Guides

Decklists and faction specific guides can be found here.

New players can jump right into the introduction videos shown below!

=Basic Guides=

If you're new to Duelyst, we recommend you check out the great introduction videos shown below!
 * → If you want some more info, you can check out the Getting Started page. If you'd rather learn various tips, see the General Tips guide


 * How to set up your Duelyst account and what to do first with a new account
 * Daily Duelyst A blog about being new to Duelyst

=General Links=

Deckbuilder

 * Deckbuilder on www.bagoum.com
 * Deckbuilder www.duelystcards.com
 * Deck Database Website by chuyqwerty to upload your decks, get them rated by the community and look at other decks!
 * How to make beautiful decklists

Tournament streams/reports

 * How to go at deckbuilding for a tournament by SonofMakuta
 * How to win a tournament by GGH
 * SonofMakuta's Testing for the DWCQ report
 * SonofMakuta's DWCQ report
 * SonofMakuta's Duelyst Open #4 report
 * SonofMakuta's The Grand Melee report
 * Regular Tournament Reports by Duelyst Central
 * SonofMakuta's report of Brawl4All
 * TheTacticalGmr's playlist of tournament matches
 * Meltdown League #2 tournament stream v.1.96
 * DM Classic Top 8 Decklists june 2018 v.1.96 and commentary and highlights by AlphaCentury
 * Meltdown League Season #1 Streams
 * Team Wars Season 6 Finals v.1.96

Mods

 * Site to track your decks' winrates
 * T2k5's many scripts to mod Duelyst
 * Deck Tracker mod with percentage indicator
 * T2k5's Mod: Units with black outlines
 * Mod for old rarity symbols
 * Mod for expansion name in card descriptions
 * Spanish fan translation for Duelyst v.1.96
 * How to unlock never released Ice Bridge Battle Map, new working download link can be found here.
 * Mod for intensified Prismatic visual effects
 * Mod to play multi faction decks
 * How to unlock all exclusive skins

Modding guides
 * How to edit the art on your Duelyst cards tutorial by frost_arr0w

Others

 * Duelspot - the no.1 Duelyst content and decklists website!
 * Duelyst Central - a Duelyst content website
 * How to best spend money
 * F2P guide
 * List with hidden achievements and rewards
 * How can I play in windowed mode?
 * Interviews with some of the Duelyst Grandmasters
 * Orb buying guide of latest expansions for returning players
 * Interview spotlights on Duelystcentral
 * Duelyst Central podcasts
 * How high are the chances the Wanderer player has the card they need in their hand?
 * Solution for Browser's MacOS "Your Graphics hit a Snag"
 * Ribbon Watch - Who has the most faction ribbons?
 * Here you get 5 free Mythron orbs! Thanks Steelseries for that promotion!
 * Here it explains you how to get 3 free Core orbs and 1 common crate! Thanks Alienware for that promotion!
 * Twitch drops gets explained here

=Strategy Guides= If you want to learn about general strategies used in Duelyst you can find a lot of information here.


 * SonofMakuta's Strategy Shorts series

General

 * General guide for newer players part 1


 * General guide for newer players part 2


 * Duelyst dictionary


 * Useful card game terminology part 1


 * Useful card game terminology part 2


 * What are the different archetypes and what do they mean?


 * Guide about some Bloodborn Spells (pretty old but foundations still sound)


 * 4 mistakes new Duelyst players make


 * Igni's Duelyst Replay Analysis videos (old games but base gameplay advice still good)


 * Boronian's Duelyst Short Analysis videos


 * Decision Making - the Odds and Risks


 * Freud's Guide to S-Rank (tierlist outdated but good advice in general and for several archetypes)


 * Strategy Shorts #7 Replacing on hard mode
 * What's your play #2


 * What's your play #3


 * What's your play #4


 * What's your play #5


 * Strategy Shorts #1 - Who's the beatdown


 * Strategy Shorts #14 - Playing Against Burst Decks


 * Basics Guide about Provoke by TheTacticalGmr


 * Boronian's How to Duelyst series

Positioning

 * Guide to Positioning part 1


 * Guide to Positioning part 2


 * Positioning 101 - the three fundamental stances by GGH


 * Positioning 102 - Combat Maneuvers by GGH


 * Positioning 201 - advanced combat maneuvers by GGH


 * Positioning 202 - conservative combat by GGH


 * Positioning 341 - offensive theory by GGH


 * Positioning 342 - reading your opponent by GGH


 * Video Guide about Positioning


 * Guide about Mana Springs


 * Strategy Shorts #10 - The best Defense


 * Scarzig's Unit Facing: Backstab und Dancing Blades


 * advanced Positioning by NowayitsJ


 * Strategy Shorts #13 - Clearing your own units


 * How to play around Sandswirl Reader by Boronian

Opening Moves

 * Guide about the opening moves part 1


 * Guide about the opening moves part 2


 * Guide about the so-called Scientist opener Reddit discussion about it


 * Guide about battle pets openings


 * Son of Makuta's guide on how to replace


 * What's your play #1 Opening Moves


 * Scarzig's Going First: Opening Plays #1


 * Scarzig's Going First: Opening Plays #2


 * Using removal in the early game?

Cards to play around and Card Advantage

 * The Power of Suboptimal Plays and Card Advantage


 * The Snowball of Playing around Cards with Positioning


 * Cards to play around and how


 * Basic things to play around


 * List with all (played & unplayed) cards to play around v.1.93


 * Strategy Shorts #3 - Why they always have it


 * Strategy Shorts #8 - How to play around cards

Deckbuilding

 * a list with deck archetypes and short explanations
 * Deckbuilding Concepts
 * Boronian's, Iceyfire95's and PonchoMango's Disenchanting Guide v.1.96
 * Beginners guide to deckbuilding (partly outdated)


 * Another beginners guide to deckbuilding


 * Video about Deck Building Fundamentals in Duelyst #1


 * How to evaluate cards in Duelyst


 * Short guide to Mana Curve


 * Chances of missing turn 1 in relation to the number of your 2 drops in the deck
 * Statistic about the number of Turn 1 drops
 * Introduction to Sideboarding part 1
 * Introduction to Sideboarding part 2
 * What makes a deck well optimized?
 * L'kian or Spelljammer?
 * Tactical's video deckbuilding guide for beginners
 * The value of single cards
 * Strategy Shorts #2 In defence of 1-ofs
 * Strategy Shorts #5 Deckbuilding 101
 * Strategy Shorts #6 Card Evaluation
 * ImprobableBlob's guide on netdecking and deckbuilding
 * Several really good tips how to build a deck
 * Strategy Shorts #12 Role of Card Draw
 * Are big minions useful at all?
 * How to evaluate cards in Duelyst part 1
 * How to evaluate cards in Duelyst part 2
 * Duelyst theory - the metagame clock

Gauntlet

 * Zelda's Gauntlet Rankings


 * How to deal with Gauntlet fear


 * Son of Makuta's "Learn Gauntlet with me" videos


 * Son of Makuta's Super Colossal Gauntlet Draft Guide, Ultra Edition


 * Video Guide about the in v. 1.85 introduced exclusive Gauntlet cards


 * 1pancakess' Gauntlet Tierlist / Drafting Guide
 * Gauntlet helper mod by ScotyDoesKnow


 * Tacticalgmr's Immortal Vanguard Gauntlet Infographics

Getting better

 * Guide about player's confidence and "tilting"


 * Guide about a winning mindset part 1


 * Guide about a winning mindset part 2


 * How to improve yourself


 * Dealing with Rank Anxiety/Frustration


 * Thinking outside of the box


 * How to get a "learning mindset"


 * Improving as a novice