Swim's dwarfs is fine, just learn the other cards (there aren't that many) and make your own modifications to it

Tbh, most importantly build whatever you can with whatever you already have

I think once you have enough packs that you've filled out the bronzes you can at least "try" anything

Reaps

United Kingdom1280 Posts

May 30 2017 13:18 GMT

#122

On May 30 2017 22:08 ahswtini wrote:
the only budget dwarf deck i looked at was swim's, but it's apparently outdated. anyone got a list i can build off?

Swims deck was from closed beta before the big balance patch so yes its way outdated

http://www.gwentdb.com/decks/18411-budget-dwarves-more-public-beta

This is a new one from open beta and seems decent, i kinda made my own though and prefer cleaver over the 2 shackle cards but the strategy is similar, check it out.

ahswtini

Northern Ireland22212 Posts

May 30 2017 14:48 GMT

#123

hmm i found this
http://gwentify.com/decks/scoiatael-budget-gwent-deck-list-guide/

BrTarolg

United Kingdom3574 Posts

May 30 2017 15:30 GMT

#124

http://www.gwentdb.com/decks/18488-updated-swims-tempo-dorfs

This is by far the best guide if you're interested in dwarves, budget or otherwise

blunderfulguy

United States1415 Posts

May 30 2017 17:05 GMT

#125

Has anyone found a good Nilfgaard Control f2p deck? It's the only thing I haven't played or played against in any phase of the beta, but perhaps they rely too much on other leaders and gold and silver cards to be useful for lower leagues/budgets?

KillerSOS

United States4207 Posts

May 30 2017 18:11 GMT

#126

NG is pretty reliant on specific legendaries and silvers, so it's probably the closest to a "pay to win" faction. Kinda like old warrior in hearthstone aka "wallet warrior."

blunderfulguy

United States1415 Posts

May 30 2017 20:50 GMT

#127

On May 31 2017 03:11 KillerSOS wrote:
NG is pretty reliant on specific legendaries and silvers, so it's probably the closest to a "pay to win" faction. Kinda like old warrior in hearthstone aka "wallet warrior."

Yeah, it looks like I'll be waiting a while before I get a deck put together. My luck opening good silver cards has been pretty terrible ever since the beta started, lol.

Amarok

Australia2003 Posts

May 30 2017 23:42 GMT

#128

Anyone else having major connection issues? The game was completely unplayable last night. Internet is fine, no problem with other games/activities. Would get disconnected every 5 or so minutes, even when just browsing collection.

kongoline

6318 Posts

May 31 2017 00:46 GMT

#129

they were getting ddosed

Starecat

940 Posts

May 31 2017 11:11 GMT

#130

This is like Triple Triad online for this generation.

Laurens

Belgium4557 Posts

May 31 2017 19:56 GMT

#131

Any guesses on when a first balance patch will happen?

I'm tempted to craft some golds, but if CDPR is known to do quick fixes I guess it's better to wait until the first wave of nerfs/buffs.

Zaros

United Kingdom3692 Posts

May 31 2017 20:02 GMT

#132

Towards the end of closed beta their wasn't that many but I wasn't their right at the start, they just did a massive change to the game with the open beta so I would expect a fair few tweaks before it settles.

BrTarolg

United Kingdom3574 Posts

May 31 2017 20:59 GMT

#133

They already said they will give refunds to nerfed cards so craft away

I think some of the nif cards will get nerfed since nif is overly top tier atm

Reaps

United Kingdom1280 Posts

May 31 2017 21:30 GMT

#134

Just heard your ranking on ladder is based on your casual matches? Can anyone confirm, seems weird. I've been doing nothing but experimenting with certain decks in casual as i thought it didn't matter.

Numy

South Africa35471 Posts

May 31 2017 21:35 GMT

#135

On June 01 2017 06:30 Reaps wrote:
Just heard your ranking on ladder is based on your casual matches? Can anyone confirm, seems weird. I've been doing nothing but experimenting with certain decks in casual as i thought it didn't matter.

Only the initial ranking, once you entered ranked mode it doesn't matter.

Laurens

Belgium4557 Posts

June 01 2017 06:16 GMT

#136

On June 01 2017 05:59 BrTarolg wrote:
They already said they will give refunds to nerfed cards so craft away

Not necessarily. I opened Yarpen and I'm playing with Dwarves atm. I wanna craft Ithlinne which is really strong with the deck, but also 800 of my 1000 remaining scraps lol.

If they nerf dwarves - but not Ithlinne - those scraps are gone

I'll craft her anyway, this deck is quite strong.

Think of your first casual games as placement matches, same as in Dota 2.

TheFoReveRwaR

United States10657 Posts

June 01 2017 06:29 GMT

#137

Very much enjoying my Consume/frost hybrid monster deck. Even though my cards are kinda cheap compared to some people you can still stay competitive which is a good thing (ive had ranked games against people 8 levels higher experience wise for example..i lost but it was close).

I would recommend researching the keywords and from there it's very user friendly and easy to get into for new players. Give it a try.

Glacierz

United States1245 Posts

June 02 2017 13:32 GMT

#138

I've been playing with this NG Ciri-Dash deck and it's been beating everything I encounter. The deck thinning is pretty amazing, I usually start round 3 with only 3-4 cards left in the deck.

Between Calveit, Cahir, Royal Decree and mulligans, I haven't had a game where I wasn't able to pull Ciri in all of my rounds yet.

BrTarolg

United Kingdom3574 Posts

June 02 2017 20:13 GMT

#139

One thing i would say assuming you're not coming from the closed beta and started with a bunch of extra kegs

The first 60 kegs you get are the most valuable because milling SUCKS in this game and as a result crafting is equally terribad.

If you do want to compete, dropping 60 kegs at the beginning or near to the beginning is by far the most value way, but only if you're actually feeling like you'll enjoy the investment in the game

Laurens

Belgium4557 Posts

June 03 2017 09:13 GMT

#140

Crafted RnR to go with my Dorfs, feels dirty but for some reason the last 3 opponents I used it against didn't have First Light ready ...
I've managed to reach 1500 MMR with this dwarf deck, but sometimes I get completely hammered by Calveit/Eithne decks. Those two deck types seem among the strongest atm? I don't think Dwarves ST can carry me much further though I'm hoping to reach rank 11 for the 4 keg reward.