In the Book, the battle did not last even a minute. Vilgefortz simply beat Geralt with his staff.

@aakashdas1742

Ай бұрын

This is an audio-visual mode, not a textual one. The viewers need time to see and understand, just how much Vilgefortz is toying with Geralt. That time is more than to read from the book.

@oliviadehart8061

25 күн бұрын

i feel like the choice to make it a little longer was better just given that there was no cool fight moment for Geralt to have without it. but let's not even begin with how epically bad the fight for Aretuza was...

@KenBro05

23 күн бұрын

@@aakashdas1742 He should’ve just beat him with the staff

@scruffyrodriguez7698

16 күн бұрын

@@aakashdas1742 No, you can make scenes fast.

@L_Primezr

14 күн бұрын

The book also said vilgefortz is amazingly handsome, but as far as I am concerned he is less than half comparing to Superman in this show

When the (usually frail) mage has also specialized in melee combat!😨

@SceptiKalmannsSandbox

Ай бұрын

Battlemage.

@thevampirecielphantomhive2342

Ай бұрын

The staff isn't just for casting spells

@joshbull623

19 күн бұрын

@@thevampirecielphantomhive2342 Well, it should be, because it seems unfair.

@zyzyuz

16 күн бұрын

This dude was a mercenary warrior before he changed his class to a mage.

Geralt should have meditated, drank potions and prepared for this fight. Or just flee before it even started.

@brayandiaz8101

Ай бұрын

@brayandiaz8101 I dont think that would have worked. They needed a god damn high class vampire (a monster Geralt acknowledge to be almost impossible to kill) to get rid of Vilgefortz. Vilgefortz is just the definition of pushing your skills on a craft close to the asymptotic limit of perfection. Geralt is a proficient swordsman, but he is far from that.

@ThePalebloodHunter

23 күн бұрын

​@@brayandiaz8101 He is more than a skilled swordsman, he was considered the best swordsman in the entire Continent.

@brayandiaz8101

23 күн бұрын

@@ThePalebloodHunter I dont think the books make that explicit. For example, we dont know how a fight between him and Bonhart might go.

@user-lm6jm5wf2u

16 күн бұрын

Ну он после думал где совершил ошибку и понял что нигде и надо было бежать

@Piotrus2019

16 күн бұрын

@@brayandiaz8101 Regis disregarded Vilgefortz. Vilgeforts therefore melted Regis. He could have cut him to pieces, but instead he wanted to drink his blood. If he had approached it differently it wouldn't have happened.

This wasn't a fight, this was a pure destruction of Geralt's butt.

@Heavenly_Father

6 ай бұрын

In the books it was even worse. Vilgefortz didn't use magic at all, he humbled geralt using skill alone 😭

@theraven92

6 ай бұрын

@@Heavenly_Father Yes but Vilgefortz made it clear he is using magical staff. “Your arrogance, Geralt. I will disabuse you of arrogance. And I will do so with the help of this magic staff here.”

@ceckolalovia

4 ай бұрын

Sorry but Vigefortz cant have the skill of Geralt in 1 million years since he never had the training for survival witchers had. So he uses magic to catch up. Cowardly of course but he is just a villain

@theraven92

4 ай бұрын

@@ceckolalovia He is not a coward for using his abilities to its maximum. He would be a fool to use melee combat with him. Witcher is a mutant, thus you can say also a cheater against a human. Vilgefortz proved he is not a coward by facing 3 of them, not backing up but going directly towards them in the last battle. He literally destroyed them. The only reason he had to die is for good guys to win. It is more than obvious he is that powerful. Since this is a book, thus fantasy and not reality, what is what is only based on author's choice. If you could ask him, you would have definite answer on this question.

@DJsDomain_

4 ай бұрын

I actually love vilgerfortzs' style. He uses his magic to enhance his already deadly reflexes. His staff weighs nothing, and he has very clearly mastered the weapon and the ability to use it like an automatic parry.

Never thought I would see a non-cliché scene in a modern show. This was Beautiful.

@taomahNEGEV

Ай бұрын

As it is literally following Sapkowski's book book apart from the site.

