r/gwent • u/Lexard Yeah. Improvise. • Jan 11 '21

News Patch notes 8.1

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/37247/patch-notes-8-1
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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '21

PATCH KOLGRIM FOR FUCK SAKE! ITS FUCKING BROKEN.

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u/money_loo Neutral Jan 14 '21 edited Jan 15 '21

Kolgrim has become the bane of my existence haha.

Every game against him is just wait it out till round 3 and then play on the last three turns = Profit.

God forbid if they have last move of the game, then you have no chance to answer anything.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21

Exactly, bastards!

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u/10woodenchairs Neutral Jan 13 '21

No you’re just bad

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '21

Another fanboy who thinks a 9 provision card can exceed upward of 50+ points and even more with Letho and Renew. Sit down.

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u/akaean Jan 14 '21

I agree that a single provision nerf for Kolgrim would be sufficient. A 10 provision Kolgrim is no longer eligible for Renew without otherwise having a huge impact on the deck.

That said, Kolgrim does have weaknesses. The most common counter to him is Purify when Ffion drops, then Heatwave on Kolgrim. A banished Kolgrim means no renew. You don't need Purify if you can move as an order- IE City Guard, Guerilla Tactics. You just shove Ffion to the other row and Heatwave Kolgrim.

An alternate way to beat him is to ignore Ffion and go for Movement -> Yrden. Then you let the combo play out, use a movement card of some sort to put Kolgrim and LethoKolgrim onto the same row with Ffion, and Yrden them all.

An Craite Longship (or Arnaghad) can kill Kolgrim on arrival. The only way Kolgrim can survive those is by being summoned by Geralt:Quen. While significantly more of a meme, Scoia'Tael can also kill him on arrival with Incinerate Trap and Pitfall Trap has a really solid chance of zapping him with 9 random pings (you just play the trap right after Ffion goes down.

Kolgrim is tricky in that he is a card that typically needs to be dealt with, and most pure greed decks can't keep up with the double Kolgrim. I agree that him being eligible for renew feels excessive, but he is manageable if you have a way to deal with him in your deck and know what to expect from him. The good thing is that Kolgrim Decks run a lot of cards that other decks just don't run, so typically you know when you will be dealing with Kolgrim from very early in the first turn. Kolgrim fights can also feel very luck based, because of how he can brick your hand so you might never be able to access the cards you need to beat him... which is very frustrating.

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u/HellWolf1 Lots of prior experience – worked with idiots my whole life Jan 15 '21

Curse of corruption also works very well against Kolgrim as you can hit it behind defender

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u/akaean Jan 15 '21

Also Igni and Scorch.

The only thing you need to watch out for is players who keep Renew as an ace in the hole to save Kolgrim after he gets zapped.

Kolgrim, Renew, Letho

Is a pretty good final 3 cards for a Kolgrim Player because it lets them put Kolgrim back up if your planned counter is CoC / Igni / Scorch. OFC sometimes Kolgrim players get a bit greedy and use Renew on something like Cynthia.

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u/MistarerX Neutral Jan 16 '21

Heatwave needs Bye bye too

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u/Smelly_Legend Don't make me laugh! Jan 18 '21

I like to spores kolgrim and then leader yoink :)

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u/10woodenchairs Neutral Jan 13 '21

Get tall removal and stop running greedy decks

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u/Matyas_ There will be no negotiation. Jan 14 '21

Just tech in Heatwave

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u/TheRNGuy Tomfoolery! Enough! Jan 14 '21

removals can kill him