Dictionary of Clash Royale words and terms

The players and, above all, the youtubers who are in charge of broadcasting their Clash Royale games, use incomprehensible jargon. Terms that not only have Anglo-Saxon origin, but are difficult to understand without a context or explanation. For this reason, in this article, we have compiled an authentic dictionary with all those expressions that you should know if you play Clash Royale.

Clash Royale Dictionary

• 2v2: Clan Battle.
• 3-leg: Legendary triple.
• 3M: three musketeers.

TO

• A: Sand and sand level ( is 1, 2, 3, etc.).
• Aggro: Focus a troop or building on target.
• Air-Beatdown: Said of that deck that exploits the opponent's anti-aircraft weaknesses. May include Lava Hound and other airstrike cards.
• Anti-aircraft: It is a letter that is used for air defense. That is, against the Bombastic Balloons, the Lava Hounds, the Minions, etc. The anti-aircraft cards can be the Musketeers, Princess, Goblins with a spear, Archers, Minions, Horde of Minions or Tesla, among others.
• Anti-meta: Card or deck designed to work against the cards that are dominating the game. It's a relative concept that changes based on META cards and Supercell's balance changes.
• AoE: stands for “area of ​​effect” or area of ​​effect. Relative to the area of ​​the arena in which a card has an effect, whether or not it is a spell: arrows, ice, poison, fury”¦

B

• Baby drag: Baby Dragon
• Bait deck: Lure decks. It is about overloading the opponent with troops that can overwhelm him. Although there are cons or counters such as spells that can quickly ruin this attack.
• Barb: Barbarians.
• Beatdown: Said of decks focused on combat inside enemy territory. It consists of creating combos and using the cards to adapt to the defenses and deal great damage to troops.They are usually decks in which there are tank-type cards such as the Giant, the Golem, the P.E.K.K.A. and other similar ones. The Beatdown deck is siege-friendly but not defense-friendly.
• Beatdown-Siege: a deck that combines the Beatdown concept and adds ranged attack cards. The idea is to use tank type cards and other ranged siege cards. In this way the other siege aid cards are protected. The Royal Giant is a main card in this type of deck.
• Blitz-Beatdown: said of the deck that bets on fast cards. The idea is to create immediate threats to the tower. For this you can use cards such as the Montapuercos.
• BM: Acronym for the English expression “bad manners” or bad manners. It is used when the opponent laughs or says “thank you” constantly with the sole purpose of annoying and misleading.
• BT: reference to the Bomb Tower.
• Buff: in Spanish the term buffear is also used. It is about improving the characteristics of a letter. Make something stronger.
• Burn card: said of the card intended to snatch life points from the enemy crown tower. A term that resembles direct damage.

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C

• CB: Acronym for Clan Battle.
• CC: term used to refer to the classic challenge, from the English “Classic Challenge”. Also to refer to the Clan Chest.
• Chain pull: Refers to the use of various cards to divert enemy troops from their initial objective. A chain reaction to mislead the enemy cards.
• Chest cycle: cycle or order in which the different chests appear after winning battles. Some theories speak of a specific order of types of chests that is always repeated.
• Chetado: expression used to indicate that the opponent has hacked or modified the game in his favor. Such a card or such a game is "checked". From the English "cheat", which means trick.
• Clone skip: Mechanic that uses the Clone spell to separate original troops to the left and cloned troops to the right path. Original technique that can lead to others to avoid buildings or divide forces in sieges.
• CoC: Direct reference to Clash of Clans.
• Control: This is a strategy that consists of making efficient use of the elixir to defend the player's arena. With the elixir surplus after the defense, attack cards are cast to do some damage to the enemy towers. This strategy also consists of counting the elixir used by the enemy to act accordingly. It is a technique that usually works against the Beatdown strategy.
• Collector: Reference to the elixir collector.
• Counter: said of that card, deck or strategy that works to stop opposing cards, decks or strategies. Countering or countering is effectively stopping an enemy attack.
• Counter push: Said of the counter strategy in which the surviving troops end up being part of an offensive. In other words, a counterattack.
• CR: Clash Royale
• Cycle: A term used in reference to the order in which the player's cards appear. The cycle in which cards from the user-created deck appear in the battle arena.
• Cycle deck: Card-based cycle deck with low elixir cost. His strategy is to keep the offensive pressure on the opponent by constantly throwing cards into the arena.All this to take advantage of specific moments with other cards with a short deployment time to do damage. For example, use armies of skeletons and seize the moment to deploy a miner that hits an enemy tower.

