to clarify: "ruled out" means stop asking for this we are tired of hearing about this

Solution to Hog Rider: Delete it and add a hog rider spirit

Personally I really like the idea that the heal spell fermented from lack of use and eventually became the spirit, rather than it just being deleted and replaced

Pretty crazy how year after they were worried about healing spells making the meta too defensive they finally realised that the best way to fix the heal spell was to make it an offensive card with a heal reward

That ending got my feels so much. I’m glad this card, unlike so many before it, unlocked the happy ending.

That ending was...more emotional than expected

"The monk only reflected the heal spirit, but it was a spell inside" - mind blown and eyes teared up at the same time

I do appreciate that this bottle of bliss caused alot of stress on the devs. They could've just decided to delete it or just ignore it to leave it to rot at the bottom of the barrel, but they didn't, they continuously reworked it all because of 1, well 3 issues in the 3 musketeers.

This is the most interesting card ever , as not only was it insanely unique , its also the only one that got straight up deleted

There is another thing that was created from the Heal Spell’s removal. The meme of spell spirits.

There's nothing like watching an in depth analysis of a feature from a game I don't play.

It's great to see someone carve out a niche for themselves on youtube, I can't think of any other clash royale historians off the top of my head. Great production quality and a nice trip down memory lane as well haha

I remember only learning that Heal was removed from the game when I redownloaded the game quite some time after unlocking it. Having no knowledge of the game's meta, I was really confused as to why so this video was a fun history lesson.

i hate the "if a card used more than the log it will nerfed" mindset that they keep having

Holy shit I didn't expect to be so emotionally attached to this story. I'm so happy the Heal Spirit is in a good spot now

As someone who hasn't kept up with the game, I was genuinely hyped by the plot twist of it being turned into the spirit. Awesome video man keep up the good work and keep catching Ws.

Little do those people know, if they were to remove a card, then people would still be mad 😂 Love the videos dude (:

I think Heal changed for the better, from my perpective, considering that Heal Spirit is actually a versatile - uh... I guess... - cheap and adorable-looking card :)

Dude, your video essay style is exactly what I had always pictured should be something I do; Namely, picking out actual PROPER background music that fits the theme of the section you are discussing. I bet the BGM comes from childhood games too. Keep it up man.

I feel like if the heal spell would only heal a specific amount of HP instantly (like 400) or instead costed 5-6 elixir then it would be more balanced. Reducing the effect time or range is also an option, But there is also the interesting alternative of it only effecting one troop and fully healing it. Specifically based on whatever troop it is, costing one more elixir than whatever card it is healing based on how it is used. Kind of like mirror but as a healing mechanic.

You deserve so much more fame! I can see the amount of effort you put in to these videos

i think a video about cards and their 'counters' would be great, adding cards countering each other so well makes the game more based on luck? for example mother witch being hard counter of GY

I don't even play this game, briefly tried it years ago and yet I watch all your history videos constantly, something about all the information being put together, the voice over, the explanations just makes me so interested in the video in a way I never was about the game. I don't know if you'll see this comment ever but keep the great work!

I like how they kept the fact that the heal spirit is just the spell but put of it's bottle, it's a neat refrence

The most underrated CR channel is back with another video

dude your channel is so good, i love these long form informative videos like this and make them about clash royale is so fire. thank u so much and please continue posting them

I haven't played since 2017, so seeing the heal spell change into a completely different card was a nice twist to see when I heard that the Heal Spell was deleted from the game

Bro why was that ending so emotional? I love this channel, please keep up with the great content!!!

R.I.P. heal spell despite it's usage rate it will never be forgotten. Ngl tho I actually used the heal spell and I grew attached to it and after it got replaced I refused to use the heal spirit as I personally find it a lesser version of the true og

They definitely could've made the Heal work, they just didn't bother experimenting with different changes (take the Rage rework for example), but I think the Heal Spirit turned out to be a fine replacement as well!

I can't put into words how much I miss this card cuz even though I was in a lower arena, I USED heal spell and it was an integral part of my deck... I hope one day it comes back...

I love the choice of music on this video, well done man.

Great job on another fantastic video! The Heal probably had one of the most interesting histories in Clash Royale. a history of the Miner or Graveyard would be cool to see. Keep up the great work!❤

Literally the most underrated cr youtuber, I never knew I needed these types of videos about clash royale

Great video! I was completely unaware of how much 3M restricted Heal, so it was cool to learn about that. Love the Xenoblade music btw

Great videos. I can tell you put a lot of effort! Keep it up

Even though Heal was a card i never used for 3 years, not only was the sad to see it go, but it was equally insane seeing someone in CRL heal the minions after the zap to get the tower and win.

