Royal Ghost

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"Upset that no one notices him, the Royal Ghost is determined to smash things up until he gets the recognition he deserves. He's so unnoticeable that even walls won't hold him back!"
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Level 1-7
==Summary==
*The Royal Ghost is a temporary Halloween troop added for the Halloween 2019, 2021 and 2022 seasons.
*The Royal Ghost has very high damage per second but very low hit points, and his attacks carry a brief slowing effect. For 12 seconds after deployment, he remains in stealth, able to ignore walls and cannot be targeted by enemy defenses or troops.
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*His attacks also freeze buildings similar to the Ice Golem, slowing them down for a few seconds.
*Like other temporary troops, they cannot be donated to Clan Castles.
==Strategy==
===Offensive===
*Due to their quick training time compared to other troops, they are viable as farming troops and can be used in a similar fashion to Barbarians and Archers. However, their vulnerability once they turn visible means they cannot feasibly reach the core of a base unless paired with Haste Spells or Rage Spells.
*Their very high DPS enables them to snipe defensive buildings if they are placed near the outside of the base. This can often help topple war bases with off-center Eagle Artillery and/or Giga Tesla.
**However, he can get stuck on outside defenses being a 8 housing space P.E.K.K.A, so the invisibility might wear off, so funneling might be needed.
*Royal Ghosts do not trigger Clan Castles while invisible, just like Sneaky Goblins. If the Clan Castle is exposed or otherwise easy to reach, using a Royal Ghost or two to destroy it can prevent defending Clan Castle troops from leaving it and joining the battle. This must be done quickly, because if the Royal Ghost turns visible, it will trigger the Clan Castle. Rage Spells can be used to this end to ensure the Clan Castle is destroyed in this timeframe.
**Using Royal Ghosts to destroy Clan Castles, compared to using Sneaky Goblins to do so, has the advantage of being invisible for longer and thus one has more time to destroy it; however, Sneaky Goblins have a higher DPS per housing space and preferentially target the Clan Castle in the absence of other nearby resource buildings (which, in this circumstance, makes it easier for Sneaky Goblins to do damage sooner). Whichever turns out to be more useful depends on the placement of the Clan Castle and buildings around it.
===Defensive===
*Royal Ghosts have extreme damage, but can be stopped easily by traps (particularly Giant Bombs or s), even while they are invisible. Having such traps in front of valuable targets (such as resource storages or key defenses) can force an attacker to send in more Royal Ghosts if they have them.
*Bomb Towers when sufficiently upgraded can also destroy Royal Ghosts when the tower is destroyed, and as such can be used similarly to traps to mitigate the abilities of the Royal Ghost.
*Any spawn zones within the village walls can be greatly exploited by Royal Ghost attacks due to their long-lasting invisibility, allowing them to damage units in the vicinity without retaliation. Arrange buildings carefully and use isolated single segments if necessary to prevent such a spawn zone from occurring.
==Statistics==
Preferred Target	Attack Type 	 	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Barracks Level Required	Range 	Special Ability
None 	Single Target	8	16 	1s 	7 	0.5 tiles	Ghostly
Training Time of Royal Ghosts	Training Time of Royal Ghosts
Barracks available 	Barracks upgrading
37s 	1m 14s
Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Attack	Hitpoints	Town Hall Level Required
1 	200 	200 	110 	5
2 	280 	280 	150 	6
3 	360 	360 	170 	8
4 	440 	440 	190 	9
5 	520 	520 	210 	10
6 	600 	600 	250 	11
7 	680 	680 	270 	12
==Trivia==
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*The Royal Ghost is one of the troops to have first appeared in Clash Royale.
**The Clash Royale counterpart does not slow down defenses, attacks slower, and is only able to turn invisible if he has not attacked anything for a short period.
*The Royal Ghost's death sound is same with the sound of the Spooky Tree, the Halloween 2019 obstacle.
*In the Pumpkin Graveyard Challenge, there was a trap that looked like a Skeleton Trap. When activated, one Royal Ghost emerges and attacks.
**Some higher Single Player Campaign levels seem also to include these "royal ghost traps".
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