D

• DC: Abbreviations used in reference to the term disconnected. From English “disconnect”.
• Doot: Onomatopoeia associated with skeletons and other letters related to them.
• Double spirit: said of the deck that makes use of the Spirits of fire and the Spirits of smell at the same time.
• DP: Term that refers to the Dark Prince card, from the English “Dark Prince”.
• DPS: Damage per second value of certain cards. From English “damage per second”.
• Direct damage: This is a spell that can be invoked in any area of ​​the arena to deal direct damage to a troop or to a building. Among these spells are considered arrows, lightning, fireball, rocket, poison or even the trunk.
• Double prince: offensive strategy that makes use of the Prince and Dark Prince cards. High damage combo.

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• EB: Reference to Elite Barbarians.
• Elixir overcharge: Fixed. It refers to the rate of elixir production after storing 10 units. The eleventh unit recharged to 90%, offering this extra amount if the user spent elixir before it was completely filled. Now it is not possible to use this technique.
• Emote: Messages with default emoticons to send during battle. Sometimes they are used to mislead the opponent.
• Even elixir trade: Card combat in which both player and enemy invest the same amount of elixir.
• E-wiz: reference to the Electric Wizard, from English “Electro Wizard”.

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F

• f2p: Reference to the term free-to-play, or player who does not invest real money in the game.
• FB: reference to the fireball, from English “Fireball”.

G

• GB: Reference to the Goblin Barrel card.
• GC: reference to Grand Challenge.
• Gemmer: Refers to the player who buys gems. Player who invests real money in Clash Royale.
• GG: expression to congratulate a game, from the English “good game” or good game.
• GiLoon: This is a Beatdown type deck that uses the Giant and Balloon cards to quickly knock down towers. It is usually accompanied by minions and arrows.
• GL: Expression often used at the beginning of battle to wish good luck, from English “good luck”.
• Glass cannon: Combination of high damage and low vitality. Includes cards such as the Musketeer, the Wizard, the Princess and the Mini P.E.K.K.A, among others.
• Gob: Reference to the card Goblins, from English “Goblin”.
• Goison: This is a Beatdown deck. In it, the Giant and Poison cards are used to give time for the elixir to recharge, to saturate the enemy or to end counterattacks.It is also often used in combination with Elixir Collector and Lightning.
• Gravy Bowl: said of that deck that uses the Graveyard card and the Lanzarocas. The latter defends, counterattacks and serves as a tank for the skeletons that emerge.
• GY: Reference to the Graveyard card.

H

• HF: Expression meaning “have fun”, from English “have fun”.
• Hog: reference to the letter Montapuercos, from the English “Hog Rider”.
• Horde: Reference to the Minion Horde card.
• Hound: Reference to the Lava Hound card.
• Hog trifecta: This is a deck of cards that uses the Valkyrie, the Musketeer and the Hog Rider. It can be accompanied by lightning, poison or elixir collector, cannon and skeletons to be more effective.
• HP: Reference to a card's damage stat, from English “hit points”.
• Hut: Reference to hut cards, whether goblin or barbarian.

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• Ice wiz: Reference to the Ice Wizard card.
• ID: reference to the Inferno Dragon card.
• IG: Reference to the Ice Golem card.
• IT: Reference to the Inferno Tower card.
• IW: Reference to the Ice Wizard card.

J

• Jason deck: This is a deck used by the champion of the Helsinki competition, Jason. Features the Giant, Hog Rider, Archers, Spear Goblins, Barbarians, Minion Horde, Arrows and Elixir Collector.

K

• Kiting: refers to the activity of diverting troops to the opposite line. Awarded for casting cards that constantly distract enemy troops.

