3 Barbarians and could run as fast as a

Lumberjack

Mmm it's a Orange Juice

They're harder, faster and stronger

First unlocked in Royal Arena

Elite Barbarians have the exact movespeed of a Lumberjack and the exact hitspeed of Barbarians

They hit harder, but there's fewer of them

They have 3/4 the total DPS of Barbarians

Each swing deals more damage than a Fireball to an arena tower

They're insanely fast and they're not hard to deal with if you're anticipating them

But they're way more threatening and should never be ignored

Barbarians planted in this position can block a Hog and can completely shut down it down from reaching your tower

Elite Barbarians can defend against a Hog but with only two of them

They don't quite form a wall and they deal a bit less damage

So the Hog will still get 1 hit on the tower

If they plant a Golem in the back with no building in the front

You can rush with Elite Barbarians as long as they don't have counters like Skeleton Army

If you split Archers first

Then split Elite Barbarians behind them

They won't run in front of them

It'll just push the Archers to their death faster

Elite Barbarians also take care of tanks

They do a good job of stopping an incoming Giant

Then translates into a really fast counter attack

They're not quite as strong as Barbarians but if you can afford some damage on your tower

They can take out a Royal Giant relatively well

Just like with regular Barbarians, they can take care of Sparky

Provided that you surround them. In this case, splitting them left and right

Fireball severely weakens Barbarians to a sliver of health letting your tower pick them off 1 by 1

With Elite Barbarians, since they're sturdier, Fireball doesn't quite do as much to them

They'll also survive Lightning

It does make sense to use Lightning if there's a 3rd target such as an arena tower or Mega Minion nearby

On the same note, since Elite Barbarians do cost 6 elixir

It absolutely makes sense to send in a Rocket if you don't have cheaper counters like Tombstone available

Fire Spirits have similar effect as Fireball, they can really hurt Barbarians

But they won't have as much impact on Elite Barbarians

Mega Minions can pick off Barbarians since they have such a slow movespeed

But against Elite Barbarians, they're way too fast for the Mega Minion to pick off effectively

With an Ice Golem you can kite a Lumberjack to its death

But against Elite Barbarians, they have way more health and damage, which allows them to survive the kiting

Since Barbarians are already really slow, Ice Wizard takes care of Barbarians

But Elite Barbarians are significantly faster, so they're not as vulnerable to the slow of the Ice Wizard

The Wizard just annihilates Barbarians

They're so slow that the Wizard just snipes at them from a distance

Then walks away untouched

But against Elite Barbarians, they charge right at him

The Wizard can manage to kill them, but he ends up dying as well

With the Princess she can chip away at Barbarians as they waddle to their death

Only dealing slight damage to the tower

With the Elite Barbs, they're so fast that 1 of them even runs out of range of her splash attack

They can rush the tower, just devastating it

Even though they look like Barbarians, they're completely different units with different counters

If your opponent rushes you with Elite Barbs

As long as they don't have The Log or a Zap, your Skeleton Army can easily distract them

Elite Barbarians can move very fast, but they're still gonna attack as slow as regular Barbarians

Tombstone can shut them down really easily, especially with the Skeletons that it spawns

Regular Barbarians overall have a bit more health and total damage

Because of this, they're also effective at sweeping up Elite Barbarians

Archers can tank 2 swings each

If timed properly, pulling them to the center with Archers can completely eliminate them

A Musketeer does a decent job, though not as effective as Archers at a slightly higher elixir cost

The Bowler is quite a strong card, he does an excellent job at defending against Elite Barbarians

Minions and Mega Minion don't output enough damage to stop the Elite Barbarians

But Minion Horde dishes out just enough to stop them

As long as your opponent doesn't have arrows or rear splash units, you're good

Musketeers have a slow movespeed

So splitting 3 Musketeers in the back makes sense since it can accumulate elixir to support them

Since Elite Barbarians have a much faster movespeed, when you plant them in the back

You won't have as much elixir to support them

They're very costly and very hard to snowball since they're so fast

A Mega Minion or Archers in the back are much easier to snowball into a larger push

Since they're significantly slower

Overall this is a card that deals relatively the same damage as Barbarians

And can survive much better than Barbarians

And are much more threatening than a Lumberjack

You never want them to touch your tower, each swing dealing more damage than a Fireball

They are NOT a direct replacement for Lumberjack or Barbarians

They have their own unique role in the game

We found at tournament standard, they're a bit hard to use, but since they're a common card

It won't be too difficult to over level them

Perhaps they'll be more beneficial on ladder where there's no level cap

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