[Elowine]

Hey

So I dont get past Letho, I just can't do it. Is there a way to skip this fight?
I've tried everything, watched every Youtube how-to there is and I still can't do it.
I'm sick of this stupid mission but I like to continue the game, is there a way ?

(and yes I done all the sidequests and got the best armor etc)

[rtt132]

Why don't you lower the difficulty this one time, so you can continue with your game?

[Mariusmssj]

your best option is to go into options and changed difficulty for the fight

[secondchildren]

Hi Elowine
there are a lot of threads in the forum about that, you're not the first one stuck in this.

There are multiple strategy to fight him. One of these is described in here: http://en.thewitcher...o-block-glitch/
GL

[*Tommy*]

Another option if you`re sure you don`t want to try Letho anymore would be to upload your save to a file sharing site like Megaupload or Mediafire and someone could get you past the fight then upload your game save and let you download it .

[slimgrin]

Have you passed the 20-times-failed mark? I did last night to beat him on Dark mode.

This is how I did it: when he throws up Qeun, I trapped him with Aard and then torched his shield with Ignii. You'll be out of vigor by the time he's free, so you'll have to run a bit until you build up vigor. You're safer farther away; dodging bombs is easier than dodging his Aard and Ignni. Once you build up vigor, cast Aard when his shield's down, then throw 2-3 strikes, then dodge. If you time this right, you'll build up one point of vigor during the striking/dodging sequence, at which point you Aard him again, 2-3 strikes. Rinse and repeat.

Edit: I forgot to mention, down some Tawny Owl before the fight to boost vigor regen.

[MMAMickey]

Once you get the hang of it he's no trouble. (it'll help if you have the first rolling distance upgrade).

Just allow him to get close enough that he focuses on sword attacks, and roll around to his back, hit with a strong attack, and then roll off again. If you maintain that pattern the fight ends extremely quickly and easily, even on Dark mode (where I've done it most recently).

But yeah, if you can't do it even then, just put the difficulty down.

[Elowine]

Some good tips, thanks! Will give it another go.

I tried to do it with Yrden but Letho doesn't always seem to be effected by it. Also the casting of the spell takes some time which gives Letho enough time to hit me with bombs and stuff.

[slimgrin]

Elowine said:

Some good tips, thanks! Will give it another go.

I tried to do it with Yrden but Letho doesn't always seem to be effected by it. Also the casting of the spell takes some time which gives Letho enough time to hit me with bombs and stuff. ›››

Yyrden only has a %chance to work on him, but it will work sometimes, and when he's trapped that's valuable time for you to plan and build up vigor. If you don't want to go with Yyrden, another tactic would be to cast Qeun and throw bombs from a distance to destroy his shield, then use the Aard/2-3 strikes combo. The reason I stick with Aard is if you land it, you are guaranteed those 2-3 strikes.

[Odins Auge]

I also need al lot of tries to get him. The major problem is that you cant drink potions, like in most other bossfights in the game.
Thats a point i really criticize on TW2.

[dragonbird]

Odins Auge said:

I also need al lot of tries to get him. The major problem is that you cant drink potions, like in most other bossfights in the game.
Thats a point i really criticize on TW2. ›››

You can take potions if you take them before you talk to Iorveth, and then skip the dialogue. A good approach for a first playthrough is to run it once with the dialogue, die, reload from just before you talk to Iorveth, meditate and take potions, then go through the dialogues again, skipping this time. You should still have at least 8 minutes left on your potions when the fight starts.

You can use this technique for all similar boss fights in the game. There's only one where it doesn't work.

[wenni]

W2 hooked me right from the beginning but the Letho fight was just incredibly stupid. I simply couldn't beat him on normal difficulty even though I tried a dozen strategies.. after many nights of constant fail I lowered the difficulty to easy and beat him. Once done with him I realized I had just poured many hours fighting a stupid boss.. that combined with the fact I had to lower the difficulty was a gamekiller for me. Haven't touched W2 since, too pissed off.

Sorry guys, had to vent and I think it's relevant, the fight was just way off.. Maybe something wrong with my character build, who knows maybe I'm just too dumb to enjoy that kind of combat but I've been playing games for over twenty years and this bossfight just felt so forced, spinning around Letho like an idiot dodging his signs and getting a few hits through before his quen is up again. And whats with not getting my strikes through when I'm behind him and he is in the middle of a swing that is aimed entirely in the other direction? It just felt frustrating.

[luckyny7]

In Dark Mode the only thing I did was Yrden, Yrden, Yrden, etc. I stayed in one spot close to him and it didn't matter if he had his force field up or not he was stuck in the same spot eventualy the field would drop and heavy hitting. As soon as I think Yrden was getting ready to end I would hit him again. When I got his health down 2/3 of the way down it was over. Never had to use Quen.

