I definitely already have my own opinion on which factions defender cards are the strongest vs weakest but want to hear other people's opinions are.
My opinion strongest to weakest:
SY- by far not even close, fuck this defender, it's so broken and difficult to efficiently deal with
SK- synergy with pirates + self wound and heals over time
ST- not vulnerable to move is good, synergy w dwarves is bad because no one plays dwarves. Hardly ever see it but most important SY cards are immune anyways
NG- assimilate synergy good, morkvarg existing and liable to get sniped sometime before battle prep comes down, not fun
NR- not a lot of synergy but beefy with no purify/non damage removal
MO- the worst, still feel like I see it quite often, but it has no synergy and a shield is generally better than 2 armor. I guess the only good thing about this is witches sabbath exists?
How would you rank them?
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/gwent/comments/z0b3tm/ranking_the_defenders/