DECK BREAKDOWN
Hog Rider Siege
- Archetype
- Siege
- Average elixir
- 3.5
- Win conditions
- Hog Rider, Mortar
What this deck is
Hog Rider Siege is a siege shell built around Hog Rider, Mortar. It sits at 3.5 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.
- Siege — the tower is attacked from your side of the bridge.
- Spell bait — layered cheap threats that punish a spent small spell.
- Cycle pressure — the same cheap threat returns faster than the answer.
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.
- Swarm-reliant defence: area damage clears the blockers this deck leans on.
- Reset-exposed: the key defensive card is neutralized by a cheap reset.
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.
ValkyrieAnswers Hog Rider, Goblin Gang, Rascals · hits the win condition
ZapAnswers Bats, Goblin Gang, Inferno Dragon
ArrowsAnswers Bats, Goblin Gang, Rascals
KnightAnswers Mortar, Hog Rider · hits the win condition
P.E.K.K.AAnswers Hog Rider · hits the win condition
Dark PrinceAnswers Mortar, Goblin Gang · hits the win condition
CannonAnswers Hog Rider · hits the win condition
TeslaAnswers Hog Rider · 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
- Hog Rider CycleCycle
- Golem BeatdownBeatdown
- Hog Rider CycleCycle
Struggles against
- Lava Hound Air beatdownAir beatdown
- Lava Hound LavaloonLavaloon
- Battle Ram Bridge spamBridge spam
- 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.
Measure this deck against the live meta
The Deck Lab scores it with the win-chance model, and can search single-card swaps that raise its win rate.
Open in the Deck LabQuestions about this deck
- What counters Hog Rider Siege?
- Valkyrie, Zap, Arrows are the strongest answers — the interactions that take away the most of this deck's plan.
- What archetype is Hog Rider Siege?
- It is a siege deck at 3.5 average elixir, winning through Hog Rider, Mortar.
- Is Hog Rider Siege good for ladder?
- It appears in the most-played panel of Ultimate 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 thg 7, 2026.