
Dart Goblin






Combat data baseline: August 11, 2026. Official balance changes applied through: September 2026 (September 7, 2026).
1 stat on this card was corrected to its current official value — see below.
Level Statistics
Hitpoints
420
Total damage this unit can take before being destroyed.
Damage
251
Damage dealt by one normal attack to a valid target.
Damage Per Second
313
Average damage dealt per second, factoring in hit speed.
Card stats use Level 11 as the scaling baseline. Minor rounding differences may occur at other levels, consistent with the source data.
Combat Attributes
Hit Speed
0.8 sec
Time between repeated attacks, after the first attack.
First Hit Speed
0.35 sec
Time from deployment (or becoming able to attack) until this unit's first attack lands.
Target
Air & Ground
What this card is able to attack.
Range
6.5
Maximum distance at which this unit can attack a target.
Speed
Very Fast (120)
How fast this unit moves.
Deploy Time
1 sec
Projectile Speed
800
How fast this unit's projectile travels to its target — a slower projectile can be outrun or dodged.
Count
x1
How many individual units this card deploys.
Transport
Ground
Combat Mechanics Encyclopedia
Verified 2026-08-17Figures below use Level 11, Clash Royale's tournament standard, regardless of the level selected above.
Dart Goblin is a 3-Elixir glass cannon that snipes both air and ground threats from a long 6.5-tile range with an almost-instant first shot, trading very low hitpoints for high burst damage and Very Fast movement. His Evolution leaves a lingering poison cloud on darted targets that grows far more dangerous the more times he hits the same target, and his long detection range has made him prone to wandering off his lane — a quirk Supercell has directly patched.
Dart Goblin is a 3-Elixir glass cannon that hits both air and ground targets from a long 6.5-tile range. He has only 261 hitpoints, but Very Fast movement and 156 damage per shot give him roughly 195 damage per second.
His first dart flies just 0.35 seconds after he's deployed, far quicker than his normal 0.8-second reload between shots afterward — letting him get an immediate hit in on whatever he's dropped to answer before it can close the distance.
Dart Goblin joined Clash Royale on 13 January 2017 as a Rare card.
Evolutionevery dart the Evolved Dart Goblin lands on a target adds to a stacking poison effect on that target. One hit poisons for 51 damage per second, four cumulative hits push that to 115, and seven cumulative hits unleash a brutal 307 damage per second, spreading in a 1.5-tile radius and also chipping Crown Towers for 13/29/77 damage per second at each stage. Like other Evolutions, he needs to recharge — it takes two deployments of Dart Goblin before the evolved version is ready to use again.
In February 2025, Supercell cut Dart Goblin's damage from 142 to 135 (down 5%) to rein in his role as a backbone of Spell Bait decks, while noting he'd still drop a Spear Goblin in a single hit even after the reduction.
Supercell reworked Dart Goblin again in August 2025: his hit speed slowed from 0.7 to 0.8 seconds, but his damage jumped from 133 to 156 (up 17%) to compensate, and his Evolution's poison cloud duration was cut from 4 seconds down to just 1. The change was aimed at making him less overwhelming against heavier decks without gutting his overall power, and these are still his current hit speed, damage, and evolution poison duration figures.
In March 2026, Supercell trimmed Dart Goblin's sight range from 7.5 tiles down to 7. His detection range had gotten long enough that he'd sometimes abandon his own lane to chase a faraway target on the other side of the Arena — the reduction keeps him from wandering and makes his pathing more consistent.
Also in Merge Tactics
Dart Goblin 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 Dart Goblin in Merge TacticsFrequently Asked Questions
How does Dart Goblin work?
Dart Goblin is a 3-Elixir glass cannon that snipes both air and ground threats from a long 6.5-tile range with an almost-instant first shot, trading very low hitpoints for high burst damage…
What is Dart Goblin's elixir cost and rarity?
Dart Goblin costs 3 elixir and is a rare card.
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