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The top Guards decks, ranked by win rate from real battle data.
Structure and synergy are heuristics, not win probabilities or statistical confidence intervals.
Recorded wins: 155905 · Recorded losses: 270067. Win rate = wins / (wins + losses); draws are excluded. Uses are recorded deck appearances, not necessarily unique matches.
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Structure and synergy are heuristics, not win probabilities or statistical confidence intervals.
Recorded wins: 24866 · Recorded losses: 96778. Win rate = wins / (wins + losses); draws are excluded. Uses are recorded deck appearances, not necessarily unique matches.
Structure and synergy are heuristics, not win probabilities or statistical confidence intervals.
Recorded wins: 26087 · Recorded losses: 52791. Win rate = wins / (wins + losses); draws are excluded. Uses are recorded deck appearances, not necessarily unique matches.
Top Guards decks right now
- Giant Beatdown — 36.6% win rate · Giant, Minions, Witch, Guards, Bowler, Arrows, Graveyard, Giant Snowball
- Royal Giant Beatdown — 20.4% win rate · Royal Giant, Guards, Hunter, Fisherman, Monk, Electro Spirit, Lightning, The Log
- Elite Barbarians Beatdown — 33.1% win rate · Hog Rider, Minion Horde, Guards, Elite Barbarians, Executioner, Boss Bandit, Freeze, Zap
From collected battle logs, not all battles played in the game. The actual observation period is not supplied by this source.
What is a Guards deck?
A Guards deck is built around Guards as its win condition: the card your pushes are designed to protect and connect to the enemy tower. The remaining seven slots supply defense, spells and support that cover Guards’s weaknesses and convert defensive stops into counter-pushes.
The strongest Guards decks in the current meta are listed above, ranked by real win rate. Card lists, average elixir and usage all come from live battles, so the list follows every balance change automatically.
How to play Guards
Play the first minute patiently: learn the opponent’s counters to Guards and make positive elixir trades on defense. Commit to a big Guards push when you have an elixir lead or when their key counter is out of rotation — support it with the deck’s spells and backup troops.
Facing Guards instead? Use the counter tool to find the cards and decks that shut it down, or study the losing matchups of the decks listed above.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best Guards deck right now?
The top-ranked Guards deck by live win rate is first in the list above. Rankings are recomputed continuously from real battles, so the best Guards deck can change as the meta shifts.
Is Guards good in the current meta?
Check the live win rates above — they are measured from real matches, not opinion. If the leading Guards decks hold a win rate around or above 50%, Guards is competitive right now.
What cards work well with Guards?
The decks above are the most successful Guards pairings in the current meta: the cards that appear across several top Guards decks are its strongest partners.
Best Guards Decks
The top Guards decks, ranked by win rate from real battle data.
Structure and synergy are heuristics, not win probabilities or statistical confidence intervals.
Recorded wins: 155905 · Recorded losses: 270067. Win rate = wins / (wins + losses); draws are excluded. Uses are recorded deck appearances, not necessarily unique matches.
Structure and synergy are heuristics, not win probabilities or statistical confidence intervals.
Recorded wins: 24866 · Recorded losses: 96778. Win rate = wins / (wins + losses); draws are excluded. Uses are recorded deck appearances, not necessarily unique matches.
Structure and synergy are heuristics, not win probabilities or statistical confidence intervals.
Recorded wins: 26087 · Recorded losses: 52791. Win rate = wins / (wins + losses); draws are excluded. Uses are recorded deck appearances, not necessarily unique matches.
Top Guards decks right now
- Giant Beatdown — 36.6% win rate · Giant, Minions, Witch, Guards, Bowler, Arrows, Graveyard, Giant Snowball
- Royal Giant Beatdown — 20.4% win rate · Royal Giant, Guards, Hunter, Fisherman, Monk, Electro Spirit, Lightning, The Log
- Elite Barbarians Beatdown — 33.1% win rate · Hog Rider, Minion Horde, Guards, Elite Barbarians, Executioner, Boss Bandit, Freeze, Zap
From collected battle logs, not all battles played in the game. The actual observation period is not supplied by this source.
What is a Guards deck?
A Guards deck is built around Guards as its win condition: the card your pushes are designed to protect and connect to the enemy tower. The remaining seven slots supply defense, spells and support that cover Guards’s weaknesses and convert defensive stops into counter-pushes.
The strongest Guards decks in the current meta are listed above, ranked by real win rate. Card lists, average elixir and usage all come from live battles, so the list follows every balance change automatically.
How to play Guards
Play the first minute patiently: learn the opponent’s counters to Guards and make positive elixir trades on defense. Commit to a big Guards push when you have an elixir lead or when their key counter is out of rotation — support it with the deck’s spells and backup troops.
Facing Guards instead? Use the counter tool to find the cards and decks that shut it down, or study the losing matchups of the decks listed above.
Related archetypes
Keep exploring
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Guards deck right now?
The top-ranked Guards deck by live win rate is first in the list above. Rankings are recomputed continuously from real battles, so the best Guards deck can change as the meta shifts.
Is Guards good in the current meta?
Check the live win rates above — they are measured from real matches, not opinion. If the leading Guards decks hold a win rate around or above 50%, Guards is competitive right now.
What cards work well with Guards?
The decks above are the most successful Guards pairings in the current meta: the cards that appear across several top Guards decks are its strongest partners.