Witcher 3 Beginners guide for Death March!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- An exellent guide for the new Witcher 3 players that want to get into the highest difficulty but might be unsure of what to start with in terms of skills, potions and decoctions.
If you have any questions about the game or need help with something you can always ask me @ / marwangaming
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Thank you everyone for the awesome response on this video!
Wanna mention something important and that is a certain skill (Hunter instinct) that is still bugged :/ so pick Killing spree instead!
New videos will be out quiet often so make sure you don't miss the new Witcher 3 videos!
Will play the whole game from start to finish including dlc's and also finish all contracts+bosses ofc on the hardest difficulty with enemy upscaling on!
Thank you for this guide. I managed to duplicate your build and it has been working great. I’ve never beaten a game on the hardest difficulty before, and now I’m almost done with my first death march play through. Appreciate the video and the great advice 😊
@@taylortram Thank you man! Glad that it helped! =)
MAN JUST WHAT I NEEDED COOOOOL VIDEO THANKS!!!!!!!
@@matias-jc3ip Thank you so much man and sorry, for some reason your comment was not shown and I checked here and was lucky to find an unanswered comment.
Little tip i also only found out after hundreds of hours. If you play with a controller hold the 'options' button to instantly open the map
Ah ye :D That can be good for many people ty ^^
OMG I'm 170 hours in and didn't know that, thanks!
Tom what a legend!!!
or swipe up on the thing in the middle
Tom Dijk if you’re playing on DS4 swipe down on the touch map to open the map
This is probably the only game in existence that will get you 100% completion, because you don't want this game to end.
True lol, I also got that feeling that is why I played it so much =D
Bloodborne👀
Jibran Haider that is literally facts I stayed up for hours to get that platinum trophy
I got 100% on ac3 as well. That game's amazing.
San ... trailing missions...
Me: Spam dodge for invulnerability
Hahaha :D
Yeah that’s how I beat the game dodge and heal only to lose all that health in a matter of seconds and do it over again
I did the same, except I used a quen shield just in case I did get hit.
I did the exact same except I would also use quen to give me some breathing room as I tried to get some breathing room
First time I played I didn't know you could dodge, only jump and it made the game a lot harder.
The game on Death March is so easy now thank you very much. This is hands down the best build I have seen to date probably the best out there ngl.
Thank you man, makes me really happy that you like it! =)
I'm so glad this appeared in my recommended after i just recently came back to play witcher 3!
Thank you man! =)
Red Mutagen farming 20:45
TLDR: Red Mutagen farming at Whale Graveyard on Skellige from drowners. Then fast travel to Novigrad, then back. Rinse. Repeat. Profit.
Good god 26 minutes reduced to 30 seconds.
Morbid Florist he doesnt talk about red mutagen farming for 20 mins... good god
KYLER ANTHONY exactly?
I never got a single red muta on whale graveyard
@@Geraldo_Rivian you’re just getting unlucky. Keep doing it and you’ll eventually get some. It’s probably the most reliable farming spot for red mutagens
Just started this build today. The high damage and use of Quen has saved my ass countless times. Still got much to learn, but you've earned a sub!
It's a huge game and you learn as you play =)
Thank you very much for the sub! =)
@@marwangaming4708 I've learned so much already. Also turned on Enemy upscaling though I don't know what that does. XD I'm at the part with the baron admitting to beating his wife on live stream. Wanna watch? Maybe give pointers? :D
@@mitchellbarton7915 Oh haha nice! =D
I can come by very quickly but have some recording to do for youtube =)
Enemy upscaling increases hp and damage for some enemies while very specific enemies become almost impossible without the right build =D (djinn) for example ^^
I ended the stream not too long ago. My twitch is Godlesswolf if you'd like to follow me and watch at your convenience. ^^
@@mitchellbarton7915 I'll give you a follow my friend =)
Definitely going to try this in my Death March playthrough. Love how you have the survivability first before combat skills
Thank you man!
Allows you to be much more aggressive, which I find to be more fun.
Hope you like the build =)
Spectre enemies do elemental damage not monster and this build heave zero armour resistance to elemental damage, only protective coating of oil. I follow this guide and change my build to exact like this one, so I put elemental resistance rune instead of quen.
@@M0ntarro Spectres deal almost no damage, even on low lvl their damage is low.
They deal elemental damage but they are monsters, you can test this with ursine armor vs feline armor and you'll see that even with huge elemental resist you take more damage with feline armor than ursine armor vs spectres.
Elemental gems are also imo a waste since quen gems works against every single enemy in the game and make the quen shield stay on longer for majority of fights in the game.
Remeber that I am not saying how you should play here, only what I think.
So if you enjoy your build go for it =)
I absolutely lóve this game! I've completed the entire game, incl HoS and BnW-expansions 4 or 5x now.
Newgame+ save is amazing if you grinded out your first game, really puts 'being an OP juggernaut' in perspective.
Personally i really prefer the Ursine+Alchemy build, as it makes you a near-unkillable béast! High critical damage, high health, high armor, imo thé best build.
Wolven-gear is imo very good overall: a bit of everything?
Cat-gear is perhaps more powerful, but more or less makes you a 'glass-cannon': yes you dish out tremendous damage, but you're vulnerable, véry vulnerable!
Griffin Gear is a super-sign booster if you like playing with signs, though signs are álways useful in ány build! Quen, Axii, Yrden, Igni, Aard; all part of your arsenal when you're facing the vást variety of enemy's.
Then in the BnW-expansion you also get Manticore gear which is fun, but imho the least good of the Witcher-armor sets. Then again, it comes down to personal preferances: you like bombs? Use Manticore gear?
