High Stakes Gwent tournament - tips, strategies
I just completed the tournament, and I thought some people may want to as well. Below find a list of matches and strategies.
All the opponents have multiple Hero cards, as well as Spy cards, etc. They are good, although not as good as that bloody merchant selling you potion to refund your points. The Nilfgaard deck of that guy...
1. The Farmer (Bertrand Tulle) - plays Northern Realms, uses Foltest Steel-forged leader card (destroy strongest siege unit as long as your siege row has a power of 10 or above), as well as siege units. Has weather cards for the front row, also Commander's Horn. Also has a lot of spy cards, so you need to match him, otherwise he will draw way more than you. Reward for winning: Foltest Steel-forged card. Difficulty: 4/5.
2. Sasha - plays Nilfgaard, special ability allows her to take one card from your discard pile. Has Dandelion, who buffs all the units in the front row, so take some weather cards to counter it. Reward: Emhyr, Master of the South (same ability as described). Difficulty: 3.5/5
Note: You cannot save between second and third match.
3. Elf - plays (wait for it...) Scoia'tael, with leader ability allowing him to destroy any front row unit if the power exceeds 10. Take weather cards for both the front, and the second row, as he can switch the rows when he plays most cards. Reward: Francesca Findabair (same ability he uses). Difficulty: 3/5
Note: If you win the third fight you get into a brawl with the elf. I do not know what happens when you lose the brawl, but you might want to practice your hand-to-hand combat skills.
4. Count Tybalt - the final opponent. As you can guess he plays the last deck in the game, the Monsters deck. Those that were to Skellige know what the deck is about - lots of front row monsters, which means taking weather card for the front row is 50% of winning the match. His hero card lets him take a card from his discard pile. He has Dandelion, as well as Commander's Horn. Bait him to play everything for 130 power, then cast one weather card and make it go back to 15. As a reward for winning you get his leader card. Difficulty: 2/5
For winning the tournament you will also get 4500 coins.
That's it. Let me know if you have any questions.
I just completed the tournament, and I thought some people may want to as well. Below find a list of matches and strategies.
All the opponents have multiple Hero cards, as well as Spy cards, etc. They are good, although not as good as that bloody merchant selling you potion to refund your points. The Nilfgaard deck of that guy...
1. The Farmer (Bertrand Tulle) - plays Northern Realms, uses Foltest Steel-forged leader card (destroy strongest siege unit as long as your siege row has a power of 10 or above), as well as siege units. Has weather cards for the front row, also Commander's Horn. Also has a lot of spy cards, so you need to match him, otherwise he will draw way more than you. Reward for winning: Foltest Steel-forged card. Difficulty: 4/5.
2. Sasha - plays Nilfgaard, special ability allows her to take one card from your discard pile. Has Dandelion, who buffs all the units in the front row, so take some weather cards to counter it. Reward: Emhyr, Master of the South (same ability as described). Difficulty: 3.5/5
Note: You cannot save between second and third match.
3. Elf - plays (wait for it...) Scoia'tael, with leader ability allowing him to destroy any front row unit if the power exceeds 10. Take weather cards for both the front, and the second row, as he can switch the rows when he plays most cards. Reward: Francesca Findabair (same ability he uses). Difficulty: 3/5
Note: If you win the third fight you get into a brawl with the elf. I do not know what happens when you lose the brawl, but you might want to practice your hand-to-hand combat skills.
4. Count Tybalt - the final opponent. As you can guess he plays the last deck in the game, the Monsters deck. Those that were to Skellige know what the deck is about - lots of front row monsters, which means taking weather card for the front row is 50% of winning the match. His hero card lets him take a card from his discard pile. He has Dandelion, as well as Commander's Horn. Bait him to play everything for 130 power, then cast one weather card and make it go back to 15. As a reward for winning you get his leader card. Difficulty: 2/5
For winning the tournament you will also get 4500 coins.
That's it. Let me know if you have any questions.
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