Royal Giant (Merge Tactics)

“A slow, tanky ranger whose crown is heavier than his cannon”

The Royal Giant is a card that belongs in the Giant and Ranger traits. It spawns a single-target ranged troop with high hitpoints, moderate damage, and moderate attack speed. The Royal Giant takes the appearance of a Giant, except that he sports a dark navy coat with red cuffs, has a mustache and bigger mutton chops, wears a crown and a chainmail, wields a Cannon with two gold ridges in the middle in one hand, and carries a cannonball in the other. A Royal Giant card costs 2 to deploy.

Strategy[]

While he is a ranged troop, the Royal Giant has a notable amount of hitpoints, especially for his 2-Golden Elixir cost. This allows him to be a tank in the earlier rounds, especially if the player's team has a lot of ranged units. The payback is that his attack speed is low, meaning that he won't hit enemies as often.
- His cheap cost also allows him to be upgraded to a 3-Star with Spirit Empress if the player is lucky enough.
Because of his high hitpoints, he can stall Assassin troops long enough so that the player's other troops can take them down. The same logic can apply when facing a Mortar, making it distracted by the Royal Giant for long enough so that the player takes all of the opponent's troops and wins the round.
Activating Royal Giant's Giant trait allows him to be even more durable than normally with the damage reduction ability.
Activating his Ranger trait will make him attack faster with each hit he deals, allowing him to mitigate his slow attack speed and making him deadlier against enemy units.

Statistics

Cost	Attack Period	Speed	Range	Critical Chance
2	1.66 seconds	Very Slow	4	15%

Level	Hitpoints (★)	Damage (★)	Damage Per Second (★)	Hitpoints (★★)	Damage (★★)	Damage Per Second (★★)	Hitpoints (★★★)	Damage (★★★)	Damage Per Second (★★★)	Hitpoints (★★★★)	Damage (★★★★)	Damage Per Second (★★★★)
1	900	80	48	1,800	128	77	3,600	204	122	7,200	326	196
2	918	81	48	1,836	130	78	3,672	208	125	7,344	332	200
3	312	83	50	1,872	133	80	3,744	212	127	7,488	339	204
4	936	84	50	1,908	135	81	3,816	216	130	7,632	345	207
5	954	86	51	1,944	138	83	3,888	220	132	7,776	352	212
6	972	88	53	1,980	140	84	3,960	224	134	7,920	358	215
7	990	89	53	2,016	143	86	4,032	228	137	8,064	365	219
8	1,008	91	54	2,052	145	87	4,104	232	139	8,208	371	223
9	1,026	92	55	2,088	148	89	4,176	236	142	8,352	378	227
10	1,044	94	56	2,124	151	90	4,248	240	144	8,496	384	231
11	1,062	96	57	2,160	153	92	4,440	244	146	8,640	391	235
12	1,080	97	58	2,196	156	93	4,464	248	149	8,78	397	239
13	1,098	99	59	2,232	158	95	4,414	252	151	8,928	404	243
14	1,116	100	60	2,268	161	96	4,536	257	154	9,072	410	246
15	1,134	102	61	2,304	163	98	4,608	261	157	9,216	417	251
16	1,170	104	62	2,340	166	100	4,680	265	159	9,360	423	254

History[]

The Royal Giant troop was added to the game in a Seasonal Update on 24/11/2025, belonging to the Giant and Ranger traits.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Cannons were invented in China during the twelfth century. It was most likely developed in parallel or as an evolution of an earlier gunpowder weapon called the fire lance. Cannons were used for warfare by the late thirteenth century in the Yuan dynasty and spread throughout Eurasia in the fourteenth century. During the late Middle Ages, large and small cannons were developed for siege and field battles. The cannon replaced prior siege weapons such as the trebuchet. After the late Middle Ages, most large cannons were abandoned in favor of greater numbers of lighter, more maneuverable field artillery.
- The Royal Giant is the only Merge Tactics unit associated with cannonry.
- Oddly, the cannonball he holds is larger than the cannonball fired from his cannon. Even so, the Royal Giant can be seen loading this cannonball back into the cannon during the recoil animation after he fires.
The Royal Giant is 1 of 10 Merge Tactics troops associated with nobility, with the others being Knight, Musketeer, Prince, Mega Knight, Princess, Royal Ghost, Golden Knight, Skeleton King, and the Archer Queen.
- Despite bearing a title of nobility, the Royal Giant is not a Noble troop, likely due to already having Giant as his primary trait.
The Royal Giant's card render is identical to his card image, except that his cannon is closer to him and aims at a different angle.