Royale IQ is a 0-100 score that summarizes how you're performing relative to other Clash Royale players in your trophy range. It blends win rate (weight 3), trophy delta (weight 2), crown rate (weight 1), and clutch close-game performance (weight 2). Higher is better. The score maps to seven tiers: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Champion, Royal.
Royale IQ Explained: How Clash Coach AI Scores Your Clash Royale Performance
Royale IQ is the Clash Coach AI single-number summary of how a player is performing right now, computed from the last battle log against peer benchmarks for the player's trophy range. It powers the Deck Lab workspace header, the right-rail intelligence panel, and the deck-fit score column on every recommended deck.
What Is Royale IQ?
Royale IQ is a 0-100 score derived from four metrics:
| Metric | Weight | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 3× | Percentage of recent battles won |
| Trophy delta | 2× | Net trophy gain or loss over the window |
| Crown rate | 1× | Average crowns per battle |
| Clutch (close-game WR) | 2× | Win rate in battles decided in overtime or by 1 crown |
Each metric is converted to a percentile (0-100) by comparing your raw value against the peer benchmarks for your trophy range. The four percentiles are then weighted 3:2:1:2 and normalized to produce the final 0-100 Royale IQ score.
The reason win rate and clutch dominate the formula is that both predict trophy progression more reliably than crown rate alone. A player with a 60% win rate but only 0.8 crowns per battle is still climbing the ladder; a player at 50% win rate with 1.4 crowns per battle is just trading.
What Are the Royale IQ Tiers?
The score maps to seven tiers, each with its own gradient badge in the workspace:
| Score range | Tier |
|---|---|
| 95-100 | Royal |
| 88-94 | Champion |
| 78-87 | Diamond |
| 65-77 | Platinum |
| 48-64 | Gold |
| 30-47 | Silver |
| 0-29 | Bronze |
Tiers are calibrated so that the median active player in any trophy range lands in Gold or low Platinum. A Diamond+ score means you're outperforming most peers in your range; Royal means you're in the top 5%.
How Are Peer Benchmarks Built?
Benchmarks are computed per trophy range from active battle data. The six tracked ranges are:
- Under 5,000
- 5,000 - 6,000
- 6,000 - 7,000
- 7,000 - 8,000
- 8,000 - 9,000
- 9,000+
Each range has its own win-rate, trophy-delta, crown-rate, and close-game-WR distributions. Royale IQ compares you only against players in your range — comparing a 5,000-trophy player to a 9,000+ player would be meaningless because the meta, deck quality, and player skill all shift.
What Does the Confidence Band Mean?
Each Royale IQ score carries a confidence label: high, medium, or low. This reflects how many peer samples were available when computing the percentiles:
- High — 150+ peer samples per metric. The percentile is reliable.
- Medium — 25-149 peer samples. Directionally correct but expect small swings.
- Low — fewer than 25 peer samples. Treat the score as an early signal only.
Confidence drops most often when a trophy range has few active tracked players (typically the very low or very high ranges) or when you've played fewer than ~20 battles in the current window.
How Is Royale IQ Different From Trophy Count?
Trophy count tells you where you've ended up; Royale IQ tells you whether you're climbing right now relative to peers. A 7,500-trophy player who just dropped 200 trophies in a tilt spiral has the same trophy count as before the streak started — but their Royale IQ would have moved from Diamond to Gold during the streak because their recent win rate, trophy delta, and crown rate all dipped. The score recovers as the streak ends and the player wins again.
This makes Royale IQ a leading indicator: it usually shifts before trophy count does.
How Does Royale IQ Power Deck Lab?
Inside the Deck Lab workspace at /app/decks, Royale IQ feeds three places:
- Header pill — your current score and tier, visible on every tab.
- Right rail Live Intelligence panel — full breakdown of all four component percentiles and the confidence band.
- Fit score on every recommended deck — every deck card shows three bars: Meta (how strong the deck is on the ladder), You (how much of it you own and at what level), and Fit (how well it matches your Royale IQ profile). The composite score is
and decides the ranking order.metaStrength × collectionCompletion × royaleIQFit
A deck that scores 95/100/60 ranks below a deck that scores 90/100/85 — Fit matters because a top-meta deck you can't pilot well isn't going to climb you trophies.
FAQ
What is a good Royale IQ score?
Anything 65 or higher (Platinum tier) means you're outperforming the median player in your trophy range. Diamond (78+) and above means you're in the top quartile.
Why did my Royale IQ drop after a loss streak?
Loss streaks pull down win rate, trophy delta, and crown rate simultaneously — three of the four input metrics. The score is designed to be sensitive to recent form so you see the dip and can step away before it becomes a longer slide. Wins pull it back up the same way.
How often is Royale IQ recalculated?
The score is computed live from your battle log on each Deck Lab page load, then cached for 5 minutes. Peer benchmarks are refreshed daily.
What if my Royale IQ shows "Insufficient data"?
This means either (a) you've played fewer battles than the minimum sample size in your current trophy range, or (b) Clash Coach AI has fewer than 25 peer samples for your range. Play 20+ battles in the same range and the score will populate.
Does Royale IQ count 1v1 only or both 1v1 and 2v2?
Currently 1v1 ladder ranked battles only — these are the most comparable to peer benchmarks. 2v2 and challenge battles are excluded from the score window.
Will my Royale IQ tier appear on my profile publicly?
No. Royale IQ is computed inside the Deck Lab workspace and is visible only to the signed-in player. There's no public leaderboard or sharing surface in v1.
How does Royale IQ relate to the Tilt Meter?
The two scores answer different questions. Royale IQ asks "how are you performing vs peers right now?" The Tilt Meter asks "are you in a tilt-spiral pattern that's likely to keep dropping trophies?" A player can have a Diamond Royale IQ and an Elevated Tilt Meter — they're outperforming peers historically but spiraling in the last 10 battles.