What is the best card against Guards?

Skeleton Barrel, with 64.8% wins for the players who had it against Guards 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 Guards, 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 Guards

Based on 50,285 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 29 min. ago. Methodology

Measured on real matchups: for every card, the win rate of the players who had it in hand against Guards.

The best answer to Guards right now is Skeleton Barrel: the players who had it win 64.8% of their games against this card, over 179 matchups. Next come Goblins, Cannon Cart, Rascals.

Updated September 25, 2026.

The best cards against Guards

MatchupsWin rate vs Guards

1 Skeleton Barrel17964.8%
2 Goblins12962.8%
3 Cannon Cart18161.3%
4 Rascals15461.0%
5 Giant Skeleton21358.7%
6 Goblin Gang22157.9%
7 Balloon21357.7%
8 Mortar18057.8%

The decks that beat it most

1.Golem 3.9
3.911 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
85.7%
Usage
0.00%
Games
14
Copy
2.Mortar 3.6
3.611 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
68.4%
Usage
0.00%
Games
38
Copy
3.Battle Ram 3.6
3.611 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
66.7%
Usage
0.00%
Games
48
Copy
4.Goblinstein 3.4
3.410 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
64.6%
Usage
0.00%
Games
65
Copy
5.X-Bow 3.1
3.15 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
80.0%
Usage
0.00%
Games
15
Copy

What Guards beats easily

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

1 Sparky22240.5%
2 Phoenix9240.2%
3 Berserker13841.3%
4 P.E.K.K.A26242.7%
5 Flying Machine7541.3%
6 Mini P.E.K.K.A44743.6%
7 Graveyard45343.7%
8 Ronin31843.7%

Playing Guards

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

See the Guards card page

Frequently asked questions

What is the best card against Guards?: Skeleton Barrel, with 64.8% wins for the players who had it against Guards 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 Guards, 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.