Best characters to use with Cannoneer in Clash Royale

Clash Royale provides a dynamic landscape with a high skill ceiling for players, accounting for deep deck-building mechanics and strategic synergy formations between cards. One of the great underrated cards in Clash Royale is the Cannoneer - a flexible ranged unit.

The Cannoneer has become increasingly popular in recent updates, and paired with the right characters, it can change any deck into a potential match-winning set. We will list the best characters you can use today with the Cannoneer to create interesting strategic plays in Clash Royale.

Note: This article is subjective and reflects the writer's opinion.

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Exploring the best characters to use with Cannoneer in Clash Royale

1) The Miner

The Miner (Image via Supercell)

The Miner has consistently been a dependable legendary card in Clash Royale, but when paired with the Cannoneer, it adds a whole new level of strategic depth. The Miner's ability to target Crown Towers directly allows opponents to divert their troops, giving players an opening to inflict maximum damage with the Cannoneer on opponents.

Strategy:

Cost: 3 (Miner) + 5 (Cannoneer) = 8

Place the Miner at the rear end of the tower, compelling the opponent's troops to engage with them. The Cannoneer can then be positioned behind or along the Miner's side, ensuring its safety and dealing consistent maximum damage.

Effective against: Decks that focus on tower defense or low-cost ground swarm or single-target units.

Counter: A tactically positioned Tornado or Valkyrie.

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2) The Electro Wizard

The Electro Wizard (Image via Supercell)

The Electro Wizard is the legendary card that immobilizes the enemy troops as soon as it comes in contact with them with a powerful zap. It complements well with the consistent heavy damage of the Cannoneer to shut down lethal opponent waves.

Strategy:

Cost: 4 (Electro Wizard) + 5 (Cannoneer) = 9

The Electro Wizard can hold and stun enemies, giving the Cannoneer an opening to inflict heavy damage. Combined with the Sparky, it can have a paralyzing effect on your opponents.

Effective against: Large-impact, single-target devices or aerial formations.

Counter: When the lightning spell is used, it can directly take out close proximity units. So, make sure to keep the right distance.

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3) Ice Spirit

The Ice Spirit (Image via Supercell)

The Ice Spirit is often the most disregarded common card in Clash Royale, but its combination with the Cannoneer is fairly obvious. The Ice Spirit deploys a fast short-range ground troop that attacks and destroys itself upon impact, stunning opponents for brief seconds.

Strategy:

Cost: 1 (Ice Spirit) + 5 (Cannoneer) = 6

Place the Ice Spirit at strategic high-traffic lanes to freeze enemy troops and deal heavy damage with the Cannoneer.

Effective against: Group of low-health, high-pace targets.

Counter: Zap-based decks.

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4) The Giant Skeleton

The Giant Skeleton (Image via Supercell)

As an Epic card tank, the Giant Skeleton is equipped with heavy hits and a death bomb that can instantly eliminate enemy troops. When paired with the Cannoneer, it creates a reliable push that is capable of opening up opponents' towers.

Strategy:

Cost: 6 (Giant Skeleton) + 5 (Cannoneer) = 11

The Giant Skeleton can tank the damage, while also distracting enemy troops followed up by the death bomb. This can clear out surviving enemies, giving the Cannoneer an opening to solely focus on the tower.

Effective against: Turrets and transports.

Counter: High-DPS, single-target troops can melt the Giant Skeleton before it approaches the target.

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5) The Hunter

The Hunter (Image via Supercell)

The Hunter is one of the most utilized damage-dealing Epic card tanks in Clash Royale. The Hunter's close combat shotgun, paired with the Cannoneer's ranged attack, creates a well-balanced push for all-range attacks.

Strategy:

Cost: 4 (Hunter) + 5 (Cannoneer) = 9

Place the Hunter first to push and clear any approaching enemies. Then, place the Cannoneer behind the Hunter to cover all the ranged enemies attacking the latter, allowing him to survive and push forward.

Effective against: High-health tanks and short-range troops.

Counter: The Hunter will be vulnerable to long-range units and air troops, which the Cannoneer won't be able to cover a lot.

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