I júst binge-watched Season 2 on Netflix, and i'm very itchy to restart a game. Not a Newgame+ with a good save, but from scratch! Grind it all out: get upto level 50+ with a full Grandmaster set of Witcher gear, a tón o gold, and as many if not all potions and decoctions learnt as an advantage in the Newgame+ after that.
Tbf, i've grinded out my original fírst game so extreme; getting éverything out of the game it has to offer, it actually becomes a tad boring to play a fresh game, without all those advances from talents, gear,and other additions. But it still is térribly fun!!
Perhaps thé best game released so far, in the history of computer-gaming? This game was released in may 2015... Atm is december 2021: 6.5 years later and people are still making (new)guides, and other video's about this game, because its THAT good!
I even like to believe that Netflix saw good money in this franchise, simply because Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was súch an amazing succes!
The game just has it all: A very detailed, deep and touching storyline, expansive development system from talents, potions, weapons, armor, and special abilitys to educate you from some 'standard NPC-slasher' to an absolute and unstoppable killing-machine!
The dedication lol
This game is still the best game to date in my opinion as far as the way they laid out questlines and outcomes. If there is a better game in excistance I haven't played it. Absolutely love the lore and I wish I could experience this game for the first time again lol.
It is for me aswell! All the little details like monster information and big quests to find entire witcher sets =)
Ah dang it I can't find an actual beginners guide blood and wine skills for the god build don't help lol I've already played through twice been so long needing a refresher the gourmet was a great reminder for death march. Great video
Hey thank you very much for the comment and so happy that the video helped =) Gourmet was nerfed hard I heard lol but still works.
It's nice to have between fights imo and completely fine still at the start of the game.
I immediately went to gremist and reset my stat. Have to say this is a really solid build!
Thank you man! Glad you like it! =)
Been playing with this build for about a week now... It's honestly so good. Just destroy everything
Ty! Happy to hear that =)
Got into this game a couple months ago and I think Im ready for deathmarch. Will be using this guide for sure
Happy to hear that and I hope you will enjoy it! =)
I played this game when it first released for about 100hrs plus beat the game and the new dlc. Then bought the game a couple years later and saw how much it had evolved and changes they made to the mutagens and stuff. Recently bought it for the switch and watching this makes me feel like I've been playing the game wrong all along. Haha
You're not playing it wrong, this is just an effective way. There are many!
Glad to hear that you are playing witcher, it's my all time favourite game! =)
Hey man. I just started my Death March run on NG+ and this was super helpful. Thank you so much. Subscribed for sure
Awesome to hear that and thank you very much for the sub! =)
Dang man. You know what’s up! All I ever figured out was the euphoria focus on toxicity thingy & felt like a god tank then... but seems like you figured out like a BUNCH of different routes to achieve unlimited power lol.
Lol, I mean you can get even tankier than this with mutated skin giving you up to 45% damage reduction.
With that you can go ahead and let the nilfguardian army attack you and not deal any damage lol.
First of all, great video, I'll use some tips for myself in my next playthrough
Now, I know it's an old video, but I think that's worth mentioning
If u can combine ability for 3 pieces of Wolf School Armor ("You can apply 3 oils on sword at once") with skill, that makes oils doesn't wear off, u can get permament +50% dmg boost to most enemies, which is in my opinion OP, if u don't want to change oils everytime u start a fight.
Sorry for my english, I hope u will understand what I'm talking about
Hi, thank you very much! Glad that the video helped :)
In my youtube playthrough I change oil before every fight and it goes really fast, specially when you know all oils which is really easy to learn.
I always say though that if you like to have the blade oils to never wear off then by all means go for it =)
Since this build is mainly going for tankyness and dps we cannot use the wolf witcher set :/ Cool idea though and hope that this guide makes your build even better =)
(I know it's late but I just got recommendation from yt)
Recently started W3 the third time on the death march but I have really annoying habit to forget distributing the skills' points 😒
So I always end up with the same build I did on my first playthrough when I finially remember to use points after 10 levels without any skill 😅
But this video inspired me to try a new things! :D Thanks.
In W1 an W2 I was really focused on alchemy but in Witcher 3 I really didn't pay enough attention to it.
I was using only oils, regeneration's potions and Quen.
But now I'm really curious, so I'm gonna remove all points and start with this build.
I'm glad I found your channel.
Also never tried upscaling so I'm tempted 🤔
Thank you! Yes alot of people do that but on enemy upscaling +dm enemies can get really though so a good build makes it alot more fun =) Hope you like it and remember that I have a Witcher 3 playthrough with the same build =)
Very nice guide! I play on PS4 on December 2019 and it's very nice build. Thanks a lot!
Thank you friend! Glad to hear that you liked it and that it was helpful =)
Man I just love your way of explaining my English sux but your explanation was really deep and covered everything.
Thank you very much! =) glad that you liked it!
Honestly I'm so new to this game most of the things you said went over my head. But gotta save this video for the future coz your gameplay is sooo lit. Kudos!!!
Thank you for the compliment!
I understand haha, the game is massive and you will get confused sometimes and other times you might not know what's best to go for but this video will help with that =)
For the red mutagen farming i usually travel between the Whalegraveyard and Toderas, as devourers spawn there which also have a decent drop rate of red mutagens ;D
Also a nice spot for sure =)
I have also noticed that Endregas usually (more often than other monsters) drop mutagens as well in any location. I have always looked for them when in need of red mutagens :)
@@VahlokTheGrey Yes you are 100% correct but very very rarely red ones :/
Best chance I think is alghouls, they very often drop red mutagens!
But they are also really rare to find =D
The thing with drowned dead and mucknixers is that they don't drop it as often as alghouls but they are farmable on the spot I showed and very easy to take down =)
Nice tip thanks!
