Ye at relise, i loved it, no one played it because i was at lower trophy range so people didnt max it out but card was so cool. It had bigger range, damage and barbarian was stronger i think was really sad when they nerfed it
As someone who played 2016-2018 I remember sooo many things in this video, and I'm also surprised at some things that I didn't know happened, like graveyard not having RNG spawn and log not damaging crown towers.
That’s actually a mistake - supercell drafted a balance change where logs range would be reduced so it doesn’t hit towers, but it was unpopular so they never pushed it out.
Some old facts that I rmb 1)goblin barrel used to cost 4 elixir and deals low damage to the tower upon hitting 2)zap and princess used to counter a goblin barrel completely 3)the log cannot push back giants when it was first introduced 4)freeze didn’t have damage, but upgrading it increase its duration 5)the hog mountain used to be the legendary arena and it is reached in 3000 trophies + you can get legend trophies for the amount of trophies u have over 3000
Some that I remember -Prince was a rare -Game was release for certain countries in January but March for others so I had to use a vpn to get it. -Every clash royale player still had a father because Ebarbs didn’t exist yet. -Tv royale only showed top players -Landscape mode on replays
@@mqpar5.795 mb I remember grinding to get to arena 7 in 2016, but legendary probably would still be the highest arena, unlike the huge amount of arenas we have now
Funfact: Xbow shooting air troops would make it a worse win condition because it gives your opponent more troops to block the xbow with, yes I would have been a better defensive building, however it would almost never lock on if it could hit air.
Xbow had far better stats back then so it would very likely even out, also at the time the tankyiest air card at the time was either the balloon or the dragon, so it wouldnt be that hard to connect since supports exist
Clash 2016 was sooo good. I miss it terribly. Legendaries felt like, legendaries. Epics felt epic. No pass royale. And an epic was always guaranteed early game.
A few more: The PEKKA initially had a longer deploy time, just like the golem does now. It was removed. The goblin gang had 6 goblins-three melee, three spear-for 3 goddamn elixir. The log actually didn’t have knockback and is considered THE worst legendary. SC adding knockback instantly made it the best legendary spell ever. The electro wizard could be one-shotted by a same-level fireball at launch (like the ice wizard is now). Since even epic cards were so expensive in the earliest of CR, the PEKKA twin prince smash was seen as a deck of prestige and power. At launch, poison spell had a slowing effect, just like its COC counterpart, but is even better since it also affected buildings. This made poison-giant strats almost invincible. In the earliest of days, zap was a SINGLE-TARGET spell. The goblin barrel once costed 4 elixir, and dealt damage to its surroundings upon impact. This made it one of the worst spells in early CR. Speaking of which, goblins could once be killed with a same-level zap (the AOE spell which we know today, ofc). SC nerfed the damage of zap by 6% to create one of the most annoying metas of all time: knight-princess-gob barrel-rocket. From a player since 03/2016
Ah yes poison was the best spell back then. One fun fact though minion horde didn't even getting any better since back then. Stay as a surprise card forever
@@zucth8447 There's not really a good way to fix it. The hordes problem is that it dies to like every spell for a positive elixir trade, but you can't buff it without affecting regular minions. Logically a five elixir card shouldn't die to a 3 elixir spell (like witch and wizard survive arrows), but buffing their health would make regular minions super overpowered.
Who else remembers these 1) Witch used to spawn 3 skeletons in a line in front of her instead of 4 around her 2) Witch used to not deal area damage after one wave of balance chances 3) Executioner used to deal 400 damage per 4 hits on enemies after one update
« Supercell decided to nerf the ice wizard for no reason » it was literally OP af when the game got released worldwide, but didn’t get nerf immediately because of how stupidly rare getting a legendary was, then when legendaries became slowly but surely more common, they nerfed it.
I mained sparky for years, people would never expect it and you can get an absolute death ball push with it as long as they didn’t have rocket or lightning
I expect that every match because everyone who has sparky has a musketeer and if you don’t have a level 15 fire ball it’s basically impossible to defend
I hate how when anyone mentions how there used to be 3 fire spirits, they never mention that each fire spirit was way weaker, and that it was one of the least used and worst cards in the game. The rework saved the card and made it overpowered until it got nerfed to make it the normal card it is today
@@timtimber5271 nah don’t get me wrong, i liked the old fire spirits more because of its uniqueness and versatility, but still when anyone talks abt it, they’re always like “oh it was so much better and stronger and it could kill minions”
I personally prefer the old ones. They were able to counter things like barbs and mini pekka. This coming from someone who had them in my main deck since 2016…
Some other things I remember 1) Bowler used to knock back every troop, even Tanks. 2) Heal used to cost 4 elixir and it healed like crazy (it could heal 50% of Giants HP back). 3) Spear Goblins back in the day couldn't oneshot Skeleton, however they had much higher attack speed. 4) Witch didn't have AoE attacks back in the day
1:49 sparky was the first legendary i pulled on my old account, it plus golem got me all the way to legendary arena (which was then changed to hog mountain) so it’ll always hold a special place in my heart
I remember when I first got the princess in the summer of 2016, I got so excited I literally yelled for hours and was happy for days, because I got her without spending money at all. Now? Legendaries are like commons.
