A huge problem with the game! A must read, this must be stopped!

[JJason]

Try to find an Anti-Hog base. Basically a base determined to keep Hogs funneling around the base by keeping a bunch of resources in the middle of the main defenses, and the secondary defenses. Look at my current base for a TH 9 anti-hog that works amazing. Still 7 days until league ENDS but I already have 8 defensive wins.

He knows about the anti-hog bases and he is complaining about them because he says it is vulnerable to to other diff. armies (such as all dragon; simple archer/giant) because the air defence and whatever is exposed and easily taken out that will attack him.

[Jcman]

Bring on the hogs... Please, attack my th9 defenses! In six weeks not one hog army has 3 starred me, most fail, 2 have two starred me, maybe 10% get 1 star...

You know what should be nerfed? Level four dragon spam with 5 rages that two star me every time! Or gowiwi with level 20+ heroes! They can two star me too!

I should make a post how brainless gowiwi and dragon spam is....

gowiwi... Golem left few wizzies behind it, golem right few wizzies behind... Wait a second.... Ok... Golem center, RAGE a few wallbreakers, more wizzies, heroes! More wallbreakers! Rage again!.. Freeze that inferno... Rage the heroes to take your center!!

Point is... No army strategy is really that complicated... This is because we are choosing the bases we get to attack that match our army and a strat we are comfortable with.

At least with hogs, hitting a maxed th10 or really good th9 can take some actual strategy.. Far more than dragon rage spam or golems rage wb hero freeze spam.

[Pmiller8199]

Learn to play, hogs are easily neutralized by a defense

Hogs didnt ruin the game, it's the exact opposite.
It brought diversity in game strats, it brought a second breath to base designing, it's the best single troop update we got since realease.

Brought diversity in game strats? Are you kidding? All it did was make near everyone switch over to hogs.

[Jcman]

Brought diversity in game strats? Are you kidding? All it did was make near everyone switch over to hogs.

If this is the case... Then why do tons of people not have any issues with hogs?

Yes, for beginning th9s and lower townhalls they will crush you potentially... However your th8 or weak defensive th9 will get crushed by most armies....


while we are nerfing successful army combos.....


Townhall 7 and lower get crushed by giant healer combinations! Remember stomping the hell out of th6s at th7? Interesting to note, once you get to th8/9 healers become mostly useless!

So, yes, actually having to choose how to build your base is a great thing... Otherwise we would all just centralize everything, build those walls and all have the same similar base designs (anti gowiwi with strong air defense). Let's go back to those days! Then you can complain about needing to spend 500000 elixir to be able to raid anything...

[smarchan]

Clearly everyone here who does not think hogs are OP is TH 10. Might I add with multi Infernoes...because they are the only solution to hog riders.

Case Closed

Edit: also you haven't watched cheif pats videos
Clan war or Defenceless champ.

I am TH 9 and most certainly do not have inferno, or multi at that. Hogs are not OP. TH 9s and TH 10s alike are not able to three star my base in clan wars. Similarly, I have maxed troops (for th 9) and find TH 9s in clan wars that I cannot three star with hog.

You, simply put, do not know what you are talking about. Go deeper.

[PhilISuppose]

He knows about the anti-hog bases and he is complaining about them because he says it is vulnerable to to other diff. armies (such as all dragon; simple archer/giant) because the air defence and whatever is exposed and easily taken out that will attack him.

Yeah, he wants a base that can defend against all armies...
Never going to happen.

My TH9 base hasn't been three starred by hogs (that's not to say it can't be done) so it does come down to design.
Without sharing your base, we can't help you though.

[b1gd]

I understand there are other sides to the arguement, but saying that the base designs are the reason that Hogs should be nerfed is completely invalid. Due to the fact that Hogs are so OP it means I can no longer use normal base designs and have to resort to using Anti-Hog bases which expose other defences such as air defence. The fact that people are arguing they are not overpowered is absolutely insane. They can be used by a total noob if the right level and they can wipe out any townhall 9 or below base, if you don't think that is the case then that is beyond me. This is not the same as when Balloons ect are used, this is because Balloons are not used anywhere near as many times as Hogs are. I find it a normal occurrence to log into the game and see myself 3 starred while using my 'Anti-hog' base I found on the forums.

Of course I understand others view points on the matter, but I stand by my thought that Hogs are completely overpowered, overused and ruining the game.

I agree that hog rings will expose some defenses. However, with an appropriately sized core you should still be able to keep enough of your key defenses safe. Take Ringus as an example. The core Peabak was using right before upgrading to TH10 contained four Air Defenses, four Teslas, two XBows, the CC and DE storage. That's significant firepower and should work well against loons, hogs and giants/healers. What's left: GoWi__ and BARCH/BAG/BAM? The WTs thinning out the barbs while distracted on the collectors ringing the base and splitting up the storages into different compartments seems to work for me (and I have 3 ADs, two Mortars and 3 Teslas in my core: will change in 9 days when I get my fourth L7 Tesla). Haven't been attacked by GoWiWi, and the teslas wrecked the PEKKAs in my last GoWiPe defense. I'm not overly worried by them as they don't happen often at my trophy level, and I simply accept that a four or five spell GoWi__ will crush me. Its your time/elixir, use it how you will.

[TheClasherJames]

So you are complaining about people going off topic while you are calling people names??!! Maybe your the one being the smart ♥♥♥, but it doesn't seem like your very smart so your just a plain ♥♥♥... Also you are calling people no life's, like really.. You also wont show your base because it sucks, most likely...

Did it ever occur to you I would like to keep my identity a little more secret than that... I wouldn't be stupid enough to give my name and clan out in a post like this which attracts hate? Lol, think..

[Isaacium]

Yeah, high-level hogs can pose a problem. Show your base, that would clarify things.

[junyab]

A simple 32 Hog army can flatten any town hall 9 within seconds with little to no skill employed by the attacker.

Then what about these then?

Giant/Healer on any TH6
Balloonion on any TH7
Mass Dragons on any TH7 or below

Guess we should get rid of them as well, no?