Zeugl Fight- How to beat Zeugl without cheating (in the conventional sense of the term

[RacecarJones]

There are two places in the Zeugl tentacle arcade (sewer dungeon) that the tentacles cannot reach you at all. I found these through fighting that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing so many times that I took refuge in every nook and cranny of the room. When you walk into the room, facing the beast, instantly go to the right. You can wedge yourself in between the wall and the pile of rubbish. From this vantage point, only one frustrating tentacle position can hit you. Ah, but if you wish to be shielded entirely from the tentacles of doom and ragequit, use Aard to blow the rubbish pile out of the way and put yourself in the far corner of the wall. There is a little pile of in-game refuse on which to perch, no climbing required. Though it wouldn't seem like it, no tentacle positions can reach you here. They swipe but hit only air. Then you can use Igni and slowly burn them (depending on your igni level) or just run here when you're losing vitality to recharge.

I hate the combat system in Witcher 1, I hate that it either involves the dull repetitive clicking of a mouse when you are facing 1-3 opponents of a relatively low skill level, or if you're facing more than 4 medium to high level opponents, you get swarmed and die. No exceptions. I get you can use signs to finagle a way out of being swarmed, but so many of the battlefields are conducive to being surrounded, and so many frustrating enemies have stun capabilities. This was singularly one of the most frustrating games I've played in my tenure as a "gamer" and the high blood pressure issue I've developed because of it almost makes it not worth playing. But the lore, ah, the lore. And the tits. Triss' tits, all over the place. Adda's tits. The combined four tits of those nurses. What was I talking about?

[ded]

I don't mean to brag but at least on medium difficulty I thought Zeugl was fairly easy to beat. Simply use group style for the tentacles and strong for the head. Tentacles disappear after some amount of damage and with group style it happens fairly quickly.

Originally posted by RacecarJones:

or if you're facing more than 4 medium to high level opponents, you get swarmed and die. No exceptions. I get you can use signs to finagle a way out of being swarmed, but so many of the battlefields are conducive to being surrounded, and so many frustrating enemies have stun capabilities.

You can double click to jump over your opponents if you get surrounded.

[dwarfpcfan]

The Zeugl even at very high difficult is a joke if you have the right investment in signs and swordsmanship. Preventing enemies from swarming you is a matter of using Aard.

[august]

you are my saviour

[BioHazardAlBatros]

invest in signs then just spam igni lol, it works even on the hardest difficulty.

[BioHazardAlBatros]

btw, there's a potion(named Golden Oriole) that gives you 70% resistance to poison.

[theoldman]

cool, finding a recharge place free from damage led to me finally beating it. i found that if i was in the safe spot by the entrance zeugl would dive before i could reach him. so i blasted the trash at the opposite edge of the ledge and that too was a safe spot close to it surfacing,

[Vixen ♡]

For me I barely took damage, but the fact that the fight was long and boring and I couldn't see Zeugls health level was the issue.

But otherwise I was just using silver fast and group style and Swallow/White Raffaf Decoction when needed