Hog 2.6

You will have to figure out your playstyle for yourself, but in this article I will try to line out some of the hog 2.6 tips and tricks as well as some input from professional players! Individually, none of the cards is strong, hog 2.6, but together, you can win many matchups with ease once you have mastered it.

Classic, cheap, easy, irksome, iconic, magnificent. That's classic Hog 2. At first glance, this deck doesn't seem like much. It can actually beat all of that. This deck has one of the fastest cycle speed out of all the working decks out there, and you can easily out cycle your opponent's offensive cards with your counters. However, it does take quite a lot of skill and time to master and most of the time, you're only getting a one crown. This deck is very free-to-play friendly, as all cards besides The Log are rare and common.

Hog 2.6

Please check out the video for a more in-depth visual guide and a better understanding. This is a high skill cap deck but once you master it you are able to beat any match up in the game. You should always aim to get good value from your cycle cards, particularly ice spirit and skeletons on defence. You will be able to use your spells to to help aid your units on defence, the log and fireball both have a knock back effect which can be key to stopping units connecting to your princess towers. From the first replay against lava hound you can see that every time the opponent plays the hound you should go aggressive with the hog rider at the bridge in the opposite lane. Then play you canon close to the tower they are pushing so you can cycle back to a second canon so you can activate king tower, check out the video at Ice golem is one of my favourite units in the game for making positive elixir trades. He can be used to kite units away from your princess towers including the pekkas, princes, dragons, ghost etc. He is also a great tank for the hog rider if you can counter push behind him or if your opponent plays a heavy tank in the back. You will also need to use him as a glass tank to delay the opponents support cards or tank damage from swarm units including the lava pups! Hog rider is your main win condition and is a great units to use to apply pressure and force a response from your opponent. Musketeer can offer a lot of defensive value, try to protect her with your cycle cards and never give your opponent spell value. She will mainly be used on defence then you can play units at the bridge in front of her to allow you to counter push. Early game try to activate your king tower, you can do this by kiting units if you use your canon or with the skeletons against a mortar see in the video.

Double can be intense but you need to make sure you never leak elixir when using this deck.

In todays latest hog cycle deck LucasXGamer is back bringing us some insane gameplay of him using this deck on high ladder. For example with only 5 cards cycled at max level you can do damage which could be important in sudden death. Ice golem is a good glass tank that can kite units away or act as a meat shield for your hog or musketeer. His frost nova can slow units down helping aid your defence too. Skeletons are great for stopping charging units like prince or bandit. This card is your main win condition.

You will have to figure out your playstyle for yourself, but in this article I will try to line out some of the general tips and tricks as well as some input from professional players! Individually, none of the cards is strong, but together, you can win many matchups with ease once you have mastered it. To put it simply, this is a chip deck, where you defend as much as possible while playing hog riders with minimal support for damage. Minimal support includes cards like ice spirit, ice golem, and later into the game, prediction spells. Cannon, musketeer, and fireball are primarily the cards that you will want to be saving in response to your opponent. Generally, you will not be supporting your Hog Riders to brute force its way past defences, but you will be trying to place Hog Riders when they are vulnerable without elixir or the proper defences in hand by either out-cycling or waiting for the right moment for when they overcommit their elixir or if they use their defensive card elsewhere. This deck is very cheap, and this allows you to get back to the same cards very quickly, which is important for defence and offence, like getting to a second musketeer on defence, or getting to a second hog before the opponent gets to their defence again, for example. Generally, it is ok to wait and leak elixir at the beginning of the game if you have cannon in hand, but you should not wait any more than that, since you are playing a cycle deck. Try to play Hog Rider, or your cycle cards to start the game.

Hog 2.6

Hog 2. Jack is probably the best 2. In my video you can see how Jack handles some of the most difficult matchups you could face while using this deck. Because of the low elixir cost of this deck you can cycle very quickly back to the cards you need to help defend against almost any push. This is also a free to play friendly deck which is one of the reasons it has stuck around for so long. You can support the hog rider with ice spirit or even play him behind an ice golem so that he has a tank for tower damage. So what you need to do is pull the balloon to activate your king tower, you will take a lot of damage onto your king tower but it means it will be able to help you defend throughout the rest of the match. The correct canon placement is four tiles from the river and two tiles from the tower in the lane where your opponent is pushing. As soon as they play their lava hound in the back you should pressure the same lane with you hog rider.

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If you have a cheap card in hand and there are some units approaching that are gonna deal over damage, play it! Fireball pumps, attack when they invest and pull everything towards the middle of your arena on defense. Most golem decks will run barbarian barrel, accompanied by tornado and sometimes lightning. In regular time you want to get as much damage as possible, always pushing with an ice golem in front to prevent them from activating their king tower. Skeletons are great for stopping charging units like prince or bandit. Spells will mainly be used defensively however you can use them on offence if you can get good spell value. If none of those are an option, you can log the bridge for chip damage. If you opponent makes the mistake of placing the miner on the corner tile of the princess tower near your king tower, you can use a log to push it onto your king, activating him and adding extra DPS to your defense. This section is about when you should completely abandon defense and go all in with an attack. If they invest a card in the back, cycle back to, and rush your hog in the other lane, forcing them to split their elixir into both lanes. You will be able to use your spells to to help aid your units on defence, the log and fireball both have a knock back effect which can be key to stopping units connecting to your princess towers. You just have to know when it is safe to use.

This deck has truly stood the test of time, if you master this deck, which is fairly free to play friendly, then you have a good chance of reaching a new PB every season and even picking up your first GC win! This is one of the highest skill cap decks in the game!

Try to as often as possible use ice golem with your hog, allowing him to get swings. Early Stage Gameplan. If you have a cheap card in hand and there are some units approaching that are gonna deal over damage, play it! Defend the graveyard with cannons as shown earlier, take out the tank as quickly as possible so your tower can pick off the skeletons one by one. From the first replay against lava hound you can see that every time the opponent plays the hound you should go aggressive with the hog rider at the bridge in the opposite lane. If your log is not high enough level to one hit princesses and dart goblins at your trophy range I would suggest replacing it with either snowball or zap. Hog Rider. And when should you? World All Rights Reserved. From the beginning of the game to the very last seconds of overtime. Double elixir time.