AQ guard

ROLES:

Archer Queen - Secondary DPS, protects Princess
Heroes are usually considered to be strong for their protective and empowering abilities, or their raw strength. This deck brings out both in Archer Queen, as Archer Queen is the last protection for the Princess, but at the same time is a threatening damage dealer that pairs amazingly well with Princess. Although Archer Queen is the secondary DPS, it can still clean up anything that the princess fails to eliminate.

Princess - Main DPS
As a 5 elixir mini, you'd expect some incredible things from Princess, and that's exactly what you'll get from it in this deck. Princess is a glass cannon that will easily decimate entire enemy teams once its super has charged and may even deal an over-the-top amount of damage to clusters of enemies. With the protection of every other mini in this deck, Princess becomes a force to be reckoned with that will leave your enemy hellbent on killing Princess and Princess alone.

Knight - Main Tank, protects ranged minis
As a tank, Knight isn't exactly the best pick for players, but fits perfectly with this deck. The Knight provides as a 4th royal to help grant a damage reduction buff that makes it even tougher for enemies to damage it, and that's ignoring the powerful shield it gives itself at the start of each round. To top it off Knight will taunt enemies on clash, which means enemies have to get through defences before being able to start at the Archer Queen and Princess.

Dark Prince - Primary Clash, stops opposing minis from locking on to ranged minis
I'd have to say that Dark Prince is one of the best defensive minis in Clash Mini, purely because of its power to prevent any clash ability it can reach. This overpowered clash ability will guarantee the safety of your ranged minis from Princes, Hog Riders, and just about any other mini your opponent can possibly play.

Prince - Secondary Clash, takes opposing minis out of the battle for easier kills, also removes pesky shield maidens
Although it can't stun multiple opponents, preventing their clash abilities, Prince can still prove to be a strong protective unit for your strategy. Prince can knock away anything that threatens to deal serious damage to your ranged units, and can also back up Dark Prince as an extra counter unit.

Villager - Assist, boosts AQ for extra DPS
Probably the least important mini in the strategy, but at the same time one of the strongest. For 3 Elixir, Villager provides a 50% buff to Archer Queen's attack speed, and although that's the only thing it's going to do in this deck, it makes Archer Queen 50% more threatening to opposing minis. Not only does it empower Archer Queen, but it can also act as a human shield to buy Archer Queen and Princess a few more seconds to bring out their supers.

My Recommended DON'Ts for this deck:
- don't play any protective units in the first round.
- don't move Archer Queen unless it's to add to the safety of the Princess or to move Archer Queen away from an immediate threat.
- don't use Prince or Dark Prince to attack a random mini, because your ranged minis will take care of damage dealing.
- don't upgrade Villager, as Archer Queen only requires the extra attack speed.
- don't upgrade Prince or Dark Prince.

My Recommended Upgrades:
Archer Queen - 3rd Ability (4 Elixir total)
Princess - 1st and 3rd Ability (15 Elixir total)
Knight - 1st and 2nd Ability (6 Elixir total)
Prince - None (4 Elixir total)
Dark Prince - None (4 Elixir total)
Villager - None (3 Elixir total)

Against Monk and Pink Fury, don't upgrade Knight and instead give Prince Ability 3
Against Wavemaster and Countess, you may give Knight the 2nd and 3rd Abilities instead to prevent them from using their supers to target your ranged minis, but it's optional.
Otherwise, I'd normally stick to these upgrades.