Tornado

epic

3 Elixir

Drags enemy troops to its center while dealing damage over time, just like a magnet. A big, swirling, Tornado-y magnet.

Card TypeSpell

ArenaMiner's Mine

Released11 Nov 2016

Elixir Cost3

Rarityepic

Max Level16

EvolutionNone

Combat Attributes

Effect

Targets: Air & Ground
Radius: 5.5
Duration: 1.05 sec

Stats include official balance changes through October 2026.

Level Statistics

See how Tornado's stats scale from Level 6 to Level 16

Tornado stats at each card level, Level 6 to Level 16. One row per level; columns are the stats that change with level.
Level	Area damage	Crown Tower damage
Level 6StartYour level	52	18
Level 7Your level	57	20
Level 8Your level	63	22
Level 9Your level	69	24
Level 10Your level	76	26
Level 11TournamentYour level	84	29
Level 12Your level	92	32
Level 13Your level	102	35
Level 14Your level	112	39
Level 15Your level	123	42
Level 16MaxYour level	135	47

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.

Tornado is a 3-Elixir Epic spell, unlocked in the Miner's Mine arena, that drags every enemy troop within its large radius toward the center over about a second while chipping them with area damage. It's a positioning tool as much as a damage spell: bunching enemies together sets them up to be finished off by your splash-damage troops or lets you drag a push closer to your King Tower so it starts firing. Tornado doesn't damage buildings on the enemy side, but it can scratch a crown tower if the pull effect overlaps one. Its own damage is modest and was cut further in a 2025 balance pass, so it's best paired with another card that punishes grouped-up troops rather than relied on to win a fight by itself.

Tornado is a 3-Elixir Epic spell unlocked in the Miner's Mine arena, first released on 11 November 2016.
It pulls all nearby enemy troops, air and ground alike, toward the center of a wide zone (about 5.5 tiles across) over roughly 1 second.
How hard a troop gets pulled depends on its speed and weight — slow, heavy units like Golem get dragged the furthest, while fast units moving away from the Tornado resist the pull.
At tournament standard (level 11), Tornado deals 84 damage total to troops it pulls in and 29 damage to a crown tower if the effect reaches one.
In April 2025, Supercell halved Tornado's total damage output, from two 84-damage hits landing on a target that stayed in the pull for its whole duration (168 total) down to a single 84-damage hit — the value still in effect today.
Tornado's current short, powerful pull dates to a May 2020 rework: Supercell cut its duration in half, roughly doubled how strongly it drags troops in, and gave it the ability to chip crown towers for the first time.
Because it groups enemies without dealing much damage on its own, Tornado is usually paired with a splash-damage troop or building (like Baby Dragon, Executioner, or Bomb Tower) so the bunched-up group gets punished together.
Tornado is also used to drag an enemy push within range of your own King Tower, waking it up early to help defend, or to yank a lone tank off the bridge and stall its advance.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Tornado is a 3-Elixir Epic spell, unlocked in the Miner's Mine arena, that drags every enemy troop within its large radius toward the center over about a second while chipping them with…