Every time when I am playing with NR against Skellige I have feeling, that I am involved in deeply unfair fight. I don't claim that I am great player, but I am not worst either, and therefore when I feel overwhelming inequality in cards all the time against only the one specific -mentioned above - faction, and against the rest of them I don't, it made me think that there have to be something about that (Syndycate is exception of that rule, but it is not about cards but about whole faction coin-spending design that geave SY upperhand over all other factions, so I don't discuss it here). So I've finally decided to made small comparisment of similar cards in both factions Sk and NR. Lets have a glimpse:
Skellige:
Primal Savigery - 4 provinsion, 8 immidiate points
NR: Forbidden magic: 5 provinsion, 5 immidiate points with revenant who is killed in next turn
So in practice 8 for 4 vs 5 for 5 with same conditions
Skellige:
Bear Witcher - 5 provinsion 8 immidiate points (including 3p removal with adrenaline)
Vs
NR: Lyrian Landsknecht: 5 provinsion + 3p conditional order domage
Skellige: Raging bear - 8 points pointslam for 5 provinsion with easy condition to fulfill
Vs
NR: siege Tower - 8 highly conditional pointslam for 5 provinsion or 5 immidiate points plus vitality
In addition in skellige: Drummind berserker - 8 points 5 provinsion, cant find similar to compare in NR
Skellige:
Crow messenger: summon copies with easy condition from deck (hold alchemy card)
Vs
NR: Blue Stripes: the same effect but condition is Order so unplayable without specific leader ability
Skellige: Skjordal Drummond - 8 (!) provinsion, 5 body 5 dmg unconditional (exept keeping it until R3)
Vs
NR: prince Anseis: 10 provinsion, 4p body 4 dmg or 5p body 5 domage with order
Skellige: Cerys an craite: 11 provinsion deploy
Vs
NR Roche: Merciless: 12 provinsion with very conditional zeal for almost same effect
Skellige: Gerd: 8 points + 1p dmg in whole opposite row for 7(!) Provinsion - very very strong card
No comparisment in NR
Skellige: Fulmar: 12 provinsion 14 immidiate points: order for tremendous dmg celling if no answered
Vs
NR: Viraxas the king: 12 provinsion for usually 6points + 7 dmg from duel = 11 points... .
Skellige:
Gigascorpion venom - 6 provinsion unconditional 6 dmg including shield removal
Vs
NR Bloody flail - 6 provinsion 8 points of bleeding with almost impossible to fullfill condition to dmg change
Skellige: Gremnst: 6 prov 6p Universal puryfying engine
Vs
NR cockooduck: same provinsion and points single puryfying restricted only to allied units, so it is unable to even puryfy opponents defender
Skellige: An create longship: 5 prov 4p 1 armour hitting every new unit
vs
NR 5p 4p no armour reinforced tribuchet working only against long range
And many other cards that I overlooked, or I don't see comparisment at all because they are so powerfull in theyselves like hialmar or Junod (deploy, almost unconditional removals) , facousya, Little havrue.
On top of that at last 4 strong viable Leader abilities in skellige (reckless fury, battle trance, rage of the sea, blaze of glory) vs only one viable NR ability. 4 with amazing removal abiliry while in NR NOT A SINGLE ONE viable dmg ability as removal Aid. Zeal for seltkirk or anseis is not a removal Aid from leader - Skellige have the same effect on deploy with skjordall, hjalmar, Junod - and leader ability as extra removal , incluging 12p removal + 17 points bodies on board Blaze of glory + Jutta
And The cherry on the pie:
Skellige Onslaught 16 provinsion vs NR Royal inspiratiion 15 provinsion - higher provinsion for skellige mirror ability, even despite of fact that it is commonly known that dmg are worth more than boost - lol
So - in summary and in very simplifisticed way - if You play NR against Skellige, and SK 4 prov cards easly made by design in avrage 6-7 points while Your cards 5-6, they 5 provinsion 8 with removals removals while Yours 6 or 7 with conditions, and so on, mathematically You are on disadvantage even before game begin. So is You don't have any chances to win if You dont have tremendous luck or much better skill than opposite player. And in that state - definitevly - gwent shouln't be.
