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00:00:00 – 00:18:57
The video thoroughly examines different cyberware options, optimal builds, and strategies for a game, focusing mainly on arm cyberware like Mantis Blades, projectile launchers, monowires, and Gorilla Arms.
Mantis Blades are stylish but not always practical compared to traditional Katanas, although they have unique abilities and secret variants obtained through specific side quests. The video also explores builds that maximize melee damage using the Adrenaline Rush tree and cyberware options, noting how certain weapons like Byakko outperform Mantis Blades due to better synergy with perks.
Projectile launchers are highlighted for their explosive capabilities, creating powerful and durable builds when paired with the right perks and mods. These builds rely on continuous movement and heavy firepower from shotguns and LMGs.
Monowire and hacking builds emphasize synergy with cyberdeck usage and hacking skills, providing robust strategies for direct and indirect combat. This build hones in on intelligence and tech skills, with monowire acting as a useful cleanup tool alongside quickhacks.
Gorilla Arms are praised for their versatility and efficiency, particularly in high-difficulty scenarios, due to their powerful combat abilities and benefits like allowing body checks to access locked areas.
Lastly, the importance of selecting arm mods based on their ability to enhance effects like poison or fire is discussed, encouraging viewer interaction for sharing effective combinations and strategies, while also noting the value of community support.
00:00:00
In this part of the video, the focus is on the expanded arm cyberware options in the update 2.0 and Phantom Liberty, particularly evaluating the Mantis Blades. While no arm cyberware is considered bad, each has specific builds where it excels. Mantis Blades, though stylish and with unique brutal finishes, are sometimes less effective than traditional Katanas in blade builds. There is a secret fifth model of Mantis Blades obtainable through two methods: completing the ‘Bullets’ side quest involving a cyberpsycho assault and fighting Max-Tac members in a challenging battle, or via an ending path in Phantom Liberty by informing Mr. Hands of Max-Tac Convoy coordinates. The unique ability of Mantis Blades in the Relic skill tree allows for a 30m leap towards targets, useful in spread-out combat to reduce damage intake, unlocking quicktime events for blade finishers, which regenerate health.
00:03:00
In this segment of the video, the discussion centers on optimizing a build in a game. The narrator highlights speccing into the central Adrenaline Rush tree, air dash, and Blades in reflexes, pairing them with the berserk or sandevistan for netrunners. Key recommendations include enhancing melee damage with dense marrow and utilizing the Mantis blades backed by cyberware. However, the Mantis blades are deemed less optimal compared to the Byakko Katana due to better synergy with relevant perks and cyberware. The segment also touches on the projectile launcher, improved post-update to function as a superior, rocket-propelled alternative to grenades, suitable for generic builds and not as a primary weapon due to its recharge requirement.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses an optimal build strategy focused on projectile launchers in a ranged combat setup. Key points include:
– **Spec Allocation:** Emphasis on speccing into both equipment and cyberware nodes of the tech tree to unlock the Doom launcher perk, which greatly enhances the projectile launch system with recharge boosts for extensive usage.
– **Perks and Mods:** Use of the Burn the City perk to convert Pyromania and explosion damage into additional grenade or launcher charges. Important perks mentioned include EdgeRunner for cyberware, Neofiber Chitin for armor, and various mods to reduce recoil and improve damage mitigation.
– **Weapon Recommendations:** Focusing on shotguns, LMGs, and potentially assault rifles to complement the explosive build. The speaker notes that the build benefits from high Firepower and damage negation, essential for surviving harder difficulties.
– **Build Synergy:** Combining all elements creates a highly tanky and explosive build that excels in large fights. Continuous movement, firing bullets, and explosives create a feedback loop for health regeneration.
– **Limitations:** Acknowledges the high ammo consumption of LMGs and the inability to use items while firing the five-shot projectile launcher, which can be risky if health is low.
Overall, the segment details a robust and explosive combat build with specific strategies for equipment, perks, and weapon choices.
00:09:00
In this segment of the video, the focus is on discussing the effectiveness of two specific builds for different cyberware in a game. The first build involves the projectile launcher, which is described as very powerful and tanky but has limitations, such as being less effective against enemies like the voodoo boy criminal Ayo Zarin, who can deflect explosives. The presenter solicits viewers’ suggestions for optimizing the use of the projectile launcher.
The second build discussed is the monowire, particularly useful for Netrunner builds with heavy cyberdeck usage. It synergizes well with hacking and is a core component for certain build types. While pure net running may eventually make the monowire redundant, it remains highly effective for tankier hacking builds that engage in direct combat. The presenter provides tips on how to maximize the monowire’s effectiveness, suggesting a focus on intelligence and tech skills, with additional points in reflexes and body for health and air dash capabilities. The presenter also highlights the monowire’s relic skill tree ability to administer control quick hacks, which can be particularly useful against groups and bosses.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses an optimal hacking build strategy in a game. They recommend investing heavily in the two quick hacking trees to unlock more quickhack queue slots and enhance their effectiveness, even considering perks like the COX-2 for crit hits, which might reduce reliance on the monowire. The segment highlights the importance of boosting health, armor, and damage mitigation and includes using specific cyberdecks like the Milch Paraline or Biotech Sigma to maximize monowire damage. The strategy involves using quickhacks to overpower enemies, with monowire as a cleanup tool. The speaker also warns about the fragility of this build, especially in open spaces, and considers testing the monowire in different build setups. Finally, they mention the gorilla arms mod as a consistently powerful choice.
00:15:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the advantages and recommended builds for using Gorilla Arms as a backup melee weapon in a game. Key benefits mentioned include the ability to grant +6 to body checks at tier five, allowing access to locked doors without needing high spec attributes, and making boxing missions easier. Gorilla Arms provide powerful combat abilities, including creating shockwaves and benefiting from blunt weapon perks. The speaker compares Gorilla Arms favorably against Mantis Blades for their versatility and efficiency, especially in high-difficulty scenarios. The segment concludes with advice on selecting damage types based on attunements to maximize extra damage output.
00:18:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses considerations for cyberware and arm mods in a game. They emphasize evaluating mods based on their ability to enhance effects like poison or fire, and whether these effects synergize with other abilities or equipment, such as causing foes affected by tier 4+ contagion to explode when burned. The speaker hints at pairing a thermal monowire with contagion-focused builds. They conclude by encouraging viewers to share effective arm mod combinations in the comments, as well as thanking patrons for their support and mentioning additional information in the description.