So when I started playing Witcher 3 I payed no attention to Gwent but one I played I can't tell you how fast I didn't give a fuck about the open world mini game lol
Todd Dallinger I think it is random. If you really want him I guess you could paly against someone who has the card in his deck. Save your game before the gwent game starts and reload if you don't get him. there are also some tutorials on how to get the card. I still don't have Gerlat in my deck and the Spy that has only 1 Attack Point.
I’m on my first playthrough. I have ignored Gwent for now because the story has me ravenous to see it so I’m impatient. Now that I have seen this video, I’m definitely going to play Gwent. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video 😸 Proper Bird indeed...🥴
I think I will never stop loving this gem. Just finished all the main stories again yesterday, maybe I'll bother with a full gwent collection for the first time before starting a new game.
Here is a final tip to those who play trading card games in general: Always shorten your deck to as low as allowed. This allows you to have a greater chance of getting what you need whenever you draw.
This is better for Northern Realms or Nilfgaardian. For Scoi'atel and Monsters, because of their muster cards, it's sometimes better to have a bigger deck to avoid bleeding your own hand if you end up having multiple muster cards of the same type in your hand at a time.
@The Mine But Monster decks are so fun with them muster cards left and right :( Imo, Scoi'tael is the worst deck. Nilfgaard is the second worst (spies are way too strong, ability too situational, nothing that impressive or unique about Nilfgaard specific cards), Monster is my favorite but inarguably Northern Realms is the best deck, so Monster is second. The thing with Monster deck is, just bring Decoys and turn their Spies against them, and bring 3 Clear Weathers so you have a high chance of rolling one of them at least (or just rely on drawing hero cards). I've had the most fun with the Monster deck.
Master Blaster Lol a maxed out Nilfgaard is straight up broken. If you have all the hero cards, spies and full impera brigade row, you’ll win. Make sure to keep it a 22 cards. You’ll almost always pull one spy, which in turn draws all the other spies. Got a high score of 274 with that one. It’s more reliable than monsters and social tael imo.
@@masterblaster2678 The spies for the nilfgaard deck are much more balanced than northern realms, but they are still extremely broken, especially when decoys are being used. Most late game players use 3 decoys in their deck to try and discourage the use of spies, but by using decoys of your own in conjunction with personal spies, you can draw your entire deck without committing anytime important to the board. Also, spies and decoys in this game buy you turns which can easily break an opponent's win condition if they don't have the same amount of cards in hand as you do. Just because you give an enemy 21 (if I remember correctly) power doesn't mean you don't have much more in hand
I must object with the Northern Realms leader/ Foltest the Siegemaster I found was the strongest of them all it's a free buff to all siege cards and, if you're like me and have a shit ton of siege cards, is invaluable in many games
I disagree I found the clear skies leader ability to be easily the strongest. You don't need the siege master ability as you should be running 2-3 commanders horns anyway. Being able to counter your opponents weather whenever you need without clogging your hand with useless extra cards is much more valuable. Though my end game deck only had the catapults + medic as siege units.
Gwent is a hell of a lot of fun, but if you don't have enough Spies, Medics, and Decoys it's pretty tough to win. Or maybe I'm just a dum dum. EDIT: Just for reference, I didn't play at all during my first play through of the game, so I hardly have any decent cards. BibleThump.
I would argue medics and decoys are unnecessary, at least to the excess you need spies. To me the thing that has bailed me out has been power amplifier cards such commander horn and leader abilities.
It's funny the hardest part of the game is finding playing cards so you can gradually beat people in a mini game. Because the opposing decks are either trash - or totally full of special ability units.
I'm downloading this game right now and I've been watching a bunch of Gwent tutorials because I've realized the importance of it in the game. I play Magic the Gathering and it's very similar so I understand how to play but I must say you have had the best tutorial by far. Props.
This is by FAR the best Witcher 3 Gwent tutorial I have seen on TH-cam. Was looking for some clarification on stuff for when I try to play with friends using my IRL cards and this is immaculated scripted, structured, voiced & edited. Please have my +1 as it was the kind of video I was sorely searching TH-cam for.
B L Nilfgaard and North are the best, followed by Skellige. Scoiatel has no spies, no tight bonds, and it’s only advantage is being able to somtimes avoid weather.
Just going through my first playthrough I'm 70 hrs in and still a way to go to travel to skellige. Level 20 now but I'm so immersed in this game time doesn't even matter 😊 steady as she goes.
When I first started W3 I was so irritated with Gwent and felt so stupid for not being able to grasp the rules. When I finally buckled down and got into it I found myself getting wayyyyy too distracted by it. Seriously, I was seeking out every in keep, merchant, etc just to play and win more cards. I am still learning cool strategies to this day and I honestly think W3 wouldn't have been the same without it now. Very well implemented
16:19 you can also use it to lower the total combat score of units with tight bond by taking one off the board, if you are expecting a scorch this can prevent the opponent from using it if it means they now have the strongest unit.
