Barbarians in particular can fully counter him without very strict timing on the defender's part, though they are vulnerable to spells. However, the Hog Rider struggles with swarms, as they can damage him down and defeat him quickly while obstructing his path, due to his inability to target troops. At the same time, he can also function as a tank for lower-hitpoint troops such as Goblins as he still has a fair amount of health. His fast movement speed can boost forward mini tanks like an Ice Golem in a push.

Use another card (such as a Cannon) to counter the Hog Rider if necessary.

A Barbarian Barrel can shut this down with minimal Tower damage for a positive Elixir trade, as long as the Goblin Barrel was placed directly on the Tower.

Timing it so that the Hog Rider is tanking the tower shots for the Goblins is the most effective way to deal damage.

A Hog Rider combined with a Goblin Barrel can be awkward for the opponent to defend against.

They are also unable to target air troops, so the Minion Horde can stop this easily. However, this combo can be defeated with swarms like Skeleton Army due to the Mini P.E.K.K.A's single target, or by the opponent kiting the Mini P.E.K.K.A with a small troop like Skeletons to deal with the Hog Rider alone. Both units are fast but the Mini P.E.K.K.A does much more damage and does not attack only buildings so the Mini P.E.K.K.A can deal with troops like the Executioner and Musketeer.

A fast and deadly combination is the Hog Rider and Mini P.E.K.K.A combo.

If they manage to defeat the Lumberjack, the dropped Rage will make the Hog Rider even more dangerous than it normally is. If this happens, the attacker should use a spell like Arrows to render the defender poetically defenseless. It is a very fast combo with an extremely high damage output potential, so the defender will likely try to counter it with a swarm.

The Hog Rider can be paired with the Lumberjack as both a swarm bait and damage combo.Using The Log to predict a Skeleton Army or even a Tombstone will let your Hog Rider keep most of his hitpoints and your opponent may not answer in time, letting your Hog Rider connect to the Crown Tower.

To a lesser extent, Lightning could also be used, retaining the same point of almost destroying every building while also crippling troops such as the Wizard or the Hunter. On the offender's side, a powerful move is to accompany him with an Earthquake, obliterating almost every building, and also grounded swarms.Air swarms such as Minion Horde can also help due to the Hog Rider's usual support cards not countering them. But be wary, as the offender will usually play around it with cards such as Earthquake. When countering the Hog Rider, using buildings would be your best bet.After, he will proceed to distract the Mega Knight further for a few seconds. The Mega Knight will jump at the Hog Rider, but as Hog Rider will be midair, ait will be unaffected by the Mega Knight's jump. As Mega Knight crosses the river, place a Hog Rider so that it jumps over the river. Utilizing the jump, you can use the Hog Rider to distract a Mega Knight.Air troops can still attack him though, and the Inferno Tower and Inferno Dragon will continue to ramp up their damage. The Log and Earthquake will fail to damage a Hog Rider while he is jumping. When he is jumping over the river, he cannot be targeted by any ground attacking units.A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.įor Battle Decks with this card, click here He appears as a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. It spawns a fast, single-target, building-targeting, melee, ground troop with high hitpoints and high damage. The Hog Rider is a Rare card that is unlocked from the Builder's Workshop (Arena 5). He followed the echoing call of 'Hog Riderrrrr' all the way through the Arena doors.” “Fast melee troop that targets buildings and can jump over the river.

Hog rider voice actor