All Blunt Weapons Ranked Worst to Best in Cyberpunk 2077 2.1

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

The number of thinly-veiled euphemisms you use while reviewing Sir John Phallustiff and BFC 9000 is most impressive, Sam. Respect. 💪

[@marty2129]

Yet even despite those euphemisms, the top slot did, in the end, came down to fisting...

[@ericMT]

“This encounter is a little bugged, and many have had trouble getting it to come up”

[@pkojo]

hopefully likes stop at 69

[@thaboogiebandit]

OP-ness had my in tears 😂

[@MekoUnknown]

I wonder how many re-takes were necessary to keep the monotone....

[@eu4um]

19:41 "In terms of its OPness" you knew exactly what you were doing that time.

[@Matt101Vgettio]

Glad I'm not the only one that caught that😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tranminhnhat7645]

I was about to make this comment but ofc some1 already beat me to it.

[@bombvoyage5686]

I like that the iconic crowbar is a reference to half life, the swing animation is the same as in half life

[@twiphe4375]

Even the mission area itself was kind of similar tbh

[@remz3377]

Sam is the king of cyberpunk bros explored every aspect of the game and every vid is always so entertaining and informative, keep it up man

[@maxmontgomery2858]

I've watched so many of bruhs ranking vids that my girl doesn’t even need to look at the screen. She just hears his voice now and goes "oh, that guy again."

[@demonprince3297]

I love how you went *balls deep* with the puns while reviewing Sir John Phallustiff. Good humor always perks me up.

[@lonely0nly]

Sasquatch (and mentioned OFive) would have been 10 times better if 'Like a Feather' perk worked with them too. At least a sprint for Sasquatch so the ram move could work

[@SamBram]

Exactly! It makes these weapons a right pain to use in terms of just having to unequip all the time

[@wdlwilliams]

BTW, Hammers do more damage than Baseball Bats and attack slower, the UI is bugged, but if you look at the numbers on the Stats screen you can see the difference. At Tier 5, Hammers real "Damage per hit" is 277(Baseball Bat is 190), and real "Attack speed" is 0.9(Baseball Bat is 1.2). The same rule applies to Caretaker's Spade, since it's classified as a Hammer, same damage per hit and attack speed as Hammers. Sasquatch's Hammer used to show the wrong attack speed, but this got fixed some patches ago, not sure why they haven't fixed this same bug for Hammers.

[@Bromosomo]

I heard that unlike bats, hammer isn't able to hit multiple enemies with one swing. If thats true, then that would still make hammers worse than bats.

[@elalexsantos3150]

i hope you never run out of things to rank, i love putting the vids on the background while i do work

[@SamuriLemonX18]

You are crushing it my dude. Can't wait for SMGs :D

[@ODST_Parker]

Am I the only one who thinks gorilla arms are kinda underutilized in melee builds? We can only use them as a melee weapon themselves, when really, they should also act as a multiplier for ALL melee weapons. It's not like those arms are only designed for punching, they'd increase your basic strength and speed for anything you're holding.

[@notveryartificial4486]

And not for blunt melees too! Would definitely be easier to cleave someone in half with a katana when you have superhuman strength And would solve the issue of "and what about arm slot?" in melee builds not centered around arm cyberware. Yeah you can use mantis blades buff why if you already build around a katana? Why have blades as a backup to another blade?

[@Twiddles14]

I whole heartedly agree If Gorilla Arms are supposed to replicate the strength of a gorilla Just imagine what a Silverback could do with a Slugger 🤯🦍 🤣😂🤣

[@thecapuchin]

Whoo, love your series. Been enjoying the updates for 2.0!

[@CRYOKnox]

I'm a Gorilla Arms Girl all along since I started Cyberpunk 2020 at a long forgotten table in a got forsaken town something that translated into 2077 as well. I just love punching people. May cone down to me loving boxing irl. But having your female framed V. with this arms and 20 Body just obliterating foes is perfect. Also with the brutal finisher of using people as weapons gets a new level to psycho. Everyone using them and the build sam prevented i inviet to Barghast ball.

