Top Ladder Stats (2025-08)

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Last updated: 2025-09-02

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• Created: 2025-09-02

Page contents:

• About Season Stats
• Top 10 Players
• Deck Variety
• Most Popular Decks
• Best Players by Win Condition
• Tower Troops
• Evolutions
• Evolution Unlock Rate
• Evolutions VS Normal Cards
• Champions
• Spells
• Buildings
• Win Conditions
• Checks and Balances
• Recent Balances
• All Cards
• Top 20 Countries

About Season Stats

The Path of Legends (PoL) leaderboard is a great place to consistently find the best players and to see how they adapt to the meta. The first Monday of every month, the season ends and a new one begins. While players are competing to reach the top, we are tracking their results and deck choices.

With this blog, we present a summary and a few insights of all the data that we collected during the last days of the season, with a focus on the decks that players used to obtain their final rank.

Stats Format Basics

These stats are based on the decks and card collections of the best players, the ones who finished among the top 1,000 players in Path of Legends.

Over this blog, we'll look at card stats with tables that use the following format:

• Usage refers to the share of players who used the card in their main deck. This stat is paired with a change %, which is the difference when compared to last season's usage.
• Average Rank is the mean of all the placements from players who used this card. The center point is 500, so if the value is below 500, it means the card is quite good.
• Have It Maxed refers to the share of players who have that card at Level 15, which is the ideal level to compete in PoL. The companion bar chart also shows the amount of players who have this card at Level 14 (in light blue). If the light blue range is wide, it implies that a lot of players don't consider this card worthy to spend Elite Wild Cards on it, because EWCs are a scarce resource.
• Usage/Maxed (U/M) shows the amount of players who use a card from those that have it maxed. Some cards can be harder to unlock and level up, so usage may not be a good indicator if it's being held down by other factors. It's also relevant to know that every season boosts a few cards, which allows players to use them without the need to level them up.

Win Rate VS Rank

Due to the nature of the ladder system, card win rates aren't useful to understand the strength of a card. We think a mix of the stats listed above can paint a more accurate picture of the state of each card.

The main reason for this is that system which are based in score matchmaking aims to pair players with others of similar strength. If the amount of battles played is sufficient, the score of the player stabilises, leading to a win rate of ~50%.

Better players stabilise at higher scores than worse players, but in the long term, the winrate becomes similar. This causes this metric to be fairly irrelevant when compared to rank and usage.

Top 10 Players

These were the main decks used by the Top 10 players of the season.

#1 - 🇲🇽 Ardentoas (3,874)

#2 - 🇩🇪 Sosuke (3,871)

#3 - 🇩🇴 Adriel (3,822)

#4 - 🇬🇧 Fan (3,819)

#5 - 🇩🇪 Dominik (3,816)

#6 - 🇪🇬 Seif (3,812)

#7 - 🇲🇽 Betfas (3,811)

#8 - 🇻🇪 Tanjiro (3,807)

#9 - 🇮🇱 Asaf (3,805)

#10 - 🇯🇵 Takuya (3,795)

Deck Variety

Across the top 1K leaderboard, there are many kinds of players. Some regularly use the same deck, regardless of the meta (one-tricks), others like to create their own for each meta, and others run with the most popular decks of the leaderboard.

This chart compares deck variety with previous seasons. In the first category, you find decks that are unique in the leaderboard.

Moving to the right, each group represents a different threshold of deck popularity. In the last category, you can see the amount of players using decks with more than 20 users.

Previous Season Stats

Most Popular Decks

The 10 most popular decks of the leaderboard were:

#1 - 53 Uses (#475 Average Rank)

#2 - 53 Uses (#341 Average Rank)

#3 - 36 Uses (#400 Average Rank)

#4 - 20 Uses (#548 Average Rank)

#5 - 19 Uses (#539 Average Rank)

#6 - 17 Uses (#618 Average Rank)

#7 - 15 Uses (#433 Average Rank)

#8 - 15 Uses (#584 Average Rank)

#9 - 13 Uses (#477 Average Rank)

#10 - 11 Uses (#456 Average Rank)

Best Players by Win Condition

This section is a list with the highest ranked player for each win condition, and all the decks are available below to copy into the game.

Some of the players run decks with dual win conditions, causing them to appear also multiple times in the leaderboard.

