Talk:High Stakes/@comment-44881562-20200118034606

Won this tournament at level 10 on Death Marsh (hardest difficulty) with default Normal Gwent difficulty. 22 total unit cards. 9 special cards. 130 total unit card strength. Using the Northern Realms deck all the way:

- Foltest Siegemaster - Hero cards x2 - Decoy x3 - Scorch x1 - Villentretenmerth - Spy cards x2 - Tight Bond cards - Medic card x1 - Weather cards

Previously the Scribe at the Passiflora would refuse my entry due to 4/5 deck rating. Then I went and beat every merchant/innkeeper in Novigrad (except for Marqiuse Serenity), Seven Cats Inn and Cunny of the Noose. Don't need to go to Skellige. The toughest Gwent player to me is the halfling because his Foltest leader card is a direct counter to my Foltest Siegemaster and seems to have unlimited number of Spy and Decoy cards! The strategy is to have him waste that leader card on lesser siege cards then dish out the better ones. Reserve your strongest siege cards against the hero cards. It is also possible to participate with 115 total unit card strength as long as you have various Tight Bond cards and could trigger the effects. It is possible to win with just 2 hero cards but sure going to be very difficult.

Fight Finneas the half-elf by pacing the distance between him and striking him right after each of his strong attack. Maintain this distance throughout the course of the fight. Blocking his attack is quite useful but risky because he may end up pushing you back and cornering you to the tables and chairs. His strong attack deals around 500 damage (reduces 1/3 of health) while my level 10 Geralt only deals 150+ fast attack.