[@MordeKa0s]

I started a new character going berserker build only and its so nice having gorilla arms. The clouds receptionist asks you to check your weapons when you enter and you just casually saunter past her knowing Woodman is potentially in for a severe beating. I love it.

[@ivaniii9707]

In the table top RPG melee is disgustingly over powered. I think my group could gave easily taken on Adam Smasher because I had on my hands a guy with 8 attacks and a dude with gorilla arms. No matter how much armor you have when it gets nullified by half and is reduced by one per hit it won't last long against those two.

[@ivaniii9707]

In the table top RPG melee is disgustingly over powered. I think my group could gave easily taken on Adam Smasher because I had on my hands a guy with 8 attacks and a dude with gorilla arms. No matter how much armor you have when it gets nullified by half and is reduced by one per hit it won't last long against those two.

[@ivaniii9707]

In the table top RPG melee is disgustingly over powered. I think my group could gave easily taken on Adam Smasher because I had on my hands a guy with 8 attacks and a dude with gorilla arms. No matter how much armor you have when it gets nullified by half and is reduced by one per hit it won't last long against those two.

[@MylesMacCauley]

Hey i cant read the first 3, can you send this again?​@@ivaniii9707

[@ericreynolds2452]

You sir are a saint for putting out lists at the rate you are 🙏 I just got into the game and this is the only channel with consistent up to date content I’ve found

[@SamBram]

I'm glad. I've figured the faster I update these lists now though more people they could potentially help in playthroughs from now until whenever so just grinding through them ATM 😁

[@darkjedi8589]

This is aweosme, I just rewatched your old video yesterday... hoping this video was coming soon !!

[@mikalappalainen2041]

You were waiting for Sir John to come soon?

[@johnroberts838]

Thank you Sam, still having a chuckle, Sir John’s O.P-ness, 👍👍👍

[@SamBram]

Definitely the 2nd highest in terms of OPness

[@johnroberts838]

@@SamBram 😂🤣😭👍👍👍

[@S2condHeartbeat]

Fresh out of the oven :D I'm running a similar build, although I've made a few tweaks to synergize with electrical/shock damage, because I run satara and have a few perk points slotted into the tech tree and a couple cyberware items to go with it. Most fun I've had in the game, by far, and I've tried it all: sandy, capacitor, cyberdecks No surprises regarding the top spot, as the arms are just insanely fun and OPenis 19:38 (well played sam, well played)

[@PoplarPonderosa]

Baby Boomer has such a satisfying bonk sound

[@lazypaladin]

Best Loki impression: _I've been waiting for this list... _*_since 2.0!_*

[@sixwingedasura3059]

You forgot to mention how satisfying the sound effects for hitting someone with the Baseball Bat are.

[@calistodorren]

It's not a glitch Sam, you need to beat Rhino, the Animal's gang leader in her level of the "Beat on the Brat" side-quest; she will then *give you permission to use the vender*, otherwise he'll remain a regular hostile npc..

[@AleksiJoensuu]

Absolutely love the idea that a vendor is murderously angry at you so obviously you turn invisible so he doesn't know who he's dealing with. 🤣

[@cyberpunkdarren]

Baseball Bat + Militech Beserk is some of the most smile inducing fun you can ever have in a game. Along with the perk to jump from bikes. My fave!

[@christhiantrevisan8084]

All things considered, I do not accept that even after all these years not a single soul created a mod to change the sound of the baseball bats to the "BONK" sound effect

[@vovasyhin7219]

16:36 Oh man you have no idea how many times i fell for that one IRL!

[@crunkers_]

Bravo on figuring out the iconic crowbar is good for sandevistan builds. That's actually really thorough and and a clever observation. Not sure I would have caught that.

[@Aeizen_]

It was fun talking to u today😁

[@IMqSeby]

Good vid! Really interesting to watch!

[@marty2129]

Murphy's Law could also foreshadow that it won't end exactly well for anyone involved when siding with Songbird ;) Also, OP-ness just hits different with Sir John and BFC, but in the end, it all came down to fisting...

