Clash Royale Executioner Evolution: All new abilities, stats, how to use, and more

Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale (Image via Supercell)

Supercell just announced the new Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale, coming this April. It will be available in the Diamond pass and will be unlockable with 6 Evolution Shards. This new evolution is triggered after one cycle and grants Executioner a special knock-back ability, while boosting his damage potential. Executioner has been a low-picked card in Clash Royale for quite some time. As such, an Executioner Evolution was long overdue. These new changes to him make him one of the strongest defensive cards in Clash Royale.
Having said that, let’s take a look at all the new abilities, statistics, synergies, and counters of the new Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale.

What are the new abilities of Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale?

Unlike recent evolution, Executioner gets two new powerful abilities in his evolved state that are granted after only one cycle. These two new abilities of Evolved Executioner are the Knockback effect and Double-damage to nearby units. Although these ability names are self-explanatory, the circumstances under which they are triggered can be complex. So here’s a breakdown of all the abilities of Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale.
Normally, Executioner starts attacking when an enemy is within 4.5 tiles range. But his axe can reach further to 7.5 tiles, dealing damage to enemies behind his target. In the Evolved Executioner state, when an enemy steps within 3.5 tiles range, his special knockback ability is triggered, pushing enemies back and dealing double the damage. However, if the knockback ability pushes the enemies back beyond his range, the axe won’t deal double the damage.

How to use Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale

The knockback and double damage abilities of Evo Executioner make him great at both defensive and offensive situations. He acts as a perfect counter to melee units like Elite Barbarians, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Hog Rider, and more. Likewise, air units like Inferno Dragon, Baby Dragon, and Phoenix are easily countered as Evo Executioner keeps pushing them back with his knockback effect.
However, Evolved Executioner has some drawbacks with his knockback effect. Every card in Clash Royale has a Push Back Level. Heavier troops like Golem, Mega Knight, and Lava Hound have a much higher pushback level. As such, these heavier troops are not affected by Evolved Executioner’s knockback effect and are only faced with double damage.

Executioner Evolution in Clash Royale: All stats

Attribute	Value
Cost	5 elixir
Evolution Cycle	1
Hit Speed	0.666 sec
Damage Speed	0.37 sec
First Hit Speed	1.5 sec
Axe Time	81
Speed	81
Deploy Time	1 sec
Range	4.5
Projectile Range	7.5
Projectile Width	2
Projectile Speed	550

Damage Stats

Level	Hitpoints	Area Damage	Damage per Second (DPS)
6	800	106 x2 (212)	118
7	880	116 x2 (232)	129
8	968	128 x2 (256)	143
9	1,064	140 x2 (280)	156
10	1,168	154 x2 (308)	172
11	1,280	169 x2 (338)	189
12	1,408	186 x2 (372)	209
13	1,544	204 x2 (408)	229
14	1,696	224 x2 (448)	251
15	1,864	246 x2 (492)	276

Also read: Clash Royale Balance Changes for Season 70: All proposed buffs and nerfs for the April update

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