@harryvpn1462 nah its never been objectivly bad, just outclassed - as log is so dominant in cycle, and rage and snowball have niches in beatdown and graveyard respectively (with barb barrel in both) whilst zap is only consistent in lavahound.
@@Alex-zr4zphow good a card is is determined by how good it is relatively to everything else. If every other card is better in every other situation, a card is inherently bad.
I've just about had it with this "Legendary used to feel Legendary 👴" thing that people say. If Clash Royale in 2016 was nowhere near as fun as people say and there's only so many commons you can make with "simple effect with no abilities" every game becomes more complex as it ages as the player base grows more skilled and complicated cards gives you an avenue to express that skill. I'm gonna be honest this "clash royale was better in 2016 always feels like it comes from 20 something your olds that miss middle school when everyone played royale since it's no longer the same social craze. People don't sing the praises of 2017+ the same way despite peak clash royale being after we stopped getting cards monthly and we actually had breathing room to lear the game
I dont think log needs a nerf, i thing that the design of every small unit being balanced around the existence of small and medium spells specifically to counter them is inherently flawed
Honestly I think zap needs to kill goblins again. There is more Diversity to stun targets. So it really needs a buff in its base game. Log already is used more than Evo zap itself. So it wouldn’t hurt to increase the competition.
Saying a 98% use rate for zap meant it was too strong is such a hot take. The zap wasn’t too strong, it simply lacked competition on the lower cost spell side. They added log specifically to give zap competition and it was so bad at launch and was a legendary. Why would you use log over zap back then? Spells are such an intricate and necessary part of the game and most spells today have alternatives you can use. But back then…. They simply didn’t have that. Zap, arrows, fireball, lightning, rocket. If I remember right. That’s all the game launched with. One spell for each cost except 5.
I played Clash Royale and I never realised there was actually balance changes until i started watching these videos, and even back then I knew that Zap was OP.
Still holding out for a Cannon Cart analysis. It's got so many unique interactions and I think is fairly overlooked only being "meta" in beatdown decks.
Zap has been and will always be my favorite card in the game. I have some very good and nostalgic memories associated with this card. I remember that I still used zap on its lowest point of popularity in the 2016-2020 time frame. I like decks with hog rider and ice golem as the main cards for attacks, and the instant effect of zap in comparison with the slow arrows and the log was a gamechanger. My deck was also quite expensive for a hog rider deck (the final deck after some experimenting was: hog rider, princess, ice golem, electro wizard, ice wizard, inferno tower, skeleton army and zap), so to compensate that, I needed a spell that would both be suitable with the ice golem and cheap. Since arrows were too expensive, zap was the only choice against flying troops. The stun effect was also crucial in situations where the hog rider needed to do "just one more hit" (we have all been there, the feeling you get after the hog rider makes "just one more hit" before it dies is amazing). I believe that this deck would not work in Clash Royale today, because I would always lose to bowler and golem decks back in the days (which were quite popular) and there are many other cards in the game now that can easily counter my deck. However, this deck was my favorite a long time ago and I definetly have some good nostalgic memories after using it, especially thanks to the zap. I would never admit it because everyone was switching from zap to log, but zap was actually the main card in my deck.
Back when I started the game in 2016 and still hadn’t unlocked zap yet, I asked my friend the biggest noob question I’ve ever said in my personal gaming history: why would he ever use the card if it deals so low damage? Poison and rocket should’ve been so much better because you get more damage per elixir out of them. I thought that a zap could do nothing against a giant or a golem so it’s just a worse common version of other spells. This happened at around the same time the miner came out so it already was meta defining.
amazing video and as a bonus, i got super surprised when you added guild wars musics as background, caught me so off guard as gw2 is my most played game i still playy to this day!