@@NappaTheInvincible Thank you, yw =)
1 day into my ng+ run for the achievement, I really wasn't enjoying my build ( had some strong attack/archgriffin/cat armor synergy - like you say its often hard to get a SA in - so I used debug console to switch to your build and restarted my run. SO SO SO much better!!! Really enjoying it now (and the Aerondight sword is a lot easier to level up with this build too) 0 deaths so far with this build!
Hey man so happy to hear that =) Super happy that you like the build and that it helped you enjoy the game more =)
@@marwangaming4708 just for lols I came across a level 74 contract at level 56 (Byways murders).. I thought I'd give it a go as I was in the area - didn't even break a sweat. Just dodged like a mofo and hit when i could. Build is so Broken man :)
Gonna try this out. I’m tired of dying to enemies a level or two higher than me.
Thats a whole other story, in that case I'd look up "No Levels" at TW3 Nexus Mods. Read the description on changes made (which version you want) and how to install, which is very easy to do.
With this mod you can go anywhere from the beginning, can even do skellige/novigrad (main) quests without doing velen/novigrad first
Ah ye that can be annoying lol, with this build I do contracts 10 lvls above me as soon as I get ursine armor lvl 25 =D
I haven’t begun playing this game yet but it seems I stumbled upon something much more helpful than the other videos! Finally, a man not telling me to check the bestiary 🤗 subbed
Not that the bestiary isn’t helpful, that tip is just in every video.
Hey man thank you very much for the compliment! and the sub!
This game is gorgeous
I agree!! =)
Level 22 now and already overpowered on death march. Im at the first alchemy skill atm and using feline equipment. Great vid!
Thank you very much, sorry for the late answer.
As I said to many here already, some of the comments wont show and I have to scroll manually and find comments I haven't seen in my notifications.
The drowners on the river pit around Kaer Morhen also drop lotsa red mutagens.
Ah you're right, never went there to farm them though. Which one do you think is better?
@@marwangaming4708 Almost all of them? It´s been over half a year since I played
I might play again tonight so I might re-answer latter, I am up to the hour usually with YT notifications. I will check it again.
@@marwangaming4708 Id say is about the exact same rate? Easy to farm there and green ones drop as good as reds
@@onemoregodrejected9369 Ah nice to know =) can just fast travel between those 2 spots then ^^
@@onemoregodrejected9369 Sounds good =)
Just a great all-around collection of useful tips and advice. Way to go, Marwan!
Thank you! =)
I bought this game last weekend, and since I'm fan of dark souls franchise, my first save was in death deathMarch. Man, the damage output is extremely low, the fights are long, I'm a witcher who struggles with a dog 😅. I passed white orchard without deaths, because quen is saving me, but since i bought the vanilla version of the game, i don't have the gourmet perk and all my money goes for food... great guide by the way, and sorry for my bad english...
Do you have enemy upscaling on? It also increases hp on alot of enemies.
Damage output is low at the start since you wont have much damage due to gear and low amount of skillpoints.
Dogs are extremly power in the Witcher and they work like this, if the dog hits you and you try to attack it back it will continue with a fast attack that staggers you and can crit, same as drowners.
Gourmet comes with dlc which I strongly recommend you pick up, they're bigger than most games out there with absolutely amazing stories.
@@marwangaming4708 thanks for the tips, man. Now I need to learn about oils and potions, because i haven't used anything so far, just food.
I have started again, a new playthrough because of the PS5 upgrade.
I don't have the extra slots from blood and wine dlc, but I find it so easy to avoid any dmg in this game.
Death march with euphoria is easy mode.
Ye it is easy, with some fights being more difficult.
Don't know what to think of this upgrade gameplaywise though :/
I'm playing blind the witcher 3 and i'm going to play in dead march difficulty with this build, i'm a spanish speaker and i understand a big part of the video!, ty so much for this vid you gained a new sub!
Thank you for the kind words and sub, glad to hear that you enjoy the game and will try the build I have here on your playthrough =)
@@marwangaming4708 Hey!, i have a question, this build is effective with the boss prince toad?
@@corvovakaryan2917 You can see that fight here:
ruclips.net/video/_1TgtLPMGE8/видео.html
It's my Witcher 3 playthrough and you can see the build in action against the boss.
Fight starts @21:40, ofcourse I could just tell you yes but you also have a video if you like to see how well it does =)
@@marwangaming4708 Thanks man!, you're amazing!
@@corvovakaryan2917 You're welcome! =)
this helped me heaps thanks man! im not into the expansion content yet at lvl 23 atm
Glad to hear that man, enjoy! The expansions are just insanely good!
New to witcher 3 as of Nov 2020...I'm only on lvl 7 but this video helps me understand how the game works. Awesome video...thank you very much!
"the easiest and the best way is to go for fast attacks" that's why screw cat school!
full on tank Geralt with ursine school and alchemy build with Euphoria mutagen.
(a lot of DMGe and a lot of survivalability and joy of fights requiring more than holding LMB for 5 seconds)
and for Gods sake try out the "Deadly Precision" talent. it's AWESOME sometimes... :D
About axii in dialogues. It is not always the best option, especially if you use it with more than one person around. It might bring you some unnecessary fights like if you use it at the witch hunter hq .
But yeah most of the time it is the better option.
I would use it even with more people around, it's only used for xp since dm gives ALOT less xp for anything really.
I have to agree on the witch hunter hq though, since it will give a different outcome for the Dijkstra treasure but ye it's more a story axii there than +xp for the trouble.
Back in 2015, when I first got the platinum for the game, I did a Death March run without the use of good potions (only to regenerate health) and oils because I was a fucking idiot. I didn't even distribute my skill points. It was hell. As a man who platinume'd every Soulslike game and Super Meat Boy, nothing was harder than an unprepared run on Death March. Those are nice tips.
