Geralt appears to be a fat slug rather than the fastest swordsman alive. Unfortunately, there are two major problems with evading, and those are 1. This is what this build is supposed to accomplish, it's skill trait giving you Critical damage bonus and Fast attack buff.

Witchers do not absorb damage, they evade it at all costs and strike with clinical, clean slashes when an opening is made, killing instantly. It's the most Sapkowski-friendly armor set in existance, just before Default set (Trailers, promotional artwork) and probably Wolf set. It has almost same armor values as Cat, but much more resistances. Not like it's not enough tho, it's just I don't see how Intensity applies to other signs.

Aard almost always knocks out, Igni both applies 'burning' and packs a punch, and.and, that's it. What it supposedly loses on Stamina regeneration, it compensates on magic intensity (i.e. Also, trade-hitting + Quen = good riddance evade. Huge armor, resistance and vitality values which, combined with the bear skill trait and the right Sword skills, makes you pack a huge punch with every Hard swing while being able to resist several of the strongest attacks. Bear build makes you an almost-invincible son of a Sorceress. Let's say you dismiss Armor values and focus more on their traits, which is when you have enough level to craft Witcher armor sets, so let's observe their traits: Light as it is forces you to spam Quen because one mistake or wrong evasion leads to your grave, so I guess Light is the 'The Witcher 2 build.' And then there's Heavy, which makes you a Witching tank with no need to use signs or most potions. I mean, what's the point? Supposedly Light sacrifices armor for Stamina regeneration, but the difference compared to Medium is almost nonexistant, while Medium gives much more armor and protection against all kinds of attacks.

However, the more I played and compared several different armor sets, the more I realized Light ones are pretty underpowered compared to Medium-Heavy. Keep in mind this is purely based on a Death March save, from beginning to end.Īs of my current playthrough, I've used mostly Light-armor sets to make a lore-friendly Geralt of Rivia build (and because I miss those sweet TW1 leather armor sets).

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