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Ronin is the first brand-new card since September 2025 — a 5-elixir Legendary who parries melee hits and reflects double damage. Plus C.H.A.O.S Season 2, Choice Chests, and the July balance changes.
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Star Levels in Clash Royale are purely cosmetic — they give maxed cards a golden, animated skin and change nothing about stats, damage, or hitpoints. Here's how Star Points work, how to unlock all 3 star levels, and whether they're worth it in 2026.
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Graveyard Poison is a dominant control deck from 2000 to 9000+ trophies. The proven counters (center-placed splash like Valkyrie and Baby Dragon), plus what our analysis of 6M+ ranked battles adds: defensive buildings over-perform (Cannon +12.7pts), and Hog Cycle and Log Bait hard-counter it. Updated for the May 2026 Season 83 meta.
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The May 26, 2026 Collection Levels update drained gold for thousands of players who mass-upgraded cards to chase reward tiers. A single Level 14 to 15 upgrade costs 100,000 gold, while a card's full Mastery chain pays only 75,000 - so even maxing Masteries does not fund one top-end upgrade. This guide gives the exact gold-priority order, the fastest post-update gold sources, and why upgrading Commons just for Collection Level is the most common gold mistake.
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The May 26, 2026 Q2 update overhauls Pass Royale economics. You can now skip Pass Royale tiers with Gems at 1 Crown = 10 Gems, earn Streak Rewards (Magic Lucky Chest + Gems + tier boost) for consecutive Pass upgrades, opt into a 5-7 day Mini Pass with a free + paid track, and get Catch-Up Rewards on your next win after missing daily battle rewards. This guide breaks down the math, the strategy, and when to spend versus save.
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Hero Tombstone is the first building-based Hero in Clash Royale, which launched June 1, 2026 with Season 84 'Stone Cold'. Drop the Tombstone building like a normal defensive structure, then tap the 6-Elixir Regal Revival ability to destroy your Tombstone and raise Tomb Queen — a win-condition Hero that targets enemy buildings and towers while spawning Skeletons, adding an offensive transition to skeleton-spam shells.
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Your Clash Royale player tag is the unique 8-12 character code (starts with #) that identifies your account. Find it in two taps: tap your name in the upper-left of the main screen, then tap the small copy icon next to the tag shown below your name.
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Merge Tactics Season 9 runs May 26 to July 13, 2026 and ships the biggest mechanical update the mode has seen — new Ruler Tomb Queen with Regal Revival, Ruler Quests with milestone Orb rewards, 9 new equipment types, a 34-troop pool with 4 new troops and 6 reworked troops, 12 new modifiers across all leagues, and a one-trait-per-troop simplification. The May 26 balance pass also retunes 5 Rulers and 9 troops (Giant, Dart Goblin, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Skeleton Dragons, and Wizard re-costed; Grand Warden's shield now infinite). Spectating knocked-out players is also live.
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Princess Evolution launched June 1, 2026 with Season 84 'Stone Cold'. Evolved Princess fires icy arrows on her first shot and every third shot after, slowing nearby enemies. When she's defeated, her dropped arrows form a frost zone that slows enemy troops walking through it. Two layers of crowd control on a 3-Elixir card. Unlocked via Evolution Shards or the Upgraded Pass Royale.
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Clash Royale Coach GPT: ChatGPT custom AI with 11 live actions for deck analysis, Royale IQ, Tilt Meter, evolutions & post-match coaching. May 2026.
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Collection Levels launched May 26, 2026. The formula is sum of card levels + 5 per Evolution + 5 per Hero. Rewards start at Level 20 and arrive every 10 levels through Level 1500, then every 5 levels - totaling 14,955 gems, 28,920 common Wildcards, and 7,850 rare Wildcards across the full track.
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