For those who need it, I made a note of the build details, hopefully I did not miss anything: Geralt God Build for Next-Gen Details Mutations (B&W) Perk: Metamorphosis Warrior Perks Slotted: Precise Blows, Crushing Blows, Whirl, Rend, Razor Focus, Resolve Sign Perks Slotted: Magic Trap (optional and swappable per your preference) Alchemy Perks Slotted: Acquired Tolerance, Tissue Transmutation, Endure Pain, Protective Coating, Fixative, Delayed Recovery, Synergy, Killing Spree, Hunter Instinct Mutagen Slots: 4 Greater Red Mutagens Steel Sword: Touissant Knight Steel Sword Steel Sword Glyph: Severance Silver Sword: Aerondight or Gesheft. Aerondight has better damage but Gesheft has a 15% chance to poison which triggers more Mutations. Silver Sword Glyph: Severance Chest Armor: Grandmaster Legendary Ursine Armor Armor Glyph: Levity (swappable with Entanglement or Rotation) Gloves: Nilfgaardian Guardsmen’s Gauntlets Glove Glyphs: 2 Greater Glyphs of Mending Leg Armor: Legendary Manticore Trousers Leg Armor Glyphs: Your preference Boots: Legendary Manticore Boots Boot Glyphs: Your preference Slotted Potions: Superior Blizzard, Superior Swallow, Superior Maribor Forest, Superior Thunderbolt Decoctions: Ideally, drop all Decoctions except the following 6 so Metamorphosis can only apply those. Ancient Leshen, Chort, Katakan, Reliever’s, Arachas, Ekimmara. NOTE: Dropping Decoctions from inventory destroys them and they have to be remade, be mindful. Standard Build Guide: Keeping Toxicity High at all times. As soon as combat begins, drink: Superior Blizzard, Superior Swallow, Superior Maribor Forest (in that order). Build should activate, goal is to keep toxicity above 55% at all times. You should be able to drink ALL potions in inventory and have all effects active at once.
@@DPhoenix237Thanks for making the build! I’ll work on my Geralt once I beat the game. Any chance you could pin my above comment for your deaf viewers?
@@DPhoenix237 Great build but some questions about the potion usage that isn't clicking for me. First, why does the order of Blizzard, Swallow, then Maribor Forest matter? Second, how does that activate the build? Those three together are only 60 toxicity, or about 30% with the perks and gear suggested, but you need to get to 55% for Delayed Recovery to activate. I usually just do basically everything (Swallow, Thunderbolt, Petri, Maribor, Blizzard, Full Moon) in whatever order they're in my inventory and it seems to work fine.
Yeah, it's just to stress that those are the most important ones. Superior Blizzard is broken AF with this build and Swallow provides huge healing. You want to use Superior Maribor after the battle starts ideally because you get the second Adrenaline point after Razor Focus has given you one. But then yeah pile on whatever else you want to use the powerful potions and keep DR active.
The king of witcher 3 builds is back, looking forward to your other builds in the future. Loved to try out your overpowered builds in the og version. Keep up the work and enjoy Christmas with your family!
Damn you are a legend dude, i was wondering If you would play and make new builds on this new version, and there you are. Thanks for the video and good return!
I just knew it! And you kick it from the start! Don’t know yet all new mechanics as I planned to start preparations for NG+ after the Xmas, but from this material I see it will be hell of the fun! I played previous version few times and ended up with your metamorphosis build it…. So now it looks I will follow and my Xmas present will come later this year 😉. Calm and safe time for you and your family!
Return of the king! I play on Xbox.... And I'll be honest, during the first couple of days using the new patch I hated it. I still get random crashes and the game also crashes at specific points (which I can work around) but they need to do something about that. I've been messing about with Hunters Instinct and Killing Spree - but I never really used Delayed Recovery - always used Fast Metabolism. I have loads of skill points available so I'll give it a go; and Endure Pain looks like it finally has a use. I don't know that I'll use this exact build - although Metamorphosis has been my "go to" since you used it in one of your NG+ walkthroughs, but an extra vid on how the new toxicity mechanics work would be much appreciated - looking forward to it. Great video, and much appreciated and you've been missed.
Been watching your ursine builds since the update came out and have made the decision to go with the bear school for the next gen play through based off your vids! Love the content man! Keep it up 👍
Great stuff. This is the first I'm hearing of balance changes to the game. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this game and this youtube channel.
the delayed recovery and blizzard goes so well with piercing cold too. adrenaline burst + delayed recovery + blizzard potion is so fun for spamming ard a billion times and you can use maribor forest to get an adrenaline point immediately in combat.
Yup, it's bonkers and I haven't seen anyone else using that combination. It was always this good and I knew about it already and used it in my Viper Hybrid Metamorphosis playthrough but Delayed Recovery is miles easier to use now and it doesn't matter thst the combination isn't easily compatible with normal decoction builds because thise are comparatively weaker due to AT and HT being nerfed.
Thank you for freeing up a slot in a build for me. I’m using Delayed Recovery build myself, but for some reason I had Heightened Tolerance. Thanks to you I’m losing it
Yeah, it is properly rated as an early-game skill that doesn't have much lategame utility now unless you're specifically geared towards a sub-80% toxicity build (which isn't very optimal).
Using troll decoction to negate toxicity tecnique is even more valuable now(using acquired tolerance without hightened t.). Tried 7 decoction+potions and its awesome. Drinking troll and anchient leshen before battle and getting chort, arachas, ekidna, ekimmara, katakan decoctions via mutation and using few potions on top of that is amazing. Metamorphosis was already amazing and with this buff it became s tier. And the new fixative is LOVELY.
