Pekka (P.E.K.K.A.)

***“A heavily armored, slow melee fighter. Swings from the hip but packs a huge punch!”***

***"Is P.E.K.K.A a knight? A samurai? A robot? No one knows! P.E.K.K.A's armor absorbs even the mightiest of blows!"***

In Clash Royale, The P.E.K.K.A card is unlocked from P.E.K.K.A's Playhouse (Arena 4). She is a slow, single-target, melee-ranged ground troop with very high hitpoints and damage. She wears heavy dark blue armor, has team-colored horns, eyes, and wields a large metal sword. A P.E.K.K.A card costs 7 Elixir to deploy.

In Clash of Clans, P.E.K.K.A is a troop unlocked in the standard Barracks when it is upgraded to level 10 which requires Town Hall level 8. She is a slow and expensive single-target melee Elixir Troop that occupies a big amount of housing space but comes with large amounts of hitpoints and damage. P.E.K.K.As have no preferred target when attacking; they will simply attack the closest building. However, once they become aware of enemy Clan Castle troops, Heroes, or Skeleton Trap skeletons (either by being attacked themselves or by being near another friendly troop under attack), they will leave their previously targeted building and instead engage the enemy troops. Once all of the nearby enemy troops are defeated, the P.E.K.K.As will proceed to attack the nearest structure.

## Trivia

* The acronym "P.E.K.K.A" has no official alias, but a Facebook contest held by Supercell in 2012 prompted readers to submit ideas for what the name stood for, as well as allowing them to vote for submissions via the like feature. The title that had the most votes was 'Perfectly Enraged Knight Killer of Assassins'.

* Interestingly, the community considers P.E.K.K.A. as a Mega Knight hard counter, and can obviously solo the Knight and the Golden Knight.

* The P.E.K.K.A is 1 of 16 troops which first existed in Clash of Clans, the others being Minions, Archers, Goblins, Barbarians, Giant, Valkyrie, Wizard, Hog Rider, Witch, Bowler, Wall Breakers, Golem, Balloon, Lava Hound, and the Archer Queen. In-game, she appears identical to a Level 1 P.E.K.K.A in Clash of Clans.
* The P.E.K.K.A upgraded with Star Points gains another sword, which is a reference to how P.E.K.K.As in Clash of Clans wield 2 swords when they are Level 4 or higher. However, the Clash Royale P.E.K.K.A will never attack with the other sword or both swords, while the Clash of clans P.E.K.K.A will swing both.
* P.E.K.K.A's gender has been confirmed as female, as 1 of the Loading Screen Hints in Clash of Clans states, "The armor on P.E.K.K.A is so heavy that Spring Traps don't affect **her**".
* The old image of the P.E.K.K.A on the Barracks info screen in Clash of Clans was used in the card's image.
* The P.E.K.K.A in blue team resembles her Builder Base counterpart from Clash of Clans, the Super P.E.K.K.A.
* There is an Arena based on the P.E.K.K.A called P.E.K.K.A's Playhouse, which shares the name of a single-player campaign level in Clash of Clans.
* Inside a Rage Spell radius, she resembles her level 8 Clash of Clans counterpart.
* When deployed, P.E.K.K.A will briefly say "Butterfly" in a robotic voice. This is a reference to a Clash of Clans commercial where the P.E.K.K.A chases a butterfly.
* The P.E.K.K.A's horns are always team-colored in battle, rather than purple as depicted on the image, her own Emotes, and in Clash of Clans.
* In 1 of the Loading Screen Hints, it says "P.E.K.K.A: No one knows what's behind that mask. Maybe even another mask.", which may be a reference to the anime Naruto, specifically the episode called: "Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi-Sensei's True Face!"
* The P.E.K.K.A is the subject of 5 Emotes.
* The P.E.K.K.A is 1 of 12 cards which bring an excited reaction from the audience upon spawning and brings a collective groan from the audience when defeated, the others include Sparky, Giant, Goblin Giant, Giant Skeleton, Electro Wizard, Night Witch, Bowler, Inferno Dragon, Golem, Lava Hound, and Royal Giant.
* When P.E.K.K.A hits an enemy, a faint, low-pitched laugh plays. This only happens if said attack would not defeat the unit being hit.
* The P.E.K.K.A is featured as a skin for Barbarian King in Clash of Clans.
* Despite fearsome and mighty appearance, the P.E.K.K.A is shown to be tender in some commercials.
* The P.E.K.K.A may be a reference to D.A.V.E. from Backyard Monsters. Both have names that don't stand for anything in particular, both are robotic in nature and both were considered the strongest regular troop in their respective games.
* In a Clash Royale loading screen, it says how it is unknown what is behind the mask, proving there is no true choices, except the suggestion of another mask.

* P.E.K.K.A's gender has been confirmed as female, as one of the Loading Screen Hints states, "The armor on P.E.K.K.A is so heavy that Spring Traps don't affect **her**", and also several videos from the official YouTube.
* P.E.K.K.A's name derives from the old Finnish name "Petrus" (which in turn comes from the Greek name Petros which means stone). The name Pedro has the same origin. Pekka is also a Finnish name.
* The level 10 Barracks, which is the level required to unlock P.E.K.K.A, has a P.E.K.K.A helmet on its roof.
* If P.E.K.K.A is level 3 or higher, she has a bigger skeleton image than usual at death, due to the fact that P.E.K.K.A is larger at those levels.
* P.E.K.K.A appears to float along the ground instead of walking.
* Despite her fearsome and mighty appearance, the P.E.K.K.A is shown to be tender in some commercials.
* When P.E.K.K.A is deployed, she can be heard saying "Destroy!" in a robotic voice.
* The level 9 P.E.K.K.A slightly resembles her Builder Base counterpart, Super P.E.K.K.A.
* The P.E.K.K.A used to be the final Elixir Troop unlocked until the introduction of the Baby Dragon and the Miner.
* A max level P.E.K.K.A can take down all max level heroes except for the Barbarian King and the Grand Warden if set to air mode, as she can't hit him. Against a Barbarian King, the P.E.K.K.A will prevail if the King is level 75 or lower.
* The P.E.K.K.A is featured as a skin for Barbarian King in Clash of Clans.
* The P.E.K.K.A in Clash Royale resembles the level 1 P.E.K.K.A from Clash of Clans.

## **Powers**

* **Superhuman Strength**
* **Superhuman Durability**
* **Superhuman Endurance**