Previous Season Stats

Evolved Goblin Giant - 🇲🇽 Ardentoas ( #1 )

Miner - 🇺🇦 Sosuke ( #2 )

Evolved Wall Breakers - 🇺🇦 Sosuke ( #2 )

Ram Rider - 🇩🇴 Adriel ( #3 )

Balloon - 🇬🇧 Fan ( #4 )

Lava Hound - 🇩🇪 Dominik ( #5 )

Golem - 🇪🇬 Seif ( #6 )

X-Bow - 🇲🇽 Betfas ( #7 )

Graveyard - 🇰🇷 God ( #13 )

Royal Hogs - 🇸🇦 Kai ( #16 )

Evolved Royal Giant - 🇰🇷 SandBox ( #18 )

Evolved Battle Ram - 🇨🇴 Nicoco ( #20 )

Giant - 🇬🇧 Eyes Gon Wong ( #23 )

Evolved Skeleton Barrel - 🇮🇱 Sharvitt ( #29 )

Goblin Drill - 🇫🇷 Nooby ( #36 )

Mortar - 🇨🇳 Overinterpretation ( #39 )

Hog Rider - 🇰🇷 Stingray ( #41 )

Evolved Mortar - 🇪🇬 Soudy ( #44 )

Evolved Goblin Barrel - 🇩🇪 Hypno ( #52 )

Wall Breakers - 🇩🇪 Hypno ( #52 )

Electro Giant - 🇸🇻 Death King ( #178 )

Suspicious Bush - 🇺🇸 Luvexy ( #296 )

Elixir Golem - 🇲🇦 Pekenio ( #316 )

Royal Giant - 🇺🇸 Murr20 ( #331 )

Skeleton Barrel - 🇪🇬 Mahmoud ( #567 )

Evolved Goblin Drill - 🇩🇪 Psycho ( #573 )

Battle Ram - 🇺🇸 El Fuerte ( #622 )

Three Musketeers - 🇯🇵 Kororon ( #701 )

Tower Troops

• Cannoneer and Royal Chef drastically increase in usage, at the cost of Tower Princess.

• Tower Princess is no longer the obvious choice, as her usage drops to the lowest in many months.

• Dagger Duchess loses a third of her usage, but has a decent rank average.

Previous Season Stats

Evolutions

• Evolved Furnace became the clear favourite during its release month, with almost twice as much usage as the runner-up.

• Evolved Zap and Goblin Giant had the biggest usage increases aside from Furnace.

• Evolved Wall Breakers had very high usage considering the average rank, a clear outlier.

• Snowball has its usage cut in half after the nerf, and it's average rank is no longer the best.

• This season, 1 player finished in the top 1,000 with a 1-evo deck. No one used a deck without evolutions.

Top 3 evolutions:

1. Wall Breakers
2. Inferno Dragon
3. Mega Knight

Previous Season Stats

Evolution Unlock Rate

Evolutions are arguably the most challenging progression limitation for players who don't purchase Pass Royale regularly. This means they are also a great indicator for seasonal revenue from the competitive players.

Over time, players find evolution shards through other means, so older evolutions lose that strong correlation with Pass Royale purchases. To avoid that, it's best to keep comparisons to very recent evolutions from the last 2 seasons.

Monetisation performance of recent evolutions:

• Inferno Dragon (S72): 40% on release
• Skeleton Barrel (S73): 42% on release
• Furnace (S74): 60% on release

Pass Royale buyer share among the top 10,000 players jumped upwards by almost 50%. An unprecedented increase from what was already a record high for the year. The strength and popularity of Furnace may have been a significant factor.

This season we can also see the effect of the 4 evolutions that were given away through live events: Archers, Tesla, Wizard and Electro Dragon. They all have an unlock rate very close to 100%.

Previous Season Stats

Evolutions VS Normal Cards

Comparing evolutions to their normal cards is a great way to see how relevant each evolution ability actually is.

If we also look at the usage of the normal card, we can get a better sense of their place in the meta, helping us answer:

• Is the normal card strong and usable by itself?
• Is the evolution necessary and what makes it strong?

Several evolutions take this to an extreme, where the normal card is completely unused and only the Evolution has usage. For these cases, it seems fair to argue that the normal card has been weakened so that the evolution buff turns it into a balanced one.

It seems incompatible to have both the normal card and the evolution in a balanced state, at least as long as the evolution provides a relevant advantage.

What is LUR?

This chart introduces a new stat: Log-based Usage Ratio (LUR). This is a value that directly compares the usage of an Evolution with the usage of it's normal variant.

$$\mathsf{LUR}={\log }_{10}\left(\frac{\mathsf{Evolution}\mathsf{Usage}}{\mathsf{Normal}\mathsf{Card}\mathsf{Usage}}\right)$$

The basic way to read it is:

• A positive value means that the Evolution is more popular
• A negative value means that the Normal Card is more popular

The logarithm is simply used to translate this ratio into a simpler number that's easier to read. E.g.:

• LUR=1: Evolution is used 10x more
• LUR=2: Evolution is used 100x more

Cards that have been completely overshadowed by their evolutions:

• Goblin Giant
• Tesla
• Goblin Barrel
• Electro Dragon
• Archers
• Witch
• Hunter

And a few that very close to the complete replacement were Furnace, Valkyrie and Goblin Cage.

