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“Building capable of burrowing underground and appearing anywhere in the Arena. Spawns Goblins one at a time until destroyed. Then spawns a few more, to make sure everything nearby has been properly stabbed.”

The Goblin Drill card is unlocked from the Rascal's Hideout（Arena 13）. It is a high-hitpoint building which spawns a Goblin every few秒. Unlike all other buildings, it can be deployed anywhere in the arena. When it surfaces, it will deal low damage to grounded units and slightly knock back small to medium sized troops. Crown Towers take less of its damage upon surfacing. When it is destroyed, it spawns 2 more Goblins. It appears as a building with a wooden hull, a circular hatch, a team-colored stripe, and a metal drill on its top. A Goblin Drill card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy[]

The Goblin Drill is very powerful on offense, being able to directly reach Crown Towers with its unrestricted deployment range, and will quickly spawn Goblins which deal high damage while tanking for them. Once the Drill is destroyed, even more Goblins will spawn and tank for each other.
The Goblins will spawn at the top of the Drill when used by the player, or at the bottom of the Drill when used by the opponent. The Goblin Drill will do more damage to a Crown Tower if it is spawned in front of it than if it was spawned behind the Tower, as the Goblins will spend less time moving.
Compared to the Miner, the Goblin Drill's burrowing speed is 33% slower, and its sound effect is different, so the player must keep this in mind to know which card is being deployed and when.
Its high hitpoints make it an effective tank for building-targeting troops like the Giant. However, its extremely short lifetime means that it will not pull these troops for very long. Therefore, it is more effective to place the Drill directly on top of building-targeting units to take advantage of its hitpoints and so that the Goblins can immediately begin attacking.
Using Earthquake on a Drill is not recommended as its extremely high decay rate means that the Earthquake's building damage multiplier is somewhat wasted. It is better to save the Earthquake for other troops, such as swarms, or to simply use the Elixir on other cards.
Since it deals knockback after spawning, it can stop the Battle Ram and Ram Rider's charge, absorb their damage and defeat either unit for an even or positive Elixir trade.
The Goblin Drill can be used to eliminate spawner buildings placed behind your opponent's Crown Towers. This comes especially in handy against the Furnace since the drill absorbs one Fire Spirit and the Goblins can rapidly take it out on top of forcing a response from your opponent.
A spell alone cannot fully counter a Goblin Drill. The player will either have to use their spell early to reduce the building's lifetime and hit the Goblins that spawn over its duration, or use their spell when the building is destroyed, which will still result in some damage.
The Log or Barbarian Barrel make decent soft counters to the Goblin Drill, as the area of effect can hit both the drill and the spawned Goblins after its destruction. Arrows have a similar effect. Royal Delivery can hit either the Drill or one-shot the spawned Goblins, but not both.
The Goblin Drill has just enough hitpoints to endure a single shot from Sparky at equal levels provided you send the drill directly at her. The resulting Goblins that spawn from the drill will help to take out Sparky.
The Goblin Drill's spawn damage is just enough to one-shot Skeletons. When paired with either Giant Snowball or Zap, it can one-shot swarms like the Goblin Gang, making them useful to pair with the Drill on offense.
The most reliable counters to the Drill are troops who can deal splash damage, troops which one-shot Goblins, or both, like Bomber, Bowler, Executioner and Wizard.
- Most swarm cards can negate most of the damage done by the Drill and its Goblins, but this requires precise timing. The swarm should be dropped right after the Drill spawns so that its spawn damage does not hit the swarm. Otherwise, the Drill will other one-shot the swarm, or put the swarm's health low enough so that a spell will one-shot the swarm. Air swarms are more reliable, as they will completely avoid the Goblin Drill's damage and the damage dealt by the Goblins, allowing them to survive more easily during the defense.
- Mini tanks are another effective counter to the Goblin Drill. Knight, Valkyrie, Royal Ghost, and Dark Prince will prevent most, if not all of the damage.
- Single-target ranged units are generally ineffective. When placed at a distance, they will let a fairly high amount of damage through, and when placed on top of the Drill, they will be defeated in the process.

History[]

The Goblin Drill was released on 11/7/21.
The Goblin Drill was able to be unlocked before its general release on 12/6/21 by achieving 6 wins in the Goblin Drill Card Release Draft Challenge.
On 17/6/21, a maintenance break added a 1秒 delay before the first Goblin spawn, adjusted the formation of the Goblins which spawned upon the Drill's destruction（now spawning more closely together in the center of the Drill）, and reduced the push effect of the Drill's burrowing effect on ground troops.
On 6/9/21, a Balance Update decreased the count of the Goblin Drill's death spawn to 2（from 3）.
On 27/10/21, the 2021 Quarter 3 Update changed the Goblin Drill's trail to make it more distinct from the Miner's.

Trivia[]

The Goblin Drill is the third building to be added to the game since its soft launch, with the first and秒 being the Furnace and the Goblin Cage.
The Goblin Drill may be a reference to the Clash-A-Rama episode "Goblin's Eleven", in which a group of Goblins use a large drill to steal Elixir from a storage.
The Goblin Drill is 1 of 2 buildings which occupy a 2x2 space, the other being the Tesla.
The Goblin Drill has the highest decay rate of any building, at 133 hitpoints per秒.
The Goblin Drill has the shortest lifetime of any building, at 9秒.
The Goblin Drill is 1 of 8 cards associated with Goblins, with the others being Spear Goblins, Goblin Gang, Dart Goblin, Goblin Giant, Goblin Cage, Goblin Hut and Goblin Barrel.
- The Goblin Drill, along with Goblin Hut and Goblin Cage are the only Goblin-related cards to be buildings.
The Goblin Drill is the subject of an Emote.
The Goblin Drill is 1 of the 4 cards that spawns troops anywhere in the Arena, with the others being the Goblin Barrel, the Miner, and the Graveyard.
The Goblin Drill and X-Bow are the only Epic buildings in the game.
The Goblin Drill is the only building that guarantees chip damage to a tower.
The Goblin Drill is the only building which can be deployed anywhere in the arena.
The Goblin Drill, The Goblin Cage, The Inferno Tower, and the Mortar are the only building cards that have their own Emote(s）.
There is an inconsistency with the Goblin Drill: placing it at the center would cause the Goblins to spawn on the left lane for one player and on the right lane for the other player.
The Goblin Drill is 1 of 2 cards to be inspired by the animated sketch series "Clash-a-Rama!", the other being the Goblin Cage.