Talk:Giant Skeleton/@comment-27288502-20160925172444

The Giant Skeleton is possibly the worst Epic possible. A month ago I tried using it in Frozen Peak. It immediately made me drop five hundred trophies back into BUILDER's WORKSHOP. Even the supposedly "worst epic" Baby Dragon is better, it helped me push to 2900s. Then I went to a MegaMinion-LavaHound deck (after the update came out) which got me to Legendary Arena. I'm still currently F2P.

The Giant or Lava Hound or PEKKA or Royal Giant or even the expensive Golem are much better "tanks" than the horrible Giant Skeleton. At each level, the Giant Skeleton DOES have the same health as a same-level Giant, BUT consider this: Giant Skeleton is an Epic, Giant is a Rare. So Giant Skeleton is MUCH harder to upgrade. Currently, my Giant's level 7 while my Giant Skeleton is level 3. Also, Giant Skeleton does less damage per hit AND doesn't go for towers so is easily distracted. The only upper hand Giant Skeleton gives is its large death-damage, which can destroy a slow-moving push (Goblins, Minions, Hog Rider, Spear Goblins, Fire Spirits, Ice Spirit, and Skeletons can escape the bomb if they were at about the same area where the GS dies). But the ability is softened down since the Giant Skeleton's cost is 6 elixir versus the cheaper 5 elixir Giant.

The only way I would ever use Giant Skeleton again is if it got a health buff to same health as Giant in Tournament Levels, or an Elixir cost decrease to 5 elixir.

Thank You for taking a moment of your time to read this! - Da Rapta Dude

P.S. Please don't judge my opinion.