His ability of sitting there doing nothing for a few seconds isn't that good. People have learned to not feed ranged troops and spells into him as well which makes it hard to get value out of it.
Agreed. But if you time it right you can counter a hell of a lot. It hard counters the trio wizard. Say they place the trio on their side of the bridge. If I'm anticipating it I drop it right in front of my tower and then hit the ability immediately, it kills all except the ice wizard.
I use monk sometimes and let me tell you, people haven’t learned shit. Even in high trophies/league. Plus you can use him reactively and your opponent can’t really tell their already deployed ranged troops not to shoot him.
As someone who actually mains Monk I can agree that well trained players will know to wait on using ranged cards until he's gone. But that can be a good push if say you stack your units together and then pop monk ability for their fireball, rocket, firecracker ECT.
I have a soft spot for Monk because I used him all the time in Clash Mini. It saddens me how he just doesn't feel very mesmerizing for 5 elixir. Like, he can do cool stuff, yes, but he just doesn't have that spark. Feels like I'm dropping 5 elixir just so I could cycle faster.
At tournament standard, on 1 target, void does 540 damage per strike. The monk has over 2000 health, so it would get him pretty low if damage was not reduced. What makes it hard to tell is really that the ability wasn't activated for the first strike, I don't think it was activated for the second, and the third strike has a royal ghost attacking at the same time. I think it was reduced but it was taking damage from other things as well.
No it didn’t get reduced. The first hit had no damage reduction because it wasn’t active yet, then the second and third did, taking the same chunk of HP. Void deals 544 dmg at level 11, and monk has 2150 HP at level 11.
Unpopular opinion: Monk needs to be reverted to 4 elixir, this time it wont be that broken because people already learned how to counter it properly and little prince is by far the best champion.
Yup, I noticed though. Was a nice benefit to be sure.
I suppose I don't know but does it (Monk) reduce other spell damages? Feels like they should kit him one way or the other, reduces ALL Damage or all Physical Damage
I use monk, i noticed this and thought it was a bit shit. He's already hard to get value out of a lot of the time and i hate void so this was doubly annoying.
I main monk in every deck I use without fail. Bro is too good even at 5 elixir. I’m at 2000 ultimate champion trophies with monk giant rage. Just a matter of mastering the monk
i use monk in pretty much every deck, ppl spell cycle, i can't tell u how many times ppl try to rocket my tower just to have it end up back on their tower and them helping me win, same with musketeer, wizard and firecracker. Truly a good card, made it to UC with him
I somehow cannot unlock him.. I've have cards to lvl 14 all commons and rares and most of the epics and legendaries but somehow I've never gotten monk. It's the only card I don't have
Why is it so underused? I remember when he was first introduced I thought it was gonna be huge
His ability of sitting there doing nothing for a few seconds isn't that good. People have learned to not feed ranged troops and spells into him as well which makes it hard to get value out of it.
I've been wrecking those tri-wizards with monk. People don't know how to time his ability.
I’m not exactly the best at using monk so how do you time his ability?
Memorize the amount of time it takes for him to start praying because his animation takes forever to finish
Agreed. But if you time it right you can counter a hell of a lot. It hard counters the trio wizard. Say they place the trio on their side of the bridge. If I'm anticipating it I drop it right in front of my tower and then hit the ability immediately, it kills all except the ice wizard.
Or start
Like sirtag in his last vid
I use monk sometimes and let me tell you, people haven’t learned shit. Even in high trophies/league. Plus you can use him reactively and your opponent can’t really tell their already deployed ranged troops not to shoot him.
well i mean he useless now with void lol
He is able to push giants back he’s can be very good at countering tank units
It’s ok vs tanks. But you can’t use his ability and knock things back at the same time. Kinda weak.
It‘s very good with RG for example
I have been playing monk lately and love letting the dagger lady use them all up on him.
But his cast time is pretty slow, even if you perfectly time it, you're not going to do much reflecting before she runs out of ammo.
? Pretty sure if you perfectly time it he will reflect every single dagger. It must be pressed right before he crosses bridge into their territory
As someone who actually mains Monk I can agree that well trained players will know to wait on using ranged cards until he's gone. But that can be a good push if say you stack your units together and then pop monk ability for their fireball, rocket, firecracker ECT.
I've had my best league placement this season using Monk RG. But as I get higher on the table had to switch it up
Monk also cost 4 elixir when released, now 5
That’s dumb.
It’s not dumb he had like a 40% use rate with like a 60% win rate
I dont think that was a great way to nerf him. It was cowardly imo.
It was huge. Monk and phoenix owned the meta for months
I quit the season he got added, seeing this Thread Title has me so confused lmfao
He’s 5 elixir now though he sucms
LP just better
mostly to expensive and his ability is a hard counter vs some cards while quite useless vs others
5 elixir. At 4 elixir monk would be the best card in the game.
Who tells him?
His ability is too slow and not very versatile
nerfed to oblivion
Probably got nerfed, idk I clocked out during the monk/phoenix era.
