I think they cancel each other out, because I did that towards the beginning of the game and I would notice that I never had an enemy burn, they would only freeze. I wouldn't add burning runes to that, or vice versa. Or you may have a sword that already has a 2% chance to freeze on its own sometimes. I don't think that mixing bleeding with freezing works too well though, so if you have space to socket 2 or 3 runes into a sword, go with one or the other, along with bleeding for instance. It whittles their health down and sometimes, might even take fewer hits to make them succumb to the will of Geralt. It doesn't seem like it would, but you'll notice a difference in how fast your enemy dies when you give them the bleeding effect. In either situation, you can go to town on them while they are preoccupied dealing with their 'situation' that you have put them in.īleeding, just as Lewie said, helps a lot. That's where it's at.Īs we pretty much said, burn and freeze allow you to get a lot of free hits in most of the time, as burn will have them panicking and freeze slows them down. Yep, if you want some pointers to try out, I would recommend what Lewie said. Once you find out what you like the best, you can continually use those Greater runes for that enhancement and you can have old weapons or armor disassembled to keep your runes if you'd like to. I would say experiment with all the different effects and see what you favor. And the bleeding effect seems to get their life down much quicker, so that also helps.Īside from my personal suggestions though, it's all in how you want to play. The freeze is great because it slows the enemies way down, so you have more time to react and to hit them before they return to normal speed. Lately, I've been favoring the freeze runes and the bleeding runes. It would make the fight much easier and quicker, quite often. It was great when you would hit an enemy and then he would stop fighting you because he would be yelling and panicking due to being on fire. For a long while, I liked the burning effect and would add those specific runes to my weapons. And don't worry about armor piercing enhancements for your Silver Sword, since monsters don't wear armor. I've tried different ones, but honestly, I don't mess much with armor piercing runes or effects. I think the effects on weapons are really just personal choice or preference.

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