How to defeat War Hog in Mt Magma

This post is significantly outdated. For a more up-to-date guide, with screenshots to demonstrate how to use either fire crush or fire pounds to beat the War Hog, please click here for the 2017 guide.

For <troop member> and anyone else who may get stuck at the War Hog in Mt Magma...

Suggestions collated from the internet. (I haven't tested these myself... War Hog wasn't in the storyline when I went through Mt Magma).

* Max the brainfreeze to reduce the War Hog's snipe. Consider matching the brainfreeze's zodiac to your own to help your other passives activate.

* Water monsters have a 30% bonus against War Hog's fire element

* Have a healer or barrier on your team.

* Match hearts as often as possible during the attacks. Focus on mostly healing while gradually wearing down the War Hog's health.

* Take your healers off of autocast so that you can heal manually after each War Hog snipe. (Click the monster during battle to turn off autocast, then click on it whenever it's charged and you want to activate it. You'll later need to reset the autocast during another battle).

* Use boosters.

* Most popular suggestion: Use 3 Smokeybears (found in Turtle Falls) on your team because they will stun the war hog. Take them off autoactivation so that you can manually stun the war hog with one of these each turn. (Other monsters with stun/pound/crush will have the same benefit as long as they stun fire monsters. One fire crush monster will do the work of the 3 smokeybears by keeping the war hog stunned)