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Tombstone's awkward hero turn gives Gratz a Clash Royale history

His latest card retrospective traces defensive skeletons, repeated reworks and the arrival of the Tomb Queen.

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How Clash Royale RUINED Tombstone

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0:00Gratz argues that Tombstone's low cost and defensive role distinguish it from other spawners.
4:45A shorter lifetime helps send Tombstone's early ladder usage sharply downward.
28:53The December 2021 rework shortens its lifetime but doubles skeletons per wave, setting up a revival.
37:55Hero Tombstone introduces the Tomb Queen, whose six-elixir ability Gratz finds awkward despite subsequent buffs.
45:25Gratz questions the hero mechanic and proposes alternative reworks rather than simply asking for stronger stats.

Gratz posted nothing new, but his latest Clash Royale history has plenty of changes to untangle. "How Clash Royale RUINED Tombstone" follows a cheap defensive building through years of balance adjustments before reaching its awkward transformation into a hero card.

The essay starts with Gratz's case for Tombstone as a rare spawner done right: inexpensive, defensive and not built to march an endless nuisance toward the opponent's towers. Archival footage gives that argument some weight. Seth describes how its popularity kept heavy hitters such as P.E.K.K.A and Prince out of the meta, while successive patch notes show how quickly a useful defense can become a balancing headache.

The later chapters reach the Tomb Queen and her costly ability. Gratz finds the experiment unsatisfying, but his conclusion isn't simply a demand for buffs. He considers alternative reworks and admits Tombstone isn't a card he's particularly eager to see strengthened.

Now approaching 300,000 views, the retrospective is drawing the strongest daily audience in his catalogue. The Barbarians essay comes next, followed by his much older Prince history: three different studies of cards struggling to find their place as the game changes around them.

The channel added roughly 271,000 views over the week, with subscribers unchanged and daily viewing below its usual pace. Among nearby gaming channels, SignsOfKelani had a substantially larger week, while CybertronVGC drew a weekly audience closer to Gratz's. Here, the upload break leaves Tombstone's long, uneven career doing the talking.

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