J-Rex64 wrote:
let me assure you that they are very stoppable. i use the healer giant stratagy as my army and even two healers on a group of 15 gaints can fail. the healer can get distracted, the giants can go to the wrong defenses, an unexpected archer tower of hidden tesla can take out the healer. i for one believe that the hog rider stratagy will work better because there is no room for AI error because of the healing spells, there will be little in the hog rider's way because they jump over walls, they do more attack than a giant so you will need less of them to one shot some defenses. i am only one day away from hog riders, so i will see for myself soon.
And you later commented that your first hog rider raid did fare to well. Well thats the problem, I suppose. With giants, they have plenty of hitpoints, and if you are using 3 level 4 healers like i am, I keep one always in case of an AI error, or whatever you call it. Typically healers will heal the closest troop with the least percentage of health. With hogriders, their low hitpoints can spell their demise, as reaction time needs to be a lot quicker to send in a healing spell.
Also, hog rider raids are fairly expensive at a lower level like yourself, who has just unlocked them. Healing spells only work so long, and for the hogs to be effective on a level 80+ base! you'll need to keep those hogs health up until at least 60% of the defenses are gone.
Giants are tanks, however and can be used in a group of 12-15 to be effective, or more if you like. 3 healers and the giants also work as a meat shield. Hog riders are not meat shield whatsoever. An effective meat shield, will keep the defenses focused on it, as defenses will always stay on the same target until it is dead or out of range.
Hog riders are op if they are at level 4-5 and used with max level healing spells to counter the damage from defenses.
Me, ive spent my DE getting my minions to level 4, soon 5, and the Archer queen, which I find an excellent defense, to level 10 and the barb king also. I find the heroes a great investment of DE as they are immortal, and as I said the Archer queen is one of the best defenses.