What is the best card against Royal Recruits?

Skeleton Army, with 66.3% wins for the players who had it against Royal Recruits 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 Recruits, 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 Royal Recruits

Based on 40,207 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 2 min. ago. Methodology

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

The best answer to Royal Recruits right now is Skeleton Army: the players who had it win 66.3% of their games against this card, over 282 matchups. Next come Skeleton King, Bomb Tower, Elixir Golem.

Updated October 25, 2026.

The best cards against Royal Recruits

MatchupsWin rate vs Royal Recruits

1 Skeleton Army28266.3%
2 Skeleton King8666.3%
3 Bomb Tower6366.7%
4 Elixir Golem5567.3%
5 Valkyrie21862.4%
6 Witch17762.1%
7 Mortar12662.7%
8 Dart Goblin22460.3%

The decks that beat it most

1.Minion Giant 2.8
2.88 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
87.5%
Usage
0.00%
Games
32
Copy
2.Goblin Barrel 2.8
2.89 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
78.6%
Usage
0.00%
Games
42
Copy
3.Mortar 3.8
3.811 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
100.0%
Usage
0.00%
Games
10
Copy
4.Golem 3.8
3.810 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
76.2%
Usage
0.00%
Games
21
Copy
5.Giant 4.0
4.012 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
66.7%
Usage
0.00%
Games
45
Copy

What Royal Recruits beats easily

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

1 X-Bow7021.4%
2 Tesla31333.5%
3 Electro Spirit37236.3%
4 Rocket16835.1%
5 Ronin6232.3%
6 Sparky16836.3%
7 Prince6633.3%
8 Archers13036.9%

Playing Royal Recruits

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

See the Royal Recruits card page

Frequently asked questions

What is the best card against Royal Recruits?: Skeleton Army, with 66.3% wins for the players who had it against Royal Recruits 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 Recruits, 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.