That's a little worse than this build though, unless you really can't keep track of Delayed Recovery. Troll decoction heals an insignificant amount in combat, and outside of combat Swallow heals more than enough. In combat Swallow + Ekimmara is tons of healing. Delayed Recovery can't work if you have 2 decoctions applied (meaning 100 decoction toxicity or toxicity offset) so you're essentially using Fast Metabolism in its place and limiting the time and numbers of uses of Swallow, Maribor, Blizzard and the other potions. Good, but not as good as Delayed Recovery having all of them. Delayed Recovery also works on the Metamorphosis decoctions and keeps all 5 active once their triggered as long as potion toxicity remains over 55% of the total max. The video was long enough already so I didn't go into it, but with high enough toxicity (like the 194 here) and Delayed Recovery now having a 55% threshold you can use one decoction manually and still be able to keep Delayed Recovery up; it just gives you less room for error.
Thanks for your build and this is the first time I spam whirlwind like CRAZY! So funny it is and this makes Geralt an unstoppable spinning top! Trying to adjust it with Euphoria but seems failed. Thanks to the lowered toxicity limit :) In order to max out the whirlwind damage, I give up strong attack skills and apply Cat School Techniques and bleeding instead. For decoctions, Water hag + Ekimmara + Katakan + Succubus + Arachas + Troll will be my choices. (Ekhidna becomes useless when Adrenaline Point reaches to 3 and stamina cannot be depleted.) Delayed recovery + Blizzard combo makes this build so enjoyable! Gonna let Geralt's journey continue again!
Don't use Water Hag with this build my friend; you'll be over 50% toxicity all the time so it won't ever be active. You could use the build with Euphoria; you just be using all potions, or 1 decoction and then potions.
The holy grail and mastermind of witcher 3 returns. Please continue our Lord, would love to see some updated bomb builds and/or sign Builds as I think those are better now even in endgame!
Hell yeah. I haven't decided whether it'll need a Crossbow & Bomb build together or whether it'll be better to separate them. There are a good few signs builds that I've got basic concepts for and am excited to flesh out!
Glad to see you back 👍🏻 i wonder if piercing cold is worth using in ng+ after the update 🤔it was kinda underwhelming before… hopefully is better now! Can’t wait to see your new builds!
@@DPhoenix237 can’t wait to see them! Also the forgotten wolven chest piece looks pretty good for hybrid builds. 20% attack power and adrenaline gain + good res 👀
Amazing build as usual, thanks Demon Phoenix. I'm just wondering, how easy it to trigger Metamorphosis against boss monsters, who are often immune or highly resistant to critical effects? Are there any particular critical effects which remain effective against the toughest opponents throughout NG and NG+?
Awesome to see you are back just in time to help with builds in the Next Gen. Personally I'd love to see a build that is more Spellblade - focus on combat and signs, with some alchemy as support
Omg I love your videos. What I want is a remake or a better signs build? Whether that’s piercing cold or igni. I just like being a “mage” so we def need an OP sigh build please
Thanks man, hey I'm trying to make a hybrid with this building of your blizzard metamorphosis build, and using my own mix of griffin armor Stat ability 5%stam/5%sign for every mid armor you have on, and replacement of your blade oil abilities for others I think that match my play style more I wanted to sign them as well as sword them, so I ran the Netflix armor with that ability, came away from the heavy attacks also and am making it more sign friendly and keeping your metamorphosis build idea plus sign, plus fast attacks trying to male the best hybrid build close to Netflix armor witcher ability.
Do you think you will ever do another Deathmarch Walkthrough like in 2018 using the next gen update? It'd literally the most detailed one I have ever seen, but perhaps there are things that make it a bit obsolete in some areas? Also-is this an endgame build and if not-what level does it work at? Also-where did you get the patch notes about nerfing some skills and buffing others? I can't find any of that info...
Very cool build thank you. A few questions if you don't mind: - Can you kind of "combine" the previous Euphoria build with Metamorphosis? Like, apply the 5 Decoctions we had for Euphoria, would Metamorphosis apply more decoctions? or would it recognize you already having 5 active and not proc any? - Also, the 120s decoction procs, could they be extended by the Alchemy skill on the bottom that prolongs the decoctions? Or is Delayed Recovery already doing that, even though it says "*Potion effects* don't wear off .." Are decoctions considered potions as well? Because i remember in your Euphoria build you mentioned Hightened Tolerance doesn't work on decoctions (IIRC). - Would you suggest this build even without dropping all the decoctions except for 5-6 like you? Or would you keep Euphoria in that case? Thanks
First question, you can't use 5 decoctions any more because they halved the boost from Acquired Tolerance. But otherwise yes; you can use 3 decoctions normally and then Metamorphosis will trigger other ones from the remaining pool. Bear in mind that from what I've read (not had time to test it myself) decoction toxicity hurts you when over the threshold now. That means that using multiple decoctions will definitely put you over 50% and even over 80% even with Heightened Tolerance (which is the new HT limit at 3 points instead of 5). Second question - I didn't mention it in the video because it was already too long, but yeah Metamorphosis treats the 5 decoctions the same as it does the potions and extends them indefinitely if you keep your potion toxicity over 55% of your maximum. Thirdly yes you can use Metamorphosis with more decoctions and it's still very good. I would recommend limiting the pool somewhat though because some just aren't that useful.
@@DPhoenix237 if we use a decoction manually before letting metamorphosis choose 5 further decoction, how does that impact the 55% toxicity requirements? Do we need 55% of our remaining toxicity after 70 for a decoction is removed from our toxicity pool, or does the decoction count towards our 70%, or do we still have to hit 55% of our total? (impossible with two decoction I assume)
@@nel3975It wouldn’t work with two decoctions as you can’t reach 55% potion toxicity. I didn’t know the difference between potion and decoction toxicity at the time. When I tested one decoction, I lost the potion buffs around 80%.
@@DPhoenix237 so when it comes to the decoction usage does that I mean I can use 2-3 decoction to get above 55% toxicity and then thanks to Metamorphosis I can get an additional 5 decoction? So I’m running around with 7-8 decoction and obviously all of potions as well?