@moonknightish

Ай бұрын

@@taomahNEGEV And Vilgefortz lines in the books are less cringe than these

@taomahNEGEV

Ай бұрын

@@moonknightish It happens when the series manager consider herself superior to the original material. She mistook the sky for the stars reflecting upon a pond at night.

You know, with Vilgefortz's staff, he basically has no openings Geralt can attack, since he's able to teleport it exactly where he needs to block the attacks. This is quite possibly my favorite 1v1 fight in fantasy, despite the hero losing.

@mrkiky

12 күн бұрын

Yea that's a pretty sick mechanic, but I think he can still only teleport it into his hand, so if Geralt was used to fighting against this ability, he might be able to find openings anyway.

@IS6A6E

11 күн бұрын

@@mrkikyTrue.

Vilgefortz: You mistook the stars reflected in the pond for the sky. Geralt:...what? Vilgefortz : You know, that sounded cooler in my head, anyway enjoy that pain. k thx bye.

He is the same Vilgefortz who was beaten bad in season 1 fort fight. He held back his real powers until he knew Ciri is useful. What a weird plot!!

@jfebev

Ай бұрын

He was faking it

@KaiserReb

26 күн бұрын

Holding back. They literally both worked for the same person

@Cross8ow

4 күн бұрын

@@jfebev nah it was giant retcon of S1& S2.

Man ... In the books the damage is like WAY worse.

I wasn't expecting Vilgefortz to be that badass especially going up against a witcher of Geralt's character.

Modern Star Wars creators should really be watching this and writing things down.

@mrkiky

12 күн бұрын

Modern Star Wars creators coming up with empty notebooks after not seeing anything gay enough or mary sue-ey enough to write down.

@Tu11iy

11 күн бұрын

@@mrkiky sad truth.

@TheDa6781

5 күн бұрын

Star wars is no more

@imnotakingimnotagodiam..ab9455

3 күн бұрын

I seriously wonder why is it so hard to make fights with swords that are made of literal lights so hard.Like Half of your work is already there in the concept.They are SWORDS THAT GLOW. Like come on just rip off just samurai movies but atleast make them cool (Also Im not a star wars fan so I don't know how these lightsabers are made so don't try to educate me)

Funny , no really, in the books it's way worse, Geralt gets absolutely crushed within seconds 💀

Imagine geralt feels the sun and starts flying with his eyes turning red

@oblongbox5110

15 күн бұрын

And then Vilgefortz pulls out a magical Emerald that fell from the sky many years ago. Not knowing what power it holds, he instinctively points it at Geralt, surprised to see The Witcher withering in extreme pain. I don't know what happened just now, I blanked out and typed that.

"You like my staff?" Eww

this scene was like in a books, incredible

@nuuskamuikkunen407

Ай бұрын

No it wasn't. This scene is rather retarded.

@drenn3

10 күн бұрын

It wasn't

@zylfrost5454

5 күн бұрын

No. In the books he just beats up Geralt with his iron staff. It wasn't even a fight, it was just a beatdown..

Watching it 1000 times❤😅

That really was a nasty cast of aard geralt made without using any potions at all to enhance it's intensity 😱

Vilgefortz ability to fight with that staff throws any adversary of there rythem. If you watched carefully all throughout the fight he kept materializing the staff to wield with either arm so it allowed him excellent defence and easy counter attack swinging from the left then materialized to swing from the right. Makes defending insanely hard going from left to right right to left. Just bad ass fighting abilities. Just again makes us wander what the writers was smoking in season 1 when he got his ass beaten 🤣🤦‍♂️

@rileyd2025

Ай бұрын

Sir, homie, my brother in Christ, if you listen to what he is saying in this video he literally says he was holding back before

@RyanKrauss-oc7bq

Күн бұрын

@@rileyd2025 Exactly. He lost on purpose as the Sorcerers were supposed to lose that battle, until Yen spoiled it. That's why he was pissed when it was over and killed the wounded mage. Which the whole story was a change from the books, which Vilgefortz was the one who actually won that battle and allowed him to be put into a major position of power within the Sorcerers.

