{"id":997,"date":"2016-05-23T23:52:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clashroyale.wiki\/?p=997"},"modified":"2022-03-16T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:03:40","slug":"how-to-kite-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clashroyale.wiki\/how-to-kite-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Kite Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background Information and Why its Useful<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kiting is used in many strategy games, especially games that involve computer aggro. \u00a0Kiting troops can help deal more damage than usual if kiting was not used. \u00a0Because of this, it is an effective way to kill troops faster. \u00a0Kiting may be challenging for some users as they will have to identify how far away a troop is to something and where to place defending troops or buildings in order to effectively aggro the enemy unit. \u00a0Failure to do so can result in losing a tower in Clash Royale. \u00a0There are a few different types of troops that will help you save a ton of health if you perfom kiting correctly. \u00a0This strategy will probably be very short as there is not much explaining to do.<\/p>\n

Different Types of Troops Need Different Types Of\u00a0Defensive\u00a0Units to Kite<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building seeking troops<\/em>– These troops\u00a0<\/em>need to be kited with some sort of building. \u00a0Building seeking troops include Balloon, Giant, Royal Giant, Golem, Hog Rider, and Lava Hound. \u00a0These will needed to be distracted by cards like\u00a0Barbarian Hut,\u00a0Bomber Tower,\u00a0Cannon,\u00a0Elixir Collector,\u00a0Furnace,\u00a0Goblin Hut,\u00a0Inferno Tower,\u00a0Mortar,\u00a0Tombstone,\u00a0Tesla, and the\u00a0X-Bow.<\/p>\n

Any target troops<\/em>– These troops can be kited with any type of non spell card. \u00a0The easiest and most passive type of kitting to these troops would be some sort of building in the center of your map a few squares in front of your king’s tower. \u00a0This type of passive aggro pull may not be the best option in every given situation though.<\/p>\n

Basic Concept<\/strong><\/p>\n

The basic concept of kiting is simple. \u00a0You want to make the enemy troop move around back and forth a lot so it spends its time walking, not attacking. \u00a0This allows more damage from you to be put into that troop because in addition to your kiting troops, your arena tower, and sometimes both of them, help kill that unit a lot quicker. \u00a0Troop placement should try to draw the attacking troops towards the center so the range from your arena tower’s overlap and essentially does twice the damage.<\/p>\n

How to Kite different Type of Troops<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main troops you want to kite are the following:<\/p>\n

\"imgres\"Prince<\/em>– The prince is a very important troop to kite. \u00a0Its charge can be devastating if it lands on your tower and not on a week troop. \u00a0If he gets his charge off on your tower, that could be the difference of being able to fireball it down and being able to win the match. \u00a0Like any other high damage troop, you want to use low health point troops so your enemy can’t take advantage of their\u00a0high damage per second. \u00a0Using low health point troops make your opponent waste a lot of potential damage after every swing. \u00a0The most common troops to kite or stall a prince is skeletons, barbarians, spear goblins, goblins, and the mini pekka. \u00a0Each of these units are able to withstand the charge of a prince and can usually take it down with the help of your defending towers.<\/p>\n

\"DarkPrinceCard\"Dark Prince<\/em>– Like the prince, this troop also has a charge. \u00a0However, since this troop’s attack is splash damage, you can’t use small, cheap troops like skeletons, spear goblins, and goblins. \u00a0You can use barbarians though. \u00a0You have to either deploy your barbarians before the dark prince gets off his charge of kite him so that the arena towers have more time to attack this troop. \u00a0A combo of air and ground can also be effective. \u00a0That combo can be skeletons, goblins, or spear goblins combined with either the minion horde or just the plain old minions. \u00a0You just have to be careful of the enemy’s arrows if they do have it. \u00a0Cards that are common to kite and counter the dark prince are skeletons and\u00a0any type of minions, Spear goblins and any type of minions, goblin and any type of minions, barbarians, and any high health, high damage troop, like the pekka.<\/p>\n

\"PEKKACard\"Pekka<\/em>– The pekka is one of the most common troops I kite. \u00a0If I don’t have my inferno in my hand, I have to improvise because if that pekka gets to the tower, it will to serious damage. \u00a0The most common way for me to kite the pekka is just plain, ordinary barbarians. \u00a0Sometimes, the barbarians can take down the pekka by them selves. \u00a0Other times, I need to support them with maybe spear goblins behind the barbs and closer towards the center of my map. \u00a0If you don’t have barbarians and only spear goblins and skeletons, this is where kiting does its magic. \u00a0By placing the skeletons in the center so the pekka comes to them, and placing your spear goblins in front of your kings tower, the pekka will be shot by your defending troops and by both of your arena towers. \u00a0Also, if your spear goblins stay right next to you kings tower and the pekka is still alive after all that madness, the pekka will target you king’s tower before your arena tower. \u00a0This makes it so the king can also help you defend which is a major bonus. \u00a0Common troops to counter and kite the pekka is barbarians, skeletons, spear goblins, goblins, and the witch. \u00a0A combo of air and ground can also be effective. \u00a0That combo can be skeletons, goblins, or spear goblins combined with the minion horde. \u00a0You just have to be careful of the enemy’s arrows if they do have it. \u00a0The inferno tower, placed in the center, is also the only defense unit besides maybe tombstone that can take out the pekka.<\/p>\n