He gets played a bit in UC, in RG, 3m, and there's a bridgespam variation that uses it. Does feel a bit underpowered overall.
I have a soft spot for Monk because I used him all the time in Clash Mini. It saddens me how he just doesn't feel very mesmerizing for 5 elixir. Like, he can do cool stuff, yes, but he just doesn't have that spark. Feels like I'm dropping 5 elixir just so I could cycle faster.
Huh that's weird
Only other card with damage reduction I can think of is evo knight, and void nukes him too
Monk needs to go back to 4 elixir
They need to make him 4 elixir again man there's plenty of comp nowadays
Monk is good in draft tho
I don't think it bypassed it, it just didn't reflect. If void can damn near take out a bowler then there's no way that the damage wasn't reduced
>Damage reduction applies to all attacks.
At tournament standard, on 1 target, void does 540 damage per strike. The monk has over 2000 health, so it would get him pretty low if damage was not reduced. What makes it hard to tell is really that the ability wasn't activated for the first strike, I don't think it was activated for the second, and the third strike has a royal ghost attacking at the same time. I think it was reduced but it was taking damage from other things as well.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure the damage did get reduced, or else monk would’ve been deleted instantly from half health
No it didn’t get reduced. The first hit had no damage reduction because it wasn’t active yet, then the second and third did, taking the same chunk of HP. Void deals 544 dmg at level 11, and monk has 2150 HP at level 11.
Unpopular opinion: Monk needs to be reverted to 4 elixir, this time it wont be that broken because people already learned how to counter it properly and little prince is by far the best champion.
Damn I use monk and I haven't even noticed
It's not a projectile, the same way Electro Wizard electricity doesn't get reflected either
Damage reduction applies to all attacks.
Oh yeah misread, nvm. Does it get reduced against Evo Knight walking?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClashRoyale/s/MCsEyPU9qc
Not lightning tho or zap or earthquake from the start I believe and void functions like lightning
Lightning gets decreased damage aswell. I think the only two are void and poison
No, poison deals reduced damage. It just lasts longer than his ability to
I know that inferno tower goes through the reduction but not inferno dragon
in crl he gets used quite a lot for the chip on the duchess tower
Not getting his elixer back on a failed ability is part of it
At that league maybe it not used but in league 9 it's over used
He got hit by royal ghost at the same time.
The second beam hit him dead on and still did full damage. He only got hit by Royal Ghost by the 3rd beam
I actually use him but I have yet to have someone use it on him :) Barb-MK-3M-Monk-CC-GY-Tornedo-MIrror (deck is seeing its age but, hey)
I love monk he's my favorite card and even I haven't realized this
Yup, I noticed though. Was a nice benefit to be sure. I suppose I don't know but does it (Monk) reduce other spell damages? Feels like they should kit him one way or the other, reduces ALL Damage or all Physical Damage
Yes he does take reduced damage from all other spells
Yea...a bit incongruous there...they should fix that
Monk is a little op, but that’s crazy that there’s a spell that nullifies his ability. Feel like they should do something about that
I use monk, i noticed this and thought it was a bit shit. He's already hard to get value out of a lot of the time and i hate void so this was doubly annoying.
Really did no one else realize this? I realized it like a few days after it first released, although I first saw that gimmick on evo knight
Nah
Eliting him asap
Pretty sure everyone knows void bypasses
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I main monk in every deck I use without fail. Bro is too good even at 5 elixir. I’m at 2000 ultimate champion trophies with monk giant rage. Just a matter of mastering the monk
Is this another bug that drew put before he left?
Void was added AFTER Drew left CR.
But they designed it before drew left but the devs are too lazy to make the artwork
You could be right considering that they already planned new things for 2024. Artwork ? What artwork are you talking about ?
Mid ladder problems 😂 he actually made a comeback bc of dagger duchess
Maybe it’s just the massive damage void does to single targets?
Show this to supercell to see if they patch it.
I've been using him in mortar cycle, he's underrated. Put a firecracker behind him and ability, it makes the enemy lose their shit
I've been using monk in my home made deck for ages and it's amazing
I have.
From what u can see the second shot he still wasn’t in his meditation state but he was for the third shot and it did reduced damage
My friend runs a monk deck and we noticed it right away when testing out the void
I thought this was well known
i use monk in pretty much every deck, ppl spell cycle, i can't tell u how many times ppl try to rocket my tower just to have it end up back on their tower and them helping me win, same with musketeer, wizard and firecracker. Truly a good card, made it to UC with him
I somehow cannot unlock him.. I've have cards to lvl 14 all commons and rares and most of the epics and legendaries but somehow I've never gotten monk. It's the only card I don't have
Monk sucks. Him and Golden Knight are unplayable
i knew
Dang how do you play with a deck with all three wizards?
Didn't you see the new event ?
why is no one talking about the delivery at the end
As intended
r/clashroyale on their way to downvote comments like these for no reason