If you ask any professional player what the single most important skill in an arena battler is, they will all give you the exact same answer.

You are making critical strategic decisions based entirely on blind hope rather than solid mathematical reality.

The Elixir Advantage

Every single aggressive action you take in the arena should be dictated primarily by the opponent's current bank of elixir.

You create an advantage by making positive defensive trades (e.g. To read more information on tower rush have a look at our own web-site. , using a 3-elixir Arrows to kill a 5-elixir Minion Horde).

• Never overcommit on a push if you don't know their elixir count.
• A +4 elixir advantage is generally considered 'tower-taking' territory.
• Do not attack; just use cheap cards to stall their pushes until the generation rate equalizes the board.

Mental Arithmetic Under Pressure

Start by simply categorizing the opponent into three states: 'High Elixir' (7-10), 'Medium Elixir' (4-6), and 'Low Elixir' (0-3).

Eventually, this process will become completely automatic; you will instinctively 'feel' their elixir bar without having to consciously calculate the numbers.

The True Metric of Winning

Tower health is a deceptive metric; you can have full tower health and still be losing the game if you are down 5 elixir.

Knowledge is power.