骷髅帝王

“The King of the undead himself. He sometimes feels lonely (could be due to his non flattering features) and will summon friends to join him in the battle even after death. Tough guys have feelings too!”

The Skeleton King is unlocked upon reaching King Level 14. He is an area damage, melee troop with high hitpoints and moderate damage. Being a 英雄 card, he will stay out of the player's card cycle while he is deployed, and only return once he is destroyed. While the Skeleton King is on the field, any troops which die will be turned into "souls" which are collected by him. The Skeleton King's ability spawns Skeletons in a radius around him, dependent on how many souls he has collected. The Skeleton King appears as a hunky Skeleton wearing a dark breastplate, a skirt, and a team-colored belt like the Mega Knight along with a club, cape, sandals, and a crown. A Skeleton King card costs 4 Elixir to deploy, and his ability costs an additional 2 Elixir to activate.

Ability: Soul Summoning[]

“Collect souls of the fallen and bring them back from the dead!”

The Skeleton King has a special ability, accessible from the rightmost side of the screen just above the player's card slots in battle. After a 1 second delay, the Skeleton King activates his "Soul Summoning", stopping in place momentarily before summoning a varied amount of Skeletons in a 4-tile radius around himself. The Skeletons spawn 1 at a time at random positions in the circle every 0.25 seconds. ^{[confirmation needed]} The number of Skeletons spawned is based on how many troops die (either from the player or the opponent) while he is deployed.

When a troop is vanquished while Skeleton King is in the Arena, the Skeleton King gains a "soul", which spawns an additional Skeleton when his ability is used. With no souls, the Skeleton King will spawn 6 Skeletons, but with a maximum of 14 souls, he can summon 20 Skeletons. The amount of souls the Skeleton King has can be seen in a blue bar above his hitpoint bar. The ability goes on a 20 second cooldown after the duration ends. The Soul Summoning ability costs 2 Elixir to activate.

Strategy[]

For the purposes of determining Elixir trades, the Skeleton King and his activated Ability count as 6 Elixir, as the player must play the 4 Elixir King and then spend a further two elixir on his ability.
Since friendly troops will count as a soul to him, you can place a swarm such as a Skeleton Army while he is around and punish whenever the army gets countered with a small spell. This works well in swarm-heavy decks.
To counter, simply place a small spell to defeat the Skeletons, and place a ranged or air troop to counter the Skeleton King. A decently tough splash card such as Valkyrie can also be used.
A good way of countering the Skeleton King's activated ability is by using a combination of a cheap splash and single-target unit, such as a Firecracker combined with a Knight or Mega Minion. Any combination of units up to 6 Elixir or less will achieve this for a neutral or positive trade.
He and his Skeletons are weak to air troops. Beware of anti-air spells and support troops that may be paired with the Skeleton King.
The Skeleton King is an excellent defensive card, owing to his splash damage, good HP, and ability to get stronger as opposing units fall. Place him behind other friendly units on defense (preferably a swarm), then cast Soul Summoning once those units are defeated to summon a second defensive layer out of nowhere. This is especially strong if the enemy's units lock on to the Skeleton King, as he will naturally tank for his summoned Skeletons and any other defending units the player has down.
Bowler or Valkyrie is an excellent counter to the Skeleton King, as their relatively high health allow them to tank the Skeleton King as his attack damage is rather low. Their large splash damage radius takes out the spawning Skeletons while damaging the Skeleton King. All for a positive Elixir Trade.
The Mother Witch can take out his Skeletons easily, distracting him with a flow of hogs, allowing you to gather Elixir for a better counter card.
- The Skeletons he summons are cloned skeletons. Which means you can't clone them further and they only have 1 hitpoint. The Mother Witch will also make them a cloned Cursed Hog.
The Skeleton King pairs really well with the Graveyard, as after the opponent defeats the Graveyard, you can summon another graveyard by activating his ability for 2 elixir.
- The Skeleton King can tank for the Graveyard, allow the skeletons to quickly deal massive damage to the Princess Tower.
- The Graveyard could also tanking for the Skeleton King, the skeletons will be eliminated faster and the Skeleton King will summon the skeletons and tanking for them.
- Knowing this, Skeleton King is also great against the Graveyard, as he can summon 20 skeletons then going for a massive counter push.
He has a bit of a synergy with a Skeleton Army. He denies a spell countering the Skeleton Army as he can resummon the whole thing and some more, albeit without a spell countering them.

History[]

The Skeleton King was first mentioned in an update teaser on 24/10/21.
The Skeleton King was formally announced on 26/10/2021.
The Skeleton King was released on 27/10/21.
On 4/11/21, a maintenance break increased his damage by 14%, area of damage by 30%, and made him immune to non-Log knockback sources.

Trivia[]

The Skeleton King is the subject of an Emote.
The Skeleton King is 1 of 14 cards associated with Skeletons, including the Bomber, Skeleton Barrel, Skeleton Army, Witch, Tombstone, Bomb Tower, Giant Skeleton, Balloon, Guards, Graveyard, Wall Breakers, and Skeleton Dragons, and, of course, Skeletons.
- He is the only Skeleton-associated card to be a 英雄.
The Skeleton King is 1 of the first Champion cards to be added to the game, alongside the Golden Knight and Archer Queen.
He shares a name with 1 of Barbarian King's skins from Clash of Clans. They both summon troops for their ability, but the Skeleton King summons Skeletons instead of Barbarians, doesn't have fixed summoning amounts and additionally does not have additional effects tied to it.
The Skeleton King is the first Champion card to have his own challenge and emote.
The Skeleton King is the only Champion to not say comprehensible words.
The Skeletons spawned by Soul Summoning will emit a team-colored glow. These Skeletons will not count as souls upon defeat.
In the card picture, his top tooth is missing on the left side, but in his pose, his top tooth is missing on the right side.
He shares the same walking sound effect as the Giant Skeleton.
The Skeleton King has the most hitpoints out of all Champion cards.
He is the first and only Champion to do splash damage.