Giant

Giant or gigant , an ogroids inhabiting world of witcher for a long time, there are also other types like them, Cyclops or giants adapted to winter and cold but in last centuries they almost extinct in large part thanks to witchers.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Gigantes were supossed to appear in base game during its development in 2013 - 2014 but they were removed from game few months before realise we would not know of all of this if not of leaked materials. Paweł Mielniczuk, same person who made Ciri, was responsible for their textures.

Infoes from leaked materials
''Giant human approx. 4 meters high, quite intelligent. Lives in the forests.''
 * Role in the group: Individual
 * Preferred behavior: aggressive - chases the opponent and attacks.
 * Special attacks and actions:
 * Strong attacks - his attacks are slow paced but deal high damage.
 * Uses environment in fight against opponents, throws rocks if those are present on the location (special entity). Player can dodge the rock or use Quen to protect himself from damage.
 * Charged attack with his club - attack with a tell anim. Very high damage with AOE and knockdown effect. Player can dodge or use Quen to protect himself from damage. Quen doesn’t protect from the knockdown effect. This attack cannot be parried.
 * Sling attack - the Giant can use it’s hunting sling to shoot small rocks at his enemies.

Defence
''Huge creature - doesn’t play hit animations when it is in the middle of an attack animation (duration animevent). ● Vital points. They are immune to silver, Aard, Quen, Yrden, Axii and vulnerable to steel and fire spells (Igni)''
 * Instant kill
 * Piercing heart - is available only, when the Giant kneels (see below).
 * Protection:
 * Armor on legs (knees) - destroying this armor enables the knee vital spot (cost: 3 points).
 * Critical effect/disable ability
 * Cutting arm tendon - makes Giant drop his club, and disables the club attacks. Giant uses his bare hands instead (cost 2 points).
 * Striking the knee (kneecap) - makes Giant kneel every X seconds. If he kneels new vital spots are present, Giant gets more damage. When kneeling, the Giant cannot rotate, but can attack targets in front of him (cost 2 points).
 * Massive damage
 * Cutting leg artery - applies long Bleeding effect.
 * Cutting neck artery - applies long Bleeding effect, is enabled only when the Giant kneels.