Clash Royale Season 18: Balance changes and Pass Royale rewards

Clash Royale Season 18 releases on 7th December, and with it comes a brand-new Pass Royale with rewards for players to grind out. There's also a new Legendary card called the Mother Witch to find, as well as balance changes to a total of 11 cards. Check out all the balance changes coming with Clash Royale Season 18, and the rewards you will be able to get with the Pass Royale in this article. 

Clash Royale Season 18 balance changes

A total of 11 cards have received either buffs, nerfs or rewards with Clash Royale Season 18. While Clash Royale Season 18 releases on 7th December, the balance changes will only get deployed on 8th December, one day later as per tradition.

Both X-Bow and Guards have received a rework, while Goblin Giant, Witch and Bats all received some buffs. Getting hit by the nerf bat is Barbarian Hut, Graveyard, Heal Spirit, Fisherman, Electro Wizard, and Skeleton Barrel.

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Check out the new stats for all the cards which received balance changes on 8th December 2020 below.

X-Bow (Rework):

• Lifetime: 40 to 30 sec
• Hit Time: 0.25 sec to 0.30 sec
• Health: 1383 to 1330
• Damage: 26 to 34

Guards (Rework):

• Hit Time: 1.1 to 1.0 sec
• Health: 90 to 67

Goblin Giant (Buff):

• Hit time: 1.7 to 1.5 sec

Witch (Buff):

• Initial Spawn: 3.5 sec to 1 sec

Bats (Buff):

• First Hit: 0.8 sec to 0.6 sec

Barbarian Hut (Nerf): 

• Health: 1452 to 1144

Graveyard (Nerf): 

• Initial Spawn: 2.0 sec to 2.2 sec

Health Spirit (Nerf):

• Damage: 91 to 28

Fisherman (Nerf):

• Health: 800 to 720

Electro Wizard (Nerf):

• Damage: 93 to 91

Skeleton Barrel (Nerf):

• Health: 540 to 440

It will be interesting to see how these Balance Changes in Clash Royale Season 18 affect the meta, and if the nerfed cards, especially the Electro Wizard, will get used a little less in top tier competition.

Pass Royale rewards for Season 18

As always, the new Pass Royale will set you back $4.99. For most Clash Royale players, this is definitely worth the asking price, as you get a whole lot of benefits, as well as some exclusive rewards.

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There's also a free tier if you don't want all the rewards.

Tower skins:

• Clashmas Sled tower skin. Pass Royale at Tier 10.
• Tower Skin: Logmas Logmas tower skin - Shop item

Emotes:

• The Log: Logmas. Free for all players at Tier 5.
• Bowler Gift Emote Bowler Gift. Pass Royale at Tier 20.
• Bowler Sad Emote Bowler Sad - Shop item
• Mother Witch Laugh Emote Mother Witch Laugh - Shop item
• Mother Witch Laugh Emote Lumberjack Logmas - Challenge reward

There's a new battleground called Logmas Arena, which all players will be able to experience for free.

There are some great rewards with the new Pass Royale, which you can check out below.

• Unique Tower Skin & Emotes
• 40,000 Gold
• 6 x Pass Royale Lightning Chest
• 3 x Rare Pass Royale Lightning Chest 
• 4 x Epic Pass Royale Lightning Chest 
• 4 Trade Tokens
• Up to 7 Strikes per chest
• 1 Legendary Chest! 
• Bonus Bank Gold (up to 10,000 Gold)

Purchasing the Season 17 Pass Royale gives you the following benefits:

• Unlimited re-entries and continues for Special Challenges
• Automatic chest unlocking 
• Strikes for all Pass Royale & Crown Chests
• An exclusive Pass Royale golden name
• Gifts for all Clanmates

So there you have it, all the Pass Royale Season 18 rewards and benefits to start grinding for, as well s the balance changes.