What games are you playing right now? Anything you'd recommend?

[Jumpin]

LegitHyperbole said:

Jumpin said:

Witcher 3 is another I'm playing a lot of. Specifically, Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone on Death March mode.

Do I recommend one of my absolute favourite games of all time? Absolutely.

Also, I'm playing it on Switch. I do plan on playing one of the high-end versions later, but I'm holding out to see if Switch 2 gets a proper upgrade for it. But otherwise, I'll just play it later. Not sure which version this guy's playing, but the Switch version looks about the same, so I'm assuming the original.

I just did this fight, not the most difficult of the last three boss battles - the one before being the Ofieri Mage, which I managed in one go - but his henchmen led to me taking a bunch of damage, and the Frog Prince, who killed me about 20 times (the loading is where the Switch version hurts the most for me, especially in the early battles against the Prince where I wasn't as active and died in about 2-4 seconds. I'm guessing on PS5 there isn't any loading, at least not ~45 seconds worth after a death. As a note, I'm level 92 and wearing Mastercrafted Legendary Forgotten Wolven Gear - and that frog bastard was still able to kill me in one hit with a direct hit with that tongue - the key is always to stay moving, to the side, and take your hits when you see them and don't get greedy - if you've leveled stuff up enough, you should be able to survive all of the other Frog Prince's attacks, including a non-direct hit from the tongue.

But anyway, Olgierd - I love this fight and I love the spectacle of the whole thing. As a note, see the idiot cheering by the house beside the fire. In my game, Olgierd actually smashed into him, knocking him into the fire, and the guy went up like a torch, screaming. Wish I could find a video where that happens.

I'll also say I did significantly better than this player, and in a flashier style, than this guy did against Olgierd. One battle, no damage. Of course, I'd gotten in a ton of practice with my current build against Ilmerith, Caranthir, Eredin, the Toad Prince, and the Ofieri Mage over the last little bit.

If I may critique this guy's battle, I see several major problems:

• He's not nimble enough on his feet, charging right in and attempting to exchange heavy blows with Olgierd is asking to get smashed. His style also looks clunky. First, he needs to keep dodging, not attacking when he's face to face with Olgierd, leaving himself open repeatedly. He should be constantly hopping to the side and avoiding all hits.
• He used a roll to escape Olgierd. Don't. Aside from the stamina expenditure, it is also a clunkier way to evade. Instead, just hop to the side. Rolls should be used offensively to get to the side or back of Olgierd for a quick attack or two, or a whirlwind.
• Speaking of quick attacks, he's not using them. Speaking of whirlwind, he clearly has the skill equipped, but he only uses it like 2-3 times. I was using it far more frequently, sometimes landing 4-5 hits on Olgierd.
• Since he's actually taking damage, Ehkidna and Ekimmara Decoctions work wonders (and have some skills that function that increase toxicity tolerance).
• When his Quen is down, he needs to back off and re-cast. Also, equip the explosion skill; when Olgierd connects, it will stun him and deal some damage.

.....Or do what this guy does and parry Olgierd's power hits... which is well above my skill level. And no doubt above the above player's.

I read your comment in the other thread too, very good stuff. I did have trouble with the frog my first time too and got stuff on the fight after washing ashore but tbh, the only fight I have actual trouble with in this game, aside from early stuff, is the three Witches when Ciri tags along. That's a bottle neck for me but I can take on pretty much everything else under leveled once I get my andrinline, quen build going. Using those passives is so OP.

Tbh, I can't remember fighting Olgeird... I'm drawing a blank and I've done Hearts of Stone three times. 

The trick to the Crones is patience. It is a longer fight. Keep your distance as much as possible, and stay moving. The goal is to try to get behind the crones for a strike or two (depending if you're using fast or strong attacks), but get out of there as soon as you can. If Ciri gets hit, back off and don't try to engage again until her HP recovers to about 80% or higher. As long as she's zooming around, they can't hit her. Focus on one (I take down the Brewess first, since she's the biggest and most dangerous) but don't shy away from hitting the others if you can. Even when the fight is coming to a close, don't compromise your strategy.

Also, if you are far enough away, and have the three in sight, use a blink attack (holding down the R2) and smash all three - but if you think you're about to get hit while charging, abort.

Once you get the hang of using Ciri, she feels overpowered against everything she fights - even on Death March.

Here's a video with a good approximation: