User blog:SirKing Henry/Understanding Card Combinations

General Card Types
As far as card types go, it's more than troops spells and buildings. The following text generally applies to troop cards and occasionally building cards. For your strategy to be successful you need to understand different cards' strengths and weaknesses. For example... Distraction. That is of course very basic, but it is still very important.

Distraction:
This is when you use a strong card (such as a Giant or Valkyrie) to draw attention from your opponent's troop/troops. Valkyries are especially useful in attack as they cannot be counted by a ground grouped card. Then you use your damage (Individual or grouped) cards to defend/attack your opponent's troops while they are distracted. Distraction can also be used in a reverse way, but not against cards that target buildings. For example, you can delay cards such as the P.E.K.K.A. (If it is without splash damage cards), really easily just by placing skeletons. I'm sure some of you are thinking... SKELETONS! They're so bad! ...But for one elixir, they are in fact very useful.

Safety First!
Before making an attack you must predict your enemy's defense. You should always be prepared. That includes considering putting a splash damage card into your attack, strength card, damage card, and something that can shoot air cards that your opponent may defend with. This is why a Wizard is great to use because it can destroy grouped cards (such as minions or skeleton army), AND it can shoot air. A Wizard's weakness is its health. NEVER let wizard be the front target. Throughout a single match, it is important to learn their deck and predict their every move. If you are getting to a stage where people often use Inferno Towers or Dragons, then electric cards will cut their damage acceleration and they start again. That's why a card like the Electro Dragon is useful against inferno dragons and towers. It is also fantastic as it can his 3 targets at once, has decent damage and can target air and ground cards.