BEST GWENT TIPS: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt

[@DeviantDreamers]

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[@apokaliptoh4709]

This was great ! Thanks

[@DeviantDreamers]

I’m glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for watching 😊

[@SanDzFit]

Villager - “I’ve lost my son to a drowner. He was takin’ a fortnight past” Geralt - “sorry to hear that, let’s play Gwent”

[@DeviantDreamers]

That’s how I play as Geralt, at least 😂😂

[@Maximus2210]

Lambert: He killed my friend! Geralt: Sorry to hear that...but I need your unique card for my collection.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Final Gwent battle with Jad Karadin 🤣🤣

[@TheBrosSkate]

I like the part where you said it is gwenting time and then you gwented all over the place.

[@DeviantDreamers]

It’s not just a card game. It’s a lifestyle. 👏

[@romanhorizon]

@@DeviantDreamers CDPR raised the bar in gaming with the Witcher 3, probably one of my favourite card games. A little confused as to why they added actual combat and a story, but it’s a nice little bonus I suppose.

[@DeviantDreamers]

I’d imagine that they wanted to branch out a little and try to net a wider target audience by including that whole “narrative and combat” thing. Shame they didn’t stick to the main purpose of the card game, though…

[@romanhorizon]

@@DeviantDreamers a shame indeed. But regardless, Gwent will always have the privilege of living rent-free in my brain beside magic and Yu-Gi-Oh. Can’t wait to play the Witcher 4, and proceed to ignore all the intriguing dialogue options and optimize my deck for the real endgame.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Haven’t played MTG myself, but I do appreciate the nostalgia of Yu-Gi-Oh! I’m eagerly awaiting doing the same, I assure you- hopefully, the wait isn’t too long 🥲

[@Maximus2210]

Yennefer: We must go to this place where we can find our daughter! Geralt: Yeah, but I just got to Skellige and I need to go get these GWENT cards and I signed up for a competition at a Brothel in Novigrad. You go ahead and I'll catch up to you later yeah?

[@DeviantDreamers]

Gwent over quests 👏

[@Sandyman406]

Without question (early game) the worst opponent is the boat builder in Oreton. He has tons of hero cards and also seemed to save a scorch card until the end.

[@DeviantDreamers]

YES!!!! I remember my first play-through took 5 times to beat him because I was stubborn and didn’t want to build/change my deck in any way, so I kept playing him with what I had and eventually my luck was sufficient… I’ve learned better strategies since 🤣

[@rolling-roadkill]

I often play all my spy cards in the first round. The opponent tend to pass when it reaches some kind of score threshold. Then if I have any special cards I use them to score a win in the first round. To see if the opponent has scorch I often play out two of the 5 point archer cards with tight bond. The opponent almost always cast scorch on them so I can play my ballistas+horn for 64 points. Using decoy with Villentretenmerth can be so satisfying if you've waited a bit while your opponent has used muster-cards to fill the melee-row. 😁

[@DeviantDreamers]

I always play my spies first at well- it’s just nice to know what kind of resources you have at your full disposal in the beginning of the game, too 😂 I see a fellow NR enthusiast! It’s by far the strongest faction in W3 Gwent, and no one can even attempt to convince me otherwise… 🤣 Yes!!! Villentretenmerth + Decoy can be SO satisfying, especially against MO muster, tight bonds, and/or a ton of similar point value cards affected by a Commander’s Horn… there’s no better feeling! 😭

[@Faifainei]

Spy cards and decoys are insane because they create card advantage. Even if you only use decoy on a normal card without special effects, it will force a decision from your opponent to commit another card on the round or pass the turn. Playing from behind, with as much information as possible, has enourmous value in gwent.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Absolutely agreed- card advantages are overwhelmingly helpful regardless of the faction you’re using!

