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Level 30

DPS (before expansions)
The Witcher 3 Remastered
30 - Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
build
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  • My earlier level 18 build syncs with this
  • Worked very well for me on Death March difficulty
  • The build hits like truck and moves like lightning
  • Focus on doing fast attacks and dodges (not heavy attacks and rolling)
  • Light armor and Quen are your friends (Feline Witcher Gear from level 17)
  • You will need to collect 13 Places of Power (Base game has 24 with 6 being located in White Orchard)
  • Mutagens are very powerful yet very grindy to acquire

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lvl
30
Lowest level for this build
Use lowest
Combat
24 pts
Arrow Deflection

You can parry ranged arrow attacks. A perfectly-timed parry deflects arrows back at the enemy, causing damage. It has a 15% chance to instantly kill the target.

Adrenaline Point gain: +1%

Resolve

Reduces Adrenaline point loss by 100% when taking damage.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Undying

When Vitality reaches 0, consumes Adrenaline points immediately to restore 10% Vitality per point. Restores Vitality with bonus 67%. The effect can only be used once every 30 seconds.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Fleet-Footed

Reduces damage received while dodging by 100%.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Whirl

A spinning attack that strikes all enemies in your immediate vicinity. Maintaining the attack consumes Stamina and Adrenaline. Reduces Stamina and Adrenaline cost by 50%

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Razor Focus

Gain 1 Adrenaline point upon entering combat. Increases Adrenaline generation from weapon strikes by 30%.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Three Strikes

The third Fast or Strong Attack has a 20% chance to make the next attack even more powerful, but only if it is the same attack type as the last.

Adrenaline Point gain: +1%

Muscle Memory

After a successful dodge or roll, your next Fast Attack performed deals 30% additional damage.

Adrenaline Point gain: +1%

Crippling Strike

Critical hits from Fast Attacks cripple enemies, increasing their damage taken by 30%.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Rend

Deals additional damage proportional to Stamina consumed. Ignores enemy defenses. Adrenaline points increase total damage by 30% per point upon hitting an enemy.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

add Combat skills
Signs
0 pts
add Signs skills
Alchemy
7 pts
Frenzy

If potion Toxicity is greater than 1, time automatically slows by 5% when the enemy is about to perform a counterattack.

Potion duration time and bomb damage: +2%

Hunter Instinct

When Adrenaline points reach their maximum, increases critical hit damage against the targeted enemy type by 60% if the correct oil is applied.

Potion duration time and bomb damage: +6%

Acquired Tolerance

Every learned alchemical recipe increases maximum Toxicity by 3.

Potion duration time and bomb damage: +6%

The stats assume every alchemy recipe is known.
add Alchemy skills
General
11 pts
Cat School Techniques

Each piece of Light Armor increases critical hit damage by 24% and Fast Attack damage by 6%.

Vitality gain: +3%

Battle Frenzy

Increases critical hit chance by 9% per Adrenaline point available.

Vitality gain: +3%

Viper School Techniques

Each piece of Medium Armor increases maximum Vitality by 2% and poison damage by 2%.

Vitality gain: +1%

Metabolic Boost

Consumes Adrenaline and reduces the Toxicity cost of potions by 10% per Adrenaline point. Does not affect mutagen decoctions.

Vitality gain: +1%

Synergy

Increases bonuses for mutagens placed in mutagen slots by 30%.

Vitality gain: +3%

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Skill points
In skills
42
In mutations
0
Total spent
42
Bonus points (up to 32)
One playthrough gives 32: 29 Places of Power, 2 from Imlerith's acorn and 1 from the golden egg. Set how many you have collected: they lower the level the build needs.
0
1
3

Loadout

Greater red mutagen
+60% Attack power
remove
Group 1
3/3
Fleet-Footed

Reduces damage received while dodging by 100%.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

Resolve

Reduces Adrenaline point loss by 100% when taking damage.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

2 pts
Undying

When Vitality reaches 0, consumes Adrenaline points immediately to restore 10% Vitality per point. Restores Vitality with bonus 67%. The effect can only be used once every 30 seconds.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

4 pts
Greater red mutagen
+60% Attack power
remove
Group 2
3/3
Rend

Deals additional damage proportional to Stamina consumed. Ignores enemy defenses. Adrenaline points increase total damage by 30% per point upon hitting an enemy.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

6 pts
Crippling Strike

Critical hits from Fast Attacks cripple enemies, increasing their damage taken by 30%.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

8 pts
Whirl

A spinning attack that strikes all enemies in your immediate vicinity. Maintaining the attack consumes Stamina and Adrenaline. Reduces Stamina and Adrenaline cost by 50%

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

10 pts
Greater red mutagen
+30% Attack power
remove
Group 3
3/3
Razor Focus

Gain 1 Adrenaline point upon entering combat. Increases Adrenaline generation from weapon strikes by 30%.

Adrenaline Point gain: +3%

12 pts
Hunter Instinct

When Adrenaline points reach their maximum, increases critical hit damage against the targeted enemy type by 60% if the correct oil is applied.

Potion duration time and bomb damage: +6%

15 pts
Acquired Tolerance

Every learned alchemical recipe increases maximum Toxicity by 3.

Potion duration time and bomb damage: +6%

The stats assume every alchemy recipe is known.
18 pts
Greater red mutagen
+15% Attack power
remove
Group 4
3/3
Cat School Techniques

Each piece of Light Armor increases critical hit damage by 24% and Fast Attack damage by 6%.

Vitality gain: +3%

22 pts
Synergy

Increases bonuses for mutagens placed in mutagen slots by 30%.