Does anyone else remember almosr everyone using lightning and zap and keeping them next to each other in the top left corner of their deck, it was all you'd see scrolling through tv royale Also logbait was called spellbait because of the zap and fireball bait not being a thing
Great video, like always. If i can make a request for the next video to be my favourite card in the game, The Rascals. Combining a strong push of a knight + archers on one card for 1 less total elixer, making space for another card has been one of my favourites since release.
It still does. I only just swapped zap for the void spell once I upgraded it to level 14, only reason is because void spell has scaling damage for number of troops, and stays longer.
I do need a log nerf but oh god this spell is so fan favorite. I recall pointing out how log has a 33% usage rate and that it's high and people told me it's high but not for log.
It really sucks that clash royale is on a path towards its own death. I gave up the game and royale content years ago, but Gratz videos are simply too high quality to miss. I hope there will be more from him in other games.
Gratz would you ever consider doing any history videos on things like "How much the Arena Card Unlocks have changed?" I feel like it's definitely a way more niche thing but the history of it is definitely odd, Supercell has shuffled the cards around a few times, making people have cards they shouldn't in lower arenas.
I don't know if this fits this channel's format, but could there be a new channel where you discuss changes to cards you've already talked about that came out after your video, like Night Witch?
I’ve thought about that a lot. In the future I may make follow up videos to certain cards. But I wondered exactly how I would do it, remaking the video or continuing from where I left off. I am not planning to do that anytime soon because I want to cover as many different cards as possible first, but I definitely want to make a follow up video to Wizard at some point, and probably a few others once they get evolutions.
@@GratzClash one thing I could suggest you is to talk about the impact that evolutions as a hole had on the game. Not like covering every single one, minus maybe some standouts, but rather how their presence changed the game and community, similar to videos like the addition to level 15.
I very much enjoy the idea of doing "video continuations" for cards. It would help with the eventual transition from doing the "far history of cards" to the "recent history of cards" to "present state + future for cards". Either way, I personally like the idea of video continuations/extensions. @@GratzClash
You know a Snowball evolution would probably just be a troop inside of it like a goblin. Evo Zap was a good edition and I'd love to see more evo spells, like Snowball get one.
Hey Gratz I’d love to see a video on the history of the Royal Recruits, I feel like their history is worthy enough of a video with how good and how bad they’ve been over the years. And also their evolution has been out for about a year now so it would be cool to see the history of that too
I remember Zap was okay before Sparky became a thing. And even though I did try using it against inferno tower, the stun was enough to pause it and make it re-target but the damage wasn't reset, so if it locked onto a smaller troop, like a minion, it would've fried it with 1000 damage XD Plus the 1 second stun really did stop a lot of troops like Hog very well. Old memories of me not using Zap until Sparky arrived made me realize how good Zap really was.
I want to see the history of the firecracker next. I might be just a casual player, but I see this card in every single game and it is the key card I lose matches to. Its just so annoying to see a card every single that often and to be forced to play decks to directly counter it. I would really apprechiate if you could do this.
Man, just remove the knockback to the biggest troops and I'm CONVINCED log will tone down. Or at least make the knockback proportional to the size of the troop, since negating the damage or movement from some troops is one of log's strongest features😢
@@nothappierthanme6146goblin cards would be way less used. Goblin gang has about the highest use rate except for spells + we just had 3 goblin seasons in a row
If they just give back some extra damage for the regular zap to kill goblins, it will be perfect once again because there are alot more spell choices now, it won't be as broken as it was back in 2017.
I remember the good old days where i was bad at the game and couldn’t get through the arena you unlocked zap (i think it was arena 5) because everyone had zap and i was stuck with arrows
Thank you for making me realise that the most popular opinion isn't always correct (People thinking royal giant needed a nerf instead of zap and pump needing a nerf instead or other cards)
I think they should bring evolutions in fun pairs from now on... just like they did for mega knight and Pekka, they should evolve Log and Barb Barrel together or with Snowball and rage .... imagine a meta with Rocket and Lightening evolution
looking back its insane how ppl complained so hard about a 2 cost instant cast spell cant fully counter most goblin cards in the game for a positive elixir trade lmao
I might have to disagree on the log nerf at the end Evo zap iirc did outperform the Log, which is why they had to nerf the Evo Zap so it wouldn't be too dominant for the time being
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Zap is one of those cards that will never be competitively bad, even casually
It kind of was before the evolution
@harryvpn1462 nah its never been objectivly bad, just outclassed - as log is so dominant in cycle, and rage and snowball have niches in beatdown and graveyard respectively (with barb barrel in both) whilst zap is only consistent in lavahound.