[@dukeramze]

It's cloudy out and going to storm, and I thought this was the perfect video for... a rainy day.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Bless this comment 😭👏

[@TheSkyrimInquisitor]

I think there's nothing more satisfying than pulling all your spy cards in the first pull. I'm happy with how I got a good Gwent strategy just by playing everyone. I thought it would be one of those mini games that I would need to watch several yt videos to get, but nope!

[@tuldorelow9687]

-Geralt! Why did you sell Ciri for Emhyr?! -Well... needed more coins... for gwent cards...

[@DeviantDreamers]

10/10 would do this 👀🤣

[@AkinaHime9]

I didn't think I'd ever really understand how to play Gwent, but your tutorials and tips have been super easy and straightforward to understand! I might actually give it a go! 💜

[@DeviantDreamers]

I’m so glad to hear this!! You’ll definitely have to keep me posted with updates if you do end up trying it out! I would love to recruit you into a Gwent cult… 👀

[@Sercil00]

When I have a lot of spies, I will usually place all of them in the first round. The enemy will keep wasting cards while I place spies. They might even steal one of those spies and place them back to me, and if I can, I will use feint and place them right back. Eventually, the opponent will catch on and pass, so you can either keep placing your spies and lose the round on purpose, or place a weather card to weaken the spies and then win the round without having to use so many cards. Either way, you'll either win the first round, or lose it purposefully but have way more cards than the opponent

[@DeviantDreamers]

I had an absolutely hilarious match in my recent playthrough where it was nothing but my opponent and I using spy cards and decoys back and forth in the first round for about 5-6 turns… it was a masterpiece 😂

[@oelshami]

It's gwenting time

[@DeviantDreamers]

ALWAYS 👏✨

[@thugli4328]

Scorch cards are really dangerous, try to play around them for as long as possible, for example if your opponent has played a 10, don't play above that to save yourself. Alternatively you can try to bait that scorch out. Say you're playing northern realms and have two catapults (the 8s that double when placed together) and a few 6s. Play those first. Three 6s is a very tempting target for a scorch. Then you hit them with double 16s. Remember hero cards are not effected by scorches. If you're playing a monster deck , which in great part focuses front row and you have a biting frost and a scorch that's an unholy combo. Freeze the front row, making them all the same strength, then scorch (provided you don't have any non hero unit cards on your own side) can be a game winning move. Also spies are overpowered, keep as many as possible and use every opportunity to play them

[@yosifvidelov]

Herbs, shmerbs, lets play some GWENT eh?

[@DeviantDreamers]

Ignoring main quests for Gwent? More likely than you’d think 👍

[@anonw3829]

Thank you.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Thank YOU for watching! I hope it helped ^^

[@anonw3829]

It did...I'm going to waste a cold afternoon playing Gwent. I gave up on Witcher 3 long ago, but glad I came back.@@DeviantDreamers

[@DeviantDreamers]

@anonw3829 That sounds like a great plan!! Hope you enjoy it- definitely one of my favorite games of all time 😊

[@itamar-kun6179]

I really enjoyed the video and the tips were useful, thank you 😊

[@DeviantDreamers]

So glad that they could help!! Thanks so much for watching 🥰

[@KillerTofuDrums]

I play all of my spy cards at once and throw the first round. Usually works out cause a lot of opponents will start off with high level and hero cards

[@DeviantDreamers]

That’s typically an approach that tends to work well! The only tricky scenario is when you play against another NR or NG opponent who also has a ton of spies and decoys (perhaps more than you do at the time), and you have to make some tough decisions regarding point advantages versus card advantages in r1… that’s the worst 😓

[@KillerTofuDrums]

@DeviantDreamers you have to have a bit of luck on your side cause yeah, if they overload your side with tons of spies then the game plan has to be more flexible. I never keep more than 22 unit cards to try to maximize potency. Im still trying to get more "muster" units. "Tight bonds" are great but you gotta luck out to get them in a hand. Once im done with the main B&W quest line, I wanna focus on bolstering my decks.

[@flukeygaminguk2196]

Fantastic guide, very clear and very helpful. Got yourself a new sub 😊

[@DeviantDreamers]

Thank you so much, I truly appreciate it, and I’m glad that it helped!! 😊 Currently working on some Baldur’s Gate 3/more Gwent videos in the background, but might not have anything up for a little while yet, so my apologies with the delay! Recording footage to use can really take a long time… 😅

[@thesenate5913]

It would have been hilarious if we actually played Gwent with Gauntr O’Dimm for Olgierd’s soul.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Honestly, I wouldn't have minded it!

[@Sercil00]

When my enemy uses monster cards, I tend to put more icy-weather-cards in my deck and remove other weather cards, so there's a better chance I'll draw icy weather. I also remove many of my own melee cards apart from heroes. Monster cards are very very melee-heavy and tend to summon absolute truckloads of melee cards every time they're placed. I then wait until the end before placing icy weather, so the opponent wastes clear-weather-cards. Icy weather can shred monster decks good.

[@kamranismayilzade3789]

The problem is, I wish I could know in advance what is the deck most of my opponents using, so that I could adjust my strategy and play decks accordingly. Sometimes with quest characters, they give you hints in dialogues, but it is a very rare case, especially with other NPCs.

[@DeviantDreamers]

That’s why I tend to try and keep my decks as “balanced” as possible to ensure that I have at least one or two good counters for each potential faction. Worst case scenario, though, if you end up losing against your opponent the first time, you can easily adapt your deck afterwards once you know what faction they will be playing, at least!

[@Johnnythefirst]

I always play with northern realms, and I always use all of my spy cards in the first round, to then pass. Then it's just a matter of crushing them in the two next rounds, mostly with units like the blue stripes that strenghten each other. Once your deck is decent, you'll never lose.

[@DeviantDreamers]

NR is such a solid choice in TW3. I do wish that the other factions were a bit more powerful- while they can certainly be used to win, they do require more deliberate deck planning and thoughtful strategy than just dropping spy cards and decoys constantly. I think my second favorite is Skellige because of a similar premise to what you said (plenty of Tight Bond and Muster units) as well!

[@Johnnythefirst]

@@DeviantDreamers Winning that tournament with the new Skellige Deck in Toussaint was such a drag for me, after beating the entire game with my invincible NR deck. I had to start over so many times. :p

[@DeviantDreamers]

@@Johnnythefirst Oh no!! Fair enough, though ^^ I really like Skellige because I can play a deck that seems weak at first glance, but comes in clutch towards the end haha 👏 Maybe I’ll see if I can make a more faction-specific “tips” video in the near future to see if that might help out! Although, I am currently working on another project at the moment… I’ll add it to my list 😂

[@tuldorelow9687]

It show you never played against strong Nilfgardian deck ;) Remember - if you give your spies all at once some may be 'stolen' by decoy, other resurected by medic and so on... I also like NR most, while skellige... ehh, just hate it - it's fraction that depend on luck too much - to use it properly you need to put a lot of cards on hand... and later only luck decide - do you get hand with power ~300 for round, or end with miserable sh*t... I completly agree with dwarves from Toussaint in this matter... hands away from gwent! :'D

[@Johnnythefirst]

@@tuldorelow9687 Well, I simply don't lose games in a playthrough, so yeah. Would be different against a human opponent of course.

[@Cricket0021]

i always play scoia tael with biting frost perk versus monster decks. doesn't matter if they have the commander's horn perk or the medic one, the monsters are mostly close ranged units so biting frost is always handy with scoia tael because you can just load up on ranged cards and a commander's horn. Also, the Novigrad cards are bugged in the gwent book because Thaler counts as two cards for some reason

[@TeamNevilleL]

Thank you for the tips!

