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Piercing Cold
The Witcher 3 Remastered Mutation

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When the Aard Sign is cast, it additionally has a 30% chance of freezing enemies. This chance scales with your available Adrenaline Points. Enemies knocked down and frozen simultaneously die immediately. Enemies who are not frozen are dealt an additional 1500 damage.
blue

Piercing Cold is a blue mutation in The Witcher 3 Remastered, added in the Blood and Wine expansion. Researching it costs 3 Greater blue mutagens and 3 skill points.

It needs Magic Sensibilities researched first, and unlocks Conductors of Magic and Adrenaline Rush. While it is active, the Strengthened Synapses slots take Signs skills only; those slots open at 2, 4, 8 and 12 researched mutations.

Piercing Cold Builds

Level 48
Bear on Steroids
The Witcher 3 Remastered build
Level 71
Whirling Griffin Sword and Sign Build
Whirl Sword and Sign build
Level 77
God Tier. Alchemy/Combat/Signs build
The Witcher 3 Remastered build
Level 46
Sign Maxxing
The Witcher 3 Remastered build
Level 48
Frozen Wolf
The Witcher 3 Remastered build
Level 49
Poisonous Cat
The Witcher 3 Remastered build
Level 70
Light adrenaline
The Witcher 3 Remastered build

Open the character build planner with this mutation researched and active, its prerequisites included, and plan the skills its Strengthened Synapses slots take.

Create a build with Piercing Cold

Research

Piercing Cold

When the Aard Sign is cast, it additionally has a 30% chance of freezing enemies. This chance scales with your available Adrenaline Points. Enemies knocked down and frozen simultaneously die immediately. Enemies who are not frozen are dealt an additional 1500 damage.

3 blue3 pts

Requires

Magic Sensibilities

Signs can deal critical hits. Their critical hit chance and damage increase with Sign Intensity (currently 30% chance to deal an additional 100% damage). Opponents killed by critical hits from Signs explode.

2 blue2 pts

Leads to

Conductors of Magic

When drawn, magic, unique and witcher swords increase Sign damage dealt by 50% of their own damage dealt.

2 red3 blue5 pts
Adrenaline Rush

At start of combat, sword Attack Power and Sign Intensity increase for 30s by 30% for each foe (after first). So, when fighting 11 foes, the bonus is 300%. Once it wears off, sword Attack Power and Sign Intensity drop by 10% for each participating foe after first (modifier cannot exceed 70%). Duration: 30s.

2 red3 blue5 pts