Hog Inferno Cycle Deck That Got Me To 4400 Trophies
Wassup guys, Dark/Dank Prince back at it again with another guide!
This guide is kinda special to me, seeing as how this deck helped me reach my personal best of 4429.
It’s just a plain old Hog cycle deck, but it works better than expected. Let’s hop right in!
Pros:
- Only 3.1 total cost
- 1 Legendary, rest Rares/Commons
- Easy to learn
Cons:
- Too many mess ups screw you
- Must keep elixir advantage
- Only 1 tank killer
The Hog Inferno Deck
Hog Rider
My favorite win condition in the game.
Based off that sentence you should realize that this is your win condition in this deck, as all other cards are defense/support.
Knight
A key card in this deck, as tanking your Hog(especially at 4300) is important.
Not only can he tank your Hog, he’s rather talented in taking out Elite Barbarians, Goblin Gangs, etc
Musketeer
Musketeer is bae(did I really say that..ugh).
This is the ultimate support when paired with Hog Rider. And while we’re on the topic of her uses, she’ your main air defense too!
Great card for supporting Hog Rider, or supporting your towers when defending
Inferno Dragon
This used to be Mini Pekka at the start of my journey to 4300.
But I found I needed an easier tank killer to help me versus all the level 7 Pekkas, Lvl 13 RG’s, and Lvl 11 Giants.
So…yeah….your tank killer.
Ice Spirit
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Freeze thy enemies, cycle to destroy thy enemies. Make your enemies cry. Ice Spirit does all!
Tornado
Pull troops away from towers, towards towers (King tower), or to your troops defending.
Fireball
The besterest spell for Hog decks, nothing can withstand the extreme heat of Fireball!
Okay…maybe a few things, but that doesn’t matter.
Fireball is for finishing off troops, towers, or BMing, depends on the situation.
Zap
Very important spell in this deck.
Use it for resetting troops killing tanks, finishing off fireball’s work, or getting rid of pesky troops.
Substitutions
Tips:
- Keep an advantage elixir wise. If you can’t defend then you can’t win.
- Don’t do anything you aren’t sure that will work, Ex. Fireballing without knowing it’ll hit something valuable.
- Defense over offense. As most of these tips will point out, don’t do anything stupid while defending. But defend more than you attack, it’s not hard to do while getting massive damage, just always let them make the first move if you can.
- Keep them guessing, don’t just focus on one tower unless you need to. Make them split have to split damage on you by splitting damage on them.
Matchups:
Giant
Can easily be a matchup you dread to one you love to face, the Giant isn’t the problem, but what’s supporting it is.
Maintain crowd control and you should be fine.
Hog Rider
Kinda like Giant, but Hog is a bit more dangerous. Nado it to King as soon as you can, and keep it off your towers.
Out cycle what you can, outsmart what you can’t, just don’t let them do that to you.
Balloon
Such easiness(what in the…)!
I have not lost to Balloon yet with this deck.
You have multiple counters for air, including one that keeps it off your tower completely. Just make sure you always have enough elixir to defend.
Royal Giant
It’s dead, unless it’s completely maxed out of course.
Depending on their levels and yours, this can be easy or hard to beat.
For RG use Inferno dragon, for Ebarbs or anything else keep Knight in hand or Musketeer
Spell Bait
Go for the tie!
They want you to try any out cycle them and overspend. Don’t make that mistake, tying is perfectly fine.
This doesn’t mean do this every time you can’t win, but you know, just be careful.
Pekka
Main reason for Inferno Dragon, out cycle their Pekka, keep their support low, and your elixir high.
Odds are you can out cycle them and keep the advantage, don’t try to do so though if you’re not sure they can’t counter it.
Golem
I hate Golem, it’s hard to beat.
Keep their support split, and Golem dead.
I suggest keeping their elixir low by making sure they have to defend more than push. In other words, just pray. That’s normally what I do at least…
Gameplan:
3:00-2:30
Play it safe, learn their deck.
I usually start off with a Knight or Musketeer in the back, nothing really more since they usually push more than defend like you.
Try not to show your Hog quite yet, they may not know what you’re using yet.
