This is a list of user guides created by the community, for the Duelyst community.
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
- Daily Duelyst A blog about being new to Duelyst
General Links
Deckbuilder
- Deckbuilder on www.bagoum.com
- Deckbuilder www.duelystcards.com
- Android deckbuilder made by im_useful_to_society
- iOS deckbuilder made by im_useful_to_society can be found on Apple store
Tierlists
- Problems and Advantages of Tierlists
- TM25MD's June 2018 tierlist v.1.96 (and its imgur album)
- Power Rankings June '18 v.1.96
- Power Rankings July '18 v.1.96
- Power Rankings August '18 v.1.96
- Top 10 cards of summer 2018 v.1.96
Outdated tierlists |
Tierlists by GrincherZ back till September '17 |
Freud's February Tierlist v.1.94 |
April's Power Rankings v.1.95 |
May's Power Rankings v.1.95 |
Decklists
You only find collective lists here, for single decks look at every faction.
- SonofMakuta's collection of Deck Tech videos v.1.96
- ImprobableBlob's decklists v.1.96
- Sibons tournament decks v.1.96
- Nivv's Meltdown League #2 tournament decks v.1.96
- 56u78's decklists v.1.96
- Deathadvocate's Trials of Mythron decks v.1.96
- Reeeeeeeee69's Decklists with Favorable Wanderer Matchups v.1.96
- Niklaren's decklists v.1.96
- Freud's decklists v.1.96
- Breakdown of the archetypes played in Meltdown League for every week v.1.96
- Monthly Top 50 S-rank list with decklists provided by Duelyst Central v.1.96
- All Decklists Meltdown League v.1.96
Budget lists
You only find collective lists here, for single budget decks look at every faction.
- Scarzig's extremely cheap budget decks (~500 spirit) v.1.95
- TM25MD's budget decks v.1.96
- S-rank proven budget decks by Pancakes and Hsuku
- 38 Budget decks made by S-rankers v.1.96
- Freud's budget lists v.1.96
- Deathsadvocate's Trials of Mythron Budget guide v.1.96
Outdated budget lists |
Budget Decks from Grincherz v.1.95 |
Deathsadvocate's budget decks v.1.93 |
Tournament streams
- Regular Tournament Reports by Duelyst Central
- 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 Streams
Mods
- Site to track your decks' winrates
- T2k5's scripts to mod Duelyst
- 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
Modding guides
Others
- Duelyst Central - the #1 Duelyst content website
- How to best spend money
- F2P guide
- Dollars and Diamonds dissection
- List with hidden achievements and rewards
- How can I play in windowed mode?
- How to win a tournament by GGH
- 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?
Strategy Guides
If you want to learn about general strategies used in Duelyst you can find a lot of information here.
Game Strategies
General
- Guide about some Bloodborn Spells (pretty old but foundations still sound)
- Igni's Duelyst Replay Analysis videos (old games but base gameplay advice still good)
- Boronian's Duelyst Short Analysis videos
- Freud's Guide to S-Rank (tierlist outdated but good advice in general and for several archetypes)
Positioning
Opening Moves
- Son of Makuta's guide on how to replace
Cards to play around and Card Advantage
Deckbuilding
- Tactical's video deckbuilding guide for beginners
- The value of single cards
- Strategy Shorts #2 In defence of 1-ofs
- Strategy Shorts #6 Card Evaluation
- New Generals Review by Grinch v.1.91 (before the Immortal Vanguard expansion)
- 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?
- Strategy Shorts #15 - The Best 2-Drop In The Game v.1.94
- How to evaluate cards in Duelyst part 1
- How to evaluate cards in Duelyst part 2
- Duelyst theory - the metagame clock
Gauntlet
- Hsuku's biweekly Gauntlet academy is an in-depth video guide about the art of Drafting.
- Son of Makuta's "Learn Gauntlet with me" videos
- Son of Makuta's Super Colossal Gauntlet Draft Guide, Ultra Edition
Rift
Getting better
Faction Guides and Decklists
As Duelyst and its meta constantly evolve, players are constantly working and adapting their deck to best suit the times. Here you'll find Diamond or higher ranked players sharing and updating decklists for your favorite factions, including meme decks for players who want to play more silly and fun decks! Budget decks and Tier listscan be found here.
Be aware that some of these decks can be outdated and be in need of some smaller changes (indicated by the patch version).