Sorry for the late answer, many of the comments that people have written does not show up in my notifications for some odd reason.
Ye I can imagine how annoying that must have been lol :D Ty for the compliment
i'm definitely going to watch. I was playing at medium difficulty and once i hit level 20 the game has become so easy. I've just finished a hunting quest in which i had to kill a monster in Skellige that was worshipped by the town's folks as a god. I thought it was cool, but once i reached it, it went down with 4 hits... so lame. Of course i had to change difficulty
Ye medium is way too easy imo even for people who don't know the basics of the game.
Glad you made the game more difficult because it will make it more fun and the very though oponents will get even more respect as you can't just fight them without knowing a little about them.
so obivously im replaying after watching the witcher series on netflix and I forgot so so much... lol but I was wondering if the "new moon trousers" are craftable or something i need to find? im playing on my old save file btw which is half way through blood and wine with everything else completed.(base game and hearts of stone) included
Ah ye many people do! I will be doing it myself soon :D
The new moon trousers can be found in hearts of stone or earlier if you can get by the enemies but you are high lvl so you can just go and get them.
Just search for: Witcher 3 new moon trousers
The first option that you see will allow you to find the easily =)
I'm gonna begin my death march tomorrow
With this specific build it wont happen that much, just be careful against some bosses like the Djinn or Rats on DM+Enemy upscaling.
They need a different but similar build, trust me it's not that bad.
I have builds up on this channel for all difficult bosses, you can see exactly what gear and items I use aswell.
I suggest you to play from the ground up.
1st playthrough... DEATHMARCH.
You'll make it through since most of the game have unfolded right before your very eyes.
No NEW GAME+.
Are you suggesting that everyone should play dm from the ground up or that I should? Difficult to understand exactly what you mean.
@@marwangaming4708 I think he is criticizing how easy the game is.
@@TheAxeForgetsTheTreeRemembers Not sure but ye difficult to know =D
Just about to start my 3rd playthrough, nice build video man 😊
Happy to hear that, thank you very much! =)
Played on Death march with same build BUT for the first time. It wasn't so easy after Dark Souls lol. Djinn was the hardest boss in my life.
Ah ye, the game is alot bigger than any dark souls game. You many times get suprised by damage and the best way to play Witcher is to know about all enemies which is ofcourse not easy the first time lol ^^
Just started playing, thank you for the guide. Much appreciated :-) :-)
Happy to hear that and thank you!
You're in for an awsome time =)
@@marwangaming4708 Asshole
Hey I remember watching your stream on Twitch! Super interesting to see you here on RUclips now. I'm skullsplitter23 btw
Ah hey there, long time no see ^^ been on youtube for a while now :D
another tip for leveling: you find alot of blue and green mutagens way bf getting access to red ones, so getting 3 green or blue skills early can get you +300 health in the beginning of the valen stage
The exact video I'm looking for. It's not even about the build, I just wanted to get a feel for the points system and was so over people saying "put points where you want to, it's an RPG". I'm new so Igni + quick attack + damage resistance are my main focuses. Feel like the green skill tree is a little too much work for my first time.
Trust me with the alchemy path, it's absolutely disgusting and does not take much work.
Just use a potions once you have a decent amount of lvls and feel like you want to try new things.
Very helpful vid, never knew how useful those Nilfgaard gauntlets were, 50% crit damage! That's crazy. Also Invigoration, I always used the one that makes the spins reach out further but the extra damage on invi is much more useful in my opinion, more damage is always better.
Hey! Some of the comments wouldn't notify me as they normally do so I am now scrolling through hundreds of comments to make sure I haven't missed any of them so I apologize for the late answer.
Thank you, glad it helped and ye nilfguardian gauntlets are insane lol! They do look a bit ugly for Geralt though since most of his armor doesn't at all look like them ^^
I love invigoration too much to use anything else for my silver sword lol :D Also the cool sound it makes!
@@marwangaming4708 Ah now worries friend, and I agree about the style of the gauntlets, they do look cool, but when matched with literally any witcher gear they look so out of place lol. And yet I can't just unequip them... 50% crit damage is nothing to scoff at.
@@DigitalVirusX2 Ye lol, it's literally 2 manticore boots and chest combined ^^
There is literally only one dialouge spot in this game where Delusion will give you a negative result: using it on one witch hunter in front of several of them :D
I still do it lol 😂
Great video! Bruxas disagree with step dodging lol
Ty!
Hahaha, ye :D Other things you can do against them though ^^
Played this when it released then switched to other games before blood and wine dlc came out. Just got back into it as I want to get platinum and death March is one of the trophies I need ( gwent aswell but I'm shit at gwent ) This build helps a lot. Thanks. Much appreciated.
for gwent put on easy and do a spy and decoy build really op
Thanks. I got platinum. I just played gwent until I got good. Used spy / decoy setup for most of the game.
Ekhidna decoction is actually better than Ekimmara, depending on the attack types you use, I for example use quick rend attacks, they consume almost no stamina and regenerate same amount of health as casting a sign for full stamina bar would, that’s 10% of your vitality, in my case each rend strike regenerates over 1200 vitality, Ekimmara regenerates 10% of the dealt damage, so if you deal less damage than your vitality it’s better to go with Ekhidna (or both if you cam lol)
Thought you might want to know about an extra tip. As you talked about the superior golden oriole, which is my favourite potion. When fighting the hard bosses to increase vitality regeneration I would have the devil's puffball bomb equipped with the mod that allows bomb fragments to split, then drink a golden oriole potion. Which basically meant each bomb you throw would turn into about 6 bombs. That way you gain health from being poisoned by your own bombs as well as poison your enemy. I used to refill my vitality many a time using this trick.
