The Witcher 3 Remastered Euphoria Build – Skills, Mutations and Leveling Order

Euphoria is one of the strongest builds in The Witcher 3, and it still is after the Remaster. You fight mostly in melee, and your damage grows with Toxicity that you keep high all the time. Below is the whole build: skills, slots, mutations, gear and the leveling order point by point.

How the build works

The Euphoria mutation increases weapon damage and Sign intensity for every point of Toxicity. The whole build serves one goal: have as much Toxicity as possible, survive with it and turn it into damage.

• Combat provides fast-attack damage and adrenaline gain.
• Alchemy raises maximum Toxicity, turns it into critical damage and keeps it under control.
• General adds light armor bonuses and even more Toxicity.

You fight mostly with fast attacks and occasionally strong ones. For Signs, Quen and Yrden are enough when you need them. Your potions are mainly Superior Thunderbolt (attack power) and Superior White Raffard's Decoction (healing).

Slotted skills

The 12 active skill slots:

• Combat: Muscle Memory, Three Strikes, Crippling Strike, Whirl, Razor Focus and Resolve.
• Alchemy: High Tolerance, Side Effects and Fast Metabolism.
• General: Cat School Techniques, Metabolic Boost and Metabolic Control.

Three mutation slots (Euphoria is green, so they only accept Alchemy):

• Delayed Recovery, Acquired Tolerance and Endure Pain.

Stepping-stone points

Some skills are taken only to unlock the next ones:

• Undying and Fleet Footed (1 point each) open the way to Whirl and Crippling Strike,
• Arrow Deflection (1 point) unlocks Resolve,
• Hunter Instinct (1 point) unlocks Acquired Tolerance,
• Tissue Transmutation (1 point) unlocks High Tolerance and Delayed Recovery,
• Viper School Techniques (1 point) unlocks Metabolic Control and Metabolic Boost.

This way every point works: in a slot, through the tree's passive bonus, or as an unlock.

Mutations

Before Euphoria you need Toxic Blood. Those two mutations alone cost 5 points. To get three mutation slots, though, you need eight researched mutations in total, and the cheapest way costs 25 points (details in our mutations guide). The whole build, mutations included, costs 79 skill points.

Gear

• Manticore Witcher Gear (light), for its Toxicity bonuses. Alternatively Grandmaster Feline Gear.
• Nilfgaardian Guardsman's Gauntlets.
• Toussaint Knight's Steel Sword.
• Aerondight as your silver sword.

Leveling order

We suggest four stages. Sword damage comes first so the build is playable from the start, then Toxicity and its control, and finally the Combat extras.

1. Points 1–12: Muscle Memory, Cat School Techniques, Three Strikes and Razor Focus, each to rank III.
2. Points 13–29: the start of Alchemy, meaning Frenzy, Endure Pain, Hunter Instinct and Acquired Tolerance, then Viper School Techniques, Metabolic Control and Metabolic Boost.
3. Points 30–42: the Toxicity core, meaning Tissue Transmutation, High Tolerance, Delayed Recovery, Fast Metabolism and Side Effects.
4. Points 43–54: Undying, Fleet Footed, Whirl and Crippling Strike, and finally Arrow Deflection and Resolve.

Research the mutations once you reach them in Blood and Wine. The full order, point by point:

Pt	Level	Skill	Tree
1	2	Muscle Memory I	Combat
2	3	Muscle Memory II	Combat
3	4	Muscle Memory III	Combat
4	5	Cat School Techniques I	General
5	6	Cat School Techniques II	General
6	7	Cat School Techniques III	General
7	8	Three Strikes I	Combat
8	9	Three Strikes II	Combat
9	10	Three Strikes III	Combat
10	11	Razor Focus I	Combat
11	12	Razor Focus II	Combat
12	13	Razor Focus III	Combat
13	14	Frenzy I	Alchemy
14	15	Frenzy II	Alchemy
15	16	Frenzy III	Alchemy
16	17	Endure Pain I	Alchemy
17	18	Endure Pain II	Alchemy
18	19	Endure Pain III	Alchemy
19	20	Hunter Instinct I	Alchemy
20	21	Acquired Tolerance I	Alchemy
21	22	Acquired Tolerance II	Alchemy
22	23	Acquired Tolerance III	Alchemy
23	24	Viper School Techniques I	General
24	25	Metabolic Control I	General
25	26	Metabolic Control II	General
26	27	Metabolic Control III	General
27	28	Metabolic Boost I	General
28	29	Metabolic Boost II	General
29	30	Metabolic Boost III	General
30	31	Tissue Transmutation I	Alchemy
31	32	High Tolerance I	Alchemy
32	33	High Tolerance II	Alchemy
33	34	High Tolerance III	Alchemy
34	35	Delayed Recovery I	Alchemy
35	36	Delayed Recovery II	Alchemy
36	37	Delayed Recovery III	Alchemy
37	38	Fast Metabolism I	Alchemy
38	39	Fast Metabolism II	Alchemy
39	40	Fast Metabolism III	Alchemy
40	41	Side Effects I	Alchemy
41	42	Side Effects II	Alchemy
42	43	Side Effects III	Alchemy
43	44	Undying I	Combat
44	45	Fleet Footed I	Combat
45	46	Whirl I	Combat
46	47	Whirl II	Combat
47	48	Whirl III	Combat
48	49	Crippling Strike I	Combat
49	50	Crippling Strike II	Combat
50	51	Crippling Strike III	Combat
51	52	Arrow Deflection I	Combat
52	53	Resolve I	Combat
53	54	Resolve II	Combat
54	55	Resolve III	Combat

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FAQ

How many points does the full Euphoria build need?

79: 54 for skills and 25 for the eight mutations that unlock three mutation slots.

Does Euphoria accept Combat skills in its mutation slots?

No. In the Remaster, Euphoria is an Alchemy mutation, so only Alchemy skills go into its extra slots.

How do I play Euphoria?

Keep your Toxicity high, mainly with Superior Thunderbolt and Superior White Raffard's Decoction, and fight with fast attacks. For Signs, Quen and Yrden are enough.