雷电法术

“Bolts of lightning damage and stun up to three enemy troops or buildings with the most hitpoints in the target area. Reduced damage to Crown Towers.”

The Lightning card is unlocked from the Frozen Peak（Arena 8）. It is a spell that targets up to three individuals with the highest health in its range with devastating lightning bolts that stuns any survivors briefly. A Lightning card costs 6 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy[]

Lightning does massive damage, though not as much compared to the toughest units such as Lava Hound or Giant. It is still useful as two of its strikes can cripple or obliterate support units.
The Lightning spell can be used to finish off Crown Towers with low health or to one shot all troops with less than or as much health as an Electro Dragon.
This spell is extremely effective against the Wizard and Witch, especially next to enemy Crown Towers, as it will deal a sizable amount of chip damage for only one extra Elixir while also still being able to strike one more unit. Furthermore, Skeletons cannot distract its strikes since they have little health.
Lightning is effective in Lava Hound decks as it can quickly one-shot multiple threatening ranged troops such as the Wizard and Musketeer, which can quickly destroy the Lava Hound and whatever support units are behind it.
- This can be done against cheaper units like the Musketeer or Night Witch, but the Elixir deficit may or may not be worth the risk depending on the situation of the match.
As the Lightning strikes once on each target, it will strike fewer than three times if there are only one or two enemy troops/buildings within its radius, reducing its value. Try to use it when there are sufficient targets.
When using the Lightning, it is important to designate the targets of the spell in its radius. It is best to refrain from showing the opponent the Lightning until the opportunity for the highest Elixir advantage possible arises.
When trying to destroy the enemy Crown Tower at the last few秒 of the game, be careful, as any medium-high hitpoint units in its radius will be targeted instead by the Lightning, as in such situations the Crown Tower will have relatively low health, possibly even lower than a Skeleton. Instead, cast the Lightning towards the corner of the tower while it is within its radius to avoid targeting other units surrounding the tower.
It can be effectively used to counter Three Musketeers to create a 3 Elixir advantage. The player should keep in mind that they should avoiding hitting the Tower if they would like to hit all three of them.
The Elixir trade-off for using a Lightning can be very high, giving the enemy an Elixir advantage in most cases. However, the Lightning Spell is ineffective against units with extremely high hitpoints such as the Giant or P.E.K.K.A.
An alternative to the Lightning is the Rocket. Although Rocket costs the same amount of Elixir, takes more time to deploy and has a smaller AOE, it does massive area damage that is capable of taking out or heavily damaging many more targets.
The Lightning is very effective against the Sparky as it will reset Sparky's damage while also dealing high damage to her and other supporting troops. However, a Lightning will not take out a Sparky of the same level, meaning she is still dangerous if she is still being protected by a tank.
Royal Hogs can shield Three Musketeers from Lightning since each of them have higher health than a Musketeer.
The Lightning is very effective against the Inferno Tower and the Inferno Dragon since it can not only heavily damage these units, but also reset their target lock on troops, thus making them take longer to defeat them.
- While the Lightning may stun and cripple an Inferno Tower, it is a negative trade since the Inferno Tower can still damage pushes and it costs 1 more elixir than the building itself. Try also hitting something else to maximize the value.
Lightning can also reset charging troops with its stun, so can be used in a pinch to reset charges of the Prince, Dark Prince, and Battle Ram.
- However, with Dark Prince, you need to destroy his shield first, as otherwise Lightning will just have most of its damage canceled by the shield.
Lightning can immediately destroy an Archer Queen of equal level, but it is still a negative trade. Wait for your opponent to put down something else with the Archer Queen.

History[]

The Lightning card was added with Clash Royale's soft launch on 4/1/16.
On 19/2/16, the Balance Update decreased the Lightning's Crown Tower damage by 20%.
On 19/9/16, a Balance Update gave the Lightning the ability to stun targets for 0.5秒.
On 9/10/17, the October 2017 Update reduced Lightning's damage by 3%, and its radius to 3 tiles（from 3.5 tiles）.
On 12/12/17, a Balance Update decreased the Lightning’s Crown Tower damage from 40% to 35% of the full damage.
On 25/4/18, the Clan Wars Update increased the Lightning’s radius to 3.5（from 3）. It also allowed the Lightning to be placed on the river.
The 20/6/18 Update moved the Arena to unlock the Lightning from Goblin Stadium（Arena 1） to P.E.K.K.A's Playhouse（Arena 4）.
On 3/9/18, a Balance Update increased the Lightning's damage by 5%.
On 4/8/20, a Balance Update decreased the Lightning's Crown Tower damage from 35% to 30% of the full damage.
The 2021 Quarter 2 Update moved the Arena to unlock the Lightning from P.E.K.K.A's Playhouse（Arena 4） to Frozen Peak（Arena 8）.
On 27/10/21, the 2021 Quarter 3 Update added the level 14 Lightning.

Trivia[]

Lightning is a reference to the eponymous spell in Clash of Clans.
- In particular, it resembles the older iteration of the Lightning spell that took 2 housing spaces and fired multiple individual strikes.
  - However, unlike said spell, the CR iteration fires up to 3 lightning bolts, whereas its Clash of Clans counterpart fired six bolts.
It is tied with the Rocket for the most expensive spell at 6 Elixir, not counting the Mirror as it does not have a defined Elixir cost.
For some reason, the player is still able to play this card even if there are no valid targets within its AOE, effectively wasting it.
Although the Lightning has a circular radius, it does not inflict area damage, just the highest health troops there.
It's the only spell with a bad demo. In this case, it's bad against swarms.
It is one of the 4 spells from Clash of Clans that use Elixir there to also be in Clash Royale, the others being Rage, Freeze, and Clone.