Best witcher 3 gwent video anywhere and that's saying something since I've played for a good long while and never did understand the game on the 1st play through hell even second play through I won maybe 2 or 3 games total
Northern realms deck with calling horn and foltest as your leader card with a bunch of siege weapons. Never lose on hard. Pass the first round or use your spy card then pass, then use other cards to win the second round, (opponent will probably pass this round so don't use your best cards yet) then for the final round use all your siege cards with foltest and heroes. Literally my strategy every game
Thumbs UP!!! I've been getting into the gwent game in my past 25 hours of play and got a decent handle on it, but this helped me tremendously. Thanks, this is my go to tutorial.
This is a great guide and I only really watched it to see what you said about it :) I would probably add that once you have enough cards to do it, take out the small cards with no abilities on them so you have more chance of drawing the better cards. I only ever lost a couple of games using northern realms and the lose first round strategy (most of the time the game passes second round). I used Foltest the Siege Master hero card and took out all the non siege unit from my deck except for spies, the blue stripes, the reavers, the dragon, and heroes ofc. I also only used 2 decoys, 1 scorch (often had it unused because my cards were better), 2 commanders horns and dandelion and then Gaunter (although the ranged not pulling the siege one from deck sucks) and Ogird when i got Heart of Stone.
This is very well scripted, thought out and superbly presented tutorial. After watching this, I rarely loose a game and even developed a slight addiction. :)
Only decent guide on youtube. I started winning by using the clear weather foltest leader and throwing all weather cards out of my deck. The best fraction to use weather cards against is the monster deck, but I usually bait them into playing everything they got with spies. This is on death march settings, not sure if it works the same on all difficulties. Thanks for the guide. Let me sub you.
I felt like that to at first not knowing how to play Gwent, but then I realized I was playing with a poor deck. So I set out to improve my card options and once I found more powerful cards I started to have better luck. But it dosent stop there because then you have to sort the deck to play your best cards and not use the lesser ones. The chances of winning increases greatly, but also that even if your opponent has a better deck you still can beat him. As a rule I play my opponint at lest 3 times to win his card from him. Increasing my chances of winning his card to beater my deck. Hope this helps mate:)
PreserveBigCats i lose every single game of gwent. when i first started playing witcher 3 even i cant win from shitty vendors. now i'm level 12 i'm still collecting gwent cards to get a better collection first then i will come back to gwent to kick their ass 😂
Just do the gwent quests, win from the merchants and buy cards from them and keep your deck as close to 22 cards with the best cards in it and you'll at least have a decent NR deck.
I hated it from 2015 to 2018, but I recently got good this week specifically, and it became addictive! You need more cards! Before you get enough spies and decoys and scorch cards, it’s simply luck, but with those addition, you can employ actual tactics.
Blood and Wine adds the Skellige deck, which contains the most OP card of all: Cerys. Cerys is a hero card that has 10 power and has a muster ability that summons all shield maidens, which have 4 power each and the tight bond ability. If you have all three shield maidens(or more, but I haven't found more) in your deck and use Cerys, you increase your total power by 46(Cerys = 10, shield maidens = 3 * (4 * 3)), which is crazy and can often singlehandedly win you a round.
Thank you so much, that was hands down the most insightful guide to Gwent I have found. I think the witcher is the best game ever made and can't wait to get to new game plus, not being any good at Gwent really let me down on my first run through, God bless you mysterious beautiful stranger!! 😁
They actually pronounce it "an seed" one time in the games, during the side adventure "The price of neutrality". The one elf there uses that pronunciation. So at that point I was a bit confused on what to use but I just decided on the most used one at that point.
I just finished the main game story with both 2 DLC main quests and still I have no idea how to win in Gwent .! Thanks,this guide well be more than helpful with The gwent side quest I haven’t finished yet lol .!!
She is wrong, there are 5 decks if you reach the toussant go to the cokatice inn and look at the notice board. A new faction called skellige BTW pay attention….
Other guides basically say to throw the first round on purpose. You have to win 2 of 3, and letting the opponent win the first round means you save your cards for winning the next two. Otherwise you may tap out your strength early with a 1/1 split and be vulnerable in Round 3.
