Found a better sword than Aerondight....

[Eldritch]

So I'm not sure why all youtube videos about Aerondight state that its the best sword in the game....I mean, has none of them found Gesheft? This sword has 90% more damage than Aerondight AND it gives an increase of 20% of all signs whereas Aerondight only give a 10% damage bonus with every charge, and the bonus doesn't even stay.

[Mr. Tastix]

There's two major problems with Aerondight that I've experienced:

1. I already do enough damage to 1 or 2-shot most enemies, so if there's not 10 or more (which so far there hasn't been) then I don't get 10 stacks at all.

2. The sword's effectiveness suffers without 10 stacks but in a group big enough to even get that many you'll probably end up losing some along the way, making it this frustrating battle to keep up the stacks.

I do about 50% less damage with Aerondight unless it's got 10 stacks, and only then does it do more.

Generally speaking I kill most monsters in a few hits with or without Aerondight so the decision to use the sword or not is purely down to style but if I was going for damage I'd be better off using a Water Hag Decoction (50% attack power so long as health is at max) and the unique silver sword I've found instead.

[private1028]

Originally posted by MrTastix:

There's two major problems with Aerondight that I've experienced:

1. I already do enough damage to 1 or 2-shot most enemies, so if there's not 10 or more (which so far there hasn't been) then I don't get 10 stacks at all.

2. The sword's effectiveness suffers without 10 stacks but in a group big enough to even get that many you'll probably end up losing some along the way, making it this frustrating battle to keep up the stacks.

I do about 50% less damage with Aerondight unless it's got 10 stacks, and only then does it do more.

Generally speaking I kill most monsters in a few hits with or without Aerondight so the decision to use the sword or not is purely down to style but if I was going for damage I'd be better off using a Water Hag Decoction (50% attack power so long as health is at max) and the unique silver sword I've found instead.

When I started a NG+ Aerondight was tissue paper compared to the cheapest sword I could buy. All my grandmaster gear was the same. I started NG+ at level 80 and my gear was level 40 from the first play through. I got munched by a pack of 6 level 80 wolves so I had to sell it and look for random loot because that was superior to anything I could buy or craft. When I hit level 100 all my random loot maxed out while witcher diagrams stayed maxed at level 60. Worst of all was red skull monsters when I was stuck at level 100. They literally broke the game. I was level 96 when I went to Byways and fought the Sarasti vampire - a level 107 behemoth. I died like 50 times.

[peetapan]

Originally posted by Shewolf:

So I'm not sure why all youtube videos about Aerondight state that its the best sword in the game....I mean, has none of them found Gesheft? This sword has 90% more damage than Aerondight AND it gives an increase of 20% of all signs whereas Aerondight only give a 10% damage bonus with every charge, and the bonus doesn't even stay.

You do realize that, for every strike landed upon a foe/monster, you get one charge added to the Aerondight's power stack, correct?

You also do know that every strike from the Aerondight increases the sword's attack power by an additional 10%, right? With the ability to stack up to 10 charges maximum.

You also do know that once you've stacked up the maximum of 10 charges on the sword, every strike landed upon a foe/monster afterwards is a Critical Hit strike, doing Critical Hit damage (in addition to any other increases in critical hit damage from Glyphs, Runestones, Mutations, Potions, etc.), which for me, usually kills the end opponent/monster instantly.

Final thing: You are aware of that, once you've built the stack of 10/10 charges on the Aerondight, and you've expended the charges back down to 0/10 by killing a foe/monster (all without getting hit by the enemy), your sword's attack power PERMANENTLY increases every time you discharge a critical hit strike from the Aerondight. I ask because it sounds like you weren't aware of that fact.

The sword permanently levels up with you as you play through the game. No other sword does that. It's also worth mentioning that with the Runewright in the very beginning of the Hearts of Stone expansion, has the ability to add sockets into the Aerondight, since it has none on it's own.

[peetapan]

Originally posted by MrTastix:

There's two major problems with Aerondight that I've experienced:

1. I already do enough damage to 1 or 2-shot most enemies, so if there's not 10 or more (which so far there hasn't been) then I don't get 10 stacks at all.

2. The sword's effectiveness suffers without 10 stacks but in a group big enough to even get that many you'll probably end up losing some along the way, making it this frustrating battle to keep up the stacks.

