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BACKGROUND INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

This deck is made to be played aggressively. \u00a0This deck is a variation of a hog cycle deck. \u00a0What makes this deck a little different from your average hog cycle deck is that this deck does not have a defense. \u00a0This makes it more aggressive but it lacks a little in defense. \u00a0It is a lot harder to defend from strong pushes, like royal giant and sparky, but a lot easier to defend from mid strength pushes. \u00a0By having no defenses, the troops that stay alive can help aid you in your counter push. \u00a0These troops that countered your enemy push can help you keep being offensive unlike a defensive tower which stays on your side until the end of its life not contributing to your push at all. \u00a0It is best to overwhelm them with your hog and small troops as they will run out of counters since their deck will probably cost more. \u00a0This deck is perfect for you if you love to keep an offensive front with no towers what so ever. \u00a0If you like to have at least one tower, perhaps an elixir collect, a look into my other hog cycle deck may work for you. \u00a0That deck uses the inferno tower and the elixir collector. \u00a0The most expensive card in this deck is barbarians, which is still very cheap when compared to other cards.<\/p>\n

BASICS: AVERAGE ELIXIR AND HOW TO USE EACH TROOP EFFICIENTLY\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The average elixir cost for this deck is an even 3.0 and the following cards used are:<\/p>\n

TROOPS: USED FOR DEFENSE AND OFFENSE. \u00a0IMPORTANT TO USE THE RIGHT COUNTER FOR EACH TROOP<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Fire Spirits- These troops are very strong for their cost. \u00a0Only a few days ago have I upgraded my fire spirits to level 11 from level 10 and I do not regret this gold purchase at all. \u00a0These hot headed warriors can take down a whole minion horde and can generate a whopping 3 elixir advantage. \u00a0These fire spirits can also weaken the barbarians to a near useless state. \u00a0 The fire spirits are a great combination push along with the hog. \u00a0The strategy behind this is that the hog tanks for the fire spirits, and any troop that is meant to counter the hog will be destroyed by the lava spirits. \u00a0If you have a zap on hand, you can also defending barbarians with minimal damage to your hog. \u00a0Additionally, you can use fire spirits as a cheaper fireball or arrows to take down swarm units. \u00a0With the new update that came out May 18th, their splash damage radius increased which makes them \u00a0 \u00a0 even stronger. \u00a0After I play around with this awesome card a little more, I may consider making them one of my staple cards to my personal decks. \u00a0Also, with the furnace buff on May 18th it wouldn\u2019t be a horrible idea to check how they would work if you really want a building.<\/p>\n


\n\"\"Spear Goblins\u2013<\/em>\u00a0One of the most basic troops in the game. \u00a0For its early unlock at Arena 1, it is surprising how well they perform. \u00a0The Spear Goblins not only can defend against goblins, enemy Spear Goblins, and Minions in a on verse one with the help of your Tower, but it can also be used at the very beginning. \u00a0If the Spear Goblins are used right at the start, you force your opponent to either react to them by placing a much more expensive troop, leaving an option to have a hard counter ready, or make them just watch those Spear Goblins chip 300 damage off their tower. \u00a0300 may not seem like a whole bunch, but do that 2 or three times in a match, and you got yourself 1000 free chip damage. \u00a0The Spear Goblins can also kill a Princess that is on the bridge very quickly. \u00a0The Spear Goblins, along with most swarm grown troops, can be used to pig push the Hog. \u00a0Pig pushing will be explained in the hog section of this article.
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\"\"Minions<\/em>\u2013 This deck uses the Minions instead of the Minion Horde. \u00a0The Minions are preferred in this deck over the Minion Horde because you want to keep the cost of troops low. \u00a0By keeping the cost low, you will be able to cycle through your cards faster. \u00a0The Minions also do well enough against air troops like the Balloon or Baby Dragon, although for the Baby Dragon needs to target your Crown Tower first. \u00a0Minions also can take out the Barbarians with the help of the Spear Goblins. \u00a0This leaves you with a major counter push at the ready. \u00a0Also, these blue little monsters can help destroy Prince rushes with the help of some ground troops. \u00a0Even if your enemy uses Arrows, you are not at a Elixir disadvantage, unlike the Minion Horde. \u00a0The Minions could also kill a Sparky before it can take its aim at the Tower. \u00a0The Minions can also kill a Princess that is on the bridge. \u00a0Like the Barbarians, I believe the Minions are a staple card if the Minion Horde is not being used.\u00a0<\/strong>The Barbarians, along with most swarm grown troops, can be used to pig push the Hog. \u00a0Pig pushing will be explained in the hog section of this article.<\/p>\n

\"\"Barbarians\u2013 <\/em>This card costs 5 Elixir. \u00a0This is best used to counter Princes, P.E.K.K.A, and the Hog Rider. They are also an extremely helpful distraction for smaller troops that can do major damage if left untouched, like the Minions, Spear Goblins and the Goblin combo. \u00a0The Barbarians can also help defend against the\u00a0 Dark Prince if the situation is desperate, but is not recommended counter since the Dark Prince is a pretty good Barbarian destroyer. \u00a0If the Barbarians are set on top of the much feared Sparky, they can easily destroy it, and you will gain a major Elixir advantage. These four mighty men are also your biggest tanks. \u00a0If you do want to launch a major offensive push, it is best to use them as the meat shield, or tanks of your push. \u00a0If they do get to the tower unnoticed they can easily destroy it. \u00a0In my opinion, the Barbarians are one of the biggest staple cards in the game. \u00a0Barbarians, just like most ground swarm troops, can be used to pig push the hog rider. \u00a0Pig pushing will be described in the hog rider section of this article.<\/p>\n

