Love this video. hog rider into the golem to force out bad support troops because good ones would have been killed by the firecracker was op. Ur micro is really good, and I love how patient u are with ur hog rider. Ian just throws his hog down for fun and pulls off a magic defense only he can execute, so It is nice seeing someone that is a little bit closer to my level. 😍
You can use guards but I would definitly use the ice spirit. Snowball doesn't really replace it. I would probably also use goblins or skeletons over guards but you can use them if you have them leveled up.
In single elixir at 0:52 it is more punishing to go hog opposite lane. Since I wasn't down elixir when the oppoent went Sparky in the back it is a good play to make since he will have less elixir to support the Sparky. At 2:12 he Sparky same lane and I don't really want to change lane this late in the game since I have so much damage already in the left so I decided to just fully defend since I am already up damage. It is up to him to try and breakthrough otherwise I will win. Also defence with lp is a bit tricky and you need to use lp + ability and a bunch of other stuff that is expensive so it is just way too risky for way too little reward to go opposite lane to a full hp tower. He can just ignore the hog damage and even it up and I'll have a tough time defending. I hope this helps :)