@@Alex-zr4zphow good a card is is determined by how good it is relatively to everything else. If every other card is better in every other situation, a card is inherently bad.
@@eatingyoshi4403 absolutely
Oxymoron?
The good ol days when you could one-zap a goblin barrel was the golden age
100% Use-rate in Goblin Journey
yeah well they needed to justify the log's legendary status somehow, so it had to get nerfed
@@sunset4453 It has nothing do with log's legendary status. Log is a ground only spell so it deserves to outperform when it comes to ground troops.
Back when bait spam was kept in check. Much better days for sure
im in arena 17 and my only level 15 is zap because +1 zap kills goblins and i think +2 kills minions
If you think about it, evolution zap is practically og zap but with extra stun time and area denial!
If you think about it, evolution zap is practically og zap but different
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If you think about it, evolutions change the cards they originate from.
Zap was so influential, that we practically got parts of this video in almost every single other Card history video
I completely forgot the fact that didn't stun in the past, damn that brought me back
I was going to meme about adding a zap sipirit but then i realized we already had one
What about a wizard but instead of fireballs he attacked with zaps :0
@@derkommissar4986how about a trio of mini sparkys that do little damage but work like a zap
What if we had a dragon to do that?
or a giant that would zap anything that attacked it? @@EduardoDistassi
@@EduardoDistassiwhat if we had a spell that could do that
I don't even play this game anymore, I just love hearing you talk about it and see the effort you've put in. Keep it rolling!
No way we got 3 videos in 2 weeks, I am dreaming
Rent is due 🤑
Man, I miss 2016. Back when legendaries felt Legendary and Zap was a must-have in every deck.
Yeah when e barbs first came, it was awesome
back when a legendary would cost you 2k dollars to obtain. the good old days🔥🔥🔥🔥
I've just about had it with this "Legendary used to feel Legendary 👴" thing that people say.
If Clash Royale in 2016 was nowhere near as fun as people say and there's only so many commons you can make with "simple effect with no abilities" every game becomes more complex as it ages as the player base grows more skilled and complicated cards gives you an avenue to express that skill.
I'm gonna be honest this "clash royale was better in 2016 always feels like it comes from 20 something your olds that miss middle school when everyone played royale since it's no longer the same social craze.
People don't sing the praises of 2017+ the same way despite peak clash royale being after we stopped getting cards monthly and we actually had breathing room to lear the game
Damn thats crazy
We all
I dont think log needs a nerf, i thing that the design of every small unit being balanced around the existence of small and medium spells specifically to counter them is inherently flawed
Honestly I think zap needs to kill goblins again. There is more Diversity to stun targets.
So it really needs a buff in its base game.
Log already is used more than Evo zap itself.
So it wouldn’t hurt to increase the competition.
Saying a 98% use rate for zap meant it was too strong is such a hot take. The zap wasn’t too strong, it simply lacked competition on the lower cost spell side. They added log specifically to give zap competition and it was so bad at launch and was a legendary. Why would you use log over zap back then? Spells are such an intricate and necessary part of the game and most spells today have alternatives you can use. But back then…. They simply didn’t have that. Zap, arrows, fireball, lightning, rocket. If I remember right. That’s all the game launched with. One spell for each cost except 5.
I played Clash Royale and I never realised there was actually balance changes until i started watching these videos, and even back then I knew that Zap was OP.
