X-Bow

"Nice tower you got there. Would be a shame if this X-Bow whittled it down from this side of the arena..."

Summary

 * This card is unlockable from the Barbarian Bowl (Arena 3).

Strategy

 * The X-Bow is an excellent defensive building due to its ability to take down large numbers of small troops such as Goblins and Skeletons.
 * It can also be used offensively due to its range, being able to out shoot the Crown Tower, making for some extremely humorous battles (13 vs. 8.5 tile range).
 * Note that the Mortar can do the same thing to Crown Towers, but dealing very little DPS, & distributing Area Damage.
 * The Rocket is an effective counter to the X-Bow. Its high damage and its capability to be placed anywhere can easily take out a large portion of the X-Bow's hitpoints.
 * In addition, you will have ample time to prepare for the X-Bow, as it takes 5 seconds to deploy. Overpower it with building-targeting troops, like Giants and Hog Riders, and back them up with Archers or Spear Goblins. Together, they will take down the X-Bow quickly, before it can target your Crown Tower.
 * An X-Bow backed up with some support troops or buildings, such as Spear Goblins or a Tesla, can effectively destroy a Crown Tower.
 * High hitpoint troops, such as Giants, can distract enemy troops/Buildings, allowing an X-Bow to safely target, and attack the opposing Crown Tower or enemy troops, while the "tank" takes all the damage.
 * When dealing with an offensively placed X-Bow, it's quite effective to deploy a Musketeer behind the river/chasm while the X-Bow is deploying, taking out a large portion of it's hitpoints before it's ready to fire.
 * Casting a Rage spell on an X-Bow will increase its hit speed, rapidly inflicting damage, to the targeted unit/Crown Tower
 * Casting a Rage spell and deploying an X-Bow within the radius, can not only boost troops defending the X-Bow, but also increase the damage output of the X-Bow and notably reduce its deploy time.

Trivia

 * On 2/2/16, the February Update decreased the X-Bow's hitpoints by 15% and now only target ground (from air & ground).
 * On 9/2/16, the Chest Rewards &amp; Card Balance Update increased its deployment time to 5 sec (from 3 sec).
 * An upgraded Rocket is able to destroy an X-Bow completely, or deal immense damage.
 * If the X-Bow is placed on the enemy half, it is able to target the King's Tower, inflicting an immense amount of damage and reducing the Tower's hitpoints.
 * The X-Bow has the longest deployment time of all cards in the game, 5 seconds.
 * The X-Bow has the fastest hit speed of all cards in the game, at 0.3 seconds.
 * In Clash Royale, the X-Bow can only target ground enemy while in Clash of Clans it can be set to ground mode or ground & air mode.