2:30-1:30
Now start some minor pushes.
You should know their deck, and depending on what all you defended they know yours except your win condition!
Surprise them with Hog when they’re low on elixir, and try and keep them low.
Keep countering pushes from their counter pushes usually always gives you the advantage, and at this point, it’s not too hard to keep.
1:30-0:30
Until x2 Elixir keep the same plan as 2:30-1:30, defend what you can, push when you can, stay cautious.
Once x2 elixir hits now you can be more aggressive.
Overspend on your pushes only slightly, over defend for epic counterpushes, or stay cautious, whatever you’re more comfortable doing.
I normally find over defending to do a major counter push works way better than randomly overspending on offense.
0:30-End
Try and finish off any towers you can.
OT can be a friend or enemy, depends on your elixir advantage, or absence of one, and their deck.
Defend smart, attack smarter, and win easier!
This part of the match is generally the easiest, as they’ve given up, or are just trying to stop you from winning.
And that’s all guys! Hope you enjoyed this guide, as this deck is pretty cool, even though it’s not necessarily special card wise.
Good luck with it, DM me questions on discord if you have any, (.C.#8115) and on that note, hope you enjoyed the guide. Peace!
Woww
First to claim
AND I was at the toilet until I’ve got to post this message
Second to claim
I’m 3rd to claim and I think this deck is good but I’m not sure if tornado is need cause I rather use the tesla
Mostly F2P deck. Even with a mostly easy deck to upgrade, my deck has actually managed to get me to 3600 trophies from Hog Mountain
Problem is, my hog Rider is level 6 along with my Musketeer and Fireball and I can’t upgrade them any more! Plus I don’t have Inferno Dragon and I’m in Legendary Arena!
How is your Hog only Lvl 6?!?!?
My hog is 5 at 4k
But you can probably upgrade it though and you choose not too. As for me it’s already upgrade to as high as I can get it.
I can’t. Donated all to clanmates
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?
Yeahhhhhhh
I DON’T KNOW MAN! I’m a Graveyard user but that doesn’t really explain it.
Any deck recommendation to reach challenger 3? Currently in 4300-4400
Did u see my Mortar Miner Deck bro? Fifth installment in the Hybrid Horrors series!
Uh not a fan of mortar (actually, mortar is my nemesis lol)
Yea mine too. Kinda, it’s a ally and enemy at the same time.
Hog Mega Knight
Tesla log bait?
Claiming third
first reply to fake third claim (look behind u)
I swear that wasn’t there before… maybe I’m just stupid lol
…
the log for zap or zap for the log?
Zap over Log
ARROWS!
log over zap, but if it came down to it, nado.
zap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no im talking about the replacements section it says to replace log for zap or arrows but zap is in the deck not log
I was laughing for like a minute straight after i read the ice spirit explanation XDDDDDDD
It wasn’t THAT funny
Well… i do tend to laugh like I’ve gone crazy so whatever….
Claiming 4th btw and yes a useful guide
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nani?
これはミームです
Kore wa memudesu
lol
Sarree I dont speek Inglish plz tray ugain.
Zis iz a memi
my eyes…
0_0
copypaste
U DO NOT KNOW DA WAE!!!
dead meme
It’s pretty good tho!
It used to be funny, but had a very few ways to use it.
That is the stupidest meme
I’ve heard that so many times…
Say WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
5th
Nice deck/guide! sadly my hog is only lvl 7 and i dont use it ( i face a lot of lvl 9 hogs with insanely over leveled cards) so i stick with mega knight now
i love ice spirit
Is good
So your name is Colby bennett
No it’s Abraham Lincoln
What’s your opinion on the original build for this deck with guards and bats instead of Muskee and Knight?
I don’t think it would be as strong against some decks, considering that knight is still the most well-rounded card in the game. Guards and bats cannot take care of a MK alone, where a knight can. The knight-hog push is VERY powerful, but cannot be fulfilled without a tank. Musketeer can take care of a loon or hound, without being zappable. This forces your opponent to fireball and have less elixir for a push.
Original build hmmm…it’s bad
Well that is currently one of the three most played meta decks alongisde the MK Skelebarrel Gob Bait and the many forms of Goison so it’s pretty good.