Sounds like you need to practice counter-attacking and parrying. Cause it isn't hard for me to build up 10+ charges on the Aerondight. I can do that with a pack of wolves, wild dogs, or bandits, and if you don't get hit the entire time, that's an easy way to level up your sword's attack power.

[The Forsaken One]

Aerondight is the best Silver sword in the game due to the fact that its damage is unlimited .
Even GEsheft wiki says aerondight is better :P

[Beau Forest]

soooo....people really care about swords in this game?

[Jazz]

It's worth noting that Aerondight is one of a handful of 'leveled' weapons. It has no set level requirement - Aerondight's level (and thus its stats) scale with whatever level you are when you acquire it, so it's more beneficial to acquire it at higher levels. The permanent damage bonus increases each time you level up, and if you make sure to max it out each time you level, Aerondight's damage is very slightly higher than any other relic swords you can use at that level.

The stacking damage bonus is what makes this sword hands-down the most powerful weapon in the game. At 10 stacks, you are dealing 100% more damage with 100% crit chance - there is no other sword in the game that can offer that kind of sheer damage output. You only lose stacks from taking a direct hit (bleed/burn/poison damage does not deplete stacks, nor do hits that are absorbed by Quen), so if you struggle to avoid incoming attacks, I recommend investing in Bear school armour, taking Protective Coating and Mutated Skin, and boosting Quen as much as you can. In fact it's a good idea to do this anyway because Quen benefits massively from stacking damage reduction.

[Agent J]

Originally posted by Dexios S. Divine:

aerondight stacks after every kill if you kill a monster with 10 charges ( i think 50 kills is the max) . i killed dettlaff in a few hits with it maxed out. it levels up with you.

I logged in just to tell you how much of a piece of ♥♥♥♥ you are. You put a major spoiler of Blood and Wine without any tags, in a thread that is not about the story.

Seriously, go ♥♥♥♥ yourself, you horrible piece of ♥♥♥♥.

[Dexios Divine]

Originally posted by Habibi:

Originally posted by Dexios S. Divine:

aerondight stacks after every kill if you kill a monster with 10 charges ( i think 50 kills is the max) . i killed dettlaff in a few hits with it maxed out. it levels up with you.

I logged in just to tell you how much of a piece of ♥♥♥♥ you are. You put a major spoiler of Blood and Wine without any tags, in a thread that is not about the story.

Seriously, go ♥♥♥♥ yourself, you horrible piece of ♥♥♥♥.

rofl what? if you want info about any game with zero chance for spoils you go to the wikis, not unpredictable forum posts. your fault dude

[Wicked Jester]

The biggest issue I'm having with this sword so far is not killing everything in like 5-6 hits... I can't seem to get any damn stacks on it :(

[v0]

Sadly I did TW2->TW3->TW1 and have no desire now to redo TW2 and TW3 just to see how my aerondight performs :/

[KoalafiedKiller]

Originally posted by Wicked Jester:

The biggest issue I'm having with this sword so far is not killing everything in like 5-6 hits... I can't seem to get any damn stacks on it :(

Go to Crookback Bog with upscaling turned out. There's a bunch of drowners, endregas, and foglets there, enough that you should be able to max out the sword each level.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Wicked Jester:

The biggest issue I'm having with this sword so far is not killing everything in like 5-6 hits... I can't seem to get any damn stacks on it :(

Isolate the last wolf or bandit in a group.

Thwack it ten times with Aerondight, using Quen to mitigate the chance of losing stacks if you don't dodge a bite.

Switch to Aard, knock him down, then finish him off. The execution counts, basically.

It'll work, unless you are inflicting DOT effects as it won't count if the last HP is removed by poison/fire/bleed even if said DOT effect was caused by hitting with Aerondight.

[Wilglide]

Originally posted by Kain:

I'm using the shovel. Because, ♥♥♥♥ it, it's a shovel, who cares about dps after a certain level anyway;

The red hot poker is more metal though, get it? metal? I will show myself out now.

[orthostatic]

Originally posted by Kain:

I'm using the shovel. Because, ♥♥♥♥ it, it's a shovel, who cares about dps after a certain level anyway;

That shovel is so badass. :D Big ups there.