[@DeviantDreamers]

Thank YOU for watching a leaving a comment! 😊

[@akstyles]

And with that beautiful voice

[@DeviantDreamers]

Thank you so much for watching! I appreciate it! 😊

[@kingpin1118]

I like using the scoia-tel deck. The only decks I cannot beat easily are stuffed monster decks, and one particular Northern realms

[@DeviantDreamers]

Interesting!! That's actually my least favorite to use LOL I had a video mapped out for that faction several months ago, but I can't find it anymore ^^; Trying to gain the motivation to restart from scratch haha Monsters can definitely be tricky! If there's any way to inflate your deck with scorch cards/scortch-related abilities, and weather cards, I would strongly recommend that! :)

[@Saurischian]

Rainy Day quib was cheesy but so damn good 🙃

[@DeviantDreamers]

I’m always here for the terrible Gwent puns 😌👏 Thanks so much for watching! 😂

[@spencerbixby7819]

There’s only one thing that really grinds my gears: When the AI plays a really strong skellige deck, and shuffles my discard pile back into my deck near the end of a match.. 🤬

[@DeviantDreamers]

Believe it or not, I don’t think I’ve had this experience before! …Or, I’ve repressed it in my memories because I was devastated… That outcome is more likely 🥲

[@scottybellotti4350]

Gwent outside but it was raining, gwent back inside coz I'm not Aard

[@DeviantDreamers]

Can you help me draft a script for my next video? I’ll find a way to work in more puns, I promise 😂

[@scottybellotti4350]

@@DeviantDreamers of course, yrden gotta axii me twice, just tell me quen!! Emmental you now though, my puns are cheesey..... 🧀

[@brightspark6523]

imho wheather cards are useless in any given way. Foltest with that clear wheather ability is the goat in case some dummy nps will draw some. To prove the point, weather cards have been played quite a bit less moving to an endgame

[@DeviantDreamers]

I 100% agree that the clear weather Foltest card is SUPER strong! But, of course, that’s if you’re playing NE. If you play another faction, I still think keeping one or two in your deck might be wise, personally (especially clear weather) for desperate measures. That being said, clear weather cards in particular are often kept for endgame usage among the NPCs as well… so, it can be a tough decision to make if you “waste” a weather card too early for sure!

[@GHRTaco]

I love Gwent, still learning though. I have found that I play best when I just throw the first round, I mean pass immediately.

[@DeviantDreamers]

I would assume that this holds true for you because you have a “card advantage” going into round two since you’re passing right away. I definitely wouldn’t suggest that in the future (especially if you’re facing an opponent with a ton of spy cards) because it can be incredibly risky and is usually low reward, but if you apply this strategy when used with spy cards of your own, it can work well! If you play your spy cards right away, you can gain the card advantage immediately at the start of the game and should be able to win from there, regardless of whatever points you put down in round 1. If you “thin” the rest of your deck first by playing the other cards in your hand and saving spy cards for round 2, you can still get your opponent to play a decent amount of cards at the start of the game, and then pick up a card advantage in later rounds. That being said, this could be more risky since you won’t know what you’re working with, exactly, until later on. Hopefully, this strategy might work for you in the future- keep me posted! Thanks again for watching, and I’m glad you’re enjoying Gwent!! 😊

[@scotthome3314]

I always play the cow first whenever I can. For good luck.

[@DeviantDreamers]

The Cow/Bovine Defense Force are amazing 🐄 They’re like a little emotional support squad in itself- I respect that 🤣

[@johnnyc1216]

I'm playing the PS5 Next Gen version and I'm wondering where are all the extra cards you have?! Such as the Skellige?

