History of Clash Royale's Most Irritating Troop
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- History of the most IRRITATING and UNPREDICTABLE card in Clash Royale... the Firecracker!
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00:00 What Else We Missed?
01:10 2019 - The Missing Piece
03:45 2020 - First Steps
17:15 2021 - The Rise of the Firecracker
28:25 2022 - The Spark of Hope
30:14 2023 + 2024 - From Dead to Win Condition - Hry
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Just bit annoying end olmost always, when you play 2v2, someone plays fireworks.
firecracker mhmm đ€€đ€€đ€€đ€€đ€€đ€€đŽđŽ
@@ulha10 mmmmmmm mommy ooooooh đ„”đ„”đ„”đ„” I am sweating, and exploding right now looking at her
@@ulha10mmmmm mommy firecracker oooooooooooohhhh đ€€đ€€đ€€đ€€
(youtube also hidden my previous comment youtube very funny)
I am leaking and drooling looking at her đ€€đ€€đ€€đ€€đ€€
The Firecracker Arrows Monk interaction is intended. When the Monk released, Arrows were given many separated reflections circles within the Arrows with a radius of 1.4. These were implemented to prevent the Monk from being able to deflect ALL the Arrows. You can notice this on the Arrowâs card screen. In radius, it shows 1.4 tiles when in reality, itâs 4 tiles.
Ohhh okay, I didn't know that. Thank you for explaining it to me!â€ïž
It may be intended to reflect like that, but it's annoying in a game that has almost every interaction predictable. Can't depend on the deflection to deflect arrows, but every other reflectable spell is always consistent. Maybe to make it unable to reflect all the arrows, make the arrows near him reflect, but the ones on the edge reflect less.
@@gelatinguythatâs what they did just poor implementation
@@umFerno yes, it's very inconsistent. I tested it with a dart gob and firecracker 10 times in a row with them hugging the monk, clearly deflecting. They only survived 3 out of 10 times, and got hit but one wave of arrows most of the time
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Iâm glad someone finally discussed how the firecracker shouldnât be a common. Youâre telling me the musketeer, whoâs gimmick is only ranged damage, is a rare, but the AoE, unique splash, recoil, insane range, log-surviving firecracker is a common? Yeah ok man
THIS...!!
Supercell should have learned from their mistakes to make annoying strong cards with unique mechanics not common cards like with the Royal giant and many elite barbs
Should at least be an Epic IMO
Dart Goblin should survive log as well being a rare card then
Honestly I didn't even think about the possibility of her needing to be near legendary range. She would fit perfect into a legendary spot. Her unique ability would be the fact her cracker explodes on impact. Royal ghost invisibility, ram rider distract etc.
17:55 -what's your win condition?
-Firecracker
HEHEHEHA
The worst thing about firecracker being added to the game is that it f*ing gave midladder menaces with their mother's credit card a cheap splasher that can hit air and now evolve and survive arrows too. Fireball is mandatory now in midladder đ
I have incorporated her into my deck to counter midlander menaces. Though it would make me one but I want to give them a taste of their medicine.
@@penguinpingu3807 yea I have done the same in classic challenge to answer beatdown. Sadly I don't have the levels on firecracker for ladder
I hate how even if your troop isnt in ita range it just somehow manages to connect with it
Yeah she has a lot of interesting interactions
I hate when she changes lanes aswell đ
needs a major nerf immediately
Oh, wow, I didnât expect an hour-long video! Guess Iâll get my popcorn first then!
It's gonna be worth it! Grab the popcorn and enjoy!đ„
Bro this guy dropped a feature film about a Clash and thought we wouldn't notice.
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As a lava hound player i would travel back in time to make sure this card never gets made
xddd
as someone who has arrows in almost all my decks i would do the same thing
I f*cking hate when a firecracker lasts alive and I canât do anything at all
the amount of times i've rage quitted because of this wh*** is insane
this is actually just the single most true comment
Cry more brother
we found the firecracker userâ@@nogass5381
so true
bro censored themself
I think the most unpredictable cards are :
Evo skelly
Firecracker
And golden knight
They Always have this moment when they do something and you're like : HOW ?!?!?
100% yeah!
Graveyard where
@@AsterLight yeah completely forgot about that one x) my b
Just spell evo skellys
Firecracker can be really broken sometimes. Paired with hog itâll almost always hit tower and every time it hits your tower itâs gut wrenching
No wonder it's the most irritating card in the game.. I feel you bro
@@arcto2 also great video youâre the next gratz but not a pedophile like he is
sometimes? sometimes?!?!? its ALWAYS broken
firecracker can be a game changer where she activates the king tower in some imposiblle way and it costs the game
You are forgetting that all decks that are made with firecracker, really know about this, so they make the decks in a way that this isn't a great disadvantage. Firecracker is broken, you just need to see the meta, there's no deck that hasn't arrows...
@@stnx888 agree w that sm she may lose a game but she deffo gets u more wins especially her evolution
If you suck at this game then just use firecracker and hog rider
K đ
Sadly those are the 2 cards I see the most.
Or maybe you just donât know how to count them or you are just bad
Yeah it's insane. A couple of weeks ago I was so frustrated that I started counting everyday how many times either of them are used in the matches I played. Turns out firecraker is present in 92% of decks, hog rider is at 86% and both of them together at 81%.This is disgustingly bad and I have no words for it
@@lukerne9260 must be low arena cause hog firecracker is quite weak in the current meta
âFiguring out ways to counter her and adapting your play style is what makes the game funâ ya I have to run arrows in every deck all the time because this thing is always meta. Super fun addition to the game.
You need to get better at predictions. I don't use arrows and fireckacker is annoying but not something you can't deal with if you play correctly.
@@arcto2 still too valuable for a 3 cost card
@@bakes1324 Agreed but maybe reduce the splash damage? That's probably the most annoying thing about her
@@arcto2 that is true. The fact that she essentially can do what the executioner or wizard can at 3 cost+ her advanced utility isnât really balanced. Also, I know the devs donât let rarity determine power but legendaries are supposed to have unique abilities and I think the pushback is definitely a unique ability which goes against the game logic. I would ultimately settle for having each splash projectile only able to hit one enemy and having the damage slightly reduced.
@@arcto2the most annoying thing about her isnât the knock back or the splash damage, itâs that she does not die to anything other than one sole spell, or a negative elixir trade. Log should be able to kill her, because she does princessâs job 100000000 times better than princess can, has an evolution, and can be a literal win condition for the same elixir AS A COMMON. You canât âpredictâ a firecracker with anything other than another unit to sacrifice into its gaping maw until it kills that too, and then takes your tower.
Omg this video is so good, the background videos and edits are great, and the fact that im not watching the same 5 old clips again and again for an hour while you talk is just making this video way better than on other channels (hmm, hmm grats). Also its funny (not just pure stats and history), and you mentioning now well known players and youtubers is also a big thumbs up. Im so glad im subbed to you, keep up the good work, i really want to see more like this!
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As a golem player I detest the mechanic of FC, it hit golem and it kills everything behind it, if you manage to take FC down, there's another one popping out. Use rate is also absurd, 70 percent of matchups have FC
The one guy telling you "i love your vids pls don't groom minors", gratz traumatised them đ
lmao using that whole mega minion animation to just put the card png of the phoenix on screen
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firecracker as a common just feels right as a sort of nod to her being an archer
Good point :)
and making money for the company
what i hate about cards like firecracker is that: its way to easy to use and way harder to counter. there fore you see an abundat amount of it in lower arenas where ppl dont play as much and frequent there fore the mechanics arent sharp.
Not Bro making a 60min documentation about firecrackerđ
The most annoying interaction to me is the firecracker being able to ohko both archers at the same time
Yeah that's definitely annoying
Bro HUH! I've never seen that happen but sounds infuriating
13:09 I wouldâve said this before any evolutions were in the game⊠Now, there are essentially 3 top decks every season that run the most broken cards in the game on top ladder, most of which being giant graveyard. There is little you can do depending on 80% of the decks you play to outplay a giant graveyard player. And from just entering ultimate champion to about 2500 trophies, NINE OUT OF TEN DECKS YOU PLAY AGAINST HAVE EVOLVED FIRECRACKER ALONGSIDE SOMETHING ELSE THAT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE, AND IT IS UTILIZED AS A WIN CONDITION THAT GETS MORE DAMAGE ON THE TOWER THAN THE ACTUAL WIN CONDITIONS DO. I donât care about the knock back, but if this cardâs evo is not heavily nerfed then it should stay 3 elixir and die to log. Princess is doing âjust fineâ according to supercell, which is a 3 elixir card that canât do literally anything anymore and it dies to log. There is no reason why that stupid card should be as unkillable as it is. By the time you kill the first one; another one is already on the field.
Imagine firecrackers as a champion and be invincible as a ability đ
so basically monk ability but she still shoots
I play firecracker since its released. Theres no way she is a common card, she shoots from the other side of arena, just like dart goblin, wich is a rare cause of his range, plus she has splash and knockback. How she is a common lol
When evolutions were added to the game, bro, I almost got ultimate champion straight. No skill asf
didn't think I'd stay along but your narration is amazing dude. earned a sub!
Thank you so much!â€ïž
This channel is seriously underrated, great explanation, hope you get more subscribers in the future, you deserve themâ€
Thank you so much Fernando!â€ïžâ€ïž
They Should rework her evolution, but whatever was the rework they have to make sure she die to arrows
That just fucking kills it.
@@xgames9816 Lol they did it
about the monk arrows interaction,
the arrows is calculated as multiple projectiles over its area, so it is impossible for a monk to reflect the whole arrows, and he will usually only keep a small area safe from the splash
the firecracker in the pro match died because she was too far from the monk. the firecracker in your first test lived because she was right on the monk, and the monk reflected an arrows part that allowed the firecracker to not get hit by any other parts
then in the next clip where the firecracker died, it was because the arrows were placed differently. the monk reflected the middle part of the arrows and the firecracker didnt get hit by that part, but since the firecracker was kinda on the border between two of the arrows parts, even though one was reflected by the monk, another part overlapped and killed the firecracker anyway
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Thank you so much dude!:)
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I think it needs a nerf, cost 4 elixir, or removed entirely (can only hope). It outclassed the princess and basically replaced her. Itâs in way too many peopleâs decks and Iâm tired of seeing it. Just earlier today I played 5 matches in a row that all had firecracker in my opponentâs deck. Really dumb how its range can get chip on your tower even when itâs 3 to 4 tiles behind the bridge. And itâs really easy to protect it with its scooting back motion and really easy to cycle with its cheap elixir cost. Literally almost every firecracker player I spectate, theyâre spamming the firecracker card to play until they have the elixir to place itâŠ
Evolved firecracker makes this so much worse
Agreed one hundred percent. Either it goes to 4 elixir; or it dies to log. Also, either way, the evo gets a massive range nerf.
â@@collinsnow2203its annoying but its not even that good. Also be happy her evo dies to arrows. Her normal form dying to log is way too overkill. Not even bomber, a 2 elixir card, dies to log
Firecracker, whether you predict it or not, whether itâs evolved or not, gets an insane guaranteed negative or neutral elixir response out from your opponent. Although evolved bomber is broken and can do insane damage, it doesnât have nearly as much HP as an evolved firecracker (which when I first commented still could not die to arrows) and its very easy to get killed by many cards even if it gets tower damage. Firecracker literally protects itself by distancing itself out of range from most of the units in your deck. Mind you, default bomber is essentially useless most of the time. But normal firecracker still gets 10 times more value than a princess, dart goblin, goblin gang, or evolved bomber on both offense and defense.