Geralt "I will not be your partner. I will not join your fight" Vilgefortz "Arrogans will be your undoing" Geralt" And steel (or rather steal) will be yours" Fantastic line Henry! "Today I hold back no more" Look at Henrys moves!! Vilgefortz is a martial artist AND a wizard! That heavy iron staff weighed nothing in his hands. He could accelerate it and teleport it as he pleased, and even if Geralt GOT IT from Vilgefortz, he was still able to teleport it back to his hand. In a fair fight Geralt would have got him a bunch of times... I have not seen the last series in TW in wich Henry is playing Geralt, but a very good fight scene though!

@Tayfungurses777

4 ай бұрын

I am not sure if you are reffering to the series or books or both, but I agree that Vilgefortz uses magic in both versions which is not pure skill like everyone thinks.

@andreymavian3400

2 ай бұрын

"Fair Fight" can be interpreted in many different ways. If you mean without manipulating magic during the fight then yeah, Geralt wins. However, let's not ignore the fact that Geralt was actually enhanced by magic and alchemy, he is not human anymore. Same example can be applied to Iron Man and Captain America. Tony will literally destroy Steve in every scenario. Then someone would come and say that Cap would kick his ass without the suit, of course he will.... This was the whole point of them having an argument in Avengers 1 that Cap implies that Tony is nothing without the suit while Tony as a response says that everything special about Steve came from the Serum, and they are both right and wrong at the same time. Same with Geralt and Vilgefortz. Both are knowledgable and skilled to a degree without magic or alchemy involved, but these things became their second nature at this point that there is no point in comparing them without their abilities.

@CoCobitches

Ай бұрын

​@@andreymavian3400 yet Tony without a suit would destroy Steve without serum the same way how Vilgefortz destroy Geralt without any enhancements. I remember Vilgefortz trained as an Assassin as well.

You will be my warning to the continent.

For whatever reason this reminds me so much of the Anakin vs Ahsoka fight.

Vilgefortz is a bad Walmart greeter in Guam.

Epic.

Liam Hemsworth will never be as good as Geralt as Cavill was he was perfect for the role

This vilgefortz guy surprised 😱 This reminds of the fight between reign and supergirl💯 These fights are always good and surprising asf This is moment when a strong proud protagonist is given a reality check 😊 The moment when he knows that he f*cked up 🤓 And i love it 🔥

It is truly remarkable how everyone in medieval fantasy Poland is so diverse like modern day California. Truly faithful to the book.

@ruster2230

18 күн бұрын

You know Witcher doesn't take place in "fantasy Poland"?

@doublep1980

18 күн бұрын

@@ruster2230 It takes place in a world which is inspired by medieval Eastern Europe. Does the name ''Vilgefortz" sound very Indian/ Pakistani to you?!

@olmeno

18 күн бұрын

@@doublep1980 you are correct to a certain degree it is inspired by not just eastern european myths and stories but also norse and celtic ones and both vilgefortz and geralt are german sounding names.

@2nerC9

18 күн бұрын

@@olmeno It is made by a Polish man who wrote his medieval fantasy story to have it like Tolkien did for Lord of the Rings. It is most definitely Polish medieval inspired fantasy...

@olmeno

18 күн бұрын

@@2nerC9 bro i am Polish and i've read the original books and i guarantee some elements like the wild hunt or the culture of nilfgaard empire are not of eastern european inspiration

No Witcher without Henry

@gamerrevs9404

Ай бұрын

Film producer killed geralt because he didn't let them get his virgin hole out there.

@thevampirecielphantomhive2342

Ай бұрын

Sadly yes

I love that Stregobor, Artorius and Vilgefortz all had their own unique looking staff. Was Vilgefortz' staff disappearing in the book too?

@ilive4hs

2 ай бұрын

No it wasnt. He also havent used any magic.

@ldcardoso2806

2 ай бұрын

@@ilive4hs Oh, but he did. That is the biggest lie EVER from The Witcher. His staff was completely full of magic, that's why he was able to throw Geralt meters away with just one hit. It wasn't because he has superhuman strenght or something, it was because of tha magic in the staff. Plus, as Geralt tries to hit Vilgefortz, it is said that the staff was moving as if it had its own will. If you say he didn't use spells and stuff like that, yeah, he actually didn't. But no magic? Bull ... The staff was full of it.