[@DeviantDreamers]

The Skellige faction can only be attained with the “Blood and Wine” expansion. Personally, I will strongly suggest that you get that if you don’t have it already- it’s one of the best DLCs I’ve ever played for ANY game! Not to mention, you get to play more Gwent, too… 😂

[@izzuddinmnasir4884]

Ive collected but failed in the tournament, most scary thing if Gaunter O Dimm accept the gwent battle

[@DeviantDreamers]

If Gaunter played Gwent, I think we would all die, somehow… 🤣 No need to make him even more powerful haha

[@aFinalNote]

It was all downhill for Geralt when he met that gwent player at the crossroads

[@yvancholy7700]

Spy then hero cards then biting frost wins 75% of the time 100% of the time

[@RezzyDocYT]

To sum up c-section: Spy card and decoys

[@goldenkoi745]

Is baddy supposed to be difficult when I played him he was terrible was his hand bad or him

[@usamaasif8366]

winds howling

[@DeviantDreamers]

Looks like rain.

[@MadZwe1]

Still wonders why the hell is Hjalmar of all people not a close combat hero

[@DeviantDreamers]

Completely agree with you… the only reasoning I can assume is because they wanted to balance out Cerys as a hero card(??) but, she wouldn’t have been a good ranged card either according to lore… so, either way, the logic would have been flawed 💀

[@CustomizedUsername]

lol I never played gwent and had to wear the ears at the party in the Hearts of Stone DLC

[@denzbarzs7150]

Try play with yoana on hard difficult whatever card you have she will crush you

[@DeviantDreamers]

She's definitely challenging, but not impossible to beat, even on hard difficulty :) Scorch abilities, weather cards, and/or spies are definitely useful against Monster decks!

[@nynjadad4778]

Rain, rain, go away... cause Foltest says so

[@DeviantDreamers]

He has the power 💪😤

[@nynjadad4778]

@@DeviantDreamers Will there be a folTest later on the material? 🤓

[@DeviantDreamers]

…don’t FolTEST me right now, sir 😤😂😂

[@lazyturtle61]

What mods do u use

[@DeviantDreamers]

Only a few in my current play-through- all of them visual-based (different appearances for some of the signs, like Quen and Aard, and also more reflective cat eyes for the Witchers) If I have time later on, I’ll see if I can put together a list to include in a future video 😊

[@undesconocido7]

Beats eredins as and then asks him for a game of gwent to reafirm his supperiority*

[@DeviantDreamers]

Honestly, that should have been the final boss battle. Disappointed it wasn’t.

[@sanelacordalija3951]

so her advice is have good cards and play them guys

[@DeviantDreamers]

Depends on what you consider “good” cards- in the video, I explicitly disagree with what some people might view as powerful. Thanks for the comment and boosting viewership! :)

[@iamlivinginyourwalls]

Worst part of the game? Not enough gwent tourneys.

[@DeviantDreamers]

Agreed- imo, the saddest part about TW3 is when you’ve played Gwent with every possible character... Life ceases to have meaning 🥲

[@iamlivinginyourwalls]

@@DeviantDreamers they could make millions if they released a gwent dlc

[@DeviantDreamers]

I’m just hoping they’ll keep it (or make something similar) for future Witcher games! Have you played Gwent Online before? They did make that for the same premise, but unfortunately it’s not receiving any continued support/updates after 2023 :(

[@iamlivinginyourwalls]

@@DeviantDreamers tried gwent online but it just doesn't feel the same. Not having tavern music is a huge strike against it

[@DeviantDreamers]

Gotcha! I love the Gwent Online music, personally- I think it’s actually by the same composers who worked on the game iirc (could be wrong, so please ignore me if I am) That being said, I respect your opinions for sure! I am intending to make a video for next week detailing some differences between TW3 Gwent and Gwent Online if you’re ever interested in giving it a shot again, though! 😊

[@AtlightYo]

Gwent tip #1 Don't play the standalone

[@DeviantDreamers]

It was fun for a while there, I thought ;-; so sad it's ending soon...

[@spicynips8466]

Tip 1, git gud

[@DeviantDreamers]

You’re not wrong…

[@fetzkochl]

So this was basically useless :D

[@DeviantDreamers]

Sorry it didn’t help you- if there’s anything specific you would like to know, feel free to leave a comment, and maybe I can follow up with it in a future video. But, thanks for watching!