Vitality gain: +3%

26 pts
Battle Frenzy

Increases critical hit chance by 9% per Adrenaline point available.

Vitality gain: +3%

30 pts
N pts: the ability points the build must have acquired for that slot to work. Filling the slot raises the build's level to the one that has them.
Mutagen bonuses
Attack power
+165%

Mutations

0
Researched 0
research
Active mutation
research a mutation
Strengthened Synapses
0/0
2 mutations
4 mutations
8 mutations
12 mutations
Research
Researched
0/ 12
Active
none
Skill points
0
Greater mutagens
000

Gear

Steel sword
Feline steel sword
SuperiorFeline setLevel 29
276 damage
damage / crit
crit chance
DPS
fast
1059 / 1128
10%
1776
strong
1820 / 1946
10%
1666
+5% Critical hit chance+10% Chance to cause bleeding+5% Bonus experience from humans and nonhumans
Applies while this weapon is drawn, not counted in the character totals.
Variant
Superior
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Runestones
rune
rune
rune
Runeword
runeword
Takes all three sockets, replacing what they hold.
Oil
oil
Steel sword
Silver sword
Feline silver sword
SuperiorFeline setLevel 29
404 damage
damage / crit
crit chance
DPS
fast
1524 / 1625
10%
2556
strong
2615 / 2800
10%
2394
+5% Critical hit chance+14% Aard intensity+10% Chance to cause bleeding+5% Chance to dismember+20% Bonus experience from monsters
Applies while this weapon is drawn, not counted in the character totals.
Variant
Superior
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Runestones
rune
rune
rune
Runeword
runeword
Takes all three sockets, replacing what they hold.
Oil
oil
Silver sword
Crossbow
Feline crossbow
Feline setLevel 29
85 / 80piercing damage
vs humans / monsters11 base+225% attack power7% crit
+2% Critical hit chance+1–2% Adrenaline gain10 Armor piercing+15% Bonus experience from monsters
Rolled when the item drops. The stats count the middle.
Applies while this weapon is drawn, not counted in the character totals.
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Bolts
bolt
Plain bolts until you pick a kind.
Crossbow
Chest armor
Feline armor
SuperiorFeline setlightLevel 29
180 armor
+11% Slashing resistance+8% Piercing resistance+10% Monster damage resistance+25% Elemental resistance+15% Attack power+10% Stamina regen
Variant
Superior
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Glyphs
glyph
glyph
glyph
Glyphword
glyphword
Takes all three sockets, replacing what they hold.
Chest armor
Gauntlets
Feline gauntlets
SuperiorFeline setlightLevel 29
63 armor
+3% Slashing resistance+3% Piercing resistance+2% Monster damage resistance+5% Elemental resistance+8% Attack power+2% Stamina regen
Variant
Superior
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Glyphs
glyph
glyph
Socket added by the Runewright
Some pieces may not take a second socket.
Gauntlets
Trousers
Feline trousers
SuperiorFeline setlightLevel 29
67 armor
+5% Slashing resistance+3% Piercing resistance+5% Monster damage resistance+12% Elemental resistance+8% Attack power+10% Stamina regen
Variant
Superior
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Glyphs
glyph
glyph
Trousers
Boots
Feline boots
SuperiorFeline setlightLevel 29
67 armor
+4% Slashing resistance+3% Piercing resistance+2% Monster damage resistance+4% Elemental resistance+8% Attack power+3% Stamina regen
Variant
Superior
Item level
29
Fixed for this form.The level on the item's tooltip, needed to equip it.
Glyphs
glyph
glyph
Socket added by the Runewright
Some pieces may not take a second socket.
Boots
Mask
Set bonuses
Feline set
0 / 6 bonus pieces
3 pieces: Strong Attacks increase Fast Attack damage for 5 seconds by 10% for each piece of the set. Current bonus: 0%.
6 pieces: Rear attacks deal 50% more damage, and also stun opponents at the cost of 1 Adrenaline Point(s).

Alchemy

Potions
Superior Swallow

Accelerates Vitality regeneration. Taking damage does not interrupt regeneration.

+80/s Vitality regen+80/s Vitality regen in combat
20 toxicity22s5 doses
Superior White Raffard's Decoction

Restores Vitality immediately and fully. Grants immunity to damage for a short duration.

Restores 100% Vitality
25 toxicity3 doses
Superior Tawny Owl

Accelerates Stamina regeneration. Extended duration. Never expires at night.

+10/s Stamina regen in combat
20 toxicity67s5 doses
Superior Thunderbolt

Extended duration. Grants 100% critical hit chance during storms.

+35% Attack power
25 toxicity101s5 doses
potion
Decoctions
decoction
Toxicity
Toxicity
90 / 187
97 freedamage above 94
Character state
A sword's own stat lines, runestones and random effects count only while it is drawn. Pick the sword in hand to see them in the character stats.
Steel sword drawn
Fighting humans and beasts
Silver sword drawn
Fighting monsters
Character stats
Character
Vitality
5864
Toxicity
187
Stamina
100
Adrenaline points
3
Carry weight
60
Combat
Attack power
239%
Bonus damage
57
Fast attack power
24%
Critical hit chance
5%
Critical hit damage
25%
Adrenaline gain
51%
Stamina regen in combat
25/s
Signs
Sign intensity
26.1%
Defense
Armor
377
Vitality regen
81/s
Vitality regen in combat
81/s
Poison resistance
25%
Bleeding resistance
25%
Potion duration
12%
Resistances
Slashing resistance
23%
Piercing resistance
17%
Monster damage resistance
19%
Elemental resistance
46%
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