The Clash Royale team reaffirmed last week’s Card Power Rankings by correctly pointing out that Barbarians and Wizard are currently the 2 most used cards in the game, and subsequently will be nerfing them along with a host of other cards in the next update happening early February. Now that players know what’s coming in a few weeks, will it affect which cards they play now? Or will the Power Rankings stay relatively the same until the changes kick in? Let’s find out!
Clash Royale Card Power Rankings (Jan. 26th)
| Rank | Card | Last Week’s Rank | ||
| 1 | Wizard |  |
2 | The most used card in the game is now also the most used card by the Top 20! The 7% damage nerf will really hurt his value once the update comes though. |
| 2 | Freeze |  |
10th (tied) | Surprise! Freeze suddenly shoots up the charts this week! It’s become a staple for many player’s deck, but just how bad will the upcoming decreased radius hurt the spell? |
| 3 | Barbarians |  |
1 | The Fearsome Four gets knocked off the top spot this week. How will the decreased health in the upcoming update affect its usage? |
| 4 | Tombstone |  |
8 (tied) | More top players are finding the cheap and fragile tower a great counter (or staller) against just about anything |
| 5 | Spear Goblin |  |
3 | The cheap trio is still a popular play amongst the top players. |
| 6 (tied) | Fireball |  |
5 | Some people say that Fireball will be the biggest beneficiary from the upcoming update, despite the fact that no changes will be happening to the spell! |
| 6 (tied) | Hog Rider |  |
4 | The popular tower wrecker will be untouched for the next round of nerfs and buffs. |
| 8 | Baby Dragon |
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Unranked | The often under-appreciated but always reliable Baby Dragon makes its way into the Top 10 this week. |
| 9 (tied) | Arrows
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6 | Still a popular play against weak characters, but will no longer be effective against Archers once the nerf kicks in |
| 9 (tied) | Knight |  |
Unranked | Everybody’s first card finally gets some love from the top players! |
| 9 (tied) | Lightning |  |
Unranked | I see you just played a Wizard behind your tower. Oh, I’m sorry, it’s now turned to dust. |