The Witcher 2 Tutorial - Magic Signs and Traps - Advanced Combat Techniques

How to use magic (the signs) and traps in The Witcher 2 combat - Tutorial on the advanced combat techniques in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.



Watch this tutorial in YouTube (720p HD): The Witcher 2 Tutorial - Advanced Combat Techniques - Magic Signs and Traps

Watch the combat basics tutorial : The Witcher 2 Tutorial - Combat Basics - Striking and Parrying

The Witcher 2 Signs & Magic

In The Witcher 2, Geralt has the knowledge of signs from the beginning.

Aard – a telekinetic wave that can throw back, knock down or stun an opponent. This sign can also be used to destroy obstacles, for example crumbling walls or stacks of barrels.

Igni – fire magic, throws flames that wound opponents & make gas (from bombs) explode. Upgraded Igni sign has a chance of incinerating opponents and also has a larger area of effect.

Yrden – a magical trap placed on the ground (wounds & immobilizes opponents when triggered). The sign's basic level allows you to place 1 yrden sign on the ground (With upgrade, up to 3 yrden signs at a time).

Quen – a protective shield that lasts for 30 seconds at the sign's basic level. It is a sign that Geralt uses on himself – quen absorbs all damage directed at Geralt, and the upgraded version reflects 50% of the damage back toward to enemy. While quen is in effect, Geralt cannot regenerate vigor.

Axii – charm an opponent. When the charm is successful, the enemy becomes an ally for a short while, fighting for you.

Heliotrop – not available immediately, needs points in the magic skill tree. The Heliotrop Sign creates a temporary immobile circular force-field area around Geralt, which considerably slows down everything inside the field except himself.

Reference: Sign, The Witcher Wiki

The Witcher 2 Traps

Clawer - Wounds and causes bleeding. Damage: 30 – 55

Rage - Causes foes to attack each other.

Biter - Wounds with shrapnel. Damage: 10 – 30

Talgar Winter - Slows foes down. Damage: 20 – 30

Conflagration - Incinerates foes and detonates other traps within range. Damage: 20 – 50

Snare - Wounds and causes bleeding. Damage: 30 – 50

Harpy trap - Effective against harpies.

Kayran trap - Effective against a kayran.

Nekker trap - Effective against nekkers.

Used trap - No longer usable

Reference: TW2 Traps, The Witcher Wiki

The Witcher 2 Tutorial - Combat Basics

How to strike, parry and block with a sword in The Witcher 2 - Quick tutorial on the basic sword combat in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings



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Watch the advanced tutorial: The Witcher 2 Tutorial - Advanced Combat Techniques - Magic Signs and Traps

Mundane Minecrafting

This let's play playlist and the videos show Minecraft at it's core. Mundane Minecrafting shows the "boring", mundane things and the hours that go into the game: the mining, chopping trees, etc.

The videos on this playlist are among the longest Minecraft videos in YouTube (the length of them doesn't make'em "good" or anything, it just is). There's no editing, there's no fast forward, everything is shown.

I hope you enjoy it, and if you don't, just don't watch it, that's cool too.



Watch all the videos in YouTube (HD 720p): Mundane Minecrafting.

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Let's Play The Witcher: Enhanced Edition [BLIND] [HD]

This is my playthrough of the Witcher: Enhanced Edition with gameplay commentary, as played for the first time, without prior knowledge what will happen in the game (thus, it's blind let's play).

As it is blind let's play, I haven't played the game before and I don't know what to expect. This isn't the "optimal" walk-through of the game - just me taking the role of Geralt and playing the game, experiencing the story for the first time. It's slow-paced as I like to take my time through things and enjoy the game to the fullest.



All episodes of this let's play are in HD 720p. The first episode also as Full HD 1080p in YouTube. Here's the link to the playlist in YouTube: Let's Play The Witcher Enhanced Edition [BLIND]

The whole let's play is played and commented by me, Zemalf. Subscribe to the YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/TheZemalf.

Click here for all episodes of this let's play.

About The Witcher

The Witcher is a RPG for the PC developed by CD Projekt RED STUDIO and published by CD Projekt in Poland and Atari for the rest of the world.

The game was released in Europe and North America in October 2007. The Enhanced Edition was released on September 2008 and the Director's Cut in July 2009.

Enhanced Edition basically overhauled the whole game, adding new animations and models, new expanded dialogue, bug fixes, etc. The Director's Cut is the same as the Enhanced Edition, but with all censorship removed, which was originally applied to the North American version.

The Witcher game is based on a series of fantasy short stories (collected in two books, except for two stories) and five novels about the witcher Geralt of Rivia by a polish fantasy writer, Andrzej Sapkowski. (source: Wikipedia - The Witcher)

Game is available via Steam, at GoG.com and other online stores like Amazon.

The sequel, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was released in May 2011. I will let's play the Witcher 2, using the imported save file from The Witcher when I finish the first part. This will not only import the character, but also carries over the choices I've made along the way.

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