Ah no thank you, any mod that makes anything more powerful I'm not a fan of.
That sounds cool and all but it's not in the original game. Not a fan of those kinds of mods, only visual mods and jump in shallow water.
@@marwangaming4708 this is not a mod outside the game. Look in the green (alchemy) skill tree and you'll see it. I'm playing the witcher now. The correct name for it is cluster bombs. This is in the base game.
@@electrified90s Ah yes but then it is a skill and not a mod.
Sorry you got me confused thereI I would rather get killing spree since it gets your crit to max with just 2 enemies when it's maxed.
But you are not wrong and the idea is very nice! What can I say lol, I love the damage ^^
@@marwangaming4708 my bad. Who says you can't have both skills? Anyways just thought I'd give a tip as it's a very useful one and for me makes the best use of that potion. Having superior golden oriole when fighting the arachas makes it well easy. Especially the purple boss one.
@@electrified90s Yes for sure, I always fight that monster when I am 10 lvls lower than him and destroy him using golden oriole and rend ^^
Amazing guide! Also, you’re very nice in the comments. It’s refreshing. You should have more subs.
Thank you very much! =) Maybe that will happen in the future who knows ^^
I just know that I should enjoy myself making content when I have time rather than forcing myself to make content for money or other reasons. Glad you liked the guide!
Gourmet rly breaks the difficulty at the start of the game, I couldnt believe it when I got the dlcs after my playthrough and was like WTF is this sorcery they cant be serious?!?! Like 100% the first skill someone should get, but I went with the classic sun and stars as first skill. Rly good build. Starting a new deathmarch playthrough after 2 years and it turns out my build is gonna be nearly the same, but now Ive prove that it should work rly good :)
Glad to hear that =)
Alot of players that know the game well have a similar or same build that I use myself.
I don't find it to be that huge since you can eat food while in combat.
It's just annoying to click it all the time, later on I just remove it since lifesteal takes over from Ekimmara decoction or Ekhidna decoction that gives you vitality on actions that drain stamina.
Crippling Strikes being "not that good" is an understatement of the century. Even 5 points in it deals so little damage, a single light attack deals more than Crippling Strike DoT would do in 20+ seconds. I don't know what they were thinking, making that skill. Then again those are the same people who made damage dealing grenades and signs that won't even DENT enemies in NG+. It's not a sign of balance that 80% skills make zero difference in game.
You can have so much Sign intensity that Igni has 100% chance to set things on fire. The "on flame" CC only lasts for like 1.5 sec and all targets are usually at your throat before you can get a solid Rend charge up. Deals less than 5% HP damage in NG+. Same with Aard's shockwave damage. You literally can't see difference in monster's HP bar. Not to mention even with 100% stagger chance monsters just shrug it off before you can even get a light attack in (at least in NG+). Same with Grenade damage. Tried the multiple grenades perk, it still took less than 10% hp (not even taking the yellow grenade perk. 200% of nothing is still nothing, it just halves ammo). The only grenade in NG+ useful for more than blowing up monster nests is Northern Wind (even that's resisted by half enemies and everyone above your level), with Moon Dust and Dimeritium Bomb being half useful against select enemies (since Yrden is useless AND small AND too short to deal with most enemies).
So far every single Witcher build devolves into melee/mutagen high crit build with Quen as the only useful sign, because nothing else seems to work in NG+
Axi is op as hell, you should try it lol, even takes off the spikes of alghouls and make them very easy to fight. Northern wind is op imo, I would be sad if it worked on everything cuz the game is already easy.
I think it's nice that the game is mostly about sword/decoctions =)
Isn't that what a witcher is all about? =)
I understand that you feel like there isn't much build diversity but there are alot of nice builds, you can go tanky as hell for example with signs or sword or glass cannon with signs or swords which is already 4 solid builds.
Sign builds being much much weaker though!
@@marwangaming4708 my point was, there are several ways to scale sword damage, and they all complement each other. On the other hand, Sign intensity does literally almost nothing, and bombs do not scale at all. So in the end, you have no real choice of a build. Swords or nothing.
I've tried different mutagens, but they all feel underwhelming.
Sometimes there are fun moments tho. Remember that red skill with few % chance of instakilling? Yesterday it procced for me while I was killing a red skull archgriffin. Crossbow bolt dropped him from the sky in 1 shot from almost full hp.... Didn't even know it could proc from bolts. Well, with his level he would instakill me if he hit me, so he got what he deserved.
@@ytubestolemyhandle lmao "so he got what he deserved."
Well I have to agree on that =D
I understand you but I really want just sword with signs just being supportive skills but can also make or break a fight.
Alghouls without axi early on is not fun for example =D
i'm very happy to find you. A lot of stuff for this game to learn from your videos. i just started the game
Happy to hear that and welcome my friend! =)
Undying has an invisible 30s cooldown! Even if an Adrenaline Point is available
Hunter Instinct has been glitched since the game came out! Not working in V1.31 --> Killing spree is totally fine and super overpowered
Otherwise, the build is great. If you have that much toxicity and Euphoria active, you can use whatever armor you would like since the damage will be insane anyways.
For highest damage output, Manticore armor and Nilfgaard gauntlets (crit damage) / new moon trousers (crit damage) OR Feline Armor (Works even well with Bloodbath on death march, if you dont want to use Euphoria and play around with other abilities)
For a more defensive / utility build with (still very strong) damage, i can recommend the Grandmaster Wolven set. 3 pieces will allow you to apply 3 oils.
Combined with the oil skills in the alchemy skills (Infinite oil uptime/ Protective coating / poisoning oils)
Will give you lots of resistance against selected enemy types.
Decoctions:
*_Defensive_*
Ekkimara is always good for regenerating health.
