Deck talk:Hog Rider Goblin Barrel Deck/@comment-37273847-20181203231151/@comment-34590425-20190104150448

In theory you could, however skarmy is a great defensive card. Especially against tanks (High hp, slow attack with lots of damage)

Replacements:

- Skeletons. Useful for defense, even though it doesn't measure up to skarmy in terms of defensive power. Good for stopping the prince's charge if you just used most of your elixir.

- Goblins. Basically just slightly stronger skellies for one more elixir. Better for offense in combination with hog rider though not as good for defense because of their higher cost.

- Knight. Solid defensive card with nice hp and decent atk that can survive a lot of damage while your tower takes out their troop. Doesn't work nearly as well against tanks (Giant, Giant Skelly, Golem) which makes it a considerable downgrade from skarmy.

- Tombstone. This is probably your best bet for replacing skarmy. The main reason being that it makes the same amount of skeletons (just over time) and if you're using it against a tower targeting troop (Giant, Hog Rider) then the skellies will gather, becoming a skarmy. Obviously, this delay in creating those skeletons is why skarmy is better however, tombstone will work to slow opposing troops down by forcing them to stop moving and attack the skeleton. This strategy doesn't work against tower-targeting troops though it does end up slowing down most cards, including skarmy's nemesis, the valkrie.