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The Witcher 3

Is Killing Spree Worth It?

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This page describes the effects and points required to learn Killing Spree, a Alchemy 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.

Killing Spree General Information

Killing Spree Basic Information

Killing Spree
Killing Spree
Base Effect If Toxicity is above 0, each opponent killed increases critical hit chance by 10% for the duration of that fight.
Potion Duration Time: +5%
Core Skill Trial of the Grasses
Skill Branch Alchemy
Required Branch Points 28

Leveling Up Killing Spree

Ability Effect
Killing Spree 1/5 If Toxicity is above 0, each opponent killed increases critical hit chance by 10% for the duration of that fight.
Potion Duration Time: +5%
Killing Spree 2/5 If Toxicity is above 0, each opponent killed increases critical hit chance by 20% for the duration of that fight.
Potion Duration Time: +10%
Killing Spree 3/5 If Toxicity is above 0, each opponent killed increases critical hit chance by 30% for the duration of that fight.
Potion Duration Time: +15%
Killing Spree 4/5 If Toxicity is above 0, each opponent killed increases critical hit chance by 40% for the duration of that fight.
Potion Duration Time: +20%
Killing Spree 5/5 If Toxicity is above 0, each opponent killed increases critical hit chance by 50% for the duration of that fight.
Potion Duration Time: +25%

Is Killing Spree Worth It?

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Killing Spree is worth investing points into

This skill increases your critical hit chance additively which means it will add a flat 50% critical hit chance instead of adding a bonus 50% to your current critical hit chance. Another effect that this skill has is that it will continue to stack after getting the first kill and will only expire after combat ends.

(Ex. from 10% critical hit chance, it will add 50% to become a total of 60% instead of adding a bonus 5% to become 15%)

Conclusion

If you have a build that heavily relies on any of your weapons critically hitting the enemies, then you should get this skill. This skill is worth getting considering the effect it gives and the cost to unlock and fully upgrade it.

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