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Skilled Humans – the bandits learn how to handle a sword. The best mods for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – January 2017 Edition

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Skilled Humans:
  1. Creator: WonDoe
  2. Size: 1.1 MB
  3. Release date: September 2016
  4. Current version: 1.4 (October 2016)

As the old saying goes, “nec Hercules contra plures”, which – freely interpreted by Sheldon Skaggs – means that “every swordsman’s an arse when the enemy’s not sparse”. However, there is no empirical evidence supporting this maxim in The Witcher 3 – in fact, more appropriate saying seems to go along the lines of “every swordsman’s and arse, period”. Fortunately, this aspect of the game is already under the modders’ scrutiny: Skilled Humans revamps the combat algorithms of human and anthropomorphic opponents that use melee weapons (bandits, guards, soldiers, giants etc.), hence making them much more challenging.

How does it work exactly? With this mod, the enemies block and counter much more often, don’t open their guard so foolishly and are quicker and more aggressive. In addition to that, they can also use some of the moves, which thus far were available only to the player: dodging, strong or quick strikes, and a modified version of rend, which can break Geralt’s guard). Bottom line – Skilled Humans is for everyone who is bothered by human folly (and low difficulty) in The Witcher 3.

  1. Download this mod from Gamepressure.com

Installation guide

  1. Download Skilled Humans 1.4 and export the file to the “Mods” folder in the game’s directory. (Alternatively, use the Nexus Mod Manager).

Christopher Mysiak

Christopher Mysiak

Associated with GRYOnline.pl since 2013, first as a co-worker, and since 2017 - a member of the Editorial team. Currently the head of the Game Encyclopedia. His older brother - a game collector and player - sparked his interest in electronic entertainment. He got an education as a librarian/infobroker - but he did not follow in the footsteps of Deckard Cain or the Shadow Broker. Before he moved from Krakow to Poznan in 2020, he was remembered for attending Tolkien conventions, owning a Subaru Impreza, and swinging a sword in the company's parking lot.

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