How to counter Royal Giant
Based on 56,308 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 24 min. ago. Methodology

Measured on real matchups: for every card, the win rate of the players who had it in hand against Royal Giant.
The best answer to Royal Giant right now is Goblin Hut: the players who had it win 67.0% of their games against this card, over 197 matchups. Next come Freeze, Balloon, P.E.K.K.A.
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The best cards against Royal Giant
- 1
Goblin Hut19767.0% - 2
Freeze16564.2% - 3
Balloon10663.2% - 4
P.E.K.K.A13162.6% - 5
Inferno Dragon21860.6% - 6
Skeleton Barrel15660.9% - 7
Skeleton King14559.3% - 8
Royal Ghost50757.8%
The decks that beat it most
- Copy
1.Goblinstein 3.4
3.410 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 83.3%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 36
- Copy
2.Balloon 3.4
3.410 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 100.0%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 10
- Copy
3.Graveyard 3.1
3.18 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 91.7%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 12
- Copy
4.Balloon 3.8
3.812 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 81.8%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 11
- Copy
5.Golem 3.8
3.810 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 62.5%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 64
What Royal Giant beats easily
Avoid these on the other side: they lose most often against Royal Giant.
- 1
Tombstone16136.0% - 2
Royal Delivery10536.2% - 3
Earthquake15838.0% - 4
Giant Snowball22039.1% - 5
Tesla26040.0% - 6
Bowler21140.8% - 7
Graveyard24842.3% - 8
Giant29843.0%
Playing Royal Giant
Want to play it instead? Its stats, best decks and synergies are on its card page.
See the Royal Giant card pageFrequently asked questions
- What is the best card against Royal Giant?
- Goblin Hut, with 67.0% wins for the players who had it against Royal Giant 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 Royal Giant, 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.