V gets AP/Dura (7 tons >=6.8 Ton), LS (Class M Vs Class 50), Speed (While both are MHS+, V has calcs instead of statements), Range (Hundreds Of Meter)
Geralt gets Intelligence (Gifted vs Above Average).
Geralt has fought opponents who are more
powerful and
faster, Geralt has also fought opponent in the similar strength class like
Kayran and
Saskia.
Geralts greatest advantage here is his experience and skill. He's one of the most battle-hardened individuals in his world, and unquestionably the best swordsman of his world. He can adapt to the combat in question very quickly by analyzing the opponent and what his capabilities are. He has nearly a century of experience fighting a myriad of opponents.
It should also be clear the modern weapons far outscale crossbows and Medieval bombs. So, V should have a pretty clear win.
These aren't your typical firecrackers in medieval fantasy, these are alchemical bombs and they can be
amplified to be this powerful.
Some issues though:
- Range - According to Geralt's own profile, this only has tens of meters of range while V has hundreds of meters through his kit. What is to stop V from just creating distancing and barraging Geralt with bombs and bullets.
Quen is literally designed to counteract long ranged projectiles and spells. Its dome version is literally nigh-unbreakable and lorewise requires a proficient and powerful mage to crack it (or the witcher needs to be incredibly wounded).
- Power - How powerful are these spells?
Aard is capable of pushing and knocking away massive creatures, which includes Saskia and it can also freeze people in an instant. It can also be fired in a omnidirectional way.
Igni can be pretty lethal as it is very hard to put as it is essentially magical fire. It can burn even things that are resistant to it like metal and higher vampires.
Quen can redirect attacks at the opponent in both modes but in the first mode it can be broken while the second one it is nigh unbreakable.
A upgraded Yrden can straight up just trap opponents in its field and make them be unable to move although it mostly just slows them to a crawl.
Axii is a last resort and it is very effective spell. It goes to the extent it can command its opponents just to off themselves (although that's out of character for Geralt)
- Johnny Silverhand - He is going to affect Axii and Somne definitley as he can just takeover if V is out of action.
Axii can be recasted to affect up to 5-7 individuals at once. So no, this isn't an argument
With all that, I am going to say Yrden and Heliotrope are the ones that are going to be the most effective due to their slow down time shenenigans which is something that V has no resistance to (you can argue the existance thermal weapons will allow him to tank Igni and Aard and the fact normal humans have survived them). Quen is a bit more up there. The whole healing Geralt + attack reflection is a deadly combo, but V has several ways to heal and, more importantly, overpower Quen. If it is a Battle of attrition I think V comes out on top.
This isn't something that is brought up a lot but signs can be adjusted on how potent they can be. Geralt can light a candle with igni but also extended it tens of meters like a stream of fire so strong it knocks a griffin out of the sky or literally melt through armor. Same with Aard, it can simply extinguish a candle or push a several ton boulder out of the way or send humans flying several meters in the air.
TL;DR: V takes this Mid-High diff. Geralts signs are his clearest win-cons, and you can argue that V outspeed+outranges them. Voting V.
Okay, counted.
