Barbarrel
nounEtymology Either a direct clipping of Barbarian Barrel or a blend of barb (“a Barbarian: a troop in Clash Royale”) + barrel. First attested on 24 March 2018 (see quotations).
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Colloquial The card Barbarian Barrel, a ground-targeting spell that does splash damage in the form of a barrel then spawns a single Barbarian troop upon reaching its destination.
Clash Royale fandom slang
- The spawning barbarian is also useful in distracting troops for a few valueable^([sic]) seconds. For example, you can cast Barbarrel on an incoming Executioner, and the spawning barbarian will distract the Executioner long enough for your tower to kill it.2018 March 24, u/knight-of-dawn, “First look at Barbarian Barrel”, in r/ClashRoyale, Reddit:
- Yeah It's Good To have Double spells But Then I will recommend To Play Pekka ramrider Lightning with Barbarrel/log And snowball/arrows....2022 October 13, @Pekkaisop, Twitter:
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- I use the monk and I'd like to say that [I] probably have a 100% win rate when I deflect Barbarrels. It's somewhat easy to bait out but I gain a larger advantage doing that than I do deflecting rockets by a LONG shot and that's just insane2025 October 5, @JimboBS54, Twitter: