Archers

common

3 Elixir

A pair of lightly armored ranged attackers. They'll help you take down ground and air units, but you're on your own with hair coloring advice.

Card TypeTroop

ArenaTraining Camp

Released4 Jan 2016

Elixir Cost3

Raritycommon

Max Level16

Evolution2 Cycles

Combat Attributes

Attack

Hit Speed: 0.9 sec
First Hit: 0.5 sec
Targets: Air & Ground
Range: 5
Projectile Speed: 600

Movement

Movement Speed: Medium (60)
Transport: Ground

Deployment

Deploy Time: 1 sec
Count: x2

Stats include official balance changes through October 2026.

Level Statistics

See how Archers' stats scale from Level 1 to Level 16

Archers stats at each card level, Level 1 to Level 16. One row per level; columns are the stats that change with level.
Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage per second
Level 1StartYour level	119	43	47
Level 2Your level	130	47	52
Level 3Your level	143	52	57
Level 4Your level	158	57	63
Level 5Your level	173	63	70
Level 6Your level	190	70	77
Level 7Your level	209	76	84
Level 8Your level	229	84	93
Level 9Your level	252	93	103
Level 10Your level	277	102	113
Level 11TournamentYour level	304	112	124
Level 12Your level	334	123	136
Level 13Your level	367	136	151
Level 14Your level	403	149	165
Level 15Your level	442	164	182
Level 16MaxYour level	486	180	200

Tournament: Level 11 is the level tournament matches use, whatever a card's rarity.

Card stats use Level 11 as the scaling baseline. Minor rounding differences may occur at other levels, consistent with the source data.

Combat Mechanics Encyclopedia

Verified 2026-08-17

Figures below use Level 11, Clash Royale's tournament standard, regardless of the level selected above.

Archers deploy as two independent 3-elixir Common troop units (304 HP / 112 damage each at tournament level 11), each attacking Air & Ground on its own 0.9s cadence with no splash and no pooled HP — the commonly cited "224 combined damage" is just the arithmetic sum of both units' 112 hits landing on one target in the same instant, not a distinct mechanic. The Evolution form (live since 6 Nov 2023) shares identical HP and normal damage with Base but extends range 5→6 tiles and adds a purely distance-triggered Power Shot: a boosted single-target arrow that fires automatically instead of the normal hit whenever the target is 4–6 tiles away (currently 140 damage at L11, 125% of normal, per Supercell's 4 Aug 2026 "Final August 2026 Balance Changes"). Real-game fidelity caveats: a 0.1s deploy-stagger between the two units (since 2 Jun 2020) and Evolution's Power Shot are both unmodeled by Crownstats' own Duel Simulator/Interaction Lab.

Type: Troop. Rarity: Common. Elixir cost: 3 (identical for both Base and Evolution).
Base form released 4 January 2016, during Clash Royale's regional iOS soft-launch phase — several weeks ahead of the game's actual worldwide/global launch on 2 March 2016 — as one of the cards available in Training Camp from day one.
Evolution form released 6 November 2023.
Unlock arena is Training Camp, available from the very start of the game.
Archers has Base and Evolution forms only — there is no Hero version of this card.
Damage per unit (normal hit) at Level 11 is 112 for both Base and Evolution.
Evolution's Power Shot damage at Level 11 is currently 140, following Supercell's 4 Aug 2026 "Final August 2026 Balance Changes" patch.
Hit Speed is 0.9 sec for both Base and Evolution at Level 11 (current value; last changed 7 Feb 2023 from 1.1s→0.9s, no later change found).
EvolutionEvolved Archers keeps identical hitpoints and normal damage to the base troop, but extends range from 5 to 6 tiles and adds Power Shot — a boosted single-target arrow that fires automatically instead of the normal hit whenever the target is 4-6 tiles away, currently 140 damage at level 11 after an August 2026 cut from 168.

Also in Merge Tactics

Archers also appears as a troop in Clash Royale's Merge Tactics mode, bought from the shop and merged for star upgrades rather than cycled through a deck.

View Archers in Merge Tactics

Card interactions and upgrades in CrownLab

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Archers work?

Archers deploy as two independent 3-elixir Common troop units (304 HP / 112 damage each at tournament level 11), each attacking Air & Ground on its own 0.9s cadence with no splash…