#WITCHER 3 WITCHER SCHOOL GEAR UPGRADE#

Elemental damage comes in handy when you're up against any of the elemental creatures in the game: Ice Elemental, Fire Elemental, Earth Elemental, Gargoyles and Golems. Griffin School Perks Armour In general, Griffin armour offers high bonus protection against Monster Damage and moderate protection from Elemental damage. Each piece of a school set (chest, gauntlets, trousers, boots) offers a slight variation on the theme, but overall a fully equipped set of the same school will levitate your perks in a certain direction. For example, if you've maxed out your Signs then you'll want fast Stamina generation and would be less concerned with bonuses against slashing damage. Depending on your character preference (Abilities, Signs, Alchemy) you may prefer to use weapons and armour with perks that compliment your characters setup.

A simple example would be the Cat school which offers bonuses to Stamina regeneration and Elemental protection for wearing the armour. This comes in the form of perks or bonuses, with each of the schools excelling in a certain area. This is partly true and partly false, because there's also a much bigger picture to consider. A good example is the Superior Ursine Chest Armour piece which has a level requirement of 27 - this is 10 levels higher than the standard version! Bonus perks It would be fair to assume that given the difficulty in obtaining a certain set of gear that this would equate to the value of that gear. So if you've got a diagram for the Superior version of a piece then you'll also need to meet the requirements for the Superior version which will be different. This level requirement scales as the gear upgrades. For each of the schools there's a base level, which is illustrated below: Level Requirements Before you can use gear you need to meet the level requirements first.

Ursine Chest Armour (mastercrafted) - 190.

Feline Chest Armour (mastercrafted) - 190.

Griffin Chest Armour (mastercrafted) - 190.

Now once the armour is upgraded to the mastercrafted level they share the same armour rating: A good example is shown below which illustrates the base armour protection from an unupgraded chest piece:

#WITCHER 3 WITCHER SCHOOL GEAR UPGRADE#

As you upgrade, the difference in ratings across the schools becomes smaller, until you reach the top level upgrade (mastercrafted) at which point the final rating for all schools is the same. For unupgraded gear the armour protection and base damage vary greatly between Griffin, Cat and Bear. Damage and Armour Ratings Now comes the first big difference across the schools. Of course the slots increase depending on upgrades but they stay consistent across the groups. You can apply the same number of Runestones and Glyphs, no matter which school type you're using. Similarities It's worth pointing out that all three schools (Griffin, Cat and Bear) share some similarities: they all have equal durability, quality and upgrade slots. Note: For the purpose of high tier gear I've left Viper out of this comparison for now. Now that I've had a chance to compare the different sets, let's explore what each has to offer. Finally the last quest takes us on a trip to the Skellige Islands for the toughest of the four Treasure Hunts to claim the Bear school gear. Then moving onto progressively harder quests for Griffin and Cat which test your skills in the areas of Velen and Novigrad. Players who followed my other walkthroughs will know that the Scavenger Hunts start with the Viper School gear which takes place in the tranquil setting of White Orchard. In this post I'll be covering the differences between the top tiers to help you understand a little more. Starting from Viper and working up to Bear, the school gear varies not only in strength but in many other ways as well. Of all the gear in the Witcher 3, the four Witcher schools offer the best selection of top tier armour and weapons.

Witcher 3 witcher school gear