Scorch
| Scorch | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Pistol |
| Type | Tech |
| Ammo | Handgun Ammo |
| Tier | Iconic |
Scorch is a free Iconic Tech pistol for owners of Phantom Liberty who also own GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. It is a Militech Ticon decorated with Gwent cards on its frame, and it goes straight into V's stash. Its charged shot fires three rounds at once, and every round deals full damage. The Iconic effect rewards fire builds. A charged shot that hits a burning enemy puts its round back in the magazine. With a steady source of Burn, Scorch keeps firing charged bursts long after a normal magazine would be empty. Scorch is available as soon as the GOG reward unlocks. It can be used from the first hours of a Phantom Liberty playthrough.
Combat
Scorch is a Tech pistol, so its strength is the charged shot. Holding the trigger charges the barrel, and releasing it fires three rounds together. Each of those rounds deals the full damage of a charged shot. A fully charged Tech shot also goes through cover, so a burning enemy who ducks behind a crate can still be hit.
The Iconic effect is what makes Scorch worth using. When a charged shot hits an enemy who is burning, the round comes back into the magazine. Against a group set on fire by an incendiary grenade, V can keep firing charged bursts and reload far less often. Against enemies who are not burning, Scorch works like a standard Ticon. The gun is only at its best when enemies are already on fire.
How to Get Scorch Guide
- Own Phantom Liberty and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game on GOG.
- On Steam, link the game to a GOG account that owns GWENT through the My Rewards program.
- Open V's stash to collect Scorch.
Scorch Map Location
Scorch map location:
Map credit by Map Genie.
Compatible Mods
7 scopes are compatible with Scorch.
| Name | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Add-Vantage | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| CQO Kanone MINI Mk.72 | 
|
Adds zoom and effective range |
| Handyman | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, more headshot crit chance at top tier |
| Hyakume | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| Kanetsugu | 
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Adds zoom, effective range and crit chance |
| OS-1 GimletEye | 
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Adds zoom and effective range |
| Type 2067 | 
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Adds zoom and effective range, lowers bullet spread |
Upgrades
Scorch is an Iconic weapon, so it can be raised through the tiers in the Upgrades tab of the crafting menu. Each upgrade costs crafting components. The pistol must be in V's inventory to appear in the list. Scorch arrives early, so it starts at a low tier and needs regular upgrades to keep up with V's level.
The table shows what each tier step of Scorch costs.
| Upgrade | Components | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 to Tier 1+ | 75 Tier 1 components | - |
| Tier 1+ to Tier 2 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 2 to Tier 2+ | 75 Tier 2 components | - |
| Tier 2+ to Tier 3 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 3 to Tier 3+ | 75 Tier 3 components | - |
| Tier 3+ to Tier 4 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 4 to Tier 4+ | 75 Tier 4 components | - |
| Tier 4+ to Tier 5 | 40 components | - |
| Tier 5 to Tier 5+ | 75 Tier 5 components | - |
| Tier 5+ to Tier 5++ | 200 Tier 5 components | Phantom Liberty |
Character Builds
Scorch uses perks from two attribute trees, Cool and Technical Ability. Cool covers pistols. Focus and Deadeye add headshot damage, and Run 'N' Gun removes the Stamina cost of hip-fire. Technical Ability covers Tech weapons. Bolt makes charging faster and adds damage to charged shots. It also makes a shot count as fully charged if the trigger is released just before full charge. In Charge stops the pistol from firing on its own at full charge, which gives V time to aim the burst. Internal Clock widens the timing window for a Bolt. Shock Value lets Bolts ignore armor.
The build also needs a way to set enemies on fire. The CHAR Incendiary Grenade applies Burn. Grenade perks such as Health Freak and Pyromania make grenades recharge faster. Thermal arm cyberware adds a Burn chance of its own. The Thermal Projectile Launch System, Thermal Mantis Blades and Thermal Gorilla Arms all deal Thermal damage with a chance to Burn. In the hands slot, the Electromag Recycler restores Health and Stamina whenever a fully charged Tech shot lands.
Select a Build
Ping reveals enemies behind walls, and Tech weapon shots pierce the cover between them. A charged shot released at the click of Bolt deals the most damage. With a Militech Sandevistan, the charge starts first and time slows at half charge so the Bolt shot lands as a headshot.
Attributes: Body 17, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 4, Cool 20.