I said it’s bad, so therefore it’s bad
lmao
The original one is the quick cycle hog deck with cannon in for nado and goblins/skeletons in for inferno drag. I think this hog deck is based more along those lines despite the inferno dragon. I’m assuming he needed the inferno dragon there to take out overlevelled tanks in ladder.
Who agrees ice spirit is the best card in the game
I agree
Duh
thats why i use it in my decks
Dank- what were ur levels when u got to 4.4k w this deck? Just wondering.
Hi- any deck ideas to get to 4k. PB 3933.
Hog is lvl 8, most legendaries lvl 2 (none lvl 3), rest of rares are lvl 7 or under, poison and loon are only lvl 5 epics. Most commons r lvl 11.
Preferably a cheapish control deck, under 3.5 elixir, with a good tank killer and enough anti-air. 1-2 cycle cards. Containing zap if possible (my only lvl 12 common.)
Any help appreciated, as I really need to get 4k milestone..
It’s 3.6 but will do –
Mk
Balloon
Zap
Arrows
Miner
Inferno d
Bats
Knight
Level 8 Hog is enough to reach 4k, I did it with Lvl 7 rares(including Hog), but as for control deck there’s this one(if played right), xbow, mk hog/loon
oh wow. Well then I shld be getting to 4k lol
You could play the dreaded Hog-Mortar combination, which is still really strong on ladder. No Epics or legendaries and light on the rares so that suits your levels.
Can either go with a zap bait version (bats, goblin gang, minion horde, spear gobs) or Knight-archers for more defensive versatility.
Currently using MK Miner Mortar Zap Bait w/ ID. Got me to 3978. SOooooo cloooooose!!!!!!!!
– Arrows (lvl 11)
– Goblin Barrel (lvl 5)
– Fire spirits (lvl 11)
– Zap (lvl 11)
– Minions (lvl 11)
– Knight (lvl 11)
– Archers (lvl 11)
– Mega Knight (lvl 2)
I love this deck, it got me into 4000 and counting. 3.3 elixir cost.
Use the knight and Mega Knight as distractions for the goblin barrel. They will get killed most of the time, but will certainly chip away lots of HP. Use the mega knight as a defensive card, not offensive. Enough anti-air. No real tank killer, but you could Always change some cards.
sorta like my deck, its
MK lvl 2
Knight lvl 11
Ice spirit lvl 10
minion horde lvl 10
GY lvl 2
Zap lvl 11
Log lvl 1
guards lvl 4
Unfortunately, my barrel is lvl 3…..but nice deck! Might try a variant.
guys should I retry the youtuber challenge? I got 11-3, and I’m so pissed rn.
Highest I went was 8-3, so…
Same
i went 9-3 sadly
You did better than me
If u think u can beat it. It’s not that much of an investment, only 10 gems
I did, I lost cuz time ran out
Anyone tested it?
Could not 🙁
Not in ladder sorry, but played a few matches in the tourney and challenge. 10/3 and number 4. on the tourney.
Thanks ! Pls dont make a guide on my megalooner and ballon cycle . I wish to write them after exams myself. Ps – surg has a ballon exe nado deck
I am so angry with that person who created the mk spam deck
MK Skelebarrel/gob bait deck? Yeh that deck is a boring meta.
Yea I don’t like it
exactly!
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Ik I think you forgot me I am KingG16/11
#NeverForget 😀
I left legend 🙁 But maybe I can join Titan or phantom 😉 How is phantom man ?
Some older members were kicked for inactivity, we changed rules a little bit to increase the amount of new members 😀 Most important names like GoblinKiller or Therapho are still there bro
Ohk:)
Me every time i face that deck (which is a lot) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bd2d9079955996b5495707d5a27aaeb541c476c5924df9d0460adb3a07310b43.gif
Ikr
The one with Skele barrel or MK hog? Btw I hate facing MK with a passion
Skrl barrel spear gobs goblin gang etc
Why is there such a lack of guides?
This was relatively helpful, since I always use Inferno Dragon, but my question is, is this good for arena 7? That’s were I’m currently camped.