Witcher 3: How to Play Gwent 

Any card game with "Poor Fucking Infantry" as a card name is a card game worth playing.

Me: Tries to play Gwent casually Random Merchant with 5 billion special cards: I'm gonna stop you right there

If the game had explained it this way, I could have won the first game hahah thanks a lot!

"poor fucking infantry"

Belive it or not, im level 40 and watching this.... XD

A few pointers to note: 1. Spy is op, do whatever you can to use your spy cards. When your opponents uses spy, decoy it. When you have a medic and your opponent uses a spy card, save your medic for the spy revive next round. When you know you will lose the round, spam all the spy cards and boost their points, since you are not going to win anyway. When you have weather cards and spy cards, (ie close combat spy + biting frost) use your spy cards and hold the weather card till the very end - when they pass, use your weather card to surprise them. When your opponent has passed and you have way more points than your opponent, if you have spy cards use them as well. 2. In Gwent, every move is important and legitimate. If you are going to lose that round, try to, as much as possible, waste your opponents cards (ie maybe use your leader card or decoy card to help you skip one turn but has minimal effect on your points). Stronger opponents however knows how to avoid your trap. 3. Each faction has their strengths and weaknesses. For example, monster faction is known for spamming same type cards. Thats op as hell but weather cards counter it. Dealing with nifgaardian faction is not as straightforward. You need to outwit them with more cards using medics and spy cards. Generally they have more special cards that are invulnerable to weather cards so you have to use raw power to deal with it (ie having more cards). 4. At critical stages of the game, you have to make assumptions in what card your opponents has. Depending on his faction, you can more or less guess the playstyle (through experience). In addition, there are often signs that your opponents has ran out of cards - using a random cards that does not provide optimal effect. Let's look at a scenario: You are in the second round of the game. Your opponent has won the first round. He has 2-3 cards left and he passes (ie let's you win) this means that at least 1 card is a non power card (weather card, decoy..). By keeping some strong power cards for the last round, you are likely to win the fight. Or if he uses a useless card on you, likely he has ran out of options and is waiting for you to waste your cards (see above point 2) There are a lot of tiny details in Gwent, such as the number of weather cards, the proportion of ranged, combat and siege cards and such. They can all affect how "lucky" your cards are, and keep your deck minimal and strong - so you have higher chances of getting good cards. And redraw, make full use of it, plan how you want to attack your opponent. If you have a torrential rain and many siege cards, redraw your torrential rain. Its unlikely that your opponent has more siege power than you. Like wise if your leader can already summon a weather card, no point keeping the same weather card in your deck, unless you know your opponent is prone to use a certain type for attacking. This comment is insanely long, but I hope it helps anyone trying to defeat the stronger opponents. Have fun

I’m 65 hours in and still don’t understand Gwent 😅. Still need some practicing!

Completed the story and hearts of stone, still didnt know how to play gwent xd

FINALLY. someone who actually explains how to play this fucking game. Now I understand it, I'll try and play it again. Great video. Thanks heaps.

Poor fucking infantry xD

Wow this video really helped a lot. Good thorough explanation. Not too much, but also not too little. Great job!

Gwent should be a standalone app

Dude, if you are going to forfeit a round, PLAY THE SPY CARD. You get two cards and you aren't going to give him points the next round. If you are going to lose a round, it doesn't matter if he beats you by 1 or 100. So give him the spy card so you can use the two cards in the next round without giving him points to close a round. There is sometimes I play 3 spy cards and don't put any value cards on the board and lose the round. But I usually kick ass the next two rounds.

Thank you! I've been playing Eitcher 3 for a week now and awoided Gvent like a plague because I had no idea what I was doing first I've played it firs time around. Simple, useful = Perfect :D Best of luck mate.

Tip for beginners: at 9:15 it would’ve been worth it for him to play the spy before passing and forfeiting the round. Doing so would lure another card from the opponent. Moreover, the 5 points wouldn’t hurt u in the next round. The only caveat to this is if the opponent uses a decoy to steal your spy in response, but that is not super likely

AAA card game in AAA game sweet

Wow... Thank you... finally a gwent tutorial that makes sense and really explains

If you are just going to hand him a first round victory anyways, id say play any of your spy cards as early as possible.

This seemed pretty boring at first, but that's because I didn't understand how to play it. Now it seems fun :D

I start playing Witcher 3 in June 2019, level 16 and can't seem to grasp Gwent, thanks for the clear and simple explanation of Gwent!

How to win: use spies and decoys

This was better than the tutorial in the actual game. Thanks!

a tip use spy's in rounds your going to lose or planning to lose so you start with more card next round and he doesn't have more power.

360+ hours played, having all achievements, even the hidden ones, but now it’s time to play another play through with Gwent. I wish somebody explained it to me before as easy as you did! Thanks!

Just bought game, still in White Orchard... skipped playing with Professor at Inn since had no idea how to play game. Thanks for this Tutorial!