I dont know who is designing that cards that way and who is designing it, but something is really wrong about that and inequality amoung factions shouldn't be so overvhelming like between Skellige and NR at nov 19, 2021
Skellige:
Primal Savigery - 4 provinsion, 8 immidiate points
NR: Forbidden magic: 5 provinsion, 5 immidiate points with revenant who is killed in next turn
So in practice 8 for 4 vs 5 for 5 with same conditions
Skellige:
Bear Witcher - 5 provinsion 8 immidiate points (including 3p removal with adrenaline)
Vs
NR: Lyrian Landsknecht: 5 provinsion + 3p conditional order domage
Skellige: Raging bear - 8 points pointslam for 5 provinsion with easy condition to fulfill
Vs
NR: siege Tower - 8 highly conditional pointslam for 5 provinsion or 5 immidiate points plus vitality
In addition in skellige: Drummind berserker - 8 points 5 provinsion, cant find similar to compare in NR
Skellige:
Crow messenger: summon copies with easy condition from deck (hold alchemy card)
Vs
NR: Blue Stripes: the same effect but condition is Order so unplayable without specific leader ability
Skellige: Skjordal Drummond - 8 (!) provinsion, 5 body 5 dmg unconditional (exept keeping it until R3)
Vs
NR: prince Anseis: 10 provinsion, 4p body 4 dmg or 5p body 5 domage with order
Skellige: Cerys an craite: 11 provinsion deploy
Vs
NR Roche: Merciless: 12 provinsion with very conditional zeal for almost same effect
Skellige: Gerd: 8 points + 1p dmg in whole opposite row for 7(!) Provinsion - very very strong card
No comparisment in NR
Skellige: Fulmar: 12 provinsion 14 immidiate points: order for tremendous dmg celling if no answered
Vs
NR: Viraxas the king: 12 provinsion for usually 6points + 7 dmg from duel = 11 points... .
Skellige:
Gigascorpion venom - 6 provinsion unconditional 6 dmg including shield removal
Vs
NR Bloody flail - 6 provinsion 8 points of bleeding with almost impossible to fullfill condition to dmg change
Skellige: Gremnst: 6 prov 6p Universal puryfying engine
Vs
NR cockooduck: same provinsion and points single puryfying restricted only to allied units, so it is unable to even puryfy opponents defender
Skellige: An create longship: 5 prov 4p 1 armour hitting every new unit
vs
NR 5p 4p no armour reinforced tribuchet working only against long range
And many other cards that I overlooked, or I don't see comparisment at all because they are so powerfull in theyselves like hialmar or Junod (deploy, almost unconditional removals) , facousya, Little havrue.
On top of that at last 4 strong viable Leader abilities in skellige (reckless fury, battle trance, rage of the sea, blaze of glory) vs only one viable NR ability. 4 with amazing removal abiliry while in NR NOT A SINGLE ONE viable dmg ability as removal Aid. Zeal for seltkirk or anseis is not a removal Aid from leader - Skellige have the same effect on deploy with skjordall, hjalmar, Junod - and leader ability as extra removal , incluging 12p removal + 17 points bodies on board Blaze of glory + Jutta
And The cherry on the pie:
Skellige Onslaught 16 provinsion vs NR Royal inspiratiion 15 provinsion - higher provinsion for skellige mirror ability, even despite of fact that it is commonly known that dmg are worth more than boost - lol
So - in summary and in very simplifisticed way - if You play NR against Skellige, and SK 4 prov cards easly made by design in avrage 6-7 points while Your cards 5-6, they 5 provinsion 8 with removals removals while Yours 6 or 7 with conditions, and so on, mathematically You are on disadvantage even before game begin. So is You don't have any chances to win if You dont have tremendous luck or much better skill than opposite player. And in that state - definitevly - gwent shouln't be.
I dont know who is designing that cards that way and who is designing it, but something is really wrong about that and inequality amoung factions shouldn't be so overvhelming like between Skellige and NR at nov 19, 2021
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