Nah, play out your spies round one because your opponent will still play cards anyway. And if you eventually get frost + vill you take round 1 in 2 cards anyway. :p
Great video! I must admit I wasn't a fan of Gwent when I first started this game because I waited too long to get into it and by the time I did my deck sucked. I lost game after game. I started winning games and better cards but I'm still on a quest to make my Northern Realms deck even better. If anyone can answer, I have some questions:Where can I find more Scorch cards? I have one, but I'd love to have at least 3.Where can I find more spy cards? I have 3 in my deck (Dikstra, 0 neutral card, and I think someone with 5 strength). I'd love to have way more spies if possible. What is the ideal deck size for Northern Realms? I've been playing with the smallest deck count I can (25 cards). I don't even play weather cards; just clear weather. Where can I find decoys? I'd love to be able to reuse spies or abuse the medic summoning another medic play. Where can I find the catapults with 8 strength? I only have one and I can't remember how I came across it. Where can I find more medics? I only have the 5 strength medic and Yennefer. I'd love to have at least one more. Finally, where can I find the best Monster and Nilfgard cards?
TBH most of the time you get those cards by playing merchants and buying cards from them, and getting into the tournaments during side quests will also net you some good cards and doing the Gwent quest will net you some VERY good cards. Zoltan has a side quest which you SHOULD do and at end you can get 3 Hero cards.
No love for Foltest: Siege Master? That’s sad. That’s way better than the scorch ability imo. You can resurrect scorched cards, it’s not easy to overcome a point value of over 150 though.
Hey there,thanx a lot for your effort,wish i found your video earlier,hadda slog to understand HOW TO PLAY.But its better now and thanx for da card tips, will definetely come in handy.Thanx again..Peace.
I enjoy the in-game Gwent mechanics, was having fun with the deck I got and the few cards I've been getting, but then I got rapped by the fisherman who uses almost all ATK 10 cards, and got demoralized like when you play a card game in real life just to find out your beloved deck is trash when playing against 200+ dollar worth decks T_T
Skellige is useless unless you have that one card that draws all the Shieldmaidens from your deck. (Cerys, I think?) Other than that, trying to win with Skellige is a chore.
I think you should add a disclaimer in your description of the video that you're using DLC's, because I note several cards and alternate card designs that are not part of the standard game. I only came into this game a couple months ago and am on my 2nd playthrough. There are several cards in card designs in your video that I did not see on my 1st playthrough nor on my 2nd so far. I also noted there were more than 3 blue stripe commandos, and other cards with extra copies in your video, that I didn't find in my 1st or current playthrough.
The only expansion that was out at the time was Hearts of Stone and it only added a few cards but no new mechanics at all. The 4th Blue Stripe Commando is actually a bug that I wasn't aware of at the time. No other extra copies are in there though so you might've just not ran into them yet. ^^
Thank you for the video, I have JUST started playing so I know I’m years behind but I am clueless at this game......I assume I will get all the cards threw merchants and beating people?
Nilfgaard decks are powerful but only if you get lucky and draw most of your spies, heroes, and healers. If you are unlucky, you're screwed unless your opponent uses spies that you can take away with decoys to draw more and pray your good cards get drawn. Northern Realms is much more forgiving.
Allso i wanna mention that clearing weather foltest is actually pretty good because it boosts deck consistency(not only by granting weather clear on demand but allso by thinning the deck as you don't need to run clears)
Who else discovered halfway trough that Gwent is actually quite fun, but is now searching every city and region to find the following cards: Dijkstra, Scorch, something something Drgaonhunter? Oh and that one other spy, (you know, the 1)
Alex Melik Well, I guess it depends on your taste, but I like the monster deck the least. It’s so vulnerable to scorch and biting frost. I like to outdraw an opponent especially if it’s a monster deck, the second round I can win with just a biting frost.
I have to admit, I had no idea what the hell I was doing, and getting my ass kicked by the lowliest shopkeepers... up until I figured out the rules and then collecting better cards.. Now I have to say I have 4 massive Gwent decks. Beat everyone in Witcher 3 so far.. sometimes having to play the same person twice.. but still.. its a lot of fun now.
Northern realm is the BEST deck , if you constantly drawing spies and decoys , having only 28 card you’re almost always getting the cards that you want in the field
Interesting guide just started game a while ago and I dont understand what the difference between melee ranged and catapult types are do they affect each other differently ? also how many turns there are till you get the counter of units to decide if you win or loose
I thought so but at a couple of instances I had some more cards in hand and while ahead the opponent played and got higher score than me and then he won round (i could not play again) and game ended with losing the round ,maybe if u pass in between a round you loose the right to play again on next round ?
This was VERY informative that I'm really eager to play gwent right now. So as I see now, I should get rid of every weather card except clear weather right? Also I want to main Scoia'tael, is it extremely pointless, because they have no Spies?
Honestly most times I didn't even have to care about weather cards because the opponent's row was also affected. You can still main Scoia'tael but it's definitely the harder option. You'll need your opponent to play the spies and you can then resurrect them or use decoy to play them back at them.
