Why Is Hog Rider So Balanced In Clash Royale?

The Hog Rider has only received 3 balance changes in Clash Royale history, which is hardly any for a Day 1 card. Despite the lack of changes, it's in a pretty healthy spot, as it almost always has been. This is very rare, even for balanced cards. This video will go over the meta shifts and history that has allowed the hog rider to stay relevant and healthy for six years without a change.

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[flre]

The history of hog is basically like "Oh shit a new card is broken, throw it in a hog deck"

[danielsolyarikov]

I remember the sale that allowed you to get 300 of them for only £2. Truly the moment of all the Clash Royale history

[jamesflameson]

It's worth mentioning that with the release of Little Prince people have started substituting the musketeer to make a Hog 2.5 deck.

[Diveraaa]

Hogrider is actually a W card, it's easy to counter if it's not on the tower yet. BUT if it is connected on the tower it's hard to kill

[biguzivertt]

my issue with big rider is the enormous amount of support troops that they have released over the years that make hog so frustrating. this last summer was the worst if ur with evo firecracker taking 0skill

[gabriel_]

You should make a video about the skeleton troop and how it is balanced even inside a lot of cards

[IsTheMeep]

The main problem with hog is that the only way to easily counter Hog is with a building, which Cr doesn’t really like buildings. If you don’t use buildings the odds are going to get at least one hog hit for each hog rider, unless you have perfect placement or spend too much elixir (assuming there is nothing with the hog)

[notthisguy_]

Gratz never fails to fill my kids with joy

[ParkorStillIsPirate-evsk]

I found your channel cause my kids recommend this channel to me and they say they love your work. My kids say you fill them with joy glad they enjoy your channel

[kuroshiba]

I still use my 2017 Hog Rider deck every now and then when I hop back into the game. It looks exactly like a deck made by a 14 year old would look like, 4 legendaries with no sinergy and a Bowler to counter hut decks.

[jackmeikle]

Just wanted to say at 25:20 the firecracker “buff” was actually a nerf, increasing its first attack speed.
There was a weird interaction where it would occasionally get a hit at 1HP and sometime wouldn’t. So that random chance was eliminated

[gabrielrangel]

Hog Rider is like the Knight, it's a "1" of the balancing system, everything is balanced around it

[AlessandroPioltelli]

I’m interested in a video on the Elixir golem
Although it’s pretty new, it’s been changed and reworked a bunch
I also wouldn’t mind one on mortar!

[gaidencastro]

Skarmy has to have one of the crazier balance histories.

[Joseph-chcl]

Only real problem I have with the card itself is how tanky it feels when it's over leveled since it's speed lets it take advantage of the higher health and damage very effectively

[mjuy]

Gratz, gotta say I found your channel recently and it has become one of my favorites. Despite CR not being as popular, your videos draw me in and keep me interested. The research, editing, and story telling is amazing. Keep it up!!!

[asrieldreemurr]

i am so happy to see the history of the hog rider! i was so curious about it!

[A.mcg.]

It's simply just the definition of a win condition. It attacks buildings and is a ground troop with no real special quirks. So it's insanely easy to use in any deck and to also be countered, its like a 'rock paper scissors' card if you get me so thats why it will always be balanced.

[lucasrubens]

Makes the history of Zap too, it was previously considered one of the most broken cards and there was also a lot of balancing changes on the card

[meekgreek]

a video with tornado and all the troops that pair so well with it and tower activation would be cool