黑暗王子

黑暗王子
圣水花费	4
稀有度	史诗
类型	军队
竞技场	皇家竞技场
上线日期	29 February 2016

“The Dark Prince deals area damage and lets his spiked club do the talking for him - because when he does talk, it sounds like he has a bucket on his head.”

The Dark Prince card is unlocked from the Royal Arena (Arena 7). He is a ground-targeting melee troop with moderate hitpoints, area damage, and a weak shield. The Dark Prince takes an appearance as a man mostly covered in dark steel armor with shiny blue eyes, black eyebrows, a nose visible and a part of his neck as well. He carries a spiked club and heater shield and rides a pony the same breed as his counterpart, the Prince. He has a special ability; if he walks for 3.5 tiles uninterrupted, he will begin to charge, gaining a movement speed and damage boost. Upon hitting a troop or building, he will deal double his normal damage and hit in a 360º area around him and stop charging. A Dark Prince card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy

• When fighting an opposing Dark Prince, an effective counter is to place a unit to tank its charge attack, such as a Knight. However, unlike the Prince, a high hitpoint troop is much more effective to counter the Dark Prince than deploying low hitpoint units to counter the card, as the Dark Prince deals area damage and deals significantly less damage than the Prince. Even if the player surrounds him with troops, his 360º charge attack will damage them all.
  • It can be beneficial to deploy a cheap unit to absorb the Dark Prince's charge attack before deploying your tank counter, as it will preserve more of your defender's health for a possible counterpush. You can also use a stunning card like a Zap to reset his charge and deal a bit of damage to him.
  • Barbarians and Rascals are still a good counter as their staggered deploy means the Dark Prince's charge attack will only hit one or just a fraction of the units, allowing the others to stay alive and attack. However, cheaper staggered swarms will still die to the Dark Prince fairly quickly, so it is not recommended to use them as a counter.
• Excess damage from destroying the Dark Prince's shield will not affect his actual hitpoints. For instance, the Dark Prince has 199 shield hitpoints, and a Lightning does 877 damage to him, the extra 678 damage will be completely negated, making it ineffective to use high Elixir spells on him. The shield also makes him effective at countering high single damage units like the Prince or Sparky.
• The Dark Prince fills multiple roles within one deck due to his moderate-high hitpoints, strong splash attack, and shield. He can be used to take out support units like a Musketeer behind a tank, absorb damage from big units with his shield, support pushes, and rush from the bridge.
• Even though the Dark Prince deals less damage than the Prince, it is a good idea to take care of him before he reaches the tower as he can still deal a considerable amount of damage to the player's tower.
• The Electro Wizard is effective at stopping the Dark Prince with his stun attacks, preventing the Dark Prince from charging at all.
• The Dark Prince can fully counter unsupported Elite Barbarians with the help of a Crown Tower for a positive Elixir trade. He should be placed a short distance away from the Elite Barbarians if possible so that he is not hit during his deployment time.
• The Dark Prince can be paired with fast-moving troops that target buildings such as Hog Rider. The Dark Prince's fast charge speed will make him aligned with the troop. The Dark Prince then will eliminate any swarms, while the troop moves to attack the tower. However, this combo is very vulnerable to air swarms like the Minion Horde since these troops do not target air.
• An attacking Dark Prince in affiliation with the Prince is immensely effective. The Dark Prince can eliminate opposing low hitpoint troops while the Prince charges toward the enemy Tower, unhindered. This is known as the Double Prince combo and is also frequently used with a tank like the Giant.
  • This combo is vulnerable to air cards, so be prepared with the proper spells.
  • This strategy can be shut down with an Inferno Tower paired with swarm cards such as a tank and high-damage troop combo or by luring the troops to the middle. This lets both Arena Towers engage the pair, annihilating them. If you kite them far enough, they may do a lane swap and target the completely wrong Tower.
  • Since this combo costs a lot of Elixir, attacking in the other lane can be a good way to prevent the opponent from effectively executing it.

• Unlike the Battle Ram, the Dark Prince has an immunity to all forms of knockback, except for The Log. Because of this, it is not a good idea to use spells like Fireball or Giant Snowball to reset the Dark Prince's charge, nor is it a good idea to use a Bowler against the Dark Prince.

History

• The Dark Prince was added to the game on 2/29/16 with the March 2016 Update.
• On 23/3/16, a Balance Update decreased the Dark Prince's charge speed by 13%.
• The Dark Prince description changed with the May 2016 Update. It used to say, "Dealing area damage with each swing and double after charging, the Dark Prince is a formidable fighter. To harm his squishy core, break his shield first."
• On 4/7/16, the Tournaments Update increased the Dark Prince's damage by 8% and made him unaffected by pushback.
• On 24/8/16, a Balance Update increased the Dark Prince's damage by 7.5%.
• On 13/2/17, a Balance Update increased the Dark Prince's hitpoints by 5%.
• On 11/8/17, a Balance Update increased the Dark Prince's damage by 6% and increased his hit speed to 1.4 seconds (from 1.5 seconds).
• On 12/2/18, a Balance Update increased the Dark Prince's hitpoints by 5% and increased his hit speed to 1.3 seconds (from 1.4 seconds).
• On 25/4/18, the Clan Wars update decreased the Dark Prince’s Shield hitpoints by 25%.
• On 20/6/18, the Summer Update increased the distance required for charging to 3.5 tiles (from 2.5).
• On 6/5/19, a Balance Update increased his range by 20% and increased his area splash radius by 25%. The area splash radius change affects both his normal attack and charging 360º attack.
• On 1/7/19, a 'Rulebook' Update decreased the Dark Prince's range from 1.25 to 1.2 (now classified as 中距离近战). This also slightly decreased the splash radius of both his normal attack and charging attack by 5%.
• On 2/9/19, a Balance Update decreased the Dark Prince's splash radius to 1.1 tiles (from 1.2 tiles).
• On 27/10/21, the 2021 Quarter 3 Update added the level 14 Dark Prince.

Trivia

• The Dark Prince, Valkyrie, the Mega Knight and the Royal Ghost are the only melee troops that deal area damage.
• The Prince, Battle Ram, Dark Prince, Bandit, Mega Knight and Ram Rider are the only troop cards in the game that have varying attack damage and speed (not including death damage like that of the Giant Skeleton).
• The Dark Prince and the Mega Knight are the only cards other than death damage cards to have two types of attack; a normal splash like the Wizard, and a 360-degree one like the Valkyrie. Coincidentally, they are both splash-damage troops.
• The Dark Prince, Guards, Royal Recruits, Cannon Cart, and Royal Delivery are the only cards that have a shield in addition to their own hitpoints.
• Similar to his counterpart, once he starts charging, a sound effect will play. However, the Dark Prince's audio is muffled and played in a lower pitch compared to the Prince.
• The Dark Prince is the subject of 2 Emotes.
• As his description states, he indeed sounds like he has a bucket on his head.

数据

花费	攻击速度	移动速度	部署时间	射程	目标	数量	行进方式	类型	稀有度
4	1.3秒	中等（60）	1秒	中距离近战	地面目标	x1	地面	军队	史诗

等级	生命值	护盾生命值	范围伤害	冲锋伤害	每秒伤害值
6	775	150	155	310	119
7	852	165	170	341	130
8	937	181	187	375	143
9	1,030	199	206	412	158
10	1,131	219	226	452	173
11	1,240	240	248	496	190
12	1,364	264	272	545	209
13	1,495	289	299	598	230
14	1,643	318	328	657	252