Witcher Monster Slayer: Battle preparations - Combat Guide Witcher Monster Slayer guide, walkthrough
Last update: 20 July 2021
In The Witcher Monster Slayer, it's a good idea to prepare before a fight. On this page we've covered how to prepare before a fight and how useful it can be.
Enemy weaknesses
Every enemy has some type of weakness. They are worth taking advantage of. These are listed before the fight begins. It's a good idea to select your equipment based on them.
Weaknesses most often are:
- a particular type of weapon,
- attack speed or power,
- attack types.
Sword
Swords are divided into two types. These include steel swords, of which there are 6 in the game. They can be obtained or purchased:
- Feline Steel Sword - Increases damage from quick attacks by 15%;
- Ursine Steel Sword - Increases damage from strong attacks by 15%;
- Wolven Steel Sword - Increases the critical hit loading time by 10%;
- Griffin Steel Sword - Increases the signs strength by 30%;
- Manticore Steel Sword - Increases sign renewal by 30%;
- Caerme - Increases critical hit damage by 50%.
There are also several silver swords available in the game:
- Feline Silver Sword - Increases damage from quick attacks by 15%;
- Ursine Silver Sword - Increases damage from strong attacks by 15%;
- Wolven Silver Sword - Increases the critical hit loading speed by 10%;
- Griffin Silver Sword - Increases the signs strength by 30%;
- Manticore Silver Sword - increases sign renewal by 30%;
- Melltith - Has a 15% chance to deal fire damage;
- A'Baeth - increases your experience gain by 25%.
Potions
There are 9 potions in the game that affect your abilities in battle. These potions include:
- Thunderbolt - Increases melee damage by 33%;
- Swallow - regenerates 1% of vitality per second;
- Swift - increases maximum vitality by 50%;
- Wolverine - increases strength by 100% when vitality drops by half;
- Petri's Philter - increases sign power by 100%;
- Cat - increases damage dealt at night by 75%;
- Blizzard - the fight starts with a partially filled critical hit meter;
- Squall - increases strength by 75% during precipitation;
- Tawny Owl - reduces the cooldown of signs by 30%.
Bombs
Bombs are a great way to deal a lot of damage to your opponent. The game features:
- Basic Bomb - deals 525 points of damage;
- Grapeshot - deals 525 points of steel damage and 800 points of kinetic damage;
- Moon Dust - Deals 525 points of silver damage and 800 points of kinetic damage;
- Dancing Star - deals 525 points of fire damage and 800 points of kinetic damage;
- Dimeritium Bomb - Deals 525 points of kinetic damage and releases clouds of dimeritium.
Oils
You can apply oils to a given weapon before combat. You can select from 11 oils:
- Basic Oil - increases melee damage by 33%;
- Necrophage Oil - increases melee damage against necrophages by 100%;
- Ogroid Oil - increases melee damage against ogroids by 100%;
- Cursed Oil - increases melee damage against the cursed by 100%;
- Relict Oil - increases melee damage against relics by 100%;
- Hybrid Oil - increases melee damage against hybrids by 100%;
- Insectoid Oil - increases melee damage against insectoids by 100%;
- Draconid Oil - increases melee damage against draconids by 100%;
- Specter Oil - increases melee damage against specters by 100%;
- Elemental Oil - increases melee damage against magical creatures by 100%;
- Vampire Oil - increases melee damage against vampires by 100%.
Difficulty level
Each enemy has their own difficulty level. It's very easy to see. Skulls appear next to the enemy:
- no skull - easy,
- one skull - medium,
- two skulls - hard.
The more difficult the opponent, the more careful you must be. Pay attention to weaknesses and weapons, and take a decent supply of bombs and potions with you. This will make combat easier.