Still holding out for a Cannon Cart analysis. It's got so many unique interactions and I think is fairly overlooked only being "meta" in beatdown decks.
iirc there was a point where it was also meta in Graveyard decks for a bit (years ago) Love that card
Zap has been and will always be my favorite card in the game. I have some very good and nostalgic memories associated with this card.
I remember that I still used zap on its lowest point of popularity in the 2016-2020 time frame. I like decks with hog rider and ice golem as the main cards for attacks, and the instant effect of zap in comparison with the slow arrows and the log was a gamechanger. My deck was also quite expensive for a hog rider deck (the final deck after some experimenting was: hog rider, princess, ice golem, electro wizard, ice wizard, inferno tower, skeleton army and zap), so to compensate that, I needed a spell that would both be suitable with the ice golem and cheap. Since arrows were too expensive, zap was the only choice against flying troops. The stun effect was also crucial in situations where the hog rider needed to do "just one more hit" (we have all been there, the feeling you get after the hog rider makes "just one more hit" before it dies is amazing).
I believe that this deck would not work in Clash Royale today, because I would always lose to bowler and golem decks back in the days (which were quite popular) and there are many other cards in the game now that can easily counter my deck. However, this deck was my favorite a long time ago and I definetly have some good nostalgic memories after using it, especially thanks to the zap. I would never admit it because everyone was switching from zap to log, but zap was actually the main card in my deck.
This little thing used to be so worth to use even if you had a severely under leveled in 2016-2017
Back when I started the game in 2016 and still hadn’t unlocked zap yet, I asked my friend the biggest noob question I’ve ever said in my personal gaming history: why would he ever use the card if it deals so low damage? Poison and rocket should’ve been so much better because you get more damage per elixir out of them. I thought that a zap could do nothing against a giant or a golem so it’s just a worse common version of other spells. This happened at around the same time the miner came out so it already was meta defining.
The outro with the zap hitting the channel was a neat touch
amazing video and as a bonus, i got super surprised when you added guild wars musics as background, caught me so off guard as gw2 is my most played game i still playy to this day!
It's crazy how i haven't played this game in years, but still find your videos extremely entertaining. Keep up the good work!
Can we all appreciate how gratz makes 40min videos go by like 10mins
Awesome work!
Wake up, new gratz video just dropped
And we are talking about why the game is dieing so I'm enjoying this also :)
What in the glaze
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I would love to see the entire history of the ice wizard / snowball
whenever this guy uploads i get subway to eat while i watch, they just work together
I hate the log because it made supercell nerf my precious zap
This is the kind of video I've been missing, something to take me back to 2016, I miss those days.
Ngl bro you should try to do the history of 2v2. You would definitely be the first RUclipsr ever to do this
Where can i even play 2v2 these days
Hearing Guild Wars' menu theme in a clash royale video was definitely not something I was expecting, but I must thank you for that nostalgia
Only now realised that thunder and zap are same thing but the amount of the liquid and a size of the bottle is different
YOU’RE ALMOST AT 200k SUBS GRATZ ! LOVE YOUR CONTENT :)
here when evo zap only has two strikes😞
I feel u I got the evo a week before that nerf and now it’s trash
@@RubenCornejo92i just got the evo from a lucky drop, but i'm still not gonna use it because i need lvl 14 cards to compete in ladder
Great work as always comrade. Make Electro Wizard history next please!
Does anyone else remember almosr everyone using lightning and zap and keeping them next to each other in the top left corner of their deck, it was all you'd see scrolling through tv royale
Also logbait was called spellbait because of the zap and fireball bait not being a thing
These videos bring me the joy I expected to get when I first downloaded Clash Royale
Great video, like always. If i can make a request for the next video to be my favourite card in the game, The Rascals.
Combining a strong push of a knight + archers on one card for 1 less total elixer, making space for another card has been one of my favourites since release.
It still does. I only just swapped zap for the void spell once I upgraded it to level 14, only reason is because void spell has scaling damage for number of troops, and stays longer.
I do need a log nerf but oh god this spell is so fan favorite. I recall pointing out how log has a 33% usage rate and that it's high and people told me it's high but not for log.
11:48 phoenix on release : "Are they forgetting someone ?"
It really sucks that clash royale is on a path towards its own death. I gave up the game and royale content years ago, but Gratz videos are simply too high quality to miss. I hope there will be more from him in other games.
That's the third video you've made about a card in my deck, I wonder when there'll be a video on all of them
Gratz would you ever consider doing any history videos on things like "How much the Arena Card Unlocks have changed?" I feel like it's definitely a way more niche thing but the history of it is definitely odd, Supercell has shuffled the cards around a few times, making people have cards they shouldn't in lower arenas.
I don't know if this fits this channel's format, but could there be a new channel where you discuss changes to cards you've already talked about that came out after your video, like Night Witch?
I’ve thought about that a lot. In the future I may make follow up videos to certain cards. But I wondered exactly how I would do it, remaking the video or continuing from where I left off. I am not planning to do that anytime soon because I want to cover as many different cards as possible first, but I definitely want to make a follow up video to Wizard at some point, and probably a few others once they get evolutions.
@@GratzClash one thing I could suggest you is to talk about the impact that evolutions as a hole had on the game. Not like covering every single one, minus maybe some standouts, but rather how their presence changed the game and community, similar to videos like the addition to level 15.
I very much enjoy the idea of doing "video continuations" for cards. It would help with the eventual transition from doing the "far history of cards" to the "recent history of cards" to "present state + future for cards".
Either way, I personally like the idea of video continuations/extensions.
@@GratzClash
@@GratzClashor u could just make a video about evolutions in general
Yeah a vid on the game state after evos
much respect to be continuing these videos with how uncompetetive this game has gotten man. i wish i could play competitively
You know a Snowball evolution would probably just be a troop inside of it like a goblin. Evo Zap was a good edition and I'd love to see more evo spells, like Snowball get one.
The log don’t need a Nerf, it just needs more competition with other small spell.😢
Great video. Now we need to see a video of its competitor, Arrows.
Hey Gratz I’d love to see a video on the history of the Royal Recruits, I feel like their history is worthy enough of a video with how good and how bad they’ve been over the years. And also their evolution has been out for about a year now so it would be cool to see the history of that too
Keep growing with every video. You’re on your way!
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Please cover the history of the Knight, Arrows, Barbarians, Fireball, or Poison
(Opponent counters Pekka with skarmy)
Me: haha zap go BZZT
I remember Zap was okay before Sparky became a thing. And even though I did try using it against inferno tower, the stun was enough to pause it and make it re-target but the damage wasn't reset, so if it locked onto a smaller troop, like a minion, it would've fried it with 1000 damage XD
Plus the 1 second stun really did stop a lot of troops like Hog very well. Old memories of me not using Zap until Sparky arrived made me realize how good Zap really was.
I want to see the history of the firecracker next. I might be just a casual player, but I see this card in every single game and it is the key card I lose matches to. Its just so annoying to see a card every single that often and to be forced to play decks to directly counter it. I would really apprechiate if you could do this.
with the amount of effort you put into these videos you deserve so much more recognition
I need to see a video about Clone. The card's received like one balance change and it stinks
If Log gets an evo, the base one shouldn't deal damage to towers anymore, but it dealt more damage and it was wider.
Log vs Zap arc was so nostalgic
Can’t wait for Barb shut history to drop ❤
I would love to see a history of the lumberjack! One of my favorite cards!
Man, just remove the knockback to the biggest troops and I'm CONVINCED log will tone down. Or at least make the knockback proportional to the size of the troop, since negating the damage or movement from some troops is one of log's strongest features😢
log is useless without the universal knockback, we have seen that before
In that case log should also hit air
Vid num 3 of telling gratz doing firecraker history
Can yo do royal recruits next?
can you please do furnace history next? to complete the bad spawner histories
Isn't it funny, that Zap was created to compete with Arrows, then Log to compete with Zap, then Barbarian Barrel to compete with the Log.