If you’re riding roach, you can soothe it, and it counts towards applying a status to an enemy. It gives you all 5 decoctions immediately. Then, dismount and start your potions as usual. Btw, which decoctions do you recommend to keep? I just started NG +
Sorry if this is a stupid question. Been using alchemy build for the longest time so was bummed to see that Euphoria got the nerf hammer. It’s not horrible but a little over kill. .75 per learned alchemy would’ve been a nice balance. Anyway - how are you not getting hurt by overdosing? I thought HT handles that but you are constantly over the 50% threshold w/o HT. Is that just the effect of potions constantly regenerating health? Bonus question - if you drop/destroy decoctions, do they still count as a learned alchemy formula via AT? You rock!
Fiest question, yup it's just that Swallow and Ekimmara massively heal so that outstrips the toxicity damage. Bonus answer: yes, AT remains unchanged. AT counts what you've learned, not what you've made 🙂
@@DPhoenix237 You're welcome mate. I'm really liking the game again after quite a long hiatus. Nerfing euphoria was a good idea which has encouraged me to actually start playing around with other mutations. I still love a bit of Igni. 😉👍
So glad to see you back and you're as happy about the new build variety as I am! I do have a quick question about the new superior Blizzard though (since I have started a new game and haven't unlocked it yet): Is it always active during combat? From the description, I assumed that it would only activate once your health drops to a certain point.
Yeah it's weird that's a new terminology added with the revamp. I haven't determines exactly what triggers it, but it was activated virtually every time I was in combat.
HI Phoenix I have been watching and following your videos and Deathmarch playthrough, and enjoyed it very much. Is there a way to combine the Metamorphosis build to have Blue skills ( signs)( instead of the Red skills ? Using the same principles but making your signs very much overpowered ? Im trying to look into that, but my knowledge of the game and interactions are not as vast and researched as yours. Regards Lourens
Hmmm that's an interesting thought. Yes, you certainly could, I think. You'd probably want Igni and Rotation, or make it Aard-based with Shockwave but Aard isn't that damaging as far as I can tell (so probably Ignil. So I'd say Igni and Yrden skills, full Griffin Set, and have the 5 available decoctions being something like Ekimmara, Ancient Leshen, and then maybe Troll and Foglet or some others that are good either signs. With Delayed Recovery you'd still be making excellent use of Superior Blizzard and the infinite stamina but you'd also need the Adrenaline Burst skill so that signs generate Adrenaline because you only get the infinite stamina when at 3 Adrenaline points. It'd work, but probably not as well as this build. Try it out 👍
Great build. Although I would love to some some guide/build for new playthrough. This one can be used when you already have beat the game once or twice on NG+ probably but you are not able to use it early, when you are on 10, 20,30 lvl etc. So that kind of video would be great especially if we have some new armors for 7 and 10/11 lvl etc. I'm playing on Bonebreaker, only 12 lvl, done the Bloody Baron part and trying to play as the witcher from the books - using oils, potions, signs and combat - but having some build/guide to maximise the dmg/skills on that lvl would be great or and advise how to prepare myself for next few lvls to not waste the skill points unnecessery. Cheers!
@@DPhoenix237 what I meant is that if I watched your video right now and i would like to make this build on my gameplay - i need to wait till 80+ lvl to unlock all skill points needed and find all needed gear. And it probably would be NG+ (as on 1st playthrough you can hit max 50 lvl? not sure if more if you clear whole map before NG+). So being now on lvl 12 and finishing Velen i cannot apply your build at all. I would love to watch some guide about best early builds or skills to use or how to progress the game to reach your build at the end (which skills first, which gear first etc). Maybe i will reach 90+ lvl someday to try your build for fun :) but not sure if it will help me beat the game just now. Don't get me wrong - it is great to watch your videos and get inspired about what we can do in this game :) all the best Bro!
@robaczep Yeah you'd want to use some of the techniques in my Death March walkthrough; a lot of it will remain relevant, like using Griffin School Techniques if using medium armour, and respec'ing into Ursine at level 20 if you want to switch to combat-alchemy. All the best to you too.
Nice work! How would you start this build? the first 1-40 levels. only maxing the alchemy first or sprinkle in som of the red ones in up untill you get to this build?
Honestly I'd be quite tempted to start with the red tree. Acquired Tolerance won't be quite as useful now, especially when you've not got many recipes early on. Gourmet isn't great any more so I'd say start with Griffin School Techniques. Check out my original Death March walkthrough playlist; a lot of the principles will stay the same.
Great video - as always! Pro tip: do not create decoctions that you will not be using later on. Just leave the mutagens in your inventory. You may always create them if you wish, wothout the necessity to drop or sell them.
If you're planning on using this build in the endgame, you don't want to create any decoctions other than the ones that this build uses because Metamorphosis will only pick from the created decoctions. If you're not planning on using this build then it doesn't matter. Personally I think the best way to go is to use potions and Delayed Recovery or Fast Metabolism throughout the games, then use this build once available in the endgame. If you like thst playstyle then creating other decoctions is unnecessary.
Thanks bro, hey what decoctions should I drop im end game I beat the main quest and already incounterd the 2 succubus that I know of, so what ones can I drop based off of that? Why can't we store them in our chest?
I just tested piercing cold vs the prince toad in NG+. It did a shit ton of damage to the toad when I was under leveled and he died fast. I think it's because the toad is weak to a lot of different magic including cold. I was really aiming to try to perma freeze the toad because I remember old youtube videos where the toad was frozen with northern wind bombs. Although I was happy with the damage, I really wanted to see a frozen toad. I guess I really should use northern wind for that.