Arachas decoction: Get your equip load as low as possible and receive incredible resistances (tested on 30/170 equip load, approx. 70% less dmg received from bandits - Death March)
Wraith decoction: Get a free Quen shield when an enemy takes 30% of your health in 1 hit
*_Offensive_*
As stated in the video
Yes sure but you could lose adrenaline when you rend or wirl and then without the potion you have nothing to get that instant point.
Also undying sometimes wont even proc, bugged for me a couple of times :/
I just tested it now and you're right hunter instinct is still bugged but killing spree is disgusting and a must have once you reach higher lvls!
Wolven is nice but will not give as much resistance as ursine.
As you can see in the video I use manticore chest, new moon trousers, nilfguardian guantlets and manticore boots.
Tested ursine chest and it gives alot of resistance against everything.
Not a fan of wraith decoction since this build rarely loses shield and will 1 hit almost any enemy.
On higher lvls you can have both wirl+rend, fast and strong attacks.
Rend with this build kills almost any enemy in 1 hit, even some bosses.
I killed djinn in ng+ with only 3-4 attacks on dm+enemy upscaling.
@@marwangaming4708 yea you are right, but i prefer to "deescalate" this build a bit
I think its too booring doing so much damage, thats why I play around with setups
May I ask you if the witcher gear scales up to your level in your game?
Mine seems to be capped off at level 69 for the grandmaster and 70 for viper gear. Same for crafted relics, touissant knight sword is level 78 but i picked it up at 90....
Also, real shame that signs are so bugged. Like the damage skill for Aard or piercing cold. Would be really fun to do a magic build on DM
What many don't know, euphoria is also supposed to +sign rating, but it doesn't
Always use Axii - Me using axii on a group of witch hunters so they jump me.
Hahaha :D I'm sure you can handle them!
If u visit every questionmark on the map and kill everything that pops up in betwen you will have more than enough red mutagens,also u get transmutation in blood and wine so tonnes of mutagens
Sometimes people are just really unlucky and are low on red mutagens anyways.
Think it is nice to show them a good spot so they can prep for b&w.
For all of you planning on Death March plus enemy upscaling this mod : www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2788?tab=description , corrects the above mentions hunter instinct bug as well as rats and Djin upscalling bug ! its a mod made by a CD project witcher 3 game designer! with also a lot more bug fixes and corrections! read the changelog for more information! its like a an unnoficial patch made by an official game developer! xD
"If you crave a stamp of official approval in a mod, the FCR3 mod was developed by a senior gameplay designer at CD Projekt Red. It’s a huge list of minor tweaks, nerfs, and buffs that make the world more dangerous and balanced. If you’re looking for a general overhaul that will work invisibly in the background, this is your mod."
I do like the hunter instict bug fix but the rats and djinn "fix" I do not like.
They can be destroyed with the correct build, I do agree that they are extremly difficult if you go in clueless but I have guides for both encounters and both encounters become a joke honestly ^^
Hello there ! Pretty nice guide ! I don't know if you heard about FCR3. It's a balance mod realized by a game designer who worked on tw3. I was afraid that it would ruin the game's experience but in fact, it's really lore and player friendly. It feels op at some points in the game but very interesting during DLC playthrough. End game, it gives you the possibility of choosing between some playstyles just like you can equip some oils/bomb/potions before a specific fight. I highly recommend it to those who want a different taste of gameplay after their first playtrough.
I looked at some mods to adjust the gameplay or difficulty but didn't like any :/ Gonna look into this one and see if I haven't seen it already, ty for posting =)
The most overpowered combination you can do no matter what your build is would have to be Quen Griffin School techniques and medium armor
There are some enemies in the DLC who can hit through quen so don't rely on it and do practice but Griffin School techniques gives you so much versatility it's ridiculous it's a must-have for any hybrid build
This build in the dlc shreds everything, no need for Griffin school. It's not bad but the tankiest is ursine and if you wanna go even tankier you can swap out euphoria for mutated skin and fight the nilfguardian army without a problem.
What you seem to get wrong like most people is that you think that sign intensity plays the biggest role in keeping the quen shield up but it's not. The most important thing is damage reduction and it will help you the most in keeping that shield up.
Nice stuff. I am currently replaying the game and I will try this. Thanks!
You are very welcome! Sorry for the late answer, some of the comments didn't notify me as they normally should so I found all these by just scrolling down in my comment section.
I beat the game 3 years ago. Gotta go back because it looks really different, looks like they changed the UI a little bit from when it was launched.
For sure man =) You can also install mods that can make the game look a little bit better which are not hard at all to install =)
Just stared playing
I did a fun challenge with my friend to not use any armor or gaunlets on Death March. This game just always seemed... Kinda too easy? There were some hard opponents, mainly certain monsters or mages, but besides that i always missed some another harder level.
Geralt is lookn' pretty smooth in his shirt ngl
I agree, if you have some knowledge about the game and specifically enemy types since many of them have similar moves/attacks it makes the game very easy!
It does sound like that was really though though, imagine Djinn or rats on dm+upscaling without any armor lol =D
Lets see how the enhanced edition will be like, maybe they will add another difficulty =)
@@marwangaming4708 yeah i Hope so, can't wait to Play the game again with better looks and framerates, i'll probably just play with the shirt again for the looks lol. Well unless they actually add another difficulty, that would be dope.
I have the same build, but my quen shield breaks almost as soon as I get hit 🤔
Hey, you must be missing something. Got arachas decoction on? Protective coating with correct blade oil for the monster you are fighting?
Good video, my run on death march is going great!
Happy to hear that! 🙂
oof that cyberpunk comment at the end
Ye man =/ I was hoping, the game is not bad but nowhere near Witcher 3.