No one has finished the video yet
Props to this man for collecting like a billion zap clips
Imagine if zap still killed goblins, the potential of diverse meta today would be huge
How does zap killing goblins divers the meta ? Zap would just be even overpowered with its evolution
@@nothappierthanme6146goblin cards would be way less used. Goblin gang has about the highest use rate except for spells + we just had 3 goblin seasons in a row
imagine if evo knight was 0 cycles, the potential of diverse meta today would be huge
So diverse that it'd just be evo goblin giant double prince every single game since there now would be 0 counters against prince zap arrows
@@nothappierthanme6146It would certainly change the meta given how bait is EVERYWHERE
If they just give back some extra damage for the regular zap to kill goblins, it will be perfect once again because there are alot more spell choices now, it won't be as broken as it was back in 2017.
I remember the good old days where i was bad at the game and couldn’t get through the arena you unlocked zap (i think it was arena 5) because everyone had zap and i was stuck with arrows
Would a distance nerf to the Log so it
can no longer touch the enemy tower be too much of a nerf, if ever?
Yes, it would be a fairly large nerf and would chip away at log's uniqueness as a legendary spell.
Thank you for making me realise that the most popular opinion isn't always correct (People thinking royal giant needed a nerf instead of zap and pump needing a nerf instead or other cards)
15:44 "say that again" Ahh moment
I’d love to see some more of the legendary cards and their history
Great job, bro. Maybe you could video about arrows!
i wish zap killed goblins again so we can finally see gob barrel disappear from the meta
Evo zap doing almost fireball damage was crazy time
I remember when lightning used to be absolute crap compared to zap. I don’t know how it is doing now.
I remember him talking about this in his log video 😂
I miss the OG outro you put from Minecraft gave chills and nostalgia everytime I finished a video bring it back plz 🥺
This era gives me ptsd but I can’t pretend like I also didn’t abuse it
i miss this era of clash royale
This an amazing documentary! 🔥
I think they should bring evolutions in fun pairs from now on... just like they did for mega knight and Pekka, they should evolve Log and Barb Barrel together or with Snowball and rage .... imagine a meta with Rocket and Lightening evolution
Here around 5 days before Evo Snowball comes out 👀
Man I love the background music in the beginning of the video
Wake up, uploaded Gratz a video new 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
I wanna see history of mini pekka, since I use that card since 2018 when I was in the Royal arena
Man REFUSED to mention Royal Delivery. I'm sure it and Zap had a legendary rivalry, but we'll never know now
looking back its insane how ppl complained so hard about a 2 cost instant cast spell cant fully counter most goblin cards in the game for a positive elixir trade lmao
What I want to know is:
What were those 2% of people using instead of zap?
It was 2016, some people probably thought they can play without spells, or used something like arrows or poison or etc.
i got into the top 200 a few times back then, never used zap, i liked arrows more.
I might have to disagree on the log nerf at the end
Evo zap iirc did outperform the Log, which is why they had to nerf the Evo Zap so it wouldn't be too dominant for the time being
Bro what its this upload schedule, this its quite consistent
do dark prince or mini pekka next plz those are my favorite cards (especially mini pekka, once my obsession with that card started it never stopped)
You should do a vid on snowball! Curious about it's history
Please make a history video about the poison spell. :)
I agree I remember it felt so overused in the early years. I dreamed of them nerfing it so hard. Same with fireball.
Would love to see you do a video on skeletons
Got zaped by the notification for this vid
I have always used zap log hog and dark prince in my deck, has worked for 7 years
this was the video i wanted for so long
Can you do a video about the Royal Recruits?
Zap is my favourite spell and I love to see a log nerf