I played and replayed the witcher 3 for about a year including all DLCs and I never played Gwent. I don't want to move on so I recently started modding the game and now I'm learning to play Gwent. Thanks for this great tutorial

Yours is the most precise video ive ever watched !! Exactly to the point.... No wasting time with useless info.. yet not leaving the viewers unsatisfied with a lotta doubts !! Thanks a lot!

I appreciate the format of this. Thank you for actually jumping right into the game and talking about it as you go.

Spies are important troops to generate cards. In combination with well placed decoy- and revive-cards they can be even more helpful. As someone else said, try to play spies at the start of the game. If the enemy plays a spy on you, if you have, play a decoy and replay it. If not, you'll have a discarded spy in the next round you might want to revive.

Thank you. I was avoiding gwent for a long time. Finished the game and all quests and everything but with gwent quest untouched. Now I will give it a try at least :)

Thanks very eaasy guide watched couple more videos before and was overwhelmed by the explainations. Yours is straightforward and easy to understand.

Honestly it's such a relief to read the comments. I'm on my first ever playthrough of Witcher and I ignored Gwent for the longest time and finally realized that learning to play it can help me quite a bit. Haven't enjoyed playing it because I straight up suck at it. So this video definitely helps.

Completly discarded Gwent in my first two playthroughs, but thanks to this, im starting to build quite a decent deck in my third. Thanks a lot mate👍🏼

Thanks for this vid. I could'nt quite grasp the concept of the whole game without it.

Was struggling with understanding this game, after losing over and over and watching tons of videos this is the only one so far that finally helps me understand This game!!! Great explanation much appreciated :)

Thanks for the video! Simple and easy to understand! All the other gwent videos are like 20+ minutes long and aren't helpful. This was perfect

Gwent is easy to understand. But hard to master.

Thanks for explaining it so well! Could not follow the games instructions for the life of me!!

A very clear explanation of the Gwent game and good sound of voice, thank you very much!

easy to understand and straight to the point. Really great tutorial! Thanks Rob

Thanks for this mate, didn't get the game until I watched this.

try using all your spy cards as soon as you can. you might lose the first round but it gives you more cards meaning for flexibility for your plays in the next two rounds

just another thumbs up, very good explanation. i was so aggravated at some small details i missed and you hit exactly!!

I have watched a few Gwent guides but this is the first useful one! Thx and you gained a subscriber :)

Top 10 cards in base game( no DLCs): 1. Avallac'h (Neutral) - Power: 0 Ability: Spy 2. Geralt of Rivia / Cirilla (Neutral) - Power:15 3. Villentrenmech (Neutral) - Power: 7 Ability: Scorch Close 4. Menno Coehoorn (Nilfgaard) - Power: 10 Ability: Heal 5. Yennefer (Neutral) - Power: 7 Ability: Heal 6. Kayran (Monsters) - Power: 8 Ability: Agile, Morale Boost 7. Vampires: Fleder, Ekimmara, Bruxa, Garkain, Katakan (Monsters) - Power: 4,4,4,4,5 Ability: Muster 8. Arachas X3/Arachas Behemoth (Monsters) - Power: 4,6 Ability: Muster 9. Crones: Brewess, Whispess, Weavess (Monsters) - Power: 6,6,6 Ability: Muster 10. Northern Realms Spies: Thaler, Dijkstra, Prince Stennis - Power: 1,4,5 Ability: Spy Note: Cards 1,2,4,5,6 are Hero cards Honorable Mentions: All 10 power Hero Cards, All Leader Cards, Decoys, Milva, Commander's Horn, Scorch cards, Weather cards, Catapults, Dandelion (Nilfgaard spies suck compared to Northern Realms spies and the Scoia'tael deck in general is weak) PS: The best card that deserves the 0 position is Poor Fucking Infantry

The best thing you can do is to keep the number of card high, that way you always have an advantage. So is better to use the spy cards in the first round. You might lose that round but you'll have the advantage the nex round.

Thanks for this video, I downloaded Witcher 3 GOTY last night with all DLCs after playing the original game back on console when it first came out, I never really played Gwent then but looking to get properly stuck into the game this time around and this video will certainly help me with Gwent. Thanks again!

watched a few gwent tutorials and yours is so much better, i felt shame on the behalf of those who made the others. thank you.

I looked for this video after watching Netflix The Witcher Series and play the game. 2019 The Witcher 3 player

HAVING NO LIFE NEVER FELT BETTER!

Thanks man for making this video I’ve been playing this card game knowing nothing about it for a long time now I can finally go back and do it the right way

Thanks for this. Just got to Toussant in my NG+ and realized, maybe I should learn how to play finally so I have more to do. Great help.

Foltest King of Temeria "It is natural and beautiful that a man should love his sister."

I hated gwent at first now I love it

very explanatory! got me wised up for Gwent, never tried it or liked it. Now i'll try it out for sure, great help mate!

This was actually helpful. I had no idea how to play this game, but you explained it all so nicely.

