Hunter/Evolution

“Be very, very quiet. Evolved Hunter throws a Net at the closest Troop, making them unable to move or attack. If that Troop is flying, they can be attacked as though they were on the ground.”

The Hunter Evolution is an Epic card that is unlocked with 6 Evolution Shards. It spawns a Hunter with identical stats to the original. The Evolved Hunter will throw a net at the closest unit every 4 second. The net will make the troop frozen in place and unable to move or attack, and allow ground units to hit the trapped unit for 4 seconds. The Hunter's Evolution costs 4 Elixir and requires 2 cycles to deploy.

Strategy[]

Combining him with Evolved Skeletons, Skeleton Army, Bats, Goblin Gang, or Minion Horde can fully counter a LavaLoon combo, commonly known as the Lava Hound and Balloon combo push, for a massive positive Elixir trade.
If there is only 1 unit against Hunter, then that unit will be stun-locked forever, as the duration and hit speed of the net is the same as the cooldown.
The Evolved Hunter performs slightly worse against Graveyard than his regular counterpart due to his net animation. The net itself won't make a difference against the Skeletons, but the net animation makes it so that his attack animation is slightly delayed, allowing for some more Skeleton hits on your Crown Tower.

Statistics

Cost	Hit Speed	First Hit Speed	Speed	Deploy Time	Range	Projectile Range	Projectile Speed	Target	Count	Transport	Type	Rarity
4	2.2 sec	0.7 sec	Medium (60)	1 sec	4	6.5	550	Air & Ground	x1	Ground	Troop	Epic

Evolution Attributes

Cycles	Net Duration	Net Hit Speed	Net Range
2	3 sec	5 sec	4

Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage per second
6	553	52 x10 (520)	236
7	608	58 x10 (580)	263
8	667	63 x10 (630)	286
9	733	69 x10 (690)	313
10	806	76 x10 (760)	345
11	885	84 x10 (840)	381
12	972	92 x10 (920)	418
13	1,069	101 x10 (1,010)	459
14	1,172	111 x10 (1,110)	504
15	1,287	122 x10 (1,220)	554

History[]

2025

The Hunter's Evolution was available on 24/2/2025, before its release date, as an unintended glitch, in the Evo Lumberjack Draft Event. Supercell fixed this glitch with a maintenance break.
The Hunter's Evolution card was added to the game on 3/3/2025, in the March 2025 Update.
On 31/3/2025, the 2025 Quarter 1 Update, increased the Evolved Hunter's hitpoints by 0.11%.

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Trivia[]

The Hunter is likely inspired by Shelly from Brawl Stars, another Supercell game.
The Hunter is 1 of 4 troops that can deal damage to multiple units with one attack without an area damage radius, the others being Electro Spirit, Electro Dragon, and Electro Wizard.
The Hunter's attack load shares the same sound effects as the Musketeer's deploy sound.
If the Hunter performed his attack right before dying while being cursed by the Mother Witch, it is possible for the Cursed Hog to spawn right inside these bullets, destroying it immediately.
The Hunter is the subject of certain cosmetics in the game. More specifically:
- The Hunter is the subject of an Emote.
Upon deployment, the Evolved Hunter exclaims “Got ya in my sights!”, “Into the net you go!”, or "Sky’s closed!", and when netting enemy troops, he may say “Trap like a rat!”, "You're mine!", or "Gotcha!".
- The Hunter is 1 of 9 evolved troops that speak distinct words when on the field, the others being Bomber, Wizard, Goblin Brawler, Witch, P.E.K.K.A., Executioner, Mega Knight, and Lumberjack.
  - Also, the Hunter is 1 of 6 evolved troops whose regular troop do not speak any distinct words when on the field, the others being Bomber, Goblin Brawler, Witch, Executioner, and Mega Knight.
The Evolved Hunter's description has a reference to Elmer Fudd's signature line: 'Be very, very quiet. I'm hunting rabbits.'