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CloudSeeker Dec 19, 2015 @ 1:55pm
What runes should I pick for my weapons?
I am playing with the wolven gear and is a fast attack swordsman with a small touch of magic and potions. I normally only use the shield magic to heal myself when the potions are not enough. I normally go with a hit and run tactic unless I can bully someone into a chain stun.

My problem is that I don't know what runes are best for my weapons. Should I go all out damage, armor pen, bleed or poison or something else? If anyone got any ideas I should appreciate it.
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bukkie661 Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:11pm 
Severance on both steel and silver, if you went whirl as main-attack in your FA-build. Get Protection on your armor.
Everything else is too situational.
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CloudSeeker Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:16pm 
Originally posted by Merdakah:
Severance on both steel and silver, if you went whirl as main-attack in your FA-build. Get Protection on your armor.
Everything else is too situational.
hmm.. Those prices are kind of a scam if you ask me but maybe I can try it out.
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bukkie661 Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:19pm 
Originally posted by CloudSeeker:
Originally posted by Merdakah:
Severance on both steel and silver, if you went whirl as main-attack in your FA-build. Get Protection on your armor.
Everything else is too situational.
hmm.. Those prices are kind of a scam if you ask me but maybe I can try it out.
Don't worry, there's nothing else to spend your gold on anyway, and repair costs are paltry. After laying down 30K to max out the runemaster, I made back 20K by just trying to get rid of my vendor-trash. (that is, everything I pick up, since mastercraft wolven reigns supreme for our FA-builds.)
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CloudSeeker Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:20pm 
Originally posted by Merdakah:
Originally posted by CloudSeeker:
hmm.. Those prices are kind of a scam if you ask me but maybe I can try it out.
Don't worry, there's nothing else to spend your gold on anyway, and repair costs are paltry. After laying down 30K to max out the runemaster, I made back 20K by just trying to get rid of my vendor-trash. (that is, everything I pick up, since mastercraft wolven reigns supreme for our FA-builds.)
Actually there is if you want to make and collect every set of witcher armor. Can get quite expensive.
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bukkie661 Dec 19, 2015 @ 4:24pm 
Originally posted by CloudSeeker:
Originally posted by Merdakah:
Don't worry, there's nothing else to spend your gold on anyway, and repair costs are paltry. After laying down 30K to max out the runemaster, I made back 20K by just trying to get rid of my vendor-trash. (that is, everything I pick up, since mastercraft wolven reigns supreme for our FA-builds.)
Actually there is if you want to make and collect every set of witcher armor. Can get quite expensive.
Sure, but I don't keep stuff I don't use. My Geralt is now parked at the runemaster as I need to rune my Ofeiri blade and Isis with Severance for NG+. If I don't do that before crossing over, I gimp myself and Geralt already made 40K back ever since I maxed out the Runemaster.
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CloudSeeker Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:21pm 
That advice was really good. That range is kind of insane.
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bukkie661 Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:29pm 
Originally posted by CloudSeeker:
That advice was really good. That range is kind of insane.
Yep ^^

The only opponent that'll give you pause, if you don't already have defeated him, with this set-up is Olgierd in the optional boss-battle against him, as he just parries every whirl flurry. It's insane.
I resorted to excessive dodgerolling, trying to get in his back and throwing down Yrden to insta-heal using the decoction that heals whenever stamina is used. That worked, but it took me ten minutes to bring him down.
Nothing after that really stood a chance. Even the Caretaker was easy after Olgierd. And the battle against the remnants of the Order of the Flaming Rose in the caves was just training. ^^
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CloudSeeker Dec 19, 2015 @ 5:38pm 
Originally posted by Merdakah:
Originally posted by CloudSeeker:
That advice was really good. That range is kind of insane.
Yep ^^

The only opponent that'll give you pause, if you don't already have defeated him, with this set-up is Olgierd in the optional boss-battle against him, as he just parries every whirl flurry. It's insane.
I resorted to excessive dodgerolling, trying to get in his back and throwing down Yrden to insta-heal using the decoction that heals whenever stamina is used. That worked, but it took me ten minutes to bring him down.
Nothing after that really stood a chance. Even the Caretaker was easy after Olgierd. And the battle against the remnants of the Order of the Flaming Rose in the caves was just training. ^^
Olgierd is not that hard. You just wait for him to do his magic attack and counter attack him just as he is about to attack you. By doing that you send the magic back at him and stun him for a while for you to attack him.
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bukkie661 Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:36pm 
Originally posted by CloudSeeker:
Originally posted by Merdakah:
Yep ^^

The only opponent that'll give you pause, if you don't already have defeated him, with this set-up is Olgierd in the optional boss-battle against him, as he just parries every whirl flurry. It's insane.
I resorted to excessive dodgerolling, trying to get in his back and throwing down Yrden to insta-heal using the decoction that heals whenever stamina is used. That worked, but it took me ten minutes to bring him down.
Nothing after that really stood a chance. Even the Caretaker was easy after Olgierd. And the battle against the remnants of the Order of the Flaming Rose in the caves was just training. ^^
Olgierd is not that hard. You just wait for him to do his magic attack and counter attack him just as he is about to attack you. By doing that you send the magic back at him and stun him for a while for you to attack him.
That fact I noticed, but it did not click for me. I did however feel that I really accomplished something for a change in a game that really dragged on for me at that point. It renewed the fun for me to the point that I regretted to be nearly done with the game.

Even if I mucked that fight up, it stands out to me as the best fight in the entire game. ^^
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UberNoob Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:50pm 
Is it ok that I don't use runes at all?
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bukkie661 Dec 19, 2015 @ 8:57pm 
Originally posted by UberNoob:
Is it ok that I don't use runes at all?
Yeah. The greater glyphs are far less situational than the majority of the runewords, though they will provide a more powerful option when you pair runewords with your given build smartly.

It's very obvious that CDPR was very cautious and focused on making the runewords to not trump glyphs. The runeword Severance that's discussed sofar is very specifically targetted towards a specific build, for instance, while you have far greater freedom with using greater glyphs to augment your build.

That said, if you hit on a build that synergizes with the runewords, glyphs will prove inferior.
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