No matter what. 3 elixir heal spell will always have a special place in my heart.

This randomly got suggested in my news feed, and it was a great watch. Nice job explaining it!

Bro I havent played Clash Royale since the fall of 2017 and and I was recommended your videos randomly today and I clicked on it and it got me hooked on and I have watched 5 or 6 of your videos continuously and it have inspired me to install back the game. Thank you, I have subbed to your channel and this video made me so feel emotional about two cards I havent played in my entire life.

It's quite spectacular how underrated this chanel is, keep the hard work 💪

it sucks that it got deleted, i was using pretty regularly, they just should have fixed the bug and nerfed the card at different time, it was effectively a 40% efficacity nerf, and no card could survive that

Your videos are absolutely amazing and give me nostalgia thank you so much,keep up the great work!!!!!!!!!

Absolutely love your video essays ❤️

i was one of the few who played heal and ACTUALLY was able to get it working with some decks, low hp cards such as most forms of goblins actually worked pretty well when paired some mid hp range cards i honestly don't remember what deck i used but all i remember was goblin gang and dart goblin with heal was pretty good if used at the right time

NAAAAAAAAAH. That archer queen comment is wild 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭. Like y would u post that 💀💀💀

I respect the amount of effort that would have taken to put this video out. You earned a subscriber dude 👍

Wow, this video is insane. Thanks so much, I appreciate your work

I didn’t actually know the Monk actually deflects *_ONLY_* the Heal Spirit. Or maybe I noticed inconsistencies and just thought he received balance adjustments. He’s supposed to deflect anything that’s a projectile and I had always just assumed spirits were simply considered projectiles after they jump~ EDIT: Why in the world is this comment receiving so many likes? I'm just a nerdy guy telling my uninteresting life story.

always such a great work, well done

Imagine watching this video 10 years later when (hopefully not) Clash Royale servers it's servers, it would give a strong feeling of nostalgia, great video and investigation!

Thank You so much for all the history and facts and your style of storytelling

I remember using the 3 elixir heal with old barbs that didnt diet to fireball + wizard

Good job man, I remember when all that happened and I asked myself for a heal spell, thank you for the nostalgia 💕

I love the heal spirit concept, but all of the hassle the devs went through could’ve been avoided if they just reduced the hp of *only* the 3 musketeers so they died to a fireball. Just change the color/model of them to differentiate from the musketeer. I get why they wouldn’t want to do variations with cards like skeletons/goblins, but three musketeers was so oppressive at that time I feel like that was the simplest and easiest compromise that you could make.

I was so angry because Heal Spell was my first max level card, and within a month it was rendered essentially useless when they changed it to heal spirit. I always used it with mega knight and baby dragon. Heal was my absolute favorite card of all time even as the 1 elixir version. Battle Healer imo should work the same way it does in Clash Of Clans

It'd be cool to see a rage spirit added to the game.

Slowly but surely, all supporting spells will be replaced/outshined by a spirit version supercell adds (or will add, because the card ideas department isn't that strong nowadays lol) The problem isn't the spells themselves being bad, it's the trend with 1 elixir spirits that started with ice spirit (not fire spirits, they used to be 2 elixir and felt like a normal card, not a gimmicky one) Gimmicky in the sense that they still apply the effects of their spell counterpart plus being able to swerve enemy units for being considered a troop type, bait some attacks if well timed, have just enough HP to tank the princess tower and still jump, and deal small dmg (which is something heal spell did get at some point, but rage and clone didn't, but is something that could be added if those spells were to get a spirit counterpart), all that for 1 single elixir These are all things the remaining support spells don't have, yet still costing 2+ elixir, which makes them even worse for cycle

Just an absolute banger of a video, dude. Freaking rocked it out of the park.

This was an absolutely amazing video, thank you.

That happy feeling when you’re watching a great video and the SMG2 starship theme starts playing

From my point of view they didn't actually delete the card, they just dramatically redesigned it, as the heal spirit is based off the spell. They're ultimately two sides of the same coin.

these videos are insanely well done

Your videos are so fascinating and fun to watch, even if I don't play mobile games. Thanks for the hard work!

Beautiful video. I actually got misty eyed at the end

I used the heal spell in my Giant, Witch deck. It would heal up my witch and mini pekka after a fireball or my minions after a zap, it kept the push going for just enough time to take a tower and sometimes even go on to take half the king tower. It worked so well for me before they turned it into a one elixer card.

THESE VIDEOS ARE SO FKN GOOD KEEP THEM COMING

Dude these videos are so good. I don't even play the game anymore but i can't stop watching lol

Ending stole my heart. Heal spirit is spirit of heal. 😭

Very nice content man, thank you!!!

