Witcher 3 - All Witcher Armor Ranked WORST to BEST 

I think it's only when you start blood and wine, I just started blood and wine and you can buy it and find dyes, plus its only for witcher armour I think.

I am almost certain it says so in the tips during loading screens

i think you get a notification when you start the dlc

... yeah they do.... 200 hours and you dot pay attention to the world you inhabited

@@zanetas4743 Same... i failed to hear the rest of the video after the dye part

It looks cool, but my problem with it is that (especially in nextgen) it makes geralt look cartoonish

At least the Venoumous Viper swords are possibly the best witcher swords, having the best crit stats out of all of them and a good poison chance on top of that. The problem just is that if you don't care about set bonuses, there are better swords to use, like Aerondight and Toussaint Knight sword.

It gives you complete immunity to poison though which I guess is one less thing to worry about

@@BenAF82 that's not really that big of an upside when Golden Oriole can turn poison into healing.

i love that set too because not only it looks too but i also love poison damage in games. Nothing more satisfying for me more than watching an enemy melt down because of poison. Note: If any of you could recommend me a good poison build i'd appreciate it! almost done with the base game and i am at level 31.

Same. And I invest a lot in bombs. There’s something so satisfying about throwing a northern wind bomb then a single grapeshot and a high level monster just blows up 😂 (especially with the skill that triples bomb damage)

Rank 1 metamorphosis with delayed recovery, rank 2 piercing cold spam, rank 3 I quess euphoria tank build

I would love a build video

@@jeanc1622 Agreed, I wanna make a lore accurate Geralt build as possible, meaning no cheesing signs and focusing mostly on sword damage and alchemy, but basically being a jack of all trades. I mean how many times does Geralt use signs in the books?

Cringe

So I did a new + play-through and the bear armor is now not as great as what I pick up. Do you need to go through again and rebuild the same armor for it to be better?

@@ddenny6863 Yeah, New Game+ you have to rebuild all the witcher armor for it to be good as NG+ introduces higher level armors, weapons, swords & quests.

@@SuperflyMiceguy Yeah but it would be dope to be able just use the grandmaster gear from the get go all through the game as it does look dope.

thankfully at bare minimum, next gen update did change it so that all the legendary versions do keep the grandmaster bonus (so I've heard), if youre thinking about armor bonus wise (if youre old gen, then, sorry about that)

@@bluegem8582 ye they do all keep the bonuses

As a recent admit into the Wolf School, I agree. Combat should be mobile.

I'm miles from making a Grandmaster gear, but I think that I'm going to use a Wolf-Bear hybrid, I like to be a tank while also having multiple options.

To me the wolf set is the canon armour.

I agree, bear set makes the game too easy and I feel geralt wouldnt use anything but the wolf set. More than strong enough for this game and allows you to do what you want

For me its either manticore cause I love the look of the similiar armor in 1 and bear armor just cause it look badass i like the gryphon set 2 so thats 3rd

Yeah car armor reminds me of the Witcher 2 especially with the hoodie

Cat armor combined with a combat/ alchemy build centred around metamorphosis, you can cut down enemies with whirl whilst replenishing health with decoctions based on damage output. It's super OP and you don't even have to dodge at that point.

Imo cat armor is the only option. Witcher 3 is a fairly easy game and you should just max dmg output. Taking lethal damage is super rare because dodging is easy. Combat also gets easier as the game progresses.

00:02 what is one of the witches from the swamps doing there ? , after all, they can only be found in cutscenes and on bald mountain

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Yep, first time I did the Olgierd fight in Death March, I used the Mastercrafted Griffin set and didnt take any damage. It was rather short, about 1 minute

*Armour

Yeap it's basically cheating, standing in aard sign and constantly casting igni

Griffin School Chads just can’t stop winning. I run a build that made Death March a breeze. Plus one thing that the Griffin Armor has over my other favorite Bear, is fun factor. The Griffin Set is just the absolute most fun way to play the game and I feel like I’m never having to adapt to enemies, they have to adapt to me. It has an answer for everything the game throws at it.

@@EvILTarNgespecially with the rotation mod for igni.

Witcher 3 is my favorite game of all time. It's a great game story wise. RPG mechanics are dull, uninspired garbage. Combat is brainless Thank God we have Ghost Mode and Enhanced Edition for that

@@LookBehindYouOfficial enhanced edition is fucking awesome. Its a shame that it isnt updated for next gen...

@@LookBehindYouOfficial So he is working on an update??

@@lucawasserer it's already out and playable

@@LookBehindYouOfficial I would say that even the vanilla combat could be good, but the real problem are the levels, oh boy, I hate those things (and RPGs in general therefore) even when are correctly implemented, now the system form (in)* the witcher 3 isn't

for me the cat build is the fairest, because as you said it is the one that gives Geralt a lot of damage with his swords, but nothing more, making the use of signs become something much more strategic and the chance of dying in the game along with the difficulty still remain to some extent, you deal a lot of damage, but you can die if you are not careful.Of course considering a fully combat focused build with no alchemy or signals, but my favorite is the manticore because of a simple think. **CABOOM**

I agree on top of that. It doesn't take away the challenge of playing.

And it reflects how Geralt always fought in the books

you definitely have no idea how fun sign builds of griffin, specially yrden + aard.

