Gear: Ursine armor and weapons
Level requirement: Level 33 + 25 Places of Power = 58 skill points
Recommended:
- Glyphs: Quen
- Runestones: Perun, Stribog
- Potions: Maribor Forest, Thunderbolt, Tawny Owl, Swallow
- Decoctions: Alghoul, Ekimmara, Katakan, Succubus
Summary:
Geralt finds his inner beast with this build! Hunter Instinct and Killing Spree are the bread and butter of this CRIT-machine which is nearly impossible to kill!
How it works:
- The main goal is to get maximum adrenaline ASAP!
- When maxed, Hunter Instinct activates and gives 100% critical hit damage bonus
- Bear School Gear + Perun Runestones + Potions + Decoctions provide consistent adrenaline gain even without further investments in combat tree
- Resolve is essential for keeping you maxed out!
- Killing Spree makes mobs of enemies child’s play
- Nothing is more satisfying than to 1-shot everyone from a group of 10 enemies with powerful critical hits
- Bosses which utilize/summon henchmen dig their own grave when sending weaker enemies for sword food
- Take full advantage of being alchemy specialist
- Blade Oils won’t wear off with Fixative, so remember to prepare for every battle! Superior oils provide crazy 50% damage bonus!
- Use potions and decoctions to reach Delayed Recovery skills 70% toxicity limit for it to activate and enjoy your potion combinations to continue throughout whole fight!
- Note: Making Swallow to not wear off is amazing!
- When needed replace active skills with pre-existing fully upgraded ones
- Poisoned Blades and Protective coating can give you an edge in a fight
- Replace:
- Muscle Memory when fighting slow&sturdy enemies
- Strenght Training when fighting agile&weak enemies
- Rage Management if you feel you won’t need Quen
- Quen should be activated before every fight, but don’t count on it
- Rage Management is your last resort to get Quen when needed
- Note: You will lose adrenaline which means Hunter Instinct will deactivate, although it needs just few sword blows to regenerate
- Main way of healing: Refreshment and Swallow
- Variation: Feel like you just need Resolve from combat tree? Go deeper in the alchemy tree with 10 skill points relieved! Recommendation: Efficiency and Cluster Bombs adds destructive long range options to your arsenal!
Pros and Cons:
+ Geralt becomes terrifying offensive beast
+ He eats hits like a champ and is extremely likely to be at full health after battle
+ Preparing for battle is essential for Witcher and this build simulates it perfectly
+ Who doesn’t like critical hits?
– Alchemy is time consuming and slow in the beginning of the game
– Lack of signs leaves you occasionally vulnerable and unable to abuse weaknesses
– Build doesn’t reach its fullest potential if there is just one enemy
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