To paraphrase a review I saw for TW3 on steam "the witcher 3 is a great card game with a nice open world minigame"
That would actually be valid in majority of any other games :)
Pretty funny
Why are you telling us the main point of the game?
The gwent 3 😂
So when I started playing Witcher 3 I payed no attention to Gwent but one I played I can't tell you how fast I didn't give a fuck about the open world mini game lol
The best Gwent card is the Mysterious Elf hands Down. You can't even decoy his ass when the opponent uses it and adds ZERO points to the opponent.
m05c0 got him in my Deck.
Anyone know how to win him?
Todd Dallinger I think it is random. If you really want him I guess you could paly against someone who has the card in his deck. Save your game before the gwent game starts and reload if you don't get him. there are also some tutorials on how to get the card. I still don't have Gerlat in my deck and the Spy that has only 1 Attack Point.
Todd Dallinger i just got him. i won him doing the quest with the best gwent players in skilleage
Todd Dallinger or you i mightve won him from palace of vizmia. the guy you play in the courtyard
If the game tutorial was as good as you maybe i wouldn't have decided to ignore Gwent in my first playthrough
You just need a lil brain in hand
I see you've made poor decisions. Did your Ciri die?
@Sándor Tóth She's angry? Just buy her something. Great parenting that
I’m on my first playthrough. I have ignored Gwent for now because the story has me ravenous to see it so I’m impatient. Now that I have seen this video, I’m definitely going to play Gwent. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video 😸
Proper Bird indeed...🥴
Same I patched it till level 20 when I had already missed a load of cards
It’s almost 2020 and I’m still loving the Witcher 3.
It's 2020 and I still love witcher 3!
Lol!
It's almost 2021 and I'm still loving the Witcher 3.
@@chrome_blue8327 Its know and I just finished the dlc
I think I will never stop loving this gem. Just finished all the main stories again yesterday, maybe I'll bother with a full gwent collection for the first time before starting a new game.
Got a mod that lets me bet 100 gold a game. I'm now a travelling gambler.
Amateur.
@@hetzer5926 what's that, punk?
Amateurs
I get myself up to 10,000 per game
@@hetzer5926 *takes of glasses*
That's not a catapult, that's a trebuchet! A catapult can only dream of being able to launch 90kg over 300m!
AOE 2 FOR LIFE
@@rafaelt1772 this guy doesnt get the meme
Sees numbers, kg and meters. Thinks it´s rocket science.
Well a trebuchet is a catapult, not gonna act smart, got that from google.
it is a picture of a catapult. You mean the card she showed, the unit card was called trebuchet the picture for siege units is a catapult
Here is a final tip to those who play trading card games in general: Always shorten your deck to as low as allowed. This allows you to have a greater chance of getting what you need whenever you draw.
This is better for Northern Realms or Nilfgaardian. For Scoi'atel and Monsters, because of their muster cards, it's sometimes better to have a bigger deck to avoid bleeding your own hand if you end up having multiple muster cards of the same type in your hand at a time.
@The Mine But Monster decks are so fun with them muster cards left and right :(
Imo, Scoi'tael is the worst deck. Nilfgaard is the second worst (spies are way too strong, ability too situational, nothing that impressive or unique about Nilfgaard specific cards), Monster is my favorite but inarguably Northern Realms is the best deck, so Monster is second.
The thing with Monster deck is, just bring Decoys and turn their Spies against them, and bring 3 Clear Weathers so you have a high chance of rolling one of them at least (or just rely on drawing hero cards). I've had the most fun with the Monster deck.
Master Blaster Lol a maxed out Nilfgaard is straight up broken. If you have all the hero cards, spies and full impera brigade row, you’ll win. Make sure to keep it a 22 cards. You’ll almost always pull one spy, which in turn draws all the other spies. Got a high score of 274 with that one. It’s more reliable than monsters and social tael imo.
@@masterblaster2678 The spies for the nilfgaard deck are much more balanced than northern realms, but they are still extremely broken, especially when decoys are being used. Most late game players use 3 decoys in their deck to try and discourage the use of spies, but by using decoys of your own in conjunction with personal spies, you can draw your entire deck without committing anytime important to the board. Also, spies and decoys in this game buy you turns which can easily break an opponent's win condition if they don't have the same amount of cards in hand as you do. Just because you give an enemy 21 (if I remember correctly) power doesn't mean you don't have much more in hand
Like game over when someone use scorch on all your blue striped commandos
That's why you always make sure they either pass or have no cards left
OR for those 5 point archers...
I try and save my blue strips until last. Then lay em down and let em weep
Most of the time i’ll use frost to cover the commandos and when the opponent passes i use clear weather :D
@@jordinpellencau1313 yup, weather is perfect for protecting your good ol bois.