There is no counter play to an evolved firecracker currently and itâs way too better than the bomber for just one extra elixir. The bomber cannot push itself back from melee units or dodge spells. The bomber cannot destroy an entire lava push if left unchecked for three elixir. The bomber cannot have an entire archetype be carried on its back (hog eq). Iâm open for discussion, but watch ARCTOâs video again (I think thatâs what his name is) on the history of the firecracker. He very accurately shows why the firecracker is overpowered, annoying, and guaranteed value, even in a meta where it does not thrive.
im glad to see you mention ian77 here. hes become a huge pioneer of hog decks now and was the reason many of us started using the firecracker. i still remember when boss_cr made a video on this "number 1 hog player" with only like 3k subs or something and i was baffled to see how well his hog synergized with the other cards. that classic hog firecracker eq deck soon after became the first deck i ever maxed and since then i religiously watch ian77 and only play hog eq. his super helpful commentary also helped me go from the average midladder bum to consistent finishes around 2000 medals. hes the goat đđ
Iâve seen a lot of people comparing u to gratz honestly I like ur few videos youâve made much more you have your own unique editing style I like ur voice more (thatâs more an opinion) and your not just a monotone robot (in ur 3 most recent videos anyway)when talking I subbed and liked u deserve it so much man looking forward to another video â€
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it. I'm trynna do my bestâ€ïžâ€ïž
With the $20 I will pay my friend to never use firecracker againđĄ
9:07 even firecracker agrees: NERF MINER!!!1!1!1
Insanely good video bro, thought I was gonna watch a Gratz clone but you have a really different and engaging personality! Keep it up, earned a sub here
Thank you so much!:)
just subbed, the video was very well made. I was completely surprised when I saw that you had a sub count of 3.4k subs. Keep up the work and hope to see you hit 10k+ soon
Thank you soooo much!!â€ïžâ€ïž
Cards like firecracker lower the skill ceiling of the game and award pay to win users.
I don't agree... you just have to get better with your predictions and overall get better playing the game. If your opponent is overleveled yeah it's p2w but otherwise firecracker is not actually as broken as most people think it is.
Avada go crie in the closet alone sir here we are clashers
@@arcto2 I am not undermining the skill issue. The problem is that the whole meta shifts for some cards. For example, golem decks and lava hound decks are almost vanished, as well as decks with no building due to evolved cards. A card that almost always gives a positive trade in any way will allow anyone to easily use it without being too skillfull.
thats, true, pros will always "overcome" the easy to play but gets insane value if its truly not broken, but since 99% of the player base isnt gonna think like that, all they see is "free damage sign me up!" and it doesnt lower the diversity an "average skill" in a sense@@avadakedavra7193
@@arcto2plus its a common and easy to level up
Been complaining about firecracker forever then i see this amazing hour long video : )
heheheha!
this video is great, but the background music choices makes it amazing. you literally picked the best music from the best video games out there. incredible. so incredible i'm gonna subscribe
Firecracker is amazing when you use her correctly, I use it for my season token deck because she is just in stop able because putting a tank in front with more cycle is perfect
Bro literally made a movie đ
Firecracker has been an integral part of my main deck (which I use 98% of the time, even in challenges) for probably four years now (I'm about to hit eight years) and I'm completely unapologetic. My second level 15 (after balloon, also in my deck) and my first evo.
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Dude this video is genuinely cinematographic. Love ur editing style, had a great time watching it
Thank you so much dude!! Really appreciate itâ€ïžâ€ïž
lets go, a CR history channel that doesnt like little children
i guess im the only one who genuinely like the firecracker lol. btw please continue doing long-form videos like this, i'd like to see one about xbow or graveyard
I will continue making these long-form videosâ€ïž Thank you so much!