[@SamBram]

Goddamn, I missed out on a perfect fisting joke 🤦😂

[@marty2129]

@@SamBram Feel free to add it into any random video ;)

[@lv83bloodknight]

Things dont go very well for most people in PL in general, unless you just fail the DLC right off the bat lol

[@marty2129]

@@lv83bloodknight true, but there are shades of not going well, some are darker than others (and apparently, there are shades of OP-ness and fisting, too... :D )

[@662mann8]

been waiting for this vid :)

[@Guardian307]

I absolutly love this series

[@AnotherVexium]

My first playthrough was glitched so that I could infinitely upgrade the regular hammer so long as I had common components. I 2-shot Smasher at level 26 with 20 in Body and no cybernetics beyond what Viktor gives you at the beginning of the game, and I had no clue the game was bugged.

[@Royal-fm9py]

sam bram uploading so ik its finna be a good day ❤

[@DarkSpells87]

About Sasquatch Hammer I would like to note that I, when facing Adam Smasher on Very Hard difficulty, turned on my Biodyne Berserk and just started bonking him with it like crazy. Upon Berserk's ending Adam Smasher's HP was on 8% and only think needed to end him was one more BONK. So, it may make you slow af it still is absolute boss melter.

[@Meela-lg1pi]

Love your content!

[@indigomontana4896]

I have a big place in my heart for the bat. My first run I found a yellow bat pretty early on and, until I swapped it for the gold plated bat late game, it was my only weapon. I called it my whiffle ball build. I even stormed saka tower with it. Pre 2.0 truly a ton of fun with all the speed mods in all the sockets. Post 2.0 not as good but still a bunch of fun.

[@jaydaniel4666]

glad you picked up on the spade easter egg!

[@zoeyvalkyrie]

The top of the list is here to prove what many people already knew: sometimes the work of a skilled pair of hands is just more satisfying.

[@iiiivvvv9986]

19:37 i found that using this against the camo ninja cyberpsycho can actually help you avoid the group fight second ohase by stunning him at the start and doing a takedown

[@Chillbambi829]

been waiting for this

[@blazeesq2000]

I have tried stealth builds, net runner builds, headshot builds and so on. I don't know why anyone would play anything but a Body / Tech build. Shotguns, Blunt Weapons and Fists. It's just fast fun gameplay. Even the blade builds aren't as fun.

[@Jkev24]

I think if you're going to rock the sasquatch hammer, you need the Leeroy ligaments that give you a constant 18% sprint speed buff. That would help negate part of the very heavy effect of the weapon.

[@SamBram]

True though provided you remember to unequip the hammer when moving, the double jump can still provide more control when lining up superhero landings

[@Jkev24]

@@SamBram yeah definitely, I'm honestly just trying to find a use case for arguably the worst iconic (Leeroy) in the game haha. It's a shame that Leeroy is just a gag based off of Leeroy Jenkins. I really wish they made the other leg implants significantly better to justify picking them instead of double jump (rocket jump can somewhat be justified given it has more armor and you could use air dash to mimic it to a lesser degree). I think they should allow Leeroy and Jenkins to be paired together (equipping Leeroy should open up a slot that allows Jenkins to be equipped as well). That seriously could make the sasquatch hammer build work and make you feel like you're playing the Juggernaut (I would probably give it a synergy bonus as well where you get a bonus 200 armor and 20% health Regen when you have both equipped). There should be some sort of mitigation bonus added to the sasquatch hammer as well to make it worth not swapping out of. I like the idea of seeing someone wield it being so intimidating it gains mitigation the more enemies you neutralize with it. It would also be interesting to see a momentum element where you pick up speed in your attacks the more you attack (so long as you don't run out of stamina), but lose movement speed equal to the gain of the attack speed. So if there's a ton of enemies grouped together you can really build up crazy momentum from the weight of the weapon with your swings, regaining stamina with the cyberware that regens it after neutralizing an enemy, but you would be obviously moving slower since the weapon is so unwieldy once you start to swing it faster and faster. Man, if I knew how to mod that in the game I totally would because that sounds like a fun build.