Best explanation of Gwent out there. Definetly deserving of a thumbs up
You can use the Horn on Dandelion to give him an extra 2 damage, not that you'd want to
Alex Cheung use Olgeard with Dandelion and you get a boost to both cards
doesn't stack with Dandelion's ability
I must object with the Northern Realms leader/ Foltest the Siegemaster I found was the strongest of them all
it's a free buff to all siege cards and, if you're like me and have a shit ton of siege cards, is invaluable in many games
I disagree I found the clear skies leader ability to be easily the strongest. You don't need the siege master ability as you should be running 2-3 commanders horns anyway. Being able to counter your opponents weather whenever you need without clogging your hand with useless extra cards is much more valuable. Though my end game deck only had the catapults + medic as siege units.
Gwent is a hell of a lot of fun, but if you don't have enough Spies, Medics, and Decoys it's pretty tough to win. Or maybe I'm just a dum dum.
EDIT: Just for reference, I didn't play at all during my first play through of the game, so I hardly have any decent cards. BibleThump.
I did play a lot, and in my new game plus all my previously acquired cards got removed from my inventory... :/
Chris TcRRoR exactly what hapnd to me now I'm trolling the maps like a gwent fiend.
Same here
I won so many games before getting spies using northern realms and boosted siege.
I would argue medics and decoys are unnecessary, at least to the excess you need spies. To me the thing that has bailed me out has been power amplifier cards such commander horn and leader abilities.
For me collecting gwent cards is the hardest quest in the game.
It's funny the hardest part of the game is finding playing cards so you can gradually beat people in a mini game. Because the opposing decks are either trash - or totally full of special ability units.
The best guide video for Gwent. You just explained every single thing in the game. Impressed.
I'm downloading this game right now and I've been watching a bunch of Gwent tutorials because I've realized the importance of it in the game. I play Magic the Gathering and it's very similar so I understand how to play but I must say you have had the best tutorial by far.
Props.
1. Brilliant video, very clear and concise. Thank you.
2. I could listen to your voice forever, it is lovely.
I mean the tutorial is great and all but im just impressed by your pronounciation of Villentretrenmerth
This is by FAR the best Witcher 3 Gwent tutorial I have seen on TH-cam. Was looking for some clarification on stuff for when I try to play with friends using my IRL cards and this is immaculated scripted, structured, voiced & edited. Please have my +1 as it was the kind of video I was sorely searching TH-cam for.
Its 2022 and I just started the Witcher 3. Your tutorial helped me a lot, so thanks
northern realms, all cards collected and foltest the siegemaster. 4 EVAAAAAAA
one of the best gwent guide i have seen and also relaxing voice so thank you :)
I never loose a single gwent game with nilfguardian deck.
Amit Kushwaha my favorite deck too
Hows it feel to be special fucktard
North > nilf
If you have all cards the north is the best deck, followed by the elves.
B L Nilfgaard and North are the best, followed by Skellige. Scoiatel has no spies, no tight bonds, and it’s only advantage is being able to somtimes avoid weather.
when i really got into gwent years later(skipped it on initial playthrough) i fell in love with northern realms.
A clear, concise, detailed guide. Amazing voice and delivery. Bravo!
Just going through my first playthrough I'm 70 hrs in and still a way to go to travel to skellige. Level 20 now but I'm so immersed in this game time doesn't even matter 😊 steady as she goes.
When I first started W3 I was so irritated with Gwent and felt so stupid for not being able to grasp the rules. When I finally buckled down and got into it I found myself getting wayyyyy too distracted by it. Seriously, I was seeking out every in keep, merchant, etc just to play and win more cards. I am still learning cool strategies to this day and I honestly think W3 wouldn't have been the same without it now. Very well implemented
Discard all the weaker cards and higher chance you will get strong cards😊
16:19 you can also use it to lower the total combat score of units with tight bond by taking one off the board, if you are expecting a scorch this can prevent the opponent from using it if it means they now have the strongest unit.
Best witcher 3 gwent video anywhere and that's saying something since I've played for a good long while and never did understand the game on the 1st play through hell even second play through I won maybe 2 or 3 games total
Northern realms deck with calling horn and foltest as your leader card with a bunch of siege weapons. Never lose on hard. Pass the first round or use your spy card then pass, then use other cards to win the second round, (opponent will probably pass this round so don't use your best cards yet) then for the final round use all your siege cards with foltest and heroes. Literally my strategy every game
Thumbs UP!!! I've been getting into the gwent game in my past 25 hours of play and got a decent handle on it, but this helped me tremendously. Thanks, this is my go to tutorial.