Thank you for this, I'm on the last mission of the game and avoided gwent until now haha but I don't wanna beat the witcher without doing all quests, and I haven't done any gwent quest so now it's time for that.

if ur gonna forfeit a round, at least play the spy card

This the first video that explained in a way that made sense immediately. Thanks for posting.

I've returned to Witcher 3, after a year+ hiatus, after having not gotten to play it much, due to life, the first time around, and now that I'm making the time, I want to do it right. I skipped playing Gwent, but figuring I'd been missing something, I figured I'd check it out. After watching several vids, I found THIS one to be the most useful. Really, really good job, Rob! Thanks so much.

This game actually shows how much you can think 2 or 3 steps ahead of the opponent...On my first playthrough, i dont even care about Gwent because I want to learn the storyline as fast as i can...on my second playthrough, I went to every single undiscovered locations and then stack up my cards, buys them whenever the shopkeepers have any cards... Once i start winning, I went to every town with shopkeepers to challenge them and they in return, give me cards...This game is super fun...like a card game of chess

Geralt: I summon my archer in attack mode and I'll end my turn

The best guide I've found on RU-vid so far. I finally understood all the rules even though my english skills are not that good. Thank you mate and salute from Russia.

Man this is awesome. I've been playing The Witcher 3 for some time (level 35 and 80 hours played :P) and I never really learned how to play. Got to a point on the game that all my secondary missions are about Gwent, including the tournament, and this helped a lot! Thank you so much for the explanation! Best regards from Brazil!

i still have alot of trouble, my opponents always place multiple cards at a time when i can oly place 1 and absolutely destroy me instantly

there is no reason to pass a round without dropping every spy of the deck. :)

Thank you! I have been struggling to understand but I think your explanation has definitely helped!!!!

Thanks for this video! I had no idea how to play and didn't find it fun, but now I love it.

I swear the npcs have an unlimited amount of cards.

MILF Guardians? How do I join them Kappa

Great video, i was totally lost in this game and this vid has surely shed some light, thanks much appreciated

Very nice to finally understand the game!! Ty for the good guide!

I still barely understand it, my skill in calculation and strategy has always been off, but this does clear like 4% of the confusion.

After careful consideration and borderline raging because of losing every single goddamn fucking round I've ever played with this stupid card game, I've decided fuck gwent. I just can't win in this game, guess I'm just meant to suck ass with this bullshit no matter what, so whatever. Maybe I'll have better luck taking up monster contracts for coin and possibly rescuing an ashen haired girl from wraiths further down the road.

Thanks man for this video man!!! I finally get it & love it!!!! I hate when in game tutorials don’t do a card game justice or any kind of game

Thanks man I used to hate this mini game at first, now it add to the over all experince of the wither 3 wild hunt + leveling up so awesome:)

Is this a downloaded dlc because there is a dlc for this card game so what’s that all about?

I fucking hate this game. I've played it 6 times and never got anything higher than a 6 value card. Yet 5 out of the 6 games my opponent has always had at least one 10 value card. How could I possibly win against this it's a shit game.

thank you, I dont usually love card games in real life in fact I despise them and fidn them boring, I played whole Witcher 3 game and dlc's with avoiding and ignoring gwent, now I'm playing NG+ and actually getting interested in it, and you guide really made it more clear!!

Perfect video that explained everything to the point, now I'm not afraid to play Gwent anymore! Thank you!

This is my fovorite thing in fortnite

Im level 28 and never played a game of gwent

Your video and the comments helped me big time. Thanks, friend!

First clear explanation of the game from square one! Excellent!!!

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I wish Gwent wasn't in the game at all. I want to get 100% achievements but i just don't want to bother with this stupid shit

Thanks a lot, I couldn't understand a thing about this card game yet this video was perfect in order to understand it. Again thanks a lot :)

Great video ! i have kinda given up on gwent in the witcher 3 cuz i didnt get how it works but will give it another try now. Thanks

Bad plays ...Realy? You pass even though you have a spy in your hand? Aparently you did not eve nunderstand basic strategy yet were arrogant enough to think you could give advice.

Thank you for this. I had no clue how to play this game lol You explained it well. I've subbed.

This was a great Tutorial, thanks for the time you put into it. :)

Awesome video man, super simple and easy to understand

Informative and well edited. Great video, thanks!

Thanks for the vid it really helps understand some strategy of game for new players like myself thanks again

this is the best beginner guide. thanks a lot i can figure out the advanced stuff by myself

Nice video man, really helpful to me. i just finished the game and wanted to focus on playing gwent. Thanks a lot=)

Appreciate you sharing this! Super helpful

Finally someone who gets to the point and explains things quickly and are easily comprehensible, you earned yourself a sub and some shares my friend.

Thank you! Really needed this. I never understood this game, but now I do

I played the game twice with finishing EVERYTHING in the main game and the dlcs (even all the undiscovered locations) but the only thing I didn't do was gwent related stuff, game explained it badly and I was just not having it, this tutorial helped a lot so hopefully I can have a perfect gameplay done when I play it for the third time, thanks!