Found your channel about a week ago, been loosely following your DM Walk-through as I play through the game for the 2nd time. Really excited to see you back making videos again. I REALLY like this build. It looks like loads of fun and will definitely be the build I use for NG+. I do have a handful of questions about it, if you don't mind. I'm still kind of a Witcher noob, so forgive me if these questions have obvious answers. First, wouldn't it be best to use decoctions to maintain 55+% toxicity? Down two decoctions, that puts you over 55% for the next 20 minutes, so you don't have to worry about continually downing potions to keep toxicity up. That would also let you have 7 decoctions active alongside the potions instead of 5. Also, regarding specific decoctions, is the Ekkimara decoction really that powerful? It seemed underwhelming when I experimented with it, but maybe that's just because I'm a low level character and not dealing enough damage. Maybe the troll or Ekidna decoction would be better. (Though maybe the Ekidna decoction wouldn't work, given how Blizzard is keeping you from using stamina). Finally, with the buff to crippling strikes and the change to the Wolven gear set bonuses, do you think a bleed focused build might be viable now? Thanks again for making this video. This build is awesome, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out.
No worries, these are good questions. Regarding toxicity for Delayed Recovery; for that skill it is specifically potion toxicity not decoction toxicity so that's why you can't use decoctions with it. Fortunately the potions are more powerful than decoctions anyway because they're supposed to last a minute or two instead. With AT after the patch, you can use one decoction for 50 deoctions toxicity and have 144 toxicity left over. You need to keep Potion toxicity over 107 to keep Delayed Recovery active. This was too complicated to fit into the build video though so I stuck to the basic version of just using potions. Ekimmara is pretty good if your damage is high with 3 Adrenaline points + oil + Hunter Instinct + Superior Thunderbolt. Ekhidna is good normally but loses its lustre when Blizzard means you're not using any stamina 👍 And yep, one of the builds I've got planned is a Wolven Crippling Strikes bleed build. Crippling Strikes still doesn't work off Whirl (which makes sense) cos otherwise that'd be mega OP.
@@DPhoenix237 Makes sense, I might try out using 1 decoction, but it might be too much micromanagement to bother with. With only like 30 points of buffer room, you'd have to apply a potion almost the second you are able or you lose all your potion effects. So the added frustration may not be worth the extra decoction. I tried out some of the build today, no mutations yet as I'm only level 18, but running around with all the superior potions active at once is an absolute blast, very fun. One thing that annoyed me is I noticed that going into cutscenes and dialouge forcibly removes Superior Blizzard, so you have to keep reapplying it, which is kind of annoying, and means you have to meditate after every 4 cutscenes if you want Blizzard back, but it's not really a big deal. Thanks for the response, and I'm looking forward to that bleed build!
I'm having a hard time building up aerondight to 10 i started was also using poisoned blade on tho I thought Gesheft might be a better option but i read that most monsters can't be poisoned if it's true is there another sword that can trigger critical effects?
Great video! Thanks a lot. Just one question: How do You avoid in this build the known bug that Geralt slowly, but inevitably dies if he hits maximum toxicity? Many players instantly died when first time starting Next Gen, because they used a save file in which Geralt had swallowed several potions - and with the now reduced max toxicity they were over the threshold and had to notice that neither meditaion nor White Honey was doing Geralt any good. They had to watch his vitality slowly degenerate and his unavoidable death after a few minutes. You do not seem to have a problem with this.
Hmmm, idk about that issue. Mine is just from loading up an existing save. The health loss isn't a problem in this build because Superior Swallow and Ekimmara decoction heal so much.
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For those who need it, I made a note of the build details, hopefully I did not miss anything:
Geralt God Build for Next-Gen Details
Mutations (B&W) Perk: Metamorphosis
Warrior Perks Slotted: Precise Blows, Crushing Blows, Whirl, Rend, Razor Focus, Resolve
Sign Perks Slotted: Magic Trap (optional and swappable per your preference)
Alchemy Perks Slotted: Acquired Tolerance, Tissue Transmutation, Endure Pain, Protective Coating, Fixative, Delayed Recovery, Synergy, Killing Spree, Hunter Instinct
Mutagen Slots: 4 Greater Red Mutagens
Steel Sword: Touissant Knight Steel Sword
Steel Sword Glyph: Severance
Silver Sword: Aerondight or Gesheft. Aerondight has better damage but Gesheft has a 15% chance to poison which triggers more Mutations.
Silver Sword Glyph: Severance
Chest Armor: Grandmaster Legendary Ursine Armor
Armor Glyph: Levity (swappable with Entanglement or Rotation)
Gloves: Nilfgaardian Guardsmen’s Gauntlets
Glove Glyphs: 2 Greater Glyphs of Mending
Leg Armor: Legendary Manticore Trousers
Leg Armor Glyphs: Your preference
Boots: Legendary Manticore Boots
Boot Glyphs: Your preference
Slotted Potions: Superior Blizzard, Superior Swallow, Superior Maribor Forest, Superior Thunderbolt
Decoctions: Ideally, drop all Decoctions except the following 6 so Metamorphosis can only apply those. Ancient Leshen, Chort, Katakan, Reliever’s, Arachas, Ekimmara. NOTE: Dropping Decoctions from inventory destroys them and they have to be remade, be mindful.
Standard Build Guide: Keeping Toxicity High at all times. As soon as combat begins, drink: Superior Blizzard, Superior Swallow, Superior Maribor Forest (in that order). Build should activate, goal is to keep toxicity above 55% at all times. You should be able to drink ALL potions in inventory and have all effects active at once.
Holy smokes, I think that's literally perfect. Noice!
@@DPhoenix237Thanks for making the build! I’ll work on my Geralt once I beat the game. Any chance you could pin my above comment for your deaf viewers?
Good idea 💡
@@DPhoenix237 Great build but some questions about the potion usage that isn't clicking for me. First, why does the order of Blizzard, Swallow, then Maribor Forest matter? Second, how does that activate the build? Those three together are only 60 toxicity, or about 30% with the perks and gear suggested, but you need to get to 55% for Delayed Recovery to activate. I usually just do basically everything (Swallow, Thunderbolt, Petri, Maribor, Blizzard, Full Moon) in whatever order they're in my inventory and it seems to work fine.
