Zappies

Zappies
Elixir Cost	4
Rarity	Rare
Type	Troop
Arena	Hog Mountain
Release Date	12 December 2017

“Spawns a pack of miniature Zap machines. Who controls them...? Only the Master Builder knows.”

The Zappies is a Rare card that is unlocked from the Hog Mountain (Arena 10). It spawns three single-target, air-targeting, medium-ranged, ground troops with moderate hitpoints and low damage. Their deployment is in a triangle formation. Each of their attacks stun the target for 0.5 seconds. They appear as machines having an upwards coil on a wooden chassis and wheels, with a spiked steel ram at the front and team-colored flags at the rear. A Zappies card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy

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• Since Zappies can stun, they are effective counters against a lone Fisherman, Ram Rider, Mighty Miner, Sparky, Prince, Dark Prince, Battle Ram, Inferno Tower, and Inferno Dragon.
• Zappies can be very effective against low hit speed troops such as the Hunter, Baby Dragon, Skeleton Dragons, and Bowler because they can cripple them with constant stuns, making them almost unable to attack. However, as most of such troops have attacks that can hit multiple troops, do not rely solely on the Zappies to defeat them.
• Since Zappies have low hitpoints, effective counters are spells such as the Fireball or Poison. Both spells can destroy Zappies for a neutral Elixir trade.
  • Split two Zappies on the lane with the healthier Crown Tower to minimize the spell value.
  • Consider using other spell vulnerable troops with the Zappies such as the Royal Hogs to try and bait out the opponent's spell so that they won't be able to take out the Zappies on offense. Alternatively, in matchups where Zappies would not have a great use, they can be used to bait out these spells so that the other spell vulnerable troops can attack unharmed.
• They can be decent support behind a tank since they can cripple buildings, especially the Inferno Tower, and with their stuns, they will leave the Crown Tower barely being able to shoot.
• Zappies crossing the bridge can be countered by the Barbarian Barrel and Royal Delivery fairly well even when supported by a tank, so try to either have support cards to quickly eliminate the follow-up defenders, or simply not push when these counters are in cycle.
• Zappies can be good counters to small swarms like Skeletons, Archers, Minions, Spear Goblins, Bats, Guards, and Goblins, and with the help of a Crown Tower, they can also counter larger swarms like the Skeleton Army, Minion Horde, and Goblin Gang. However, defensively, these swarms can also be used to counter the Zappies, by surrounding them with the said swarm.
• Zappies are most effective as defensive troops against single targeting units, especially slower ones as all three will focus their attacks onto them, making their stun effect much more effective at slowing them down. Placing them beside the Tower will make them line up vertically and efficiently stagger the timing of their stuns, leaving the enemy troop nearly immobile.
• Zappies can easily be stumped by proper ranged support troops like the Executioner, Wizard, Firecracker, Bomber, Witch, or spell combos, so try and bait these out beforehand.
• The Zappies have an fairly slow first attack, so placing them down on top of a unit to distract them is generally a bad idea. Instead, place them behind the Crown Tower so they have more time to charge their shots and stun approaching units.
• Zappies counter Balloon fairly well since their stalling makes it harder to reach the Balloon's goal. They can also survive many spells like Arrows, Zap, and Giant Snowball commonly used with the Balloon, necessitating Fireball in order to defeat them.
• Zappies can synergize well with Graveyard. They can bait out the Graveyard's hardest counter, Poison. Additionally, even just a single Zappy supporting a Graveyard can be deadly, as it will survive to hit and stun the Tower once, making it retarget onto the spawned Skeletons, letting the Zappy stay alive and continue to slow down the tower's shots. The stun from the singular Zappy will also allow for more Skeletons to spawn before the existing ones are killed, further increasing the damage that the Graveyard will deal.
• When approached from a distance, Sparky will one shot the trio of Zappies before they can reset her attack due to her range. To properly counter the Sparky, wait for it to cross the bridge and surround her so that one or two Zappies will survive and leave her permanently stunned until death. This is also effective against area damage troops that lack a 360° area damage effect.
• The Mega Knight is extremely effective against the Zappies. While his Spawn Damage is not enough to defeat them immediately, it will lower it to a point where one regular attack from him can finish them off. In addition, Zappies are also usually paired with other troops, so the Mega Knight gains additional value from his Spawn Damage by hitting more troops.
• If a Crown Tower is at a health range where a Lightning could finish it off, Zappies can be placed in the expected area to block the spell, as they will likely have more hitpoints than the Crown Tower. This can be an unexpected way to save your Crown Tower from being destroyed and preventing a loss, especially in a Sudden Death match.

Statistics

Cost	Hit Speed	First Hit Speed	Stun Duration	Speed	Deploy Time	Range	Target	Count	Transport	Type	Rarity
4	2.1 sec	1.1 sec	0.5 sec	Medium (60)	1 sec	4.5	Air & Ground	x3	Ground	Troop	Rare

Level	Hitpoints	Damage	Damage per second
3	250	55	26
4	275	61	29
5	302	67	31
6	331	73	34
7	364	80	38
8	399	88	41
9	438	97	46
10	482	107	50
11	529	117	55
12	581	129	61
13	639	142	67
14	701	155	73
15	770	171	81

Card Mastery

Type	Level/Tier	Objective	Reward
Damage Dealer	1	Deal a total of 140,000 Damage to enemy Troops or buildings	100 Zappies cards 50
	2	Deal a total of 425,000 Damage to enemy Troops or buildings	4,000 50
	3	Deal a total of 710,000 Damage to enemy Troops or buildings	150 50
Shocking	1	Zap a total of 1,400 enemy Troops	6,000 125
	2	Zap a total of 4,000 enemy Troops	100 125
	3	Zap a total of 7,000 enemy Troops	9,000 125

History

2017

• The Zappies card was added to the game on 12/12/2017, in the Electrifying Update.

