How to counter Barbarians
Based on 47,617 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 22 min. ago. Methodology

Measured on real matchups: for every card, the win rate of the players who had it in hand against Barbarians.
The best answer to Barbarians right now is Baby Dragon: the players who had it win 62.1% of their games against this card, over 248 matchups. Next come Rune Giant, Inferno Dragon, Tombstone.
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The best cards against Barbarians
- 1
Baby Dragon24862.1% - 2
Rune Giant7864.1% - 3
Inferno Dragon20761.4% - 4
Tombstone14761.9% - 5
Goblin Demolisher5764.9% - 6
Rocket10761.7% - 7
Freeze16859.5% - 8
Tornado37758.6%
The decks that beat it most
- Copy
1.Miner 3.3
3.310 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 83.3%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 12
- Copy
2.Graveyard 3.4
3.411 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 62.5%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 64
- Copy
3.Balloon 3.8
3.812 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 76.9%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 13
- Copy
4.Hog Rider 3.4
3.48 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 66.7%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 21
- Copy
5.Goblin Drill 2.9
2.97 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 71.4%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 14
What Barbarians beats easily
Avoid these on the other side: they lose most often against Barbarians.
- 1
Royal Hogs13737.2% - 2
Royal Recruits7739.0% - 3
Flying Machine5238.5% - 4
Suspicious Bush5939.0% - 5
Archer Queen10741.1% - 6
Bats13542.2% - 7
Magic Archer4740.4% - 8
Elite Barbarians16144.1%
Playing Barbarians
Want to play it instead? Its stats, best decks and synergies are on its card page.
See the Barbarians card pageFrequently asked questions
- What is the best card against Barbarians?
- Baby Dragon, with 62.1% wins for the players who had it against Barbarians in top games over the last 7 days. Careful: this is a full-game win rate, not a guarantee that the trade goes your way every time.
- How are these counters calculated?
- We look at every Path of Legends game from the best players where the opponent was running Barbarians, and measure the win rate of each card on the other side. No opinions, only results.
- Why does a card that doesn't directly counter it show up?
- Because a game isn't decided by a single trade. A card can rank high because the decks that play it are simply better against that kind of strategy.