
A Hog Rider combined with a Goblin Barrel can be awkward for the opponent to defend against. They are also unable to target air troops, so the Minion Horde can stop this easily. However, this combo can be defeated with swarms like Skeleton Army, which will defeat both of them since neither of them can deal area damage. can deal with troops like the Executioner and Musketeer. Both units are fast but the Mini P.E.K.K.A does much more damage and does not attack only buildings so the Mini P.E.K.K.A. A fast and deadly combination is the Hog Rider and Mini P.E.K.K.A combo. If they manage to defeat the Lumberjack, the dropped Rage will make the Hog Rider even more dangerous than it normally is. If this happens, the offender should use a spell like Arrows to render the defender poetically defenseless. It is a very fast combo with an extremely high damage output potential, so the defender will likely try to counter it with a swarm. The Hog Rider can be paired with the Lumberjack as both a swarm bait and damage combo. The Log could also be an effective first play as a cycle, but it only kills swarms and sometimes a non-center-placed Tombstone. To a lesser extent, Lightning could also be used, retaining the same point of almost destroying every building while also crippling troops such as the Wizard or the Hunter. On the offender's side, a powerful move is to accompany him with an Earthquake, obliterating almost every building, and also grounded swarms. Air swarms such as Minion Horde can help due to the Hog's usual support tools not countering them.
But be wary as it the offender would usually play around it with cards such as Earthquake.
When countering Hog Riders, obviously use buildings.Air troops can still attack him though, and the Inferno Tower and Inferno Dragon will continue to ramp up their damage. The Log and Earthquake will fail to damage a Hog Rider while he is jumping. When he is jumping over the river, he cannot be targeted by any ground attacking units.A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy. He appears just like his Clash of Clans counterpart a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. He is a quick building-targeting, melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and damage. The Hog Rider is a Rare card that is unlocked from the Spell Valley (Arena 5). He followed the echoing call of "Hog Riderrrrr" all the way through the Arena doors.” “Fast melee troop that targets buildings and can jump over the river.