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3.6% of metaOpen deck file
Hog Rider
Balance data: July 2026 (Season 85 — Ronin counter pass) · Updated Aug 2, 2026
Hog Rider is a 4-elixir Rare Troop in Clash Royale, played in 13.8% 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
- 13.8%
- Win rate
- 55.4%
Share of ranked-meta decks in our live popular panel that run this card. Win rate across 2,182 analyzed ladder battles played with this card.
Best Hog Rider decks
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The most-played ranked decks in the live meta panel featuring this card.
What counters Hog Rider
- P.E.K.K.AHard counter
- CannonHard counter
- TeslaHard counter
- Bomb TowerHard counter
- Mini P.E.K.K.AHard counter
- Goblin CageHard counter
- TombstoneSolid counter
- Inferno TowerSolid counter
- Skeleton ArmySolid counter
- FishermanSolid counter
- BarbariansSolid counter
- TornadoSolid counter — King tower activation
- Mighty MinerSolid counter
- ValkyrieSolid counter
- GuardsSolid counter
- Royal RecruitsSolid counter
- KnightSoft counter
- Golden KnightSoft counter
- MonkSoft counter
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
No curated counter interactions on file for this card.
Best synergies
- Firecracker31% of its decks
- Mighty Miner23% of its decks
- Earthquake25% of its decks
- Ice Golem34% of its decks
- Musketeer36% of its decks
- Boss Bandit5% of its decks
- Cannon46% of its decks
- Executioner19% of its decks
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 3.6% of the live meta panel.
- What counters Hog Rider in Clash Royale?
- The strongest curated counters to Hog Rider are P.E.K.K.A, Cannon, Tesla, Bomb Tower.
- What cards go well with Hog Rider?
- In the current ranked meta Hog Rider is played most often alongside Firecracker, Mighty Miner, Earthquake, Ice Golem.
- How popular is Hog Rider right now?
- Hog Rider appears in 13.8% of ranked meta decks in our live popular panel.
- What is the win rate of Hog Rider?
- Decks running Hog Rider win 55.4% of the 2,182 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.