Updated for Town Hall 18 (October 2026).
The P.E.K.K.A is an armored melee troop with huge damage per hit and a big health pool, but she is slow to swing and can only hit ground targets. She unlocks at Barracks level 10 (Town Hall 8), takes 25 housing space, and maxes at level 13 at Town Hall 18 with 940 damage per second, 1,692 damage per hit and 8,800 hitpoints.
P.E.K.K.A stats at a glance
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Unlocked at | Barracks level 10 (Town Hall 8) |
| Housing space | 25 |
| Favorite target | None (closest building) |
| Attack type | Melee, single target, ground only |
| Range | 0.8 tiles |
| Attack speed | 1.8 seconds |
| Movement speed | 16 |
| Max level | 13 (Laboratory 16, Town Hall 18) |
| Super Troop | None |
How the P.E.K.K.A fights
She walks to the closest building or enemy unit and brings her sword down every 1.8 seconds. Each hit is big enough that two P.E.K.K.As together destroy most buildings in a single swing each,. A raged P.E.K.K.A can knock out defending heroes in one or two hits.
Her weaknesses come from the same design. She can’t touch air units, so a defending Dragon, Balloon or Minion is a real problem for an army of only P.E.K.K.As. Her slow swing also makes her bad against swarms: a crowd of skeletons or small Clan Castle troops can stall her for a long time while defenses chip away at her.
P.E.K.K.A levels, DPS and hitpoints
P.E.K.K.A upgrades are researched in the Laboratory with Elixir. Costs and times are base values before Gold Pass or event discounts. The Town Hall column is the lowest Town Hall whose Laboratory can research that level.
| Level | DPS | Damage per hit | Hitpoints | Research cost (Elixir) | Research time | Laboratory level | Town Hall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 260 | 468 | 3,000 | None | None | None | 8 |
| 2 | 290 | 522 | 3,500 | 600,000 | 12h | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 320 | 576 | 4,000 | 1,300,000 | 18h | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 360 | 648 | 4,500 | 2,000,000 | 1d | 7 | 9 |
| 5 | 410 | 738 | 5,000 | 2,100,000 | 1d 12h | 8 | 10 |
| 6 | 470 | 846 | 5,500 | 2,500,000 | 2d | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 540 | 972 | 5,900 | 4,500,000 | 3d | 9 | 11 |
| 8 | 610 | 1,098 | 6,300 | 5,000,000 | 3d 12h | 10 | 12 |
| 9 | 680 | 1,224 | 6,700 | 5,800,000 | 4d | 11 | 13 |
| 10 | 750 | 1,350 | 7,200 | 10,500,000 | 5d 12h | 13 | 15 |
| 11 | 810 | 1,458 | 7,700 | 12,000,000 | 7d | 14 | 16 |
| 12 | 870 | 1,566 | 8,200 | 16,000,000 | 10d | 15 | 17 |
| 13 | 940 | 1,692 | 8,800 | 28,000,000 | 14d 12h | 16 | 18 |
Town Hall 8 can take her to level 3 right away, and Town Hall 10 to level 6, because several early levels share a Laboratory requirement. After level 6, each level needs a higher Town Hall, except that Town Hall 14 adds none. Level 13 came with the Town Hall 18 update on November 17, 2025.
Best uses for the P.E.K.K.A in 2026
At Town Halls 8 and 9, the P.E.K.K.A is a damage core of GoWiPe: a Golem tanks in front, Wizards clear the outside buildings, and P.E.K.K.As walk into the core behind them. Drop P.E.K.K.As in pairs rather than one big group, so one Mortar or Giant Bomb can’t hit them all, and use Rage when they reach a cluster of defenses.
From Town Hall 13 up, many players meet the P.E.K.K.A through the Siege Barracks, a siege machine that spawns P.E.K.K.As and Wizards at your researched levels. That makes P.E.K.K.A research useful even if you never train her in the Barracks. At the top Town Halls she is mostly a cleanup or side-clearing troop, since smash armies built on Root Riders and Super Yetis do the heavy lifting in the current meta.
How to defend against the P.E.K.K.A
Single-target damage does well against her. A single-target Inferno Tower melts her if nothing freezes it, and the Monolith hits harder against high-hitpoint troops, which suits a big target like the P.E.K.K.A. Skeleton Traps set to ground mode distract her for several seconds. In your Clan Castle, air troops or a Witch’s skeletons are a better answer to an attacker’s P.E.K.K.A than heavy ground troops.
As a defensive Clan Castle troop she is a gamble. She can surprise an attacker by deleting heroes that wander close, but swarms and air troops take her apart.
P.E.K.K.A changes by date
- June 27, 2022: hitpoints raised at levels 2 to 7; training became free.
- June 12, 2023: level 10 added; level 8 and 9 research made cheaper.
- December 12, 2023: level 11 added.
- February 10, 2025: level 12 added.
- March 24, 2025: training time removed for all troops.
- November 17, 2025: level 13 added; level 12 research cut from 14d 12h to 10d and from 22,000,000 to 16,000,000 Elixir.
P.E.K.K.A FAQ
What is the max P.E.K.K.A level?
Level 13 at Town Hall 18. Town Hall 17 caps at level 12.
Can the P.E.K.K.A attack air troops?
No. She only hits ground units and buildings.
Is there a Super P.E.K.K.A?
Not in the Home Village. The Builder Base troop that used to be called Super P.E.K.K.A was renamed the Power P.E.K.K.A in Builder Base 2.0 (May 2023).
Sources: Supercell release notes: Town Hall 18 update (November 2025), Builder Base 2.0 patch notes (May 2023), Clash Anytime update (March 2025); in-game data.