[@sjay7292]

How you put out so much content escapes me

[@XQueen_Lunaa]

Loved the innuendos. I rate them: 6/9

[@SamBram]

Nice

[@GraM1Garand]

“Longer, harder, and readily available to find.” Hilarious choice of words mate! 😂

[@alsotryNierautomata]

"one of the best melee options out there in terms of its OPness" mad respect

[@DesuVR]

I used the steel pipe for a good chunk of one of my playthroughs, mostly because it was the best I had plus the *THUNK* sound is comedically satisfying to me.😂

[@mertgurcan2112]

Blunt weapons also go very well with the sandevistan and are a nice alternative to blades when running a sandy shotgun build!

[@fable23]

I know the Hammer isn't great as a weapon, but God damn does it feel good to use. One of my favorite builds was a Reflex/Body hybrid who used a Hammer alongside a Sandy sneak up behind everyone and club them into the dirt with a single charged swing to the dome. The "THUNK" it makes is just so gloriously chunky.

[@omgstoptakingnames]

How is it now great? It is literally the hardest hitting weapon in the game (I think his UI is bugged cause it actually hits way harder than a bat)

[@darkspawnsenior9488]

Interestingly there's tech for all three of the highest ranking weapons and how much it shifts their placement, depends. One handed clubs have a quirk: From a run, or from a direct power attack or execution swing they gain increased swing speed. This effectively means that a heavy into combo swings faster then the gorilla arms swing normally. On the other hand the heavy swing speed of the gorilla arms scales much better then it's normal swings meaning it can churn out heavies faster then the other two. I think that still shifts the rankings in further of the veritable Sir John and his brother in arms, but that's just me.

[@JarlRagnaar]

I love the Gaunter O'dimm theme, always a welcome surprise.

[@MisterCynic18]

Did...did they really add a black john phalustiff and give it 50% more range? And im only hearing about it now? I cant belive there aren't dozens of yt vids raging over this 😂

[@joekerwildeDBJ87]

Cottonmouth has been my Cyber Psycho neutraliser, the extra effects make fighting some of the tougher encounters a lot better to deal with & I was using a Sandeviston Tech/Katana weapon user over Berserker

[@MuddHutter1]

I use Tinker Bell for the Cyberpsychos and Lina Malinas Baseball Bat for general mayhem.

[@Sealbinder]

I have been meaning to try what I will call the Goku build combining Gorilla Arms with a sandevistan. Rapidly appear behind enemies to punch them before anyone can even react. Fist of the North Star could be another reference if one prefers.

[@NicholasJeffery]

I've loved the gorilla arms since I started playing Cyberpunk 2077 on launch. Even with the other arms cyberware and the tons of melee weapons available, I keep coming back to solving problems using said hands. Berserk, Sandy, or Netrunning, it's just a lot of fun with the gorilla arms. My only complaint post 2.0 is that they had to lock the Blunt weapon finisher behind the maxed out Body attribute of 20, as oppose to other melee finishers at 15.

[@BrandonGavin_EDC]

I love the fact that Sir John and the BFC9000 exist in this game. Hilarious that they are so powerful too.

[@ilpilgrim]

glad i made a Casey Jones (TMNT) theme as my toon fun times

[@nookleer]

Sasquatch's Hammer.. you don't need to kill the boss to get it. If you sneak in, she will not have it equipped and you can grab it. It is near the exit of the room... Ostensibly keeping her from using it against you.

[@lazycorvid7826]

I love the hammer even if it is on the lowest end of what blunt weapons have to offer. It just fits the overall vibe of what I want from a blunt weapon build so needless to say I'm a little sad they never added in another option iconic wise. Something like a crazy rocket propelled hammer that boosted you forward with the swing and had a chance to launch enemies at low health would of been so cool.

