How to Be at the Top of Your Class

[cartler]

The most important thing to remember is that you don't have to be valedictorian. If you're already struggle with certain subjests in school, don't make them any harder for yourself.

[oneshotstudio]

Poor Emily. She tried her best I guess.

[fatinshadab]

Don't listen to him if you can't handle AP. Colleges don't look for valedictorian, they try to find the most well round student. Take honors or dual credits courses alongside with AP . Balance your work loads

[yeahwelcometotheinternet._]

It's fascinating how I watch these videos when I know I both can't and don't want to be near the level that he teaches, and the place that I live in doesn't even have this grading system like-

[Azozygc]

I like how I watch these videos even though my country's education system is not even a tiny bit similar to this

[_haha__]

RIP Emily's dreams of becoming valedictorian, I guess.

[caseygreyson]

My school took away so much weight from AP and Honors courses. Principal thought that it “wasn’t fair” to the kids not taking those classes…

[leviackerman]

I’m a good student with a great gpa. However I’d rather be 15th in my class and happy and doing other things outside of school than taking 6 ap classes and having nothing else and wanting to kill myself lol

[emilytrost]

as soon to be valedictorian, seeing my name get dropped to 2 hurt

[zeropie]

To become a valdictorian, all you have to do is sacrifice your social life, sacrifice your school years, not being a valedictorian is also telling of how you didnt sacrifice a few years of your life just for a title, i still respect valedictorians, just really weird how people would sacrifice their lives for a title.

[TheMuffinMan]

Mfs in this comment section are really like "imagine throwing away your fun in life for success" like yeah bro that's how success works you gotta work for it 💀

[mahibhatt]

Thank you! As an 8th grader who is going to highschool next semester this is super helpful. Tysm!

[izthistle]

My ADHD brain can’t even begin to comprehend how I come across those shorts

[aprilwang]

Thank you so much for future success! Though I'm from Australia.

[s.o.k.]

As someone who was high school valedictorian, I can tell you that nobody becomes valedictorian with honest hard work and dedication to knowledge. Also it means pretty much nothing and is just a title, and you might not even get it if you sacrifice everything. Focus on what makes you happy.

[Italsik]

Tysm for these information. It sucks I only discover this AFTER graduating hs. Really great to have someone's genuine tip and perspective without all the fake bs of "study hard" etc.

[daydodog]

Me realizing that this video is about highschool:
"Aight Imma head out"

[footvivacious]

Yo thanks for all the content it has really helped me in school.

[ztoko]