Yeah, it's just to stress that those are the most important ones. Superior Blizzard is broken AF with this build and Swallow provides huge healing. You want to use Superior Maribor after the battle starts ideally because you get the second Adrenaline point after Razor Focus has given you one.
But then yeah pile on whatever else you want to use the powerful potions and keep DR active.
Fun trick with Metamorphosis is to use Axii on Roach 5 times quickly as it triggers a decoction each time.
That's cool 😎
THANK GOD THE MASTER RETURNS TO SAVE OUR BUILDS
I HAVE RETURNED, SON!
The king of witcher 3 builds is back, looking forward to your other builds in the future. Loved to try out your overpowered builds in the og version. Keep up the work and enjoy Christmas with your family!
You too, thank you!
Good to see you back. Your DM walk through is like comfort food for me. I’ve watched it sooo many times
Damn you are a legend dude, i was wondering If you would play and make new builds on this new version, and there you are. Thanks for the video and good return!
YAY!!! happy to see another build. You helped me beat deathmarch
This build is absolutely insane. Thanks.
As SOON as this launched on Xbox I kept checking for a video from you lol. Great to have you back!
Awesome, can't wait for more, I enjoyed your walkthrough in the past
Been waiting for a min/max build. Nice!
Thank You for opening my eyes for a news perspective on build. Your vid is a materpiece❤
Been a long while, always glad to see a Witcher 3 video uploaded by you.
been enjoying the new update and i was waiting for a vid by you and my wishes came true 😁
I remember watching your videos years ago looking for some good builds, and I'm now doing the same thing hahaha this update made me a bit nostalgic
I just knew it! And you kick it from the start!
Don’t know yet all new mechanics as I planned to start preparations for NG+ after the Xmas, but from this material I see it will be hell of the fun! I played previous version few times and ended up with your metamorphosis build it…. So now it looks I will follow and my Xmas present will come later this year 😉. Calm and safe time for you and your family!
You too, happy holidays!
Its nice to have you back, happy holidays and cant wait for the upcoming videos!
Happy holidays!
Welcome back. Since the NG update I've been rewatching your old vids and hoping you'd make a comeback
Can't wait to try this out. Excellent build and explanation as always.
Thank you, much appreciated.
Didn't think you'd post again good to see you back
Was waiting for you to do this before continuing my save :)
Great to have you back on the path.
Return of the king!
I play on Xbox....
And I'll be honest, during the first couple of days using the new patch I hated it. I still get random crashes and the game also crashes at specific points (which I can work around) but they need to do something about that.
I've been messing about with Hunters Instinct and Killing Spree - but I never really used Delayed Recovery - always used Fast Metabolism. I have loads of skill points available so I'll give it a go; and Endure Pain looks like it finally has a use.
I don't know that I'll use this exact build - although Metamorphosis has been my "go to" since you used it in one of your NG+ walkthroughs, but an extra vid on how the new toxicity mechanics work would be much appreciated - looking forward to it.
Great video, and much appreciated and you've been missed.
Many thanks - love the build videos!
Glad you enjoy them; more on the way after Christmas.
Welcome back. New walkthrough series with this build would be amazing
Thanks! I might do one, depends on time and how much is different.
Been watching your ursine builds since the update came out and have made the decision to go with the bear school for the next gen play through based off your vids! Love the content man! Keep it up 👍
I will try 😄
Ursine is still really good. There will be viable builds possible with every witcher set imho.
Dude I've been wating for your return, glad to have you back❤️
Thanks!
Been so long Phoenix, good to have you back brother
Just want to say thanks for the fine video. Just tried this build out and it's incredible. Good work! Made a new subscriber out of me :D
Glad you like it!
Great stuff. This is the first I'm hearing of balance changes to the game. Can't wait to see what the future holds for this game and this youtube channel.
There's a list of all the changes on a Reddit post for the patch 👍
King is back! Good to have you back in this though euphoria nerf times
the delayed recovery and blizzard goes so well with piercing cold too. adrenaline burst + delayed recovery + blizzard potion is so fun for spamming ard a billion times and you can use maribor forest to get an adrenaline point immediately in combat.
Yup, it's bonkers and I haven't seen anyone else using that combination.
It was always this good and I knew about it already and used it in my Viper Hybrid Metamorphosis playthrough but Delayed Recovery is miles easier to use now and it doesn't matter thst the combination isn't easily compatible with normal decoction builds because thise are comparatively weaker due to AT and HT being nerfed.
I might give this build a shot. It looks incredibly fun!
This build has been fun as hell. Thanks!
You're welcome!
I was wondering if you would come back. Lovely to see
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Thank you for freeing up a slot in a build for me. I’m using Delayed Recovery build myself, but for some reason I had Heightened Tolerance. Thanks to you I’m losing it
Yeah, it is properly rated as an early-game skill that doesn't have much lategame utility now unless you're specifically geared towards a sub-80% toxicity build (which isn't very optimal).
Thank you, Sir, for sharing this build.
You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Man your videos are awesome :D
FINALLY! A witcher 3 video I can actually FOLLOW 🤣. Great breakdown. Clearly explained. Thank you
You're welcome, and I'm glad you found it helpful.
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Using troll decoction to negate toxicity tecnique is even more valuable now(using acquired tolerance without hightened t.). Tried 7 decoction+potions and its awesome. Drinking troll and anchient leshen before battle and getting chort, arachas, ekidna, ekimmara, katakan decoctions via mutation and using few potions on top of that is amazing. Metamorphosis was already amazing and with this buff it became s tier. And the new fixative is LOVELY.
That's a little worse than this build though, unless you really can't keep track of Delayed Recovery.
Troll decoction heals an insignificant amount in combat, and outside of combat Swallow heals more than enough. In combat Swallow + Ekimmara is tons of healing.
