A dependable Hog Rider army for Town Hall 10 is Queen Charge Hybrid: the Archer Queen and Healers remove key defenses and create a path, then Miners and Hog Riders enter together as the main wave. It is not a guaranteed three-star formula. The best composition depends on the base, the level of your troops and heroes, clan-castle support and how well you control the Queen. But Hybrid is a sound TH10 option because its troop spaces, spell spaces and Clan Castle request can be verified as a complete, legal army rather than a vague list of favorite units.
A current TH10 army reference lists 240 camp spaces, 11 spell spaces and 35 Clan Castle troop spaces. Its Queen Charge Hybrid setup uses four Healers, eighteen Miners, fourteen Hog Riders and three Wall Breakers for exactly 240 spaces. It pairs three Healing Spells, two Rage Spells and one Freeze Spell for 11 spell spaces. The suggested Clan Castle holds five Miners and one Hog Rider, filling 35 spaces. Check the training screen and Clan Castle request screen in your own game before attacking, since donation and troop-level rules can affect what arrives.
The verified TH10 Hybrid army
- 4 Healers: keep the Archer Queen alive during the opening charge.
- 18 Miners: make up one half of the main ground wave.
- 14 Hog Riders: move through defenses with the Miners.
- 3 Wall Breakers: aim to give the Queen a controlled entry rather than letting her walk around the outside.
- 3 Healing Spells: sustain the Hybrid wave through concentrated damage.
- 2 Rage Spells: support the Queen charge when it meets heavy resistance or needs faster damage.
- 1 Freeze Spell: reserve it for a dangerous moment, not a routine opening.
- Clan Castle: five Miners and one Hog Rider fill the listed 35-space capacity.
This is a complete composition, not a substitute for scouting. The numbers account for the available TH10 camp and spell capacity, but they do not decide where the Queen should start or when the main wave should enter. Those decisions belong to the base in front of you.
Why combine Miners and Hog Riders
Hog Riders target defenses and move across walls, while Miners travel underground between targets. Together they create pressure through a base once the opening has removed key obstacles. The point is not to release every troop at once and hope the spells repair a bad route. The Queen charge should remove a meaningful part of the base first: an enemy hero, Clan Castle troops, a high-damage defense, a difficult compartment or a route that would split the main wave.
Choose the Queen entry before choosing the first troop
Start the attack by studying the base, not by immediately dropping a Healer. Look for a compartment the Queen can enter with a small Wall Breaker investment and a clear target list. A strong entry removes several functions at once. For example, it may take the defending Clan Castle, enemy Archer Queen and a portion of the core defenses. A weak entry only clears collectors or sends the Queen around the edge while the dangerous defenses remain for the Hybrid wave.
Place the Queen where she will engage the intended defenses. Add Healers after confirming that she is taking the route you expect. Use a Wall Breaker only when the outer defense path is clear enough that it will reach its target. If a wall opening fails, reassess rather than sending all remaining Wall Breakers into the same fire.
Use Rage Spells for the charge, not for decoration
Rage Spells have a purpose in this composition: keeping the Queen’s attack and recovery strong when she faces high incoming damage or needs to clear an important target before the next compartment. Do not use Rage merely because the Queen has crossed the first wall. Wait until the spell changes a difficult interaction, such as a sustained defense cluster, a defending hero or a moment when the Healers need support.
Watch the Queen’s health, the Healers’ safety and the time remaining. A successful Queen charge does not have to clear half the village. It has to remove enough value that the Hybrid wave has a clean route and does not meet every major defense at once.
Deploy the Hybrid wave as one route
After the Queen has shaped the base, place Miners and Hog Riders over a planned side of the remaining defenses. The goal is to create a wide but connected wave that moves through defensive targets, not two isolated groups that wander around different edges. Deploy a few units first to establish the direction, then feed the bulk along the same line. Watch whether the troops are converging toward the core or drifting toward outside defenses.
The Clan Castle Miners and Hog Rider belong in the main wave when their extra mass helps it cross the most dangerous section. Keep them back if releasing them early would cause the group to split or run into an unprepared defense. The request is useful because it completes the housing space, but it is not an automatic opening play.
Place Healing Spells ahead of damage
Healing Spells are most useful when the main wave is about to enter a concentrated damage zone. Place them in front of the troops’ path rather than waiting until the whole group has already passed the danger. A Heal that catches only a few trailing units gives less value than one placed where Miners and Hog Riders will spend several seconds under fire.
Do not stack every Heal in the first compartment. Hold spells for later pathing. The remaining defenses may be more dangerous than the opening, especially if the army crosses a dense core or turns toward an untouched group of defenses. The timing comes from watching the route, not from a fixed timestamp.
Save Freeze for a real emergency
Freeze is the flexible spell in this army. Keep it until you can name the threat it solves: a high-damage defense that is about to erase the wave, a key defensive cluster that needs a short pause, or a moment that lets the Queen finish a critical target. Casting it early for a small convenience removes your only emergency timing tool.
Do not assume any one defense setting has the same answer on every base. Supercell’s balance notes show that TH10 defenses and troop values have changed over time. Read the base layout, test the timing in friendly challenges when possible and make the Freeze decision from the attack rather than an old video.
Common failure points
- Queen walks outside: the opening did not establish a funnel or a useful wall entry.
- Wall Breakers fail: clear the path and send them deliberately instead of bunching them into damage.
- Main wave splits: deploy across one planned route, not every available edge.
- Heals arrive late: place them where the wave is going, not where it has already collapsed.
- Spells are exhausted early: reserve Freeze and at least one Heal for the second half of the base.
- Clan Castle is ignored: plan when its troops reinforce the same route rather than treating them as bonus cleanup.
How to practice the army
Use friendly challenges before a war attack. On the first attempt, focus only on the Queen entry: did she remove the targets you intended and stay on route? On the next attempt, watch the Hybrid path: did Miners and Hog Riders travel together? Then review spell placement. Changing one decision at a time teaches more than replacing the entire army after one failed attack.
Upgrade the core offensive pieces before expecting the composition to perform as shown in an example. Higher-level enemy bases, rushed heroes, weak Healers or underleveled Hogs change the outcome. The army is a route-and-timing exercise, not a way to overcome every level mismatch.
Queen Charge Hybrid with four Healers, eighteen Miners, fourteen Hog Riders and three Wall Breakers is a fully accounted TH10 Hog Rider army. Its three Heals, two Rages and Freeze give it the tools to sustain a planned defense-targeting wave. Scout the base, get real value from the Queen charge and place spells ahead of the route. Those decisions matter more than calling any Hog Rider army the best in every matchup.