I'm a TH8 with lv5 BK, lv2 hogs, and lv3 minions. The rest of my dark troops are lv1. I am currently saving for lv3 hogs, and was wondering if I should ditch hogs because they are getting nerfed and upgrade my BK. Thanks :)
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I'm a TH8 with lv5 BK, lv2 hogs, and lv3 minions. The rest of my dark troops are lv1. I am currently saving for lv3 hogs, and was wondering if I should ditch hogs because they are getting nerfed and upgrade my BK. Thanks :)
I have the same question, except I'm at th9, sitting on 50k+ of dark elixir and wondering if it's now worth it to upgrade to l5 hogs! We probably won't know the answer until we know just what the changes are and see how it affects gameplay, though.
I'm assuming the new Giant Bombs will be able to one-shot maxed Hogs.
Even without the nerf, Barbarian King and Archer Queen are much more important. Do you realize how powerful high level heroes are? Heroes should almost always take priority over anything else.
Unless Supercell is stupid, they ain't going to destroy hogs they will probably increase the damage by a bit, but they won't increase it by like double, so I think its worth it I am trying to upgrade my hogs to. Besides scouting for giant bombs is a norm for hog raiders, even with the nerf, which is more like a giant bomb buff to me, I am sure if you are good in hog raids you should be fine. Conclusion I would say, if you are good at hog raids even with the nerf you should be fine, upgrade them.
Ok, thanks for the help guys, I'll just have to wait and see how much damage the new giant bombs have.
My guess is it will be a simple buff where two lv3 bombs will be enough to kill max hogs, where before both bombs needed to be lv4 or you needed to add a small bomb into the mix. Of course there's no way to know for sure, but hogs should still be useable.
I have upgraded my hogs to the max even with my BK and QA is at lvl 8 and 3 and I am at TH9. Your lvl 1 and 2 hogs are getting beaten by two things: you are attacking too big of a town hall base meaning they may have stronger def weapon and secondly, your strategy in using your hogs is off. Perhaps you may need to increase your heal spell for lvl1-2 hogs (the longer the spell the longer they live) Every time I leveled up my hogs I leveled up the heal spell. Practice Practice Practice
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Probably the update with the buff for the GBs came out because TH9s complained about two level three GBs not being able to insta-kill level five hogs. And because level four GBs are for TH10 only TH9 had only limited success with stopping hogs with GBs.
Its my understanding that the Giant Bomb will get a buff, in that, it will do more damage to the Hog Rider; not a nerf per say to the Hog-Rider.. so they should be used the same IMO, just will need to watch out for the Giant Bombs, and as others have suggested upgrade your heal spell to try and compensate if you are a Hogger.
What I am unsure of, is if a single Giant Bomb will significantly do more damage or not, it could still be that the double bombs will deal 'Deadly damage' to Hogs; vs Critical damage like they currently do to hogs (as well as other troops).
It does not state if it will in fact damage other troops proportionately, it just suggests it will specifically damage the Hog Rider more..
so I will carry on as usual. they are not my primary offense, I use them as a support troop for my other variants for farming and the occasional trophy hunt or war.
upgrade, lvl6 hog riders are comming . . ..
For HR, they are taking increased damage from GBombs. I doubt small bombs would do any difference than chip their health at lv 5.
Now: 2 lv3 gbombs + 1 small bomb = bacon
Coming: 2 lv2 gbombs + 1 small bomb = bacon?
Or
2 lv 3 gbombs w/o that small bomb would get u bacon.
I personally think that hogs will be pretty strong against non anti hog bases. Plus giant bombs are easy to lure for on common anti hog bases.
Still one of the best choices for most situations. Practice pulling CC/heros and checking for bombs at the same time.
I allow 4 extra hogs to check for bombs and pull as thats how many spots most anti hog bases have. Would love to have the 20 extra slots for other troops but if you can set off one bomb it negates the xtra damage the buff will bring.
Level 4 hogs at TH8 is a pretty potent attack strat if combined with maxed heal spell. The only one close is mass drags with max rage.
Upgrade it. A couple giant bombs shouldn't deter you from hogging your way to master. There are still tons of non anti-hog bases which can easily be your playground.
Very true! I trust there are plenty of non anti hog bases. I am at th8 with lvl 2 hogs and i am saving up to upgrade them to lvl 3Quote:
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