The April 2019 update patch for Clash of Clans has been released. The update brings balance changes and introduces the Season Challenges, similar to Season Pass or Battle Pass of other games.
Clash of Clans April 2019 Patch Notes
The changes introduced in the update are:
Bigger Wars & Top Scores
- New 30v30 for Bronze III through Master I leagues
- War League Rewards Restructured
- In-game Champion I Leaderboard (Clan’s position in Champion I group > Stars earned, with Destruction percent for tiebreaker)
In-game Economy Changes
-Shorter building upgrade times, cheaper building upgrade costs, shorter --Laboratory upgrade times, cheaper Troop & Spell Training Costs!
New Levels and Balance Changes
- Archer Tower and Cannon level 17
- Witch level 5, Hog Rider level 9, Ice Golem level 5 (Laboratory level 10 required)
- Golem, Wall Breakers, Bomb Trap and Tornado Trap re-balanced
- Base: Giant Cannon damage on Battle Machine rebalanced. Battle Machine's regeneration time has been reduced to match the training time of Training Camps.
Quality of Life Improvements
- X-Bows, Inferno Towers, and Eagle Artillery will automatically be reloaded for free when you log back into the game
- Magic Items inventory button can now be found in the Town Hall instead of the Clan Castle
- Leaders and Co-Leaders will be able to delete donated troops from other Clan Members' War Clan Castles.
- Leadership rotation in Clan. If a Clan Leader becomes inactive for 90 days, Leadership will automatically pass to the next senior active Co-Leader (seniority = how long players has been in that clan).
- Clouds in matchmaking screen get a brand new “dark mode”
Supercell also announced that the April Season of the Clan War Leagues has been delayed due to a maintenance break to allow for fixes.
This update introduced new AI algorithms to the Archer Queen, but Supercell will be temporarily reverting part of the AI to the former state. An issue was detected recently and Supercell stated that they "are reversing it before the start of the Clan War Leagues so it doesn't cause any issues there."