Most unappealing evolutions compared to their counterparts:

1. Goblin Drill
2. Skeletons
3. Ice Spirit

Previous Season Stats

Champions

Champions are always an interesting category because they exclude each other in decks. But players don't always have a Champion in their deck, so that's why "No Champion" is listed as well.

• Skeleton King loses the popularity that has been gained last season, and still has the worst average rank of all. This means it's likely to drop even more soon.

• Decks without Champions became much more common this season.

• Mighty Miner stands out as the best Champion; with a fairly high usage and great average rank.

Previous Season Stats

Spells

• The Log is finally dethroned as the most popular spell, and Barbarian Barrel takes its place.

• Several spells had very high usage increases. This is unusual, and points towards significant changes in the meta. Barbarian Barrel, Goblin Curse, Rage, Evolved Zap and Poison; they all almost doubled.

• Some Spells became less popular, but small changes compared to the increases. This means that the overall amount of spells in the meta has increased.

• Poison had the best average rank among all spells.

Previous Season Stats

Buildings

• There were 53.2% of decks without any buildings at all, more than last season (42.5%).

• Evolved Tesla and X-Bow had much better average ranks than other buildings, which are generally above 500.

Previous Season Stats

Win Conditions

Win Conditions are one of the best ways to look at archetype performance. Unlike support cards, which can fit in several archetypes, these are the core cards that define them.

• Goblin Giant doubles in usage, becoming the most popular win condition. The average rank isn't good, so it seems it became too popular for its strength.

• Evolved Mortar and Skeleton Barrel, both featured in the most popular deck of last season, had sharp declines in usage.

Top 3 Win Conditions:

1. Evolved Wall Breakers
2. Miner
3. Giant

Previous Season Stats

Checks and Balances

The start of the season introduced balance changes, what was their outcome?

Balance Changes

• The biggest round of balance changes certainly changed the meta a lot. Several of the buffed cards had very significant usage increases; maybe too much if we look at Minions. Most of the nerfs were also successful.

• Other results were more unusual. The Cannoneer nerf-rework ended up with a lot more usage, and cards with slight nerfs such as Evolved Goblin Giant became the core of meta decks.

State before balance changes

Recent Balances

The balances for next season were already announced, so we can take a look at their current stats. As usual, the nerfed cards are the ones with highest usage.

Balance Changes

All Cards

This data can be used as long as we are properly credited as the source.

