Sign-heavy build

[Cee-Lo--117]

Anyone use a build that relies on the use of signs? Curious if it's viable.

[soul like that be capable of]

if you play on death march i would say Quan is your friend that shield will save you . anything below that i dont know . but death march doesnt really change AI just add crazy amounts of HP and damage to enemies

[★ FmNey ★]

You should seek for witcher gears of the Griffin school for maximum sign amplification, or Wolf school ones with some bonus stats for signs. And the rest spent on skills of Aard, Quen & Igni trees, Yrden and Axii are not that effective in combat

[dantès]

probably the most OP sign build: Conductors of Magic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kmzAESmMxU

[worm_master]

Actually I beg to differ, I use Yrden, in practically every fight... because it's upgraded to the max... it shoots out lightning as well as slowing ya opponent(s)... You can take out say a troll with it.. without having to swing ya sword once.. :-) OR get within squishing distance

[Cee-Lo--117]

Okay, thanks all. As far as glyphs go, should I amplify igni? Also do glyphs stack?

[Emily]

Igni + Quen and full griffin set is the way to go for full sign build

[vitamin boost]

is going full on sign/caster build viable in this game? i bought it a long time ago but I've never played the game much as I get the feeling that you still need to do melee in order to do enough damage to kill things.. and i hate melee fighting.. i want to play a caster class and i dislike the fact that the main character is pointed towards a predominantly melee build and the signs/magic seem to do too little damage to be the primary source of damage :(

[cam.au]

signs & alchemy builds are arguably the most overpowered after level ~15.

there are decoctions and quen abilities that basically reduce the game to "Just the Story!" difficulty, even on so-called 'deathmarch'.

If you want reasonable difficulty, play without the "heal in combat" abilities on death march.

also there are good mods which overhaul balance for subsequent playthroughs.

[dwarfpcfan]

Signs are definitely viable at higher difficulties.

Use griffin gear plus the decoctions that increase sign intensity, refresh stamina and such.

And once you get to blood and wine, abuse Euphoria, win

[odji888]

Originally posted by vitamin boost:

is going full on sign/caster build viable in this game? i bought it a long time ago but I've never played the game much as I get the feeling that you still need to do melee in order to do enough damage to kill things.. and i hate melee fighting.. i want to play a caster class and i dislike the fact that the main character is pointed towards a predominantly melee build and the signs/magic seem to do too little damage to be the primary source of damage :(

You can build Geralt into a character that relies on signs and bombs to deal damage, but those two are more seen as support for his swords. You could take easily take out a group of bandits by setting them alight with igni then throwing a superior devils puffball on them, and keep them in the poison cloud with Aard. It's not as fun as hacking them up, but hey - for someone who doesn't take to melee, mixing up signs and bombs could be an option.

Originally posted by Cee-Lo--117:

Okay, thanks all. As far as glyphs go, should I amplify igni? Also do glyphs stack?

Amplify whichever sign you enjoy using. For me, Igni is only useful if the burning chance is 100% - this can be easily reached by improving sign intensity.. no real need for igni glyphs imo

[Beeraholic]

This usually applies on standard enemies but when you encounter some with resistance your only companion will be quen and without high melee dmg fights can be painfully long. Btw, with full ursine grandmaster set you get 200% signs intetnsity bonus but thats only for higher levels.