@@marwangaming4708 Yeah, I loved it, personally. But it's very scuffed, let's see how it turns out if they end up fixing it and release dlcs.
@@Ecliptor. Yes I agree, lets just hope they make enough nice changes to the game. It wont be a Witcher 3 but it will be good if done right.
nice, i wanna replay it on death march.
Playing on Death March only place I had to lower difficulty was for all the mandatory fist fights, hate those.
Trust me they are not that difficult, spend maybe 30 minutes fighting the same guy and just get a bit used to deflecting blows and you will do exellent in the fist fights =)
@@marwangaming4708 ain't nobody got time for that
@@azaph_yt You do as you want, just saying that I have not failed a single fight in like 2 completely playthroughs with dlc included thnx to deflecting hits =)
This was Very Useful, and I only Died in f*cking 5 feet Cliffs...
great video
Thank you! =)
haha lol, i died sooo many times to these damn barrels, fucking hell
Lol, imagine me. 400 hours of playtime to get destroyed by barrels twice!
TY
Think I'm too underlevelled to take on that many drowners I took on the big boss the crook bog witches spawned at level 3! Guy would one shot me I managed to kill it but realised I suck at the game armor was Griffin armor I think and I'm stuck with the same armor at level 9 now 🤣 everyone's a one shot loool
Try to lower the difficulty and get comfortable with the mechanics and playstyle that suits you and you will do just fine =)
I played broken bones on 1st play though died a total of 7 times but now on the 2nd play though (I got a bad ending) doing death march seems like the only way but still not trying to get clapped
Getting the bad ending is depressing lol but ye I think going for death march is the way to go and it's more fun having the enemies match your lvl with enemy upscaling.
Enemy upscaling also gives the enemies alot more hp and in some cases absolutely insane damage!
For your first playthrough I think dying 7 times is extremly impressive, I have finished the game multiple times inculding dlc on dm+enemy upscaling and not died once.
For my first time though? I died alot more than you lol.
I found nightwraith decoction very interesting....it gives u more nd more vitality as u go killing more nd more enemies....until u meditate or fast teavel....its useful for me....
Personally I wouldn't use it but if you enjoy the benefits then go ahead and use it =)
Very cool. I know nothing. So this is very welcome!
Ty! Glad I could help!! =)
Advising the use of Axii in all dialogues is not good, IMO. The story can and does get impacted if you use Axii when there's more than one NPC involved - since it doesn't work as well on groups of people. One specific example is when you're trying to find out about Dijkstra's treasure... if you use Axii with the witch hunters, that does have an impact on the story! I advise that you use Axii sparingly and only when it's against one single NPC. Also, I find that a different dialogue option rather than Axii is always far more interesting than the Axii outcome. You do not need the delusion skill to fully complete this game and I would argue that the alternative to delusion is always far more interesting story-wise.
I and the rest of the Witcher community strongly disagree. It does not impact the story negatively and even with the witch hunter quest which you do not have many choices to impact the outcome.
So you should almost always use it, remember that xp is worth alot more on deathmarch.
Yeah youre right, I did pretty much every quest there is and only left some lowly undiscovered treasure quests in skellige and I only got into level 53.
New game + sounds really interesting, Ill maybe play it on death march if Ill get the achievement for it.
New game on death march is just not fun at all... I completely broke on vellen, it was just too frustrating
Oh what the hell :D I went into new game+ with like 120k+ gold lol ^^
There's a place in Toussaint where you can farm tons and tons of gold, they are called Hanse Base and if you don't kill the last enemy there the rest of the enemies respawn and you can sell their weapons for 400-600+ gold each which is huge since there's always like 20-30 enemies in each of them ^^
MarwanGaming
Sounds too fishy to me 0_0...
This time I must find that red armor relic thingy with mask...
Best armor and steel sword in the game..
@@HPalternetive Nothing fishy lol, I can show it once we get there in my playthrough ^^
Toussaint knights steel sword?
MarwanGaming
No thats the highest level sword.. and yeah technically alone the strongest.
But Im talking something else.. maybe you know theres a similar armor set in different color and level.
Its in tusa mutna where you “torture Rigis” its a set of armor, a mask and a steel sword all completely black (Relic)
When wearing the entire set, after you kill an enemy it heals you.
I gotten the full set of that one but it was low level so I sold it, But there’s another set, same thing just red this time with a steel sword as strong as the more higher leveled toussaint steel great swords and pretty much from what Ive seen best armor in the game.
But Ive only found the chest armor and booths ):
Is there a chance you got the full set?
MarwanGaming
Here I found how it called, Hen Gaidth Set I think
Loved the video, I'm a new player so this helps thanks for this.
You are very welcome! Somehow some comments are not shown for me as the others are, I have to scroll down manually and find them.
So I have to apologize for the late answer friend!
@@marwangaming4708 no worries keep up the great work 👍👍👏😄
@@jacquesalas4294 Thank you! =)
honestly it's not that hard at all it doesn't need a guide but good shit man this guide is amazing everything is on point
I agree but I would like to see more people use decoctions+potions and the amazing and underused skills that are in the game.
Thank you very much for the compliment =)
THENKS 24 min now i know how to respawn my 8 bandit place in novigrad with city bandits fast travel diferen map and back lol great
I am ashamed to say that I've never played Witcher 3. Or that was true until the virus hit us and we had to stay home. In three days, I've clocked 40 hours. Started on Death March, as I always play games on highest difficulty, found your guide, restarted (yeah, I know you can buy pots to respecc, but hadn't come far), and now I have to check if it is actually Death March once a while. Currently level 10, having the time of my life!
What the hell 40 hours you beast :D Well ye Witcher 3 is the best game ever made so I can understand you're having a good time =)
Ye 40 hours in Witcher 3 is around 30% of the game depending on how much you do ofc!
