Clash of Clans New Hero Revealed: the Royal Champion!

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Clashers, the biggest Sneak Peek from the Winter Update is finally here. After 4 years, we are finally getting a new Hero on Clash of Clans, meet the Royal Champion!

The last time a Hero was added was back in 2015 when the Town Hall 11 was added with the Grand Warden. It was about time!

The Royal Champion

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The Royal Champion is a ranged troop that uses her spear to attack.

She is the first Hero with a preferred target of defenses, making her quite special, although she will not attack Clan Castle troops until all defenses have been destroyed for this reason.

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Like the Grand Warden, she has the ability to jump over walls. But since the Warden is a support Hero, the Royal Champion is indeed quite special and will advance on the enemy villages targeting defenses regardless of walls. Just be careful with the Clan Castle troops!

Special Ability: Seeking Shield

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Her special ability is called the Seeking Shield and consists in throwing her shield on the defenses.

The shield will hit an enemy defense, causing damage, and will target the next one, regardless of the range. Yes, you read it right, regardless of range! Her shield can even fly across the entire village looking for the next defense.

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She can hit up to 4 defenses, regardless of how far they are. The shield will fly all over the village looking for the next target!

A maxed out Seeking Shield can make 1860 of damage on each target, it's massive! It can take down many defenses with a single hit, including Air Defenses. The damage also remains the same on all 4 buildings, it doesn't get reduced as the Electric Dragon. Super cool!

If there are no defenses left, the shield will target other regular buildings.

Unlocking the Royal Champion

The Royal Champion can be unlocked by building her altar with Dark Elixir. Town Hall 13 is required.

Upgrading the Royal Champion

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The new hero has currently 20 levels and can be upgraded with Dark Elixir.

Upgrading this hero will increase her hitpoints, damage per second and regeneration.

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Every 5 levels of upgrade will also improve her special ability, increasing the damage and health recovery of the Hero.

More to Come, Stay Tuned

This guide will be improved on the next few hours as we get to play with her, so come back later for an in-depth review!

Release Date

This is the fourth Sneak Peek for the Christmas update. With daily sneak peeks we should find out all the Christmas content this week, so the update might come as soon as Monday or Tuesday.

Everything about the Winter Update

If you missed any of the other sneak peeks, Town Hall 13, Scattershot and Giga Inferno, check the our url="https://houseofclashers.com/r/clash-of-clans/en/articles/news/next-update-sneak-peeks-and-leaks/"special article with everything we currently know about the Winter Update/url!