L

• LavaLoon: This is a deck or combo of cards of the Beatdown type in which the Lava Hound and the Balloon are used Bombastic against enemies without air defense. The hound distracts the enemy while the balloon does high damage.
• Leg: Legendary card reference.
• Leggie: Legendary card reference.
• Level wall: glass ceiling that prevents winning more trophies due to the level of cards and towers achieved by the player.
• LJ: Reference to the Lumberjack card.
• Log: reference to the card Trunk, from English “The Log”.
• Loon: Reference to the Balloon card.

M

• Mana: incorrect name to refer to the elixir. Proper term in other role-playing games (RPG).
• META: Acronym for Most Effective Tactic Available. It refers to adapting the strategy to each situation based on the most popular cards of the moment.
• Metagame: These are the currently popular decks, cards, and strategies in the game.
• MH: Reference to the Minion Horde card.
• Mini-tank: Said of the combo that adds troops with a large amount of he alth used to distract the enemy. In this combo, the cards of Valkyrie, Knight, Sparky and the Lanzarocas, among others, are usually used.
• MM: reference to the Mega Minion card, from English “Mega Minion”.
• Multi-drop: technique of deploying two cards simultaneously. Allowed thanks to Clash Royale's multi-touch ability.
• Musk: reference to the Musketeer card, from English “Musketeer”.

N

• Nado: Reference to the Tornado card.
• Negative elixir trade: card showdown in which the player must spend more elixir to stop the attack than the one used by the opposite to cast it.
• Nerf: also used “nerfear” in Spanish. This is a card nerf in balance adjustments that Supercell does systematically.

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Q

• Quick drop: technique in which two cards are deployed practically at the same time on the sand. Useful for defending in extremis, making a quick counterattack, etc.

P

• p2p: pay to play, from English “pay-to-play”, or the practice of paying to play. Refers to players who spend real money to access game content.
• p2w: pay-to-win. Reference to people who spend real money on gems and cards to get a good team without investing hours of gameplay. They are often frowned upon as they do not develop their ability, but take advantage of their economic advantage.
• Payfecta: combination of cards in which the Princesses, the Ice Wizard and the Miner are used. The term refers to the practice of paying to obtain this combination.
• Paywall: Glass ceiling against which players who do not invest real money in Clash Royale crash. Theoretical point at which they cannot win more trophies or progress due to the strong presence of paying players.
• PEKKA double prince or PPP: This is a Beatdown type deck that uses the following cards: P.E.K.K.A., Prince, and Dark Prince . The first card acts as a tank while the Prince deals damage.The Dark Prince assists and hits in equal measure.
• PPPP: alternative deck to PPP that also includes the Princess card in the combination.
• Pig push: technique in which the Montapuercos deploys at the edge of the arena together with a troop that assists him. The assisting troop can be made up of Fire Spirits, Ice Spirits, Goblins or Skeletons.
• Positive elixir trade: Card showdown in which the player counters the attack using less elixir than the opponent.
• Pre-arrows: High risk, high reward strategy using the Arrows card. It consists of throwing the card in the area where Minions, Skeletons or other troops are supposed to be deployed.
• Pre-fireball: Strategy similar to Pre-arrows. In this case, the Fireball card is sent where enemies are supposed to appear in the following tenths of a second.
• Pump: Reference to the Elixir Collector card.
• Pull: action of diverting a gut to a specific place when deploying another troop or building.

R

• RG: reference to the Royal Giant card.
• Rigged matchmaking: Unsubstantiated statement that Clash Royale faces enemies capable of beating and counterattacking the player's deck. Something like: I always face enemies with better cards than me.
• Royal GG: Reference to the Royal Giant with connotations of card enhancement.
• Ruthless bone brothers: Humorous reference to the Guards card.