[dmcaldw]

I did a variation of what was posted worked like a charm .
1. Take potions just before meeting Iorveth go through conversation .
2. The problem I had was Letho's attack was so vicious after cut scene I died instantly but on reload was able to ard him get Three strong blows and roll back towards myself keeping Letho in sight facing me .
3. Ard again two or three strong hits roll back even though I was still facing him ard kept him off balance but you have to time it right before he use quen .(what I did notice from dieing so much was if you keep the attack close Letho doesn't use quen as much .)
4 . Repeat ard / strong I think it took like six of these back and forths and then cutscene .
5. I used whetstone , tany owl , golden oriole , and swallow . Even though you are always facing Letho on attack ard keeps his guard down for the strike and he is pressed to the wall you seem to get bonus hit with his gaurd down . This was rolling back toward myself only just once then ard and strike . no side roll or forward you should always have one vigor available if done right to do ard after roll .

This worked for me on dark mode tried everything before , this worked just try and keep Letho pinned to wall . It took many times dieing before it happened and yes died after cutscene immediately after but reload seemed to be the opening for this attack sequence .

[c69]

http://en.thewitcher...st-playthrough/

Basically, keep rolling around him and taking quick strikes until his Quen goes down, then roll back and chuck bombs at him.

[aznricepuff]

Aard, strong attack, strong attack, aard, strong attack, strong attack, ...

You get the idea. When you run out of vigor just back away and start rolling around, always rolling perpendicular to the direction he's facing (so he can't hit you with igni or aard). Once you've got all your vigor back go back in for some more fun. Keep it to two strong attacks per aard; you'll rarely be able to get a third one in before he blocks, and if he does you're likely to get hit with his aard or a sword blow unless you roll back out really quickly.

No potions, no oils, no whetstone. That's my strategy every single time and it has never failed me (not even on Dark Mode).

[Silverio13]

On medium difficulty i was always rolling, yrden, strong attack, strong attack, roll, yrden, strong attack, strong...

Yrden help me a lot

[knight1095]

After getting killed about 50X in the first Letho fight, normal difficulty, I said to hell with it and downloaded a Godmode mod.

Better to cheat through an impossibly frustrating boss than give up on a game I really like.

Compared to Letho, the Kayran was a piece of cake. Got killed 10X or so at first but it wasn't too hard to come up with a stategy that worked. Having a place to stay out of its way (behind the big statue feet) was a big built-in help, don't have that luxury with Letho.

[Eminem2]

@knight1095
"After getting killed about 50X in the first Letho fight, normal difficulty, I said to hell with it and downloaded a Godmode mod."

I got iced by him at least 500x. And I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Then, suddenly, I defeated him without lowering the difficulty to 'easy'. New tactics? No, not at all.. New *install of the game*!

It turned out that my GOG-version of the TW2-upgrade utility incorrectly claimed that it had already upgraded to version 2.0. When I uninstalled and then re-installed, the 2.0 upgrade did complete correctly (and the Microsoft NET 4.0 part as well) and it immediately upgraded further to version 2.1 And then, control of Geralt went much smoother and I could land many more hits on Letho than before. And rolling away from him activated much sooner as well. And within half an hour I had him at 1/3 health and the cut scene to the next phase of the game started.

Perhaps a tip for other TW2-GOG players?

[knight1095]

Eminem2 said:

@knight1095
"After getting killed about 50X in the first Letho fight, normal difficulty, I said to hell with it and downloaded a Godmode mod."

I got iced by him at least 500x. And I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Then, suddenly, I defeated him without lowering the difficulty to 'easy'. New tactics? No, not at all.. New *install of the game*!

It turned out that my GOG-version of the TW2-upgrade utility incorrectly claimed that it had already upgraded to version 2.0. When I uninstalled and then re-installed, the 2.0 upgrade did complete correctly (and the Microsoft NET 4.0 part as well) and it immediately upgraded further to version 2.1 And then, control of Geralt went much smoother and I could land many more hits on Letho than before. And rolling away from him activated much sooner as well. And within half an hour I had him at 1/3 health and the cut scene to the next phase of the game started.

Perhaps a tip for other TW2-GOG players? ›››

As it turned out, my Kaspersky internet security install was causing file corruption in the game as well as a lot of other stuff. It eventually rendered any type of mouse inoperable, so I uninstalled it, downloaded MS Security Essentials, and reinstalled TW2, set to easy (I was playing on normal before). Started from the beginning this morning and saved just before the dragon/bridge sequence.

So far, on easy:

-Geralt acquires better equipment and armor much more quickly.

-Enemies are ridiculously easy to defeat, even in large groups. Vitality stays above 50% almost all of the time. This could be a byproduct of my prior experience with the game, since I've read quite a few posts saying the game is hard even on easy.

-My antique system...2005 Dell XPS, P4 3.4 Ghz, 3Ghz memory , evga 8800 GTX video...runs the game beautifully on lower settings. Before, I was having to enter Safe Mode through the Kaspersky software for it to run at all, and there were lots of glitches and crashes. Now, it starts right up from the desktop menu and hasn't screwed up yet.

-On this latest install, stopped at V1.35 for the patch installs, since 2.0 screwed it up completely and I had to reinstall. I'm hesitant to do 2.1...why fix something that's not broke? But, perhaps I ought to try it now, early in the game.