Stun (critical effect)

Stun is a critical effect used in all three games of the Witcher franchise.

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Stun is one of the critical effects exhibited by a few weapons in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Below is an overview of all items that affect the chance to stun enemies upon hitting them.

Image	Name	Availability	Type	Effects
	Azure Wrath	Main campaign	Silver sword	+60 – 110 Armor piercing +12% Chance to stun +1 – 3% Bonus experience from monsters +1 – 3% Bonus gold	2.26
	Barber-Surgeon	Main campaign	Steel sword	+1 – 10% Aard Sign intensity +5% Chance to stun +1 – 10% Chance to dismember +1 – 5% Bonus experience from humans and nonhumans +1 – 5% Bonus gold	2.83
	Breath of the North	Main campaign	Silver sword	+20 – 50% Critical hit damage bonus +10% Chance to stun +1 – 3% Chance to dismember	1.98
	Cantata	Blood and Wine	Silver sword	+150 Armor piercing +75% Critical hit damage bonus +15% Critical hit chance +15% Chance to cause bleeding +15% Chance to stun	2.16
	Deireadh	Main campaign	Steel sword	+1 – 15% Critical hit damage bonus +1% Chance to stun +1 – 5% Bonus gold	2.01
	Devine	Main campaign	Steel sword	+5 – 50 Armor piercing +5 – 10% Aard Sign intensity +7% Chance to stun +1 – 3% Bonus experience from humans and nonhumans	1.81
	Forgotten vran sword	Main campaign	Steel sword	+10 – 15% Critical hit damage bonus +4 – 5% Critical hit chance +10% Chance to stun	3.43
	Greater Triglav runestone	Main campaign	Upgrade	+5% Chance to stun	0.024
	Hen Gaidth steel sword	Blood and Wine	Steel sword	+150 Armor piercing +75% Critical hit damage bonus +15% Critical hit chance +15% Chance to cause bleeding +15% Chance to stun	2.89
	Lesser Triglav runestone	Main campaign	Upgrade	+2% Chance to stun	0.006
	Negotiator	Main campaign	Silver sword	+10 – 50 Armor piercing +12 – 16% Critical hit chance +12% Chance to stun	3.03
	Negotiator (crafted)	Main campaign	Silver sword	+50 Armor piercing +15% Critical hit chance +10% Chance to stun	3.66
	Order of the Flaming Rose sword (crafted)	Hearts of Stone	Steel sword	+10% Chance to cause burning +10% Chance to stun +10% Chance to stagger +3% Chance for instant kill +3% Chance to dismember	2.18
	Tesham Mutna steel sword	Blood and Wine	Steel sword	+150 Armor piercing +75% Critical hit damage bonus +15% Critical hit chance +15% Chance to cause bleeding +15% Chance to stun	2.76	Template:Dpl item effects.default
	Toussaint Ducal Guard Officer's steel sword (crafted)	Blood and Wine	Steel sword	+150 Armor piercing +75% Critical hit damage bonus +15% Critical hit chance +12% Chance to cause bleeding +12% Chance to stun	1.99
	Toussaint Ducal Guardsman's steel sword (crafted)	Blood and Wine	Steel sword	+100 Armor piercing +50% Critical hit damage bonus +10% Critical hit chance +10% Chance to cause bleeding +10% Chance to stun	1.88
	Toussaint Ducal Guardsman's steel sword (relic)	Blood and Wine	Steel sword	+200 Armor piercing +50% Critical hit damage bonus +10% Critical hit chance +10% Chance to cause bleeding +10% Chance to stun	2.46
	Toussaint knight's war hammer (relic)	Main campaign	Secondary weapon	+150 Armor piercing +5% Critical hit chance +50% Critical hit damage bonus +5% Chance to stun +5% Chance to stagger	2.11
	Triglav runestone	Main campaign	Upgrade	+3% Chance to stun	0.012

In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Steel swords

• Angivare
• Arbitrator
• Deireadh
• Gwyhyr

• Angivare
• Arbitrator
• Deireadh
• Gwyhyr

Additional weapons

• Club
• Guisarme
• Dwarven hammer
• Halberd
• Hammer
• Oar
• Operator's staff
• Rake
• Shovel
• Small blackjack

• Club
• Guisarme
• Dwarven hammer
• Halberd
• Hammer
• Oar
• Operator's staff
• Rake
• Shovel
• Small blackjack

Bombs

• Samum
• Zerrikanian sun

In The Witcher computer game

Stun is a critical effect with the following characteristics:

• Geralt is incapacitated, i.e. control of Geralt is temporarily ineffective.
• Opponents can kill Geralt with one hit (coups de grâce using ordinary swords or simple finishing blows using non-witcher style weapons).
• When stunned, enemies' attacks are temporarily stopped as they remain afflicted.

Enemies who have less than 33% of their vitality left may be stunned and/or knocked down by any short weapon attack. Nevertheless, as with heavy weapons, they can not be used in stun-finishers, meaning that while Geralt performs a finishing move, only increased damage is dealt but the opponent will not die as a result unless the damage exceeds current vitality.

Stun boosters

• Aard
• Stamina
• The Reaper (Strong Steel level 4 special attack)
• Yellow meteorite ore

Stun resistance

• Quen

Opponents who use stun

• Azar Javed
• Alps
• Bruxae
• Fleders
• Garkains
• Golems
• Greater brothers

• Azar Javed
• Alps
• Bruxae
• Fleders
• Garkains
• Golems
• Greater brothers

Opponents with immunity

• Archespores
• Drowned dead
• Drowners
• Echinopsae
• Greater brothers
• Ifrits
• Kikimore queens
• Kikimore warriors
• Mutant assassins

• Archespores
• Drowned dead
• Drowners
• Echinopsae
• Greater brothers
• Ifrits
• Kikimore queens
• Kikimore warriors
• Mutant assassins

Opponents with resistance

• Alps
• Armored hounds
• Basilisks
• Bloedzuigers (low)
• Bruxae
• Barghests (some)
• Cemetaurs
• Garkains
• Fleders
• Giant centipedes
• Hellhounds (possible)
• Koshcheys
• Royal wyvern
• Werewolves

• Alps
• Armored hounds
• Basilisks
• Bloedzuigers (low)
• Bruxae
• Barghests (some)
• Cemetaurs
• Garkains
• Fleders
• Giant centipedes
• Hellhounds (possible)
• Koshcheys
• Royal wyvern
• Werewolves

Opponents with susceptibility

• Strigas
• Zeugls (presumably)

Weapons which stun

• Chain mace
• Kourbash
• Samum
• Temerian battle flail
• Two-handed morningstar

• Chain mace
• Kourbash
• Samum
• Temerian battle flail
• Two-handed morningstar

Swords:

• Meteorite sword with one red, one blue, one yellow meteorite piece.
• Meteorite sword with one yellow, two red meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with one red, two yellow meteorite pieces.
• Meteorite sword with three yellow meteorite pieces.