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Is Cold Blood Worth It?

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This page describes the effects and points required to learn Cold Blood, a Combat Skill from the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn more about this ability and find whether it is any good or not worth investing points into.

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Cold Blood General Information

Cold Blood Basic Information

Cold Blood
Cold Blood
Base Effect Each bolt that hits its target adds 0.04 Adrenaline Points.
Adrenaline Point gain: +1%
Core Skill Marksmanship
Skill Branch Combat
Required Branch Points 8

Leveling Up Cold Blood

Ability Effect
Cold Blood 1/5 Each bolt that hits its target adds 0.04 Adrenaline Points.
Adrenaline Point gain: +1%
Cold Blood 2/5 Each bolt that hits its target adds 0.08 Adrenaline Points.
Adrenaline Point gain: +2%
Cold Blood 3/5 Each bolt that hits its target adds 0.12 Adrenaline Points.
Adrenaline Point gain: +3%
Cold Blood 4/5 Each bolt that hits its target adds 0.16 Adrenaline Points.
Adrenaline Point gain: +4%
Cold Blood 5/5 Each bolt that hits its target adds 0.2 Adrenaline Points.
Adrenaline Point gain: +5%

Is Cold Blood Worth It?

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We do not recommend spending points into Cold Blood

Do to its somewhat niche nature or lack of utility, we do not recommend investing into this skill. Generally speaking, your points will better be spent elsewhere. However, there are some builds that may make use of this skill, so only in those instances should you invest your points here.

This skill increases your Adrenaline by using the hits you make from the crossbow. If you invest in this skill, you would gain a full Adrenaline Point in 3-5 crossbow hits depending on how much you invested in the Combat Branch.

This skill is not entirely helpful in your offensive strength, but it can help you in gaining Adrenaline before you want to fully commit to the fight.

Conclusion

Unless you regularly use your crossbow as a primary way to gain Adrenaline, we would recommend that you use your skill points on other skills rather than investing it on this skill.

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