2018

• On 24/1/2018, a Balance Update, allowed the Zappies to target air troops.
• On 3/9/2018, a Balance Update, increasing the Zappies' first attack time interval to 1.4 seconds (from 0.6 second), but changed their attack so that it cannot be reset by stunning cards.
• On 5/9/2018, the September 2018 Update, changed it so that Rare cards start at Level 3 and end at Level 13 (from 1 to 11).

2019

• On 15/4/2019, the April 2019 Update, added an extra Star Level.
• On 26/11/2019, the End of November 2019 Update added a card render to the Zappies' card info screen.

2020

• On 4/2/2020, a Balance Update, increased the Zappies’ damage by 20%, but also increased their attack time interval to 2 seconds (from 1.6 seconds), decreased their first attack time interval to 1 second (from 1.4 seconds), and increased the deploy stagger for each Zappy to 0.15 seconds (from 0.1 seconds).
• On 2/6/2020, a Balance Update, decreased the deploy stagger for each Zappy to 0.1 seconds (from 0.15 seconds).
• On 7/7/2020, a Balance Update, increased the Zappies' damage by 14%, but increased their attack time interval to 2.1 seconds (from 2 seconds), and increased their first attack time interval to 1.1 seconds (from 1 second).
• On 9/9/2020, a Balance Update, decreased the Zappies' first attack time interval to 0.9 seconds (from 1.1 seconds).

2021

• On 30/3/2021, the 2021 Quarter 1 Update, increased the Zappies' first attack time interval to 1.1 seconds (from 0.9 seconds).
• On 27/10/2021, the Champions Update, increased the level cap of all cards to 14 (from 13).
• On 1/11/2021, an Optional Update, made it so that the Mega Knight cannot be forever stunned by Zappies.

2022

• On 26/10/2022, the 2022 Quarter 3 Update, moved the Arena to unlock the Zappies from Electro Valley to Hog Mountain.

2023

• On 19/6/2023, the Card Evolution Update, increased the Level cap of all cards to 15 (from 14).

2025

• On 31/3/2024, the 2025 Quarter 1 Update, decreased the Zappies' hitpoints by 0.18% and increased their damage by 0.86%.

Gallery

Current card render.

Zappies 1

Zappies 2

Three Zappies together.

Trivia

• Electricity was first detected through electric fish from as far back as 2750 BCE where Ancient Egyptian texts described them as the "protectors" of all other fish. At around 600 BCE, Thales of Miletus made a series of observations on static electricity, from which he believed that friction rendered amber magnetic, in contrast to minerals such as magnetite, which needed no rubbing. Thales was incorrect in believing the attraction was due to a magnetic effect, but later science would prove a link between magnetism and electricity. Electricity would remain little more than an intellectual curiosity for millennia until 1600, when the English scientist William Gilbert wrote De Magnete, in which he made a careful study of electricity and magnetism, distinguishing the lodestone effect from static electricity produced by rubbing amber.
  • The Zappies are 1 of 11 cards associated with electricity, with the others being Electro Spirit, Zap, Tesla, Electro Dragon, Electro Giant, Lightning, Electro Wizard, Sparky, Wizard Trio, and the Goblinstein.
    • In the French and Portuguese language settings of the game, the Zappies' name translates to "Electrocutioners". In the Spanish, Turkish, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Persian, Indonesian, Malaysian, and Vietnamese language settings of the game, the Zappies' name translates to "Shockers", "Shock Union", "Electric Shockers", "Mini Generators", "Electric Car Squad", "Sparkers", "Electrocutters", "Zap-Zaps", and "Lightning Shock Robots" respectively.
• The Zappies are 1 of 17 troops that inspired a troop in Clash of Clans, the others being Spear Goblins, Bomber, Bats, Skeleton Barrel, Minion Horde, Firecracker, Battle Ram, Ice Golem, Baby Dragon, Giant Skeleton, Ram Rider, Inferno Dragon, Miner, Royal Ghost, Ice Wizard, and Night Witch.
  • It is the only troop from Clash Royale that is only available as a defensive troop in Clash of Clans.
  • The Zappies' description implies its creator is the Master Builder, a character from Clash of Clans.
• The Zappies are one of the first troop cards to receive a card render, alongside the Archers, Knight, Goblins, Bomber, Skeletons, Barbarians, Bats, Royal Recruits, Skeleton Barrel, Rascals, Musketeer, Giant, Valkyrie, Wizard, Flying Machine, Hog Rider, Royal Hogs, Dart Goblin, Elixir Golem, Baby Dragon, Skeleton Army, Witch, P.E.K.K.A, Prince, Balloon, Giant Skeleton, Goblin Giant, Hunter, Electro Dragon, Wall Breakers, Bowler, Cannon Cart, Mega Knight, Ram Rider, Miner, Royal Ghost, Ice Wizard, Magic Archer, Bandit, Lava Hound, Night Witch, and Fisherman.
• The Zappies are 1 of 14 troops that has been featured with a Rage buff, the others being Electro Spirit, Giant, Guards, Giant Skeleton, Goblin Giant, Electro Dragon, Wall Breakers, Electro Giant, Mega Knight, Ram Rider, Electro Wizard, Sparky, and Royal Ghost.
• The Zappies are the only non-Legendary or Champion troop to fall from the sky when deployed.
  • Cloned Zappies do not fall from the sky when deployed.