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Giant

RareTroop5 elixirHas Hero
Giant

Versions of this card

Slow but durable, only attacks buildings. A real one-man wrecking crew!

Competitive data

47.3
Meta ScoreC

#96 among normal cards

EnvironmentWin rateBattles
Ranked (overall)47.7%830
Top 100049.5%780
Top 20049.4%640
Win rate against decks without the card
50.8%
Presence in Top 200 decks
4.6%
Consistency across decks
9 of 28 decks above average

Played most with

Out of every 100 top-level battles with this card, how many also had each of these. Based on 8,166 battles.

Last 21 days. A score of 50 is the environment average, not a 50% win rate.

What this card does

Effects
No special effect listed for this card.
Deck role
win condition
Targets
targets buildings only
Range
melee
Damage
single target
Body and toughness
stays on the groundvery tough
Speed
slow mover

Categories derived from the stats. The cut-off points for "long range", "very tough" and "very high damage" are provisional and still to be checked.

Card sounds

Other

Card stats

Hitpoints, Damage and Damage per second at level 11, the level used in Path of Legends.

Elixir cost
5
Type
Troop
Rarity
Rare
Max level
14
Position
Ground
Attack type
Melee
Range
1.2 tiles
Targets
Buildings
Damage type
Single target
Speed
Slow (45)
Hit speed
1.5 sec
Hitpoints
3,968
Damage
253
Damage per second
169

Hitpoints, damage and DPS come from the Clash Royale Wiki and have not been checked in-game yet.

Story

Added to the game on January 4, 2016

From the game universe

What it looks like

The Giant is a Rare card that is unlocked in the Training Camp. It spawns a single-target, building-targeting, melee, and ground troop with very high hitpoints and high damage. The Giant takes the appearance of a colossal humanoid creature who has blue eyes, bushy orange eyebrows and mutton chops, and no hair on his head, wearing a large, brown coat made of cloth with a team-colored patch on its front and back, a team-colored belt, and dark brown pants. A Giant card costs 5 Elixir to deploy.

Trivia

  • The Giant is 1 of 19 troops which first existed in Clash of Clans, the others being Minions, Archers, Goblins, Skeletons, Barbarians, Valkyrie, Wizard, Hog Rider, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., Balloon, Golem, Wall Breakers, Bowler, Cannon Cart, Phoenix, Lava Hound, and the Archer Queen. The Giant resembles the Level 1-2 Giant from Clash of Clans. His Star Level 2 skin resembles the Level 5 Giant from Clash of Clans. The Giant is 1 of 5 troops to have Giant in their name, The others being Giant Skeleton, Rune Giant, Royal Giant, Electro Giant, and of course, Giant.
  • The Giant is 1 of 7 cards that are already unlocked for the player when they start playing the game, the others being the Minions, Archers, Knight, Arrows, Tower Princess, and Fireball. Despite this, the game recognizes that those cards are unlocked in the Training Camp.
  • The Giant is one of the first troops to be featured in Clash-A-Rama, alongside the Minions, Goblins, and Barbarians.
  • The Giant is one of the first troop cards to be featured in a Trainer's deck, alongside the Minions, Archers, Knight, Spear Goblins, Goblins, Bomber, Skeletons, Barbarians, Minion Horde, Mini P.E.K.K.A., Musketeer, Valkyrie, Wizard, Hog Rider, Baby Dragon, Skeleton Army, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., Prince, and Balloon.
  • The Giant is one of the first troop cards to receive a card render, alongside the Archers, Knight, Goblins, Bomber, Skeletons, Barbarians, Bats, Royal Recruits, Skeleton Barrel, Rascals, Musketeer, Valkyrie, Wizard, Flying Machine, Hog Rider, Royal Hogs, Dart Goblin, Zappies, Elixir Golem, Baby Dragon, Skeleton Army, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., Prince, Balloon, Giant Skeleton, Goblin Giant, Hunter, Electro Dragon, Wall Breakers, Bowler, Cannon Cart, Mega Knight, Ram Rider, Miner, Royal Ghost, Ice Wizard, Magic Archer, Bandit, Lava Hound, Night Witch, and Fisherman.
  • The Giant is 1 of 14 troops that has been featured with a Rage buff, the others being Electro Spirit, Zappies, Guards, Giant Skeleton, Goblin Giant, Electro Dragon, Wall Breakers, Electro Giant, Mega Knight, Ram Rider, Electro Wizard, Sparky, and Royal Ghost. He is the first troop to be featured with a buff.
  • The Giant is 1 of 3 troops that has had its Melee range classification changed, the others being Mini P.E.K.K.A. and P.E.K.K.A..
  • According to The Art of Supercell, the Giant was originally supposed to be blue.
  • The Giant shares the first part of his description with the Golem.
  • The Giant is 1 of 15 troops which bring an excited reaction from the audience upon spawning and brings a collective groan from the audience when defeated, as well as a concerning gasp when the opponent plays him and applause when he's destroyed, the others include Royal Giant, P.E.K.K.A., Giant Skeleton, Rune Giant, Goblin Giant, Golem, Bowler, Electro Wizard, Inferno Dragon, Sparky, Lava Hound, Night Witch, Super Lava Hound, and the Monk.
  • The Giant, along with the Goblins, Barbarians, Valkyrie, Wizard, Hog Rider, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., and the Archer Queen, was featured as a non-playable opponent in Chess.
  • The Giant, along with the Archers, Goblins, Barbarians, Ice Spirit, Mini P.E.K.K.A., Musketeer, Wizard, Hog Rider, Witch, Prince, and Night Witch, is featured as a sticker in iMessage, in a sticker pack called Clash Theater.

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