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A cycle chip deck is something that can constantly apply chip damage onto your opponents tower

There's the single push which can be as inexpensive as an Ice Spirit / Goblin combo

The Ice Spirit tanks 2 shots from the tower

then freezes it, allowing the Goblins to decimate the tower

It can deal a lot of damage

But also can be easily countered

A simple push can be as humble as a Mini PEKKA / Ice Spirit combo

A medium cost combo can deal a lot of damage if you rush in

Typically it'll be countered by a similar elixir cost combo

With a low cost cycle deck, you can counter those units for a positive elixir trade

When playing against large push decks like Giant momentum decks

The low cost cards allow your deck to be more dynamic to control the plays

If they plant a Giant in the back, that means they're trying to build a strong push

Pushing the other lane can force them to address your units

Forcing them to break your combo, making it easier to counter for a positive elixir trade

If you have a good read on your opponents card rotation and elixir count

You can split your cards

Knowing they'll only be able to address one of the two threats

If there's an expensive unit placed in the back, a seige unit like a Mortar

or Princess forces them to immediately address your attack

If they don't have inexpensive cards to deal with the Princess, they're forced to play one of their combo cards

This allows you to address the unit individually for a positive elixir trade

When your opponent over commits on a defense

And you know you're at an elixir advantage

It may make more sense to push the other lane

Then address that single unit with an inexpensive card

Sometimes you can't just rely on the building

Especially since Inferno towers are zappable

A heavy unit paired with the Inferno Tower is amazing at taking out large pushes

The residual units allow you to build momentum for an effective counter push

Rapidly cycling your cards and chipping at their tower

Forces the enemy to constantly play their cards individually

This controls their elixir by keeping it low

Since they're constantly spending it, they're rarely able to build for big pushes

A building can be very useful for chip cycle decks

Since most of the cycle cards are fragile, you'll need something to deal with the large tanks

The Inferno can't take on a Giant, Bowler combo alone

You'll need to send in supporting units to address the backend units

An Inferno can act as a Zap bait, allowing you to deploy a Goblin combo right after

If they don't have any small units in rotation, you can take advantage of the Inferno Tower's lifetimer

After dealing with a large tank, you can siege them

Forcing them to counter that unit only to be melted away by the Inferno tower

Sometimes you just need have to deal with their push head on

I knew I could handle it since I had Inferno in rotation

and The Log provided insane value

Pushing back the Giant, Barbarians and killing the Princess

If you choose not to use a building, a Mini PEKKA or a Lumberjack can slice away at the Giant

Allowing you to transfer that into a counterattack

A one elixir card in cycle decks are must have

Ice Spirit are hot cakes right now

When paired with Zap, they counter most cards when played correctly

Check out our Ice Spirit video if you haven't watched it yet

A really popular combo is a Minion Horde turned into a counter attack with Miner for support

Ice Spirit and Zap can take out for the same cost as arrows

But are individually more versatile and help cycle your deck

The basic win conditions of a cycle chip deck are to constantly apply chip damage

Breaking their larger combos, allowing you to deal with those units individually for a positive elixir trade

Any amount of damage done to your tower matters with this playstyle

Even an Ice Wizard left ignored can deal hundreds of damage

With a chip cycle deck it can be countered with a 1 elixir card

By constantly applying pressure, this ensures a larger push rarely happens

But when it does, be prepared to shut it down

This is a playstyle that is not for everybody

Adapt the basic concepts shown in this video into your deck and playstyle

It's a high risk, high reward playstyle

You're slowly chipping their tower, while netting positive elixir trades on defense

Even one mistake on a much less skilled opponent can cost you the tower - if you allow them to build too much momentum

I know he's low on elixir, so I sent in my Miner to take advantage of the Rage spell

and since he's tanking, I sent in Goblins deal a bit of damage

Based on the way he's playing, I'm assuming his cards are high cost

So I baited with my Princess

He can't ignore her since his tower is so low

Looks like it's a Bowler, so I can counter with an Inferno

I placed my Ice Spirit at an angle to aggro the Bowler

Then freezed the Mini PEKKA

That was a critical play in ensuring my Inferno could take care of the rest

Knowing he has a high cost Bowler deck, there's a chance he'll pump up soon

So I send in my Lumberjack and Miner to the other side to take care of his Elixir Collector

I still don't know his 8th card

In case he's considering supporting his Princess, I held off on The Log until the last moment

Since his tower is really low, any damage my Princess does is value

Plus it baits a more expensive unit, which I can now counter for a positive elixir trade

I didn't give him any chance to plant an Elixir Collector

But it's double elixir time, so I'm getting my Inferno ready for a huge push

The Log play is very important since it pushes the Bowler and Musketeer backwards

But it pushes the Giant sideways, so the Inferno remains locked onto the Giant

With the cycle deck, I already have another Log that can easily demolish everything including the Princess

Since his tower is Zappable, I don't need to worry about it

Looks like my Lumberjack took it out anyways, since he was low on elixir

And that is game.

I hope the replay helped solidify the points in the video

Chip cycle is one of many deck archetypes

There is no best

It's like rock, paper, scissors

Here's a Lumberjack deck I made to help me reach 12 wins

Challenges offer insane value

I only spend gems on gold

But with the challenges

If you can reach at least 2 wins

It's already more economical by comparison to gold in the shop

And there's such a high Legendary pull rate in challenge chests

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