Goblin Barrel

"Spawns three Goblins anywhere on the Arena. It's going to be a thrilling ride, boys!"

Summary

 * The Goblin Barrel is unlockable from the Goblin Stadium (Arena 1).
 * It is a special Spell that launches a barrel from the player's King's Tower.
 * Upon impact, the barrel ruptures open, dealing minor damage and unleashing three Goblins.

Strategy

 * If there is a Tombstone or Goblin Hut protected behind an Arena Tower, the player can use the Goblin Barrel to take them out quickly.
 * For high effectiveness, deploy a high hitpoint troop like the Knight or Giant on the chosen side. When the Tower has targeted the player's high hitpoint unit, deploy the Goblin Barrel, and they will go to work unhindered.
 * The Goblins from the Goblin Barrel have high DPS, but relatively low hitpoints. If placed accordingly with high hitpoint units that will distract the Crown Tower and any defending units, the Goblin Barrel can deal extremely high damage in a relatively short amount of time.
 * As Goblins have relatively low hitpoints, they can quickly be eliminated by Crown Towers. When using a Goblin Barrel to attack a King's Tower, either distract or destroy the Towers to prevent your Goblins from being destroyed.
 * Arrows and (almost) every other Spell can be effectively used to directly counter Goblin Barrels.
 * Be sure to launch the Spell before the Goblin Barrel's impact due to the cast time of Spells.
 * Do not launch the counter Spell too early, as early Spells have no effect on the Goblins.
 * However, adept players can cast the Goblin Barrel in the far corner of the opposing territory, out of the radius of the defending player's Arrows instinctively cast "on" the Crown Tower. This allows the Goblins to survive.
 * If you have no Spells readily available, you can use cheap distracting troops and/or area damaging troops such as Bombers, Goblins or Skeletons to prevent the spawned Goblins from dealing severe damage to their intended target.
 * As the description says, the Goblin Barrel can be fired anywhere, allowing players to finish off buildings they cannot reach.
 * The Goblin Barrel can be used to force the opponent to use their Arrows, Zap, or other Area Damage Spells, allowing the player to swarm their opponent with cards such as the Skeleton Army and Minion Horde.
 * Mirror a goblin barrel. You can Mirror a higher level one if you have a high level Mirror.
 * The opponent has already used their counter spell on you first barrel. Chances are that he doesn't have another spell on him. Throw the mirrored barrel on the other tower.

Trivia

 * On 11/01/16, a Balance Update decreased the spawned Goblins level by 1.
 * On 19/2/16, a Balance Update decreased the Goblin Barrel's Crown Tower impact damage by 20%.
 * It is the only spell that contains troops in it.
 * At the maximum level, it spawns level 13 Goblins. This is beyond the level you can upgrade the Goblins card to (which is 12).
 * The Witch shares a similar trait, summoning level 13 Skeletons when fully upgraded whilst it is only possible to upgrade the Skeletons card to level 12.

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