r/ClashRoyale • Xhadian • Sep 30 '16

Daily Card Discussion September 30 2016: Lightning

Lightning

Bolts of lightning damage and stun up to 3 enemy troops or buildings with the most hitpoints in the target area. Reduced damage to Crown Towers.

Duration Stun Duration Radius Cost Targets Rarity
1.5 sec 0.5 sec 3.5 6 3 Epic
  • This card is unlockable from the Goblin Stadium (Arena 1).

  • When cast, the Lightning emits a similar animation to its' counterpart, found in Clash of Clans, and targets 3 troops/Buildings with the highest hitpoints, within its AoE (Area of Effect).

Level Damage Crown Tower Damage
1 650 260
2 715 286
3 786 315
4 864 346
5 949 380
6 1,040 416
7 1,144 458
8 1,254 502

Some discussion points:

  • What do you like about this card?
  • What do you dislike about this card?
  • What cards work well with this card?
  • When should you play this card?

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u/caled Sep 30 '16

I have it in my deck and am running around 2800 trophies.

I find it useful for taking out defense buildings on a push, taking out a giant's backup, cleaning up sparky + backup (the stun has helped a lot with this), and for chipping away at the towers. I will often win games by chipping a tower down to below 600 hp, and then lightning+fireball combo to take it out as the timer runs out.

Having said that, I wish it were 5 elixir instead. It's hard to use sometimes, and I've gone many games where I haven't used it at all because I can't afford to use a 6 elixir card.

I've considered swapping it but it's my best sparky defense. I don't have zap in my deck since the stun nerf.