DECK BREAKDOWN
Royal Hogs Cycle
- Archetype
- Cycle
- Average elixir
- 2.9
- Win conditions
- Royal Hogs
What this deck is
Royal Hogs Cycle is a cycle shell built around Royal Hogs. It sits at 2.9 elixir, which sets how often you can repeat its pressure and how much you can afford to defend before answering back.
How it wins
The pressure this deck applies, strongest angle first.
- Cycle pressure — the same cheap threat returns faster than the answer.
- Split-lane — both lanes threatened at once to stretch defensive elixir.
Where it breaks
Structural weak points read off the deck's own shell, not off a single matchup.
- Thin anti-air: air win conditions get value before an answer lands.
- One-dimensional: answer the single win condition and the deck runs out of plans.
- Swarm-reliant defence: area damage clears the blockers this deck leans on.
Cards that counter this deck
Curated card interactions, ranked by how much of this deck's plan they take away. Counters on a win condition weigh heaviest.
FireballAnswers Royal Hogs, Archer Queen · hits the win condition
Bomb TowerAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
ValkyrieAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
Dark PrinceAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
Mega KnightAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
Mother WitchAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
BowlerAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
ExecutionerAnswers Royal Hogs · hits the win condition
Matchups
Structural read from the archetype engine: which side's game plan the other cannot answer. It measures shells, not card levels or piloting.
Favoured into
- Goblin Barrel BaitBait
- Goblin Barrel BaitBait
- Goblin Barrel BaitBait
- Rocket MidrangeMidrange
Struggles against
- Lava Hound LavaloonLavaloon
- Lava Hound Air beatdownAir beatdown
- Electro Giant BeatdownBeatdown
- Lava Hound Air beatdownAir beatdown
Where this deck is played
Brackets where this deck shows up in the most-played panel, with its usage share of that bracket.
- Ultimate Champion1.44% of play · #9 most played
- Master 20.96% of play · #4 most played
- Champion0.83% of play · #6 most played
- 14,000+ trophies0.77% of play · #3 most played
- Master 30.72% of play · #7 most played
- Grand Champion0.69% of play · #38 most played
- Royal Champion0.69% of play · #39 most played
- Master 10.63% of play · #4 most played
- 9,000–11,999 trophies0.37% of play · #4 most played
- 12,000–13,999 trophies0.09% of play · #250 most played
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Open in the Deck LabQuestions about this deck
- What counters Royal Hogs Cycle?
- Fireball, Bomb Tower, Valkyrie are the strongest answers — the interactions that take away the most of this deck's plan.
- What archetype is Royal Hogs Cycle?
- It is a cycle deck at 2.9 average elixir, winning through Royal Hogs.
- Is Royal Hogs Cycle good for ladder?
- It appears in the most-played panel of Ultimate Champion, Master 2, Champion, so it is a real ladder deck in those brackets rather than a theoretical build.
Interaction data: patch July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass). Usage data: meta panel 3ab3d279e96c8aed, built 29 lip 2026.