Best decks for Clash Royale Spooky Chess event

The Clash Royale Spooky Chess event, running until November 4, 2024, brings many changes to the typical battlefield. Instead of two Princess Towers, players will encounter a single Mother Witch Tower, while numerous building troops are placed on the King Tower's row for extra protection.

To make things more challenging, all the buildings are protected by a layer of Elite Guards. Additionally, these 11 cards including the Champion card Goblinstein are banned from the event:

Miner
Lightning
Goblin Drill
Poison
Void
Clone
Rocket
Fireball
Goblinstein
Earthquake
Arrows

This article highlights some of the best decks for the Clash Royale Spooky Chess event.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and reflect the writer's opinions.

Three decks for Clash Royale Spooky Chess event that you should try

Here are three decks for the Clash Royale Spooky Chess event:

1) Skeleton King Beatdown

Champions are allowed in Clash Royale Spooky Chess event (Image via Supercell)

Skeleton King (4 elixir)
Cannon Cart (5 elixir)
Goblin Gang (3 elixir)
Goblin Curse (2 elixir)
Mirror (Same as last card played)
Zap (2 elixir)
Giant Snowball (2 elixir)
Rage (2 elixir)

With this deck, the goal is to create an attack push with the Skeleton King. You can also aim to swarm opponents with Skeleton King's skeletons, Goblin Gang, and Goblin Curse. Additionally, Cannon Cart can distract and delay approaching enemies.

This deck does not have much coverage against air units, but Goblin Gang and spells can counter most flying troops.

2) Electro Giant Beatdown

Many Spooky Event decks run four spells (Image via Supercell)

Electro Giant (7 elixir)
Phoenix (4 elixir)
Mega Minion (3 elixir)
Tornado (3 elixir)
Royal Delivery (3 elixir)
Zap (2 elixir)
Giant Snowball (2 elixir)
Rage (2 elixir)

This Electro Giant deck runs 5x spells and only 3x troops. It utilizes the fact that most spells can be deployed throughout the arena, unlike troops that can only be used on the player's or neutral territory.

To gain tower damage, this deck uses the Electro Giant to create an attack push. This 7-elixir troop can distract enemy troops and easily counter swarms. Mega Minion and Phoenix help cover against airborne threats.

3) Lumberloon with PEKKA

Airbourne troops are used in many Clash Royale Spooky Chess decks (Image via Supercell)

Balloon (5 elixir)
PEKKA (7 elixir)
Lumberjack (4 elixir)
Electro Dragon (4 elixir)
Ice Wizard (3 elixir)
Tornado (3 elixir)
Freeze (4 elixir)
Zap (2 elixir)

With Lumberloon decks, you can get the crown tower damage with Balloon and Lumberjack. Since it will be harder for the Balloon to reach the crown tower, you can support it with Electro Dragon Freeze, and Zap.

This deck also runs PEKKA as a defender. Occasionally, you will find opportunities to create attack pushes with the PEKKA.

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