[@Hoigwai]

Smacking people with the destroyers of dignity is like having your own studio audience or laugh track. My next play is going to be a street kid and gorilla arms because that combo seems to be a natural fit.

[@featherfox6700]

My favourite weapon in the game has always been Tinkerbell. It was nice seeing the stunner so high on this list.

[@SamBram]

When it can drop full health Maxtac with a single hit potentially at any level, it's kind've tough to justify ranking much above that

[@christhiantrevisan8084]

9:34 I just noticed the way it attacks, this thing is most likely a reference to half life's crowbar

[@orcinus6802]

Delivering the final death blow to Adam Smasher with Sir John Phallustiff is still the funniest, most dignity-robbing way to end him.

[@thegamerlegoshi4320]

Who would win: one very big and armored up terminator who hardly looks human anymore or one boi who can get a video demonetized

[@phaylnx]

You don't have to fight Sasquatch to get her hammer in that quest. If you are really sneaky, you can pick it up from the crate it's leaning on while she is wandering around looking for you.

[@Keira_Blackstone]

True I got the hammer when I did that quest for the first time recently, and I completed it without ever being seen or harming a single person.

[@ronchu4453]

One thing I don't uderstand about the adrenotrigger is do you have to escape out of combat entirely before you can use it again or resets itself. Because if your in a fight againt ncpd your technically always in combat.

[@Madmaxie579]

You can make the base hammer a little better by slapping two airstrike mods on it and jumping while you swing to deal crazy crit damage (140% if you got two legendarys)

[@heavymetalknight2]

There may be better alternatives available, but there is just something about pulling out my "ol' faithful" baseball bat as Street V that just feels right to me.

[@xxcringe_lordxx1159]

6:35 If you’re stealthy and dont agro Sasquatch you can actually pick up her hammer before she does Also, i just feel weird whenever i use Tinkerbell, the moral implications associated with its previous owner are….well…not great

[@ryanfrancis3839]

Dude. You used all your humor perk points on this one vid. Spread them out a bit, I'm tryna be chuckling in your next vid

[@kyleflanagan963]

My biggest annoyance with blunt weapons is that 90% of the time, when I'm making a blunt weapons build, I'm theming it as a raging Oni. But while we gave two iconic baseball bats, we don't have any iconic Kanabo. And yeah, the golden bat is fine. It has the studs that I can imagine make it a modern day equivalent to a kanabo, but it still just doesn't look entirely right.

[@necrosmurf316]

Its too bad you cant dual wield Sir John Phallustiff and the BFC 9000 for a double penetration finishing move. lol

[@explosioncatsandknives7747]

MOAR!

[@madmaxim3965]

Gorilla arms are a fair top choice and there is something strangely satisfying when your just throwing haymakers obliterating everyone I like the thermal ones cause it literally makes fire come out of your hands Also surprised you ranked hammers so low there on of my favorite blunt weapons but maybe asthetics do have something to do with that, I hope in the sequel they make a hammer like reins in overwatch( it has a rocket boost to increase the swinging speed and just looks badass) Also there is a crafting spec for at least 1 of the batons I don’t remember where I got it thou but i do have one ) Also I heard there use to be monkey wrenches in the game? Kind of weird to just remove them if true

[@meysamsamadi7587]

Weird thing I encountered with sasquatchs hammer is that it was lying on the ground before the fight with sasquatch even began. And I'm pretty sure she wasn't wielding it

[@gamersanonymous4me131]

Having her Hammer on the ground is the constant way the encounter begins, its only after awhile into the fight that we can see her go over and pick it up.

[@meysamsamadi7587]

@@gamersanonymous4me131 I picked it up before she had a chance I guess 🤔

[@The_Jho]

Literally went “wonder if they’ve uploaded a blunt weapon worst to best yet” a couple hours ago

[@slintisbased]

The green glow from the spade has nothing to do with FF easter egg. It’s just a nod to the boss battle where the Caretaker powers up and hits the dummies to restore his health. His spade turns green.

