Baby Dragon

Baby Dragon is a 4-Elixir Epic flying troop (Arena 6, released in Clash Royale's original Jan 2016 launch pool) that targets Air & Ground. It fires a single ranged fireball impact per attack cycle (first hit 0.3s after acquiring a target, then every 1.5s), dealing its full listed damage (168 at tournament-standard Level 11) simultaneously and undivided to every enemy unit within a 1.5-tile splash radius — a single impact point, since it is a count:x1 unit with no multi-projectile or chain behavior. As an Air unit it can only be targeted/retaliated against by units whose own targeting includes Air; ground-only melee/ranged attackers cannot touch it at all. The base form has no special mechanics beyond this splash attack. Its Evolution (released 1 Sept 2025, cycle cost 2) changes zero raw combat numbers, instead adding a passive 8x9-tile aura that slows enemies' movement -30% and hastes allies' movement +30% while it's alive (the ally figure was nerfed from a launch value of +50% in Dec 2025 to standardize with the enemy slow).

• Baby Dragon is a Troop-type card.

• Baby Dragon is Epic rarity.

• Baby Dragon costs 4 Elixir.

• Baby Dragon was released 4 January 2016, which is exactly Clash Royale's own iOS soft-launch date (Canada/Hong Kong/Australia/Sweden/Norway/Denmark/Iceland/Finland/New Zealand; global launch followed 2 March 2016) — meaning it was in the game's original launch card pool, not added later.

• Baby Dragon unlocks in Arena 6, P.E.K.K.A.'s Playhouse.

• Baby Dragon's Evolution form was released 1 September 2025. This is also a row in the Balance History ledger (September 2025 Update: Evolution released, ally +50% speed / enemy -30% speed at launch, cycle cost 2).

• Evolution 'Cycle Cost' (shards needed before the Evolution slot is charged/playable) is 2.

• At Level 11, Baby Dragon deals 168 damage per splash hit. This is also the endpoint of the 2026-07-06 'July Balance Changes' (Season 85) ledger row: base damage buffed 161 → 168 (+5%), because the base form was underperforming per patch notes.

• EvolutionEvolved Baby Dragon changes none of its own combat numbers — same hitpoints, same 168 splash damage. Instead it adds a passive aura covering roughly an 8x9-tile area that slows enemy movement 30% and speeds up allied movement 30%, the ally figure trimmed down from a launch value of 50% in a December 2025 balance pass.