Clash of Clans shares May 2026 balance changes and the intent behind the adjustments

Story Highlights

• Clash of Clans May 2026 balance changes target the current dominant air-heavy attack meta
• Dragon Duke, Giant Arrow, and Sky Wagon receive major adjustments in latest balancing update.
• Supercell also teased new Epic Equipment, Event Troops, and future gameplay mechanics.

Supercell is back with the second part of its “State of Gameplay” blog for Clash of Clans, and this time the focus is on balance changes, CWL modifiers, and future gameplay plans for May 2026. Following the plans announcement earlier this month that discussed new CWL tiers and player-targeted events, the developers are now moving toward gameplay balancing.

Clash of Clans adjusts CWL modifiers again

Following the recent release of more complex Clan War League modifier options, Supercell announced they’re making some short-term changes as they continue to improve the system for the long run.

Starting with the upcoming CWL season:

League	Modifier Setup
Titan III & Titan II	Legend II modifiers
Titan I & Legend League	Legend I modifiers

According to the developers, these changes are aimed at creating healthier competition while also helping them better understand how different modifier combinations affect gameplay and hit rates across leagues.

Upcoming balance changes for Clash of Clans this May 2026

The creators of Clash of Clans have announced some key updates to balance the game, and here’s a look at what’s changing.

Giant Arrow

Supercell is changing how Giant Arrow works against Air Defenses. Instead of repeatedly buffing its normal damage whenever a new Air Defense level gets added, the equipment will now deal double damage specifically to Air Defenses while losing some overall damage against other targets.

Item Level	Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
ALL	1-18	Extra Damage vs Air Defense	1x	2x
9	9	Damage	1200	1100
12	10	Damage	1500	1200
15	12	Damage	1750	1350
18	14+	Damage	2000	1500

Rocket Backpack

Rocket Backpack’s ability to pierce through enemies is being slightly reduced. Supercell has also announced a significant update for June: explosions from the Backpack will now always follow the direction of the Dragon Duke, rather than the Backpack itself.

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
21	14	1925	1875
27	16+	2200	2150

Fire Heart

Fire Heart’s healing and damage output are being lowered to lessen its strong influence on the current game balance.

Item Level	Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
15	15+	Regeneration	155	140
18	15+	Regeneration	175	150
2	15+	DPS	12	10
3	15+	DPS	14	12
4	15+	DPS	16	12
5	15+	DPS	18	12
6	15+	DPS	20	14
7	15+	DPS	22	14
8	15+	DPS	24	14
9	15+	DPS	26	16
10	15+	DPS	28	16
11	15+	DPS	30	16
12	15+	DPS	32	18
13	15+	DPS	34	18
14	15+	DPS	36	18
15	15+	DPS	38	20
16	15+	DPS	40	20
17	15+	DPS	42	20
18	15+	DPS	45	23

Dragon Duke

Dragon Duke’s trap damage reduction is being reduced as part of the effort to lower his dominance in attacks.

Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
15-18	Damage Reduction vs Traps	50	40

Lava Launcher

Lava Launcher is getting nerfed heavily to reduce how oppressive it currently feels against ground attacks. DPS, attack range, and pool damage are all being lowered.

DPS changes are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	18	80	72
2	18	83	75
3	18	87	80
4	18	91	85
5	18	95	90
6	18	100	95
7	18	105	100
8	18	111	105
9	18	118	110
10	18	125	115

Nerfs to attack range are below:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	18	1100	1100
2	18	1200	1150
3	18	1300	1200
4	18	1400	1250
5	18	1500	1300
6	18	1600	1350
7	18	1700	1400
8	18	1800	1450
9	18	1900	1500
10	18	2000	1600

Pool damage changes are listed below:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	18	26	21
2	18	27	22
3	18	29	23
4	18	30	24
5	18	31	25
6	18	33	26
7	18	34	27
8	18	36	29
9	18	38	30
10	18	40	32

Air Bombs

Air Bombs are getting stronger to better counter the prevalence of air units in the current game. They’ll now have a longer attack range and will attack much more quickly at all levels.

Attack Range buffs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
ALL	18	900	1100

Attack Speed buffs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	18	3800	3400
2	18	3600	3200
3	18	3400	3000
4	18	3200	2800
5	18	3000	2600
6	18	2800	2400
7	18	2600	2200
8	18	2400	2000
9	18	2200	1800
10	18	2000	1600

Roaster

Roaster is getting major buffs overall. Attack speed improves, damage radius increases, while both damage and burst count are buffed across all levels.

Attack Speed buffs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
ALL	18	1800	1500
1	18	1800	1500
2	18	1800	1500
3	18	1800	1500
4	18	1800	1500
5	18	1800	1500
6	18	1800	1500
7	18	1800	1500
8	18	1800	1500
9	18	1800	1500
10	18	1800	1500

Damage Radius buffs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
ALL	18	120	150

Damage buffs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	18	50	85
2	18	54	90
3	18	58	95
4	18	62	100
5	18	66	105
6	18	70	110
7	18	75	115
8	18	80	120
9	18	87	125
10	18	95	135

Burst Count buffs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	18	6	8
2	18	7	9
3	18	8	10
4	18	9	11
5	18	10	12
6	18	11	13
7	18	12	14
8	18	13	15
9	18	14	16
10	18	15	17

Sky Wagon

Sky Wagon is becoming slightly weaker: it will now produce one less barrel, spawn one fewer Minion, and its spawned units will have one less upgrade level. Supercell explains this change is to keep Sky Wagon powerful, but prevent it from being used in almost every successful attack.

Attack Count nerfs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Current Value	New Value
1	16	5	4
2	16	5	4
3	17	6	5
4	18	6	5

Spawn Upgrade Level nerfs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
1	16	SpawnUpgradeLevel (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	11;10;9	10;9;8
2	16	SpawnUpgradeLevel (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	12;11;10	11;10;9
3	17	SpawnUpgradeLevel (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	13;12;11	12;11;10
4	18	SpawnUpgradeLevel (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	14;13;12	13;12;11

Units Spawned nerfs are as follows:

Item Level	Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
1	16	UnitsToSpawn (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	3;1;1	2;1;1
2	16	UnitsToSpawn (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	4;1;1	3;1;1
3	17	UnitsToSpawn (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	5;1;1	4;1;1
4	18	UnitsToSpawn (Minion; Loon; BabyDrag)	5;1;1	4;1;1

Dragon Rider

Dragon Rider receives smaller nerfs to both health and DPS.

Item Level	Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
6	18	HP	6200	5900
6	18	DPS	520	500

Inferno Dragon

Inferno Dragon is receiving very small DPS reductions across all three damage stages.

Item Level	Town Hall	Value Type	Current Value	New Value
12	18	Stage 1 DPS	91	90
12	18	Stage 2 DPS	182	180
12	18	Stage 3 DPS	1820	1800

Clash of Clans also teases new Epic Equipment and gameplay content

Outside of balance changes, the developers also teased future gameplay additions. A brand-new Event Troop, new gameplay mechanics that could change the flow of attacks, and another “monolithic” Epic Equipment are already in development, the details of which are unavailable.

Supercell is responding to player feedback about the difficulty of upgrading Epic Equipment and the challenges with the Ore economy. They’re developing a new system to help players more easily catch up and progress with their Epic Equipment.

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