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Graveyard: Optimal Placement

Overview

Graveyard has been released for a while now but do you know the most optimal placement? This time I asked Grimear /u/Grimearopen in new window to help me write this guide. Grimear has been playing GY for both ladder and challenges. Last season, he finished with 5,608 trophies (PB) and a global 4,237th rank with a level 3 Graveyard. He is the Leader of Reddit Foxtrot, one of the feeder clans in the RoyaleAPI Clan Family.

Please tag /u/Grimearopen in new window if you have questions about Graveyard. Additionally, you can join the RoyaleAPI Discord server at https://discord.royaleapi.com if you would like to speak to him directly.

Strategy

1. Best for Giant Graveyard

This placement (B24, Q24) will never activate the King’s Tower. This will spawn skeletons around the tanking unit and maybe even take advantage of a pre-planted Inferno Tower.

2. Better against Valkyrie

You can get sneaky chip damage this way (B25, Q25) but be aware that this has a low risk of activating the King’s Tower.

3. Best vs Elixir Collector

Playing Graveyard on this spot (C24, P24) will not activate the King’s Tower and the Larries will attack the Pump (I24, J24) instead.

X. Not optimal

Graveyard is ineffective if placed from this spot (B22, Q22) or below. You want the skeletons to spawn from at least 3 sides, especially when the opponent has Valkyrie.

General Graveyard Tips

  1. You want at least 2 spells that can clear swarms in a GY deck for it to be effective.
  2. Graveyard decks call for good elixir management. It is a 5-elixir investment that can either pay off or hurt you. If you try to force a GY during a dead push, it’ll just help the opponent build a stronger counter attack.
  3. You need to know the opponent’s cycle and keep track of their elixir. Try to Graveyard when counters are out of their hands or they are low on elixir!
  4. Graveyard decks should not be too expensive in case you need to out-cycle your opponent. Unless you’re running Splashyard, your deck shouldn’t be above 3.5.
  5. Always try and get value out of Graveyard. If the opponent plays musketeer at the back, try and attack the same side!
  6. If you’re in a tough spot, you can even use GY defensively against high-DPS, single-shot units. If left alone, a defensive GY can even kill Elite-Barbarians, Prince, Pekka, Mini Pekka, and others.
  7. Try and play tricky. If you’re ahead on elixir and damage without using GY, don’t use it until double elixir or the very end!
    • It is possible to win matches without ever using Graveyard. A lot of it is a psychological game. If your opponent is used to the same pattern of pushes switch it up.
    • For example, let’s say you place a small unit at the back before placing Giant at the bridge and GY in the same lane. After a while the opponent will recognize that as the start of a GY push and they will pre-plant their counters. That’s when you suddenly push the other lane and take down a tower!

Note: A lot of these tips are situational depending on the type of GY deck you're running — Bowler Freeze, GY Poison cycle, Splashyard, Giyard, Golem.

Grimear’s Giant Graveyard Ladder Deck

This was Grimear’s Giant Graveyard Deck and card levels when he reached his PB last season:

  • Giant (9)
  • Graveyard (3)
  • Electro Wizard (3)
  • Night Witch (2)
  • Skeletons (12)
  • Poison (6)
  • The Log (2)
  • Zap (12)
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