How to get BeastMaster Hogan

BeastMaster Hogan is a hero rework available to all players.

## Requirements

1. buy Hogan - costs 1500 gems
2. beat World 7, map 210
3. pay 1000 gems to convert Hogan to BeastMaster form
4. (optional) now you could awaken Hogan past R6 to his R7

That's all folks!:-P

You don't even have to do the legendary modes, nor 3-star the maps, just like a normal hero unlock.

Seriously, that's all - i.e., there are no special maps to play through, very unlike Necro-Connie's conversion. Although like her, anytime you'd use Hogan - in any battle, even Daily Trial - you would now have BM Hogan instead of Old-Hogan.

SPECIAL NOTE (TEMPORARY! hopefully?): using BM Hogan in battle crashes many people's games - mainly IOS. This has been noted both in RS and in tournaments. It's cause is unknown, nor have we been told by the developers when to expect a fix, or even an acknowledgement that it is broken. (Not yet listed in Known bugs - there are so many that we can't keep up with even listing them all!)

## Process

### Before map 210

* When you get to W7 you'll see his area as a red dot, just before map 210:

* Which if you click it will say:

### After map 210

* Immediately after beating map 210, if you do NOT have Hogan you will see this message:

* While if you DO have Hogan, you will see instead:

* Now, the red dot changes to an axe:

* and the message (when you click it) changes to say:

### Choosing to upgrade

* Clicking the Upgrade button will ask for confirmation to spend the gems:

* Whereupon you will get this message:

* As a bonus, you will receive some gems back, from completing the related achievement!:-)

## Q&A Advice

### Q: I have Hogan - but should I spend the 1000 gems?

A: UNQUESTIONABLY YES.

In tournaments, Hogan has some slight uses especially on his week at R5 (where he gains lifesteal) and outside of that at his R6 (increases strength of summons, perhaps on Connie's week) - though BeastMaster form is so much stronger than his old form that in most leagues even a R3 BeastMaster Hogan can beat a R6 Old-Hogan. If you want anything at all from Hogan, you should convert him to BM form. His strength comes from his new BM form where Bacon now ground fliers and slows ground enemies when engaged with enemies. This makes BM Hogan a viable option outside of his blessed week.

### Q: even with the crashes?

A: Sucks to be you, but so long as others can post a score with him, they'll win out over Old-Hogan, so...worth it anyway?

### Q: I have the Meta, but do NOT have Hogan - should I do all this?

A: Yes!

He has supremely awesome anti-air abilities, and is expected to become part of the Meta very soon as more people get him. Cyra and possibly Elara could be alternatives for specific situations, but BM Hogan likely will be useful more often.

### Q: I do not yet have access to W7 - should I get Hogan anyway?

A: No...yes? Definitely No. Or...Yes?

He will not do much for you in the short term - but in preparation for when you DO get to world 7, you could start working on him sooner? Most helpfully, you could put otherwise useless awakenings into him, purely to aid you in unlocking later worlds. In W6 you want to focus on Raida and Koi, but in W5 you could stop working on the likes of Fee and Lancelot to R4-5 and put those awakenings into him instead, as a long-term benefit for when you reach W7. Or prioritize your short-term instead and do things like awaken Necro-Connie to R6, and buy more heroes that can help on other weeks (e.g., Helios). Anyway, preparing for BM Hogan beforehand is a valid option at least, so it's up to personal preference if that kind of tradeoff of long-term over short-term benefits works for you.

### Q: Do I need his R7?

A: Not really - maybe for a GM, but definitely he's worthwhile outside of his week to slow fliers even below that rank. Quite frankly, Hogan can be dead all the time and still be useful now - it's really all about Bacon rather than him, and even there, it's kinda the jetpack that made him special...:-P (joking aside: it's the boar, the flying pig, and the talents that they offer that makes BM Hogan useful, especially outside of his week)

He's not like Fee or Lancelot who need their R7 to have any use outside of their blessed weeks, and is rather more like Yan and Narlax who can be useful at lower ranks, not for damage but for the other abilities that they offer.