â@@arcto2 there are rarely people who do long-form videos on youtube nowadays because they're not as profitable as short-form ones so im glad you took this route. i really enjoy detailed video essays like these and i'm glad it's one hour long, i can only imagine the hours spent on recording and editing lol
Graveyard would be cool actually
Im genuinly enjoying ur vid, its been a long time since i laughed and enjoyed this much, thanks for this and keep these vids coming, would love one on mortar
Thank you so much!â€ïž It's on my list:)
As a goblin giant/archerEVO deck firecracker is at worst a mild inconvenience and at best a funny meme I actually look forward to fighting since firecracker players are not hard to beat if you know the strats
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Firecracker is in desperate need of a nerf, rework, or just completely removed from the game. It has created such a terrible toxic meta. I heard that it has around 51% usage rate which is kinda insane. It has way too much range in all honesty and the Evo Firecracker also has too much range. The spread should be reduced and have less damage, still enough to kill swarms but not enough to be a near tank buster. Either that or it should be increased up to 4 elixir because it all honesty it kind of deserves to be a 4 elixir card in it's current state especially since Eve firecracker survives arrows, log, and barbarian barrel
i think it should be buffed to epic honestly too easy to lvl it up as common
God damn how does this channel only have 5K subs. Deserves AT LEAST as much as gratz
Thank you so much bro!
the only 1 hour youtube video I've ever watched from start to finish, amazing work!
Thank you so much!!â€ïž
it seems monk's reflection effect only happens within a certain radius around him, and arrows have a bigger hitbox than the radius. what happened in the glitch as well as your recreation is that a few arrows still hit the floor while the rest were reflected onto your tower. in the clip, the firecracker was in the area where the arrows hit the floor, while in your recreation she was right next to the monk and so safe from arrow's damage.
Man that was very good and the fact it kept me for a whole hour is also amazing
Thank you so muchâ€
Loved the video! First documentary type clash Royale video Iâve seen and it was great! Maybe go for a more popular card like miner or mega knight to get a wide audience more interested. Loved the vid though, keep it up!
Thank you so much Adam!â€ïž Good idea!
Wow what a great video! The music was on point and the animations and overall editing is smooth as hell. Thank you for a fun time :)
Thank you so much fero!â€ïžâ€ïž I thank YOU for watching :)
Thanks to you, my love for the game was rekindle. I hope you keep up the amazing vids. Cant wait to see how much you grow
Thank you so much!:)
5:55 i love that he says logbait doesnt use firecracker and then shows us a list of decks one of them being firecracker logbait
I just finished my exams and took a break on a Café. Good thing I did as watching this while enjoying a nice coffee in the afternoon have removed my stress so take my sub and like you deserved it o7.
What exams? :) I'm glad my video helped you remove stressâ€ïž Thank you!:)
@@arcto2 It was my finals Exam and it took two days, each being 10 hours of test per day. This afternoon was the end of the exams and finally gave me and my classmates time to breathe after two days of that bullcrap. Your video quality is so good that I am sad you're only getting this much views and sub when you really deserved more.
Oh god! I'm glad it's over and you can finally enjoy life a bit more. And It makes me so happy that you chose to watch my videos to help you de-stress:) And thank you so much for your kind words:-)
Thank you for using my firecracker video âMy firecraker somehow predicted the opponent fireballâ that I posted on reddit! I had a lot of fun watching it! Nice video!
Thank you!â€ïž the video was too good to not include it in the video :) Thank you for the video!
crazy intresting video. i love the super long pro games shwoen at the end
Bro this video is so well done
Respect đ€
Thank you so much!:)
I have to say, your videos are the BEST clash royale videos i have ever seen. Im honestly amazed you dont have over 10k subs, you deserve it with your bangers like the mega minion one â€
Awwww thank you so muchâ€ïžâ€ïž I'm so happy you enjoy watching my videos, reallyâ€ïž
Absolutely appreciate your time and effort in these videos man. Very well done
Thank you so much!:)
Monk and arrows interaction is still a bit weird but from my experience, he basically doesn't reflect the whole radius only protecting a troop near enough to him
Very good video, I am glad other people share a hatred for this card especially when people learned you can spam it at the bridge when a troop is coming down the lane and get hundreds of chip damage.
