Become an unstoppable dealer of death with these Witcher 3 builds
What are the best builds in The Witcher 3?With the release of the next-gen upgrade and The Witcher: Blood Origin, some people are finally picking upThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntfor the first time, and even more are jumping back in after a spell away. Whether it’s your first playthrough of this modern classicRPGor your umpteenth time stepping into the shoes of the Butcher of Blaviken, you’re likely putting some thought into how you want to build your Geralt this time around. Luckily, this game has never really waned in popularity, so the playerbase has had plenty of time to really hone its knowledge of how to put together a great build.
Our selection of The Witcher 3 builds has been carefully crafted and curated to show you exactly how you can turn Geralt into the most powerful monster hunter who ever lived. Whether you prefer to use magic, alchemy, pure combat, or (like a true Witcher) a mix of all three, we’ve got a top-tier build to cater to your needs.
The Witcher 3 best builds
Below you can peruse four top-tier The Witcher 3 builds, each of which take Geralt in a markedly different direction. After that we’ll provide you with a few tips and tidbits of wisdom when it comes to putting together your own builds.
Note: each of these builds uses the mutation mechanic added in the Blood and Wine DLC, but you can easily adapt them to suit your needs if you lack the required expansion.
Mutation:Euphoria
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Kicking our builds guide off with a bang, there’s really nothing better than the Euphoria build, so named for the central (and ridiculously overpowered) mutation Euphoria, which dramatically increases your sword damage and sign intensity as your Toxicity increases.
This build splits itself betweenswordplayand alchemy. The top half of the tree focuses on dramatically increasing the damage of both Fast and Strong attacks, and provides a great buff to overall attack power with mutagen synergies. But the bottom half of the tree is what makes this build so potent, with numerous alchemy skills allowing you to chug multiple decoctions and potions throughout a fight, keeping your toxicity as high as possible so your damage per hit becomes just disgustingly powerful in a short space of time.
Mutation:Bloodbath
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Here’s a fun little build. The caveat is that it requires a real expert to fully utilise, because it’s what you’d call a “glass cannon” build - tremendous damage potential, but easily killed. So you need to be very good at avoiding damage. This is definitely a build that requires liberal use of Quen to succeed.
This build takes skills almost exclusively from the combat tree, but it also delves just far enough into alchemy to unlock the fantastic Synergy skill, which dramatically increases the attack power that this build provides (from 140% to 210%!). And topping it all off is the magnificently powerful Bloodbath mutation, which - like the build itself - rewards evading damage with mountains of attack power.
Mutation:Second Life
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One of my favourite builds to use, and probably the build I’d recommend for a first playthrough, the Versatile Tank build is best friends with the formidable Ursine Witcher Gear (for more info check out ourThe Witcher 3 armor and gearguide!), and together they will make Geralt practically invulnerable.
A decent mix of all three major skill trees (combat, alchemy, and signs) gives you the flexibility that many other builds lack. Potions and decoctions will dramatically increase your survivability, and a light emphasis on Quen will help to keep your Vitality high. But there’s also a healthy dose of combat skills and attack power boosting in this build, so you’ll be able to hit just as hard as any enemy you come across.
And of course, there’s the Second Life mutation at the centre of this build, which is what really pushes you into the realms of near-invulnerability.
Mutation:Conductors of Magic
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This build is a result of my attempts to make a viable end-game sign-oriented build, and it ended up extremely similar to a build already explained in great depth on Reddit by a user named “Sujiren”. So I’ll just let you read their thoughtshere.
Their build pushes Sign Intensity to the absolute max, while I’ve sacrificed the very tip of this magical spear for a little more survivability, which I think is the main downside to this build. You’ll see I’ve deviated from Sujiren’s build by adding the Refreshment skill and a green mutagen to the bottom-right. In my experience this gives you just a little more tankiness, while still giving you the potential to make your signs hit like an absolute truck.
Alright, that’s all four top-tier Witcher 3 builds out of the way. I’m going to just end with a few brief tips for those who are interested in planning out and creating their own builds inThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt:
And that’s pretty much everything you need in order to start creating some truly killer Witcher 3 builds! But if your thirst for Witcher-related knowledge is not yet sated, be sure to check out ourWitcher 3 romanceguide. Or, if you want a more focused primer on defeating monsters and other enemies, check out our page ofWitcher 3 combat tips.
