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
• Sword
• Potions
• Bombs
• Oils
• Difficulty level

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:

1. a particular type of weapon,
2. attack speed or power,
3. 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:

1. Feline Steel Sword - Increases damage from quick attacks by 15%;
2. Ursine Steel Sword - Increases damage from strong attacks by 15%;
3. Wolven Steel Sword - Increases the critical hit loading time by 10%;
4. Griffin Steel Sword - Increases the signs strength by 30%;
5. Manticore Steel Sword - Increases sign renewal by 30%;
6. Caerme - Increases critical hit damage by 50%.

There are also several silver swords available in the game:

1. Feline Silver Sword - Increases damage from quick attacks by 15%;
2. Ursine Silver Sword - Increases damage from strong attacks by 15%;
3. Wolven Silver Sword - Increases the critical hit loading speed by 10%;
4. Griffin Silver Sword - Increases the signs strength by 30%;
5. Manticore Silver Sword - increases sign renewal by 30%;
6. Melltith - Has a 15% chance to deal fire damage;
7. 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:

1. Thunderbolt - Increases melee damage by 33%;
2. Swallow - regenerates 1% of vitality per second;
3. Swift - increases maximum vitality by 50%;
4. Wolverine - increases strength by 100% when vitality drops by half;
5. Petri's Philter - increases sign power by 100%;
6. Cat - increases damage dealt at night by 75%;
7. Blizzard - the fight starts with a partially filled critical hit meter;
8. Squall - increases strength by 75% during precipitation;
9. 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:

1. Basic Bomb - deals 525 points of damage;
2. Grapeshot - deals 525 points of steel damage and 800 points of kinetic damage;
3. Moon Dust - Deals 525 points of silver damage and 800 points of kinetic damage;
4. Dancing Star - deals 525 points of fire damage and 800 points of kinetic damage;
5. 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:

1. Basic Oil - increases melee damage by 33%;
2. Necrophage Oil - increases melee damage against necrophages by 100%;
3. Ogroid Oil - increases melee damage against ogroids by 100%;
4. Cursed Oil - increases melee damage against the cursed by 100%;
5. Relict Oil - increases melee damage against relics by 100%;
6. Hybrid Oil - increases melee damage against hybrids by 100%;
7. Insectoid Oil - increases melee damage against insectoids by 100%;
8. Draconid Oil - increases melee damage against draconids by 100%;
9. Specter Oil - increases melee damage against specters by 100%;
10. Elemental Oil - increases melee damage against magical creatures by 100%;
11. 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:

1. no skull - easy,
2. one skull - medium,
3. 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.