Gwent cheats, tips - How to win in Arena mode
Arena mode from Gwent: The Witcher Card Game explained
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You should have already seen our introduction to Gwent: The Witcher Card Game guide, and if you haven't you definitely should right now. Once you've brushed up on the basics of how Gwent plays now, it's time to head into something more challenging, and nothing ups the stakes quite like the Arena mode.
Arena mode differs to the standard gameplay of Gwent in a number of ways, and this guide is here to give you the knowledge you need in advance to take on the online players. Brush up on your skills, and read on below…
High stakes
To enter the Arena mode you need to pay up. You can simply pay real money - not worth it - special Arena entry tokens or you can use 150 ore, which is earnable from your Reward Tree.
Once you're in, you will find that there are nine tiers, and each time you win you'll rise up and earn better rewards. Sounds good, but you can easily get knocked out, too.
You'll be kicked out once you've lost three times, and then you'll get the rewards associated with wherever you managed to get to in the tiers. Of course, you don't want to get kicked out early, and to ensure you last as long as possible, you'll need a good deck. Though, you won't be able to build your perfect deck before going in to Arena mode…
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Deck builder
You won't be using your pre-built decks in Arena mode, instead you'll have to construct a new deck as you enter, but the catch is that each card you add to the deck will be chosen from a random selection of five.
This means that you won't be able to easily build your perfect deck, and many of the cards you choose may not be compatible with one another.
Before you build the deck you will choose who will be your deck leader, and you should attempt to build your deck around the power of your leader.
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Playing to win
So of course, your main aim should be winning at any cost, and you're going to need to play carefully.
It all starts with your deck of course, but now that you're in the game, it's time to put your deck to the test, and that can come with mixed results.
Often the best strategy is to attempt to waste your opponent's hand in the first round, perhaps let them win, only to battle all-out in the next two rounds. Though, that's not always the case…
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A careful hand
If you can win the first round, you can put yourself in an obviously advantageous position to build up a powerful hand.
In between each round you can redraw some cards from your hand, after you win the first round you can redraw, and then simply pass on the round. You will lose, taking you to the second round, but also giving you another opportunity to redraw cards and fill out your hand after playing strong in the first round.
Your final hand, then, should hopefully be made up of a perfect strategy to win, and if that is the case, you will likely overcome your opponents.
