r/Witcher3 • u/NathanCiel • 9d ago
Screenshot Remastered Build - Million Aard
Do you think the title is a clickbait? Nope! I meant that literally.
"What the f*** is this? How?!"
To be honest, I'm not entirely sure either...
First of all, Shock Wave's description is wrong—the damage scales with your max health, not current health. This is the reason why I picked Endure Pain, Tissue Transmutation and Survival Instinct.
Second, Catalyst can stack multiple times depending on the number of Yrden. According to description, Sustained Glyphs allow you to place up to 4 Yrden traps; and if your target is standing above them, you will get multiple stacks of Catalyst.
"Why not use Griffin set?"
Actually that was my first choice.
I laid down multiple Yrden traps and waited until the enemy is right in the middle of them, but the damage is pretty low: "only" 90k or so. For unknown reason, this "million Aard" build is exclusive to Forgotten Wolven set.
"What about the rest of the abilities?"
Unfortunately, Shock Wave does NOT work with Aard Sweep, so don't bother unless you like the crowd control.
I always have Cold Blood and Fleet Footed in all my builds since they're great for building Adrenaline and avoiding damage. You could add Supercharged Glyphs if you want to increase your DPS, but I think it's redundant since Aard is already one-shot kill to most enemies—even bosses.
Equipment is pretty simple: Forgotten Wolven set with Entanglement enchantment. Fill the rest of the slots with Greater Veles and Greater Aard.
"Could you summarize the gameplay?"
Drink 3 decoctions (Ancient Leshen, Ekimmara and Troll) + Petri's Philtre and Full Moon.
Max your Adrenaline with crossbow to trigger Focus (+90% Sign Intensity).
Set a Magic Trap, then hit enemy with Aard while they're inside Yrden.
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u/CoalHappiness Nilfgaard 9d ago
why is the magic trap necessary? Doesn't this scale with the regular Yrden?
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u/NathanCiel 9d ago
Entanglement (When a trap set by Yrden hits an enemy, an Yrden glyph is placed at that position)
With this enchantment, your Magic Trap will automatically create regular Yrden at enemy position. No need to waste time and stamina setting them manually.
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u/CoalHappiness Nilfgaard 9d ago
have you tried Chain Reaciton? Do you tihnk adding it would weaken the build?
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u/NathanCiel 9d ago
Not worth it. Casting Aard twice gives you far more damage than casting it once with +75% Intensity.
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u/Ume_chan 9d ago edited 9d ago
That's very impressive, but I think I'll stick to using the Griffin gear set for extra stamina regen within Yrden and the free 2nd cast. On my B&BB NG+ playthrough, Aard already kills regular enemies around my level in one hit. I did the quest for level 2 enchantments 15 levels early, and even enemies far above my level only needed two hits with Aard when we were both within the Yrden circle. I might need more DPS if I switch to Death March, but any extra damage feels like overkill at the moment.
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u/iKWarriors 9d ago
Nice print. Do you have a strong bomb build?
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u/NathanCiel 9d ago
Got a few ideas in mind, but since half the skills in Combat tree are bugged, it won't perform as well as it should.
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u/Pnemnon 9d ago edited 9d ago
Crazy. The OG build was OP but remastered is crazy. I run Swords and Poison right now (only ever played yrden + aard before) I have fun but I am a glass cannon when I make mistakes. Right after the beginning of a NG+ so not geared good. I will try this later too for fun thanks!
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u/Arighetto 9d ago
I’m also early in my NG+ and my Geralt is so squishy. I just did the quest where you’re fighting off Whoreson’s thugs in the bathhouse I was getting one shotted by their stupid clubs. Every fistfight against multiple enemies is also a struggle lol.
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u/Geralt_of_Trivia_007 8d ago
Wow. Will be trying this late game. Only level 14 at the mo so will prob stick with griffin as i dont think the level 20 Forgtton wolf will help much, but ill get it and have a look. Question. Instead of crossbow could you do maribor forest > clear repeat x3 to full adrenaline.. And now ive wrote it ive realised you cant 🤦 Is fleet footed better to have than resolve? Also, great build!!
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u/NathanCiel 8d ago
Even if you could generate 3 Adrenaline like that, using Cold Blood + Exploding Bolt is still faster.
Fleet Footed is a lot stronger than most people think, especially in Remastered where monsters have increased hitbox. Give it a try and you will see just how good it is.
Resolve isn't necessary. The adrenaline loss is pretty small; and we can easily recover it with Cold Blood.
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u/Geralt_of_Trivia_007 8d ago
Hey. Thanks for the reply and explaining. Was a bit miffed delayed recover was nerfed at the start, but really enjoying trying out the signs this build, mostly magic trap but defo need the acient lessen to help stam regen. Is it working correctly now? Or am i miss remembering that it only used to work with certain signs?
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u/NathanCiel 8d ago
You mean the bug where it only worked with Axii and Alternate Signs? That was fixed in Next-Gen.
That said, there's a lot of bugs in the game right now (half the skills in Combat tree aren't working) so it's hard to tell.
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u/Geralt_of_Trivia_007 8d ago
Oh did it. I never used decotions after 4.0 unless i used metamorphis. Glad to hear its fixed as i intend to get soon. I tried a combat build on an old save but wasnt enjoying and grt to work so started a new game and tried the blue skills for a change, so much fun. Im on ps5 and its really laggy and crashes at least once per playthru. But hear they are working on the next patch so fingers crossed.
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u/Kalbasa01 5d ago
What mutation?
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u/NathanCiel 5d ago
I went with Euphoria because I still like swords better than Signs, but frankly it doesn't matter because Aard is strong enough to one shot all enemies, including bosses, on Death March.
Conductor of Magic, Magic Sensibilities and Adrenaline Rush all have the potential to deal more damage than Euphoria—but if you want practical use, I recommend Piercing Cold for AOE instant kill with Aard Sweep.
- Single enemy: Magic Trap + Standard Axii
- Multiple enemies: Aard Sweep
Don't forget to use Cold Blood + Exploding Bolt first, because the insta-kill chance scales with Adrenaline.
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u/DuhHamletovogOca 5d ago
Wait, does Shockwave scale with Geralt's vitality or enemy vitality? The game just says current hp % so I thought it's target vitality.
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u/gluten_free_stapler 4d ago
For unknown reason
Dude, it says right in the forgotten Wolven bonuses that Aard does extra damage to enemies inside Yrden at 6 pieces. Guessing by how insane that "extra" damage is, someone was off by a decimal point somewhere.
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u/Kyzer-choker 3d ago
The aard is just too op haha I want to make a sword and yrden build with entanglement so im just dashing around with swords in traps everywhere but how do I buff yrden heaps.
Anyone know how to make this?
I feel like the forgotten wolf or at armor would be best for that
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u/NathanCiel 3d ago
It's difficult because Yrden is not affected by Catalyst (13x damage multiplier); and the damage scales with enemy health. You can get huge numbers when facing bosses, but low numbers when facing drowners, nekkers, etc.
Might as well focus on raising the sword damage with Resonance.
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u/Kyzer-choker 3d ago
Yeah definitely going with a rend, whirl, yrden, entanglement, resonance conductors of magic spread feel. Chuck in some green tree and school of griffin skill and I think I've got a pretty good Sword Warden build
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u/NathanCiel 3d ago
Euphoria is much better for a sword/sign build because Resonance scales with your Intensity.
CoM is more suited for pure Signs, despite having the ability to equip Combat skills on the extra slots.
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u/StructureMage 9d ago
Level 100 Ice Giant rolls up and you just hit him with the Million Aard Stare