Delayed Recovery can't work if you have 2 decoctions applied (meaning 100 decoction toxicity or toxicity offset) so you're essentially using Fast Metabolism in its place and limiting the time and numbers of uses of Swallow, Maribor, Blizzard and the other potions. Good, but not as good as Delayed Recovery having all of them. Delayed Recovery also works on the Metamorphosis decoctions and keeps all 5 active once their triggered as long as potion toxicity remains over 55% of the total max.
The video was long enough already so I didn't go into it, but with high enough toxicity (like the 194 here) and Delayed Recovery now having a 55% threshold you can use one decoction manually and still be able to keep Delayed Recovery up; it just gives you less room for error.
Thanks for your build and this is the first time I spam whirlwind like CRAZY!
So funny it is and this makes Geralt an unstoppable spinning top!
Trying to adjust it with Euphoria but seems failed. Thanks to the lowered toxicity limit :)
In order to max out the whirlwind damage, I give up strong attack skills and apply Cat School Techniques and bleeding instead.
For decoctions, Water hag + Ekimmara + Katakan + Succubus + Arachas + Troll will be my choices.
(Ekhidna becomes useless when Adrenaline Point reaches to 3 and stamina cannot be depleted.)
Delayed recovery + Blizzard combo makes this build so enjoyable!
Gonna let Geralt's journey continue again!
Don't use Water Hag with this build my friend; you'll be over 50% toxicity all the time so it won't ever be active.
You could use the build with Euphoria; you just be using all potions, or 1 decoction and then potions.
@@DPhoenix237 Thanks for advice and I'll try that later!
this build is so dope
thanks for this
You're welcome
He’s back!! I’m late to the party and got a lot of videos to catch up on. Let’s begin!
Welcome back legend!
The holy grail and mastermind of witcher 3 returns. Please continue our Lord, would love to see some updated bomb builds and/or sign Builds as I think those are better now even in endgame!
Hell yeah. I haven't decided whether it'll need a Crossbow & Bomb build together or whether it'll be better to separate them.
There are a good few signs builds that I've got basic concepts for and am excited to flesh out!
@@DPhoenix237 I'll be waiting for the sign build with great excitement!
Glad to see you back 👍🏻 i wonder if piercing cold is worth using in ng+ after the update 🤔it was kinda underwhelming before… hopefully is better now! Can’t wait to see your new builds!
Yep, according to the patch notes signs have been balanced for NG+ and I've got some good ideas for a build for that.
@@DPhoenix237 can’t wait to see them! Also the forgotten wolven chest piece looks pretty good for hybrid builds. 20% attack power and adrenaline gain + good res 👀
Yeah it'll be a good in a few builds.
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Amazing build as usual, thanks Demon Phoenix. I'm just wondering, how easy it to trigger Metamorphosis against boss monsters, who are often immune or highly resistant to critical effects? Are there any particular critical effects which remain effective against the toughest opponents throughout NG and NG+?
Great build, definitely gotta try this one
I think it's hella fun as well as unbelievably strong.
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thank you i learned a lot from your witcher school
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome to see you are back just in time to help with builds in the Next Gen.
Personally I'd love to see a build that is more Spellblade - focus on combat and signs, with some alchemy as support
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Omg I love your videos. What I want is a remake or a better signs build? Whether that’s piercing cold or igni. I just like being a “mage” so we def need an OP sigh build please
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Thanks man, hey I'm trying to make a hybrid with this building of your blizzard metamorphosis build, and using my own mix of griffin armor Stat ability 5%stam/5%sign for every mid armor you have on, and replacement of your blade oil abilities for others I think that match my play style more I wanted to sign them as well as sword them, so I ran the Netflix armor with that ability, came away from the heavy attacks also and am making it more sign friendly and keeping your metamorphosis build idea plus sign, plus fast attacks trying to male the best hybrid build close to Netflix armor witcher ability.
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Do you think you will ever do another Deathmarch Walkthrough like in 2018 using the next gen update? It'd literally the most detailed one I have ever seen, but perhaps there are things that make it a bit obsolete in some areas?
Also-is this an endgame build and if not-what level does it work at? Also-where did you get the patch notes about nerfing some skills and buffing others? I can't find any of that info...
This build is incredible! New game plus death march is serious fun.
Thank you! I legitimately think it's the best build post-patch.
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Renewed shall be build that was broken,
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All that glitters is not gold, but from the shards of nerfed Euphoria builds, I shall reforge a series anew!
Very cool build thank you. A few questions if you don't mind:
- Can you kind of "combine" the previous Euphoria build with Metamorphosis? Like, apply the 5 Decoctions we had for Euphoria, would Metamorphosis apply more decoctions? or would it recognize you already having 5 active and not proc any?
- Also, the 120s decoction procs, could they be extended by the Alchemy skill on the bottom that prolongs the decoctions? Or is Delayed Recovery already doing that, even though it says "*Potion effects* don't wear off .." Are decoctions considered potions as well? Because i remember in your Euphoria build you mentioned Hightened Tolerance doesn't work on decoctions (IIRC).
- Would you suggest this build even without dropping all the decoctions except for 5-6 like you? Or would you keep Euphoria in that case?
Thanks
First question, you can't use 5 decoctions any more because they halved the boost from Acquired Tolerance. But otherwise yes; you can use 3 decoctions normally and then Metamorphosis will trigger other ones from the remaining pool. Bear in mind that from what I've read (not had time to test it myself) decoction toxicity hurts you when over the threshold now. That means that using multiple decoctions will definitely put you over 50% and even over 80% even with Heightened Tolerance (which is the new HT limit at 3 points instead of 5).
Second question - I didn't mention it in the video because it was already too long, but yeah Metamorphosis treats the 5 decoctions the same as it does the potions and extends them indefinitely if you keep your potion toxicity over 55% of your maximum.
