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Skill coach · Clash Royale

Card cycling coach

If you know what's in their hand, you know what's safe to play. Card tracking turns guesses into decisions.

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Each player holds four cards, with the other four waiting in a queue. When a card is played, it goes to the back of the queue. Cycling means playing cheap cards to bring a specific card back sooner.

Tracking is the other side: remembering which cards your opponent has played, so you know whether their counter to your win condition is in hand right now.

What usually goes wrong

  • Playing your win condition into its counterIf their building or spell was just played, it's out of hand. If it wasn't, it might be waiting for you.
  • Cycling with no planCheap cards in the back should bring a card back for a reason, not just spend elixir.
  • Losing the count in double elixirWhen the pace doubles, players stop tracking. That's exactly when a missed counter costs the most.
Screenshot · Game breakdown Mercina game breakdown with the match read, actions per minute, elixir leaked and three timestamped key moments

What Mercina looks for in your match

  • Pushes you sent while the opponent's counter was in hand.
  • Moments where you cycled past the card you needed on defence.
Screenshot · Action plan Mercina action plan screen, Do this next, with three numbered steps for the next match

A plan for your next match

  1. 01Track one card only at first: the opponent's best answer to your win condition.
  2. 02Push right after they've played that answer somewhere else.
  3. 03Cycle on purpose: know which card you're bringing back before you play cheap.

Mercina writes a plan like this from your own match, every time.

Questions

How many cards should I track?

Start with one, their main answer to your win condition. Add more as it becomes automatic.

Keep improving

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Get coached on your own matches.

Record a match. Mercina breaks it down moment by moment and hands you a plan for the next one.