how to beat endriag queen?

[username_2063120]

how to beat endriag queen?

I'm playing on hard and seriously this is madness. The queen kills me with 1-2 shots, I can't get behind her, she has undodgeable attacks etc. I'm level 7 now using wolf and bleeding oil on her. Her attacks either poison me and I loose 50% of hp, deal 30% hp or 100% hp. Geralt cannot get at her back because she turns faster then he runs/dodges around her. The camera keeps getting behind the bushes so it makes the fight even harder. She blocks all frontal attacks. Fire traps deal like 5% of her hp. Aard and Igni do nothing to her. Am I supposed to set 100 traps there, keep running back and forth shooting Igni for 2 hours or what? It's also ridiculous that you cannot block or dodge her attacks which take 30-100% of your hp regardless of what potions you use.

 

[songlian]

Throw daggers at her. 6 were enough for me. I was on Dark Mode.

 

[Garrison72]

Damn...6 daggers is all? Which type?

-Get her into an open area and run and roll around her to attack the abdomen. It is possible.

-Use bombs, lots of them.

-Before 2.0, I could actually stand my ground, parry and counter till she was dead. After 2.0, I doubt this would be possible.

 

[tommy5761]

I like to use the snare traps you find scattered throughout the forest . Usually about 15 do the trick .

 

[songlian]

Damn...6 daggers is all? Which type?

Superb Well-Balanced Dagger, damage 50-70. I had to load an earlier save for this, but I don't remember where I found them, sadly.

Oh, and I had both levels upgraded in the tree.

ETA: on the second queen I used Well-Balanced Daggers, and more were needed, of course.

 

[username_2063120]

Thanks for the replys!
The dodging is impossible with her, she can attack me when I'm standing 5 meters away from here even if she is to the side of me.
Anyway - 10 snare traps + 3 exploding traps + 10 ignis and after 20-something tries I did it. But it sucks...

 

[tommy5761]

Congratulations !
Some other tips would be using Insectoid Oil and drink swallow and Tawny Owl or any potion that will enhance vigor and use Quen a lot .

 

[username_2063120]

After some more fighting I think the biggest problem is the Geralt's inability to dodge attacks. Once you start an attack you can't dodge until it's finished and those attacks do take forever to finish the animation. So when you see an enemy starting to deal a blow while you're attacking you're toast - you can't dodge it no matter what. Given the fact that everything 2-3-hit kills you it's your funeral most of the time. Especially that enemies usually attack in groups of 3-8...
Is there any way to increase geralt's hp or armor to any reasonable level or is this a game where you need to dodge 100% of blows?

 

[tommy5761]

In act 1 you are still pretty vulnerable to attacks but there are some skills that can help reduce the damage you take . In the swordsman tree the skill where you take less damage from backstabs can be reduced from 200% to 100% helps considerably and in the alchemy tree there is one that increases bomb and trap damage . By the end of act 1 things start to get a lot easier as you develop your skills .

 

[dragonbird]

After some more fighting I think the biggest problem is the Geralt's inability to dodge attacks. Once you start an attack you can't dodge until it's finished and those attacks do take forever to finish the animation. So when you see an enemy starting to deal a blow while you're attacking you're toast - you can't dodge it no matter what. Given the fact that everything 2-3-hit kills you it's your funeral most of the time. Especially that enemies usually attack in groups of 3-8...
Is there any way to increase geralt's hp or armor to any reasonable level or is this a game where you need to dodge 100% of blows?

You are using Quen, aren't you? (You don't mention it in your posts, so just checking )

 

[whiplash27]

I like to use the snare traps you find scattered throughout the forest . Usually about 15 do the trick .

Yep, snare traps always do the trick easily and they're reusable

 

[FYCxxLeoxx]

I just upgrade my dodge distance. You can dodge into her and end up at her back side. When she appears just keep rolling until she charges then rush her as she faces the opposite way. She'll turn and then roll to her back side.