Thirdly yes you can use Metamorphosis with more decoctions and it's still very good. I would recommend limiting the pool somewhat though because some just aren't that useful.
@@DPhoenix237 big thanks! I'll try that :) happy holidays/new year!
@@DPhoenix237 if we use a decoction manually before letting metamorphosis choose 5 further decoction, how does that impact the 55% toxicity requirements? Do we need 55% of our remaining toxicity after 70 for a decoction is removed from our toxicity pool, or does the decoction count towards our 70%, or do we still have to hit 55% of our total? (impossible with two decoction I assume)
@@nel3975It wouldn’t work with two decoctions as you can’t reach 55% potion toxicity. I didn’t know the difference between potion and decoction toxicity at the time. When I tested one decoction, I lost the potion buffs around 80%.
@@DPhoenix237 so when it comes to the decoction usage does that I mean I can use 2-3 decoction to get above 55% toxicity and then thanks to Metamorphosis I can get an additional 5 decoction? So I’m running around with 7-8 decoction and obviously all of potions as well?
If you’re riding roach, you can soothe it, and it counts towards applying a status to an enemy. It gives you all 5 decoctions immediately. Then, dismount and start your potions as usual. Btw, which decoctions do you recommend to keep? I just started NG +
That's funny as hell 🤣
I had Ekimmara, Ancient Leshen, Arachas, Relievers, Chort and Katakan.
@@DPhoenix237 the only issue is that after activating blizzard, mounting and riding your horse is done in slow motion!
@@DPhoenix237 Thanks for this. I look forward to your video about dropping decoctions. I will probably only keep the 6 you mention here.
I'm going with the magic build now with the ard are finally worth it. But gonna try this.
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Nice, I'm glad metamorphosis is strong. It takes so much effort to get to metamorphosis so it deserves to be a strong mutation imo.
Sorry if this is a stupid question. Been using alchemy build for the longest time so was bummed to see that Euphoria got the nerf hammer. It’s not horrible but a little over kill. .75 per learned alchemy would’ve been a nice balance.
Anyway - how are you not getting hurt by overdosing? I thought HT handles that but you are constantly over the 50% threshold w/o HT. Is that just the effect of potions constantly regenerating health?
Bonus question - if you drop/destroy decoctions, do they still count as a learned alchemy formula via AT?
You rock!
Fiest question, yup it's just that Swallow and Ekimmara massively heal so that outstrips the toxicity damage.
Bonus answer: yes, AT remains unchanged. AT counts what you've learned, not what you've made 🙂
@@DPhoenix237 thank you!!
Excellent work. 👍
Thanks Kabba!
@@DPhoenix237 You're welcome mate. I'm really liking the game again after quite a long hiatus. Nerfing euphoria was a good idea which has encouraged me to actually start playing around with other mutations. I still love a bit of Igni. 😉👍
@@KABBARANKS Exactly 💯. Igni builds are fire 🔥
(I'll show myself out).
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So glad to see you back and you're as happy about the new build variety as I am! I do have a quick question about the new superior Blizzard though (since I have started a new game and haven't unlocked it yet): Is it always active during combat? From the description, I assumed that it would only activate once your health drops to a certain point.
Yeah it's weird that's a new terminology added with the revamp. I haven't determines exactly what triggers it, but it was activated virtually every time I was in combat.
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HI Phoenix
I have been watching and following your videos and Deathmarch playthrough, and enjoyed it very much. Is there a way to combine the Metamorphosis build to have Blue skills ( signs)( instead of the Red skills ? Using the same principles but making your signs very much overpowered ? Im trying to look into that, but my knowledge of the game and interactions are not as vast and researched as yours.
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Hmmm that's an interesting thought. Yes, you certainly could, I think. You'd probably want Igni and Rotation, or make it Aard-based with Shockwave but Aard isn't that damaging as far as I can tell (so probably Ignil.
So I'd say Igni and Yrden skills, full Griffin Set, and have the 5 available decoctions being something like Ekimmara, Ancient Leshen, and then maybe Troll and Foglet or some others that are good either signs.
With Delayed Recovery you'd still be making excellent use of Superior Blizzard and the infinite stamina but you'd also need the Adrenaline Burst skill so that signs generate Adrenaline because you only get the infinite stamina when at 3 Adrenaline points.
It'd work, but probably not as well as this build. Try it out 👍
bro, you should do a walkthrough on next-gen witcher 3 on the death march, 100 percent completion. would love to see your skills in a walkthrough
Great build.
Although I would love to some some guide/build for new playthrough.
This one can be used when you already have beat the game once or twice on NG+ probably but you are not able to use it early, when you are on 10, 20,30 lvl etc.
So that kind of video would be great especially if we have some new armors for 7 and 10/11 lvl etc.
I'm playing on Bonebreaker, only 12 lvl, done the Bloody Baron part and trying to play as the witcher from the books - using oils, potions, signs and combat - but having some build/guide to maximise the dmg/skills on that lvl would be great or and advise how to prepare myself for next few lvls to not waste the skill points unnecessery.
Cheers!
Yeah I may revisit my Death March Guide but I'm not sure that _that_ much has changed in terms of playing. It probably has actually tbf.
@@DPhoenix237 what I meant is that if I watched your video right now and i would like to make this build on my gameplay - i need to wait till 80+ lvl to unlock all skill points needed and find all needed gear. And it probably would be NG+ (as on 1st playthrough you can hit max 50 lvl? not sure if more if you clear whole map before NG+).
So being now on lvl 12 and finishing Velen i cannot apply your build at all.
I would love to watch some guide about best early builds or skills to use or how to progress the game to reach your build at the end (which skills first, which gear first etc).
Maybe i will reach 90+ lvl someday to try your build for fun :) but not sure if it will help me beat the game just now.
Don't get me wrong - it is great to watch your videos and get inspired about what we can do in this game :)
all the best Bro!
