Clash Royale Merge Tactics Season 7 Update: New Structure, Party Mode, Dagger Duchess, Equipment Modifiers, and more

Story Highlights

Merge Tactics Season 7 introduces a longer 6 to 7 week per season structure.
Party Mode allows players to team up with friends and share Starsteel outcomes.
New Ruler Dagger Duchess arrives with a unique Equipment-based ability.

Clash Royale’s Merge Tactics is getting a major update with Season 7! Starting February 23rd and lasting until April 13, 2026, the new season will be longer than previous ones. It also introduces the ability to play with friends as a party, a new Ruler character, and, for the first time, Equipment Modifiers to enhance your cards.

Clash Royale Merge Tactics Season 7 Update explained

Starting with Season 7, each season of Merge Tactics will now last six to seven weeks. This gives you more time to improve your rank, collect Ruler Cards, and compete on the leaderboards without feeling rushed. Because of this change, the next season will begin in April instead of March.

Party Up and Play With Friends

Merge Tactics now lets you create Parties with your friends! You can invite them to play together and the person who creates the Party can manage who’s in it – including removing players if necessary.

When you play with a duo, both players get Starsteel and rewards after battles. To keep things fair, you won’t see who you’re up against beforehand. How much Starsteel you gain or lose depends on each player’s league and the difference in their current Starsteel amounts.

If one player wins while the other loses, some finishing positions could negate Starsteel’s benefits. However, daily rewards are still calculated separately for each player based on how they place in battles.

The Starsteel distribution for a Party of 2 battles works as follows:

Battle Rank Combination	Starsteel Outcome
1st & 2nd	Both gain 1st place Starsteel
1st & 3rd	0 (cancels out)
1st & 4th	1st: 0, 4th: Lose Starsteel
2nd & 3rd	0 (cancels out)
2nd & 4th	2nd: 0, 4th: Lose Starsteel
3rd & 4th	Both lose Starsteel per rank

Groups of three or four players can engage in friendly practice battles. These battles don’t award Starsteel or other rewards, as they are purely for fun and practice.

New Ruler: Dagger Duchess

In Season 7, a new Ruler named Dagger Duchess is being introduced. Her special ability, Dagger Donation, gives players a Dagger item at the beginning of each battle. Players can then attach this Dagger to any of their troops, boosting both their attack range and how quickly they attack.

The Dagger works like other equipment and will wear down with use, just like other items. You can earn special cosmetic rewards for the Dagger Duchess by progressing on the Starsteel Road’s Ruler Reward Track and collecting her Ruler Cards. These rewards include:

Disguised Duchess
Daring Daggers
Duchess of Hearts

You can get the Crystalline Duchess skin and Crystalized Conquest confetti in the Ruler Skin Shop in Merge Tactics. If you buy this skin, you’ll also instantly unlock Dagger Duchess.

A new look for Goblin Queen, called ‘Serpentine Queen,’ is now available in the shop, along with ‘Slithering Siege’ confetti. You can still collect cards to keep the Spirit Empress skin by playing on Starsteel Road.

New Troops

Season 7 adds two new 3-Elixir troops.

Troop	Elixir	Traits	Description
Giant	3	Titan, Superstar	Throws the nearest enemy every few seconds, dealing damage based on the target’s maximum HP
Goblin Demolisher	3	Goblin, Warrior	Rushes to the lowest HP enemy and detonates below 50% HP, dealing area damage

New Traits

Season 7 introduces new trait synergies.

Trait	Troops Effects	Activations
Dragon	Dragons take less damage from and deal bonus damage to melee troops	2 Troops: -50% damage taken, +50% damage dealt
Hinder	40% chance to slow enemy’s hit and movement speed for 3 seconds with each hit	2 Troops: -30% hit speed and movement speed
Marksman	Gain +1 range and deal bonus damage to targets 4+ tiles away	2 Troops: +30% damage 4 Troops: +60% damage
Tank	Heal rapidly when below 50% HP	2 Troops: +40% max HP 4 Troops: +80% max HP
Warrior	Gain bonus damage and hit speed 8 seconds after the battle starts	2 Troops: +30% damage, +30% hit speed 4 Troops: +60% damage, +60% hit speed

Trait Adjustments

Giants are now called Titans. Both Fire and Titan abilities now give special benefits to each troop they affect, enhancing their individual strengths.

Trait	Troops Effects	Activations
Fire	Wizard gains stacking bonus damage per attack (up to 6x). Baby Dragon and nearby troops gain bonus hit and movement speed	2 Troops
Titan	Giant and nearby troops take reduced damage. Royal Giant and nearby troops deal bonus damage	2 Troops

March Equipment Modifiers

Starsteel Road adds Equipment Modifiers to the game. At the beginning of each battle, a single Equipment item will appear below your troop selection area. You can then click and drag this item onto one of your troops during the preparation phase to apply its effect.

Every piece of Equipment wears down and will eventually break after being used a certain number of times. Troops can only hold one piece of Equipment at a time, but you can change which Equipment they’re carrying during the Preparation Phase.

Equipment	League	Effect
Valkyrie’s Axe	Bronze III	Deals area damage for 5 hits
Fisherman’s Hook	Silver II	Pulls the farthest enemy within 4 tiles (1 use)
Prince’s Lance	Gold II	Knocks the enemy back 2 tiles (3 uses)
Maiden’s Shield	Gold III	Grants damage immunity for 5 hits

2026-02-24 02:13