10 strongest weapons in The Witcher 3, ranked

You need to get the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 to truly feel like you're playing as Geralt of Rivia. The Butcher of Blaviken is one of the strongest witchers in the world, and putting the right tools in his hand is extremely important to get the most out of his strength. However, The Witcher 3 is massive, with different options available to the players.

So, choosing the best weapons can be a little difficult. That's where we come in. This article will rank the 10 strongest weapons in The Witcher 3. Let's get into it.

Here are the 10 strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 ranked

10) Hen Gaidth Steel Sword

Hen Gaidth makes armor piercing look easy (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/ Spellborne)

The Hen Gaidth sword excels at armor piercing while increasing the chances of causing bleeding and landing critical hits. If you're dealing with a hard-to-kill enemy, you'll be glad to know Hen Gaidth can also stun opponents. Apart from being a strong weapon, this sword is one of the coolest-looking swords on this list. You can pair it with the best skills in The Witcher 3 to get the most out of it.

9) Vitis

The Vitis sword boosts all spells (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/Trevor Philips)

The Vitis sword is meant for those who use a ton of signs in battle. This sword buffs the intensity of every sign, and you can insert glyphs into it to further boost the intensity of your favorite signs. With the right glyphs, the Vitis sword can boost your favorite sign's intensity by almost 60%, making it deadly in combat.

8) Gesheft

Gesheft is one cool-looking sword (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/Sanzau86)

Gesheft is one of the hardest-hitting silver swords in The Witcher 3. It boosts Aard intensity by up to 30%, making it extremely strong for crowd control. You also get a 100% bonus for critical damage and a 15% chance to poison your enemies with every hit. You can deal devastating damage at once and slow damage over time with the Gesheft silver sword in hand.

7) Iris

Iris is the best weapon in the Hearts of Stone expansion (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/I Don't play game)

Iris is easily one of the best swords in The Witcher 3. On the surface, it doesn't look special. However, the weapon shows its true face in combat. If you use Iris to deal damage to a few enemies, it will charge up and start glowing red. Once this is done, the sword lets out a strong strike, which deals devastating damage to your enemies but also eats up a little bit of Geralt's vitality.

6) Belhaven

The Belhaven blade is extremely fun to use (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/Ditronus)

The Belhaven is very similar to the Gesheft Silver sword. The only difference between the two is that Belhaven is a steel sword, so it can only be used to cut down human threats. Still, the Belhaven is as good as the Gesheft Silver Sword and is only ranked ahead of it because it is more efficient at dealing with humans than the Gesheft is at dealing with monsters.

5) Black Unicorn

Black Unicorn is one of the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/KpShamino)

The Black Unicorn sword is a relic blade. It is so high up the list because of its high damage output and 10% chance to apply bleed with every hit. Equip it with an enhancement like Severance, and it can help you clear entire bandit camps in just a few twirls. Thanks to its damage, the Black Unicorn is one of the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3.

4) Toussaint Knight's Steel Sword

The Toussaint Knight's Steel Sword (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/ndri)

The Toussaint Knight's Steel Sword is easily one of the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3. Once fully upgraded, this weapon gets +300 armor piercings and a 100% critical damage boost. Combining both skills means there isn't a single enemy in the game who won't succumb to this weapon's raw damage output.

3) Bloodsword

Bloodsword is a mid-game relic (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/Revron)

Bloodsword is just a lot of fun to use. This weapon focuses on dealing critical damage and also has a 9% chance of causing bleeding with each hit. Moreover, there is a small chance that each hit can result in dismemberment. Killing opponents with Bloodsword is both easy and satisfying making it one of the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3.

2) Tlareg

Tlareg is one of the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 (Image via CD Projekt Red || YouTube/JIGSAW2.0)

The Tlareg has a 12% chance of freezing enemies and can boost your Igni sign intensity by up to 20%. At first glance, this sword doesn't seem special. However, the Tlareg scales with Geralt's level, so as you get stronger, the sword gets stronger with you.

This might not mean a lot during the early game, but Tlareg easily becomes one of the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 once your level is high enough during the late hours of your journey.

1) Aerondight

The Aerondight is a cut above even the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 (Image via CD Projekt Red || X/@enzomandias)

The Aerondight is without a doubt the best sword in the game. On top of its ridiculous damage, this sword also gets a 10% damage buff every time you use it to damage an enemy. Moreover, the sword's damage will permanently increase by 40 whenever you kill someone with it while it's fully charged.

Last but not least, each hit from Aerondight will deal critical damage while the weapon is fully charged. Even the strongest weapons in The Witcher 3 can't compete with Aerondight.

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