What is the best card against Giant Skeleton?

Mighty Miner, with 64.2% wins for the players who had it against Giant Skeleton 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 Giant Skeleton, 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 Giant Skeleton

Based on 41,934 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 13 min. ago. Methodology

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

The best answer to Giant Skeleton right now is Mighty Miner: the players who had it win 64.2% of their games against this card, over 123 matchups. Next come Firecracker, Goblins, Hog Rider.

Updated September 25, 2026.

The best cards against Giant Skeleton

MatchupsWin rate vs Giant Skeleton

1 Mighty Miner12364.2%
2 Firecracker16762.9%
3 Goblins13558.5%
4 Hog Rider38756.3%
5 Ice Golem30456.3%
6 Skeleton Army46055.7%
7 Mini P.E.K.K.A36154.6%
8 Skeleton King23454.7%

The decks that beat it most

1.Hog Rider 2.8
2.87 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
64.6%
Usage
0.00%
Games
65
Copy
2.Minion Horde 3.5
3.510 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
76.9%
Usage
0.00%
Games
13
Copy
3.Hog Rider 2.6
2.67 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
87.5%
Usage
0.00%
Games
8
Copy
4.Rune Giant 3.0
3.08 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
80.0%
Usage
0.00%
Games
10
Copy
5.Rune Giant 2.9
2.97 cyclesimilar decks
Copy
Win rate
66.7%
Usage
0.00%
Games
24
Copy

What Giant Skeleton beats easily

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

1 Archer Queen12938.8%
2 Royal Hogs16439.6%
3 Graveyard30940.8%
4 Ice Wizard33540.9%
5 Prince6738.8%
6 Poison31242.3%
7 Rage16341.7%
8 Tombstone20742.0%

Playing Giant Skeleton

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

See the Giant Skeleton card page

Frequently asked questions

What is the best card against Giant Skeleton?: Mighty Miner, with 64.2% wins for the players who had it against Giant Skeleton 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 Giant Skeleton, 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.