Griffin School: Sign of All Trades

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Sign of all Trades Signs  Sign of all Trades Active Skills 1  Sign of all Trades Active Skills 2  Sign of all Trades Active Skills 3

Gear: Griffin armor and weapons
Recommended:

  • Glyphs: Aard, Igni, Yrden, Quen, Axii
  • Runestones: Veles, Stribog
  • Potions: Tawny Owl, Petri’s Philter, Swallow
  • Decoctions: Ancient Leshen, Ekhidna

Summary:

Getting bored of specialized sign build? Struggling with opponents resisting your chosen fully upgraded sign? Look no further! This build lets you combine your active sign skills so that you’ll always face the enemy with signs they’re weak against! Jack of all trades kind of build maybe hasn’t the raw power of specialized sign build, but is whole lot more versatile!

How it works:

  • Choose your active skills when preparing for battle!
    • Every highly beneficial alternate sign and intensity skill is available to combine accordingly
    • Quen skills and Griffin School Techniques are always essential
  • Remember to read Bestiary and have knowledge of enemy weaknesses
    • Aard
      • Against enemies vulnerable to knockdown
      • Aard Sweep against large groups of enemies
    • Igni
      • Firestream against enemies which can get burned
      • Your most potent damaging sign
    • Yrden
      • Makes agile enemies slower and easier to deal with
      • Magic Trap when wanting to block projectiles and buff damage output of swords
      • Essential against Specters
    • Quen
      • Active Shield is your main way of healing
      • Discharge deals damage while healing and defending
    • Axii
      • Become a puppeteer and set your enemies against each other!
      • Domination works as crowd control
      • Chance to slay opponent instantly
      • Additional conversation options help a lot
  • Recommended skills against human opponents are Igni, Aard and Axii
  • Choose your potions and decoctions with care as you have limited toxicity limit!
    • Prefer battling during night as Superior Tawny Owl won’t wear off
    • Superior Petri’s Philter guarantees secondary effects of your signs
    • Decoctions are very risky, but may give you needed edge for tough battles

Pros and Cons:

+ The most versatile sign build in existence
+ Always able to use enemy sign weakness to your advantage
+ If battle preparations are made with care, you’ll have no trouble facing anyone!

– Limited use of alchemy
– Wrongly predicted battle preparations can make battles extremely tough

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