Evolution Hunter

epic

4 Elixir

Evolution

Be very, very quiet. Evolved Hunter throws a net that stuns the closest troop. If that troop is in the air, it'll ground them.

Card TypeTroop

ArenaHog Mountain

Evolution released3 Mar 2025Royale's 9th Birthday season

Elixir Cost4

Rarityepic

Max Level16

Evolution2 Cycles

Combat Attributes

Attack

Hit Speed: 2.2 sec
First Hit: 0.7 sec
Targets: Air & Ground
Range: 4
Projectile Range: 6.5
Projectile Speed: 550

Movement

Movement Speed: Medium (60)
Transport: Ground

Deployment

Deploy Time: 1 sec
Count: x1

What the Evolution Adds

Compared with Hunter

Evolution: 2 Cycles; Every third play evolves
Base stats: Unchanged; Same hitpoints, damage and attack as Hunter

New mechanics

Net

Every few seconds

The Evolved Hunter throws a Net at the closest enemy troop, preventing it from moving or attacking while trapped; a trapped flying troop becomes vulnerable to ground attacks.

Net duration: 3 sec
Cooldown: 5 sec
Range: 4 tiles

Stats include official balance changes through October 2026.

Level Statistics

See how Evolution Hunter's stats scale from Level 6 to Level 16

Evolution Hunter stats at each card level, Level 6 to Level 16. One row per level; columns are the stats that change with level.
Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage per second
Level 6StartYour level	553	52×10 (520)	230
Level 7Your level	608	57×10 (570)	250
Level 8Your level	667	63×10 (630)	280
Level 9Your level	733	69×10 (690)	310
Level 10Your level	806	76×10 (760)	340
Level 11TournamentYour level	885	84×10 (840)	380
Level 12Your level	972	92×10 (920)	410
Level 13Your level	1,069	102×10 (1,020)	460
Level 14Your level	1,172	112×10 (1,120)	500
Level 15Your level	1,287	123×10 (1,230)	550
Level 16MaxYour level	1,415	135×10 (1,350)	610

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

×N (total) is the damage of each hit, how many hit, and their combined total.

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

Mechanics verified against Season 86 (August 2026)

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

4-Elixir Epic ground troop (unlocked Hog Mountain, released 12 Dec 2017) that targets Air & Ground. Each attack (2.2s hit speed, 0.7s first hit) is a single shotgun blast of 10 discrete pellets that converge on ONE target — a multi-projectile hit, not splash/AOE (no splashRadius field; Crownstats classifies it `mode: "total"`). At point-blank range all 10 pellets connect for the nominal total (840 at level 11, matching the 380 DPS field). Official flavor text and multiple secondary sources confirm damage falls off as engagement distance increases toward the separate 6.5-tile `projectile_range` field (vs. a 4-tile acquisition `range`), but no official quantitative falloff curve/breakpoint was ever found — this remains the card's central open question. Evolution (released 3 March 2025, Cycle Cost 2) keeps identical baseline combat stats and adds a periodic Net (3s duration / 5s cooldown / 4 range as of the 3 June 2025 patch) that roots the closest enemy troop and grounds flyers for the duration.

Hunter is an Epic troop costing 4 Elixir.
Hunter was released 12 December 2017, unlocked in the Hog Mountain arena.
Hunter has a Base form and an Evolution form; there is no Hero or Champion version of this card.
Hunter's Evolution was released 3 March 2025 with Cycle Cost 2.
At level 11 (dataset reference level), Hunter has 885 HP, deals 84 damage x10 pellets (840 nominal total) per shot, 380 DPS, 2.2s hit speed, and 0.7s first-hit time.
Hunter's targeting range is 4 tiles, but his shotgun pellets can actually travel out to 6.5 tiles once he's already locked onto a target — meaning he can keep firing on a target that retreats slightly after he's acquired it.
Hunter's attack is single-target only, not splash/area damage — each shot hits one enemy.
Projectile speed is 550; Hunter targets Air & Ground, has Ground transport, Medium (60) movement speed, and deploys as a single unit (x1).
EvolutionEvolved Hunter keeps the same shotgun attack as the base troop but adds a periodic Net that roots the nearest enemy troop for 3 seconds, firing once every 5 seconds within a 4-tile range — on top of, not instead of, the normal shotgun blast.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does Hunter work?

4-Elixir Epic ground troop (unlocked Hog Mountain, released 12 Dec 2017) that targets Air & Ground

What is Hunter's elixir cost and rarity?

Hunter costs 4 elixir and is a epic card.

What does Hunter's Evolution change?

Evolved Hunter keeps the same shotgun attack as the base troop but adds a periodic Net that roots the nearest enemy troop for 3 seconds, firing once every 5 seconds within a 4-tile range — on top of, not instead of, the normal shotgun blast.