Cannon - Clash Royale

Defensive building. Shoots cannonballs with deadly effect, but cannot target flying troops.

The Cannon card is unlocked from the Barbarian Bowl (Arena 3). It is a single-target, short-ranged defensive building with moderate hitpoints and damage. It fires cannonballs toward ground troops but is unable to target air troops. A Cannon card costs 3 Elixir to deploy.

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Stats

transport	hit speed	deploy time	lifetime	range	target	elixir cost	rarity	type	arena	release date
Ground	1 sec	1 sec	30 sec	5.5	Ground	3	Common	Building	Barbarian Bowl	4 January 2016

Levels

Level	hitpoints	damage	damage per second
1	350	79	79
2	385	86	86
3	423	95	95
4	465	105	105
5	511	115	115
6	560	126	126
7	616	139	139
8	675	152	152
9	742	167	167
10	815	184	184
11	896	202	202
12	983	221	221
13	1,081	244	244

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HISTORY

The Cannon was added with Clash Royale's soft launch on 4/1/16.
On 2/2/16, the February 2016 Update decreased the Cannon's Elixir cost to 3 (from 6), its range to 6 (from 7), its lifetime to 40 sec (from 60 sec), and decreased its hitpoints by 55%.
On 23/3/16, a Balance Update decreased the Cannon's lifetime to 30 sec (from 40 sec).
On 3/5/16, the May 2016 Update decreased the Cannon's hitpoints by 11%. This update also fixed the "range bug" and decreased the Cannon's range to 5.5 (from 6) but its effective range is unchanged.
On 18/5/16, a Balance Update decreased the Cannon's hitpoints by 5%.
On 21/6/16, a Balance Update decreased the Cannon's hitpoints by 8%.
On 1/7/19, a Balance Update increased the Cannon's damage by 32% from 127 to 167 at tournament standards, decreased its hitspeed to 1 second (from 0.8 seconds).

STRATEGY

The Cannon can be used defensively behind or beside Crown Towers to help defend against melee troops.
As with any defense, it is not wise to play the Cannon proactively, as this may, for example, allow an opposing Dart Goblin or Musketeer to out-range it, destroy it, and then attack the player's tower.
The player can, however, place the Cannon while the ranged troop is in the range of the Cannon to prevent ranged troops from out-ranging it.
Cannons can be effectively destroyed with flying troops, such as Minions, Balloons or a Baby Dragon without the player's troops being targeted.
The Cannon is often best placed in the radius of the user's Crown Towers, to prevent flying troops such as Minions from destroying it without any issues. As such, if a Cannon is ever placed out of range of the Crown Towers, the attacking player can use air troops to destroy the cannon unhindered.
The Cannon can be very useful for taking down Barbarians or a Hog Rider if placed in the right area, gaining an Elixir advantage. A Cannon combined with an X-Bow or Inferno Tower can wreak havoc on high-hitpoint troops.
The Cannon can also be a great cheap distraction for dangerous troops like the Prince and the Balloon.
It is best used against tanks; place it 4 tiles away from the river and two tiles away from the Arena Tower to pull it with the maximum distance.
For troops that only target buildings, place it 4 tiles from the river and 3 tiles away from the Arena Tower.
The building will need to be placed 4 tiles from the river and 2 tiles from the Arena Tower if the opponent executes a push that includes a Hog Rider.
The player can use it to aggro building-target only troops after it crosses the bridge but only if it haven't travel more than 2 tiles from the bridge or it will go straight to the Arena Tower.
For Royal Giants, place the building 3 tiles from the river and 1 tile from the Arena Tower.
Alone, the Cannon isn't a very effective counter, but it is possible if combined with any other unit.
If a Balloon is placed on the very edge, you have to place it 4 tiles from the river and 1 tile from the Arena Tower. If a Balloon is placed on the very edge in front you can place it 3 tiles away from the river and 2 tiles away from the Arena Tower. If a Balloon is placed right on the path, you can do the usual building place (4 tiles from the river and 3 tiles from the Arena Tower). The Lava Hound behaves slightly different: if it's placed on the very edge it has to be 3 tiles away from the river and 1 tile from the Arena Tower. And if it is placed on the path the player must place it 4 tiles away from the river and 2 tiles away from the Princess Tower.
These building placement rules apply to all buildings; even though the Tesla is smaller than all buildings, the same rules still apply.

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COMMON	• Minions • Archers • Knight • Spear Goblins • Goblins • Minion Horde • Bats • Barbarians • Ice Spirit • Skeletons • Royal Recruits • Royal Giant • Skeleton Barrel • Elite Barbarians • Goblin Gang • Bomber • Fire Spirits • Rascals
RARE	• Musketeer • Mini P.E.K.K.A • Mega Minion • Battle Ram • Valkyrie • Dart Goblin • Hog Rider • Ice Golem • Three Musketeers • Flying Machine • Giant • Wizard • Royal Hogs • Zappies
EPIC	• Baby Dragon • Prince • Wall_Breakers • Golem • Witch • Giant Skeleton • Bowler • Dark Prince • Guards • Electro Dragon • Executioner • Skeleton Army • Hunter • P.E.K.K.A • Balloon • Goblin Giant • Cannon Cart
LEGENDARY	• Miner • Princess • Night Witch • Inferno Dragon • Ram Rider • Bandit • Mega Knight • Royal Ghost • Sparky • Lava Hound • Lumberjack • Magic Archer • Ice Wizard • Fisherman • Electro Wizard

COMMON	• Giant Snowball • Zap • Arrows
RARE	• Fireball • Earthquake • Heal • Rocket
EPIC	• Goblin Barrel • Barbarian Barrel • Tornado • Rage • Freeze • Poison • Mirror • Lightning • Clone
LEGENDARY	• Graveyard • The Log

COMMON	• Mortar • Cannon • Tesla
RARE	• Inferno Tower • Tombstone • Barbarian Hut • Bomb Tower • Goblin Cage • Goblin Hut • Elixir Collector • Furnace
EPIC	• X-Bow