Hanged man (Polish: Wisielec) is a demon in Slavic mythology that is created when a person is hanged during war in much the same way as drowners (or drowned dead) are made.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]
Image used in leak (original image is from the book Bestiariusz Słowiański (English: The Slavic Bestiary) by Paweł Zych and Witold Vargas)
Hanged men were supposed to appear in the base game during its development in 2013 - 2014 but was removed during this time.[1]
Information from leaked materials[]
- Lives on the outskirts of the forests. Occurs in the evenings and during the nights.
- Role in the group: Individual
- Preferred behavior: ranged - he tries to throw his rope.
- Special attacks and actions:
- Fast attacks - he moves very slow, but his attacks are fast paced.
- Grab - he tries to grab the opponent and suffocate him. The attack has a tell animation. Player can use Quen or dodge to protect himself. The attack deals percentage damage.
- Rope grab - he can perform the suffocate attack also with his rope from a distance. He takes off the rope from his neck and throws it on the enemy (only human or Geralt). The rope is "alive" and if it hits, it suffocates the enemy for a while, dealing percentage damage. The enemy plays a "choke" animation and cannot perform any action. Player can use Quen or dodge to protect himself. After that the rope dissolves and appears on the neck of the Hanged man again.
- Defence: none, but the monster has a lot of health
- Vital points:
- Instant kill:
- Piercing brain - available only when the creature is crawling (cost: 2 points)
- Protection: none
- Critical effect/disable ability:
- Cripple both legs - makes him crawl (cost 2 points for each leg). Disables the Rope grab and Grab abilities.
- Cut the rope - player can cut the rope on the neck of the Hanged man, it disables the Rope grab ability (cost: 1 point).
- Massive damage: none
- Instant kill:
- Immune to: Steel, Fire spells
- Vulnerable to: Silver, Aard