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“Defensive building with a long range. Shoots big boulders that deal area damage, but cannot hit targets that get very close!”

The Mortar is a Common card that is unlocked from the Builder's Workshop (Arena 5). It spawns an area-damage, ground-targeting, very long-ranged, building with high hitpoints and high damage. It has a blind spot, preventing it from attacking enemies inside it. A Mortar card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.

Strategy[]

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  • The Mortar can be used to eliminate large swarms of troops or assist in eliminating medium to high hitpoint troops. However, its slow hit speed and mediocre damage means that it is less effective on higher hitpoint troops, such as the Giant.
  • As a defense, the Mortar can be placed in the center of the player's territory, preferably closer to the King's Tower, so opposing troops cannot get to the Crown Towers without defensive resistance.
  • If the opponent deploys an Elixir Collector two or more tiles from their King's Tower, the Mortar can be used to get rid of it. Be cautious when doing this, however, as this will put the player at an Elixir disadvantage due to the Mortar's slow hit speed.
  • The Mortar is able to target the enemy's Crown Towers from the player's own side, making it an effective offensive building. With its cheaper cost, ability to deal area damage, and its dead zone, the Mortar can be used as a cheaper, more versatile, and less risky alternative to the X-Bow. However, the Mortar deals much less damage per second than the X-Bow, and with only 6 shots, the total damage output is significantly lower.
  • The area damage can also hurt enemy units that are close to the Tower, maximizing damage output.
  • Use the Tornado to bring units closer to the Tower to utilize the Mortar's area splash damage. Units can also be pulled out of the range of the Mortar, either pulling them into the Mortar, or simply out of the range of it.
  • It is recommended to place a tank, splash unit, and/or splash building to protect it from troops in its blind spot and allow it to deal more damage to the Crown Towers.
  • It also will not get distracted by any troops like Giants that are placed near it while it's deploying due to its “blind spot”.
  • When facing the Mortar, try to place slow building-targeting troops with high hitpoints, like the Ice Golem, one tile into the other lane. This will distract the Mortar completely, due to its low DPS, the slow movement speed, and the high hitpoints of the placed defending unit.
  • Generally, the player should consider attacking in the other lane with their main offensive cards, in order to prevent the Mortar from attacking their Crown Tower. The exception to this is for decks that use the Royal Giant, in this case, it is better to attack in the same lane with the Royal Giant against the Mortar.
  • While the Mortar is very powerful, it should be noted that fast troops such as the Hog Rider can get towards it quickly, making them untargetable due to the fact the Mortar cannot target troops that are very close to it. However, this can be to the attacker's advantage, allowing the Mortar to lock onto something else, such as a Crown Tower.
  • In a pinch, a Balloon can be used to counter a Mortar placed at the bridge. Its high immediate damage allows it to two-shot both buildings, which only takes a few seconds, buying you time to support the Balloon, and its death bomb will also deal notable damage to any extra defenders. However, note that the Balloon is unable to take damage from those buildings, so place down a mini tank like an Ice Golem in range of those buildings to prevent all damage to your Crown Tower.
    • The player should not attempt to execute a LavaLoon push against these X-Bow and Mortar setups, as the Balloon's range is shorter than the Lava Hound's, meaning that it would end up in front of the Lava Hound, leaving it vulrenable. In this case, try to destroy those buildings first before deploying your Balloon.
  • A Mortar takes 3.5 seconds to deploy, giving the defender ample time to place cards to distract the Mortar and prevent it from locking onto their Crown Towers, as well as deal with its supporting troops. With sufficient cards, this can then be turned into a punishing counterpush. Placing the distraction unit at the last second is usually the most effective way to distract the Mortar as the opponent won't be able to react to the unit and eliminate it before the Mortar finishes deploying. The defender can also mix up their timing and play their unit immediately to catch their opponent off guard, such as with an immediate Inferno Tower. However, even this can be be countered through a stun unit and distraction units.
  • If the player misses their timing for a distraction and the Mortar is locked on to their Crown Tower, using any card with a stun effect such as Zap will force the Mortar to retarget to the nearest entity, which is helpful in denying a lot of would-be damage.
  • In a situation where both players have lost a Crown Tower in opposite lanes, the Mortar user should attack the Tower opposite to their destroyed one by placing their Mortar in the middle. This limits the areas in which their opponent can deploy troops directly on top of the Mortar. Going for the King's Tower is not recommended, as all four sides of the Mortar will be vulnerable to being deployed on and the King’s Tower’s higher amount of hitpoints will be difficult to break through consistently.
  • An offensive Mortar placed on the center of the bridge can be attacked from the Magic Archer while placed on the center of the bridge and 1 tile away from the river. This is enough to also hit the Crown Tower as well.
    • However, a staggered Mortar will cause the Magic Archer to be too far away from the Crown Tower, so that it would not be able to hit it as well. In this case, the Magic Archer has to be placed one tile closer in order to hit the Crown Tower alongside the building.
  • Having an area damage spell in hand when attacking with the Mortar is very effective, as it can allow the player to defeat low or moderate-hitpoint troops nearly instantly, allowing it to lock onto a Crown Tower.
  • Conversely, having an area damage spell in hand when defending against a Mortar is also effective. Due to the Mortar's moderately high Elixir cost, the units played alongside it are often of low Elixir cost and have low to moderate hitpoints, allowing the player to reap a large amount of spell value. Note that consistent usage of this strategy will lead to the Mortar player using their heavy spell to gain damage on Crown Towers.
  • It is possible for troop spawners to distract the Mortar due to the quick troop spawn rate that can be faster than the Mortar's fire rate and that the Mortar aims at the troops that are spawned.
    • However, due to its blind spot, long-range and area damage, the Mortar can also be a good counter to troop spawners if it manages to lock onto the building itself.
    • Similarly, the blind spot of the Mortar can be utilized to defeat support troops behind the tank when the tank is in the blind spot of the Mortar.