This is by far the best gwent tutorial I found. Great job!
Thank you. By far the best guide/summary I have found. You are quick and to the point and full of info. Once again, thanks!
Thanks for this! I just started playing the Witcher a couple days ago and Gwent really seemed fun!
Hell yeah the witcher 3 still going strong after 2 years, and you miss for your continued support of this masterpiece of a game earned a subscriber
5*
5-ish years now. I wonder how many more will add the year they commented onto this. 2020 here
6*
I always use the "Clear all weather cards" leader ability, it's just super convenient.
it carried me through my first playthrough
Yo I used to suck at gwent but thanks to this guide I'm a beast now even at hard level difficulty
This is hands down the BEST video explaining Gwent😩
This is a great guide and I only really watched it to see what you said about it :) I would probably add that once you have enough cards to do it, take out the small cards with no abilities on them so you have more chance of drawing the better cards.
I only ever lost a couple of games using northern realms and the lose first round strategy (most of the time the game passes second round). I used Foltest the Siege Master hero card and took out all the non siege unit from my deck except for spies, the blue stripes, the reavers, the dragon, and heroes ofc. I also only used 2 decoys, 1 scorch (often had it unused because my cards were better), 2 commanders horns and dandelion and then Gaunter (although the ranged not pulling the siege one from deck sucks) and Ogird when i got Heart of Stone.
This is very well scripted, thought out and superbly presented tutorial. After watching this, I rarely loose a game and even developed a slight addiction. :)
Only decent guide on youtube.
I started winning by using the clear weather foltest leader and throwing all weather cards out of my deck. The best fraction to use weather cards against is the monster deck, but I usually bait them into playing everything they got with spies.
This is on death march settings, not sure if it works the same on all difficulties.
Thanks for the guide. Let me sub you.
Use rain against Northern REalms' seige weappons.
#merathy That is exactly how I play :-)
lol... I suck so bad at gwent. I refuse to play anymore I'm that bad
I felt like that to at first not knowing how to play Gwent, but then I realized I was playing with a poor deck.
So I set out to improve my card options and once I found more powerful cards I started to have better luck. But it dosent stop there because then you have to sort the deck to play your best cards and not use the lesser ones. The chances of winning increases greatly, but also that even if your opponent has a better deck you still can beat him. As a rule I play my opponint at lest 3 times to win his card from him. Increasing my chances of winning his card to beater my deck. Hope this helps mate:)
PreserveBigCats i lose every single game of gwent. when i first started playing witcher 3 even i cant win from shitty vendors. now i'm level 12 i'm still collecting gwent cards to get a better collection first then i will come back to gwent to kick their ass 😂
Just do the gwent quests, win from the merchants and buy cards from them and keep your deck as close to 22 cards with the best cards in it and you'll at least have a decent NR deck.
I hated it from 2015 to 2018, but I recently got good this week specifically, and it became addictive! You need more cards! Before you get enough spies and decoys and scorch cards, it’s simply luck, but with those addition, you can employ actual tactics.
Auburn Druid you should not beater your deck thats not nice what did your deck do to deserve to get beat lmmfao
This is super helpful to me being a fairly new player to The Witcher. Your amazing voice just makes it a pleasure! Thankyou! 😊🥰
Your voice is very soothing to listen to.
Your voice is very soothing.
Alex Q
i am new student of English Language and i like this accent more than American and many places
Blood and Wine adds the Skellige deck, which contains the most OP card of all: Cerys. Cerys is a hero card that has 10 power and has a muster ability that summons all shield maidens, which have 4 power each and the tight bond ability. If you have all three shield maidens(or more, but I haven't found more) in your deck and use Cerys, you increase your total power by 46(Cerys = 10, shield maidens = 3 * (4 * 3)), which is crazy and can often singlehandedly win you a round.
Thank you so much, that was hands down the most insightful guide to Gwent I have found. I think the witcher is the best game ever made and can't wait to get to new game plus, not being any good at Gwent really let me down on my first run through, God bless you mysterious beautiful stranger!! 😁
Just started playing gwent and its like a drug now and i needed a fix so watching this helped a lot learn new things so Thank you for the video.
I only started playing Witcher 3 and Gwent, every NPC has at least 3 spies and basically shotguns through them all.
Just one minor thing: in the English version, Aen Seidhe is for some reason pronounced "an shade", but in the original it's pronounced "an seed"
They actually pronounce it "an seed" one time in the games, during the side adventure "The price of neutrality". The one elf there uses that pronunciation. So at that point I was a bit confused on what to use but I just decided on the most used one at that point.
best tips ever. l won 3 hero cards just by watching this video. This is jst the beginning. thanx alot
Clear, concise and easily understood. Excellent work.
