Clash Royale Season 89: How to Prepare for Giant Evolution

To prepare for the Giant Evolution arriving in Clash Royale Season 89, stockpile evolution shards, upgrade the base Giant card to tournament or ladder standards, and retool your beatdown deck to balance heavy support with cheap cycle units. Inspired by the Super Giant from Clash of Clans, this evolution focuses on breaking through defensive buildings to clear a path toward Crown Towers.

Resource Allocation for Unlocking and Upgrading

Evolution cards require six Evolution Shards to unlock, and an evolved unit relies entirely on its base card's level for raw health and damage stats. Focus your progression resources before the season begins:

• Save Wild Shards: Bank three to six universal Wild Shards so you can activate the evolution immediately without depending on shop luck.
• Upgrade the Base Giant: Use Rare Wild Cards, Rare Trade Tokens, or a Magic Book of Cards to bring the base Giant to at least Level 14. An under-leveled evolved tank will still be vulnerable to standard high-DPS defensive units.
• Bank Elite Wild Cards: If you play on Path of Legends or high ladder, accumulate 50,000 Elite Wild Cards to take the Giant to Level 15 (Elite Level). This ensures optimal stat interactions against Level 15 Princess and King Towers.

Building Beatdown Decks for Evolved Giant

The evolved Giant requires cycling through regular Giant deployments before becoming available in your hand. Running an excessively heavy elixir curve prevents you from deploying the evolved form frequently. Pair the evolved tank with versatile support units and low-cost cycle cards.

Deploying fast, high-damage support behind the evolved Giant creates dual-threat pressure. When opponents spend extra elixir to burn down the structure-cracking Giant, support units such as the Phoenix or Musketeer can lock onto defending troops uncontested.

Countering the Evolved Giant on Defense

Standard center-lane defensive placements (such as a 4-3 tile placement for a Cannon or Tesla) can be quickly demolished by an evolved Giant push. To neutralize the card effectively:

1. Place Buildings Deeper: Position defensive structures farther back toward your secondary Crown Tower to pull the Giant through a longer kill zone under simultaneous fire from both towers.
2. Support Your Buildings: Avoid dropping isolated buildings. Anchor the defense with a high-DPS ground troop like a Mini P.E.K.K.A, Knight, or Valkyrie to deal direct damage while the building distracts the tank.
3. Use Stuns and Knockbacks: Troops like Electro Wizard, Zappies, or Bowler disrupt the Giant's movement and attack cadence, giving your Crown Towers time to whittle down its health pool.
4. Flank the Support Units: Drop defensive units behind the Giant to kill ranged support troops first. Once backline damage is gone, you can dismantle the tank without losing defensive units to splash damage.

Match Pacing and Evolution Timing

Pacing determines the success of beatdown decks running the Giant Evolution:

• Single Elixir: Play conservatively. Use standard Giant deployments primarily to defend, counter-push, and cycle toward your evolved card. Identify your opponent's defensive building placements and heavy tank busters.
• Double and Triple Elixir: Once your evolution is queued, start your push from behind the King Tower rather than at the river. This gives you enough time to regenerate a full 10 elixir by the time the evolved Giant crosses the bridge, enabling you to support it with high-damage ranged troops and spell coverage.