The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.
| Name | Image | Level | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painkiller | 
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Body 4 | Slow Health regeneration in combat |
| Adrenaline Rush | 
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Body 15 | More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode |
| Juggernaut | 
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Body 15 | More speed and damage during Adrenaline Rush |
| Calm Mind | 
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Body 15 | Adrenaline lasts longer before it decays |
| Focus | 
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Cool 9 | More headshot damage and free shots while aiming |
| Head To Head | 
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Cool 9 | Kills reset Focus |
| Deep Breath | 
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Cool 9 | Time slows while Focus is active |
| Rinse And Reload | 
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Cool 9 | Faster reload after a kill while aiming |
| Deadeye | Cool 15 | More headshot damage and no spread at high Stamina | |
| California Reaper | 
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Cool 15 | Stamina back after a headshot kill |
| Long Shot | 
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Cool 15 | Full damage at any range during Deadeye |
| High Noon | 
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Cool 15 | Fast slowed reload after a headshot kill |
| Nerves Of Tungsten-Steel | 
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Cool 20 | Guaranteed crits on headshots during Deadeye |
| Slippery | 
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Reflexes 4 | Harder to hit while moving fast |
| Dash | 
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Reflexes 9 | Unlocks the Dash and makes it cheaper |
| Ready, Rested, Reloaded | 
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Reflexes 9 | Cheaper rifle and SMG fire and faster reloads |
| Air Dash | 
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Reflexes 15 | Dash in midair |
| Sharpshooter | 
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Reflexes 15 | Faster aim and stacks that ease Stamina use |
| Gundancer | 
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Reflexes 15 | No slowdown while aiming |
| Glutton For War | 
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Technical Ability 4 | Kills recharge Health items and grenades |
| All Things Cyber | 
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Technical Ability 9 | Stronger cyberware stats |
| Bolt | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Faster charge and Bolt shots that hit harder |
| In Charge | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Tech weapons hold a full charge |
| Shock Value | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Bolt shots ignore armor |
| Lightning Storm | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Faster charge after each Bolt |
| Internal Clock | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Wider timing window for a Bolt shot |
| License To Chrome | 
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Technical Ability 15 | Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot |
| Chain Lightning | 
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Technical Ability 20 | Bolt shots arc Electrical damage to 3 nearby enemies |
| Name | Image | Slot | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heal-On-Kill | 
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Circulatory System | Health back from each kill |
| Kiroshi Cockatrice Optics | 
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Face | More crit chance |
| Microgenerator | 
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Hands | Reloading an empty gun charges an electroshock shot |
| Immovable Force | 
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Hands | Less recoil and tighter spread |
| Cellular Adapter | 
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Integumentary System | Tech weapon damage and resistances from Technical Ability |
| Optical Camo | 
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Integumentary System | Near invisibility for a few seconds |
| Reinforced Tendons | 
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Legs | Double jump |
| Para Bellum | 
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Skeleton | More armor |
Lore
Scorch is one of the Witcher-themed rewards that come with Phantom Liberty. Its in-game text reads like a Gwent card: pillars of flame turn the mightiest to ash, and everyone else trembles in shock and awe. The cards on its sides make it easy to tell apart from a plain Ticon.
The rest of the set follows the same idea. The Rarog vest needs only Phantom Liberty. The Wild Hunt jacket and the Gwynbleidd sword also need The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Scorch and the GWENT T-shirt are the two rewards tied to GWENT.
The base gun is the Militech Ticon, an old Militech pistol that later inspired the M-76e Omaha. Pariah is the other Iconic built on the Ticon.
Weapon Categories
All Pistols
Every pistol is listed below. The Iconic weapons come first, then the standard ones.
Iconic Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambition | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Apparition | 
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+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Catahoula | 
|
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| Chaos | 
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+150% | 50% | Kabuki |
| Cheetah | 
|
+150% | Dogtown | |
| Crimestopper | 
|
+85% | Dogtown | |
| Death and Taxes | 
|
+125% | Japantown | |
| Dying Night | 
|
+125% | 25% | Little China |
| Genjiroh | 
|
+85% | Japantown | |
| Her Majesty | 
|
+150% | ||
| Kappa x-MOD2 | 
|
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| Kongou | 
|
+150% | Arasaka Waterfront | |
| La Chingona Dorada | 
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+100% | 25% | The Glen |
| Lexington x-MOD2 | 
|
+175% | Little China | |
| Lizzie | 
|
+150% | Kabuki | |
| Malorian Arms 3516 | 
|
+150% | Northside | |
| Ogou | 
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+50% | 25% | |
| Pariah | 
|
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| Plan B | 
|
+200% | Badlands East | |
| Pride | 
|
+150% | Corpo Plaza | |
| Riskit | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Rook | 
|
Dogtown | ||
| Scorch | 
|
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| Second Opinion | ||||
| Seraph | 
|
Little China | ||
| Skippy | 
|
+85% | Vista Del Rey |
Standard Pistols
| Name | Image | Headshot | Armor Pen | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-22B Chao | 
|
+85% | ||
| AR Raygun Supreme 9000 | 
|
Badlands East | ||
| HA-4 Grit | 
|
+125% | ||
| HJKE-11 Yukimura | 
|
+85% | ||
| JKE-X2 Kenshin | 
|
50% | ||
| Kappa | 
|
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| Liberty | 
|
+150% | ||
| M-10AF Lexington | 
|
+125% | ||
| M-76e Omaha | 
|
50% | ||
| Nue | 
|
+125% | 25% | |
| Slaught-O-Matic | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Tamayura | 
|
+150% | 25% | |
| Ticon | 
|
50% | ||
| Unity | 
|
+150% |