The Hog Rider card is unlocked from the Spell Valley (Arena 5). He is a very fast building-targeting, melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and damage. He appears just like his Clash of Clans counterpart; a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy.* His fast move speed can boost forward mini tanks like an Ice Golem in a push. At the same time, he can also function as a tank for lower hitpoint troops such as Goblins as he still has a fair amount of health. Most cheap swarms complement the Hog Rider well, as they are nearly as fast as him and usually force more than one card out of the opponent's hand.
* The Hog Rider struggles with swarms, as they can damage him down and defeat him quickly while obstructing his path. Barbarians in particular can fully counter him without very strict timing on the defender's part, though be wary of spells.
* A Hunter can kill the Hog Rider in 2 hits if placed right on top of it. However, if you place something in front of the Hog Rider, the Hunter's splash will damage the Hog Rider and hit the card in front of it more.
* The Hog Rider in conjunction with the Freeze can surprise the opponent and allow the Hog Rider to deal much more damage than anticipated, especially if the opponent's go-to counter is a swarm, or swarms are their only effective counter to him. Skeletons and Bats will immediately be defeated by the spell, while Spear Goblins, Goblins, and Minions will be at low enough health to be defeated by a follow up Zap or Giant Snowball.
* However, this strategy isn't very effective against buildings as the Hog Rider will take a while to destroy the building, giving the opponent ample time to articulate another counter.Against non-swarm troops, it can deal a lot of damage during the freeze time, but this can allow the opponent to set up a massive counterpush. For this reason, players should either only go for a Hog Rider + Freeze when they have other units backing it up from a counterattack, or if the match is about to end and they need to deal as much damage as possible.
* It is not a good idea to send in a Hog Rider simply to destroy a building, especially if it is the only building targeting unit available, as defeating Crown Towers becomes substantially more difficult. Spells or simply waiting out the lifetime of the building are more effective. The exception to this is anElixir Collector placed in front of the King's Tower. If a Hog Rider placed at the bridge, he can destroy the Collector for a positive Elixir trade, though the damage from both Princess Towers will usually mean he does not survive to deal any damage to them. However, if the opponent sends in defending troops, it can be an opportunity to gain spell damage value.
* In a deck with several low-cost cards, it might be worth it to simply send the Hog Rider against one building. These decks shuffle their card rotation quick enough, that they will arrive to their next Hog Rider before the next building arrives in the opponent's card rotation.
* Long-ranged troops like Musketeer and Flying Machine can snipe those buildings, preserving some of the Hog Rider's health, possibly allowing it to get some Tower damage.
* When there are buildings placed in the middle to counter the Hog Rider, understanding the placement of the Hog Rider and the type of building placed can help the Hog Rider to bypass certain buildings.
* Passive buildings such as spawners and Elixir Collector have a larger hitbox than defensive buildings; which means that if a passive building was placed 3 tiles away from the river in the middle of the opponent's side, then it is impossible for the Hog Rider to bypass that placement as the Hog Rider will get pulled to that building.* Defensive buildings have a smaller hitbox than a passive building, which means if that if a defensive building was placed three tiles away from the river in the middle of the opponent's side, a Hog Rider placed at the very left or right side of the Arena may be able to bypass it due to its smaller hitbox.
* If the player has a building already placed down in the center of the arena, and the opponent tries to bypass it with a Hog Rider at the edge of the arena, they can use certain air troops to push the Hog Rider towards the building as it jumps over the river, effectively denying the bypass attempt. They must be already hovering over the correct placement, as very quick reflexes are required to correctly performthis technique.
* For Bats, Skeleton Dragons, and Minion Horde, they should be placed right in front of the Hog Rider as soon as it is deployed.
* For Minions, Skeleton Barrel, Mega Minion, Flying Machine, Electro Dragon, Baby Dragon, Inferno Dragon, Balloon, and Lava Hound, stagger the above placement one tile to the right if the Hog Rider is placed on the left side of the arena, and vice versa.
* They can also use ground troops to achieve the same result. Something like an Ice Golem deployed at the Hog Rider’s landing spot will obstruct his path and force him to go around the unit, which causes him to be closer to the building instead ofthe Crown Tower.
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* A Tornado placed on the second tile front of the player's King's Tower and staggered two tiles towards the Princess Tower will activate it without any damage dealt to the Princess Tower, helping them in defending future pushes. This can also be a method of mitigating all damage dealt to a Princess Tower, but doing this more than three times may result in the King's Tower's health being low enough to be targeted directly, opening up the possible threat of a back door three crown. A better alternative is to pull the Hog away from the Princess Tower into the attacking range of all three Crown Towers, which will negate all damage as long as none of them are already distracted* A very powerful combo is the Hog Rider, the Musketeer, and the Valkyrie, typically referred to as the Trifecta. The Musketeer will defend against most troops, while the Valkyrie can protect her and the Hog Rider from swarms or high damage units. The Hog Rider is used to deal damage to the tower.
* This can be effectively countered by Lightning, one-shotting the Musketeer and severely damaging both the Valkyrie and Hog Rider. The Minion Horde is also effective, but the enemy can Zap them and the Musketeer will one-shot them all. Even if the Musketeer is defeated, the Hog Rider and Valkyrie will have enough time to severely damage the Tower.
* The Hog Rider should be placed behind theValkyrie to give it a boost so that it stays in front of the Hog Rider, protecting it.
* A Hog Rider combined with a Goblin Barrel can be awkward for the opponent to defend against. Timing it so that the Hog Rider is tanking the tower shots for the Goblins is the most effective way to deal damage. However, a Barbarian Barrel can shut this down with minimal Tower damage for a positive Elixir trade, as long as the Goblin Barrel was placed directly on the Tower.
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* The Hog Rider can be paired with the Lumberjack as both a swarm bait and damage combo. It is a very fast combo with an extremely high damage output potential, so the enemy will likely try to counter itwith a swarm. If this happens, use a spell like Arrows to render the opponent defenseless. If they manage to defeat the Lumberjack, the dropped Rage will make the Hog Rider even more dangerous than it normally is.
* A fast and deadly combination is the Hog Rider and Mini P.E.K.K.A. combo. Both units are fast but the Mini P.E.K.K.A. does much more damage and does not attack only buildings so the Mini P.E.K.K.A. can deal with troops like the Executioner and Musketeer. However, this combo can be defeated with swarms like Skeleton Army, which will defeat both of them since neitherof them can deal area damage. They are also unable to target air troops, so the Minion Horde can stop this easily.
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* The Hog Rider is based on its identical counterpart in Clash of Clans, given that both of them can jump over obstacles that normal ground units are unable to.
* When the Hog Rider is deployed, he will occasionally yell "Hog Riderrrr!"
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* When he is jumping over the river, he cannot be targeted by any ground attacking units. The Log and Earthquake will fail to damage a Hog Rider while he is jumping. Air troops will still attack him, and the Inferno Tower and Inferno Dragon will continue to ramp up their damage...

[xavier]

Very bold of you to assume that I would take the hardest courses