Statistics

Cost
Elixir
Hit Speed
Damage Speed
Deploy Time
Deploy Time
Lifetime
Time
Range
Range
Splash Radius
Radius
Target
Targets
Type
Type
Rarity
Rarity
4 5 sec 3.5 sec 30 sec 3.5-11.5 2 Ground Building Common
Level
Level
Hitpoints
Hitpoint
Area Damage
Area Damage
Damage per second
DPS
Hitpoints lost per second
Time
1 535 104 20 17.8
2 588 114 22 19.6
3 647 125 25 21.5
4 711 138 27 23.7
5 781 151 30 26
6 856 166 33 28.5
7 941 183 36 31.3
8 1,032 200 40 34.4
9 1,134 220 44 37.8
10 1,246 242 48 41.5
11 1,369 266 53 45.6
12 1,503 292 58 50.1
13 1,653 321 64 55.1
14 1,813 352 70 60.4
15 1,990 386 77 66.3

Card Mastery

Type Level/Tier Objective Reward
Damage Dealer
Damage Dealer
1 Deal a total of 50,000 Damage to enemy Troops or buildings 200 Mortar cards
25 XP
2 Deal a total of 150,000 Damage to enemy Troops or buildings 2,000 Gold
25 XP
3 Deal a total of 250,000 Damage to enemy Troops or buildings 150 Gem
25 XP
Tower Tapper
Tower Tapper
1 Hit enemy Crown Towers a total of 350 times 3,000 Gold
100 XP
2 Hit enemy Crown Towers a total of 1,000 times 200 Common Wild Card
100 XP
3 Hit enemy Crown Towers a total of 1,750 times 5,000 Gold
100 XP
Siege Weapon
Siege Weapon
1 Hit towers at least 6 times within a single battle a total of 80 times 100 Banner Token
150 XP
2 Hit towers at least 6 times within a single battle a total of 240 times 125 Banner Token
150 XP
3 Hit towers at least 6 times within a single battle a total of 480 times 150 Banner Token
150 XP

History[]

2016

  • The Mortar card was added with Clash Royale's game launch on 4/1/2016.
  • On 11/1/2016, the First Update, decreased the Mortar's lifetime to 40 seconds (from 60 seconds).
  • On 2/2/2016, the February 2016 Update, decreased the Mortar's cost to 4 Elixir (from 6 Elixir), its damage by 40%, its lifetime to 20 seconds (from 40 seconds), and its range to 12 tiles (from 13 tiles).
  • On 9/2/2016, the Chest Rewards & Card Balance Update, increased the Mortar's lifetime to 30 seconds (from 20 seconds).
  • On 29/2/2016, the March 2016 Update, changed the Mortar so that it would no longer stop its attack if its target dies during the attack animation. It also moved the Arena to unlock the Mortar from Royal Arena to Builder's Workshop.
  • On 3/5/2016, the May 2016 Update, increased the Common card Level cap to 13 (from 12), increased the Mortar's deployment time to 5 seconds (from 3 seconds) and decreased its damage by 10%. This update also fixed the “range bug” and decreased the Mortar's range to 4.5-11 tiles (from 5-12 tiles), but its effective range is unchanged. Its sound effects and death animation were also changed.
  • On 21/6/2016, a Balance Update, decreased the Mortar's deployment time to 4 seconds (from 5 seconds).
  • On 15/12/2016, the December 2016 Update, increased the Mortar's area radius to 2 tiles (from 1.8 tiles).