Data Dump

#		Card	Usage	Rank
1		Tower Princess	54.6%	500
2		Evolved Furnace	35.4%	503
3		Barbarian Barrel	34.1%	509
4		Minions	33.3%	477
5		Skeletons	24.4%	470
6		Berserker	24.0%	517
7		Goblin Curse	23.8%	506
8		The Log	23.7%	483
9		Cannoneer	23.7%	527
10		Rage	20.6%	484
11		Evolved Zap	18.7%	499
12		Poison	18.0%	464
13		Guards	17.8%	476
14		Arrows	17.7%	512
15		Spirit Empress	15.6%	468
16		Royal Chef	15.2%	480
17		Evolved Cannon	14.9%	481
18		Evolved Goblin Giant	14.4%	503
19		Prince	14.2%	476
20		Fireball	13.8%	481
21		Miner	13.6%	428
22		Electro Spirit	12.4%	472
23		Goblin Machine	11.3%	485
24		Graveyard	11.2%	502
25		Ice Spirit	10.5%	555
26		Evolved Wall Breakers	10.2%	421
27		Mighty Miner	10.0%	434
28		Fisherman	9.1%	481
29		Lightning	8.8%	526
30		Evolved Knight	8.1%	504
31		Ram Rider	8.0%	450
32		Tornado	8.0%	494
33		Goblin Hut	7.8%	545
34		Evolved Lumberjack	7.7%	476
35		Ice Wizard	7.4%	528
36		Balloon	6.8%	565
37		Bomber	6.8%	469
38		Boss Bandit	6.8%	504
39		Hog Rider	6.5%	546
40		Dagger Duchess	6.5%	457
41		Ice Golem	6.3%	556
42		Giant	6.2%	420
43		Giant Skeleton	5.5%	575
44		Golem	5.5%	481
45		Zap	5.4%	470
46		Evolved Skeletons	5.4%	552
47		Evolved Skeleton Barrel	5.4%	521
48		Goblin Gang	5.2%	540
49		Evolved Wizard	5.2%	457
50		Evolved Giant Snowball	5.2%	486
51		Mini P.E.K.K.A	5.1%	476
52		Skeleton King	5.1%	562
53		Evolved Royal Giant	5.0%	478
54		Evolved Valkyrie	5.0%	488
55		Evolved P.E.K.K.A	4.7%	509
56		Mother Witch	4.5%	533
57		Evolved Tesla	4.5%	449
58		Goblin Drill	4.2%	542
59		Evolved Mega Knight	4.2%	442
60		Dart Goblin	4.1%	504
61		Giant Snowball	4.1%	542
62		Evolved Barbarians	4.1%	557
63		Knight	4.0%	541
64		Evolved Goblin Cage	4.0%	537
65		Sparky	3.9%	574
66		Princess	3.8%	548
67		Rocket	3.8%	477
68		Golden Knight	3.6%	504
69		Evolved Goblin Barrel	3.6%	558
70		Evolved Inferno Dragon	3.5%	429
71		Fire Spirit	3.4%	485
72		Lava Hound	3.4%	466
73		Royal Hogs	3.4%	614
74		Evolved Mortar	3.4%	539
75		Evolved Battle Ram	3.4%	552
76		Heal Spirit	3.3%	470
77		Evolved Electro Dragon	3.3%	522
78		Elixir Collector	3.1%	471
79		Mega Minion	3.0%	465
80		Archer Queen	3.0%	527
81		Earthquake	2.9%	580
82		Royal Ghost	2.9%	570
83		Evolved Musketeer	2.9%	557
84		Bandit	2.8%	483
85		Dark Prince	2.8%	555
86		Monk	2.8%	425
87		Freeze	2.7%	472
88		Minion Horde	2.7%	468
89		Evolved Royal Recruits	2.7%	614
90		Evolved Executioner	2.7%	475
91		Zappies	2.6%	551
92		Bomb Tower	2.5%	546
93		Evolved Archers	2.5%	482
94		Baby Dragon	2.4%	552
95		Royal Delivery	2.4%	552
96		X-Bow	2.3%	421
97		Bowler	2.2%	452
98		Cannon	2.2%	585
99		Evolved Ice Spirit	2.2%	517
100		Goblinstein	2.2%	412
101		Electro Wizard	2.1%	596
102		Musketeer	1.9%	623
103		Evolved Firecracker	1.9%	497
104		Flying Machine	1.8%	572
105		Wall Breakers	1.8%	496
106		Inferno Tower	1.6%	627
107		Elixir Golem	1.6%	618
108		Evolved Bomber	1.6%	530
109		Evolved Witch	1.5%	611
110		Inferno Dragon	1.3%	632
111		Suspicious Bush	1.3%	703
112		Cannon Cart	1.2%	545
113		Goblins	1.2%	538
114		Lumberjack	1.1%	583
115		P.E.K.K.A	1.1%	508
116		Spear Goblins	1.1%	574
117		Tombstone	1.1%	458
118		Mortar	1.0%	501
119		Evolved Bats	1.0%	536
120		Vines	1.0%	567
121		Elite Barbarians	0.9%	532
122		Battle Healer	0.9%	638
123		Evolved Dart Goblin	0.9%	685
124		Night Witch	0.8%	765
125		Skeleton Army	0.8%	627
126		Skeleton Dragons	0.8%	463
127		Royal Recruits	0.7%	429
128		Magic Archer	0.6%	607
129		Rascals	0.6%	547
130		Furnace	0.5%	659
131		Bats	0.4%	705
132		Electro Giant	0.4%	525
133		Void	0.4%	747
134		Goblin Demolisher	0.4%	505
135		Evolved Hunter	0.4%	748
136		Battle Ram	0.3%	734
137		Mega Knight	0.3%	588
138		Skeleton Barrel	0.3%	598
139		Evolved Goblin Drill	0.3%	676
140		Barbarians	0.2%	418
141		Royal Giant	0.2%	371
142		Three Musketeers	0.2%	761
143		Wizard	0.2%	703
144		Firecracker	0.2%	211
145		Clone	0.1%	629
146		Executioner	0.1%	657
147		Valkyrie	0.1%	826
148		Goblin Cage	0.1%	946
149		Phoenix	0.1%	684
150		Archers	0.0%	-
151		Barbarian Hut	0.0%	-
152		Electro Dragon	0.0%	-
153		Goblin Barrel	0.0%	-
154		Goblin Giant	0.0%	-
155		Hunter	0.0%	-
156		Mirror	0.0%	-
157		Tesla	0.0%	-
158		Witch	0.0%	-

Top 20 Countries

This leaderboard sorts countries based on the amount of players in the Top 1,000.

The amount of players for each country is displayed in the "Count" column; to the right, you can see a ±value, which is the change compared to last season.

Signature Cards are cards which were disproportionately used in the region when compared to the global average. The 5 displayed cards are sorted, meaning that the first card is the Top 1 signature card. Usually signature cards hint towards a specific archetype that is unusually popular in the country.

Previous Season Stats

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