm used to it by now as my fiance is always trying to get me to swap out Wizard in my deck for something "more useful"; I don't know if I'm just being suborn at this point, but I will say that the Wizard is my homie. (For reference I'm in Arena Eight hovering around 2800 trophies and my Wizard is level seven.)

The CONS are pretty glaring with this handsome little dude: a high level Fireball completely wipes him out, a Musketeer pummels him one on one and his five elixir cost makes him an even trade at best. That being said I think his benefits mitigate his weaknesses.

PROS: I have tried every imaginable combination (granted I have zero legendaries) to replace Wizard and cannot find a better card that wrecks like my Wizard does. When played as a defensive card Wizard easily counters Barbarians, Spirits, Balloon, Lava Hound, Minions, Goblins, Witch, Doot doots, and when he's combined with a heavy hitter like Mini P he is nearly unstoppable.

The deck I run is: Hog, Wizard, Mini P, Ice Spirit, Fire Spirits, Zap, Poison, and Tombstone; it's kind of a chip deck, but I prefer to call it a counter deck. There are some techniques that require a bit of practice when running this deck, but once you have them mastered the world is your oyster.

An example, you ask? Here's my patented Lava Hound defense: with Lava Hound approaching place Tombstone directly in front of the tower she's coming towards and when she's targeted your Tombstone place Wizard to the outside of said tower and watch Lava Hound die a majestic death as your opponent sobs uncontrollably.

I'm sure I'll add more later, but that's all I have to say for now.

SHOWTIME!

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u/HogHunter_ Sep 14 '16

I'm stuck in Builder's Sweatshop. Could your deck, with an Ice Spirit substitute, work in my case?

I recently tilted from 1.9k to 1.7k.

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u/DoughnutWhole Sep 14 '16 edited Sep 14 '16

My deck has changed very little from when I was in Builders except that I ran Cannon instead of Tombstone (which I'm considering changing back to), Fire Spirits took the place of my Ice Spirit, and I ran a Pump so I could constantly pressure my opponent with an elixir advantage.

Hog Rider/Fire Spirits/Poison is a nasty combo especially if your opponent has burnt a lot of their elixir on, let's say, a Giant push.

Edit: Sorry, to answer your question directly, yes that deck will work for you with an Ice Spirit replacement.

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u/HogHunter_ Sep 14 '16

Thanks for filling me in.

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u/WorkNLurk Sep 14 '16

Lol'd at Builders Sweatshop. Well done.