What is the best card against Firecracker?

Flying Machine, with 65.1% wins for the players who had it against Firecracker 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 Firecracker, 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.

How to counter Firecracker

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 Firecracker.

The best answer to Firecracker right now is Flying Machine: the players who had it win 65.1% of their games against this card, over 169 matchups. Next come Goblin Drill, Balloon, Royal Hogs.

Updated November 12, 2026.

The best cards against Firecracker

MatchupsWin rate vs Firecracker

1 Flying Machine16965.1%
2 Goblin Drill26763.3%
3 Balloon39161.9%
4 Royal Hogs39561.3%
5 Earthquake27660.5%
6 Ice Golem40959.2%
7 Royal Delivery20359.6%
8 Goblin Cage30759.0%

The decks that beat it most

1.Goblin Drill 3.1
3.19 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
89.5%
Usage
0.00%
Games
19
Copy
2.Giant 4.1
4.113 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
100.0%
Usage
0.00%
Games
11
Copy
3.Balloon 2.9
2.97 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
70.2%
Usage
0.00%
Games
57
Copy
4.Goblin Drill 2.9
2.97 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
69.4%
Usage
0.00%
Games
62
Copy
5.Royal Hogs 3.8
3.810 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
73.5%
Usage
0.00%
Games
34
Copy

What Firecracker beats easily

Avoid these on the other side: they lose most often against Firecracker.

1 Mortar20431.4%
2 Cannon Cart19631.6%
3 Skeleton Barrel33132.6%
4 X-Bow18032.2%
5 Suspicious Bush20935.4%
6 Rascals31337.1%
7 Skeleton King18836.7%
8 Minion Horde24238.8%

Playing Firecracker

Want to play it instead? Its stats, best decks and synergies are on its card page.

See the Firecracker card page

Frequently asked questions

What is the best card against Firecracker?: Flying Machine, with 65.1% wins for the players who had it against Firecracker 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 Firecracker, 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.