
The letters in P.E.K.K.A don't officially stand for anything in particular. P.E.K.K.A's gender has been confirmed as female, as one of the Loading Screen Hints states, "P.E.K.K.A's armor is so strong, Spring Traps don't affect her!". Skeleton Traps set to Ground Mode can distract P.E.K.K.A for several seconds. With the latter, her inability to attack air units means that you can simply deploy minions as they slowly kill the defending P.E.K.K.A. Alternatively, one can either use a Witch or a Minion with the former, her Skeletons will distract P.E.K.K.A indefinitely because she will summon more Skeletons before P.E.K.K.A finishes off the remaining ones. Large numbers (at least 15) of Barbarians and/or Archers can easily take her out. Because P.E.K.K.A has a slow attack speed, she is not effective against massed infantry. However, against an unsuspecting attacker, who often assumes that whatever is inside has to be a Dragon, she can occasionally surprise the attacker by one-shotting any heroes that come too close to her as well as delaying their troops for a good amount owing to her tremendous hit points. P.E.K.K.A is a gamble as a Clan Castle troop because of her inability to deal splash damage or attack air, which leaves her an easy target for air troops or even swarms of Wizards. P.E.K.K.A is not affected by Spring Traps, due to taking up more than 19 housing space. However, she will still trigger them, and the defender will still have to re-arm them. Put splash damage units behind her to get rid of any swarms of defending troops or Skeleton Traps. Back her up with units that can target air such as a Wizard to help her defend against them. Never train a complete P.E.K.K.A army as they will be helpless against flying Clan Castle troops.
This way, they will be able to break through the Walls with one hit. Nevertheless, if the opponent's village has maximum level Walls, it may be best to deploy larger groups of P.E.K.K.As. By deploying in pairs, Mortars won't be as effective either, as they can only damage one pair at a time as opposed to an entire group of P.E.K.K.As deployed together. Most buildings won't survive two attacks of this very powerful unit (432-1098 damage per hit depending on level), meaning two P.E.K.K.As should destroy most buildings in a single hit from both units.
Because this Troop has the highest attack of all normal units in the game along with very high health, it is advisable to deploy them in pairs on each corner of the opponent's village or near a bunch of enemy defensive buildings.