Fire Support
Hothog
Hothog guide for Clash Critters with role notes, upgrade priority, best modes, teammate ideas, image sources, wiki facts, and conservative build advice.
Quick Verdict
Hot Pot Feast is the page's main hook
The strongest case appears when nearby allies can use both sustain and attack tempo. Hot Pot Feast gives Hothog its clearest reason to enter a lineup built around healing plus buff support. If the enemy pattern does not change, the control text is not doing enough.
The wiki stat table is sparse, so judge this page by skill behavior and role fit first. Public rarity context is limited here, so the skill text and repeated tests matter more than tier assumptions. The current public data does not place it cleanly inside a full evolution chain.
F2P value: Good when Hothog improves several deployed allies at once; weaker as a lonely bench support.
Best Modes
Good places to test
- Horde Invasion and long fights where repeated healing changes the final board state
- Boss Challenge or Gold Mine Rush attempts where a buffed carry is already protected
- Fire teams that have enough bodies but need better fight quality
Be careful in
- Very short stages where support timing has no chance to matter
- Spread formations where the supported allies cannot benefit consistently
Compare results against the Gold Mine Rush guide, Boss Challenge guide, and Horde Invasion guide.
Best Teammates
Hothog is easiest to judge beside allies that can actually receive its support, rather than isolated lanes that hide the effect.
Use these as comparison partners, then keep the pairing that makes Hothog's listed skill easiest to measure.
Upgrade Priority
Priority: Hothog is a credible support investment when the team already has a carry worth amplifying.
Use the smallest upgrade step that lets Hothog's healing plus buff support show up, then re-test before committing rarer food.
Pause when the next spend only improves a bench copy, when the skill effect disappears in repeat tests, or when the team needs a missing frontline, carry, healer, or support more urgently.
Evolution Trial
Skills
- Hot Pot Feast: Spends HP to hurl skewers, dealing AoE damage based on the HP consumed, while granting allies ATK Boost and a BBQ Shield that deals damage over time. Heals nearby allies when knocked down.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
- Area damage gives Hothog a clear reason to test it against crowded waves.
- Boost text can raise the ceiling of allies that are already doing the main work.
- Its evolution position (standalone or currently unclear evolution position) helps decide whether the unit is a short bridge or a longer project.
Weaknesses
- Area-focused value drops sharply when the fight feeds enemies one at a time.
- Unknown rarity context makes it harder to estimate long-term cost from public data alone.
- Support value falls if placement keeps the right allies outside the useful area or timing.
Common Mistakes
- Reading healing plus buff support as a guaranteed answer before checking the same stage with a comparable Support.
- Ignoring the evolution line and treating a bridge form like a permanent endpoint.
- Expecting control value in stages where enemy movement or timing is not the actual problem.
FAQ
Is Hothog worth building in Clash Critters?
Hothog is worth attention when healing plus buff support is the answer your team is missing. If the stage is asking for a different job, keep it as a comparison pick rather than forcing upgrades.
Is Hothog good for beginners?
Beginners should use Hothog only when its Support job enters the active board. A high-rarity or interesting skill is not enough by itself.
What team should I use with Hothog?
Hothog is easiest to judge beside allies that can actually receive its support, rather than isolated lanes that hide the effect.