Skeleton Barrel

"It's like a Skeleton party in the sky, until all the balloons pop... then it's a Skeleton party on the ground!"

The Skeleton Barrel card will be unlocked from Builders Workshop (Arena 6). The Skeleton Barrel is a flying, building-targeting troop that drops a group of skeletons once it is destroyed or reaches a building, similar to the Battle Ram. A Skeleton Barrel card costs 3 Elixir to deploy. It appears to be a black, spiked barrel tied to several team-colored balloons. The barrel has a white painted skull on the front of it.

Strategy

 * Even though the Barrel from the Skeleton Barrel won't reach the Princess Tower by itself, the Skeletons will deal a lot of damage to the tower even when sent in alone. The Log or Zap are the best spells to counter the Skeleton Barrel since the Barrel itself doesn't deal damage.
 * The Skeleton Barrel is great when tankier units are tanking for the Barrel, just because the Barrel and the Skeletons have pretty low health. If your opponent lets the Skeletons linger even for a few seconds, the Skeletons will still deal a lot of damage to their Princess Tower.
 * Inferno Tower counters Giants and Royal Giants really well. A Skeleton Barrel is one of the best cheap cards to use to prevent the Inferno Tower from targeting your tank.
 * Be mindful that the Skeleton Barrel is a flying card, so it can bypass certain building placements, but it won't immediately distract ground-targeting units.
 * Since Skeletons are usually treated as disposable cards, it absolutely makes sense to let the Skeleton Barrel and the Skeletons tank for glass cannons such as a Wizard or Musketeer.
 * The Skeleton Barrel is also great for cleaning up air targeting, non-splash units, like the Musketeer or Archers. It's also great at tanking shots from a Wizard since the Princess Tower can chip away at the Wizard's health.

History

 * On 17/10/17, a Maintenance break fixed a glitch where the Skeleton Barrel could be played in the Mirror Challenge.
 * On 30/10/17, the Skeleton Barrel will be obtainable via the Halloween Draft Challenge.

Trivia

 * The Skeleton Barrel is one of the 11 cards associated with Skeletons, including the Skeletons, Bomber, Skeleton Army, Witch, Tombstone, Bomb Tower, Giant Skeleton, Balloon, Guards, and Graveyard. The Bomber and the Graveyard are the only ones among them not given as one-time reward in the Halloween Draft Challenge.
 * The Skeleton Barrel has the same number of hitpoints as an equal level Barbarian.
 * The Skeleton Barrel and the Royal Giant are the only Common Cards that only target Buildings.
 * The higher health the Skeleton Barrel has, the more Balloons it has. That means a Clone Skeleton Barrel only has one Balloon to start with.

Please Note: This card's statistics may change before its launch.

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