Swarm Deck and Discussion
A couple days ago I got a daily quest to win matches as Nilfgaard, so I decided to try building a deck that utilizes Slave Infantry. Turned out to be tons of fun, and capable of racking up really high point values.
So, figured I might as well share my list, and hopefully start a discussion on swarming with NG. This subforum could use some more traffic.
All of the cards listed below have been included for a reason, and proven their worth several times over. Only tested in casual and low MMR ranked (I'm rank 10 myself), though.
LEADER
Jan Calveit
GOLD
Lambert: Swordmaster
Yennefer
Geralt: Igni
Letho: Kingslayer
SILVER
Germain
Vesemir
Eskel
Lambert
Decoy
Commander's Horn
BRONZE
Sentry x3
Alba Cavalry x3
Magne Division x3
Slave Infantry x3
Ointment x3
Opening play should always be Alba Cavalry, even all three of them if they're available. If necessary, Calveit can search for one.
I usually use Letho for the horn, but Decoy is a great backup option. Even a "dead" Letho isn't necessarily the end of the game!
Igni almost always gets value in the current meta, as does Lambert. Yennefer is always used for Unicorn.
Most common Decoy targets are Magne Division, Unicorn and Slave Infantry.
Ointment should ideally be pulled with Alba Cavalry and used to resurrect Slave Infantries.
This deck can do great even on a short round, provided you've got the right cards. On a long round it will easily rack up 100+ points even if a key unit (usually an Alba Cavalry) gets hit with Igni or Scorch.
A word of warning: Lambert: Swordmaster can kill any number of unboosted Slave Infantries, so he's capable of utterly wrecking this deck. I've yet to run into him, but it's only a matter of time.
Any other NG swarmers out there?
A couple days ago I got a daily quest to win matches as Nilfgaard, so I decided to try building a deck that utilizes Slave Infantry. Turned out to be tons of fun, and capable of racking up really high point values.
So, figured I might as well share my list, and hopefully start a discussion on swarming with NG. This subforum could use some more traffic.
All of the cards listed below have been included for a reason, and proven their worth several times over. Only tested in casual and low MMR ranked (I'm rank 10 myself), though.
LEADER
Jan Calveit
GOLD
Lambert: Swordmaster
Yennefer
Geralt: Igni
Letho: Kingslayer
SILVER
Germain
Vesemir
Eskel
Lambert
Decoy
Commander's Horn
BRONZE
Sentry x3
Alba Cavalry x3
Magne Division x3
Slave Infantry x3
Ointment x3
Opening play should always be Alba Cavalry, even all three of them if they're available. If necessary, Calveit can search for one.
I usually use Letho for the horn, but Decoy is a great backup option. Even a "dead" Letho isn't necessarily the end of the game!
Igni almost always gets value in the current meta, as does Lambert. Yennefer is always used for Unicorn.
Most common Decoy targets are Magne Division, Unicorn and Slave Infantry.
Ointment should ideally be pulled with Alba Cavalry and used to resurrect Slave Infantries.
This deck can do great even on a short round, provided you've got the right cards. On a long round it will easily rack up 100+ points even if a key unit (usually an Alba Cavalry) gets hit with Igni or Scorch.
A word of warning: Lambert: Swordmaster can kill any number of unboosted Slave Infantries, so he's capable of utterly wrecking this deck. I've yet to run into him, but it's only a matter of time.
Any other NG swarmers out there?