Merge Tactics: Clash Royale Gets an Auto-Battler Mode

With the June 2025 update, Clash Royale shipped its most ambitious new mode ever: Merge Tactics, a four-player auto-battler playable from Arena 3 with no deck-building required.

Each round alternates a Deploy phase — spend Elixir, position troops on a board, merge duplicates to raise their star level — with an automatic Battle phase. Crowns are earned by winning rounds, and the last players standing take the match.

At launch the mode included 20 Clash Royale troops, 11 trait synergies (Ace, Assassin, Avenger, Brawler, Clan, Goblin, Juggernaut, Noble, Ranger, Thrower, Undead), two Rulers with distinct abilities — Royale King and Spirit Empress — and a set of unlockable modifiers.

Merge Tactics quickly grew into its own parallel live game, receiving monthly seasons, its own balance patches and seasonal resets from September 2025 onward.