Hanged man

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.
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[[File:TW3-hanged man.png|thumb|428x428px|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.Leaked CD PROJEKT RED from 2014
=== 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
:* Immune to: Steel, Fire spells
:* Vulnerable to: Silver, Aard
== References ==
pt-br:Hanged man
pl:Wisielec
Category:Creatures
Category:The Witcher 3 bestiary
Category:The Witcher 3 cut content