Skeleton Dragons

common

4 Elixir

This pair of skeletal scorchers deal Area Damage and fly above the Arena. They also play a mean rib cage xylophone duet.

Card TypeTroop

ArenaSpell Valley

Released6 Jul 2020

Elixir Cost4

Raritycommon

Max Level16

EvolutionNone

Combat Attributes

Attack

Hit Speed: 2 sec
First Hit: 0.4 sec
Targets: Air & Ground
Range: 3.5
Splash Radius: 1.5
Projectile Speed: 500

Movement

Movement Speed: Fast (90)
Transport: Air

Deployment

Deploy Time: 1 sec
Count: x2

Stats include official balance changes through October 2026.

Level Statistics

See how Skeleton Dragons' stats scale from Level 1 to Level 16

Skeleton Dragons stats at each card level, Level 1 to Level 16. One row per level; columns are the stats that change with level.
Level	Hitpoints	Area damage	Damage per second
Level 1StartYour level	219	59	29
Level 2Your level	240	64	32
Level 3Your level	264	71	35
Level 4Your level	291	78	39
Level 5Your level	319	86	43
Level 6Your level	350	94	47
Level 7Your level	385	103	51
Level 8Your level	422	113	56
Level 9Your level	464	125	62
Level 10Your level	510	137	68
Level 11TournamentYour level	560	151	75
Level 12Your level	615	165	82
Level 13Your level	676	182	91
Level 14Your level	742	200	100
Level 15Your level	814	219	109
Level 16MaxYour level	895	241	120

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 2026-08-19

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

Skeleton Dragons is a 4-Elixir Common troop that drops a pair of small flying dragons instead of one large unit. Each dragon can hit both air and ground targets and deals damage in a splash radius, making the card a solid answer to grouped swarm troops. They fire their first shot quickly after landing, then settle into a steady attack rhythm. Because the deployment is split into two separate bodies, Skeleton Dragons pack a lot of potential damage for their cost, but each dragon is fragile on its own and dies quickly to spells or focused fire. They work best paired with a tank or ground push rather than sent in alone.

Skeleton Dragons is a Common, 4-Elixir troop card unlocked in the Spell Valley arena, first added to Clash Royale on 6 July 2020. Playing the card drops two separate flying skeleton dragons onto the battlefield rather than one large unit.
At tournament standard (level 11), each Skeleton Dragon has 560 hitpoints and a 3.5-tile attack range, and can hit both air and ground targets with a burst of splash damage.
A balance update in May 2026 cut the Skeleton Dragons' damage from 161 to 151 per hit (about a 6% reduction), bringing their output down to roughly 76 damage per second at tournament level, a step back after an earlier change had made them very strong against swarm troops.
Earlier, an April 2026 update significantly increased the Skeleton Dragons' splash radius (from 0.8 to 1.5 tiles) and very slightly slowed their attack rate (hit speed going from 1.9 to 2 seconds), specifically to bring their area damage in line with other splash-damage troops.
The dragons fire their first shot quickly, just 0.4 seconds after deploying, before settling into their normal attack rhythm, and they're ready to defend about 1 second after being placed.
Each Skeleton Dragon deals the same damage per hit as an equivalent-level Baby Dragon, so splitting that damage across two separate flying bodies roughly doubles the card's total damage potential for the same 4 Elixir. The tradeoff is durability: with hitpoints split between two units, Skeleton Dragons go down much faster than a single Baby Dragon would.
Because they hit in a splash radius, Skeleton Dragons are especially good at shredding grouped swarm troops like Minions, Bats, or Goblin Gang, and they work best backed by a tank or ground push rather than sent in alone - unsupported, they're exposed to a well-placed Fireball, Poison, or similar area spell.
Skeleton Dragons move at Fast speed and fire fast-traveling projectiles, so they reliably connect with targets rather than needing to lead their shots.

Also in Merge Tactics

Skeleton Dragons 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 Skeleton Dragons in Merge Tactics

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