S

• SC: Shorthand reference to the creators of Clash Royale, Supercell.
• Season: season. Two-week period in which Legendary Arena players try to win trophies. When this time elapses, and if there are more than 4,000 trophies, they are converted into Legendary Trophies that are permanently displayed on the player's profile.
• Shanghai deck: Deck created in the Shanghai SHT Championship Series. It consists of a Giant, a Mini P.E.K.K.A, a Musketeer, Guards, Shock, Poison, Elixir Collector, and Princess. The last card can also be a Wizard, a Miner, a Prince, a Knight or a Rock Thrower.
• Siege: Siege. Type of deck that focuses on deploying buildings. This takes place in the player's arena, managing to defeat the enemy little by little.Such a strategy puts pressure on the enemy, who must attack if he doesn't want to lose his towers. This type of combat usually predominates over Control strategies, but not over Beatdown decks.
• Siege-Burn: Deck that focuses on siege and direct hits. The key is to constantly press the enemy and get small damage. It usually includes cards like Mortar.
• Skarmy: Reference to the Skeleton Army card.
• Skelly: Reference to the card Skeletons.
• Skill ceiling: Glass ceiling for the potential that an experienced player can gain from a card, deck, or strategy. That is, when it reaches maximum profit.
• Skill floor: Amount of skill required to play a certain card, deck, or strategy correctly and effectively.
• SMC: Reference to the Super Magical Chest.
• Sparknado: Combo that consists of the use of Sparks and Tornado.
• Spawner: Reference to building cards that produce troops. For example: the huts or the oven.
• Spawner deck: Deck of cards that collects spawners or cards produced by other troops.
• Spell-resistant: Said of cards that resist spells. For example: the Mega minion supports spells well. This card with a value of 3 elixir points can only be beaten by a card worth 6 elixir, such as Lightning.
• Split defense: technique that is based on timing or knowing when to deploy units to split guts. The idea is to divide hordes and attacks to defeat them more easily.
• Split push: technique that consists of launching an attack on both paths of the arena.
• Splank: combination that consists of using a troop as a mini-tank to deal with zone attacks. It is about fighting Valkyries, Baby Dragons, Princes, Dark Princes, Lanzarocas and Sparky.
• Splash: Type of damage that consists of attacking a target and the environment.

T

• Tank: tank. Troop that is used, mainly, to divert enemy attacks. It has a lot of life to withstand such attacks. Among the tanks in Clash Royale are the Giant, P.E.K.K.A, Lava Hound, Golem and the Royal Giant.
• Tank-and-spank: Deployment technique. It consists of first launching the tanks to later attack the enemy troops when they are distracted.
• Tank-Beatdown: Deck consisting of large tanks supported by tower-busting cards. It usually includes the Giant and the Witch.
• Tech: technique, from English “technique”.
• Tempo-Burn: It is a deck made up of fast cards that allow a constant attack. Includes cards like the Miner.
• Threat-Beatdown: deck that has cards capable of destroying towers in just a few seconds. The idea is that they cannot be ignored and will mean a heavy outlay of elixir by the opponent. We find combinations like Gilonn (Giant and Bombastic Balloon), as well as P.E.K.K.A and three Musketeers.
• Tilt: State in which the player has a large losing streak in combat. It is usually cleared after a rest or after trying new decks and melds.
• Tour: tournament, from English “tournament”.
• Tourney: tournament, more colloquial.
• Toxic: Toxic. A term used to describe players and player communities that are often hostile, passive aggressive, or take advantage of newbies. People who add negativity to the Clash Royale community, in short.
• Triple legendary: Deck that uses three legendary cards such as Princess, Ice Wizard, or Miner.

V

• Valk: referring to the card Valkyrie.
• Value pack: Value pack. Offer that is presented in the in-game store and that offers cards of high value in relation to the real money that is asked in exchange.

W

• Wi-Fi monster: the WiFi monster. Symbol that appears when a player has a bad Internet connection. Negative view of this indicator since it usually means the defeat of the player who suffers it.
• Win condition: Winner. Letter or combo whose mission is to win games.
• Win trading: This is a bad practice within Clash Royale. In it, the most experienced players and with a higher position in the ranking agree to fights to improve their position. They are usually carried out by players without a clan who compete against others who are usually in the same clan.
• Wiz: reference to the Magician card, from English “Wizard”.
• Wp: well played. Expression of pleasure after a fight or a technique. From English “well played”.

Z

• Zap: reference to the Descarga letter.
• Zap-bait: decks created to make the opponent desperate. It consists of using cards such as Princess, Miner, Skeleton Army, Ice Spirits, Discharge, Trunk and Inferno Tower. The deployment of these units is fast thanks to their low elixir cost. And while they can be blocked with a simple zap, the number and siege increase. A very fast and dynamic deck.

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