sullynathan
Arcane
Iris will get outclassed in blood & wine if you don't follow some arcane leveling up schema but I kept it anyway because badass factor.
Iris & Aerondight are the best swords in the game, right?
Not in Blood & Wine. You can get two swords (steel and silver) which give you:
+100% Crit Damage
+20% Crit Chance
And some other status effect bonuses like chance to dismember, bleed or stun. The steel sword if I remember correctly is named Baucleir Knight Steelsword, both of these can be found in Toussant or crafted from their schematics. Can't remember which exactly but they are OP with crit-build which is main bread and butter if you focus on Alchemy or Swordsmanship trees.
Aerondight is lame. You get hit once = you lose the bonus. Leveling that sword is pain in the ass and it only gives you guaranteed crit after 10 hits. Much better investing into Alchemy and get 50% crit after first kill and just dump all your skillpoints and invest into gear which gives you crit. At New Game+ I was able to two shot Detlaff at his first encounter. Good luck doing that with this sword.
I like the strong attack, pretty much destroys shit, but I completely forgot that it took some of your health. I already have the Touissant +75% crit & +100% crit swords. At this level, the Touissant heavy armor and swords are better than the Witcher gear. It's like the devs finally figured out how to have slightly better itemization.