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Season 87Live

September 2026 Balance Changes

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Balance updates
September 8, 2026 · September 16, 2026
Official Supercell post
September 23, 2026
Cards
19
Buffs
3
Nerfs
10
Reworks
6

Clash Royale's September 2026 balance changes, shipped with Season 87 and a mid-month follow-up, change 19 cards and card forms: ten nerfs, three buffs and six reworks. Freeze drops to 3.5 seconds, Ice Golem loses hitpoints but slows for longer, Wizard trades a slower first hit for more damage, and Hero Ice Wizard's freeze now lasts at most 5 seconds.

Cards in this update: Evolution Elite Barbarians, Battle Ram, Evolution Battle Ram, Hero Balloon, Hero Ice Wizard, Ice Golem, Freeze, Fireball, Zappies, Golem, Ronin, Goblin Cage, Spirit Empress, Bomber, Evolution Bomber, Wizard, Evolution Wizard, Hero Wizard, Hero Mega Minion.

Season Context

These changes shipped alongside the Minion Academy season, which also added Minion Giant — a 4-Elixir flying win condition — and Hero Ice Wizard with the Frosty Fella ability.

Minion Giant

All changes

One entry per card, or one for each kind of change when Supercell lists a card under two. A change that also reaches a card's Evolution or Hero form says so on the card instead of being listed twice.

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Evolution Elite Barbarians

Nerf
Min Spear Range
3.5 tilesto3.0 tiles-14%Nerf
Max Spear Range
5.0 tilesto4.5 tiles-10%Nerf
Rage Duration
2.5 secto2.0 sec-20%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Battle Ram

Nerf
Sight Range
5.5 tilesto6.5 tiles+18%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Evolution Battle Ram

Nerf
Pushback
2.5 tilesto2.0 tiles-20%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Ice Golem

Nerf
HitpointsLevel 11
1315to1228-7%Nerf
Slowdown Duration
2.0 secto2.5 sec+25%Buff

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Freeze

Nerf
Duration
4.0 secto3.5 sec-13%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Fireball

Nerf
Crown Tower DamageLevel 11
172to159-8%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Zappies

Nerf
Hit Speed
2.2 secto2.3 sec+5%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Golem

Nerf
Sight Range
7.0 tilesto7.5 tiles+7%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Ronin

Buff
Hit Speed
1.4 secto1.3 sec-7%Buff

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Goblin Cage

Buff
Goblin Brawler HitpointsLevel 11
1080to1121+4%Buff

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Spirit Empress

Buff
Air DamageLevel 11
309to320+4%Buff
Ground DamageLevel 11
309to320+4%Buff

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Bomber

Rework
DamageLevel 11
225to212-6%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Evolution Bomber

Rework
Bounce Distance
2.5 tilesto3.0 tiles+20%Change

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Wizard

Rework
DamageLevel 11
281to304+8%Buff
First Hit
0.4 secto0.5 sec+25%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Evolution Wizard

Rework
Shield HitpointsLevel 11
192to176-8%Nerf

Balance update · September 8, 2026

Archetypes This Affects

Bridge Spam

Elite Barbarians' Evolution takes a third consecutive nerf here — Rage Duration down to 2.0 seconds and half a tile off both ends of the spear range — and Battle Ram, another staple of this archetype, gained Sight Range that makes it easier to pull off target. Both of this archetype's main pressure tools got worse in the same patch.

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golem-beatdown

Golem's Sight Range rose from 7.0 to 7.5 tiles, changing how early it commits to a building target. Freeze, a common finisher behind a Golem push, simultaneously lost half a second of duration.

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Sources & status

  • Verified by CrownStatsIndependent balance-data reference, verified by CrownStatsChecked September 7, 2026
  • OfficialSupercell — September Balance Changes Read September 28, 2026 · Changes marked Supercell

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