How to counter Fireball
Based on 77,750 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 7 min. ago. Methodology

Measured on real matchups: for every card, the win rate of the players who had it in hand against Fireball.
The best answer to Fireball right now is Skeleton King: the players who had it win 54.6% of their games against this card, over 1,169 matchups. Next come Goblin Drill, Freeze, Inferno Dragon.
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The best cards against Fireball
- 1
Skeleton King1,16954.6% - 2
Goblin Drill1,62354.2% - 3
Freeze1,55853.5% - 4
Inferno Dragon2,12253.0% - 5
Fire Spirit1,40852.3% - 6
Goblin Hut2,42552.1% - 7
Royal Giant86752.0% - 8
Electro Giant1,37251.9%
The decks that beat it most
- Copy
1.Goblin Drill 3.4
3.410 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 78.9%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 38
- Copy
2.Lightning 3.3
3.38 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 79.3%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 29
- Copy
3.X-Bow 3.3
3.37 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 68.8%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 93
- Copy
4.Goblin Barrel 4.1
4.114 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 82.6%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 23
- Copy
5.Graveyard 4.1
4.114 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 67.3%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 104
What Fireball beats easily
Avoid these on the other side: they lose most often against Fireball.
- 1
Sparky2,33143.4% - 2
Vines1,36044.1% - 3
Rage2,35544.4% - 4
Flying Machine80944.4% - 5
Wizard1,64844.6% - 6
Skeleton Dragons1,39744.9% - 7
Elixir Collector2,02545.2% - 8
Electro Dragon1,44845.2%
Playing Fireball
Want to play it instead? Its stats, best decks and synergies are on its card page.
See the Fireball card pageFrequently asked questions
- What is the best card against Fireball?
- Skeleton King, with 54.6% wins for the players who had it against Fireball 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 Fireball, 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.