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Cannon
Evo Cannon· Evolution
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 27, 2026
Cannon is a 3-elixir Common Building in Clash Royale with an Evolution (Evo Cannon), played in 13.7% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best decks with Cannon and Evo Cannon from live ladder data, what counters Cannon, what Cannon beats, and its top synergies.
Evo Cannon is the Evolution of Cannon. Ladder decks below include both forms — ranked by real play rate, not the win-chance model.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Cannon, not win-chance model scores. To score a full 8-card list with the machine-learning model and search automatic upgrades, open the Deck Lab. Open the Deck Lab
Card stats
- Elixir
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Type
- Building
- Meta usage
- 13.7%
- Win rate
- 39.1%
- Played as Evo
- 56%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 797 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Where this card is played
- Champion18.53% · #8 of 122 cards
- Master 117.81% · #10 of 122 cards
- 9,000–11,999 trophies14.24% · #19 of 122 cards
- Ultimate Champion12.50% · #11 of 122 cards
- 7,000–8,999 trophies11.81% · #20 of 122 cards
- 14,000+ trophies10.87% · #25 of 122 cards
- 12,000–13,999 trophies10.80% · #24 of 122 cards
- 5,000–6,999 trophies7.42% · #38 of 122 cards
Share of each bracket's own meta panel, from that bracket's snapshot rather than a slice of one ladder-wide average. Open a bracket for its best decks.
Best Cannon & Evo Cannon decks
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Most-played ranked decks featuring Cannon or Evo Cannon, from live ladder leaderboard data (no model score).
What counters Cannon
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Cannon counters
- Hog RiderVerifiedHard counter — building pulls it off-target
- Battle RamVerifiedSolid counter — building pulls it off-target
- Ram RiderVerifiedSolid counter — building pulls it off-target
- GiantVerifiedSoft counter — building pulls it off-target
- Wall BreakersVerifiedSoft counter — building pulls it off-target
- Rune GiantVerifiedSoft counter — building pulls it off-target
- Royal GiantVerifiedSoft counter — building pulls it off-target
- Royal HogsDerivedSoft counter — building pulls it off-target
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
Best synergies
- Earthquake21% of its decks×5.1 vs chance
- Mighty Miner17% of its decks×4.9 vs chance
- Fire Spirit11% of its decks×4.5 vs chance
- Goblin Drill13% of its decks×4.4 vs chance
- Royal Delivery6% of its decks×3.9 vs chance
- Ice Spirit44% of its decks×3.9 vs chance
- Hog Rider50% of its decks×3.6 vs chance
- Ice Golem27% of its decks×3.3 vs chance
Cards played alongside Cannon far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Evo Cannon?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Cannon or Evo Cannon right now is Cannon, Fireball, Hog Rider, Ice Golem, Ice Spirit, Musketeer, Skeletons, The Log, at 2.8% of the live ladder panel.
- What counters Cannon in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Cannon are Earthquake.
- What cards go well with Cannon?
- In the current ranked meta Cannon is played most often alongside Earthquake, Mighty Miner, Fire Spirit, Goblin Drill.
- How popular is Cannon right now?
- Cannon appears in 13.7% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Cannon?
- Decks running Cannon win 39.1% of the 797 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Cannon
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Cannon does not fit the deck.