Lyonar Faction
Guides
- Scarzig's Lyonar's major threats (before Immortal Vanguard expansion)
- Video guide for Heal Zi'Ran deck (deck outdated, but gameplay advice still sound)
- Heal Ziran deck and guide by Erikly v.1.89 (deck outdated, gameplay advice still good)
- In-Depth gameplay video Heal Ziran by Erikly v.1.89
- Grand Strategos - Anaylsis of promotion stats v.1.95 (outdated in 1.96)
Decklists
- Argeon deck with only Basics
- FZTH Budget Brome S-Rank by Hsuku v.1.95
- TM25's Strategos deck v.1.95
- Lyonar list under 500 spirit v.1.95
- Niklaren's Burn Ziran list with guide v.1.96
- Lightningfeet's Dawn's Eye Tempo Argeon v.1.96
- TheMightyBaloon's S-rank climb decks for July v.1.96
- Galeru's Control Ziran deck tech v.1.96
- Niklaren's S-Rank Budget Brome v.1.96
Songhai Faction
Guides
- How to play Spell Reva (deck outdated but gameplay advice still good)
- Jogda's 8 Gates Songhai Mega-Gameplay Guide v.1.87 (deck outdated but gameplay advice for archetype still sound)
- KingOnyx's S-Rank Kaleos Guide v.1.88 (decks outdated but gameplay advice for Kaleos still good)
- How to play Mantra Tutorial v.1.91 (additional Gameplay)
Decklists
- Kaleos deck with only Basics
- UnoPro's One Woman Army Reva v.1.96
- Alphacentury's Aggro Reva v.1.96
- TM25's Knucklestorm 8Gates Reva v.1.96
- TM25's Kaleos v.1.96
- Nyawang's Kaleos v.1.96
- URLSweatshirt's Mantra Shidai v.1.96
Vetruvian Faction
Guides
- Grincherz's video guide about Opening Moves for Vetruvian
- Stragey Shorts #11 Obelysk positioning
- Zirix Structure Decklist Showcase (Deck outdated, gameplay advice still sound)
Decklists
- Zirix deck with only Basics
- OTK Azure Summoning deck by AlphaCentury & Icicle v.1.95
- UnoPro's S-Rank Ciphyron deck v.1.96
- Oracle's Vetruvian decklists May 2018 v.1.96
- TM25MD's Obelysks Portal Guardian deck v.1.96
- Hsuku's FZTH only commons Ciphyron deck v.1.96
- Ryv's Fault Vet decklist v.1.96 with additional gameplay by TM25
- F8's Fault deck v.1.96
- 4LW's Spinecleaver Sajj deck v.1.96
Abyssian Faction
Guides
- Bloodtide Priestess positioning guide
- How to build an Abyssian swarm deck (deck outdated but basic concepts still valid)
Decklists
- Lilithe deck with only Basics
- Frost_arrow's Lilithe Wanderer deck v.1.95
- GGH's Lilithe Highlander review v.1.95
- GGH's aggro cass review v.1.95
- PrincessRessa's Arcanyst Lilithe deck v.1.95
- TM25's Wanderer Lilithe deck v.1.95
- Bleech's Hyperswarm v.1.95
- Kogoga's Xor'Xuul pets deck v.1.96
- Hyper Lurking Fear Maehv deck by Alpha v.1.96
- TM25's Dying Wish Maehv v.1.96
- BlacKnight69's Midrange Budget Swarm Lilithe v.1.96
- S-rank on a budget July 2018 with Tempo Maehv by Niklaren v.1.96
Magmar Faction
Guides
- F8D's guide about what survives Magmar's removal v.1.92 (partly outdated cause of new expansion)
- Scarzig's Magmar's major threats (before Immortal Vanguard expansion)
- Deckguide on Starhorn burn (deck outdated but gameplay advice still good)
- Grincherz's Deck Tech Video about Midrange Vaath (deck outdated, gameplay advice good)
- Son of Makuta's Keeper Vaath Deck Tech with Gameplay (deck outdated, how to play Keeper decks)
- Burn Starhorn v. 1.86 (deck outdated but good advice how to play and how to counter it)
- Ebon Ox Reva deck v.1.95
Decklists
- Vaath deck with only Basics
- GGH's review of midrange Burn Starhorn v.1.95
- Akurane's Quillrage / Kraterfang S-rank deck v.1.96
- Magnanimousmakantor's Keeper Vaath deck v.1.96
- 56U78's Magmar decks v.1.96
- TM25's Burn Starhorn v.1.96
- TM25's Growmar deck v.1.96
- Akurane's Catalyst Ragnora v.1.96
- Trapmansion's Drogon Vaath v.1.96
- Niklaren's budget s-rank Combo Ragnora v.1.96
- Moggin's Extinction Event Ragnora v.1.96
- Ryvirath's Ragnora Wanderer v.1.96
- REEEEEEEEEEEE69's Build Ragnora deck tech video v.1.96
- Smash's competitive dance of meme deck v.1.96
- Rhacker's Arcanyst Hatefurnace deck tech v.1.96
Vanar Faction
Guides
Decklists
- Faie deck with only Basics
- Niklaren's Budget Arcanyst Kara v.1.96
- BarbarianAssault's Vespyr Faie deck v.1.96
- Sticks' Vanar journey to S-rank with decklists v.1.96
- Vanar S-rank decklists compiled by snowshot v.1.96