@ilive4hs

2 ай бұрын

@@ldcardoso2806 I was talking about casting. Staff was clearly magical otherwise it wont be able to break witchers sword. 😅

@jquid2337

Ай бұрын

@@ldcardoso2806 He is not)

@shoazdon7000

16 күн бұрын

@@jquid2337He did, he was using Telepathy to predict Geralts moves to block them. He was very clever

This is the same guy who lost to Cahir season 1...

know this Gentlemen, that the very first dangerous weapon in the world ever invented by humanity..is Staff

@SceptiKalmannsSandbox

Ай бұрын

The staff is the best weapon.

@kojoydesu4107

Ай бұрын

@@SceptiKalmannsSandbox I remember Brother Bear..Koda seeing the cave painting of man holding a stick to a bear..he scared by them..by the picture of a Man whose holding a stick.

@HLsteppa

20 күн бұрын

In Chinese lore, it's known as "The grandfather of all weapons." Which makes sense.

@kojoydesu4107

19 күн бұрын

@@HLsteppa I like that. The Grandfather of All Weapon...hmm

3:04 - tear:(

Nikdy neumis čest je druhý meč není ,aby porazil jen aby jiným ukázal cestu ..❤

Geralt stated that he had made no mistakes during that fight, Vilgefortz was able to block his attacks from impossible angles, 4 times he should have killed him, 4 times he failed, just goes to show how much of a monster Vilgefortz was

@subutaynoyan5372

5 күн бұрын

In the book, his thoughts of the fight was cleaer. "His only mistake was not running away before beginning to fight"

One of the very few scenes that are actually good

First time ⌚ I see geralt get injured this bad

He paralyzed him

In books Geralt says he thought thousands of times what mistake he did when fought Vilgefortz. And he couldn't possibly find any because there was none. Thats how powerful Vilgefortz was.

No Hanged Mans Venom see. Thats your problem.

I have seen him lose first time but I lose like this every time.

What i do wonder is how Cahir destroyed Vilgefortz with little effort. Surely that had to have been theatre from Vilgefortz part

@CosmicFoxbat

Ай бұрын

Against Cahir, Vilgefortz was holding back his true power.

All that tom foolery with the staff switching could have been avoided with a dagger and a grapple.

His staff is made of Diameritium

@FredrikSkievan

Ай бұрын

Is that true or are you guessing?

@jonathanmasilela1569

15 күн бұрын

It can't be, otherwise how would he be able to hold on to it? Diemetritium { I forgot how it's spelled } is basically harmful to mages, and yes Vilgefortz has built up a slight resistance to it but he wouldn't be able to hold it for that long. Plus it doesn't make any sense for his staff to be dimeritium in fight against Geralt since the metal doesn't affect Witchers as negatively as it affects mages.

Ok, I have to admit that this is cool. I am confused by the image of Vilgefortz, who looks like an Armenian monk and Geralt’s sword, which, given his height and build, is like a toothpick, but the scene is good. I'm glad that you can watch it separately without wasting time on the rest of the series

Omg I dont even remeber that they fight. Omg netflix what have you done ??? I can repeat the godfather part one and two. 40 years old the movies

👀

Svět jé v jiných najdi můj meč druhým se obou strany meč .

okok so Geralt finds himself on the beach out of nowhere... did Netflix just referenced the Geralt VS Ofieri mage fight from Hearts of Stone expansion?!

@subutaynoyan5372

5 күн бұрын

No! Did you not read the book? Vilgefortz trashes Geralt way way harder in this fight. He is literally a cripple for the two books that follow

@CHAOSDixieMan

5 күн бұрын

@@subutaynoyan5372 ikr. Vilgefortz literally 1hko'd Geralt in the book. I was wondering if the showrunners took some inspiration from the fight I mentioned

geralt vs fliegenfurtz

Jiný přijde druzí odchází .

Witcher 3 Geralt would’ve used Rend and ate an entire villiage worth of food, and then spam 30 bombs

Boj je prvním neublis jen hledáš cestu jak neublížit .

how did he struggle against the villain in season 1 tho?

@OIDAS

Ай бұрын

He didn't 😶😐 that's why he woke up unscarred he was just doing it for his own purpose

@aakashdas1742

Ай бұрын

He calls back to it in this scene, that the hardest part for him, was holding himself back all this time, not revealing what level of fighter he really is.