[@mistermagister1693]

Didn't expect Gorilla Arms to be the best

[@bossdozz]

I am hoping to see a guide by you particularly about the best way or order to go about the Gigs, Jobs, Story and DLC. There are so many small interactions and details that are easily missed. I am sort of working on it myself using the videos you made about the regions and their secrets but like for instance I usually kill Jotaro very early on and then find out much later on he was a pretty big deal scumbag. If someone wanted to maximize their immersion into the world who should they do?

[@metalurgent]

That fact that two Robococks are some of the best melee weapons in the entire game speaks volumes

[@lv83bloodknight]

Hammer does do more damage than baseball bat in my game? at 5++ Hammer does 240 while Baseball Bat XM2 only do 215, they have the same attack speed and hammer cost 4 more stamina to swing. Plus Hammer has the heavy weapon disadvantage ofc. And even though the damage difference seem small, in actual gameplay Hammer generally kills everything in notably fewer swings, max tac included

[@ronchu4453]

Dennys Bat infused with her rage.

[@howdidyougethere798]

You can actually sneak around and steal sasquatch's hammer before the fight, and it keeps her from using it for the fight

[@v1ctin]

As someone who just finished a berserk/blunt weapon playthrough, Baseball bat X-MOD 2 >>> since everything dies in one to two hits + a finisher anyways regardless of weapon, making you feel like a badass takes priority IMO.

[@bradyS5632]

Agreed. That’s the play through I’m doing now and I plan to run with a baseball bat, sir John, and gorilla arms. Which one I use will mostly just be whatever I feel like at that moment.

[@madlad1511]

my first playthrough was with a tf2 heavy build with an lmg a shotgun and gorilla arms, ngl i have tried katanas, rifles and netrunner and its still the most fun by a longshot

[@holgerwilke4884]

My first playthrough just after release was with blunt weapons. It was fun. Still can't aim with ranged though.

[@90lancaster]

It seems like a nice choice would be mix and match arm mods.

[@kahlzun]

Is going for the gorilla arms and being full unga a valid choice for a first play?

[@bradyS5632]

Definitely. Early game you’ll want to use blunt weapons but once you get to level 10 you’ll be able to buy gorilla arms. It may be a bit difficult at first depending on your difficulty but it gets OP at some point just like every other build.

[@Burusagi]

Its such a goddamn shame that they decided to make Sasquatch's Hammer literally unusable as, I dunno, a joke?

[@angusalvarado3064]

I'm using Sir John Phallustiff cause it's funny, it just so happens to be one of the best melee weapons.

[@Grautwok]

I always feel like I have to use the most crude weapon when using melee. I tap into my sadistic side with a tire iron in my hands

[@bi11y5pazm]

I think “bonk” factor should be considered here too (how each weapon sounds when bouncing off an enemies dome) but that’s just me…

[@thegamerlegoshi4320]

Honestly the gold bat is number 1 for me mainly because its incredibly fun to use

[@reyhaz]

maybe an interesting thing, but I found Sir John Phallustiff in Fingers' shower tub, sure it's not pick-up-able, but using a noclip mod I nudged it and it fell through the floor so it should be the same ingame model... and I didn't side with Meredith..

[@logan7159]

I wonder where ganic hands would have placed if youd ranked them as well. Even unspecced i can find them working fairly well

[@GMurph2336]

I think I prefer one of the actual weapons over gorilla arms. I play on ps5 and with the decreased FoV, I often lose track of my targets when I’m rushing around with gorilla arms. And, since my last name is Murphy, the perfect weapon exists for me already 😁

[@AmorphisBob]

Is the monowire no longer classified as a blunt weapon?

[@trent7258]

I think the crowbar and it’s movement is definitely a half life reference, specifically half life 1

[@Koogun]

20:00 *DILDO DUEL!*

[@twiphe4375]

I wanted to start a new playthrough where I only use berserk alongside gorilla arms and a baseball bat only to be disappointed by the fact that the gorilla arms are just baseball bats but better in every way 💔

[@kirbyis4ever]

Personally I've always had fun with the BFC9000 but I might be biased since I'm quite attached to mine.