Clash Royale: Crown Series Leagues, Duel Decks & Rewards Explained
Supercell's new Crown Series adds seasonal best-of-3 Duel tournaments, 13 Leagues and card-level caps, so here is how it all works.
Clash Royale is getting a new competitive mode. Supercell has announced the Crown Series, a competition you can join every season, built around head-to-head Duels and a ladder of Leagues that match you with players of a similar skill level.
The Crown Series is meant to give every type of player, from Day 1s to Ultimate Champions, regular tournaments to test themselves in. Here's how Duel Decks, Leagues, card levels and the weekend schedule work, based on the official announcement.
Duel Decks and the Deck Wizard
You can compete in Crown Series tournaments from Arena 17 at 6,000 Trophies. Every tournament uses the Duel format, a best-of-3 match played with pre-built decks, so you first need to build your Duel Deck.
Your Duel Deck is made up of 4 separate 8-card decks, and each card can only be used once across all 4 decks. You can find it in the top right corner of your deck. Since Duels are best-of-3, you can build only 3 decks: 24 unique cards, or 32 across 4 decks.
If you need a hand, the new and improved Deck Wizard can generate a deck from scratch based on your Collection and give you tips on how to use it. It can also build a deck around your favorite win condition and takes your other decks into account.
Leagues and Card Level Caps
When you first join, you're placed in a League. There are 13 Leagues in total. The game estimates your skill level using your Trophy Road progress, your highest Ranked and Ultimate Champion finishes, and your Crown Series Duel results if you already have them.
- Leagues 1 to 8 are independent: Dagger, Pancake, Mustache, Magic, Hammer, Armor, Phantom and Queen's League.
- Leagues 9 to 13 make up the King's League. During Duel Weekends, King's League players can be matched against players from any League within it. That doesn't apply to Grand Duel Weekends.
You can move up a League at the start of each tournament, and your placement is recalculated when a new season begins.
The Crown Series uses your own Card Collection levels, but each League has a card-level cap to keep things balanced:
| League | Level cap |
|---|---|
| 1 to 2 | 11 |
| 3 to 4 | 12 |
| 5 to 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 15 |
| 9 to 13 (King's League) | 16 |
Duel Weekends and Grand Duels
Each season brings 3 to 4 Duel Weekends: regular Duels first, then a Grand Duel, then a break weekend. A 4-week season runs Duel, Duel, Grand Duel, Break. A 5-week season runs Duel, Duel, Duel, Grand Duel, Break. Each tournament lasts 72 hours, from Friday at 09:00 UTC to Monday at 09:00 UTC.
- Duel Weekends are the most frequent event, running 2 to 3 times a month. Your goal is to win 8 matches before reaching 3 losses. Rewards are bundled and collected at the end of your run, and more wins mean greater rewards.
- Grand Duel Weekends are the pinnacle of the monthly tournaments, and rewards arrive in the days after the event ends. In Leagues 1 to 8, you need to win 12 matches before reaching 4 losses.
- King's League Grand Duels have a leaderboard. You keep playing until you've played a maximum of 20 battles, and there's a ceiling on how many wins count, so many players will be tied.
Ties are broken in this order:
- Fewer losses
- More individual net battles won across your Duels
- Stronger opponents beaten
- Reaching your final score first
Rewards
Rewards rise with the stakes, and climbing to a higher League unlocks better ones. At 8 wins in the Dagger League, for example, the announcement lists 8 Random Epic Cards, 80 Random Rare Cards, 200 Random Common Cards, 4,800 Gold and a Full Banner. The full table for every League and win count is in the official Supercell post.
If you place high enough in the King's League Grand Duel, you also have a chance to win a Pass Royale, which will be available in your Supercell ID so you can activate it at any time. Full Grand Duel rewards will be revealed closer to the date.
Supercell wants feedback on Discord and Reddit. While you prepare your Duel Decks, our look at the Merge Tactics Season 11 changes and the all-cards tier list are good places to keep reading.