Guys I only watch season 1 of Witcher is the other seasons worth it

@jpjordan90

Ай бұрын

Worth it, yes, but not as good as season 1. 1 is great, 2 is good, 3 is...fine.

@Misaijar

Ай бұрын

Absolutely not. Go read the books, don't waste your time

@plaguedoctor7811

Ай бұрын

Just go read books, don't waste your time on Netflix garbage

@jquid2337

Ай бұрын

@@jpjordan90 but season 1 is bad...

@wulfalmer

Ай бұрын

​@@jquid2337yeah but it's watchable

Fun fact in the books it is Geralt who actually defeated him with help of Yenn.❤

@tuantran-me9nz

29 күн бұрын

and Regis but that in the final books though, this is their first meet and Geralt get his ass beat by Vilgefortz.

@Warrenbuffet2221

13 күн бұрын

​@@tuantran-me9nz Geralt will land the final finisher blow and kill him eventually.

Geralt could win if he had the Cat Potion.

@siraj_jr_

Ай бұрын

Nah not cat that's for eyes he just needs a dimeritium bomb

@Blathann

Ай бұрын

Cat only used in darkness

@jonathanmasilela1569

15 күн бұрын

So he can be blinded by the sunlight and not see anything?

@Oweroth

15 күн бұрын

@@jonathanmasilela1569 I mistaken the blitz and cat

@jonathanmasilela1569

15 күн бұрын

@@Oweroth 🤣🤣🤣 Makes sense.

This is not Vilgefortz, but some Ophir merchant.

Proč boj je věčný jen krása život a

why the fuck did they change vilgefort's ethnicity ? tired of this "inclusive" bullshit that actually just means " let's replace a white character".

How was this dude able to compete eith Geralt

@nindschagaming

Ай бұрын

Mages are powerful and stronger than Witchers lol

@jonathanmasilela1569

15 күн бұрын

​@@nindschagaming No they aren't. Magically they have a higher threshold for spells than Witchers do, but other than that Mages are basically human beings, meaning they are slower and weaker than Witcher who have enhanced strength, speed and reflexes. If there's distance between Geralt and a mage then he's probably in trouble since the mage can cast spells that could kill him, but at close quarters Geralt and perhaps any Witcher should be able to beat a Mage. The only exception to this is Vilgefortz who draws upon Fire and uses magic to enhance his reflexes, and has had combat experience prior to being a Mage. Where did you even get the whole "Mages are powerful and stronger than Witchers lol" from, because none of the books support your statement?

@nindschagaming

15 күн бұрын

@@jonathanmasilela1569 Damn you roast me hard. I will rephrase Vilgefortz is stronger than most people, as his body is deeply enhanced by his magic.

@jonathanmasilela1569

15 күн бұрын

@@nindschagaming I agree and I love you. ❤

i just feel like this actor can't pull off menacing like Vilgefortz needs for a villainous appearance

Vilgefortz was white....

the reason why i don't like this at all is because i'm a tv show only, i have a bit of knowledge about the books, but i didn't read them what i do know however is that this guy got m*lested by cahir in season 1, and now he's touching a witcher so disrespectfully? naaaaaaaaah

@bryansnl01

Ай бұрын

My theory is that he was already working with Nilfgaard and purposely threw the fight because Yen was watching. I have to say Cahir was also very inconsistently written, one time he gets beat by random redanian caravan guards and the other time he wins a battle vs magically enhanced twins.

@waddahyana494

Ай бұрын

@@bryansnl01 my own theory is that the writers finnaly decided to read a bit of the books in season 3 lol i get your theory, but velgifortz was actually knowcked out in the fight against cahir, like fully unconscious (when he hit his head on the tree) he had no way of knowing cahir would not kill him since the cahir himself shouldn't have known about the alliance between emyr and velgifortz and i find it hard to believe the actuall strongest mage in the whole continent would leave it all to chance

@bryansnl01

Ай бұрын

@@waddahyana494 yep then it makes no fcking sense he lost in the first place

@CoCobitches

Ай бұрын

0:38 watch from here you got the answer. Vilgefortz is cunning and powerful obviously he lost on purpose.

