Mighty Miner

What it looks like

The Mighty Miner is a Champion card that is unlocked from the Royal Crypt (Arena 17). It spawns a single-target, ground-targeting, melee, ground troop with high hitpoints and various damage stages. The Mighty Miner's damage increases over time as he remains focused on a single target, similar to the Inferno Dragon. The Mighty Miner’s ability causes him to dig underground to the horizontally opposite position of it and drop a bomb in the spot he was at which explodes after 1 second, dealing damage and inflicting knockback. He appears as a hunk with tangerine-colored hair, eyebrows and a mustache, wearing team-colored shorts, a belt, and a hat with a more advanced helmet for its candle and a crown symbol, which covers his eyes, wielding a giant drill with an emblem of a crown, which majorly resembles the Goblin Drill, has a slightly dirtied face and arms, and carries a giant bomb on his back inside a large, open backpack with a crown symbol on both sides. A Mighty Miner card costs 4 Elixir to deploy, and his ability costs an additional 1 Elixir to activate.

Trivia

• The word "Mine" and by extension "Miner" come from the Celtic "meinis", meaning ore. Mining was invented from the beginning of civilization, with the oldest mine being the Ngwenya Mine in Eswatini, which radiocarbon dating shows to be about 43,000 years old. At this site Paleolithic humans mined hematite to make the red pigment ochre. Mining is still done to this day, for the extraction of rare-earth minerals for industrial use. In the German and Arabic language settings of the game, the Mighty Miner's name translates to "Great Miner". In the French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Korean, Russian, Portuguese, Persian, Malaysian, and Vietnamese language settings of the game, the Mighty Miner's name translates to "Master Miner", "Big Miner", "Colossal Miner", "Mega Miner", "Solid Miner", "Power Miner", "Nimble Miner", "Pumped up Miner", "Powerful Miner", "Superior Miner", and "Brave Miner" respectively. The Mighty Miner is 1 of 4 cards associated with subterranea, with the others being Earthquake, Goblin Drill, and Miner.
• Along with the Golden Knight, Boss Bandit, Archer Queen, Monk, and the Terry, the Mighty Miner has the cheapest ability, costing 1 Elixir. Also along with the Golden Knight and the Terry, the Mighty Miner has the cheapest combined Elixir cost of Champion and ability, costing 5 Elixir.
• The Mighty Miner is tied with Inferno Dragon and the Little Prince for the highest attack speed of all troops, with an attack speed of 0.4 seconds.
• The Mighty Miner is 1 of 2 troops that deals ramp up damage, along with the Inferno Dragon.
• The Mighty Miner is the only Champion card whose ability's Elixir cost was changed.
• The Mighty Miner is 1 of 7 troops that has had its movement speed classification changed, the others being Skeleton Barrel, Elite Barbarians, Suspicious Bush, Goblin Brawler, Cannon Cart, and Lumberjack.
• The Super Miner troop in Clash of Clans is likely inspired from the Mighty Miner, with both wielding a hand drill that deals damage overtime the longer they attack, and both having the ability to leave a bomb. However, unlike the Super Miner, the Mighty Miner drops his bomb when he uses his ability instead of after death.
• The Mighty Miner is 1 of 10 cards to have an alliterative name, the others being the Royal Recruits, Goblin Gang, Mega Minion, Goblin Giant, Cannon Cart, Barbarian Barrel, Ram Rider, Dagger Duchess, and the Boss Bandit.
• As he charges up his drill attack, the tip of the drill will turn different colors, with orange in Stage 2 and red in Stage 3.
• Despite carrying a bomb-like backpack, he does not get rid of the bomb on his back when using his ability, probably due to the fact he can use the ability multiple times.
• From his description, the “walk softly… and carry a big drill!” line is a reference to the USA President Theodore Roosevelt's quote which says “speak softly and carry a big stick”.
• The Mighty Miner is unavailable in multiple special game modes. More specifically: It is 1 of 20 cards that is unavailable in Mirror mode, the others being Minions, Cannon, Mortar, Tesla, Goblin Hut, Tombstone, Bomb Tower, Inferno Tower, Barbarian Hut, Furnace, Elixir Collector, Freeze, Clone, X-Bow, Golden Knight, Skeleton King, Archer Queen, Little Prince, and the Monk. It is 1 of 12 cards that is unavailable in Chess Royale, the others being Royal Recruits, Rocket, Earthquake, Lightning, Poison, Goblin Drill, Miner, Golden Knight, Skeleton King, Archer Queen, Mighty Miner, and the Monk.