Glad that you like the guide man, I am currently playing the game and have a series with 68 episodes uploaded already, so people can see how I play the game usually.
@@marwangaming4708 Might watch your series later, but I'd rather go in blind for my first playthrough. I don't think I've gotten to 30% yet, as I keep doing all the question marks, all the side quests etc, and often run off to explore just to see what's there. Love the world, and the feeling of the game, and keep kicking myself for having had it for years without playing it.
@@normalstupid I understand, hope you have alot of fun! :)
@@marwangaming4708 Very much fun indeed! Subbed so I can watch your playtrough later.
@@normalstupid Thank you very much! =)
Getting red mutagens! Ty
You are very welcome! Sorry for the late answer, some comments will not notifiy me for some odd reason, sorry again!
i finished the game on Death March first time i played xD
That's awesome man :)
@@marwangaming4708 my skills set was and still is just random benefits as carry weigh and gourme and ofcourse full igni for some unfortunate fools, thinking of using the whirl
@@joemama-zb9co Yes those are all very useful skills and whirl is just really fun to use.
In my current playthrough I am using rend and it's just disgustingly op and fun to use.
Shreds bosses and all enemies have a huge problem to do anything or respond to the rend attacks lol :D
You can even stunlock some enemies with rend as I've shown in a recent episode of my current playthrough =)
started playing this game again after i finished the series, playing on death march is a pain in the ass but upgraded quen helps me a lot and ive been memorized all monsters attack pattern, gotta try your build tho.
As you can see in the video you don't have to put a single point into quen and you can focus on other skills.
Best thing you can do is to memorize things in Witcher 3, it really helps you to prepare for every encounter and also makes certain enemies much easier!
My shield rarely breaks, trick is to have good armor, alchemy and decoctions.
Let me know when you've tried it and what you think =)
@@marwangaming4708 i also tried the concoction and potion build before with whirlwind.
Im playing Death March, but my first skill is Survival Instinct
Hi there, you can go for it but imo it's a waste at the start since there are so many other good skills that will help much much more!
wait wtf, there's blood and wine skills? did i just play through the dlc twice without knowing this
Lol 😂
Hey great guide. Could you explain more on how it gets easier once you get ursine gear? This is a light gear build and the runewright is first available at lvl 32 right? So it will be heavy armor with light build, besides my first playthrough i finished the base game at around lvl 30 so this build seems like more of an easy NG+ build rather than a beginner build. Great info and guide regardless, just curious because most of this doesn't seem to be beginner at all (as in early game).
Hello! Thank you for the compliment! =) This is the exact build I go when I do 0 death full 100+hours all bosses on the hardest difficulty+enemy upsacling, doing it twice live on twitch.tv.
The heavy armor is for certain bosses/parts that will allow you to just tank up a huge amount of damage, if you face the djinn on death march+enemy upscaling you go with the build with feline armor that I have a guide for on youtube.
Early game you can use feline armor with the same exact build I have here but once you hit higher lvls 28-34 and get the chance to get to the runefinder you will be able to turn all gear into light armor with better stats than feline armor which will give you more dps+alot more defense!
I usually go with feline from lvl 17-25 once I get lvl 25 ursine armor I use that til I found the higher lvl ursine chest+nilfguardian gauntlets, new moon trousers and later manticore boots.
@@marwangaming4708 Kollade precis in din twitch, hörde fan i videon att du var svensk o nu såg jag på twitchkanalen haha. Tackar för svaret, det var stor hjälp. Jag är inte särskilt aktiv på twitch men ska definitivt försöka dyka upp om jag ser dej streama witcher :)
@@ThatKomik Inga problem, tack själv!! Jo men det är jag :) Ingen press, besök när du vill, skriv dock att du är ruben som kommenterade på min youtube så att jag vet att det är du :D
The only thing i don't understand is that how did you get 120 oil charges...
Great guide,is great help thank you for doing it.
Thank you very much, glad that it helped and that you liked it! =)
Very Nice Guide! Thank you for your Effort.
Ty and you're welcome! =)
Awesome guide! Where can I find the nilfguardian gauntlets (high lvl) and new moon trousers?
Thank you very much!
Sorry for the late answer some comments wont notify me as the others do, you will find a recipe normally by just exploaring regular question marks and it is random.
You can also find them randomly in chests.
They drop after lvl 31 if I remember right but you can also craft them ofcourse once you hit lvl 31.
Gonna be getting death march in my new game+ after I complete my current play through only B&W and farm at least 100k+ so I don’t run out of money
Hi friend sorry for the late answer, some of the comments wouldn't notify me as they normally do so I am now scrolling through hundreds of comments to make sure I haven't missed any of them.
Don't worry, you should be fine with 40-50k, remember that you will get items in ng+ that will sell for ALOT more gold than in regular game.
this is going on my watch later, ive only played on normal and dont think ide be ready to try death march yet, but this build still looks great
also, any tips on how to get money? the max level witcher school armour build costs are stupidly expensive and i only managed to get a max level ursine chest piece (not new game plus version though) before i gave up cause it was annoying and boring me trying to get the money for them
Thank you man, you should have no problems playing on dm =)
I have a video where I show how easy it is to get tons of money in Skellige without fighting much monsters, grab a bout and head out to sea and loot all treasures.
I think it's atleast 50k gold in all chests out in the sea when you sell all treasures ofcourse and some really nice swords sometimes!
@@mauler16 No cows needed trust me, play and explore and you will have enough.
Specially in Skellige, the water alone holds over 40k gold from treasures.
MarwanGaming If you don’t get the joke then I’d recommend trying my tip out for yourself. Do yourself a favour and do it without googling but make sure you save first. Also, make sure to kill the cows at least 3 times.