While it is more than capable of defeating the equally weak decks of innkeepers and blacksmiths, you are going to want to quickly improve it. By default, you are given a Northern Realms starter deck at the beginning of the game. Of course it's engine-based. She does well currently because she counters popular Monster decks, but even with all those engines she struggles against heavy control decks like Crach or some NG lists. Target to pull for Henselt? ), I believe Meve is top 1 or 2 : safer engines, synergy with cards like Anna, value over 3 rounds, denies bloodthirst. Otherwise, NR doesn't often have key cards so a hand full of Golds will suffice. Expensive Golds. I had thousands of matches with old NG spies, reached top 1000 with it every season. At rank 3 Meve is all I see. If you are looking for advice, news about the game or decklists, this is the right place! Also, this style raises a question: Should I include tempo/straight-up point vomit cards like Witcher Trio, Unicorn/Chironex or Enraged Ifrit? Iam a newbie Can you explain Why is Avallac is needed in foltest deck, since his ability is to summon an artifact, and I see no artifact in the deck. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Others may have very different opinions. Engines are slow enough to set up. From the creator of Gudrun Shupe and definitely 100% independent creator of Triple Siege, Triple Masquerade Ball, Triple Haunt and Triple Passiflora. Don't feed charges to engines right away when they are placed on board (still zZz) to avoid losing charges for nothing when they are countered immedialy. I don't think it's worth running. Brace yourselves, there will be no mercy. Lots of prior experience – worked with idiots my whole life. Been getting back into the my whole wine, gwent and treadmill and your post has been very helpful. Babyjosus presents you: Northern Realms Uprising. Meve helps a bit against Bloodthirst but she doesn't really deny it. Also, I find it more comfortable playing to the strengths of the faction than merely including popular cards. Merciless is 1 more point and increases his charge by himself. Deck Guide, Gwent / By Babyjosus / April 6, 2020. Usually you will want to use Henselt early to thin your deck by one card and push for a pass from your opponent. I agree that she helps against bloodthirst though. I would say any success of Meve is attributed to NR engines themselves or favourable matchups, rather than the leader's ability. She can counter Crach's pings but those decks run ships that can ping each turn and usually several damage dealing cards, so setting up Blodthirst 1-2 is not a problem at all, which is all that the current meta Crach lists need. Meve is a bit overrated in my opinion. Open to replacement. Of course if you don't have to use Henselt in round 1, that's even better. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, A subreddit dedicated to Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Why play henselt when you can play Meve. Including those expensive cards make you leave out many good engines. If you use Roche: Merciless, he can build charges by himself so it's fine to play him a little late. Otherwise it's not worth using Foltest as leader. Characteristic: Normally Demavend just sucks but if left unchecked, he will destroy your entire board as a charge of his often worths at least 2 points. Can confirm - she does feel pretty powerful. Strength: Absolutely barbaric if unanswered. July 1, 2020. I have completed Foltest and Henselt Mastery and am doing the other two leaders. 6/10. Now with HC, Northern Realms (NR) is very much similar to old NG spies: If you have no answer to its machines, there is no way to stop it from crushing you. It will straight up win you 1/10 matches but the rest of the time you're losing points to provisions. Also, a common way to build a NR deck is to pack as many Gold engines as possible, so even if you don't use thinning cards, you can draw a decent hand filled with Golds most of the time. Even with the latest round of nerfs, Hidden Cache Syndicate is still incredibly strong. Characteristic: Best NR deck despite the provision nerf, mostly because he can provide tempo at will, which alleviates the main weakness of the faction. After trying various builds, I think I can now share with you, especially NR players, my take on this faction and the best deck for each leader from my experience. Since the start of Gwent, I have always been a fan of engine-based decks. And for BSS, you never want two of them in your hand, making one of it actually redundant, let alone sometimes it's a useless 4-point play when the former guy BSC gets countered. Basically these cards clog up your deck while they can easily be replaced by Lyrian Cavalry - a cheap engine and removal bait. There are many versions out there but this one feels the most Demavend-y to me. Nearly every deck has an answer and if your oppentent bleeds you it's bad. When all your charge-based engines get countered, Demavend suddenly becomes useless. Protect your engines against simple point-removal, Synergize well with some engines like Anna or Tridam Infantry. The... Uprising Northern Realms. I really struggle with Meve while Henselt or Adda actually gives me an easier time. Pikes in air, swords to sky! 3 or 4 charges is good enough for him to find value. DECKS (FROM BEST TO WORST) This is merely my experience with these leaders. Uprising is an act of a rebellion. Witcher Trio inclusion to help a bit with tempo and to get Gold charge-based engines in round 3. Force opponent out of round 1, drypass round 2 for a long round 3. © 2020 Gwent.us Not approved/endorsed by CD PROJEKT RED.