@@ChonkyBoi_yt i have idea of be a gatling of magic

I always go for signs skills because combat skills look pointless to me and very situational like blocking arrows, alternate yrden is a must

@@writerlairchannel2636 fair, but counter point. Whirl is freaking AWESOME.

@@writerlairchannel2636 signs builds are a bit boring. You just spam aard or igni. And considering the books lore, signs are not that powerful as they are in the game. Res/Green builds are much more fun to play for me.

​@@kater92 Its not really a signs build, just quen (i still die preaty fast on Blood and Broken Bones), alternate yrden when enemy is far with occasional igni when enemies are close to each other - this makes you think about when to use what and it makes combat fun in my opinion

I would too!

Nice part about the bonus moving to Fixative is that it's not a pure QOL skill anymore. You rarely have to fight multiple enemy types at once, but when you do, the triple oil is very helpful. And of course it also adds to the QOL aspect even more.

@@wombat4191 Right? I ran Fixative and the Wolf perk just for QOL, so I wasn't having to change oils all the time for general exploration. Keeping the QOL benefit and freeing me up to get another bonus on top of that is very nice.

Mixing? Here's one I recently put together for a late-game hybrid build: Incorporate just once piece of Manticore armor into your set. Personally I am using a couple unique swords, and three pieces of Wolf gear, and Manticore gloves. But it really does not matter if you want to choose a different 3 piece set for its bonus. The reason I did this is the +5 toxicity will put you from 184 to 189 max, after Acquired Tolerance and the Toussaint formulae. Now, without the yellow toxicity perk, and with Heightened Tolerance, you can safely run 3 decoctions instead of 2. Combined with Metamorphosis and Crippling Strikes, I very quickly reach 8 decoctions in any fight. Keep only your 8 top choices brewed to guarantee they're selected every time. Not saying this is OP or anything. Clearly things like what the video shows with pure Griffin or Bear are still stronger. But this is single player combat and everyone can do what they want for roleplay fun. I just enjoyed finding this little number trick with a simple +5 tox unlocking an additional decoction within safety. It feels nice not needing the yellow toxicity perk which makes your mutagen benefits less efficient.

Yeah I don’t like the look of it either. I much prefer the griffin set

Bro the bear set looks great

I'd argue Witcher's aren't meant to use "real armour". They would only use light armour so they can have mobility and have some form of protection if by chance they get hit. imo, Griffin does not feel like a Witcher armour. The armour set that closely resembles a witcher armour in my eyes is Mastercrafted Feline armour, Viper armour or the starter armour. that being said, I absolutely love the Griffin aside from the looks tho.

@@ToVoMo Thats right since realistically a slash from most monsters would tear you apart, no matter the armor you have on. So it makes sense to have the lightest armor possible and invest in being agile as a witcher.

Do you know what Geralt was wearing when fighting the striga in the books? A kaftan. Now look up what a polish kaftan looks like.

@@adreak9868 well, I know, and it's definitely not like anything we have in game (maybe Heart of Stone armor). Not like any witcher gear we have in game. So, what's your point?

Yeah, but witchers aren't suppose to use normal armors .. did you read the books ? Do you know the lore about witchers? Manticore and probably the Wolf School armors are the most true Witcher accurate armors in the game.. Witcher 1 and 2 have even more true to the books and lore armors than pretty much any armors you can find in Witcher 3

Same here, i love the kaer morhen armor, its a shame the cdpr dont give the chance of impruve that armor i play the hole game with starting armor plus the manticore

This is why i gimp myself with the gear. I use melee build mostly. I added qlchemy because its strong but i divided in sign too. I only increase the jedi mind trick. I level up the shield. And i only use the variant of the ydren (like just add point to the variant skill). It gives me a oh shit button. But i have to "be a witcher" dodge everything, ise appropriate potion and keep the game fun. And my strongest asset is sword fight. I was thinking about ysing the wolf set. But if i am too strong, i will just mix and match what i like visually.

No that’s incorrect. It doesn’t apply the bonuses. Tried it yesterday

I like the default colours. I didn't even know you could dye them

I really liked the look of black dyed Griffin Armour together with the Harlequin mask, the gold accents of the armour match the mask great.

The Griffin Armour looks realistic, but it also makes Garalt look fat, so I'll go with the Feline set.

Same

In batman’s voice: “Tell me stone elemental, do you bleed?”

Also geralts beard will pop through his armor during some cutscenes especially when he turns his head.

Very true. I don't normally care much for immersion but when I did a playthrough with the cat armor and went to skellige for the first time I kept asking myself if geralt was freezing his ass off with no sleeves lol

@@Kirbo4004 same, but master feline armour actually looks very cozy and warm so you just need to upgrade it and boom :p

Regardless of the quality of the netflix show, it was a cool homage from cdpr simply because I bet they had a fucking great sales period when the show first aired

The reflected dmg sure is quite noticable for me on my use of it, seen reflects of several thousands points of dmg. However the shield tends to break pretty quick so you would need to look for a way to keep casting it somehow. Adrenaline works, but it can be hard to keep generating if you don't at least hit a few times with the sword... unless perhaps you go for defensive/crossbow adrenaline generation, the earlier sadly having a cooldown on it. And of course you have some potions that can help the generation as well. I think an enemy like Detlaff probably isn't possible though, his attacks do too much dmg to actually get hit by, even with Quen up. And if you're not getting hit you'd not be reflecting.