\"\"Ice Wizard\u2013<\/em> The ice wizard will help you a lot in this deck. It is great at defense against the hog because if you have the musketeer and ice wizard defending, good placement of both troops will make it impossible for your enemy to get a shot off the tower. The ice wizard\u2019s slowing stat also allows him to counter high damage per second troops by slowing their fire rate. Another example of the ice wizard working his magic is against the royal giant. With only the musketeer defending against the royal giant, a moderate amount of damage will be done to your tower. If you add the ice wizard onto your defense, the royal giant will get a lot less damage off during his life time.. The ice wizard is also very good on offense as it can help slow defending units or the crown tower. The combination of the ice wizard and musketeer can work extremely well if left uncontested because the ice wizard has a moderate amount of health and does splash damage while slowing the tower down a lot. This makes him act as a very good support troop for the musketeer that causes all the damage. The ice wizard is probably your best card in supporting offensive pushes and supporting your musketeer during a defense.<\/p>\n

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Hog Rider<\/em>\u2013 \u00a0This is the heart and soul of the deck. \u00a0This will be the troop that will do the most damage to the Tower and it will also be your main offensive unit. \u00a0Because of the Hog Rider\u2019s decent health stats and its \"\"great damage per shot, it is a great unit to attack with. \u00a0Additionally, it only targets defensive buildings which make it that much easier to control. \u00a0There are some standard moves in playing the Hog efficiently. \u00a0The moves that till be gone over in this article is the Elixir pump rush and pig pushing. \u00a0If you are above or at arena 6, there is no doubt that you see a lot of Elixir Collectors about. \u00a0Normal players want to protect their Elixir collector and put it in the back of their map. \u00a0If it starts in their starting hand, that is going to be played first 90% of the time. \u00a0If they do place it in the back, take advantage of the 5 elixir they just used. \u00a0 Try to make a Hog push in the combos of Hog and Spear Goblins, Hog and Minions, or Hog and Barbarians. \u00a0If you don\u2019t have the Hog in your starting hand, make a small push maybe of just Spear Goblins and see how they react. \u00a0This move has given me so many wins since I found out that this worked. \u00a0The Tower will fall if nothing happens to that push. \u00a0Usually, they send in a panic Fireball and you still get about half their Tower. The second strategy is called pig pushing. \u00a0It can be hard to master for some so it is recommended to practice with your friends. \u00a0The basic concept of this is to nudge the Hog a little bit to the outside by spawning troops\u00a0right next to the hog. \u00a0The picture to the left shows how to pig push pretty well. \u00a0It also shows the counter to the pig push in case you run into anyone also using this tactic. \u00a0The counter to this is pretty ineffective since the movements happen so fast. \u00a0There is barely any time to react to this strategy. \u00a0If you do pig push, make sure your are on the side where the defense is further away from your chosen spawn location. \u00a0Failure to recognize which side is the one to do it on can result in an ineffective and useless push.<\/p>\n

TOWERS: HOW TO USE THEM AND WHERE TO PLACE THEM<\/strong><\/h4>\n

This deck does not use any towers. \u00a0I think it is a good thing as it is easier to counter push and promotes offensive game play. \u00a0The draw back to not towers is that it is harder to defend against pushes and you may waste some elixir when maxing out. \u00a0If your heart must indeed have a building to survive, you can swap the lava spirits for either an elixir collector or a furnace. \u00a0The elixir collector will let you cycle through cards faster, especially during double elixir and overtime. \u00a0The furnace lets you defend easily against minion hordes, minions, barbarians, and other small troops easily. \u00a0The furnace also supplies a little bit of chip damage every few seconds. \u00a0The furnace also basically blocks off one side for the opponent because the fire spirits can stop a big push. \u00a0Because of these reason, I would have or the furnace over the elixir collector.<\/p>\n

SPELLS: \u00a0THEIR MAIN USES AND HOW TO MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"Zap\u2013<\/em> The Zap spell is mainly used to support your Hog Rider. \u00a0A well placed Zap can stun the troops that are suppose to counter the Hog and it would also stun the Tower. \u00a0A well placed stun will allow your Hog to get about two more shots off which will produce about 500 extra damage. \u00a0Additionally, the Zap can help counter small troops like Minions, Spear Goblins, Goblins, and even the Minion Horde. \u00a0The Zap could also stop a Prince from charging which will reduce his damage immensely. \u00a0The Zap, if high enough Level, can also help counter pesky Goblin Barrels the fly across the map and onto your Tower producing a plus two Elixir advantage. \u00a0The Zap can also stop an oncoming Hog attack, preventing one to two swings resulting in 500 health points being saved. \u00a0The Zap is a very versatile card and I only recently found out its potential.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fireball<\/em>\u2013 The Fireball in this deck is not to constantly barrage the Crown Towers but to take down mass swarms for Elixir profit. \u00a0Combined with the Zap spell, it can take down the Three Musketeers and let you gain an easy 3 Elixir. \u00a0The main troops this card counters is the Minion Horde and the Barbarians. \u00a0Striking a lone Minion Horde will give a one plus trade. \u00a0The Barbarians will also give the one positive Elixir trade. \u00a0The Fireball can also be used against the Princess if you can hit the Crown Tower also or if other troops can also be hit. \u00a0It is not recommended to shoot a Fireball if it only hits the Princess as it will put you behind in Elixir. \u00a0The Fireball can finish off a Tower as long as there is only a few seconds left and the Tower is not over 300 health. \u00a0Combined with a Zap, the Fireball can do almost 300 damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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