How to Win 2v2 Battles in Clash Royale

Be respectful to your fellow players. Don’t BM (have bad manners) or overuse emotes when you destroy your opponents’ towers or beat them. Avoid disconnecting from the battle, leaving your teammate with no hope to win. This should apply to all game modes, but 2v2 is casual and BMing there is without cause.^[1]

• If someone is BMing you, just mute them. You should be the better player instead of reducing yourself to their level and still be polite. It’s just not worth it.
• Examples of BMing include saying “Thanks” when you destroy a tower or at the end when the crowns are displayed and saying “Good game” before the game is over.
• Remember the human on the other side of the screen. Say “Good luck!”, give them a thumbs-up, press “Well played!” and “Good game!” or don’t use emotes at all.

Look at your teammate’s cards. At the beginning of the battle, your opponent’s deck will flash across the screen. Remember their win condition(s), spells, and buildings if possible. You can also click on their name during battle to look at their hand and get an estimate of their elixir. Know when they have a better counter in hand than you do and let them play it.

• Sometimes, your opponent will rush the bridge before the opening screen finishes displaying. You can also tap the screen quickly to get rid it and defend your towers.
  

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Have a good starting play. Do not commit to playing a high elixir cost card at the beginning of the match such as a Golem. You don’t know what your opponents’ cards are (they could have a P.E.K.K.A. or Inferno Dragon) and you can be easily rushed in the opposite lane. Any 3 elixir or less card that isn’t a building or a spell is a good starting play because it won’t leave you too vulnerable to an attack.

• Examples are Ice Spirit at the bridge, Knight played in the back, and splitting skeletons in front of the King Tower.
• This ties into making sure you do not have too many dead cards in your deck, or cards that aren’t good starting moves. You should always have a card you can play safely without fear of being open to a particular troop or attack.

Avoid rushing the bridge and overcommitting. Initial tower rushes at the start of the map are not the best play to make. Your opponents will easily counter it (especially if you only send a Hog Rider) and you'll have to deal with the counter push with less elixir. Overcommitting is when you put too much elixir in one lane (usually for rushing the bridge) and get punished by your opponent's attack since you are not able to defend. This is something that usually comes with more experience in the game; as you play more, you'll get the hang of spending elixir and knowing when to attack and when to defend.

• If you want to get some damage on the tower at the beginning, play only a small cheap troop to get chip damage.
• Don't commit to a high-elixir cost card unless you have an elixir advantage or are at 10 elixir.

Don't respond to everything, especially if you don't have the best counter in hand. Remember, you have another person on your side and chances are, they will have a card that can counter your opponents' units. If they have a better counter, then let them play it, but if they are low on elixir/saving up to play an expensive unit you should pick up the slack on defense.

• This is a great example of why looking at your teammate's cards are important. Remember, you can tap and hold their name so you can see their hand.
• Many people who do this end up never playing their win condition. While in some situations, you might realize that your deck isn't suited to the matchup, but if that isn't the case, how will you win if you never play your main tower-attacking unit?

Know the strengths and weaknesses of each card. This is something you must know to win any match, but it's surprising how many people don't have a grip on this. In Clash Royale, there is a triangle where swarms beat a single target troop, splash units beat swarms (when placed with some distance), and single target troops beat splash (when placed right on top). This isn't always true, but it works in a lot of situations.

• You shouldn’t place a Mini P.E.K.K.A. in the middle of a Skeleton Army and you shouldn’t place a Wizard on top of a Mini P.E.K.K.A. The Wizard will also kill the Skeleton Army unless it gets surrounded by the skeletons.
• So, don't play Skeleton Army around a Valkyrie since it will lose every single time. Don't place P.E.K.K.A. under a Minion Horde because it will always die.

Hover your cards before playing. Especially in the case of spells, you should hover your card where you’re going to place it so your teammate can support your attack or knows not to place their card too. If a Goblin Barrel is coming, get your Log ready ahead of time, so that you and your teammate don’t waste elixir (and not have a counter) by both playing a spell.

• This also applies to Miner pushes (hover your Miner), Rockets, buildings, tanks played in the back, and more. Basically, if you have time to hover a card, you should do it.

Space your cards out. There will be twice as many cards on the same size arena, so you will need to avoid bunching your troops together. A spell can get very good value if you don’t. If your teammate plays a card behind the king tower, avoid playing another card on the same side, or your opponents could play a Rocket, hitting your tower and both troops.

• You might be focusing only on spreading troops on your side of the arena, but don't allow the bridge to get your opponents some value either. A spell can be placed anywhere so you should always space your cards out.

Support your teammate’s attacks and defense. This is a 2 player game mode and pushing separately will lead to your 1 person push being easily countered by a 2 player defense. Attack together and support each other with spells when needed. Check whenever you can on the amount of elixir your teammate has and the cards in their hand.

• If they play a Golem in the back, don't go and play your Giant at the bridge in the opposite lane. Most likely, both pushes will fail since they won't have enough support behind them.
• Effects such as Rage, Clone, and Heal will work on both of your troops.
• Do not support their pushes if they are half-baked. If they place a knight at the bridge and you are only at half elixir, don’t play anything to support it. Save your elixir to defend the remaining troops from the incoming defense.

Know when to split your damage into two lanes. Most of the time this is discouraged as it turns into you pushing one lane while your teammate tries to push the other. This type of uncoordinated effort never turns out well. If your opponents have already or nearly taken a tower, you know that it will be a 2 tower game. You can then push both lanes as long as you and your teammate are still supporting each other.

• What you can do is send in a large push (say, Mega Knight, Executioner, Battle Ram, and Royal Ghost) on one lane, and once that's taken your opponents' focus, sneak in a small push on the other tower (say Miner and Minions). It should be strong enough to take the tower to at least half-health, but include cheap and fast troops.

Counter push after defending. This is when you support your leftover troops from a defense and turn them into a threatening push by adding a tank or win condition at the front. Even troops with a sliver of health can deal a lot of damage when hiding behind a tank.

• For example, you may defend a Giant Balloon push with Mega Minion, Inferno Dragon, and Tornado. Your troops will still be alive, so why not put a Giant of your own down and make your remaining defensive troops turn into a big threat.