Hog Rider - Help

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June 9th, 2013
NioTheDreamer

Hog Rider - Help

I want to use the Hog Rider unit but I am stumped as to how to do it effectively. I've done a few practice raids and I don't really want to do the 100% hog rider because I only got 1 dark barracks and they take pretty long to train. I want to use like 6-7 of them.

What I notice so far is they are not giants. Healers don't seem to do them alot of good. Though a healing spell and rage seems to give them a good boost

Finding a unit that works well with them is hard... since they are the only ground unit that ignores walls

What I've Tried

15 giants
50 archers
10 wb
1 healer
6 - hog riders (give or take other units)
-I got hit hard with traps so... it was a flop for seeing how it worked

Then I tried
4 giants
46 (or so) archers
1 healer
10 hog riders
2 dragons
10 wb (I already had trained them)

-This worked okay, but the healer just stayed with my decoy giants as the riders rushed on. I got a good amount of resources but it wasn't spectacular.

What I want to try is

10 wizards (40)
15 hog riders (90)
1 healer (14)
4 giants (20)
1 dragon
14 archers or 7 wb(?)

My thoughts are that the giants come in to distract. Then wizards clean up the perimeter. If possible take out wizard towers or AA. Then deploy the riders. If the AA gets take down deploy the healer for the wizards and the dragon. Extra archers can lure out CC troops or pick off outside buildings.

My Thoughts
-The wizards have high enough attack that walls won't stop them for long. And without them the riders just waste time hitting what doesn't require them to leap over the wall anyway.
-Giants are just for the beginning, a distraction
-Healer can keep the wizards going.
-Dragon can do serious damage if a critical AA is taken out, and of course a dragon cares not about walls

Concerns

Are 10 riders enough?, will the healer waste time like in my second try? Should i just forget the healer and just get another dragon or try and get more riders?

Anywho. I like Mr. T but their are very few videos were a person is using them in a coordinated attack, not just having fun with their new unit.
June 9th, 2013
Draganoir

Hog riders

My thoughts (haven't used them yet) I that because they run ahead of other ground units, they end up tanking for your barbarians who are still stuck on walls. Maybe as a cleanup unit for goblins and giants to kill all those "other", or as ground support for a dragon army.
June 11th, 2013
Malleo

What you need to do is learn to PITY THE FOOL
jk I think they are cleanup units like the BK
June 11th, 2013
FatDookie

Hogs

Try attacking rhe buildings around the point of attack with few barbs archers, this way ur troops won't go the opposite direction , then put about 7 gaints follows by archers and wbs. Then barbs and hogs .. My hogs are only lvl 3 there ok for that lvl but I wouldn't use them unless there lvl 5
June 11th, 2013
kissmadic2

dude u just gotta learn how to ride the hog thats all... stop being a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ please... its very racist...
June 11th, 2013
Jackar

take out the healer and giants because that a waste of time. Fill those spots in with archers and the archers old spot with wb
June 11th, 2013
Qship

A buddy of mine with a decent th8 (lvl 60 something, grid style base) got 3 starred by someone with hog riders and archers. He didn't have the replay but basically what happened the guy surrounded his base with about 100 archers and took out all of the surrounding stuff and most of the single shot defenses. Then unloaded about 20 hog riders, in a couple of groups, that went straight in the middle where the splash defenses and storages were and just stream rolled through the base cause the splash wasn't doing enough damage fast enough to kill the hog riders. I would have loved to see the replay but it seemed to make sense to me in theory.
June 12th, 2013
KingVail

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qship

A buddy of mine with a decent th8 (lvl 60 something, grid style base) got 3 starred by someone with hog riders and archers. He didn't have the replay but basically what happened the guy surrounded his base with about 100 archers and took out all of the surrounding stuff and most of the single shot defenses. Then unloaded about 20 hog riders, in a couple of groups, that went straight in the middle where the splash defenses and storages were and just stream rolled through the base cause the splash wasn't doing enough damage fast enough to kill the hog riders. I would have loved to see the replay but it seemed to make sense to me in theory.

This makes alot of sense. Archers and hog riders would make a great team.
June 12th, 2013
iaustiin28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draganoir

My thoughts (haven't used them yet) I that because they run ahead of other ground units, they end up tanking for your barbarians who are still stuck on walls. Maybe as a cleanup unit for goblins and giants to kill all those "other", or as ground support for a dragon army.

Hog Riders have considerable low health for their army cap taking.
June 12th, 2013
Ang

Quote:

Originally Posted by iaustiin28

Hog Riders have considerable low health for their army cap taking.

You must be referring to level 1 hog riders. Like all troops they also suck until you upgrade them to a reasonable level. They are pretty darn tough once upgraded.