Clash Royale is a mobile game where Mount Vernon students join others from around the world to achieve trophies. We see students sitting around and playing Clash on their phones in the library and hallways, everyone relaxed yet determined. While they play a friendly battle, a debate occurs when talking about Evo cards.
Christopher Schneider, a sophomore from Mount Vernon, plays Clash and has a very vast opinion about what cards would be the best overall. EVO Witch is what Schneider thinks, but many others disagree with it. As Schneider plays with friends, he makes sure to “ragebait” his friends to give them a fighting chance to win. He enjoys every chance he can get.
In a November email survey of 54 MVHS students, Baby Dragon was the most popular choice for best card.
Clash is a very highly skilled game that requires a lot of mental thinking. You have to count your elixir and the opponent’s elixir, which you get over time, to be able to use your cards, and each card contains a certain elixir amount. With each card, they have Evos, they have cycles, and cycling means that you have to use those cards a certain number of times before they become an Evo card. And each Evo has its own perks; with each perk on those cards, it either makes them better or does nothing to the card. With most of them, they could work in any deck, but some can work in multiple decks, making them more versatile.
Some people at Mount Vernon talk about which one is the most well-rounded. One individual in particular was one of the greatest players in Mount Vernon: senior Kevin Zehms.
Zehms said, “The best Evo in my opinion is Skeleton Barrel, because it has stayed the same for many seasons, and hasn’t been debuffed for many seasons.” And that’s not the only reason, “I also like it because it is really fun to play with.” But because of this, it is also not very fun to go up against.
Zehms has been playing Clash for eight years and has just taken a hiatus from the game because he thinks the new update, which raises the top card level from 15 to 16, won’t be great. Along with the amount of money it takes to get to the top, “Since the developers of the game don’t have a good way to make it free to play, it will make it less enjoyable to play.” However, it would all be the same because he started playing the game when it was more fun and enjoyable to play.
When some people play, they always wonder what or how others play with their Evo. It is never a bad question to ask, since everyone plays very differently when it comes to play style. For instance, some people would use the Evo Witch cycle, where they would place it behind their tower and just place as many cards as they can. which many people of Mount Vernon don’t like defending against, since there isn’t a good way to counter it. But one card, many individuals would say they don’t even worry, because Mega Knight, an Evo card worth 7 elixir, can get rid of Witch and still be able to go on the offensive.
It’s with these games that people in Mount Vernon get drawn closer together by conversation about the game, which many truly love and enjoy playing.
