Blood And Steel

⭐ ⭐⭐ (2,000 endorsements) 📥 246,613 downloads 📌 vv2.3.1 📅 9/18/2024
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By Riyusso · Combat

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 10/24/2025 📅 Created: 9/18/2024

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.8% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #5 of 61 Combat mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Better animations, better targeting, new dodging mechanics.

A witcher should be fast, with quick reactions and be able to dodge and counter-attack just like in the trailers.

I strive to make highly compatible mods so this one is as lightweight as possible.

The mod is compatible with W3EE Redux, SCAAR, Enhanced Targeting, Complete Animations Redux, E3ARP, ESGO... and probably all your other mods.

This mod took me a very long time to make, hopefully everyone likes my version of how the combat should look!

Features:

1. More realistic animations: More attack variety, less spinning animations. Attacks will be dynamic based on the situation and enemy type, enemy count, distance and direction. The focus when making the combat style was to make it smoother but still keeping it close to vanilla.

2. New dodging style: while holding block(Right Click) you will unlock new dodging animations, such as flanking, dodging enemy projectiles, and some pirouettes.

  • []Flanking and dodging example: If you hold block and press Dodge + Right you will do a 'side dodge' to the right. If you hold Dodge + Forward + Right you will 'flank dodge' forward and right. Also, If you hold Dodge + Back + Right, you will dodge backwards and to the right. Same for the other direction, you get the idea.

    []Forward pirouettes: you can use forward pirouettes to get closer to enemies infront of you.

    []Backward pirouettes: If enemies are around around you or attacking you, you will use a backward pirouette to dodge the attack. I felt like this was a nice balance.

    []Vanilla dodging is unchanged, none of the files were touched so you can use any dodging mod you want alongside my mod.

    3. Targeting improvements: Tweaked targeting a bit. Less out of vision target selection and weird target changes happen less frequently.

    4. Roll through: A new smart system was added that will sometimes make the character use a rolling attack when it thinks it should roll under an enemy attack or between enemies to reach the target. It looks nice and doesn't happen too often so it doesn't feel overused.

    5. Combat Camera: The camera is slightly changed in order to make the feel combat look nicer, it's close to vanilla with some tweaks. Close camera is unchanged.

    6. Signs: Casting a sign while more t

📊 Mod Details

Game
Witcher3 Mods
Author
Riyusso
Version
v2.3.1
Downloads
246,613
Endorsements
2,000
Category
Combat
Created
9/18/2024
Updated
10/24/2025

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