@robaczep Yeah you'd want to use some of the techniques in my Death March walkthrough; a lot of it will remain relevant, like using Griffin School Techniques if using medium armour, and respec'ing into Ursine at level 20 if you want to switch to combat-alchemy.
All the best to you too.
So I am preparing for NG+ and I spent many of my ability points. This build with just some basics is so OP.
It's wild, right?
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Superb. I think it's time for a new build walk-through series? 🤤
Damn straight it is!
Nice work! How would you start this build? the first 1-40 levels. only maxing the alchemy first or sprinkle in som of the red ones in up untill you get to this build?
Honestly I'd be quite tempted to start with the red tree. Acquired Tolerance won't be quite as useful now, especially when you've not got many recipes early on.
Gourmet isn't great any more so I'd say start with Griffin School Techniques. Check out my original Death March walkthrough playlist; a lot of the principles will stay the same.
Great video - as always!
Pro tip: do not create decoctions that you will not be using later on. Just leave the mutagens in your inventory. You may always create them if you wish, wothout the necessity to drop or sell them.
This is a great tip.
new to the game. why not?
If you're planning on using this build in the endgame, you don't want to create any decoctions other than the ones that this build uses because Metamorphosis will only pick from the created decoctions.
If you're not planning on using this build then it doesn't matter. Personally I think the best way to go is to use potions and Delayed Recovery or Fast Metabolism throughout the games, then use this build once available in the endgame. If you like thst playstyle then creating other decoctions is unnecessary.
Thanks bro, hey what decoctions should I drop im end game I beat the main quest and already incounterd the 2 succubus that I know of, so what ones can I drop based off of that? Why can't we store them in our chest?
I just tested piercing cold vs the prince toad in NG+. It did a shit ton of damage to the toad when I was under leveled and he died fast. I think it's because the toad is weak to a lot of different magic including cold. I was really aiming to try to perma freeze the toad because I remember old youtube videos where the toad was frozen with northern wind bombs. Although I was happy with the damage, I really wanted to see a frozen toad. I guess I really should use northern wind for that.
Yeah there are some interesting things to test now 🤔
Nice one m8 👍
Thank you for this awesome build.
Thanks and you're welcome! It is slightly annoying, but fortunately you can just use it again and it reactivates.
duuude, so bright, my eyes :D
Found your channel about a week ago, been loosely following your DM Walk-through as I play through the game for the 2nd time. Really excited to see you back making videos again.
I REALLY like this build. It looks like loads of fun and will definitely be the build I use for NG+. I do have a handful of questions about it, if you don't mind. I'm still kind of a Witcher noob, so forgive me if these questions have obvious answers.
First, wouldn't it be best to use decoctions to maintain 55+% toxicity? Down two decoctions, that puts you over 55% for the next 20 minutes, so you don't have to worry about continually downing potions to keep toxicity up. That would also let you have 7 decoctions active alongside the potions instead of 5.
Also, regarding specific decoctions, is the Ekkimara decoction really that powerful? It seemed underwhelming when I experimented with it, but maybe that's just because I'm a low level character and not dealing enough damage. Maybe the troll or Ekidna decoction would be better. (Though maybe the Ekidna decoction wouldn't work, given how Blizzard is keeping you from using stamina).
Finally, with the buff to crippling strikes and the change to the Wolven gear set bonuses, do you think a bleed focused build might be viable now?
Thanks again for making this video. This build is awesome, and I'm really looking forward to trying it out.
No worries, these are good questions.
Regarding toxicity for Delayed Recovery; for that skill it is specifically potion toxicity not decoction toxicity so that's why you can't use decoctions with it. Fortunately the potions are more powerful than decoctions anyway because they're supposed to last a minute or two instead. With AT after the patch, you can use one decoction for 50 deoctions toxicity and have 144 toxicity left over. You need to keep Potion toxicity over 107 to keep Delayed Recovery active. This was too complicated to fit into the build video though so I stuck to the basic version of just using potions.
Ekimmara is pretty good if your damage is high with 3 Adrenaline points + oil + Hunter Instinct + Superior Thunderbolt. Ekhidna is good normally but loses its lustre when Blizzard means you're not using any stamina 👍
And yep, one of the builds I've got planned is a Wolven Crippling Strikes bleed build. Crippling Strikes still doesn't work off Whirl (which makes sense) cos otherwise that'd be mega OP.
@@DPhoenix237 Makes sense, I might try out using 1 decoction, but it might be too much micromanagement to bother with. With only like 30 points of buffer room, you'd have to apply a potion almost the second you are able or you lose all your potion effects. So the added frustration may not be worth the extra decoction.
I tried out some of the build today, no mutations yet as I'm only level 18, but running around with all the superior potions active at once is an absolute blast, very fun. One thing that annoyed me is I noticed that going into cutscenes and dialouge forcibly removes Superior Blizzard, so you have to keep reapplying it, which is kind of annoying, and means you have to meditate after every 4 cutscenes if you want Blizzard back, but it's not really a big deal.
Thanks for the response, and I'm looking forward to that bleed build!
I'm having a hard time building up aerondight to 10 i started was also using poisoned blade on tho I thought Gesheft might be a better option but i read that most monsters can't be poisoned if it's true is there another sword that can trigger critical effects?
Great video! Thanks a lot.
Just one question: How do You avoid in this build the known bug that Geralt slowly, but inevitably dies if he hits maximum toxicity?
Many players instantly died when first time starting Next Gen, because they used a save file in which Geralt had swallowed several potions - and with the now reduced max toxicity they were over the threshold and had to notice that neither meditaion nor White Honey was doing Geralt any good. They had to watch his vitality slowly degenerate and his unavoidable death after a few minutes.
You do not seem to have a problem with this.
Hmmm, idk about that issue. Mine is just from loading up an existing save. The health loss isn't a problem in this build because Superior Swallow and Ekimmara decoction heal so much.
If using Auto-oils which skill do you recommend to replace Fixative?
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