Dettlaff

[Jaybee]

OK - I give up.
I'm 76 years old now and all my gaming has been fighting free - Gone to the Rapture, Eastshade etc. simply because my reactions/reflexes are long dead and buried.
But I thought, just for a change, I would try this.
I struggled to get right through to Dettlaff after well over 100 hours but the chase is over -I dont know how many tries I had but it is many. I get past part one but cannot get anywhere near getting past the bat clouds etc.
So it is fair well to the game from me.
P.s. What would help a lot would be the ability to save the game after each part of this battle royal.

[asarokk]

Could ask someone to fill in for you or avoid fighting him all together. Now it's been a while for me but if I recall correctly, don't get the ribbon for Syanna, allow Detlaff to kill her and choose to let him go without a fight.

[Jaybee]

Thanks for the advice - does that mean killing the bad wolf and giant again ?

[asarokk]

Hmm. Yes, you need the magic beans and defeat the giant to help Syanna escape from the book. Just don't get the ribbon from the little Girl with the matches.

[chris.huspertux]

If you only want to see the story, enable the console and play godmode, so can´t dettlaff hurt you

[Jaybee]

Chris that sounds perfect IF ONLY I knew what you are talking about :) :)

[kireta]

1st stage:
Much easier if you have Fleet Footed perk. It reduces damage to 0 when dodging
Wait for charge, evade, smack him twice, jump away, repeat until he changes.
2nd stage:
Always move, always dodge. Be mindfull of black goo on ground, it ties you in place.
Real danger is bat swarm attack, because it ignores both Quen and Fleet Footed. Create distance when he starts it, don't roll until it's half way or it will correct course and hit you.
Wait for when he crashes into ground. Don't get greedy, smack him twice and jump away. Rinse and repeat.
3rd stage:
Don't engage with blood copies, unless you deal enough damage to destroy them quickly. Dodge, stab heart, dodge again. Slow but safe.

Also, general tips:
You can open inventory and use potions in middle of fight.
Refreshment skill heals (at stage 3) 30% of health when consuming a potion, turning any potion into emergency healing item. You have plenty of otherwise useless potions that can be used this way.
When your toxicity is full, clear it with White Honey. You'll lose current buffs, but you'll be able to drink more potions.

[chris.huspertux]

Originally posted by Jaybee:

Chris that sounds perfect IF ONLY I knew what you are talking about :) :)

https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/8700

so you can open the Console ingame... then open it and enter "god"

[Deo]

Originally posted by Jaybee:

I'm 76 years old now.

That's crazy.

As to the game. This fight requires tactic, not just smashing him like regular monster. Also his second phase requires tactic too.
You have spent a lot of hours on that fight as you said, so you probably learned what his moves do and how to react on them.

Now, to the part which makes fight easier:

Grandmaster Ursine armor - full set (armor, boots, gauntlets, trousers, silver and steel swords)
This set gives absurd amount of damage reduction against anything in the game, bosses included.

Protective Coating - Alchemy tree ability (talent). Adds 15% protection against attacks from the monster type the oil targets (vampire, in case of Dettlaff)

Griffin decoction - potion that raises resistances by 1% each time Geralt is hit during combat, up to a maximum of 25%. Lasts until the end of battle.

Quen sign - pretty self explainatory.

[Ogami]

Also if you just want to enjoy the story in these kind of games you could look into downloading a programm like "wemod" that allows you to activate cheats in many popular single player games, like invincibility and so on.
That way you can even enjoy games that would be otherwise impossible for you to clear.

https://www.wemod.com/

[Jaybee]

Thanks again for all the advice - God mode sounds just what I need.
I have downloaded mode and installed in to game folder.
Now this is where you all laugh - I recently had to buy a new keyboard and went for a
HK Gaming GK61 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard 60 Percent
The problem is I have no idea how to get the squiggly line to type to open console :(
So if anyoNe uses this board PLEASE let me know :)

[chris.huspertux]

lol normal it is put "strg/alt/+" at the same time and the result is ~ but i use a german keyboard there is much more a bit different

[ᑎ I ᖇ ᐯ ᗩ ᑎ O ᗩ]

Did you download the HK software? You can check the key mapping, and even change it.

If I am not mistaken, on US versions it's the key below escape.

[ᑎ I ᖇ ᐯ ᗩ ᑎ O ᗩ]

Originally posted by Jaybee:

Thanks again for all the advice - God mode sounds just what I need.
I have downloaded mode and installed in to game folder.
Now this is where you all laugh - I recently had to buy a new keyboard and went for a
HK Gaming GK61 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard 60 Percent
The problem is I have no idea how to get the squiggly line to type to open console :(
So if anyoNe uses this board PLEASE let me know :)

Btw, that key is called a 'tilde'.
Do check if this is the one to open console, some mods also use other keys, like F2.

[RealmOfLumen]

I had fought him before, and let him go, so this time around, I only wanted to get it over with - went in overlevelled (55 I think), Grandmaster armor and lowest difficulty and I used just the spin attack, which he only parries but his health still goes down, then in the other phase I ignored him and just attacked those hearts. I didn't even use Quen much, I really just ignored him and was fine. I've read about that bat-attack, I don't even remember that happening in our last fight. I also had the mutations, the ones with the random potions, that definitely helped with not losing much health. I'm not one who usually has a lot of patience with hard bosses btw. but the way it played out, it really wasn't a tough fight.

[worm_master]

The bats are easy, there's a trick to them, I can dodge em blindfolded, there is a audible "cue" when u hear this cue, you wait for a sec an then roll.

See, the bats have a "Target Lock", and this "Target Lock" has a "sound" when u hear it the bats are "locked On", thus when u dodge or roll, the bats compleatly miss.

PONTIFICATING: It should be possible, to complete the initial fight with Detleff, blindfolded, the moves are repetitive, the "sound Cues" are there, it takes 3 hits with a high powered Arrd, to start the cut scene, where he becomes the vampire.

I have considered attempting this, just cant seem to "get in the mood".