Combat Skills
The Combat tree is the red skill tree. It covers sword attacks, defense, Adrenaline and the crossbow. Remastered rebuilt the trees with three ranks per skill, and every Combat rank also adds +1% Adrenaline Point gain.
Skill List
Muscle Memory and Arrow Deflection are the two roots, open from the start. Values are for rank 1.
| Skill | Needs | Rank 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Muscle Memory | - | Next fast attack after a dodge or roll +30% |
| Arrow Deflection | - | Perfect parry returns arrows, 15% instant kill |
| Strength Training | Muscle Memory | Fast attacks raise the next strong attack +15% |
| Three Strikes | Muscle Memory | Third hit has 20% chance to empower the next same-type attack |
| Cold Blood | Arrow Deflection | 0.3 Adrenaline per bolt hit |
| Resolve | Arrow Deflection | 33% less Adrenaline loss when hit |
| Undying | Three Strikes or Resolve | At 0 Vitality, each Adrenaline Point restores 10% Vitality, once per 30 s |
| Crushing Blow | Strength Training | 20% chance for +50% on the next 2 strong attacks |
| Razor Focus | Three Strikes | 1 Adrenaline on entering combat, +10% Adrenaline from strikes |
| Fleet-Footed | Undying | 33% less damage while dodging |
| Lightning Reflexes | Resolve | 30% slower time while aiming, +250% headshot damage, 5% instant kill |
| Anatomical Knowledge | Cold Blood | Crossbow +10% of silver sword damage |
| Whirl | Fleet-Footed | Spinning AoE attack, drains Stamina and Adrenaline |
| Rend | Crushing Blow, Razor Focus or Whirl | Damage from Stamina spent, ignores defenses, +10% per Adrenaline Point |
| Counterattack | Lightning Reflexes | +33% after a counter or dodge, crossbow damage x2 |
| Sunder Armor | Crushing Blow | Strong attacks cut enemy damage resistance 10% |
| Crippling Strike | Whirl | Fast-attack crits raise enemy damage taken 10% |
| Maiming Shot | Anatomical Knowledge | After a crit, the next bolt disables monster abilities for 4 s |
| Deadly Precision | Rend | Any attack can make the next strong attack an instant kill |
| Flood of Anger | Counterattack or Crippling Strike | Signs spend 3 Adrenaline to cast at top level with +50% sign intensity |
Gear That Helps
The Severance runeword extends the range of Whirl by 1.1 yards and Rend by 1.9 yards.
All Mechanics
| Group | Pages |
|---|---|
| Signs | Signs, Aard, Igni, Yrden, Quen, Axii, Sign Intensity |
| Stats | Attack Power, Critical Hits, Armor Piercing, Adrenaline Points, Vitality, Stamina, Toxicity, Experience, Resistances, Damage Types and Effects |
| Skills and Mutations | Skills, Combat Skills, Cat School Techniques, Griffin School Techniques, Bear School Techniques, Mutagens, Mutations, Cat Eyes |
| Other Systems | Combat, Witcher Senses, Gwent, Reforge |
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