Talk:Hog Rider/@comment-33560940-20171105044449

seriously people?! What's with all the hog hate? What's up with everyone wanting it go get nerfed, and some even wanting the hog to get killed?!?!

I have a mixed opinion on the hog; it all depends on how you or your opponent use him. There are the "newb" opponents who are just set on repeat. Beating such people is easy, as you always know what they are going to do -_-. Then there are the good/pro players who constantly switch up their strategy, pay attention to what cards you have and try to take you by surprise. In such matchup, the smartest one will win. Because, for example, if you have a cannon in your deck, your opponent may try to bait it. And if he suceeds, the hog will WRECK you. But if you outsmart your opponent and counter his "bait" with something else, you will have your cannon hot and ready for his hog, and his hog will be more useless than the 1 elixir Ledoots.

For example, my main counter for hog is tornado. I use it to activate the king first, then pull the hog into the kill zone. That's it.

I don't think that the hog itself needs a nerf, I rather share the same opinion as smarty: it's better to buff counters to hog rider. But I'll be honest: just the presance of cannon makes him almost useless (unless you're running a cycle deck that can cycle back to hog before your opponent cycles back to his cannon)