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Sparky can be difficult to counter head on

And if left alone she can decimate your towers

In this video, we'll be showing you a few ways with how to counter Sparky combos

First and foremost, zap is the obvious choice

For 2 elixir it can stun Sparky forcing her to recharge for 5 seconds

Alone the Mini PEKKA takes 3 shots to kill Sparky

If you pair the Mini PEKKA with Zap, it can take out Sparky in 2 hits

Zap paired with a building and a heavy hitter can usually take care of most Giant Sparky combos

Freeze will also reset Sparky's charge attack as well as freeze her

This gives you ample time to engage in combat

Freeze + Valkyrie is a deadly combo for a lot of situations

Poison deals similar damage to Fireball

And also slows down units by 20%

This means, under the influence of Poison, it takes Sparky 6 seconds to charge up

More importantly, poison can take care of any small units they planted with their Sparky

Ice Wizard is more similar to Poison than it is to Freeze

He slow down units by 35%

When frozen by the Ice Wizard, Sparky's charge attack will take almost a full 7 seconds to charge up

The absolute best and underrated way to counter Sparky is with a Rocket

When she's planted behind the tower, you can deal a lot of damage to their Arena Tower as well as the Sparky

When Sparky is planted in the front and she's supported by units like Barbarians, that's a huge positive elixir trade

If Sparky is by herself

The best way to disarm Sparky is by surrounding her with small units

Her attack takes a full 5 seconds to charge up

When you surround the Sparky, she won't be able to take care of all the small units in 1 shot

Skeletons, Goblins and Guards are great units to use to surround Sparky

Guards are one of the best units to surround Sparky with since they can absorb her blast with their shield

Because of this, Dark Prince is great against Sparky as well

Barbarians are also a great unit to surround Sparky with since they can set you up for a counter push

Sparky can't attack air so Minions are great at melting her

When Sparky is supported with Barbarians and Giant

You won't be able to surround the Sparky with small units

You can use Minion Horde if they don't have splash units or arrows in rotation

If they do have splash units, or arrows to counter your Minions

You'll have to make sure you have other ways of dealing with Sparky

I recommend watching our How to Counter Giant video if you haven't watched it yet

This video will help you with building placement and shows you how to deal with supporting units

A Giant is almost always paired up with Sparky

A simple Zap will disarm Sparky long enough for the Inferno to melt her away

And act as a punching bag to absorb her blast

Against the Royal Giant Sparky combo, you can plant the Inferno tower earlier, because Sparky will push the Royal Giant into range

If you plant your Inferno Tower early, be prepared to deal with small units such as Minion Horde, since they can easily distract your Inferno Tower

Furnace, Goblin Hut, and Tombstone are relatively low cost spawners that can distract Sparky blasts and allow you to build up elixir for a defense

You can also use the Spawner buildings and pull the Giant with a 4-2 plant

If a Splash unit is supporting Sparky, you won't be able to surround or use Minions

But you can still use small units to absorb the Sparky blast, and cycle your deck

Skeletons and Ice Spirits are great for this because they only cost 1 elixir

If Sparky isn't fully charged

The Ice Spirit will freeze Sparky

This will disarm her for a total of 7 seconds

Make sure you plant them far enough from the splash unit, but close enough that the Sparky will target them

Ice Spirit is a very reliable card to do this with

As it can survive 3 shots from an Ice Wizard, and 1 shot from a Princess

A Giant is a great unit to tank n' spank

He can survive 2 blasts from a Sparky

When there's a Wizard supporting Sparky, this allows you to plant any high DPS cards to take out the Wizard followed by Sparky

Make sure you don't plant your tanking too close to your crown tower, or else the Sparky blast will splash onto your tower as well

You can also use your own Sparky to take out your opponents incoming Giant Sparky combo

Your Sparky will blast the incoming Giant's, splashing onto their Sparky in the back

If you need to counter push the other lane

You can position the Giant one tile on the other side

Another great tank against Sparky is the Giant Skeleton

He can attack Sparky, and tank 1 blast from her

Then once he falls, his bomb will explode in 3 seconds

Which is faster than Sparky's charge time

The Giant Skeleton's bomb can take out the Sparky and all the nearby support units

If you know they have a Sparky, you can pressure the other lane, and force your opponent to spend elixir

Sometimes you can even predict if they have a Sparky deck

If they run a heavy zap bait deck, there's a high likely hood of Sparky appearing on the map

It's potentially a red flag if they send in a Goblin Barrel in alone

Goblin Barrel and Sparky is really deadly because it forces you to Zap one of the two

Whichever you choose to Zap, it won't matter

They'll devastate your tower

My favorite card combo is Zap and The Log

The Log takes care of all of the small units and allows me to reserve my Zap for Sparky

Fire Spirit also works well agains the Goblin Barrel if you don't have The Log

If you pressure the opposite lane with units

This forces your opponent to expend elixir in the other lane to counter it

Or risk losing a tower to this light push

Now they won't have Barbarians to protect Sparky in the other lane

Good card combos to do this should be low cost, but devastating if left ignored

If you pressure the other lane heavily, be prepared to push hard

And have inexpensive solutions to counter the unsupported Sparky

Alternatively, if you have the right cards, you can take on a Sparky combo head on

I hope you can take the basics of from this video and apply them to your deck

Thanks for watching, stay tuned, for more quality OJ