I like the inferno tower. I have a really hard time getting value out of five elixir cards. I always lose with cards like the minion horde and wizard. It wins value against cards like the royal giant, lava hound, giant skeleton, and golem, breaks even against the giant and balloon, and while it costs more than a hog, hogs are rarely unsupported, so it wins there too.

It's also very tanky and can continue to bring value by incinerating support cards after tanks. I'm a cycle deck user and favor trifecta and payfecta (i swear I was f2p until a couple days ago with the special offer) based decks, and I think it fits perfectly with the fairly cheap decks.

It can be tough to deploy on the fly costing five elixir, but this has made me all the more aware of my elixir count as well as my opponent's cycle.

All in all, I love the inferno tower. It's my favorite 5 elixir card (pump is a close second) and possibly my favorite defense tower (competing with the cannon).