Combat Skill Options & Builds

[RK47]

Health restoration becomes less of a concern once you unlocked Ekhidna decoction. Even sprinting heals you.
Currently I Just run most fights with Wyvern and Ekhidna decoction active and use Petri's Philter to spam critical igni.

 

[abnaxus]

Katakan decoction raises my Cat school Geralt's critical chance above 100%. Not sure if bug.

 

[RK47]

Katakan decoction raises my Cat school Geralt's critical chance above 100%. Not sure if bug.

Probably great if I can find these 'katakan' mutagen. Not even sure what they look like.

 

[abnaxus]

It's one of those unique vampires from contract. Think Oxenfurt drunk.

 

[Quatlo]

I'm currently going with Bear School Armour for adrenaline generation, + a lot of talents for it, paired with the talents allowing you to cast signs for adrenaline instead of endurance and generating adrenaline from signs I can pretty much facetank and clickclickclick every single mob with quen+yrden because my adrenaline generation is so broken. I'm thinking about getting the knockback from breaking Quen.

Didn't even use decoctions yet, I'm always "saving them when I'll really need them" which obviously means I never use them.

 

[Mrowak]

I'm currently going with Bear School Armour for adrenaline generation, + a lot of talents for it, paired with the talents allowing you to cast signs for adrenaline instead of endurance and generating adrenaline from signs I can pretty much facetank and clickclickclick every single mob with quen+yrden because my adrenaline generation is so broken. I'm thinking about getting the knockback from breaking Quen.

Didn't even use decoctions yet, I'm always "saving them when I'll really need them" which obviously means I never use them.

You know that they replenish automagically just like all other potions, don't you?

 

[Quatlo]

I'm currently going with Bear School Armour for adrenaline generation, + a lot of talents for it, paired with the talents allowing you to cast signs for adrenaline instead of endurance and generating adrenaline from signs I can pretty much facetank and clickclickclick every single mob with quen+yrden because my adrenaline generation is so broken. I'm thinking about getting the knockback from breaking Quen.

Didn't even use decoctions yet, I'm always "saving them when I'll really need them" which obviously means I never use them.

You know that they replenish automagically just like all other potions, don't you?

I was sure these are one time use...

 

[RK47]

Plus the duration is really long (30mins) that you don't really have to 'plan' for it.

 

[Mrowak]

I'm currently going with Bear School Armour for adrenaline generation, + a lot of talents for it, paired with the talents allowing you to cast signs for adrenaline instead of endurance and generating adrenaline from signs I can pretty much facetank and clickclickclick every single mob with quen+yrden because my adrenaline generation is so broken. I'm thinking about getting the knockback from breaking Quen.

Didn't even use decoctions yet, I'm always "saving them when I'll really need them" which obviously means I never use them.

You know that they replenish automagically just like all other potions, don't you?

I was sure these are one time use...

Nope, the new potion system was designed specifically to avoid what you are doing - hoarding. My only wish is that the endgame would not be so easy - then those pots would be far more meaningful than they are now.

 

[Pope Amole II]

I have a rather detailed steam guide, dedicated to the skill analyzis. I'll probably add a decoction section too, once I get over the fact the game bugging on me in one of the final quests (with no patch for that one being issues - unclimbable ledge; there are some mod solutions, but I can't be bothered with that).