\"imgres\"Golem<\/em>-The golem, even though its a tank and not a damage unit, can still do a lot to your tower. \u00a0It is surprisingly powerful for a tank because it does damage in its main form and then even more damage in its second and final stage. \u00a0The only way to kite this troop is with a defensive building because the golem can only target buildings. \u00a0That being said, barbarians and a minion horde combo can take a golem out extremely fast, but is very vulnerable to a fireball, wizard, or sparky. \u00a0The best defense kite unit against the golem is the inferno tower because it can do extremely high damage per second after it charges up. \u00a0This along with the cannon and tesla, are the only defenses I recommend to counter and kite the golem. \u00a0The inferno tower is the only defensive tower that can take out a golem by itself.<\/p>\n

\"9k=\"Giant<\/em>-The giant should also either be kited with a defensive unit like the golem. \u00a0Inferno tower works best against the giant but the cannon or tesla will also do. \u00a0If you don’t want to have a defensive tower in your deck because you like full offensive playing, you can also kill the giant easily with barbarians or the minion horde.<\/p>\n

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\"LavaHoundCard\"Lava Hound<\/em>-The Lave Hound, even though its a tank and not a damage unit, can still do a lot to your tower. \u00a0It is surprisingly powerful for a tank because it does damage in its second form through the lava pups. \u00a0The only way to kite this troop is with a defensive building because the Lave Hound can only target buildings. \u00a0That being said, a minion horde combo can take a Lave Hound out extremely fast, but is very vulnerable to arrows, fireball, and wizard. \u00a0The best defense kite unit against the Lave Hound is the inferno tower because it can do extremely high damage per second after it charges up. \u00a0The only other defensive option I recommend to counter and kite the Lava Hound is the tesla. \u00a0The tesla can kill a Lava Hound by itself and is cheaper so some of you may find this card more useful that the inferno tower. \u00a0Keep in mind the inferno tower can kill any\u00a0types of big units while the tesla is more designed for lower health point units.<\/p>\n

\"balloon\"Balloon<\/em>– The balloon is just like a hog rider in the air. \u00a0This troop must be kited so it doesn’t do tons of damage to your tower. \u00a0You also can’t put a defensive tower right in front of tour own as the balloon will still get a shot off is the defense is the only thing countering the balloon. \u00a0It is best to move your defensive tower to the center of the map. \u00a0Lets say you drop an inferno right next to the oncoming balloon. \u00a0The balloon will destroy the inferno tower and get some damage off of your crown tower. \u00a0If you place the inferno tower a little bit to the center of the map, the inferno would have enough time to destroy the balloon by itself. \u00a0The alternative to using a defensive tower would be to spawn minions or a minion horde to destroy the balloon. \u00a0Usually a defensive tower is better just in case the back the balloon up with a wizard or arrows. \u00a0Also, a defense is usually better against\u00a0the balloon freeze combo because the balloon has to take some of the precious freeze time to destroy the tower. \u00a0This is a lot better than having your minions get frozen and have the balloon go straight to your tower and get 1500 damage off. \u00a0If the balloon gets to your tower, it can do devastating work.<\/p>\n

\"Giant_Skeleton\"Giant Skeleton<\/em>– Just like the balloon, the Giant Skeleton will do massive damage if it gets to your tower. \u00a0The bomb that the giant skeleton will take about 1000 health points off of your crown tower once it explodes. \u00a0Because of this, the Giant Skeleton is a prime target to kite. \u00a0It can be easily kited by a defense in the center like the Inferno Tower, Tesla, and cannon. \u00a0A good way to kite it is with spear goblins, goblins, and or skeletons at the center. \u00a0Using these small troops will stall the Giant Skeleton a long time and it gives both of your crown towers the opportunity to whittle away at the Giant Skeleton. \u00a0I+The best way to kite the Giant skeleton is right after the Giant Skeleton passes the bridge and goes on your side, you place barbarians behind him. \u00a0The skeleton will walk back to the barbarians, and easily die to him. \u00a0By putting the barbarians behind the Giant Skeleton and not in front of him, the barbarians survive the blast radius of the Giant Skeleton’s bomb and the barbarians are basically free with an additional 1 elixir. \u00a0The barbarians are the best kitting troop towards the Giant Skeleton.<\/p>\n

Not the Limits of Kiting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The previous stated examples are by no means the only troops that can be kitted. \u00a0All troops can be kited but I just explained the most common and deadly types of troops. \u00a0It is very hard to kite ranged troops because they do not have to move as much. \u00a0Kitting ranged troops usually just leads to more of your troops dying. \u00a0Because of this, I usually would recommend just swarming the ranged troop. \u00a0This would allow your troops to start dealing damage faster. \u00a0If you learn how to kite each troop effectively, you will gain a greater skill for this game and your trophies will rise for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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