[Sigurd]

I found 2 NPCs very hard in Vara line. One of them others didn't but I did ;P then later found another to be hard in horse part I think.

In DE line, I got 'stuck' only one time for a decent number of tries very late in the series but I knew they were beatable from my Vara experience and I finally recognized the patterns.

The trick is to look at their cards and to see if when you change your deck they do as well - there is usually a trick involving being all spread out or taking all FAST refresh vs the guy with no cost cards or looking at what his cards cost him to deny him them in the few 'hard' ones that he actually spends on his cards.

Ya, so let us know what race/class (class not as important but it can help)