How to counter Royal Hogs
Based on 36,003 Path of Legends games from the best players worldwide and in France, over the last 7 days. Last game collected 16 min. ago. Methodology

Measured on real matchups: for every card, the win rate of the players who had it in hand against Royal Hogs.
The best answer to Royal Hogs right now is Spirit Empress: the players who had it win 70.8% of their games against this card, over 120 matchups. Next come Skeleton Dragons, Night Witch, Lava Hound.
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The best cards against Royal Hogs
- 1
Spirit Empress12070.8% - 2
Skeleton Dragons18961.9% - 3
Night Witch29460.5% - 4
Lava Hound19260.9% - 5
Skeleton King15260.5% - 6
Goblin Cage28959.2% - 7
Golem39758.4% - 8
Flying Machine20358.6%
The decks that beat it most
- Copy
1.Ram Rider 4.1
4.111 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 81.3%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 32
- Copy
2.Lava Hound 4.0
4.013 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 78.6%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 28
- Copy
3.Golem 3.8
3.810 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 70.8%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 48
- Copy
4.Lava Hound 4.1
4.112 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 91.7%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 12
- Copy
5.Royal Hogs 3.8
3.810 cyclesimilar decks
- Win rate
- 70.0%
- Usage
- 0.00%
- Games
- 40
What Royal Hogs beats easily
Avoid these on the other side: they lose most often against Royal Hogs.
- 1
X-Bow14529.0% - 2
Mighty Miner17630.7% - 3
Inferno Tower23135.1% - 4
Skeleton Barrel18935.4% - 5
Rocket28237.2% - 6
The Log1,01438.9% - 7
Archers28738.3% - 8
Suspicious Bush8435.7%
Playing Royal Hogs
Want to play it instead? Its stats, best decks and synergies are on its card page.
See the Royal Hogs card pageFrequently asked questions
- What is the best card against Royal Hogs?
- Spirit Empress, with 70.8% wins for the players who had it against Royal Hogs in top games over the last 7 days. Careful: this is a full-game win rate, not a guarantee that the trade goes your way every time.
- How are these counters calculated?
- We look at every Path of Legends game from the best players where the opponent was running Royal Hogs, and measure the win rate of each card on the other side. No opinions, only results.
- Why does a card that doesn't directly counter it show up?
- Because a game isn't decided by a single trade. A card can rank high because the decks that play it are simply better against that kind of strategy.