Hi all. I would like to ask some general crunchy questions, I am not sure, though, if this thread is right place. If not, I will open a seperate one.
1. I am puzzled by the Runewright. I have a serious lack of oversight in how to get synergies or use those words at all. My favored Geralt uses Igni a lot and Tier 1 Axii for story options/xp. Melt Armor seems like the default debuff anyway, so I focus on burn chance and maybe get some area damage when facing more than 1 mob. After all burning provides some precious seconds for tactical positioning, healing, etc.
Anyway, I feel those words do not support a Geralt, who likes to use Igni + Fast Attacks besides the word treating every armor as mediunm armor, so you can scrap some sign intensity together.I wonder which words are by default useful, regardless of build or useful for hybrid builds specifically.
2. I read some comments on the Hen Gaidth sword being the best sword depending on looting lvl. I just crafted the Touissant steel sword which seems obviously better. Fun fact: that sword is shown as lvl. 101 at grandmaster smith but it seems the overall lvl. cap for gear is lvl. 100, so I can wield it. That sword got +100 more armor ignore than Hen Gaidth along with more crit damage and some nice 15% bonuses like burning. What am I missing?
3. The sword mentioned above is one of a few lvl. 95+ weapon relics you can find only or craft. Now, I can't see clear benfits, if you are using signs, most of them have onyl specific sign bonuses (like Viper derivates +25% - 30% Aaard) or no bonuses altogether. I would pretty much like to use these swords in a hybrid build but right now it seems, I sacrifice something important all the time. Even Aerondight is not my favorite (tedious to level, packs always get damage through and I lose charges, annoying as hell). In short: what is a universal solution out of these high lvl. swords for a hybrid build?
4. My current Geralt uses Blood Bath as activated mutation and mostly melee skills supported by green (mutagen intensitiy +60%, High Tolerance + 25% heal effect when drinking) and blue (Tier 1 Axii, else Melt Armor, burn +100%, Igni +25% intensity). So he is rich on options but lacks comparable dps in general (hybrid, duh, but personally the way to go to avoid being a one trick pony, Blood Bath + Whirlwind is a nice synergy, but for enemies you can hit only in a distinct time window, rend is nice, too). Would you people rather recommend using a sign specific mutation for more blue slots?
1. I am puzzled by the Runewright. I have a serious lack of oversight in how to get synergies or use those words at all. My favored Geralt uses Igni a lot and Tier 1 Axii for story options/xp. Melt Armor seems like the default debuff anyway, so I focus on burn chance and maybe get some area damage when facing more than 1 mob. After all burning provides some precious seconds for tactical positioning, healing, etc.
Anyway, I feel those words do not support a Geralt, who likes to use Igni + Fast Attacks besides the word treating every armor as mediunm armor, so you can scrap some sign intensity together.I wonder which words are by default useful, regardless of build or useful for hybrid builds specifically.
2. I read some comments on the Hen Gaidth sword being the best sword depending on looting lvl. I just crafted the Touissant steel sword which seems obviously better. Fun fact: that sword is shown as lvl. 101 at grandmaster smith but it seems the overall lvl. cap for gear is lvl. 100, so I can wield it. That sword got +100 more armor ignore than Hen Gaidth along with more crit damage and some nice 15% bonuses like burning. What am I missing?
3. The sword mentioned above is one of a few lvl. 95+ weapon relics you can find only or craft. Now, I can't see clear benfits, if you are using signs, most of them have onyl specific sign bonuses (like Viper derivates +25% - 30% Aaard) or no bonuses altogether. I would pretty much like to use these swords in a hybrid build but right now it seems, I sacrifice something important all the time. Even Aerondight is not my favorite (tedious to level, packs always get damage through and I lose charges, annoying as hell). In short: what is a universal solution out of these high lvl. swords for a hybrid build?
4. My current Geralt uses Blood Bath as activated mutation and mostly melee skills supported by green (mutagen intensitiy +60%, High Tolerance + 25% heal effect when drinking) and blue (Tier 1 Axii, else Melt Armor, burn +100%, Igni +25% intensity). So he is rich on options but lacks comparable dps in general (hybrid, duh, but personally the way to go to avoid being a one trick pony, Blood Bath + Whirlwind is a nice synergy, but for enemies you can hit only in a distinct time window, rend is nice, too). Would you people rather recommend using a sign specific mutation for more blue slots?
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