@bryansnl01

Ай бұрын

@@waddahyana494 on second note I agree with you. There’s also the fact that he starts bleeding from depleting his chaos. That’s a very far stretch if it was intentional even for vilgefortz. I hope the show doesn’t make up some stupid lore reason that he is weak without the staff

There's no way Geralt should have thrown this fight so hard

@InstanLondo7253

Ай бұрын

It was even worse in the book lmao😂😭

nonsense. How can a wizard who grew an ass on the sofa beat a Witcher who swings a sword on a horse every day? illogical

@NO2Mr

19 күн бұрын

A smart warrior would not engage in a fight with this character who is flawed from the script. He goes and gets xp, that's how he comes

@zyzyuz

16 күн бұрын

Don't write nonsense, it's better to read a book.

@subutaynoyan5372

5 күн бұрын

Vilgefortz began as a warrior and he became a mage way later He also is a battlemage not some poofter who spent his life in libraries

Henry does not look mean enough to play Geralt. They needed a dude that looked like the one from the Witcher 3

@kingdanvers

2 ай бұрын

Anson Mount

@deluca333

Ай бұрын

​@@kingdanversnah, he has pretty boy face too

@simoneg2262

Ай бұрын

Nah

@horen2136

Ай бұрын

Mads mikkelsen

Сцена конечно красивая боя, но это бред ..... Всё переврали. Вильгефорц маг высокого уровня, он заколдовал Геральда заклинанием а потом тупо избил его посохом..... Так бы зритель увидел силу магии и на сколько силён маг. Если бы они дрались на мечах, Геральд победил бы на третьей секунде. Ведьмаки всю жизнь тренируются с мечом. И потом Вильгефорц белый и с многочисленными волосами на голове..... 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Какой пи.....ц. По любому женщина писала сценарий...... столько глупости и нелогичности....🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

The movie series is such abyssmal crap in comparison with great original polish books series....

The fight is overchoreographed and kinda sucks ass. If they didn't want to follow the book's version of Geralt v. Vilgefortz, they should've made this more grounded, instead of a ballet. Feels like both of them don't aim for the vitals, but for the opponent's weapon instead. Also, against a staff, Geralt should've used mainly stabs, as well as go for Vilgefortz's hands.

What a ruined to shit series...with worst choreo fights ever created. The first season has on good fight...and then it gets worse and worse... Pure shit fight compared to the books and video games...

Political correctness will destroy everything, I watched three episodes at random, it's impossible to describe, total crap.

This fight was bullshit. Plot device alone.

@Tayfungurses777

4 ай бұрын

Why though, Gerald got defeated in a similar way in the books.

@Drmikaeru

4 ай бұрын

@@Tayfungurses777 they didn’t have to slow Geralt down in the books. or reduce his durability to suffer hard from blows he appears to have tanked before.

@stew-03

4 ай бұрын

@@DrmikaeruVilgefortz just hits that hard. Broke his femur out his leg in the books and made him vomit before knocking him out. And Vilgefortz did not use magic in the book fight.

@waddahyana494

2 ай бұрын

@@stew-03 the problem is that in the TV series, vilgefortz got manhandled by cahir in season 1 .........

@orangeondaxbox2768

Ай бұрын

@@waddahyana494he says in this scene he’s been holding back

what a terrible show

Which idiot writer wrote this part! Geralt trained for dacades and vilgefortz was totally unharmed. Writer can't write.

@BigBadKayy

2 ай бұрын

Vilgefortz had beaten Geralt in the books, this is their attempt at trying to honour that moment.

@moonknight8693

2 ай бұрын

@@BigBadKayy I know that that's why I am saying how idiot that book writer is I would not mind if vilgefortz had little blood shed.

@swamp345

Ай бұрын

​@@BigBadKayyOP didn't read the books. Just some wannabe fan who only played the games or watched the show. It's happening a lot with media.

@dovahkiinslayer752

Ай бұрын

​@@swamp345 OP?

@moonknightish

Ай бұрын

@@dovahkiinslayer752 Opening Post

Jesus, this scene is so fucking ass. I mean, like the rest of the serie, but still.

This is crap, Very low budget cinematoghraphy. Nothing like in the books. Nothing at all. I mean lieterally nothing. Emptiness,. Geralt was giving it all defending Ciri. Its just not there.

if only they found a good actor for Vilgefortz role. I just can't watch a call support guy or an uber driver beating Geralt lol