Talk:Aerondight/@comment-93.38.226.203-20160607154558/@comment-97.120.92.249-20170222042218

In short, A LOT.

In detail...

This sword's pretty good on its own, but when combined with "Invigoration", the "Metamorphosis" mutation, and the proper decoctions it can deal astronomical amounts of damage.

My current build uses the "Crippling Strikes" & "Poisoned Blades" abilities to rapidly trigger Metamorphosis, which in turn is forced to trigger the only 3 decoctions I carry.

Water Hag - Increases attack power by 50% when health is full

Ekhidna - Stamina consumption regenerates health.

Ekimmara - 10% of damage dealt is returned as healing

While the first two decoctions are useful, the third activates something of a positive feedback-loop. Damage dealing turns into healing, which further increases damage.

As somewhat of a happy accident, while building this setup I noticed that the "Tissue Transmutation" skill will increase maximum health by 1,000 for each decoction, giving Geralt a 3,000 HP boost during most fights