As a year 1 player, this makes me feel old. Great video.

Just started watching these videos and I find them very interesting, as a player who played CR since it’s release, then stopped playing during the 3 musk meta, to then come back a few years later to find that 3 musk was terrible and I had a open slot in my main deck I was very confused to say the least

I think next you shuld make a history of the three musketeers

Wow, I never thought about that monk reflection with the heal spirit until now

it is absolutely great to hear hollow knight's greenpath theme music in the background great video

I don’t even play clash royale anymore but I love these videos anyway. I sense a shift in the algorithm, subscribers are coming your way. Keep up the good work.

Make a patreon, or some way to support you bro. I need more videos from you, always so professional and high quality

the _delete hog _*_driver_* at the beginning there really got me!

Bro your channel is growing fast man 🎉

Man You Really Worked Hard In This Video You Just Earned A Sub

Supercell may have questionable decisions, but they always keep lore in detail. Very nice

This card came and went during my 3 year CR hiatus, so it's really nice to see someone talking abt it since I've never experienced this card myself

I was just playing gw2 as this video came on and I hear the attack on tarir OST, nice pick dude, you earned my like

19:00 Nice use of the Windows XP Tour song as the background music 😂

Hey! this is a little bit coming from someone in a different comp game community. I think that the suggestion for supercell to give underpowered cards tiny boosts more often is good, but potentially short-sighted. This is kind of a weird niche call back but in Splatoon 2, the balance team consistently gave underpowered weapons tiny boosts that would often help them move a little faster, or get special attacks faster. This was fine, and gave them a slightly bigger place in the meta for a while. But after a long time of doing this, so many weapons had become way faster, way more consistent, and so much better at getting specials than they should've been. And in the end, it was those tiny buffs that added up to an extremely polarizing meta, where the weapons that kept getting little stat boosts ended with objectively better stats that the rest of the game. Imagine if lava hound kept getting tiny damage, health, and speed buffs and no one really cared too much because lavaloon still wasnt that good. Over the years lava hound became a very strong card in terms of statistics, but its cost and synergies just didnt work out. Then, eventually, a new card got added that synergized PERFECTLY with lavaloon, and balloon also got a buff or two. Now lava hound has a meta synergy, and is GREATLY overpowered in terms of stats. It has more health than it should, does more damage than it should, moves faster than it should. It feel impossible to kill or counter, because it kept getting little boosts over a couple years. I'm not saying that this is what you were trying to say should happen, or that if your suggestion goes through, it will happen. I'm just warning that little stat boosts for underpowered cards can potentially lead to some really bad issues down the line. If CR's balance team was still around, it wouldn't last long at all, but still good to keep in mind. Little boosts often times have no direction, and thus lead to cards that are broken in ways they shouldnt be TL;DR, giving underpowered cards small buffs can add up over time in a way that can lead to some unfun metas that just feel like some cards are just objectively better than others. Likely not too much of a problem, but keep it in mind before suggesting stuff like that.

Can't believe how much nostalgia l get from your videos

They could’ve added a system for heal that the more units inside, the less healing it gives per tick down to 30% of the base heal tick

THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE 💯! Also, he never talked about how heal spirit is the only rare spirit card. It's BECAUSE ITS THE HEAL SPELL. Ps: me personally, I liked the heal spell because it was the only card that did the opposite of any card. The absolute most unique card in the game!

amazing video as always :)

i remember when i clicked on one of your videos that appeared in my recommandation page...and now im attracted to your channel,💜💜 your videos are so well done, definitely one of the mostt underrated CR contet creator

I was literally just thinking about this topic thank you for the video

great vid, also I knew I recognized that great Hollow Knight music!!

I’m very interested in an alternate timeline where the heal spell healed a percentage of a troop’s hp instead of a flat amount. This would make it more useful for tanks and less for damage dealing cards

Should've reworked it to a temporary shield

It took them a long time to fix that card. I can only imagine how frustrated the devs were trying to balance that card.

I do miss the Heal Spell. I used it a lot with Witch and played a highly defensive deck. I even surprised my competitive playing friend when he saw that I was on a 20 game win streak with Heal being used. I was pretty sad to see it go and I’ve never had a good win streak since it was removed. I doubt I was successful because of the card but I do feel like I was better off with it.

I always wanted the idea that the Heal Spell and Spirit are the same just reworked just for the underdog story.

I feel like they could have had diminished healing power for every extra troop in the healing radius, idk it could have balanced it a little

The heal spirit itself is so cute 😍 Nice video 👍

I can’t wait to you make a video of the most exiting history of the musketeer and her many balance changes xd