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2.8% of metaOpen deck page
Hog Rider
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 27, 2026
Hog Rider is a 4-elixir Rare Troop in Clash Royale, played in 13.9% of ranked meta decks. Below: the best Hog Rider decks right now, what counters Hog Rider, what Hog Rider beats, and the cards it pairs with most.
Usage shares and “best decks” below rank live ladder play rate for Hog Rider, not win-chance model scores. To score a full 8-card list with the machine-learning model and search automatic upgrades, open the Deck Lab. Open the Deck Lab
Card stats
- Elixir
- 4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Type
- Troop
- Meta usage
- 13.9%
- Win rate
- 43.4%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 935 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Where this card is played
- Master 127.76% · #3 of 122 cards
- Champion25.17% · #3 of 122 cards
- 12,000–13,999 trophies23.22% · #6 of 122 cards
- 9,000–11,999 trophies22.97% · #8 of 122 cards
- 14,000+ trophies19.20% · #5 of 122 cards
- 7,000–8,999 trophies17.61% · #10 of 122 cards
- 5,000–6,999 trophies14.08% · #20 of 122 cards
- Ultimate Champion11.46% · #13 of 122 cards
Share of each bracket's own meta panel, from that bracket's snapshot rather than a slice of one ladder-wide average. Open a bracket for its best decks.
Best Hog Rider decks
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1.1% of metaOpen deck page
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0.7% of metaOpen deck page
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0.3% of metaOpen deck page
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0.1% of metaOpen deck page
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The most-played ranked decks in the live meta panel featuring this card.
What counters Hog Rider
- CannonVerifiedHard counter — building pulls it off-target
- P.E.K.K.AVerifiedHard counter
- Mini P.E.K.K.AVerifiedHard counter
- TeslaVerifiedHard counter — building pulls it off-target
- Bomb TowerVerifiedHard counter — building pulls it off-target
- Goblin CageVerifiedHard counter — building pulls it off-target
- Skeleton ArmyVerifiedSolid counter — swarm surrounds it
- TombstoneVerifiedSolid counter — building pulls it off-target
Strength comes from our curated interaction table — a hard counter shuts the card down outright, a soft counter only trades favourably.
What Hog Rider counters
This card is a threat rather than an answer — it carries no defensive role the engine can point at anything.
Best synergies
- Earthquake25% of its decks×5.8 vs chance
- Mighty Miner19% of its decks×5.5 vs chance
- Firecracker30% of its decks×4.8 vs chance
- Boss Bandit4% of its decks×4.7 vs chance
- Ice Golem29% of its decks×3.6 vs chance
- Cannon49% of its decks×3.6 vs chance
- Musketeer34% of its decks×3.3 vs chance
- Ice Spirit35% of its decks×3.1 vs chance
Cards played alongside Hog Rider far more often than chance in the current ranked meta.
Quick answers
- What is the best deck with Hog Rider?
- The most-played ranked deck featuring Hog Rider right now is Cannon, Fireball, Hog Rider, Ice Golem, Ice Spirit, Musketeer, Skeletons, The Log, at 2.8% of the live meta panel.
- What counters Hog Rider in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Hog Rider are Cannon, P.E.K.K.A, Mini P.E.K.K.A, Tesla.
- What cards go well with Hog Rider?
- In the current ranked meta Hog Rider is played most often alongside Earthquake, Mighty Miner, Firecracker, Boss Bandit.
- How popular is Hog Rider right now?
- Hog Rider appears in 13.9% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Hog Rider?
- Decks running Hog Rider win 43.4% of the 935 ladder battles we analyzed in the current window.
Cards like Hog Rider
Same role and a close elixir cost — the usual swaps when Hog Rider does not fit the deck.