Best pronunciation of names in this series I’ve heard 😂 got a sub for you ! Great video
Your voice and pronunciation makes this really interesting! Subbed!
So is it me or did she fail to mention how to get more spies?
I only ever use northern realms except for the tournament in blood and wine where you have to use the skeligge faction
I just finished the main game story with both 2 DLC main quests and still I have no idea how to win in Gwent .!
Thanks,this guide well be more than helpful with The gwent side quest I haven’t finished yet lol .!!
You're welcome, have fun playing cards! o/
This was a fantastic and thorough guide. Thank you. Earned a like
She is wrong, there are 5 decks if you reach the toussant go to the cokatice inn and look at the notice board. A new faction called skellige BTW pay attention….
Other guides basically say to throw the first round on purpose. You have to win 2 of 3, and letting the opponent win the first round means you save your cards for winning the next two. Otherwise you may tap out your strength early with a 1/1 split and be vulnerable in Round 3.
Nah, play out your spies round one because your opponent will still play cards anyway. And if you eventually get frost + vill you take round 1 in 2 cards anyway. :p
Thank you for this helpful guide 😎❤
Great video! I must admit I wasn't a fan of Gwent when I first started this game because I waited too long to get into it and by the time I did my deck sucked. I lost game after game. I started winning games and better cards but I'm still on a quest to make my Northern Realms deck even better. If anyone can answer, I have some questions:Where can I find more Scorch cards? I have one, but I'd love to have at least 3.Where can I find more spy cards? I have 3 in my deck (Dikstra, 0 neutral card, and I think someone with 5 strength). I'd love to have way more spies if possible. What is the ideal deck size for Northern Realms? I've been playing with the smallest deck count I can (25 cards). I don't even play weather cards; just clear weather. Where can I find decoys? I'd love to be able to reuse spies or abuse the medic summoning another medic play. Where can I find the catapults with 8 strength? I only have one and I can't remember how I came across it. Where can I find more medics? I only have the 5 strength medic and Yennefer. I'd love to have at least one more. Finally, where can I find the best Monster and Nilfgard cards?
TBH most of the time you get those cards by playing merchants and buying cards from them, and getting into the tournaments during side quests will also net you some good cards and doing the Gwent quest will net you some VERY good cards. Zoltan has a side quest which you SHOULD do and at end you can get 3 Hero cards.
I think I did all of those. Where can I find gwent tournaments?
There's one in Novigrad itself and one in the Triss side quest A matter of life and death i think.
You have Skellige with expansion
Mr. Quo yup, a really shitty fucking deck, and you can only get the trophy for corvo bianco with it
Mads Andreasen I don't think it's shitty at all! It's super fun to play and I won the Blood and Wine Gwent tournament my first try.
Its not very good. Can be strong if you get lucky, but its too unreliable.
@@ATinyWaffle it's not fun at all, the moment i realized it had no spies and i had to fight with opponents with 3 spies i felt my hair going gray
Roxana Just include 3 decoys in your deck. use the opponent spy against them
No love for Foltest: Siege Master? That’s sad. That’s way better than the scorch ability imo. You can resurrect scorched cards, it’s not easy to overcome a point value of over 150 though.
you forgot to include that decoys can also stall your turn
You didn't mention Olaf the Bear. He is a normal card with a strength of 12.
I wish a knew it when I started to play! Great game! Spent most of the time during my gameplay playing it!
Hey there,thanx a lot for your effort,wish i found your video earlier,hadda slog to understand HOW TO PLAY.But its better now and thanx for da card tips, will definetely come in handy.Thanx again..Peace.
Whenever dealing with monster decks, use the biting frost against them.
Skillege rules with final set🔥
I enjoy the in-game Gwent mechanics, was having fun with the deck I got and the few cards I've been getting, but then I got rapped by the fisherman who uses almost all ATK 10 cards, and got demoralized like when you play a card game in real life just to find out your beloved deck is trash when playing against 200+ dollar worth decks T_T
Her voice is so relaxing, great mood.
Everything explained made absolute sense, until the 10th minute.
Very helpful, thank you. Still don’t understand the cow card.
49 seconds into the video and the winds are howling
Completely honest I'm fucking terrible at Gwent. Shits fucking harder than Sudoku
You must not have a good deck i presume ?
Probably. I don't know what a good deck is to begin with tho. I have yet to beat a single person on the easiest difficulty
A good deck would be 22 cards with your best cards in them.
Quest: play gwent with henchmen
*1 hour and 1000 crowns later*
*Murders everyone in room*
What about the Skelege Deck? That’s a thing, and that deck is an interesting deck to say the least.