Ahh, i remember when me and my friends were walking to home and one of my friends was playing clash royale and he opened the free chests and got sparky from one of them, he started shouting a lot and ran to his other friends to show what he got and from what he got it from :D Good old times
I remember being absolutely tired after a day of school coming back home opening my free chests and getting my first legendary out of it, won't forget the free chest rip
I loved the old fire spirits they were by far my favorite card. To all the bitter people in the comments, I did not say the fire spirit are any worse or better than the fire spirits. You simply cannot take a minion horde out with it anymore, it does more damage to towers and costs less elixer. The only improvement was in top ladder usage, and I simply said I liked the previous fire spirits and now nerds who need to hug their parents and touch some grass are having a "skill issue" debate about a single card, I mean tf is your life by that point lol, it's just a game and you clearly don't enjoy it😂
Finally someone doesn't talk like the fire spirits were changed 10 years ago! People forget it was only last year. I hope they come back one day (like heal spell)
Pretty sure they made the fire spirit 1 elixir to make it more similar to the other ones. Also, they increased it's damage and splash size, so it's pretty much the same as before
Idk if anyone remebers, but on the early days of clash royale, the prince had different sounds, when he charged the horse also screamed and when he hited something he would make a more high pitched sound in comparation of today.
I got my ice wizard from a wooden chest at spell valley in 2016. Then 2 months later LH from crown chest. I went from builders workshop (1800 at the time) all the way to legendary arena with Lavaloon/double wizard.
"Compare to our lame golem now with crystals" Honestly, as a clash royale player since 2016, i like how the current golem looks. They look more like their COC counterparts, and it looks even nicer with the star level golden crown
for the old playersrs,there also used to be a trend when we used to write a message to superscell frequesting for a legendary and after a bit most players used to get it as well.though it didnt happen to me,my friends did get legendaries bucuz of the request they made.I got my first legendary via magical chest ,it still feels like yesterday.the good old days man....😇
The good old wooden chest... I got my first two or i guess first three legendarys out of them. It was my favourite chest. Also the Magical Cjest was my favourite, today i hate it.
Despite not being able to see them, there are still chest stats for them for each areana with all the other chests. You can also still use them... but only once at the start of the game. I wonder why they still make wooden chests gradually better each areana if you can't get them past training camp. -sincerely Uel
I remember play cr and I was in arena 4. I just opened my free chest and I got a lava hound, it felt amazing. Some weeks later, i got another hound from free chest. It was incredible.
I remember quite a few of these facts like the royal recruit one and the fire spirit one. I have been playing since mid 2016 and have seen the game progress so much, honestly i liked the game more back in 2018. After they made all of the rearanging of lower arenas and rearanging of cards the game became much worse (I got league 2 before they made rascal's hideout, serinity peak ...), I still like the game but it isn't as much fun as it used to be.
man, I miss the draft chests. they were fun to obtain and use. r.i.p. also, I did not even know that barb barrel and graveyard are changed because I never use them.
I remember getting an ice wizard (one of the 2 legendaries at the time) and I was so happy that I need to tell everyone about that. Now when I get a legendary, a lot of times I feel disappointed that I didn't get the legendary I want.
bowler has the best voiceline i. the game wich was removed he used to just say WEEEEEEEE on release and i loved it so much so sad its gone also ak-47 witch was crazy
u really took me back with the red tower skin i remember that and if i could go back now and buy it itd be such a flex same with the hog with raining coin emote. i lost the challenge with 1 win left, if only i was better
i remember playing clash royal in like 1st or 2nd grade art class when we had a free day and i wanted to hunt for a legendary now a few years later i decided to reinstall the game to see what i missed
I remember I used to pair heal spell with goblin barrel and miner or minion heal spell with miner when i was pushing in arena 10 😂 Really worked and it placed me into arena 11
I miss my old ebarb rg deck back in like 2020/2019 whenever it was just after the big buff for ebarbs, my favorite most toxic deck I’ve ever made. And to comment on when you said night witch was the most op card I beg to differ, I think that goes to the very fast e barbs
I always hated the magical chest because I was the only person in my group of friends who never got a legendary from one. Been playing consistently since 2016 and got my first legendary from a magical chest less than a month ago.
It was 2016 when clash royale became accessible to everyone and I was at Arena 5. I remember seeing the card "mirror" and really wanting it. At the time, when I reached Arena 5 I was thinking to myself if I should have bought a few giant chests just for a chance to get it. I remember spending 10 euros (which was a bit spent on a mobile game for me since I was a kid) to get 3 giant chests. Unfortunately I didn't get no mirror in those chests. I was really sad, and decided to spend 5 more euros to open one more giant chest. I see 4 cards, i see the second to last card being a mirror. I screamed with joy. The last card was an ice wizard. I think I don't apreciate these little things anymore in life. A less than 0.1% to get it. It was epic. I was the only one in my school to have a legendary at the time. Thanks for reading❤️
I really miss the wooden chest. While everyone else was collecting their legendaries, I never got a single one. Until one week I opened my wooden chest and got my first legendary. About a week later, I got my second legendary, _through another wooden chest!_ These two were my only legendaries I ever got, and then I stopped playing
oh my god. stop it. i cried hard at this. for 2 reasons. sadness from the heal spell, wooden chests, the triple fire spirit, the 6 elixer royal guards, super op graveyard. and the insane amounts of ptsd i recieved from all these insane things that happened with the night witch
