Do you even Hog!?

3 stars, every time

Hogs! are probably the most broken army in the game right now. Here's hoping it stays that way.




Here's the section where I talk about their HP gain, DPS and other statistics such as the fact they can jump over walls! I'm lazy so go look it up on the wiki instead.

If you're Town Hall 7, 8(optimal!), or 9 and you aren't using hogs in your clan wars attacks, you should be! Once you know how to properly clear a base there are very, very few Town Hall 7, 8 and 9 that can hope to stand up to hogs. And if they do it's because you aren't using enough hogs!

Here is my farming hog army build (you can really only do this if you have 2 lvl 6 DE drills). Generally I clear CC/BK/AQ then put down the giants to soak up fire and spring traps, then send in the hogs! with healing potions. 90% of the time it works every time (never gets old does it?).

• 20 hogs!
• 12 giants
• 20 archers
• 20 barbs
• healing potions
• total: 200

This army will absolutely destroy in gold and does decent in crystal (but you do start running into bacon there) and you'll be rolling in G/E before you know it!

However, this is clan wars we're talking about here! So what do?

• 4 giants
• 20 archers
• 10 - 15 barbs
• the rest hogs!
• clan castle reinforcement of hogs!

Use 2 giants to pull the CC/BK/AQ and the barbs, archers, your BK to kill. Then send in other 2 giants and the hogs! The only skill involved is 1.) choosing the correct entry points and 2.) dropping healing pots at the right time.

Initially you'll want to drop the healing pots right away but try to avoid this! You're hogs can take a beating and keep on trucking. Additionally try dropping the potion in such a way that it covers the hogs! current position but more importantly their future position! The potions last for a long while and whilst inside your hogs are almost invincible! 

This approach is incredibly strong and once you have the hang of healing potions you'll notice a lot more 3 stars coming your way. And you will be happy.

However hogs! are not an auto-win...

Things that will ruin your day (in order of day ruining):

Hogs! + Inferno Towers = Bacon

Against inferno towers (especially split-mode inferno towers) your hogs! are bacon. Healing effects don't work when being attacked by an inferno tower. Couple that with their impressive damage output and you've got a a lot of bacon!

Hogs! + Double Giant Bomb = No more Hogs!

Once giant bombs are fully upgraded, two of them together can really wreck your hogs day

Hogs! + Spring Traps = Flying Pigs

Clever placement (read inside the base around defenses) of spring traps can be bad news.

After getting burned one too many times I've decided to steer clear of double inferno towers once and for all. The other problems are manageable, mostly by upgrading your hogs! and having more of them. 

Now go and hog!