Arrows
A wide-radius spell built to wipe out swarms in a single cast, hitting both ground and air at once.
Recent Performance
Arrows appears in 17.5% of recently tracked decks and wins 67% of its matches.
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What Does Arrows Do?
Arrows is a spell with one of the widest damage radii in the game, covering a large area and hitting every ground and air unit inside it at once. Its damage per target is modest, which means it's less effective against a single high-HP troop, but devastating against a cluster of cheap units standing together.
Because the radius is so wide, it's forgiving to aim - even an imprecise cast usually catches most of a swarm, which makes it one of the more reliable anti-swarm spells for less experienced players.
Where Arrows Fits
Arrows is a defensive answer to swarm strategies rather than an offensive tool - it's most valuable against decks built around Minion Horde, Skeleton Army, Goblin Gang, or Barbarians, where a single cast can neutralize an entire push for a fraction of the Elixir the opponent spent.
How to Counter Arrows
The simplest counter is not overcommitting to a single swarm push - spreading troops out or mixing in a tankier unit alongside cheap swarm cards means Arrows can't get full value from one cast, since it can't one-shot higher-HP troops the way it does Skeletons or Minions.
Arrows FAQ
What rarity is Arrows?
Arrows is a Common spell card.
How much elixir does Arrows cost?
Arrows costs 3 Elixir.
What does Arrows target?
Arrows deals area damage across a wide radius, hitting both ground and air units at once.
What is Arrows best used against?
Swarm cards like Minion Horde, Goblin Gang, Skeleton Army, and Barbarians - its radius is wide enough to wipe out an entire group in one cast.
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