2017

  • On 11/8/2017, a Balance Update, decreased the Mortar's deployment time to 3.5 seconds (from 4 seconds).
  • On 12/12/2017, the Electrifying Update, fixed a bug where the Mortar would not shoot troops close to its blind spot.

2018

  • On 24/1/2018, a Balance Update, decreased the Mortar's minimum range to 3.5 tiles (from 4.5 tiles).
  • On 25/4/2018, the Clan Wars Update, changed the Mortar's card description. It used to read “Defensive building with a long range. Shoots exploding boulders that deal area damage. Cannot shoot at targets that get very close!
  • On 20/6/2018, the Summer 2018 Update, fixed a bug where the Mortar would occasionally stop shooting at the edge of its range.
  • On 2/7/2018, a Balance Update, decreased the Mortar's damage by 3.5% and its hitpoints by 4%.

2019

2021

  • On 27/10/2021, the Champions Update, increased the Level cap of all cards to 14 (from 13).

2022

2023

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • The first use of mortars in warfare was in 1413, where the Koreans used the wan'gu (gourd-shaped mortar) during a naval battle. Mortars are still used in modern warfare to this day as indirect fire weapons for close fire support.
  • The Mortar is 1 of 7 buildings which first existed in Clash of Clans, the others being Cannon, Tesla, Goblin Hut, Inferno Tower, Elixir Collector, and X-Bow.
    • The Mortar resembles the Level 5 Mortar from Clash of Clans.
  • The Mortar's stats are the highest or lowest among all buildings. More specifically:
    • Among all buildings that can attack, the Mortar is tied with Barbarian Launcher, X-Bow, and Party Hut for the longest range of all buildings, with a range of 11.5 tiles.
    • The Mortar is tied with Barbarian Launcher, X-Bow, and Party Hut for the longest deployment time of all buildings, with a deployment time of 3.5 seconds.
    • Among all buildings that can attack, the Mortar has the lowest attack speed of all buildings, with an attack speed of 5 seconds.
    • Among all buildings that can attack, the Mortar is tied with Barbarian Launcher for the lowest first attack speed of all buildings, with a first attack speed of 1 second.
    • Among all buildings with area damage, the Mortar is tied with Barbarian Launcher for the largest area damage radius of all buildings, with a radius of 2 tiles.
    • Among all buildings that attack with projectiles, the Mortar is tied with Barbarian Launcher for the lowest projectile speed of all buildings, with a projectile speed of 300.
  • The Mortar is one of the first building cards to receive a card render, alongside the Tesla, Goblin Cage, and Goblin Hut.
  • In the Korean language setting of the game, the Mortar's name translates to "Mine Thrower".
  • The Mortar is one of the first cards to ever receive balance changes since The First Update, the others being the Witch, Prince, and Goblin Barrel.
    • It is the first Common card to ever receive balance changes.
    • It is the first building card to ever receive balance changes.
  • The Mortar is 1 of 22 cards that has had its Elixir cost changed, the others being Bomber, Fire Spirit, Royal Recruits, Cannon, Musketeer, Three Musketeers, Heal, Bomb Tower, Barbarian Hut, Furnace, Elixir Collector, Skeleton Army, P.E.K.K.A., Wall Breakers, Electro Giant, Bowler, Goblin Barrel, Barbarian Barrel, Rage, Fisherman, and the Monk.
    • The Mortar, the Cannon, and the P.E.K.K.A were the first cards whose Elixir cost was changed since the February 2016 Update.
  • The Mortar is unavailable in multiple special game modes. More specifically:
  • On 1/4/2016, certain Content Creators were given a different version of the game, with a Mortar that attacked by shooting Goblin Barrels instead of boulders. This was later implemented with the Mortar's Evolution.
  • The Mortar is the subject of 2 Emotes.
  • The initial balance change for Mortar on the 4/10/2022 balance changes was a 13% hitpoints decrease, but it was lowered to 7% last minute.
    • Despite the Mortar being a building, it is referred to as a male according to the 4/10/2022 balance changes.
  • Before the Mortar's card release, the Mortar's hitpoints were increased by 20%.
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