Balance Changes — March 2026 (Season 81)
The 10th Anniversary season balances the Hero lineup, slows Vines and Royal Giant, and reworks Electro Dragon, Executioner, Barbarians and Spirit Empress with give-and-take stat swaps.
Season 81 lands on Clash Royale's tenth anniversary with a broad but measured patch: Hero Ice Golem, Hero Knight and Hero Mega Minion all lose some of their utility, and Vines' near-instant deploy gets more than doubled so defenders can actually react.
The rework column is busy — Electro Dragon and Executioner both trade Evolution power for stronger base stats, and Spirit Empress swaps hitpoints for ground-form speed.
Reworks
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- Evolution Extra Chain Damage: 128 → 64 (-50%)
- Hitpoints: 949 → 998 (+5%)
Evolution power shifted into base durability.
- Evolution Knockback: 1.5 tiles → 1 tile (-33%)
- Damage: 168 → 179 (+6%)
Less Evolution crowd control, more base damage.
- Hitpoints: 670 → 691 (+3%)
- Hit Speed: 1.3s → 1.4s (+8%)
- Ground Form Hitpoints: 1244 → 1152 (-7%)
- Ground Form Movement Speed: Medium → Fast
- Air Form Hitpoints: 1192 → 1177 (-3%)
Buffs
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Nerfs
(8)- Freeze Duration: 2s → 1.5s (-25%)
- Taunt Radius: 7.5 tiles → 6.5 tiles (-13%)
- Warp Damage: 468 → 412 (-12%)
Some ranged troops now survive one extra swipe.
- Sight Range: 7.5 tiles → 7 tiles (-7%)
- Invisibility Delay: 1.8s → 2s (+11%)
- Hit Speed: 1.7s → 1.8s (+6%)
The Evolution's knockback can no longer perpetually hold melee troops away.
- Deploy Time: 0.4s → 0.9s (+125%)