Merge Tactics Season 7 Balance – April 2026 Patch Notes (Official Values)

Season 7 balance overview

This article mirrors the Clash Royale / Merge Tactics balance posts for Season 7, through April 2, 2026. Values below match what we use on this site in Troops, Traits, and ruler descriptions.

April 2, 2026: Troops

Giant Skeleton

Bomb AoE damage: 300/600/1200/2400 → 200/400/800/1600 (−33%)
Stun duration: 2s (all levels) → 1/2/3/5s by star level

Giant Skeleton is being differentiated from Goblin Demolisher with stronger control (scaling stun) and a lighter bomb.

P.E.K.K.A

Hitpoints: 1400 → 1600 (+14%)

P.E.K.K.A needed more bulk for her frontline role.

Dart Goblin

Attack range: 5 → 4 (−20%)
Attack damage: 70 → 80 (+14%)

Extra range was undervalued; damage compensates for the range cut.

March 16, 2026: Rulers

Goblin Queen: Greener Grin

Goblin drop rate: 25% → 33% (+32% relative)

Battle Machine: Building Master

Building hit speed growth between levels: 1 → 1.2 (+20%)

Dagger Duchess: Dagger Donation

Dagger bonus hit speed: 150% → 180% (+20%)

March 16, 2026: Troops

Baby Dragon

Damage: 130 → 100 (−23%)
Range: 3 → 2 (−33%)

Archer Queen

Hits to activate ability: 5/4/3/2 → 4/3/2/1
Hit speed: 1.67s → 1.42s (+15% faster)

March 16, 2026: Traits

Dragon

Damage reduction: 50% → 33%
Bonus damage: 50% → 33%

Warrior

Activation delay: 8s → 4s (−50%)
Bonus damage (2/4): 30% → 40%
Bonus damage (4/4): 60% → 80%
Bonus hit speed (2/4): 30% → 40%
Bonus hit speed (4/4): 60% → 80%

March 16, 2026: Bug fixes

Witch: Skeleton summons no longer incorrectly gain extra HP and damage.
Skeleton Dragon: Fixed duplicate Skeleton Dragons spawning at full HP.

February 23, 2026: Highlights (still current)

Rulers

Goblin Queen: counts for Goblin trait; drop rate adjusted (see March 16 for latest 33% value).
Echo Sage: level-up HP growth 170% → 150%.

Troops (examples)

Dart Goblin: 3 → 2 Elixir; HP and damage retuned.
Royal Giant: 2 → 3 Elixir; HP, damage, hit speed updated.
P.E.K.K.A: 3 → 4 Elixir; HP, damage, AoE swing ability.
Prince: 3 → 4 Elixir; stat rework.
Archer Queen: damage, hit speed, multi-trigger invisibility ability.

Traits

Ace: bonus damage focus; captain damage and heal-on-defeat percentages updated.
Clan: rework to team bonus HP (Clans get double).
Titan, Fire, Noble: individual / simplified effects (see in-game tooltips).
Superstar: ability bar 50% / 100% fill at 2/4 and 4/4 (was 1/3 and 2/3).

January 2026 balance: earlier trait and troop tuning
Troops wiki: card text and costs
Traits wiki: breakpoint bonuses

Keep rulin' and merge on: The Clash Royale Team