Thank you Kian, appreciate itâ€ïž Yeah she is really annoying, especially evo firecracker. Regular firecracker not that much.
I stopped playing a while ago, but this was fun!
Also, nice mic :)
THank you so much! :)
I was talking about this to the Clash Royale discord server, and we mostly agreed itâd be way better if it died to log but did more damage. Itâs so annoying as its such a cheap counter to so many troops
holy shit dude you have a majestic voice you make a hell of a narrator
Thank you!
i love your content, you should consider more games with your style, hope you the best man
Thank you so much!â€ïž
the monk actually reflects only the arrows in a small area around him and it's not a bug, it's intentional, but one thing i noticed is that it's really inconsistent sometimes cards die to arrows even though they are right besides the monk or they survive even when they're pretty far away.
Got ya! Thanks for explainingâ€ïž
I use firecracker before itâs evolution and still use it now because it can be placed behind any tank and easily get chip damage even if the tank doesnât connect
Wow, great video. Kept me interested the whole hour, and the edits, mmm, chef kiss.
Thank you so much broâ€ïž
My wifi was buggy and the thumbnail didn't load, read the title and immediately thought of fire cracker
Man 1 hour? This is going to be a good one.
Glad you maded a video about this topic, I hate firecracker sm
I really think Firecracker feels like a epic or legendary card. It does so much and has a very unique attack mechanic similar to the princess. I wished it had shorter range and didn't move as far back when they shoot because it's so frustrating to fight against if you don't have a good counter.
Also I would buy a game for the 20 bucks.
Me too! She has a unique mechanic, provide crazy value in games, but she is a common card? Come on!
Amazing video you deserve way more than 9k subs one day you'll have 900k instead đ
my man woke up and became a better CR history channel than gratz, great video btw
Thank you my man! I really appreciate it, you're amazing! :)
Gratz without the minors
I had fire cracker since arena 5 with valentines free evo and it will be my fav card forever i love seeing evo barbs or recruits and they shreeded
hey arcto what mic do you use?
I don't hate her, she's just way too op, like, 10 times better than princess, deals more damage, has recoil, doesn't die to log, has evolution, and we're talking about common vs legenedary, always that you place it will have positive value and thats way too strong
you deserve so much more views damn great vid
Thank you so much!:)
Ok but the fact that you actually do read all your comments like dang. Your goat making great content and reading all you comments
Just doing my best, thank you!:)
Yo the video is awesome,im really surprise how much you can do with only a simple card in the game,i hope we can see more videos like that,u got yourself a new sub man keep up the good work. (Also i would use 20 bucks to buy uhhhh idk a feet pic from the firecracker)
Thank you so much!â€ïž
Didn't even realize this video was a whole hour long until 20 minutes in
hey whats that song thats playing around 21:40 ? great video by the way
They asked reddit??? no wonder the card turned out annoying đđ
yk what i subbed because your actually a interesting person, not for the money. Winning the money would be amazing but honestly, i came for the video and its great. you did amazing with the hour long content. preciate it
Thank you so much!â€ïž
13:06 i never something like that with the firecracker, I'm using it for like 2-3 years
I knew I had to include it in the video once I saw that interaction ngl
HOLY!!!! I didn't expected a 1 hour video bro, im excited
Hope you enjoyed it!â€ïž
That Golden Knight though đ„¶
1 hour video about someone that i didn't even see in my life, i am going to watch-
My deck: Mega Knight, Miner, Mini PEKKA, Log, Wallbreakers, Firecracker, Goblin Gang, and EWiz. I am F2P and have reached Arena 17 using it. In my opinion, Firecracker carried me here due to the amount of beat down decks I ran into that just simply got wrecked. Also since arrows is becoming less powerful overtime, normal firecracker can still get just as much value as Evo cracker can
Even I experienced it while collecting the Evo shards in my two accounts
Only costs 3 elixir and DOESNT DIE TO LOG.