Skellige is useless unless you have that one card that draws all the Shieldmaidens from your deck. (Cerys, I think?) Other than that, trying to win with Skellige is a chore.
how about a video showing the leaders cards that arent won through the tournament!
I know I’m late but this was very helpful and very informative video thx now I feel like I’m the king of games
I think you should add a disclaimer in your description of the video that you're using DLC's, because I note several cards and alternate card designs that are not part of the standard game.
I only came into this game a couple months ago and am on my 2nd playthrough. There are several cards in card designs in your video that I did not see on my 1st playthrough nor on my 2nd so far.
I also noted there were more than 3 blue stripe commandos, and other cards with extra copies in your video, that I didn't find in my 1st or current playthrough.
The only expansion that was out at the time was Hearts of Stone and it only added a few cards but no new mechanics at all. The 4th Blue Stripe Commando is actually a bug that I wasn't aware of at the time. No other extra copies are in there though so you might've just not ran into them yet. ^^
Stumbled upon your channel the other day and you earned yourself another sub! Keep up the great work, I'm really enjoying your content :)
Thank you for the video, I have JUST started playing so I know I’m years behind but I am clueless at this game......I assume I will get all the cards threw merchants and beating people?
if you have hero cards victory is assured add spy cards and decoys equal more power
I like Nilfgaard Empire the most because of the spies and the high points cards.But i like Nothern Realms too.
Nilfgaard decks are powerful but only if you get lucky and draw most of your spies, heroes, and healers. If you are unlucky, you're screwed unless your opponent uses spies that you can take away with decoys to draw more and pray your good cards get drawn. Northern Realms is much more forgiving.
I knew all those thing before i watched but i just wanted to see if there's some kind of strategy that i didn't think about by myself. I love gwent.
Allso i wanna mention that clearing weather foltest is actually pretty good because it boosts deck consistency(not only by granting weather clear on demand but allso by thinning the deck as you don't need to run clears)
Who else discovered halfway trough that Gwent is actually quite fun, but is now searching every city and region to find the following cards: Dijkstra, Scorch, something something Drgaonhunter? Oh and that one other spy, (you know, the 1)
Only on my second playthrough, though I was much more obsessed with assembling the monster deck.
@@alexmelik4030 But why the monster deck?
@@zomaariemand5650 because its fun
Alex Melik Well, I guess it depends on your taste, but I like the monster deck the least. It’s so vulnerable to scorch and biting frost. I like to outdraw an opponent especially if it’s a monster deck, the second round I can win with just a biting frost.
Wow this is so well explained
I have to admit, I had no idea what the hell I was doing, and getting my ass kicked by the lowliest shopkeepers... up until I figured out the rules and then collecting better cards.. Now I have to say I have 4 massive Gwent decks. Beat everyone in Witcher 3 so far.. sometimes having to play the same person twice.. but still.. its a lot of fun now.
The only problem I find with the game is that low attack power cards are useless unless they have powerful abilities.
Yeah and that,s one of the basic tips I missed. That you only need 22 regular cards in your deck. Some cards basically become obsolete.
Greetings from the future. I just started playing and this helped a lot. Also, try to stay in 2016... otherwise you're in for a rocky ride.
Northern realm is the BEST deck , if you constantly drawing spies and decoys , having only 28 card you’re almost always getting the cards that you want in the field
So after doing research I can conclude that Im not bad just not patient enough to play until I get lucky.
2:52 there's a COW card???
Did I miss the part where you tell us how to get more spies?
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Great video tho...
Where did you get the other 2 blue strip commandos?
Interesting guide just started game a while ago and I dont understand what the difference between melee ranged and catapult types are do they affect each other differently ? also how many turns there are till you get the counter of units to decide if you win or loose
It's as many turns as there are cards available. When both players run out, the game's over. ^^
I thought so but at a couple of instances I had some more cards in hand and while ahead the opponent played and got higher score than me and then he won round (i could not play again) and game ended with losing the round ,maybe if u pass in between a round you loose the right to play again on next round ?
Where to get spy card. The avallac card
From Ermion if I remember right. If not, from one of the best Skellige players.
I just wanna know where you got a damn cow
Bamlak Bekele you can get it if you have the hearts of stone exspensions
**expansion**
Exspensions*
way to be a douche to someone answering your question
This was VERY informative that I'm really eager to play gwent right now. So as I see now, I should get rid of every weather card except clear weather right?
Also I want to main Scoia'tael, is it extremely pointless, because they have no Spies?
Honestly most times I didn't even have to care about weather cards because the opponent's row was also affected.
You can still main Scoia'tael but it's definitely the harder option. You'll need your opponent to play the spies and you can then resurrect them or use decoy to play them back at them.
Proper Bird But what happens when I resurrect a spy who was on my side of the board, do I give them 2 more cards by doing that?