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The YouTube video discusses the recent skill tree revamp in Cyberpunk update 2.0, introducing significant improvements and new synergies. The speaker highlights various skill tree investments for maximizing damage, defense, and weapon synergies. The importance of health items, cyberware upgrades, and abilities like Surge and Race Against Time is emphasized for combat survivability and playstyle enhancements. Stealth changes, including blind spot mechanics and finishing moves, are introduced to improve gameplay strategies. The video also explores the monowire feature in Phantom Liberty, allowing players to enhance damage output through cyber hacks, presenting diverse playstyle possibilities.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the recent skill tree revamp in Cyberpunk update 2.0, emphasizing the significant improvements and new synergies introduced. The max attribute points are 66 with Phantom Liberty expansion and max level 60. Players can allocate about 56 points at level 50, increasing to 70 or 80 with Phantom Liberty. The speaker explains the new system of investing points into the skill tree, highlighting thresholds at levels 4, 9, 15, and 20 for unlocking abilities and passives. Specific mechanics from each skill tree are recommended to maximize damage, defense, and synergies between different weapon types. Reflex tree’s dash at level 15 is highlighted for its maneuverability benefits and enhanced gameplay mechanics.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses using Kenzov and improving dash mechanics for Gunplay builds. Adjacent passives like Multitasker, Muscle Memory, and Steady Grip help with shooting and reloading while sprinting, sliding, or dashing. Mad Dash doubles the dash range towards enemies. Aerial Acrobat enhances midair maneuverability. Adding just one point into the body unlocks various health regen abilities like Painkiller, Speed Junky, Army of One, and Comeback Kid. Technical Ability is highlighted for its importance in 2.0 due to passives like Recharge of Health items, making health boosters and consumables more useful. This can benefit builds significantly, even without focusing on crafting.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of health items like Field Medic and Borrowed Time for survivability in combat. The main focus is on improving cyberware capacity, which can be enhanced by leveling up and obtaining upgrades such as License to Chrome and Edge Runner. Edge Runner allows for exceeding the max cyberware capacity by 50 points but reduces max health by 25%. This can trigger a powerful ability called Fury Mode, providing bonus damage, critical chance, and critical damage for a duration. The update also introduces redesigned cyber implants and improved variants. Skills like Cyborg and Extended Warranty help reduce cooldowns and extend durations of cyber implants. Renaissance Punk offers additional cyber capacity based on attribute points. Additionally, features like Driver Update and Chipware Connoisseur allow for enhancing cyber implants with different stat modifiers and options for customization.
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In this segment of the video, the focus is on the stealth changes made to the gameplay. One significant alteration is the introduction of the blind spot mechanic, which makes it harder for enemies to detect the player when crouched, providing damage mitigation chances. This mechanic can be combined with Ninjutsu to create a build that remains crouched, benefiting from damage reductions and making it easier to evade enemies. Additionally, new finishing moves can be implemented, such as Monowire’s stealth takedown under specific combat conditions. The intelligence skill tree, primarily for net running, can also be utilized for smart guns, especially with the introduction of the overclock mechanic in version 2.0, which offers interesting effects like utilizing health points for quick hacks and enhancing damage output.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker explains the benefits of the Surge and Race Against Time abilities. Surge provides instant health regeneration equal to five times the maximum RAM, making it advantageous for different playstyles such as Netrunner melee or Netrunner gunplay hybrids. Furthermore, there is a powerful synergy between smart guns in the reflex skill line that enhances target acquisition speed and damage output, especially when combined with Submachine guns, Sharpshooter, and Salt and Wound. The New Relic skill line, particularly the ability Jailbreak, enhances various cyberware upgrades like Mantis Blades, Gorilla Arms, and Projectile Launch System with new powerful effects during combat.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the monowire in Phantom Liberty, a feature that allows players to dedicate a cyber hack or quick hack to the monowire slot. This means that when a heavy attack is charged with the monowire, it applies the cyber control hack to the target without using the cyber deck or traditional quick hacking methods. This ability significantly enhances damage output and can work well with intelligence-based monowire builds. The speaker hints at numerous potential builds and mechanics that can be explored with this feature, promising extensive variety in playstyles.